Reunion Addendum: Also joining the Glee Club revival with other '54s and assorted alums were BILL GROVER and LEW MILKEY.

After 39 years in the air with United Airlines, HOWIE ARONSON finally hung up the scarf and goggles. So it's over with commercial aviation, but the sky still beckons, so Howie and MARGE will travel too all sorts of exciting places in small planes with the master working the joystick. Son Miles just graduated from UVM and is comfortably employed in Denver.

Nice note from JON MOORE, bemoaning his inability to join us in Hanover. United Nations business with Haiti and Kosovo has kept the tire-less dynamo busy with travel to troubled areas. There is a sort of reverse-reunion group who have communicated about not making reunion including Jon, SKIP WEYMOUTH, PETE GEITHNER and BILL MANSFIELD. JOHN GILLESPIE is already working on a plan to turn this sympathetic joining into a recognized reunion activity - not coming, but wearing '54 hats, singing songs, remembering, etc. A May article in the Cape Cod Times eulogized Jon for his (and others) part in the maneuverings that eventually got the Cape Cod National Seashore Bill to President Kennedy's desk for approval in 1961. "It had authority, momentum. But it was a careful, painstaking process."

In the same vein, JOEL LASKY did just that. Not being able to get to Hanover, he contacted GARY ROSENTHAL, another Dallas-ite and arranged a dinner, along with wives JUDY and MARION, respectively. Since 45 years had passed since their last conversation, Gary blew up the '54 Aegis photos of each and hung them on ribbons to assure recognition at the country club. According to Joel: "I'm not saying we've aged, but our faces have been enhanced by maturity." A fine, reminiscing evening was had and the country club agreed to allow them another time as long as they paid, in advance, for the broken fixture and thrown food.

Reverend DAVE RANSOM wrote and asked that mention be made of the '54s that aided in the remembrances of deceased classmates at the reunion memorial service: DICK ARMSTRONG, JAY CHANDLER, BOB LEVINE, BOB ADNOPOZ and BRYCE BASTIAN. In attempting to deliver a participative inter-faith service, Dave and TOM KELSEY drew from "3 faiths and relevant agnostics". Acknowledging one critique received following the service, Dave promises that a similar service at the 50th would "walk us along the collegial path even further!" Dave and LOUISE celebrated their 43rd anniversary June 6th on the Appalachian Trail.

Prior to reunion, DANA LOW also took to the Trail and traversed 350 miles in five weeks. ANN, driving carefully near the final pick-up point in the boondocks, went past Dane twice before recognizing the bearded, disheveled and altogether ratty4ooking hobo as her beloved. Not ones to rest on their laurels, Ann and Dane went off hiking after reunion with BEAVER and KATE NASH.

Last April, DAVE and JUDY McLAUGHLIN tripped around Egypt with son Bill '78, daughter-in-law Martha T-'82 and three grandchildren. They recommend the experience highly. Dave then took off with JOHN HESTON for some fly-fishing in anticipation of the growing annual '54 piscine adventure (see next issue). "So between CBS, other boards and non-profit associations, life is busy. Having an office in New London (NH) saves me."

Dr. RAY WOLFF missed reunion due to quadruple heart bypass surgery. He started cardiac rehab in May and is hopefully back to a normal life. Ray took the surgery as a signal to slow down, so retired from his private practice of OB/GYN and the medical directorship of a clinical research company. Good decision - it's time to enjoy life! Adjust his address in the Class directory to 16679 Anna's Way, St. Louis, MO 63005; (314) 519-9939.

Dr. BOB SPEARS sings the praises of Colorado Springs: "where we have more sunshine days than San Diego, where two of my three children live, not too hot in the summer and just the right amount of snow in the winter." Bob was honored by the University of Colorado - the 1999 Alumni and Friends Award - and named Alumnus of the Year for outstanding service and dedication to the university. He is the Board Chairman of the university's Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Sounds like he has life by the tail!

