1942

Guy Swenson, chairman of bequests and trusts for the class, has good news: a classmate has made a life-income gift to the College in the amount of $54,587.50, which is to become part of the new 1942 Class Scholarship Fund when he and his wife have passed on. "I hope," Guysays, "that in the future many '42s will make small (i.e. $25, $50, or $100) gifts to the fond as memorial gifts to deceased classmates. Such gifts should be sent to Melanie Norten, Director of Stewardship, 6066 Fleet Building, Hanover, NH 03755, with a note asking that they be added to the Class of 1942 Scholarship Fund."

A note from Sid Bull reports that "two days after our mini in October, Ginny and I joined a Dartmouth tour on an 11-day trip to France. Dave and Skip Warren were also on board. This was a honeymoon of sorts for us, and we had a wonderful time." It started with three days in Paris, with all the sights, and then the high-speed train to Lyon, where they joined with other Dartmouth and Brown grads for a cruise on the MN Princesse de Provence down the Seine and Rhone rivers. Sid says that when they got back to Cape Cod, they were "exhausted, but very happy."

Bill Mitchell says that he is "trying to be healthy enough to do some traveling." He's been retired for 20 years now but has since suffered a heart attack. He and Fran have been living in the California wine country since his retirement from the Ford Motor Cos., where he had been director of p.r. programs. They had done considerable traveling, and now he hopes they can take a driving trip back to the East Coast some day. He reports hearing from Dick Higgins after the 55th Reunion last year. Dick, of Menlo Park, Calif., said he enjoyed it but wishes that more classmates from the West Coast had turned out.

A sad note from Joe Harrison: "My wife, Betty, after a long struggle with cancer, died on May 26, 1997. We almost made our 49th wedding anniversary." Our condolences, Joe, on your loss. He also noted that his daughters Ann and Pat "have kept me busy, and I have returned to being active in a free medical clinic (Rotacare) associated with the Interfaith Nutrition Network in Hempstead, N.Y." He added that "Bud and RuthHammel were a great asset to Garden City, L.1." prior to their move to New Hampshire, as we reported earlier.

Art Carpenter has chalked up another milestone. He writes from Bolinas, Calif., that "through the generous auspices of one of my clients I have a piece (circular stair case) in the permanent collection in the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution." He's still working on his book.

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