1963

It's official! Class of '63's fall mini-reunion takes place on Homecoming Weekend, October 13,14 and 15. So in addition to enjoying two great dinners, a Hanover Inn brunch, executive board meeting and football game, you'll once again get to march in the Hanover parade and take in the bonfire in front of beautiful Dartmouth Row. You'll be getting details in the mail soon but if you have questions, contact mini chair Rick Hashhagen, (802) 254-9613, jdhashagen@aol.com Class-reserved rooms may still be available at Comfort Inn in White River Junction, Vermont, (802) 295-3051.

In 1967 Dave Dawley, fresh from the Peace Corps and graduate work in sociology, marched into the tough Lawndale section of Chicago and joined the Vice Lords, one of the city's most notorious gangs. He stayed with them for two years, performing research, counseling, leading community projects and more than once nearly became a victim of their violent ways. Dave's experience is the subject of his 1991 autobiographical book, A Nation of Lords, and last February was the focus of an in-depth article on Ivy League Sports.com as part of the 2006 Ivy Black History Month Celebration. Dave, a Dartmouth rower and skier, was honored alongside Princeton basketball player John Doar, the Justice Department lawyer in the Mississippi burning case, and the late Ben Johnson, "The Columbia Comet," who set track records in the 1930s and became one of the first black colonels in the U.S. Army. Dave lives in Washington, D.C., and is a consultant to corporations and nonprofits. He was recently named to the 21-member board of visitors of Dartmouth's Rockefeller Center. Classmates with ideas for leadership development on campus should contact Dave at dd@awleyhutchins.com.

The Asian tsunami disaster of December 2 6, 2004, reached deep into the hearts and minds of Tom and Betty Rucker and their quiet Cotswold village of Upper Slaughter in southwest England. The couple, who dated at Dartmouth, had moved to England where Tom, a rugby star, had a successful life as an investment banker. Last year they led a massive fiindraising effort to build 60 tsunami relief houses for Habitat for Humanity, one for each house in their village, and sent teams to Sri Lanka to actually help with the construction. Dissatisfied with the progress, Betty flew to Sri Lanka last fall to kick-start the project.

Dick Kiphart, Chicago investment banker, is a major supporter of DATA, the African relief organization co-founded by Bono, the lead singer of U2. Bono was named Time magazines Person of the Year, alongwith Bill and Melinda Gates, also major supporters of the organization. Kevin Lowther, a Peace Corps graduate, continues to run the South African division of Africare, a Washington-based agency that combats AIDS and hunger in seven countries.

Michael Moriarty penned a letter in the March 27 New York Magazine giving his take on actor turnover at the Law & Order TV show. Michael also took the opportunity to declare his intention to run for president in 2008. For more go to his official Web site, www.michaelmoriartyonline.com and blog www.mmuuuhp.com.

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