Class of '64 (January-February 2005
issue)
Greetings from Hanover and Dartmouth. Happy Holidays. As I write this column in late October, the trees are past their best colors, leaves are holding on, the bonfire in the middle of the Green is being assembled ( starts Thursday for the Friday night fire) and class members are planning for Homecoming. Please keep Homecoming in mind for next October if you couldn't make this one since it is a fun time to march in a parade, hear the glee club, see the freshman racing around the bonfire, and chatting with classmates. Also, next year, the football team may be doing better ( can't do any worse at this writing than they have. ) Art Simington wrote that Kenny Kuroda passed away at his home in Chiba, Japan last July 18. Ken came to Dartmouth from Tokyo and majored in engineering science. At Dartmouth he was a member of the Cosmopolitan Club and Alpha Theta fraternity. His fraternity brothers remember him as handsome, always cheerful, and so very bright. He is survived by his mother and sisters. George Fesus writes that he is available to run auctions at future class reunions. He and Bob Bartles did a terrific job in raising $11,000 for the class at this past 40th reunion. George retired in 1995 (out of the rat race almost 10 years by my count ) and spends his/their time between Aspen, Colorado and San Francisco. I assume that Aspen is where the skiing is done and he travels and contributes time to select non-profits. George got his MBA early on, spent time in Viet Nam, got out and skied three months in Austria where he met his wife , Susan. George had a career in financial services and banking with American Express, MasterCard International, and State Street Bank. Thanks, George, for the great auction work. Professor Roy Lewicki catches our spotlight this month , also, because of his fine work with the 40th Reunion and achieving a participation level of 64.4% for the class. Roy indicates that most classes participate between 45% and 53% so Roy's achievement ( and that of the Reunion Giving Committee) really stands out. Roy, himself, really stands out as a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University. His specialties are negotiations and dispute resolution in business. He is the author of 30 books and numerous research articles. He has been married for 35 years to Debbie ( an ordained Presbyterian minister ) and has two married sons. Roy does not resolve domestic disputes so don't ask for his email. Roy observes that as one ages, participation levels rise to the upper 60% to 70%'s , so "participation is a key to longer life." There we have it. Thanks, Roy.
Hunt Whitacre, 115 E. Wheelock St., Hanover NH 03755. HRWhit@aol.com