1968

The weekend of July 16 in Hanover was to be (these notes are written in June) a combined executive committee meeting and mini-reunion: at least 11 classmates plus assorted significant others. Weekend events include the executive committee meeting, golf and cook-out at Pete Fahey's. Next gathering: weekend of October 22, again in Hanover. Join us if you can. Recently heard: Dennis Donahue married longtime friend Pat in June. Everyone is happy for both of them. Greg Marshall continues to share thoughtful poems with many of us—let him know if you'd like to be added to his e-mail list. Since the mail in box was a little light recently, I took advantage of the national call plan on my cell phone: Boyd Barrick in Billings, Montana. His fondest undergraduate memory was being part of Phi Tau's in- terfraternity play, which beat super-actor Bob Montgomery's play. After Dartmouth he attended Divinity School at the University of Chicago, in biblical studies. His first career was teaching at Case Western and Ohio Northern and he became an associate academic dean ("a mouse learning to be a rat") at Castleton State in Vermont. He was Castleton's representative at the inauguration of Jim Freedman. An interesting sidebar is that Castleton is the 18th-oldest college in the country, and oldest in Vermont. It was chartered (as the Rutland County Grammar School) in 1787 by the Independent Republic of Vermont. Boyd next deaned at Montana State University-Billings, until health prompted a semi-retirement back to teaching and writing biblical studies articles and books. Unique hobby likely not shared with too many classmates: collecting sheet music from the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis ("Meet me in St. Lou-ee, Lou-ee, meet me at the Fair"). Wife Virginia works at the Billings Gazette, daughter Kristin is at the School at the Art Institute of Chicago and son Andrew at Montana State University at Bozeman. Ken Cooper in Ipswich, Massachusetts, has been principal at the Paul Doyon Elementary School for 18 years. Current endeavor of which he is proud: reducing his golf handicap by 13 strokes—from 36 to 23. He recently discovered the game, and is having a wonderful time at it. After Dartmouth he was part of the Urban Teacher Corps in New York City, where he roomed with Pete Zack. After that, some teaching in California and a brief detour to law school for a year and a half, which convinced him he really was an educator. On to a masters from Lesley and a Ph.D. from University of Colorado in school administration. Family includes wife of 15 happy years, Ruth, a school nurse, and his parents, Irving (age 95) and Annette (age 100), who live with them. Keep the mail and calls coming.

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