1957

Dick Perkins deserves a round of snaps for leading us to Class of the Year (25 or more years out) honorable mention, announced at September's Leadership Weekend.

Ned Bixby earns our acclaim, too, for winning the H. Allan Dingwall Jr. '44 Award. That's Alumni Fund recognition for outstanding achievement in corporate matching gifts. The class of 1957 did best among all non-reunion classes. Our performance in achieving 128 percent of our dollar goal must also have helped boost us in the Class of the Year competition.

This should remind us that now is a good time to make an end-of-year gift to the Alumni Fund. Appreciated stock? Other tax considerations? How about putting Dartmouth in your will and thus becoming a member of the Bartlett Tower Society? And so forth.

Howie Howland was honored as Club President of the Year at those same meetings in Hanover. Cape Cod reigns again!

Tom Schwarz and Joe Stevenson and Clark Griffiths, along with Dick Perkins and Howie, have been brainstorming steps we can take to capture class-of-the-year recognition on our way to a fabulous 50th in (gasp) 2007.

Adam Block has agreed to join the newsletter masthead (and class executive committee) as "person who looks after the class listserv and web site and hounds us all to participate." He can't be called just a webmaster, because he does so much more, but neither "cyberarian" nor "ceo" (chief electronics officer) has garnered unqualified acclaim. Whether we get the title just right, we'll take plenty of time to find one.

Bill Edgerton has written a new article about wines for us. It's called "Affordable Bordeaux" and is available on our web site at www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/57/index.html.

Steve Hibbs lives in Havertown, Pa., still writing but with fewer pressing deadlines. He is enjoying life between generations, so to speak, helping his mother and an aunt, who are in their 90s, while enjoying the accomplishments of three daughters and their families. He still does some sailing.

Skip Clark sails, too, but in gliders with the Montreal Soaring Council between Ottawa and Montreal. He writes, "It's exciting to break the umbilical cord and soar away from the home field in search of adventure, new scenery and friendly farm fields." The council's web site: flymsc.org.

Herb Roskind wrote that he's "pleased that Skip shared his passion for flying/gliding. Wonder how many of us are hooked on flying? ... It not only gets me around to family, friends and interesting seldom thought of places, but is also a lifetime study."

AI Rollins chimed in with, "You're so right, Herb!" and "I finally got my instrument rating this summer;I agree with your 'life time study' view of flying."

I am sorry to transmit word of the deaths of Pete Falcon, reported by Skip Clark, and of Pete Cooley, reported by Bob Young. The class extends its condolences and best wishes to their families.

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It's exciting to break tlieumbilical cord and soaraway in search ofadventure, new sceneryand friendly farm fields. SKIP CLARK '57