1976

1976

I’m pleased to announce our first poet laureate (unless I’ve somehow missed someone—you’ll recollect I got burned when I announced we had only one knight in the class). Congratulations Dr. Henry Hart, recently named poet laureate of Virginia!

Hats off to Henry Hart! Hurray!

Named poet laureate VA.

Distinguished prof at William/Mary

Wrote at Dartmouth where he

Started as a soccer star

But in Bob Siegel’s seminar

Found bigger kicks from poems than soccer,

Diversified and locked his locker,

Redefined what goals to score,

Our World Cup poet evermore!

I recently ran into a fit and youthful looking Bill Nimmo and his wife, Joanne, and learned that both their kids graduated from Dartmouth. Bill plays lots of squash and mentors early-stage entrepreneurs— a stimulating challenge after his lengthy and successful investment management career. Jack Fidler just finished his 10th year of middle school English teaching at Maimonides, a leading Orthodox Jewish day school outside of Boston. Jack says, “This was quite a change for me after three decades in the banking industry. Teaching is the hardest job you’ll ever love, as the saying goes.” He has started a theater program, which plays into a major family interest. One of his kids is an aspiring actorplaywright at Emerson College, while the other landed the lead in her high school production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

Our beloved, adopted class member, the late Professor John Rassias, would be proud that so many of us have continued our love ofthe French connection he kindled. I am always on the lookout for Chris Daniell, who, like us, visits Provence every summer seeking hidden gems of the French countryside. He and jazz musician Margaret Herlehy report enjoying oysters in Marennes, canoeing the Dordogne, hiking Mount Sainte-Victoire, and biking along the Canal du Midi. His last email was from their rooftop deck in Uzes. How about co-leading a mini-reunion trip through France next summer, Chris and Margaret? With so many Francophiles in the class, we’d have a mob scene!

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, 72 Mowit Vemoji St., Unit 4B, Boston, MA 02108; sarahunter76@gmail.com