1973

1973

CLASS NOTES

War or pandemic, neither good. Baltimore resident Al Friehofer, who spent 20 years as a businessman before turning to teaching, retired. Last summer Al rowed 400 miles from Lake George to Keuka Lake (plus an 8-mile portage) in his Adirondack guide boat to promote environmental stewardship on the two lakes and raise awareness of New York State waterways. More on his adventure is available in the Finger Lake Times and his blog at lakertolaker.blogspot.com “What I have realized through the years is how enj oyable it is to see our waterways at 4 miles per hour under your own power and meeting people along the way.”

Our 50th reunion will be history by this time next year, so start planning to attend. Take a cue from Wayne Whippen: “I am looking forward to coming to the 50th in 2023 and catching up with everyone. That is right in the middle of my blue marlin season in Madeira, Portugal, where we live about six months of the year, but I may have to delay that for such a worthy occasion.” Wayne is a two-time International Master Angler, winning a multiple-day, multiple-hour event fishing for sailfish and white marlin with a trophy figure based on The Old Man and the Sea. See www.powerandmotoryacht.com/sportfishing/ international-masters-angling-tournament.

In late April the class enjoyed a virtual screening ofEarly Daughters ofDartmouth: Blazing the Trail to Coeducation, 1969-1972, spotlighting adoptees Ann Tarbox Birchall and Cindy Saranec Livermore, followed by a panel mo derated by president Rick Routhier and composed of astronomer Suzan Edwards, law professor Kate Stith. and commercial banker Donna Ferretti Tihalas sharing their journeys to Dartmouth and paths after graduation. Bill Nisen was instrumental in handling technology and is working on making a recording available. More than 80 classmates attended. Chat comments included: “I reviewed plays and movies for The Daily Dartmouth. I remember mentioning Meryl Streep’s performance in one of the three Frost competition plays I reviewed in spring ’72.1 could see how serious she was but actually thought to myself she didn’t have the look to make it big,” recounted Scott Johnson. “I remember often vitriolic discussions in spring 1972 on where the first classes would be housed. There was a campus committee to determine how dorm space would be allocated (by room, floor, building) and how individuals displaced would be handled for new room allocations,” recalled Bruce Curran. Kudos to all, especially Suzan, Kate, and Donna! The movie can be watched free with password “Eleazar” at https://vimeo.com/366773751.

The class extends its condolences to Paul Feakins whose wife, former exchange Smith student and adopted classmate Anne Butterworth Feakins, died in May 2021. Anne was active in community service in the Norfolk, Virginia area. Her obituary can be found athttps://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obits.

Former Chinese language and history professor Jonathan Mirsky, whose notoriety arose from his frequent activist demonstrations against U.S. foreign policy, died last September in London, where he moved in 1975. He was memorialized in February; proceedings viewable at https://youtu.be/R6cE6tfu-TY with Dartmouthrelated comments at 1:13.

—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu

Val Armento