1956

Three cheers for Elliott Weinstein who has been chosen by the executive committee of our class to serve as alumni councilor to represent the classes of 1956 and 1955 for a three year term beginning July 1. Elliott was one of nine names submitted by classmates to our president, Clem Malin, after Flint Ranney circulated among the class a request for nominees. Elliott has served the class in so many ways through the years and will bring to this task a continued "strong interest in things Dartmouth." We are thankful for the efforts of Leo McKenna, who served most recently in this role and was on hand at every class meeting to share with us the work of the Alumni Council.

It was Flint Ranney who alerted many of us via e-mail to the successful transition Chuck Soule has made as an author. After spending 40 years in the insurance industry, during which time he wrote the textbook Disability Income Insurance: TheUnique Risk, now in its fifth edition, Chuck has moved into the world of fiction. Published this past February, In the Same Space is described as "a gripping tale of how an ordinary man is forced to conduct his own investigation to prove his innocence in the death of a DEA agent and inadvertently uncovers a terrorist plot. Jack Kendrick's life quickly explodes into a tragic testament of crime, punishment and retribution and what seems like one thing is quite another with international repercussions."

Speaking of books, Art Zich has recommended to the folks online a good book on China, Gate of Heavenly Peace. It's one of a number of works by Jonathan D. Spence, who has focused on China in an attempt not only to share its rich history but also to provide his readers with a way of understanding the values out of which the Chinese make the kind of decisions they do in both their personal and political lives. I'd encourage all of you to get back online to share in the discussion about the Middle East, which has been the focus in recent months.The name calling has subsided and the experience shared by classmates has been terrific.

A recent "thankyou" letter from Patricia Frazer, the alumni memorial books assistant at Baker Library, reminded me to rehearse with you that books are chosen, purchased and then identified with each of our deceased classmates as a continuing memorial to them. Among those for whom books will soon be secured are Tony B. Richter, who died in an Arizona automobile accident; Theodore Wadleigh, who died in February at his winter home in Florida; and "Buddy" Rosenthal, who died in April. Obituaries will appear in this or a later issue of the DAM. News has come as well of the deaths of George Yeager's wife, Barbara, in late November and Dave Dolbens wife, Jeannie, in late March. The wives of our classmates have played an enormous part in our Dartmouth experience, some of them beginning in our Hanover days. May they rest in peace.

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