1951

1951

We welcome the new class of ’51 leadership team, headed by incoming president Jack Giegerich. Dave Saxton will serve as class agent. New faces on our class executive committee include Joe Caldwell, Jim Cavanagh. Babs Hall, John Ives, Pete Martin, Tyke Miller, Dotty Mori, AI Moses, Peggy Reid, Nancy Roberts and Art Worden. The addition to the committee, for the first time, of four ’51 widows brings valuable perspective from these key members of an important and growing part of the ’51 family.

Loye Miller, who has guided us with such distinction as president for the last 10 years (and filled virtually every leadership post through the years), is happily remaining on the executive committee as vice president.

Jack and his expanded team will be announcing soon some new initiatives, building on the work of their distinguished predecessors while adding activities that address the expressed interests and needs ofthe class as we enter the post-65th reunion stage of our Dartmouth life.

Our 65th reunion boasted a record turnout of ’51s and their families. This marvelous occasion will be reported in detail in my next column; press deadlines prevent covering it here. In the meantime, watch for Charlie Russell’s description of the weekend in Fifty-One Fables.

In other news, Art Worden (a much-appreciated news-gatherer) spoke with Gordy Williams, who no longer pitches softballs but is an avid bowler. Ace Mueller had a delightful visit in California with Dwight Allison. AI Brout’s annual New York area luncheon bash this summer attracted Bing Broido, Don Dworken, Jack Giegerich, Ed Golden, Bob Hopkins and Sandy McDonald. And Betty Sutton has retired after 52 years at Summit Schoolin WinstonSalem, North Carolina, where she influenced the lives of hundreds of children and their families. Her colleagues spoke admiringly of her “rare combination of intelligence, elegance, professionalism, commitment and graciousness.”

We report with sadness the recent deaths of Charlie Hood, Harry Johnson, Bill Miller, Chuck Storer and Dick Swain. The class was represented by Howie Allen at Charlie’s funeral and by Al Brout at Chuck’s service.

—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com