1948
It will be late March before these words, written in early February, are read by fellow '48s in this, the year of our 35th reunion. It doesn't seem possible that we are halfway through our fourth decade since leaving the hallowed halls of Dartmouth. Nevertheless, that is clearly the case, and we are now coming close to those three full days —June 13—16 when the members of the class will gather on the green lawns, on Main Street, in the dorms, in the tent, in a few of the classrooms, and in the beautiful springtime surroundings of the Hanover Plain to relive and renew those times and associations formed during our undergraduateyears. The principal objective of Reunion Chairman Warren Daniell, Co-Chairman RayRichard, Treasurer Gil Shattack, and committee members Lloyd Krumm (also class president), Earl Chambers, Tad Comstock,Barney Hoisington, Foxy Parker, and JohnVan Raalte is to ensure that the uncomplicated program for the reunion will maximize the good feeling and fun that the priceless foundation of three or four June days in Hanover provides. You as a '48 are wanted in Hanover, and it is hoped that no member of the class will permit inertia or doubt that the old days can be recaptured to prevent his being there for a fulfilling and renewing interlude. Give the idea the sound thought it deserves!
And if there are thoughts among us as to features the program should include, please be sure to get them to Warren, whose office phone in Boston is 617/742-1357.
It's encouraging to report that among the early confirmed participants in the reunion are classmates from as far away as California in the persons of Bob Herrick and Jay Rutledge. Florida is already represented by Dick Bredenberg and Mouse Taylor, far-off Colorado by Bob Jeavons, and Georgia by John Gingrich, to name a few.
It was great to hear from Mike Shea recently. This old Vermonter, who has spent his career in insurance, works out of his home and office in Montpelier, city of the golden-domed capitol. Mike made me nostalgic for his Green Mountain State. He and Claire raised five children, two of whom have graduated from Dartmouth. Daughter Brenda, Mt. Holyoke '76, managed the Collis Center cafeteria for three years in Hanover before marrying a Dartmouth Ph.D. last June. Mike still runs his central Vermont insurance business, with the help of two of his sons. He is again this winter, for the 17th year, on the Bolton Valley Ski Patrol, covering alpine and cross-country trails. (One can be sure Mike has done yeoman service over those years in moving hurt and freezing victims off the steep mountainside and out of the forest.) It hasn't all been roses, though, as Claire passed away last winter, leaving a gap which his Green Mountains and condo in Naples can only partially fill. Hope you'll make reunion, Mike.
Rod Susen, one of the few Dartmouth alumni in Montana, recently co-hosted a successful cocktail party with lan Langes '62 for alumni in the Missoula area, the first such gathering of which he's aware. "Who knows, we may have the beginnings of another alumni club!" He and Jamie also attended a cocktail party in New Jersey at which Lloyd Krumm and Joe Hickman were present. In addition, Rod talked to Lew Springsteen on the phone. Another pleasure must have been their dinner in the Upper Valley with retired Professor George Theriault and his wife Ray. Rod had roomed in the Theriault household for two years as a student. (George Theriault will be remembered by his former students as one of the finer and more personally approachable members of Dartmouth's faculty, a reputation he has for many years continued to earn as a first-rate Norwich selectman. Ray is an equally marvelous person.) Rod and Jamie clearly enjoyed their trip back east.
Lan Maccartney, Carla, and family no sooner got well settled in Denver, enabling Mac to be in his favorite Rocky Mountain country, then his company transferred him to London, where he's now managing director of Hamilton Brothers Oil and Gas and operator of Hamilton's North Sea production and exploration. Mac was instrumental a good many years ago in one of the early discoveries of hydrocarbons in the North Sea, an oil province that has since helped reduce the industrial world's dependence on OPEC, so it looks like Hamilton wanted an experienced operative at the helm in the U.K.
Good to hear from Bob Herrick and Jim Schaefer, both of whom are helping Class Head Agent Ken Young in the prodigious effort to raise $308,000 in this year's Alumni Fund to mark our 35th reunion. These two, plus 28 other assistant agents, plus numerous other '48s, are spending much time and considerable personal trouble in contacting each and every member of the class to seek your help and participation. The cause is Dartmouth. Please help your agent when he calls or writes, as each of you will know that asking for money is no fun. And if you can, go for the Dartmouth Hall key. Let's do the job right as a class, so '48 never has to look back.
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