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50-1 Woodlake Road Albany, NY 12203

Moving into the final months of another Alumni Fund campaign, it is comforting to recall the experience of the class in 1987 under the leadership of Dan Provost and Art Hills: Green Derby honors for the first time since who knows when. That's a reflection both of total amount of contributions and percentages of class participating. Our 57 percent leaves something still to be desired, but helping the bucks to pile up were 21 classmates each of whom came through with $1,000 or more. I confess not to qualify as one of those "Dartmouth Alumni Fund Associates," but it is gratifying to have received a "Thank you for participating . . . every year since graduation." And my unsolicited promo for the Fund this year is simply: '41 out in '88.

Tom Littlefield, who holds down some smashing digs in Albany's center city, had Dickie and me over for a gourmet meal a while ago. Making it a local mini-reunion, Tom's other guests were A1 Van Wie and his lady, over from Troy, and the Chuck Liddles '52. A1 is making out just fine, thank you, with two new hips that were installed shortly before he hit Hanover for the 45th. His beard is gone, though: "Made me look too old," said Al, who continues apace with his insurance business. He mentioned DonStillman among others as a hipster—you'll pardon the pun.

Insurance, as previously noted, holds Rich Fisher in harness, and I received his note some time back with a check for $24.00 made out to Felix Lilienthal. I forwarded the check, covering Yale game tickets, to Felix as requested, and the latter promptly sent it back to me to return to Rich. It wasn't in the job description, but what the hell. . . Felix doesn't want the money; if Rich doesn't want it either, Art Hills can make a suggestion. Let the record show, however, that Rich is unhappy about "the shackles Parkhurst hangs on student spirit." And from Felix, the following: "Can't dig the retirement game yet as I had to stop drinking for medical reasons and time would hang too heavy on my head." Names to be mentioned include DonBrown, who made a good point in his letter to DAM about the location of Dartmouth's memorial to WW II and Korean War alumni fatalities, and Beanie Nutt, whose "Biographical Sketch" was published several months ago in a Hanover newspaper.

We all hear periodically from Steve Winship about bequests and trusts in "The Planned Giving Program of Dartmouth College," an activity Steve chairs for the class. The subjects brings mortality to mind, and so does a new book I've leaned about but haven't seen yet. It is Legacy of Love by Elmo A. Petterle, said to be "the type of book that tells what one always wanted to know, without daring to ask, when faced with the death of someone close." I'll check it out and post you. Till then, Peace and Joy.