Greetings from the snowy plains of Hanover. Winter came late to the area, but as I write, we have almost 20 inches on the ground. Great for winter outdoor pursuits. Speaking of Winter, the Class will be hosting a mini reunion on April 14 and 15th in conjunction with the National figure skating championships being held at Dartmouth. The Figure Skating Team at the college has won the national championships for the past three years The Class of 1964 has made a special donation to the skating group given the interest and support shown by several members of the Class. Phil Schaefer, Bob Bartles, and Ron Schram are the class organizers. Thad Seymour, former college Dean, will be on hand to celebrate the championships.. Hope to see you there. Dan Dimancescu writes that he recently moved to Concord, Mass. His Romanian citizenship was restored in 1999 and two years ago he became Honorary Consul of Romania in Boston and New England. His family properties have been reclaimed and he and his wife have built a beautiful home/inn on land in Bran, a mountain location in the Carpathian Mountains ( see www.gobtf.com) Dan has co-authored "Romania Redux", a book explaining contemporary Romania to a US audience. The Whitacres are including Romania on a future trip as a result of Dan's suggestions. Throop Brown writes that after years of turbulent and stressful personal and professional experiences, he is now settled in a sane, pleasant and peaceful situation. Twice a widower, he is now married to a former librarian and talented fused glass artist named Karen and living in a very rural quiet corner of North Carolina. While he reads reports of classmates retiring, he is still doing 60 hours a week of work (down from 80 hours) doing estate and insurance appraisals and marketing philatelic properties by Internet, mail order and trade shows. His daughter, Sandy, is in a doctoral program at Berkeley in social geography. Throop first became interested in Dartmouth because of one of his ancestors, Thomas Kendall, who wanted to be a missionary to the Caghnawaga Indians. He came to Hanover from Connecticut with Eleazer Wheelock and graduated in 1774.
Rick Behrens writes that he is preparing a paper for the Western Historical 2008 Conference in Salt Lake City on how Dartmouth's networks of alumni contributed to westward expansion. He demonstrates in this paper how family, political, and religious interests reinforced the impact of the network and spawned new networks. All early American history buffs will be interested in Rick's work and you can contact him for more information at r.k.behrens@att.net. Finally, Alan Woodberry has volunteered to help Roy Lewicki as co-chair of the participation committee charged with increasing class participation in fund raising for the college. Thanks, Alan. Please send me your insights, information on hobbies, news on Alumni for future class columns. Thanks. Hunt Whitacre at hrwhit@aol.com.