1969

My news this month comes compliments of

the '69s in section 24 at the Cornell game. It was Dartmouth Night Weekend and classmates came from all parts of the compass, returning to Hanover to cheer the Big Green to victory. It was a great day and a great game.

From the north came Bill Stableford. Bill lives and works in the Burlington, Vt., area. I didn't get a chance to talk to Bill, but I'm sure he will drop me a note sometime describing the who, what, and where of his life. Bill heads up the Alumni Fund drive for '69s who were fraternity members and has done a whale of a job the past two years.

From the east came Randy Cooper with his charming wife and family. Randy practices law in North Conway, N.H.

From the west, the entire Lieberman clan descended on Hanover, with Dave Lieberman leading the way. Dave practices internal medicine in Albany, N.Y. With him were his two boys, Timmy and Benjy, future members of the classes of '95 and '97. Dave's younger brother, a '72, was behind us with his wife, and Dave s niece and nephew were there visiting Dartmouth as prospective members of the class of 1988.

From the south, Mark Sheetz arrived with Meryl, his bride of two months. Mark is a vice president at Manfuacturers Hanover Trust in New York City. He is involved with international finance with Holland and Monte Carlo. Meryl designs jewelry. Mark enjoys playing squash at the Dartmouth Club in the city and would love to set up a match with anyone interested. Mark says he saw Dave Burwell on the "MacNeil-Lehrer Report" several months ago. Dave represents the National Wildlife Federation and was discussing the merits of James Watt.

Prior to the game, I met Mike Stratton. He was in town with several students from the Carroll School Bounders Program. They had lunch by the Old Pine and then rappelled down Bartlett Tower.

A number of '69s returned to Hanover to honor Coach Bob Blackman at a dinner after the game. I saw Dave Boyle but did not speak to him. I briefly chatted with Randy Wallick and ran into Giff Foley at the Hop snack bar. I'm not foolish enough to actually run into Giff, but I did speak to him and his wife April for a few minutes. Giff lives in Connecticut where he raises bees (they wouldn't dare sting him). He has a company called True Vector and a three-year-old son, Giff Jr. Giff promised to dig up some news about other '69s and send it to me.

My wife, my two kids, and myself thoroughly enjoyed our day in Hanover and we plan to do it again next year. I hope that next year more of you can make it.

A note from the Alumni Fund office included copies of two awards that were presented to Dick Glovsky, Bill Howell, John Leavitt, and Lyle Nyberg and through them to all '69s. They were the "Class of 1926 Award" for special distinction and the "Charles F. Moore Award" for greatest improvement in the number of donors both in the 1983 Alumni Fund. Congratulations to them and to us!

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