Still Green After All These Years
Ritual and renewal
From the class of 1912 to the class of 1982, more than 2,000 of Dartmouth's sons and daughters came to Hanover for reunions in June. The weather was beautiful. You should have been here. Then again, given the number of attendance records that were broken, chances are good you were here.
Leisure time and lobster lunches
Recreation was a priority as reuners sampled a wide variety of leisure activities and Dartmouth cuisine. Alumni ran, rode, served, bogeyed, and boogied during events sponsored by the various classes from climbing Mount Moosilauke to viewing close-up a menagerie brought by Wild Kingdom producer Peter Drowne '62 and the show's star, Jim Fowler.
"Everywhere you stepped there was a munchkin."
When the first coed classes came back for their tenth reunion, Hanover learned the meaning of the term "baby boom." At times the infant strollers (not to mention the toddlers) seemed to outnumber the cars. Men and women from '76, '77, and '78 brought 196 children with them (twice as many as usual for the 10th year class) along with the first significant group of non-Dartmouth husbands.
Conversation and contemplation
The class of '77 had plenty of people to talk to. It broke all previous attendance records with 376 classmates returning. The class of '62 had plenty to talk about as it set an all-time Alumni Fund record, raising $1,600,000 by reunion time. (Alumni Fund records were also broken by the classes of '76, '77, and '82.) Big crowds meant standing-room-only attendance for educational sessions ranging from dual career marriages to the status of Dartmouth women.
Stepping out for its golden jubilee, the class of 37 led the procession at Commencement. Above, Bob Bryan '37 sported the panama hat provided by his class, but he brought his own cane.
"Tweety" Warren '77 and Ken Rothschild '77 recognize a classmate on the other side of the camera: photographer Nancy Wasserman '77.
Widows and daughters were the core of the class of 1912's 75th reunion. From left to right are Bertha French, widow of Walter French; Lillian Weld, widow of Stanley Weld; Helen Penfield, guest; Alyce Kimball, widow of Kenneth Kimball; and Lilla Pond, daughter of Carl Pond.
After only one rehearsal, members of the marching and concert bands from the classes of '56, '57 and '58 entertained fellow alums in front of the Hopkins Center.
Jack Van Nos trand '37 peddles down Mass Row.
Mike Feasel '76 and James Watson '76 meet for golf.
Ted Clark '47 was a willing volunteer in one of many taste tests being conducted at Main Street restaurants.
Dick Perkins '57 finds an activity he can sink his teeth into at "Nostalgia Night" in the Bema.
Mike Grunebaum '56 brings an unorthodox style to the tennis court
Bill McDonald '62 and his son Ryan walk in the grass along Storrs Pond.
Young Alexander Wise, right, flew all the way from Tokyo with his father Charlie Wise 78, left, and his mother Cheryl Newman '76 (not pictured) for lunch in Hanover.
Reunion chairs Sandy '77 and Bambi Wood and their children, Brook and Todd (in the center of the photo) were among the families enjoying a concert at Storrs Pond.
Bob Purcell '77 discovered he can still find time to swing at Stoirs Pond.
Adrienne Hewitt '77 and her husband Carey Beer dish up some lunch under the supervision of son Alexander.
Peter Conroy 56, left, reconnects with good buddy Tom Rosenwald '56.
A panel on coeducation attracted Jan Tarjan '76, Carol Muller '77, with her son Scott, and Pam Rowland Bartlett '77 among a packed audience in Rockefeller Center.
Dick Hannah '62 was one of many reuners who visited the Old Pine where they had broken their clay pipes a few years past
Peter Knight '62 entertains a classmate with a dramatic tale.
Dan Lapham '82 and classmate Diana Munson take a break from the frenetic schedule of '82 activities.