NEAL and SONNY SIBLEY missed reunion due to the absolutely disruptive act of moving - "where did all this stuff come from?". They have pulled up stakes in Woodmere, NY and relocated to Florida - 7104 Falls Road East, Boynton Beach, FL 33437; (561)742-9511. His promise to make the 50th was written in what looked like blood.

A May postcard from STEVE MULLINS sang the praises for JOHN CUNNINGHAM's performance as the captain of the Titanic in a limited appearance in Chicago. Steve's hard-to-put-down book, Toby and Character Jugs of the 20th Century, is in China, being printed - 352 pages, 1671 photos, coffee table format, $69.99. Only budget limitations kept the reunion committee from presenting a copy to each classmate. Staying within his continuum of athletic prowess, Steve nabbed three gold medals in Masters Swimming Nationals with some super times in the 66-year-old age bracket. In a surge of Jack Kerouac-ism, he recently drove cross country, alone, after picking up a car in Los Angeles. "Everyone should do it every 10 years just to realize what a great country this is!" Went through CA, NV, AZ, NM, OK, KS, IA and Illinois.

The following is from a really dated Tuck School column by CHARLIE MORRISON, butthe content has not lost its pertinence.

-In 1986 PETER and CAROLYN JOHNSON moved into a place on Payette Lake in Idaho^ts wilderness, following his stint as Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration. Peter has served since on 2 committees of the National Academy of Sciences, Future Nuclear Power Development and the National Energy Modeling' Project. Two articles for the Harvard Business Review, plus his book, Raising the Roof complement his passion for sculpting and painting.

-ED and BRENDA HAYES sport three sons and five grandchildren and have celebrated 40 years of marriage. Brenda is the office manager of Intelsat, a 140 country consortium that operates 24 communications satellites. No mention of what Ed is doing.

The day after tax day, WAYNE and SHEILA WElL welcomed their first grand-daughter, a product of a joint venture between son Wayne, Jr. '88 and Catherine Dail Weil '87. Congratulations to all!

Another May postcard was semi4yrical in its construct: " I was counting the number of seeds in a row of beets and when I got to 54, I thought. of reunion and wondered how many classmates garden. There were 5 rows of 170+1-seeds. There will be far fewer beets. Gardening is sometimes rewarding and always very humbling." GARY ZWART

BILL and DOT GARLAND missed reunion because of another one. Son Peter, a Blackhawk helicopter pilot, had R & R in Hawaii, so the family gathered there for an infrequent hug-fest. "As to recognizing the aging process, nothing does it so quickly as to learn that your daughter has been promoted to Colonel!! Made Lt. Colonel in October 1998 and is stationed in Korea with the US Air Force"

From BOB MOWER: "BUD MARTZ and I unofficially represented '54 in the April 17/18 salute to The Daily Dartmouth's 200th (the oldest college newspaper in the nation), an event creatively organized by Ken Roman '52 and Brock Brower '53. After the initial tour of the working newspaper, ELEANOR looked at me with new respect and succinctly asked 'when did you guys ever find time to study?'. With the help of computers and the Internet, the present staff is doing an even better job. Can you imagine full sunshine and 58 degrees on the Green in mid-April such as we enjoyed - quite a rarity as was the assemblage of talent representing the D's former directorates with rich and varied experiences from Newsweek, 20120, PBS, the Washington Post, the Internet, New York Times, CNN and on and on."

Captain HARRY ROCKEFELLER and SUE had to forego Hanover in favor of a knee replacement for Sue. She reports the experience as a very unpleasant one, but now is down to a few days per week at rehab and has dumped the walker (not Harry) and the cane. All of this was delivered in a cheery-voiced phone call. She's looking forward to lowering temperatures and a return to her pursuit of the elusive birdies and pars. The sound of Harry's exercise bike could be heard in the background.

William H. King, Jr. '63 has been elected Chair of the Dartmouth Board of Trustees, succeeding Stephen W, Bosworth '61, recently appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Korea. Mr. King, known for his quarterbacking skills when an undergraduate, was one of the early alumni to be elected an Alumni Trustee from a slate of three candidates (1991).

