Dartmouth Class of 1971

Fred Becker '69, Peter and Marsha Pratt, ? holding banner, Jane Webster, Judy McElnea, Sam Webster, Tom & Judy Oxman, Rod Morgan, ?, Wayne Hobin

(Candace is taking picture) Jeff McElnea, Don O'Neill, Greg Fell, Bob Cushman, Dave Lily '72, Dave Krakoff

Wayne Hobin, Jane & Sam Webster, Marsha Pratt, Malcolm & Karen Jones, Greg Fell, Jeff McElnea, Dave Krakoff, John Eaton, Tom & Judy Oxman, Bob Cushman

Judy McElnea, Dolly & Rod Corlin, Buck Allen, ?, Candace Setzer, Rod Morgan, Peter Pratt

Tom flanked by the two lovely Judy's Lots of good times - Dave, Rod, Judy, Tom, John, Jeff, and Karen

Wayne, Cindy Clement who organized hotels and dinners for us and Greg Current and Past Presidents

DICK WENZEL AND GARY COOK SEATED: ALBERT AND JANET LEMARRE, DICK AND CHERYL HOWELL - IN REFLECTION: BOB MOORE, SAM CUDDEBACK, MALCOLM JONES

BOB MOORE, WILLIS NEWTON, MALCOLM JONES ALBERT LEMARRE, SAM CUDDEBACK, CHERYL AND DICK HOWELL, RUTH WENZEL

MARSHA & PETER PRATT STANDING, DAVE BROOKS, CRAIG FRANK WATKINS, JEFF MCELNEA, MARTHA SHANAHAN, TOM MCGUANE, BILL KENNEDY

TONY FITZPATRICK, RICHARD WOOSTER, JANET ROSA, MICHAEL CANDACE AND YOURS TRULY AT FRAUNCES TAVERN (WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS MAYNARD, PETE RUEGGER, MIKE FUREY, AND A THUMBS UP ? IN LOWER MANHATTAN.

Others attending but not pictured: KEN DAVIDSON, MIKE HANNIGAN, THORN JENNESS, & JOHN SHANAHAN

FRIDAY MORNING AT THE VISTA BAHN - '71'S OUTLINED IN RED - PRETTY GOOD SHOWING

LEFT TO RIGHT - PETER PRATT'S SON, MARSHA PRATT, PETER PRATT, 2 BONES GATES GUYS FROM OTHER CLASSES

YOURS TRULY, DON O'NEILL, JOHN EATON, ROD MORGAN, UNKNOWN LADY, WITT FRAM, GREG FELL

LEFT TO RIGHT - CANDACE SETZER (WAYNE'S SQUEEZE), FRIEND OF PRATT'S FROM CLASS OF 70 (HUSBAND TOOK PICTURE)

DON O'NEILL, GREG FELL, BOB TROUT WITH DAUGHTER RUN, PETER PRATT, MARSHA PRATT, ME, JILL TROUT

UNOFFICIAL TRANSFER OF POWER FROM GREG TO PETER WITH JUSTICE BUCKY OFFICIATING

LEFT TO RIGHT - CANDACE, ME, MARSHA, PETER, ROD, DON, SOME "STIFF" WHO TRIED TO PARTY WITH US, GREG WITT, BUCKY

AFTER "DAWN BUSTERS" AT 7AM - SKIING WITH ONLY 150 OTHERS ON THE MOUNTAIN WE RE"TIRED" TO THE

GAME CREEK CLUB ON THE MOUNTAIN FOR (BURP) BRUNCH. LOOK AT THAT GUT I PUT ON JUST FROM THAT ONE

Here are the happy campers at the San Francisco dinner held at Il Fornaio. The participants were: Albert and Janet Lemarre, Dick (Pres of San Fran D Club) and Ruth Wenzel, Gary Cook, Eric and Barbara Danoff, Willie Bogan, John Eaton, & Anthony Sandberg. Two '72's also attended to round out the crew - Barry Abbott and Randy Shepard. Looks like lots of fun and many bottles of wine.

