1949

1949

I’m going into my 11th year as class secretary, which is more than twice as long as any of my predecessors. As the class ages, this job gets tougher. If you can, I need you guys to call or write to bring your classmates up to date.

Ed “Nick” Nickerson lives in a retirement home in Salisbury, Connecticut. At 95, he still walks without a cane. Nick retired as an English professor at the University of Delaware, where undergraduate Joe Biden preceded him. Nick asked a fellow prof what he thought of Biden. Answer: “He was the nicest guy I ever gave a C (grade) to.” Ed MacBurney is doing well in an assisted living home in Bettendorf, Iowa. Ed retired as the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Quincy, Illinois. (Quincy and Bettendorf are both part of the “Quad Cities.”) Bob Weber is happily married and still traveling when he can (Covid-19 permitting). Bob lives in Santa Barbara, California, and fortunately escaped the terrible wildfires in the area.

I caught up with Dick Hook in Denmark, Maine, in the middle of a blizzard. He likes really cold weather, a contrast to the climate in Kenya, Uganda, Indonesia, and other warm places where he consulted on microfinance for the Harvard Institute for International Development. Dick oversaw loans of$15 to $1,000, with a better than 95-percent repayment rate. He’s happy and in good health. Frederick Smith Jr. died on November 10, 2020, in Laconia, New Hampshire, where he lived. Entering Dartmouth at 15, Fred was the youngest member of our class. He earned a law degree from Cornell and a master’s in public administration from Harvard. Fred spent a 31-year career with the U.S. State Department in a variety of assignments around the world. After retiring at 70, Fred moved to New Hampton, New Hampshire, and worked as a consultant, helping negotiate treaties, among other projects. Fred is survived by his wife, Jane; daughters Allison and Toiy; son Adam; and four stepchildren.

—John Adler, 1623Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)

John Adler