IN MEMORIAM

LORING THOMPSON YATES

From JOHN TITUS: "Loring "Pete" Yates passed away in his hometown of Newburyport, MA at the Anna Jacques Hospital on March 28. He was an active man in town, retired from the First and Ocean Bank several years ago. His wife, ALICE, predeceased him back in the late '70s. He had a son, Peter, living here with wife and twin granddaughters, a brother living in Hawaii and his mother still living. Pete was an ardent sports fan and well-respected through our community. He was a Phi Gam and good friends of NORM KASPARSON and TOM SAYLES". Further comment on Pete is invited and will be published in later newsletters.

DOUGLAS ALAN GLASGOW

As reported by his former wife, LUCY, DOUG passed away in 1996. Little information is available other than he was the son of a member of the Class of 1930, had two children and was a member of the DKE house. His last address was in Marysville, CA. Further information on Doug's life would be appreciated.

Directory Corrections

Don Brief - dbrief@earthlink.com
Jim Conrad - jlconrad@delphi.com
Bob Curtis - (323)299-9610
Dick Danforth - danforthİkear.tds.net
Clark Davis - delete work address
Jay Davis - davij@att.net
Dick Deaner - (661) 334-1257
Bill Downes - (408)226-8200
Skip Gale - (518)482-0910
Andy Guilliano -4711 Pebble Indian River Circle
       Indian River Shoals, FL 32963 (561) 234-7124
Pete Gutlon - PandsGut@aol.com
Tony Kane - a.kane@rcn.com
Neil King - retired
Mead Metcalf - tarquinzq@aol.com ; wife: Carolyn
John Moran - 146 Stiles Road, Boylston, MA 01505-1504;(508)869-2839
George Murdoch - gmur54@aol.com
Gordy Nichols - anichols1@swarthmore.edu
George Nimitz - (847)491-9140
Scott Rambach - (864) 235 2978
Ed Rowland - edrow@msn.com
Jim Tofias - joantofias@aol.com
Chuck Tannenbaum - (541) 736-8575
Ross Tucker (941) 953-5573
Dan Weidenthal - eresal@aol.com
Bob Wheeler (360)457-5003

BOB CLEMENTS , while officially retired, isn't retired (MARILYN won't let him).

He continues to serve as Chairman, Risk Capital Relnsurance; General Partner, Trident Investment Limited Partnership; Senior Partner, Marsh & McClennan Capital Corp; and Senior Neighbor to DICK and JUDITH STEINBERG.

This year's winner of the MILTON SIMS KRAMER Group Award was the Environmental Students at Dartmouth Division of the Dartmouth Outing Club (ESD). $750 was given to the organization toward defraying operating costs. ESD initiated two highly successful programs for the reduction of Dartmouth's impact on the environment: a competition between dorms for energy conservation, resulting in 44 tons less of carbon dioxide in Hanover's air in one term, and a campus-wide composting system/program which greatly enhanced the efficiency of waste disposal. Milt would be proud.

'54s who excelled at reunion sports and two classmates who performed well beyond the call relative to the reunion received beautifully crafted wooden wall clocks donated, once again by CLIFF HAYES.

An email from BEN GILSON last February: "SARAH and I and our oldest daughter, Carolyn, just returned from the Soth combined classes reunion for the Shanghai American School. It combined the usual CIT China tour with some extra side trips, as all of us (around 28) had lived in China before and had pri9rities other than watching rug makers or jade polishing. One could say it was an epic reunion, as most of us had not seen each other since the government change in 1949 and several of the group had been either imprisoned or had to scrape by - as teenagers - separated from their families. There were 3 Chinese TV stations to film our meeting in front of what remains of the old school: The city has-changed dramatically. My house was an empty lot under construction with a highrise going up. They say that 50% of the world's construction cranes are in Shanghai now. The world's longest bar is now a Kentucky Fried Chicken. I hope to have good pictures of my daughter eating her first and probably only meal of fried scorpions."

Overheard at the bar (MIKE PAPANTONES quipping to a sweet young thing): "I dunno, it's Greek to me". One could hear a distinct rim-shot in the background.

