1952

Nature on the rampage seems to have stalked our class. Two classmates were clobbered by the violent northeast wind that blew on the North Shore of Long Island Sound in the second week of December. President Dick McDonoughs house in Old Greenwich was badly damaged, and BobRingstad's Stuyvesant Yacht Club in City Island had numerous boats in storage knocked over by wind and drifting timbers. Luckily, Bob's boat escaped.

Bob started his sailing interest through a long career in the navy. He was a regular NROTC student at Dartmouth, graduating a year late with a degree from Tuck. When Bob was released by the navy to inactive duty after three years as a gunnery officer on a carrier, he remained as a reservist, taking his cruises in aging destroyers until his retirement in 1984 as a captain. (Many of us thought that four stripes were divine and unattainable.) You may remember Ringer as a jazz drummer, a career which went into eclipse until our 40th Reunion. Bob's real-life calling has been investment management, currently as vice president of operations for Regent Investor Services Inc. of White Plains, which capitalizes on "wrap business" from large brokerage houses. Bob is married to Diane, a sports marketer who runs die Easter Bowl Junior Tennis Tournament at the Doral in Florida every year (sponsors, anyone?). They have two sons: Erik, a musician in Boston, and Neil, who does what many us wish we had done: he skis and works in construction in Durango, Colo. Ringer donated his "little" boat to Mass Maritime and bought a 30-footer named Audacious, which he intends to cruise a bit more on Long Island Sound. He sees many classmates, including Dick Watt, Dek Davidson, Quent Squire, and his Dartmouth roommate Dusty Rhodes. In spite of this, he does not see enough of his classmates to suit him.

When Bill Kay stepped down from ten years of service as a member of the board of overseers of the Dartmouth Institute, he received a letter from President Freedman commending him. I his was his second presidential letter. The first, from President David McLaughlin, expressed the "profound gratitude" of the College for "extraordinary services rendered to the college ... for improving the quality of education at Dartmouth College." Bill and his wife, Marcia, have not lost touch with the College. Son Bill graduated in 1980, and they return for Institute programs from time to time. Although he is winding up some of his professional commitments, Bill still consults, mostly for troubled companies which abound in these troubled times. Marcia Kay is a best-selling author. Her current book from Viking Press should be on all our bookshelves, particularly those of us with daughters: Ordinary Women, ExtraordinaryLives. It is out in paperback. In their free time the couple can be found skiing in the winter and playing tennis, golfing, and sailing in the warmer months.

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