1941

1941

CLASS NOTES

The Classes

From a note from Millie Steel, Bill Steel's widow, who lives with a daughter right across the river from Hanover: “Here in New Hampshire it is cold, windy and snowy, with icy roads postponing get-togethers and meetings until safer to travel. I have no Dartmouth local news. I would like to share stories of classmates’ widows and families’ lives today. None of our children went to Dartmouth. Their choices were Stony Brook, Yale, Duke and Cornell, but greatgrandson Theo will be 1 year old February 20 and wearing the Dartmouth sweatshirt waiting for him! Looking forward to reading classmates’ family news!”

The College sent news ofthe death of Henry Gunst, known to most classmates as “Hank.” He was from Richmond, Virginia, and is survived by six loving and admiring children and a longtime companion and Saturday-night date, Ann Levy Bendheim. Hank was the eternal optimist, so on Thursday he made dinner reservations for his weekly date! His passions were the stock market and sports, particularly baseball.

I received a welcome note from Glen Galbraith, son of William C. Galbraith: “My father passed away in 2008 in Asheville, North Carolina. I still remember class reunions inHanover—those are great childhood memories. My father was very fond of Dartmouth and always spoke very highly of his years there. In remembrance, here are two personal items related to my father [pictures enclosed]: One is his Beta Theta Pi staff (which sits happily in my home here in Knoxville, Tennessee) and another is a photo of him serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II.”

Dum vivimus vivamus!

—Jane Hanks, 2630 Kings Crown, Fort Myers, FL 33908; jhanks1@gmail.com