Happily but sadly, the New York dinner held at Gallagher's was such a success, everyone got totally drunk and no one wanted their pictures in such a state to be placed on the web. Attendees were: John and Martha Shanahan, Greg Fell, Pete Reugger, Dick Wooster, Janet Rosa, Bill Kennedy, Bob Moore, Mike Hannigan, Tony Fitzpatrick, John Colangelo, Tom McGuane, Jeff McElnea, Frank Watkins and Tom Price. Drinks only Kathy Duff-Rines..

Here's the group of: Peter and Marsha Pratt, Bill and Catherine Jacobson, Don and Donny O'Neill, Greg and Gail Fell, Wayne and Candace along with SC famous chef Shane White who personally cooked for us a 7 course dinner (cost $38 for the food but the bar bill drove things up a bit). We had Steak Diane and Stuffed Lobster Tails. Gail Fell enjoys the presentation.

A mighty whack from Mr. Pratt! Marsha tees it up with great form (note Greg heading for the woods) Donny, Marsha and Greg on the Par 5 #5 monster

We all had a great time and went touring around the Upstate SC area and saw the lakes. Saturday evening we went to beautiful downtown Greenville for dinner at Soby's on Main. Below is a picture of downtown Greenville at night with galleries, micro-brewery, and many different styles of restaurants.

In attendance were: David Krakoff, Dave Aylward, Gene Elrod, Ron Harris, Mark Stevens, Janet Rosa (taking pictures), and . Lots of good conversation and a great meal!

In attendance, Mark Totman, Don O'Neill, Greg Fell, Buck Allen, David Merritt, and Peter Pratt

Michael Maynard, Jeff McElnea and the lovely Judith McElnea Mickey Stuart, Greg Fell and Jeff

Mickey in his '71 jacket with Greg and Jeff Mickey, President Jim Wright, and Class President Greg Fell

NEW YORK DINNER, MAY 5, 2008 AT GALLAGHER'S & SAN FRANCISCO AT IL FORNAIO ON THE EMBARCADERO

Attendees at this gala occasion in the private upper room were: Wayne Hobin, Tony Fitzpatrick, Candace Setzer, Bob Peters, Ron Harris, Tom Price, Bill Kennedy, Janet Rosa, Tom McGuane (partial view), Tom Jackson behind Malcolm Jones, Tom Jackson, Martha and John Shanahan (hosting) Judith and Jeff McElnea, Greg Fell, Michael Maynard, Pete Ruegger.

Sadly, there are no pictures from the San Francisco dinner. However, Sam Cuddeback has written that the following were in attendance:

Bill Pickard, Roger Prince, Dick Wenzel and wife Ruth, John Eaton, Bob Cushman, Gary Cook, Bob Moore, Eric Danoff and wife Barbara, Sam Cuddeback and wife Meg. They also extended the dinner to a couple of '72's Randy Shepard and wife Yichen, and Barry Abbott. I was told Bill and John had a long conversation regarding rowing (my pet subject). Bill has told me he was working on developing a rowing site up in Washington state.

Participants were Bob Lafsky, Janet Rosa, Dave Aylward, Holly Joseph, Wayne Hobin, Ron Harris, Jessica Wright '10 (Softball Player from TX), Greg Fell, Candace Setzer (with Wayne), Frank Anton, Garret Rasmussen, Gene Elrod, and Mark Stevens.

From left to right: Lon Greg, Mickey Stuart, Dave Merritt, Pres Greg Fell, Peter Pratt, and Don O'Neill. Greg, Peter, and Don all brought family and all said they had a great time with unbelievable conditions, accommodations, and dining. Hopefully, we'll have more attendees in 2009.

President Greg Fell led a group of your officers (Jeff McElnea, Mike Maynard, and yours truly) back to the campus for a very informative Class Officers Weekend (MOO! - the acronym is COW!). Anyway, we broke down into work sessions for our respective offices with members of the other classes. It's amazing how the retired bunch and the younger classes are way ahead of us in the middle as far as web presence is concerned. If I had a WHOLE bunch more time and more programming experience, we could have more available here. Below are pictures from the event. While there, I took some night pictures of the campus. These are NOT copyrighted so feel free to click on them and download at your leisure. If you want a higher resolution, please feel free to email me and I'll send them to you: wayne@horizonpointe.net. If any of you have some decent pictures you'd like to share, send them on and I'll put together a picture gallery page .

