Class Notes March/April 2007

Sept. 29 was truly a banner day in the history of our class relationships with Dartmouth. This was the day, after 30 months of construction, of a gala dedication ceremony for MacLean Engineering Sciences Center at the Thayer school, a gift from our classmate BARRY MACLEAN, and his wife, Mary Ann.

 

(The Center) is far more than a 64,000-square-foot addition," said the Dartmouth engineering publication. "It is the embodyment of Thayer School's integrative approach to engineering." Barry, speaking at the ceremony, called it one of the great thrills of his life.

 

Barry, who heads his own company, is one of two 1960 class members who has recently been a recipient of Dartmouth's distinguished alumni award, as a great benefactor to the college. The other was JONATHAN COHEN, long a Goldman Sachs executive. The citation said, in small part, "Given all the demands of career and community, you have still expended an extraordinary amount of effort giving back to your alma mater. Your experience at Tuck had a profound effect, motivating you to contribute more than 40 years of voluntary service there"...(including head class agent, chairman of Annual Giving, and chairman of the Board of Tuck Overseers}.

 

Another of our classmates, TOM WAHMAN, will have received on Jan. 26, before this is printed, Dartmouth's prestigeous Martin Luther King, Jr. Social Justice Award for his lifetime of work for civil rights. Wallace Roberts '63, who nominated Tom for this award, noted that Tom had put his job with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund on the line, threatening to quit unless the fund had agreed to make a major effort in a Southern Program to secure passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act in Congress.

 

TONY ROISMAN, who has devotedly backed our class participation in the Summer Enrichment At Dartmouth (SEAD) program for high school students who have not been considering going to college, suggested that I list some of the 77 class members who have given  to this highly worthwhile project. I am pleased to do so (and why, not, since I'm among them). The top 10 givers have been BOB BOYE, $36,100, STEVE CARROLL. $6395, me, $5500, RICK ROESCH, $2545, HAP DUNNING, $1400, BILL GUNDY, $1255.Tom Stone, $950, JIM ADLER, $850 and MORT KONDRACKE and AL ROBERTS, both $700.

 

Others give to society in different ways. HALEY FROMHOLZ, a judge in the Los Angeles Superior Court, gave up his lucrative law practice several years ago to become a judge. Little did he realize that he would be thrust into hearing most of the scores of cases involving Catholic priests in the Los Angeles archdiocese accused of molesting young boys and girls. It is not a pleasant assignment, but Haley has performed this task with high honor, and there has been a recent lucrative settlement of 40 cases..

 

And some just add to our enjoyment. GEORGE POTTS has established a blog on Dartmouth traditions, which can be accessed at www.oldtraditions.blogspot.com. It can be spirited, and George's only requirement for contributors is that they list their real names.

 

--KEN REICH, 5522 Nagle Ave., Sherman Oaks, CA 91401: 818-994-9231; kennethireich@yahoo.com