1973

Our 20th Reunion was truly "hot time" in every sense. In fact, a record was set for pounds of ice used during reunion weekend—with no correlation to beer consumption. To be honest, that was one of the nicer parts of the reunion—seeing so many Dartmouth people having a good time without a lot of drinking. Actually, we were a well-behaved and very impressive group; "73 is 21 in '94" turned out to be pretty apt.

Before festivities got underway, a small but spirited group of women from the classes of '73, '74, and '75 met for what turned into a three-hour luncheon on Friday. Among other things, the group discussed plans for commemorating the fast-approaching 25th anniversary of coeducation. A number of '73s attended: my good friend Valerie Armento, city attorney in Sunnyvale, Calif.; Donna Bascom, film producer and president of ByLine Visions Inc., New York; Suzan Edwards, professor of astronomy for the five-college group in western Massachusetts; and MaryAllen Stifler, development director of a nonprofit educational center in Vermont. SusanGordon, a retired attorney/very active mother from Palm Beach, Fla., had hoped to attend but didn't quite make it to Hanover on time.

Friday night was a dream fulfilled. After only one live rehearsal that morning, Bobby and the Corvairs were absolutely incredible! Tom Spiliotis and Todd Keiller and bandmates Kim Coffman '74, Lex McCusker '74, and Keith Luckenbach '71 seemed very much to enjoy their own mini-reunion. Still, they could not possibly have relished it as much as we did. (I'm still kicking myself for not video-taping the show for future reunions!)

Storrs Pond was jammed on Saturday afternoon—another event worthy of pictures. I'm afraid we looked something like a herd of cattle, wading into the pond, sometimes clothes and all, to get relief from the heat and humidity. Still it was a good afternoon for visiting and recounting the day's events—golf tournaments, tennis matches, a bowling tournament (largely populated by Betas and Theta Delts!), and an alumni row.

At our class dinner in Collis Center Saturday night, we ate without lights because leaving them on just added to the heat. Brad Little conducted a profitable auction which included Dave Wilson's surprise offering of five days in his Colorado condo Paul Sehl, outgoing head agent and newly-elected class president, presented a check for $201,973 to the Alumni Fund. (Many thanks to all of you who helped make that gift possible!) And President Emeritus Thad King read the proclamation naming '73 as Alumni Association Class of the Year.

You'd think with 113 to choose from, I could do a better job of reporting on people. The sad part is that I was still seeing people for the first time on Sunday morning. There were others I never saw after Friday afternoon. Somewhere in between I caught up with old friends Caren Diefenderfer and MaryMladinov. Caren's husband, David Robertson, flew them up from Virginia, where Caren is a math professor at HOllins. Meeting their son Mark for the first time was a real high point. Mary—technically a '72S—is assistant director of Phi Beta Kappa in D.C.

When I told Tom Helfrich that he deserved an award for traveling from Germany, he informed me that Peter Luthy had just arrived from London, Eric Schwartz was already in from Paris, and Erik Jebsen from Oslo. Paul Gross also deserves special mention for his design of our reunion pin. Bob Barr, our man in Hanover and an incredible Reunion Chair, has earned our deepest thanks for one of the "hottest" reunions ever! Maybe next time he'll get to sit back and enjoy it.

Speaking of which, I hereby pass the secretary's quill to Bob Conway. Despite my frequent complaining about infrequent correspondence, it's been great having an excuse to keep meeting those of you I never knew. See you in four years!

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Tom Ludlow '74 and son Thomas Jr.found relief from the heat in Storrs Pondduring the '73-'74-'75 picnic. The weekend was a scorcher, breaking 100°."Arecord was set for pounds of ice used,"writes '73 Secretary Donna Tihalas.