1942

Cliff Roberts certainly had me fooled. A few years ago, he gave me a 26-word reply to the 50th Reunion Book questionnaire. And half of those words were his name and address! So I didn't really expect too much when I sent him a post card recently asking for news. Would you believe five large pages of entirely legible script?

Cliff retired from his 35-year job with Cargill Inc. at age 60. "It was not a retirement," he says. "None of us should retire. We should just shift our gears to drive a different path. Tragically, my wife, Sue, has suffered a neurological deterioration over the last seven years that has made her completely immobile. I have virtual round-the-clock care to keep her at home rather than in a nursing home...lt still leaves me with a great deal of responsibility." But before Sue's illness struck, she and Cliff had a chance to travel extensively and visit many parts of the world that he had visited earlier in the course of business. Quitting work "early" also gave him a chance to become involved in his community (Minneapolis), "...first as a councilman, then as mayor of the city of Deephaven. Cliff still keeps a small office in downtown Minneapolis, perhaps, he muses, to encourage him to put on a coat and tie, get out of the house, and see old friends. For the past four years Cliff and Sue have spent seven months of each year in Minneapolis and five in Naples, Fla. In either of those places Cliff doesn't have to walk very far to see George and Aileen McClintock or Brad Bowman. Or, for that matter, Allen and Barbara Britton who, according to Cliff, have become Florida residents in Cliffs building. Cliff notes that Al "deserves great credit" for his role in making possible the architecturally stunning Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, a plaudit that no one would dispute.

"Before wintering in Naples," Cliff writes, "I spent a number of years at Ocean Reef on Key Largo, largely because of Roger Baker. Roger's father founded the place, and at one time Roger managed it. They have since sold it—actually a long time ago, but Roger stays on despite some terrible damage to his condo by Hurricane Andrew. We try to persuade him to move to Naples."

Another postcard resulted in a seven-page letter (smaller paper) from Dick Deverian also from Florida (Fort Lauderdale), where he and Ruthie have escaped the Rochester (N. Y.) winters for the past 15 years. Dick says his three step-grandsons keep him young: Richie, working on his Ph.D. in bio-chemistry or medicine at Hanneman Hospital in Philadelphia; Andy, an engineer, married last summer to a former classmate/engineer; and Zachary an engineer graduate of UVM, now working in Atlanta. Thanks Dick and Cliff-you are sterling fellows.

Class secretaries have been asked to call attention to a historical archive project at The Dartmouth that will include oral interviews of editors who may be able to shed light on significant moments of that newspaper's hitory. Former staffers who have information to contribute (I do) should call (603) 643-9230, or write to the Historical Archives Project, 6175 Robinson Hall, Hanover, NH 03755. The researchers are Chris Johnson '94 and David Herszenhorn '94.

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