1966

The saga of WilliamRodarmor is the stuff of romance novels, epic spectaculars, or, at die very least, a three-part mini-series.

There's young William in the very first act transferring to Dartmouth as a sophomore in 1960 from the Lycee Francais, leaving that first spring for a military stint during which he learned Russian in California, returning to Hanover to graduate as a member of the class of 1966.

Act two heats up: William, armed with a law degree from Columbia, abandons his San Francisco legal career after one year and heads for the South Seas, translates French solo sailor Bernard Moitessier’s book into English, and solos himself for 30 days from Tahiti to Hawaii. Subsequently he turns up as a park ranger in Alaska, a mountain trip leader all over the world, and a book translator.

The eighties find William marrying nov- elist Thaisa Frank, fathering a son, Casey (now ten), getting a master’s degree in jour- nalism from UC Berkeley, and writing for PC Word, a computer magazine. Finally, William lands at California Magazine, the alumni mag- azine of the University of California, and, as die sun sets, we find William simultaneous- ly writing a piece on the Berkeley budget crunch and translating French filmmaker Cyril Collard’s gritty novel, Savage Nights. And there’s plenty of time for a sequel or two.

Ted Thompson of Norwich, Vt., has been appointed commercial loan officer at Ledyard National Bank in Hanover. The übiquitous Dr. Peter Dorsen is now, among many other things, sports medicine editor of Cross Coun- try Skier Magazine, allowing him to combine his medical, skiing, and writing talents all together.

Tragically, Fred Rosenblatt, a classmate whose service to the school earned him a prestigious Dartmouth Alumni Award only last May, died on September 22. Our hearts go out to his wife, Cynthia, son Hart, and all of Fred’s family and friends in the Twin Cities and throughout the Dartmouth community. An obituary appears in this issue.

Keep hugging those close to you.

AL \ct two: William Rodarmor abandons his legal career and heads for the South Seas, translates French sailor Bernard Moitessier’s book, and solos himself from Tahiti to Hawaii. -Larry Geiger ’66

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