Last January, RON DOUGHERTY was named Stark County Republican Chairman (Canton, Ohio). A list of Ron's civic/community contributions was compiled as a part of the nominating process. It is awe-inspking ("awesome!" in today's terminology). There are 72 items ranging from United Way to the Football Hall of Fame to Chamber of Commerce to Tax Review Board, etc. In addition to the county chairman-ship, Ron was named the Republican representative to the county election board. In addition to this very full plate, there appears to be no indication that he has slowed down in the practice of the law.

BILL GROVER asked that special thanks be offered to those many classmates that took the time to help shuttle him around reunion with the healing process of his new knee still in process.

While vacationing on Maui, JOHN and CAROLYN CUNNINGHAM saw Judge NORM VEASEY on C-Span, attending a memorial service. They pronounced Norm the most judicial in appearance. In the same vein, while on the island of Bali, DICK and JUDITH STEINBERG spotted a familiar face in the Jakarta Post - LARRY MARTZ, presenting a plaque to Goenawan Mohamad as International Editor of the Year. The ceremony was in New York, but still, Larry's photo was in Indonesia! Round the girdl'd earth....

Ace stringer JERRY GOLDSTEIN forwarded 2 significant NYTimes articles. In an article entitled "In Women's Groups, Back to 'Girl Talk"', a photo shows ARLENE NEIDITZ chatting with members of a re-convening (after 20 years) women's group in West Hartford, whose perspectives have shifted with the passage of time. You can count the number of '54s whose pictures have appeared in the Times on a little more than one hand. Way to go Arlene! The other described an upper crust, gorgeous blonde who was given Brown's ("the new Upper East Side boite) to run by her father. The closing line was "I have to keep moving", said Ms. Stein, heading toward RALPH DESTINO 3rd, the 30-something heir to the Cartier fortune. What about the Destino fortune? Staying with the Ralph reference, Women's Wear Daily headlined "Destino to Retire as Chairman of Cartier" - September 1999. In the retirement style of Bob Clements, Ralph will be chairman emeritus of Cartier and serve on the board of Vendome North America, which oversees the Vendome Group's luxury brands in the U.S. including Cartier, Baume & Mercier, Vacheron Constantin, Piaget and Panerai. He will also be a director of Van Cleef & Arpels and Hanover Direct, both controlled by Richemont, the Vendome Group's Swiss holding company. One wonders how much time Ralph will get to spend in his new house in the Hamptons.

Treasury Secretary-designate Lawrence Summers has named Tim GEITHNER as under-Secretary for international affairs, involved deeply with behind-the-scenes meetings of deputy finance ministers of the Group of Seven industrialized nations. Bet Tim doesn't make too many reunions, either.

Last April, TED NOVASCONE played golf at PGA West (La Quinta, CA) with BILL GARDNER. "It must be the winter snow season of maybe the fall from the ladder up to his roof, but his 18 handicap needs lots of work!". Ted claims the Class record for aces in one year - in 1986, three holes-in-one on the same course on three separate holes measuring 138, 188 and 197 yards. Hard to imagine anyone topping this.

In the settlement court hearings at the end of the Cendant case (largest current class action suit in the country), Judge BILL WALLS made headlines in his chastisement of one of the plain-tiffs attorneys. The man had claimed compensation for allegedly co-authoring Judge Bill's strategy for keeping fees within reasonable bounds. First a $1,000 fine was levied for breaking confidentiality, then, relative to the fee request, Bill was quoted: '^tYou're not getting one penny, you're not getting one peseta, you're not getting one sou, you're not getting one brass farthing, you're not getting one ruble, not one centavo!". Man knows how to make his point. By the way, Cendant shareholders got 100 cents on the dollar for the gargantuan losses suffered.

On her order for the highly popular Gillespie-inspired sweater, KATHY FAST

mentioned their recent return from an around-the-world fly/cruise trip L.A.-to-L.A. STEVE is still at the Wells Fargo Bank and Kathy keeps busy doing free-lance editorial research (when she feels the urge).

