1966

We're turning the page and heading into our fifteenth year as your scribe, a unique and joyous vantage point from which we share the joys and the sorrows of the extended family which is the class of 1966. We are still, as a class, young, vigorous, and expanding in wealth and numbers. Yet, like all families, we fall heir to the misfortunes and misadventures of life.

This column will open happily with news of the birth of a child of my freshman-year roommate . . . and close tragically with notice of the death of a Delta Upsilon brother. A unique vantage point, indeed.

In Minneapolis, last June, the Fred Rosenblatts welcomed Hart Lewis Rosenblatt to the family. He wasn't much in size (4 lbs. 10 oz.) but he is all heart and is a worthy candidate for the class of 2001.

Right about now Justin Barnard is one year old and a veteran, along with Daron, three, and Brennan, six, of his first Dartmouth reunion. He brought his dad, Tim Bernard, and mom Marjorie with him from Glen Mills, Pa., near Media where Tim is a partner with the law firm of Beagan, Gannon & Bernard.

Justin probably played a bit with Clarke MacMillan, who was 20 months old last June at reunion. Clarke came up with Rick MacMillan and Kris, from Franklin Lakes, N.J., where Rick is controller with the Howe Richardson Scale Co., an Aerojet General subsidiary.

One of the youngest '66ers who did not come was Nathanial Lanfer. Steve Lanfer and Sam left him back in Cos Cob, Conn., but brought Stefan, five, and Peter, four. Steve, who has the luxury of working out of his home, is an investment counselor with Time Capital Securities.

Tom Lipps is director of Institutional Affairs at Trinity College in Hartford. (You all remember Trinity. They beat us 2-1 in an N.C.A.A. soccer tournament game back in November, 1964. Some things we never forget!). Tom, Margah, Emily, five, and Evan, two, live in nearby South Glastonburg, Conn. Tim Paige, who will vividly recall the above mentioned soccer encounter, is president- treasurer of Electronic Coils Inc. in Springfield, Mass., a resident of his native Longmeadow, Mass., husband of Cynthia, and father of Geigk (born March 1979).

Now read carefully: Andy Seidman lives in Manhattan, is an attorney with Parkus, Gor- don & Hyman, is married to Roberta, and has a two-and-a-half-year-old son, Richard. David Stedman lives in Haddonfield, N.J., teaches in the Camden City Public Schools, is active in community organizations, lectures on wine, is married to Peggy, and has two daughters, Allison, six, and Meredith, five. Got it?

You can reach out and touch Roger and Korki Brett in Gilette, N.J., their new home after a stint in San Francisco. Roger, you see, is now an assistant manager with A.T.&T. based in Basking Ridge, N.J. He's been with Ma Bell since graduation, 14 years. Brad Laycock's been with Chemical Bank about four months. He joined as an assistant vice president in Syracuse, N.Y. Randi, Scott, 12, and Justin, seven, are still living in Rochester.

In August, Pieter von den Steenhoven, a member of the Santa Monica, Calif., City Council, was killed when the small plane he was piloting crashed in the Pacific. An obituary will appear in this or a subsequent issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.

Bask in your many blessings this fall. . . and look for Dartmouth to win the Ivy League football title and receive (but turn down) a postseason bowl bid. (You read it here first!)

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