1963

In his first year as president Larry Bailey has our class executive committee working on all cylinders. We selected Marty Bowne to represent us on the Alumni Council. We voted not to give out class of ’63-funded scholarships till the class of 2013 arrives in the fall.

Marty Bowne has a distinguished record as reunion chair, treasurer, vice president and president. He also hosts a dinner following the annual February Dartmouth seminar at Princeton. This year included Jim and Donna Linksz, Dan and Lee Matyola, Bill and Pat Russell, Jim and Heidi Clouser, Bob and Kappy Berenbroick and Reg Jones and his cousin Cheryl Haller. Marty is retired from Ernst & Young, where he once led a team representing Donald Trump in the acquisition of New York’s Plaza Hotel. Marty and Lenore used to run the New York City Marathon. These days Marty has booked tickets for Guatemala with son Jeff for annual hospital volunteer work. Daughter Jennifer has a family in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.

Our class executive committee voted to give our three class-funded scholarships to members of the class of 2013 with whom we have a 50th reunion class connection. At the same time the committee decided to contribute this year’s income from our three scholarship funds to the College’s general scholarship fund.

Launny Steffens, former head of brokerage at Merrill Lynch and, since 2001, head of hedge fund Spring Mountain Capital, had some exposure, along with thousands of investors, to the Bernard Madoff scandal, The Wall Street Journal reported. Launny told the Journal that his funds had generally still outperformed the stock-market indexes since inception and in 2008, a point corroborated by Daniel Tully, a former Merrill chief executive who had invested with him. Launny communicated the exposure to his investors almost immediately. Even after the losses Spring Mountain Capital Partners QP1 fund had cumulative returns of 31.6 percent since January 2003, one investor said. Launny is reportedly developing a “new platform” for future investments.

Doug Floren, whose financial support includes the Floren Varsity House, the Boss Tennis Center and Gordon Pavilion, will be made an honorary Wearer of the Green May 16 in Boston. The Wearer of the Green ceremony, which takes place every five years, honors Dartmouth students and alumni who have been great athletes or coaches. Honorary wearers are cited for their contributions to Dartmouth athletics.

Rhode Island federal judge Ernie Torres, who presided in the trial of former Providence Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr., plans to retire after more than two decades on the bench. Johannes von Trapp plans to turn over operations of his family’s famous Stowe, Vermont-based lodge to his son Sam, 36, a former ski instructor and model, according to a New York Times article published on the eve of an ABC TV broadcast of The Sound of Music. “With Sam taking over, I’ll get back to Montana,” Johannes told the Times. “I’ve sort of done my thing here. Now it’s up to my son to take it from here.”

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