The honors continue to come in for GEORGE GRABOYS. At the May commencement ceremonies at the University of Rhode Island, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Following retirement from his CEO position at Citizens Bank in 1992, he seems to have tripled his activities and community service. After a few years as executive-in-residence and adjunct professor at URI's College of Business Administration, George was appointed chairman of the Board of Governors for Higher Education by the Governor. He also served as acting Commissioner of Higher Education for a time in 1996. In addition to many other leadership positions, he was recently elected Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors for AAA Southern New England. A human whirlwind.

DAVE METZ, Publisher and CEO of the Professional Managerial Network in South Salem, NY, mailed in the Lifestyles pages from an issue of Westchester 6Oplus (an upscale Modern Maturity?), profiling JOHN CUNNINGHAM. "A brief brush with the law" cleverly described his false start toward a law degree, then went on to mention how John, trying to avoid KP, auditioned for the Seventh Army Repertory Co. and the rest is history. Following Yale Drama School, he landed the standby role of Henry Higgins for the national tour of My Fair Lady, cast by Moss Hart, and toured the country with CAROLYN in tow. Early this year, he received the Golden Harvest Celebrity Award for his contributions to the arts over 40 years. Being the spouse of a constantly-working actor is a challenging role, but Carolyn has balanced the ever-changing schedule through effective involvement in local environmental problems, serving as Vice Mayor of Rye, NY and leaving peanut butter sandwiches in the fridge.

In his newspaper commentary on the role of the Town Moderator of Weston, MA, BOB BUCHANAN was quoted as saying: " ..a town directed by unpaid citizens must have a flow of new people to membership on the various boards and commissions", then exhorted the townspeople to re-elect him to the position.

In the reunion registration packets was a postcard that posed the question "If there were no Dartmouth An inconceivable idea? Please recall a memory or observation about how Dartmouth has made a difference in your life." Apparently a data/idea gathering mechanism for a senior paper. Interesting idea to ponder.

In October, PETE and SUE GUTLON are off on a 23-day trip to Pete's old stomping grounds -China and Hong Kong. If any classmate is taking the College-sponsored trip to China, notify Pete - they'll be in Beijing at the same time. Son Rick is in Durham, NC with Engage, a sparkling new software outfit and daughter Pam is head of development at the Friends' Select Academy in Philadelphia. The Gutlons' life consists of full-time working at the Canyon Ranch, selling real estate in the Berkshires, skiing in Utah, season tickets to the NY Philharmonic and day trips to Boston. Pete mentioned that PETE BULLIS's Black Eagle Jazz Band will be appearing at Tanglewood on September 5th and encourages q54~ to contact him for potential conviviality.

Late news on the reunion tennis competition from HERB HILLMAN named DICK and ELLEN GORSEY as mixed doubles champs with KAREN and SABE ABEL as runners-up. ED WINNICK and BILL WHITE beat all comers in men's doubles. Second place is still in dispute and has been referred to the USTA for resolution, Herb noted that the adjoining courts assigned to other reuning classes were empty.

The annual well-deserved press adulation of Coach JACK DONAHUE was succeeded by a stand-up-and-be-counted story. Spring marked the beginning of Jack's 39th season as head baseball coach at Nauset High School on Cape Cod. Since moving to Nauset from Barnstable in 1959, he has been involved in football, soccer and hockey programs, plus the duties of athletic director. But baseball has been the big story, with 400 wins under his belt. The season kicks offs then comes Spring vacation. Last year, the team went into vacation period with a 7-0 records. 14 days off and bad weather brought them back to lose the next seven games. So this year, Jack fired up his van and took the team to a baseball training facility in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Prior to the trip, he underlined the rules for Massachusetts high school athletes relative to alcohol, plus a tougher Donahue rule - forget suspension, it's dismissal from the team. After alcohol was discovered during a room check, 12 of the 18 players (to their credit) admitted to involvement with alcohol. Their immediate dismissal from the team meant manning the team for the rest of the season with JV players. Jack reports that the young men all took the discipline as warranted and accepted their lot. A Cape Cod Times editorial saluted the responsible action.