1963

"Final Illusions About Vietnam Crumble," an article in the Valley News by Bill Riley, of Meriden, N.H., is a personal and painful reaction to Robert McNamara's book. Bill describes the death of Duncan, a fraternity brother, killed by a stray bullet while getting a haircut, and how Bill and an unidentified classmate, both military veterans, argued against "30 screaming radicals" at the Top of the Hop in 1966. "I hope that those who opposed the war...do not merely gloat in their vindication," writes Bill. ".. .it makes me wonder what I would tell my friend Duncan. That the sacrifice of his life was worthwhile?"

Eight class children entered Dartmouth in September: Frances Baxley (Robert Baxley), Archana Carter (Thomas Carter), Sara Dickinson (Richard Dickinson), Margaret Funke (Pete Funke), Adam jacobstein (Steve jacobstein), Leslie Kinsey (Ken Torgerson), Sean Perry (Tom Perry), and Kirk Spahn (Steve Spahn).

Ten finished last June: Dana Brenner (Steve Brenner), Kurt Bruggeman (Lewis Bruggeman), Kathryn Chamberlin (John Chamberlin), Giano Cromley (Brent Cromley), Audrey Francis (Stephen Francis), Holly Patterson (John Patterson), Brandon Prior (Ronald Prior), Mark Shukovsky (Leonard Shukovsky), Dascha Weir (Gordy Weir), and Gregory Heyman (Adam Heyman).

In case you're wondering, there are 19 '63 legacies in the sophomore, junior, and senior classes, and more coming, you can bet on it.

Let's hear it for two '63s: Larry Chapman, named president and CEO of National Retail Services, Danbury, Conn., and Jeff Nothnagle appointed first vice president, commercial lending, at Cambridge (Mass.) Savings Bank.

A Westport, Conn., resident, Larry Chapman was vice president of sales trade marketing at Nestle, following 13 years at Procter & Gamble and the Clorox Co. After graduation from Dartmouth he spent nearly six years as a Strategic Air Command navigator.

Jeff Nothnagle entered banking in Boston from Pepperidge Farm/Campbells. At Shawmut, he established the corporate finance department. He was executive VP at Baybank Harvard, and an exec at Quincy Savings. A Tuck grad and Vietnam veteran, Jeff lives in Cohasset. He and Taffy have three children

Bob Greenwood's Sun.Ergos, a theater and dance company in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, opened its season last month with the world premiere of Birds of Stone/Stones of Blood, based on Aztec, Maya, and Inca cultures. A color photo of Launny Steffans, chief of brokerage, is featured on Merrill Lynch's home page on the World Wide Web (http:/www.ml.com). The recendy reported contraction of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, the leading takeover law firm, was "more of a crisis in our minds.... We were so used to wild success," top partner Morris Kramer told The Wall Street Journal. Skadden still handles the most M&A and general corporate work, the Journal said. Jerry Garcia, 53, the imperturbable guitarist of the Grateful Dead, died in the summer. He was not a classmate, but his music and philosophy originated in our era. Don't forget mini-reunions October 28 in the parking lot of Harvard B-School and November 4 at Columbia's stadium. Call Bob Bysshe, (212) 454-3727.

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Jerry Garcia, the imperturbable guitarist of the Grateful Dead, died in the summer. He was not a classmate, but his music and philosophy originated in our era. HARRY ZLOKOWER '63