At table: Jeff, Gail Fell, Greg, Wayne, Candace Setzer Jeff, Gail, Pres. Wright, Greg, Wayne, Mike (with Wayne), Mike

Below are a number of pictures taken at these mini-reunions in NYC and San Francisco. A lot of fun and comradeship was had by all and the addition of the ladies was a big plus.

Joining in the fun in NY were From left: Candace Setzer, Wayne Hobin, Charles Augello '03, Joan Augello, Charles Muir '03, Martha Shanahan, Don O'Neill, Tom McGuane (behind Don) Michael Maynard, John Colangelo, John Augello, John Shanahan, Mike Furey, Pete Reugger, Dick Wooster, Greg Fell, Pete Webster, Tony Fitzpatrick, Jerry O'Brien, Jeff McElnea, Janet Rosa '71a, Judy McElnea (next to Jeff), Kathy Rines-Duff '71, Bill Kennedy, Gail Fell, Bob Peters, Eric Ruben '03, and Denise Colangelo. A total of 28.

The third annual gathering of the San Francisco Bay Area '71's occurred simultaneously with the NYC gathering. We met at Il Formaio restaurant. Willis Newton and Sam Cuddeback coordinated the effort, and John Eaton Encouraged a good turnout from the East Bay. Prior to sitting for dinner, we spoke with the Rene Pujol attendees, heard about CarniVail '07 (See Below), as well as the early plans for '08. This group is growing and we expect a few Southern California classmates to join us next year. Respectfully, Sam Cuddeback

Attendees are: Seated, John Eaton and Bob Valkevich, Taking picture and not shown is Meg Cuddeback

2nd row, Sam Cuddeback, Bob Cushman, Albert Lamarre, Janet Lamarre, Anthony Sandberg

Standing, Bob Moore, Willie Bogan, Dick Wenzel (Current President of the San Francisco/Northern CA Dartmouth Club) Ruth

Wenzel, Peggy Newton, Willis Newton, Randy Shepard '72, and Barry Abbott '72. Total 16.

During the dinners, we had a telephone hook up between the 2 coasts for a mutual celebration!

At the NYC dinner, Pete Webster (left) was presented with a plaque denoting his service to the class for 5 years as president. Presenting the plaque is current president Greg Fell.

A collage from the NY dinner:

Pictures from the Il Fornaio gathering:

As our first shot at joining the merriment of CarniVail, the Class of '71 had a very good showing. Before I get too far along, much thanks to Rod Morgan in Steamboat Springs who did a lot of the footwork to put this together but couldn't attend as his son got engaged that weekend.

Members of the class who participated were: Lon Gregg from Denver, George Rountree from Boulder, Don O'Neill from New Hartford, CT, Witt Fram from Minneapolis , Peter Pratt with family from the DC area, Peter Webster with his entire male part of the family (including Bill '65) numbering at least 7 as far as I could tell, Buck Allen from Vail, Andy Harvard in an official duty discussed below, Alan Goodloe from the St. Louis area, Sam Webster with his entire family, and yours truly, Wayne Hobin, with girlfriend Candace Setzer. We tried to get pictures of everyone but I didn't get any of Buck. If anyone has pictures of him, please forward to me at Wayne@horizonpointe.net.

We had our first meeting at the Vista Bahn for a group picture Friday morning. It was cold and snowing with high winds. Some of the group had skied the day before in a blizzard. As you can see from the pictures, there weren't too many smiles that morning until we got on the nearly empty slopes. We stayed on the lower runs (as Don O'Neill suggested from the previous day's experience) and skied pretty hard.

Lunch was at the Mid-Vail area at Sarge's shelter. The '65's had centered this year's events around the Boys of Winter - a new book out by Charles Sanders. They were the 10th Mountain Division in World War II with a lot of Dartmouth participation. In fact, it is amazing how much "Dartmouth" there is in Vail. