1969

1969

The sad news: This is the last Class Notes column you will receive before our gathering in Hanover in June. The good news: As ofthis date we have more than 300 classmates who will probably be present at our 50th reunion. If you are not among them, you still may have time to register, find housing, and enjoy the company of old friends and make new ones. By the time you read this the reunion book will be in the hands of the printer and, we hope, nearing a shipment date so you will all have a copy by May. Our ’69 Times editor, Allen Denison, will have sent you two new editions before June with updated information on all aspects of the reunion, including daily schedules. Check our class website, www.dartmouth69.org, for regular updates on the reunion and class activities in general.

Remember, this is also the sestercentennial of the College and there will be many interesting events surrounding that milestone available during our reunion or anytime you visit the campus this year. We are also celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Dartmouth College case, when Daniel Webster helped successfully defend the College before the U.S. Supreme Court.

We are concluding our Class Connections program with the ’19s this spring and will join them during our reunion for their graduation. The program has been extremely successful for this year’s graduating class, thanks to the incredible efforts of Norman Jacobs and Dona Heller. These two have overseen panel discussions, social events, and the beloved Trivia Night each year since their matriculation in 2015. We will share a BBQ luncheon with them on Friday of our reunion weekend. Many classmates have benefitted by joining these various gatherings both to help and participate.

Our Dartmouth College Fund head agent John Myers reports the reunion giving committee is making excellent progress toward our goal for this year, our 50th reunion, and our class gift—renovation of the DOC House. We still need additional participation, so please send in your contribution now. If you have already given, consider an additional amount to go toward the class gift or our reunion costs. Treasurer Rick Willets says our current class balance is in good shape, but those of you who have not yet paid your class dues, please pony up.

When you receive the reunion book you will be amazed with the quality of the effort and the amount of information provided by your classmates. Many people have worked on this effort, but the leaders have been David Prentice, Dudley Kay, and Henry Allen. Please recognize these three and thank them for the prodigious efforts they put forth to make this the best reunion book in the College’s history. We also need to acknowledge the amazing work Rick Willets and Paul Tuhus have done to put the entire reunion together.

Sadly, another of our great professors has passed away. Jeffrey Hart ’51 died February 17, at age 88.

Please send Allen, webmaster Peter Elias, and me information about your lives.

—Steve Larson, 837 Wildcat Trail, 10328 Big Canoe, Big Canoe, GA 30143; (360) 770-4388; wheat69@outlook.com