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You will miss the inimical style of our upbeat secretary BarrySullivan, who has had a series of mini strokes followed by a serious one that put him in the hospital. As of mid-November he was recovering at home but still did not have full use of his hands. So, I am serving as the new class secretary.
Good news: Ed Drechsel will be our new secretary. Not willing to rest on his laurels following publication of a two-volume history of the North German Lloyd Line, he is working on a book based on his "Letters from Venezuela 1937-1942," including a chapter "A Dartmouth
Expatriot." Proceeds from sales of the books would be split between Dartmouth and Trinity School, which he attended with Dick Vail and Dick Dorrance.
Norb Hofman at the Forum in Cupertino keeps more than busy volun- teering: Weekly two hours as monitor, two as discussion leader for blind and dyslexic; he is editor of the monthly Forum Cazette in-house bulletin and serves in the Forum's store. He is one of seven Formairs singers, including singing in the community: "It takes a hell of a lot of time but I enjoy it."
Dave Fox reports that he has rejoined his church's choir after months of treatment for lymphoma. It involves Thursday rehearsal, five hours on Saturday and two services on Sunday.
Lou Benezet has finished another book: People us Pyramids, to be published by Colorado College, where he served as president. "I'm writing the humanistic line," on how the small elite college should reach out to the great potential of those who can't afford to attend.
Sumner Burrows goes almost daily to his old office and attends lectures at the Fromm Institute, now one "taught by a brilliant nun" on the colonial history of Africa.
Back East, Joe Davis has entered Kendal at Hanover, a life-care center, following the death of his wife in June 1998. He formerly headed up the large-type edition division of Reader's Digest. He finds the many varied activities at Kendal stimulating and enjoys the proximity to the Dartmouth campus.
This sad news arrived just as we were going to the printer: Frank Kappler, beloved editor of our class newsletter, Tithe, lost his long battle with cancer on Jan. 9. We hope to have a memorial service in Hanover in May or June. More later.
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