October 2019 | ||
President Don O'Neill |
Newsletter Editor: Thomas S. Conger 6326 Bonita Rd, Apt H104 Lake Oswego, OR 97035 tcink85***gmail.com |
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Vice-President :Denny Denniston Vice-President Gerald Kaminsky |
Co-Bequest Chairs Red Facher 52 Collinwood Road Maplewood, NY 07040-1038 David Armstrong 4600 N Ocean Boulevard, Ste. 206 Boynton Beach, FL 33435-7365 |
Arts & Legacy Committee Oscar Arslanian 2489 North Edgemont St Los Angeles, CA 90027-1054 Pete Bleyler 42 Wildwood Drive West Lebanon, NH 03784 |
Secretary :Victor S. Rich 94 Dove Hill Drive Manhasset, NY 11030-4060 |
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Treasurer :Ron Wybranowski 89 Millpond North Andover, MA 01845-2902 |
Mini-Reunion Chairman: Hanover Maynard B. Wheeler P.O. Box 538 Grantham, NH 02753-0538 |
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Class Historian/Necrologist Harris McKee |
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Mini-Reunion Chairman: Non-Hanover Dave Prewitt and Joan Prewitt 279 Warner Road Wayne , PA 19087-2156 |
Women's Committee |
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Class Web Site:http://www.dartmouth.org/classes/61/ |
Quick Links '61s: Anderson, Arslanian, Banks,Baum, Beattie, Bleyler, Bull, Burnett, Chapman, Corbus, Dale, DeLong, Denniston, Dinan, Eicke, Facher, Forester, Frierson, Gemelli, Greenfield, Henry, Holbrook , Holmberg, Holmes, Horan, Kaminsky, Kern, Lynn, Noel, O'Neill, Persels, Prewitt, Rich, Richards, Roussel, Rozycki, Chip-Serrell, Wendy-Serrell, Shearer, Skuce, Sperling, Steinberg, Steinhauser, Walker, Wheeler, Wood, Wybranowski, Zipes |
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"Homecoming" (fka Dartmouth Night…) Review—right from majordomo Maynard Wheeler's trusty laptop: "Another Homecoming October weekend but, instead of cold drizzle, we had warm weather with some sun in the midst of peak fall colors on the NH hills! On Friday, early cocktails and dinner for 40 at the Hanover Inn put us on hand for the 7:00PM parade starting at the corner of Topliff [Crosby St]. Bob Shearer & Peggy-Ann, who had not been able to join us at dinner, were first arrivals to grab the 1961 Class flag. Later, Susan & Mort Lynn were spotted in the crowd—too busy with family to otherwise join us. Our Robert Frost Banner held by Hop Holmberg and Gerry Kaminsky made us stand out in the throng. The rest was classic Homecoming.
Class of 1961 Special Recognition Award G.H. (Denny) Denniston, Jr. Tenacity and perfection!! If there were two attributes to accurately describe your leadership style, it would be that you are both tenacious and a perfectionist. If there is a job to be done, you will get it done, either by others or by you personally. Either way, the job will get done. This is undoubtedly the primary reason that during your term as Class President the Class of '61 was awarded the highly coveted Class of the Year award for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015. You spent your first two years as Class President modifying the functions of several positions and setting goals for other positions. During your third year, you asked if the class had a chance to achieve Class of the Year designation. The response was that it was entirely possible if everybody did their job and if all of the class officers rowed together in the same direction. During your fourth year as class president you did indeed get the job done, as the Class of '61 was awarded its first ever Class of the Year award. Following your term as Class President, you agreed to serve as Vice-President, a position which you are capably fulfilling at the present time, coordinating the class DCF efforts in raising both dollars and spearheading (successfully) the class DCF effort to maximize the class participation efforts to new records. Apart from your service to the Class of '61 and to Dartmouth, you have served your country in the Navy, have had a successful banking career, and have been highly active in your community and in your church. Denny, the attributes you acquired as an Eagle Scout earned while a young teenager in Mobile, Alabama were not wasted. Fortunately, the Class of '61 and Dartmouth College have been the beneficiaries of those attributes ---- and both of those entities thank you. More SAEs (and others) are shown in this view of a June mini-reunion @Cartter Frierson's retreat in Georgia, celebrating Bill Bull's & Dave Skuce's 80th birthdays:
Al Rozycki submitted an April article from Medpage Today regarding the perils of tackle football and a survey among 1,000 parents indicating their thinking about when it might be safe to introduce full contact. "Overall, 56% of respondents were women, and participants ranged in age from 21-68. Most parents supporting age restrictions said they thought the minimum age for tackling should be middle school (45%) or high school (37%). About 7% said tackling in elementary school would be OK; 9% would not allow it until college…the most notable finding of this study was that more than three-quarters of parents perceived concussion incidence to be more than 10% among high school tackle football players, and one-quarter estimated it was more than 50%. LaBella noted that in reality, only about 4%-7% high school players will suffer a concussion per season, and the risk for youth players is even lower." Although the jury may still be out on this issue, it seems clear that constant head impact while wearing today's protection can lead to CTE and other brain dysfunction in later life. Responses from classmates: Charlie Chapman: "When I look back on my experience with football the rewards far outweighed the risks, and I would do it all over again. What