1964

What a class. The '64s gave $512,074 and hit a 55.8 percent participation level (47.4 percent for the College) in the year that ended June 30. This success represents a lot of generosity by several in our class and a lot of hard work and follow-up by Sabin Danziger, Tom Seymour, Pete Luitwieler and Roy Lewicki, among others. Our thanks to all. Homecoming is approaching—in fact is imminent when you read this, so if you have an early copy of this magazine, come back to the college for a wonderful weekend October 21-23. Football, fall colors, the parade through town, the bonfire, the freshmen, drinks at the Hanover Inn and friends await those coming back. Please make arrangements and let me or Ed Williams (ewilliams@somlaw.com) know. Speaking of football, our own Tom Parkinson is one of the leaders of Friends of Dartmouth Football and is actively seeking support for the football team and all that needs to be done to get Dartmouth back at the top. I know we all hope to see progress this year. Howard Soroos writes that he is working for the financial management service of the Treasury Department and manages the government's checkbook and writes its checks (he even writes your refund check). In his spare time at work, he speaks Yoruba. Yoruba, you say? Howard picked up Yoruba when he was a secondary school teacher in the Peace Corps for two years after graduation and learned some of the indigenous language of western Nigeria, which is Yoruba. He explains that Yoruba is becoming the third language of a U.S. government office building, given the number of young Africans who come to work for the U.S. government. There may be people already speaking to us in Yoruban and we didn't know it. What is "go big green" in Yoruba? Steve Bachman writes that he almost went into politics—or perhaps I turned his words around: He had a chance to run a Swift boat in the Mekong Delta but after two tours of duty in Vietnam he elected to leave. After bean-counting for a couple of firms he started his own company, called Fluid Recovery Cos. Inc., which was a solvent recycling service. He retired from this endeavor four years ago and now is a golfer and collector of prewar Lionel trains. He bought their house because it had a big basement to handle his collection of 140 locomotives and 700 cars, and "every engine runs." As a collector he sees Frank Loveland every six months at train shows. Frank collects Carlisle and Finch trains. He saw Jack Kaufmann, a retired lawyer who is presently studying for an advanced degree in Greek and Latin, recently in Pelham, New York. Thanks for the news, Steve, keep chugging, and hi to Carol and your three kids (and grandchild). Have a great holiday season and send me info. Thanks.

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