1969

Get back! Get back! Get back to where you still belong! This recurring theme is intended to motivate those of you questioning how to spend next summer to give serious thought to our 40th reunion in June.

In preparation for that gathering there are plans for a Homecoming mini-reunion on October 18 and a mini Foley House reunion at the Princeton game on November 22. The latter is being pulled together by David Kinsey, while the Homecoming event has the usual cast of local sponsors headed by Rick Willets, who has described the agenda as Friday night dinner at Mollys, then a parade and post-bonfire cocktails at the Inn. On Saturday there is a class meeting in the morning and tailgating on the AD lawn before, during and after the game. There will be a Saturday dinner and a Sunday brunch as well. Please show up and get ready for the 40th.

Yet another opportunity to meet this fall will be the celebration of the 1966 championship football team at the November 1 game against Harvard. This "traditions weekend" is part of Coach Teevens' effort to reconnect todays teams with previous champions. Players from that team will be introduced at halftime and our class with the '67s and '68s will be recognized.

We '69s seem to have an inordinate number of highly successful physicians practicing in the cardiovascular arena, and we are all probably living better because of it. Latest among the group to receive recognition is David Rutlen, who has recently been appointed chief of the division of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Arkansas. David was previously chief of cardiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and vice chair in the department of medicine at that institution. He received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School.

Ken Wilson was asked by Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson '68 to take a leading role in dealing with the country's financial difficulties, including bank failures, lending problems and the troubles of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Ken will take a temporary leave of absence from his position at Goldman Sachs, where he has participated in some of the largest takeovers and mergers among U.S. financial institutions in the past year. His success at saving these companies prompted his appointment. Ken will return to Goldman Sachs following the end of his unpaid job on January l.

The class Web site has a great section devoted to the reunion and all of you reading this should log on and check out the people who are already signed up to attend and the many activities and events that will be happening between June 15 and 18, 2009. For those who haven't made that trek, go to www.dartmouth.org/classes/69.

In the next issue we will review John Segelbaum's life and his first novel, Panama, and we will cheer Ben Marchello's commitment to venture out of Big Sky Country and attend the reunion.

Please send your comments and reunion intentions to Allen Denison and me.

P.O. Box 1447, Anacortes, WA98221; (360) 588-8852; wheat69@earthlink.net