1975

Dateline: Cambridge Massachusetts, October 29,2011,7 p.m.—Despite an all out blizzard complete with howling winds and blowing snow, 35 hard-core classmates and guests sat through a 30-14 Dartmouth-Harvard loss in the first Ivy League night football game in Harvard stadium history. Secretary's Note: For those wondering what the definition of "hard core" is, Wikipedia defines hard core as " the members of a group or movement who form an intransigent nucleus resistant to change" (I might add, resistant to rational judgement). Regardless, there is no doubt that the mini-reunion was a big success complete with a pre-game (warm) party at John Harvard's Brew House on Harvard Square and a post-game buffet dinner (warmer) at Joes American Bar & Grill on the waterfront.

This incredible event was the work of Glenn Reed, Brent and Marjean Kimball, Dan Kenslea, Judy Geer, Mark McAleenan and our own feerless leader, Len Cross. I should note that our entire block of 50 tickets was sold out—a function of predicitions of warmer weather; and should also note that apparently Sandy Tierney and I are not hard core, since at the behest of our wives, we watched the game on cable TV. Hats off to the mini-reunion crew, you have set the bar high for next year s class of 1975 mini "extreme" reunion.

Not much else in the mail, but I did receive a note that Tom Foley was inaugurated in September as the new president of Mount Aloysius College in Pennsylvania. Congrats, Tom.

Nanc and I wish everyone the Dest of holidays and a happy new year and hope our paths cross before too long. Above all else, lets hope the world gets just a little less dangerous this year—and maybe it's not too much to also hope that our government can be just a little less dysfunctional.

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