do we say to our grandkids? Football is not right for everyone. But for the right kids playing the sport in well run situations (like Buddy Teevens's) it is fine." FJ Duck Eicke: "I got dinged THREE times but, except for limited recall of names, now seem to be still functioning…Kathy says I am a hard-headed German and passes all off on that . . ." Roz: "My kids and stepkids often ask,'Grampa-what do YOU think about letting kids play football?' I confess, I don't answer well." (Beattie's reply to that: "The inability to answer is caused by you having played football…") tc: I may have been lucky (or timid…), but in 8 years of organized football and 19 of rugby, I never got my bell rung." Oscar: "My advice: Make it your intention to become the football manager!" Jackie Kaminsky fwd Gerry an update on Ted Geisel's Cat in the Hat, to wit: Tom Robbins wrote, in Jitterbug Perfume (1984): "In New Orleans, in the French Quarter, miles from the barking lungs of alligators, the air maintained this quality of breath, although here it acquired a tinge of metallic halitosis, due to fumes expelled by tourist buses, trucks delivering Dixie beer, and, on Decatur Street, a mass-transit motor coach named Desire." Which prompted Duck to note: "I can affirm that on the last day the streetcar named "Desire" ran in front of our house - the Creole Store known as Eicke's Grocery on the corner of Dauphine and Louisa streets - I was photographed at the front right window of the streetcar waving ()at the age of ??? but quite young. The bus "Desire" never quite replaced the streetcar, although not having the tracks running down the middle of Dauphine was a plus. One block to the River - Royal Street - was the return to Canal after the streetcar went out Desire St - two blocks further down Dauphine - to the projects and returned. That was the New Orleans that was home to me. Talk now is that the shotgun homes in the neighborhood are being bought and renovated and bringing ridiculous prices in the process." Ah, change is the only constant—often mislabeled "progress" . . .
Mike Burnett checks in at long last: "Sorry I keep missing class gatherings. Green Cards—We still get 'em; keep sending 'em in. Ken Walker (in July) <walkersken@aol.com> : "Just got back from a 10-day trip to Portugal with the whole family (5 of us). Great country to visit. Two years ago we went north from Lisbon to Oporto. This time we headed south from Lisbon to Fado in the Algarve region. Great place to celebrate my 80th in company of loved ones." Jerry Greenfield (July also) <jgreenfield61@alum.dartmouth.org> : "Health update: Some of us are indestructible by way of improved technology. After 3 months review by numerous doctors, I was established as a candidate for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR); i.e., a medical team replaced a heart valve with an artificial one, partially provided by a cow. The whole surgery took 1/2 hour! No pain! No opening up the chest! Just the insertion of the device through a vein in my leg. I came home after one night in the hospital. The magic of technology! My goal: have all organs replaced by 90, and start all over—However, I plan to skip those early teen-age years." [Helluva concept…! Ed.] Tony Horan: The third edition of my book about prostate cancer will be available this summer with a new title: The Rise & Fall of the Prostate Cancer Scam. Re. mountaineering, Marcie & I will be Roads Scholars for a week in the Central Sierra above Fresno. We trekked there with mules 20 years ago. In re. art, I have made 3 posters which show the flow rates of the major rivers and artificial canals in the Central Valley. I hope to sell them so the public will understand the lunacy. This is infographics." Mini-Reunion March 22-25, 2020 Historic Del Coronado on the Pacific Ocean Beach San Diego, California
As this WWW was being drafted, we learned that Thad Seymour, Dean of the College, when we were there had died. His obituary is posted on our class website and a class notice was sent. In response to the notice several classmates have replied and their comments are shared here "There was a song in my fraternity (Theta Delt) with the phrase "...egad Dean Thad" to the melody of a Glenn Miller song."--Jim Delong "We were fortunate to have Thad as our Dean and I am more than happy that we invited him to attend our reunion some 20(sic) years ago."--Oscar Arslanian "Two memories I have: When the fall semester challenged this guy from a public school in New Orleans, I was called to the Dean's office at the beginning of second semester (remember that we were on semesters our freshman year) when my anemic GPA was called into question. Thad basically told me I was in jeopardy for retaining my scholarship and that I should rectify the effort and performance in the spring. I had already addressed y GPA with my Father who had the simple advice "You can do better now." I did. My second memory was in my oldest Daughter's junior year of taking a trip to Florida to see colleges she was considering and my wanting her to consider Rollins because Thad was there. We arrived on campus on a Sunday morning and while driving around encountered a VW convertible Bug being driven by non-other than President Thaddeus Seymour. He stopped, we talked about Rollins ("We have a - water -skiing team here; Dartmouth has a snow skiing team."), my Daughter, and our Dartmouth days, and she never applied. Thad joined us for our 50th, of course, and was sharp as ever. As I recall, we adopted him and would suggest a memorial donation - by individuals or the Class - in his memory."--Duck Eicke
Robert Frost Statue with Al Rozycki
With that, we think we'll call it a wrap . . .
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