1961

61 It's time for my annual list of classmates who are currently taking a leadership role for Dartmouth, as listed in the new Dartmouth College Alumni Officers directory. The list is led by Trustee SteveBosworth, followed by Tom Conger on the executive committee for the Association of Alumni of Dartmouth. John Damon (Region I) is the only '61 on the Alumni Council—that may be a new low for us, at least in the past several decades. (VVe have 16 living former alumni councilors, all enumerated in the book.)

You already know your class officers, so there's no point in listing them again. In the communities, Jim Nova is president of the Phoenix club; George Bland is secretary and district enrollment director (DED) for the Bridgeport, Conn., club; Pete Stuart is continuing-education director for the Southeastern Connecticut club; Art Johnson is vice president of the Waterbury, Conn., club; Noel Kuhrt, a longtime leader of the Wilmington, Del, club, is now responsible for the book award; Pete Palin is president of the Fort Lauderdale club; John Damon is also DED of the Cape Cod club; Biff Olson is secretary of the Omaha club; Ken Walker is vice president of the Long Island club; and I'm a vice president of the Dartmouth Club of the Piedmont. There's also something new called "international contact," and John Gerrish is listed for Germany. Duck Eicke helps out in enrollment in Mississippi. Not surprisingly, many of these club officers are also active on your class executive committee or have chaired class events.

Roy Singer is back in the news again, this time for being elected a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, an honor for which a medallion is presented. He's clinical director and medical staff president of Rye (N.Y.) Hospital Center, and clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at New York Medical College.

Bob Fuller has left the Superior Court bench after eight years and reopened his private law practice in Wilton, Conn., specializing in land use, administrative appeals, appellate practice, mediation and arbitration, municipal law, and some areas of civil litigation. And he'll be called "judge" for life.

Mike Nonnan has moved to my old stomping grounds, Charlotte, where he is chairman of pediatrics at Carolinas Medical Center, an affiliate of the University of North Carolina medical school.

Mo Banks is crusading for the arts in Hartford, Conn. He told the Hartford Jewish Ledger that the arts are in a real crisis in Hartford. "Our audiences are getting smaller and getting older. Cultural organizations must do better to bring in audiences from a more diverse base." He adds, "Without major cultural organizations, such as the Connecticut Opera, the self-esteem and ultimately the attractiveness and economic viability of the city will be undermined."

Though Mo phrases his concerns in terms of Connecticut's capital, arts organizations are struggling across the country. Even in those communities with strong arts councils and combined campaigns, the base must be widened. It's something that should concern each of us.

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