1963

Class of '63s played supportive roles in several initiatives related to the launch of the Campaign for the Dartmouth Experience, a $1.3 billion campaign, the Colleges largest in history, focusing on academics, residential and campus life, financial aid and the student experience.

Five '63s, including some spouses, joined President Wright and a large turnout at a New York Dartmouth Hillel board fundraising dinner honoring Mel Alperin 58 for his leadership in eliciting close to $3.5 million for the Roth Center for Jewish Life, which opened in 1997. Along with this writer were Dick and Carole Berkowitz, Adam and Joanne Heyman, Paul Binder and Denis Eagle, whose son Jevin '88 heads Hillel at Harvard and serves on the Dartmouth board. It was the second New York appearance in a few weeks for President Wright, who earlier welcomed a few hundred alumni at a spring reception at the Grand Hyatt. No '63s were encountered there, but Leslie Buch '64, a private wealth manager, shared some great New York stories. At the nearby Williams Club, John Kubacki anchored a '63 team of callers, including head agent Bob Bysshe, at the New York City phonathon for the 2005 Dartmouth College funds campaign. Prior to the phonathon, our class had raised $200,000 against its $275,000 goal.

On the cultural front, Wallace Chappell, formerly head of The American Ballet Theatre, was named executive director of the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Wallace was director of the Hancher Auditorium at the University of lowa for 15 years. Dick Friedman, who hosted President Clinton on Nantucket, is redeveloping the historic Charles Street Jail in Boston into a multi-million-dollar four-star hotel. Len Levitts new book, Conviction, about the Martha Moxley murder case in Greenwich, is a must-read for anyone interested in how money, power and celebrities affected media coverage and law enforcement in solving one of the most sensational crimes of our era.

Marty and Lenore Bowne hosted a contingent of'63S at their home following the annual Princeton seminar sponsored by the Dartmouth Club of Suburban New Jersey. Guests included Bob and Kappy Berenbroick; Reg Jones and his niece, Tressa, a student at the Woodrow Wilson School; Ted Suess; and Jim and Donna Linksz. Jim and Heidi Clouser also attended but had to leave just after the seminar, which this year was titled "New Jersey and the American Revolution." The professors, including Dartmouth's Jere Daniell '55, "really knew their stuff and gave excellent presentations," said Marty Bowne.

Don't forget our next big mini-reunion on Penn Weekend, to October 2. Contact mini-reunion chair Rick Hashhagen; (802) 254-9613; jdhashagen@aol.com.

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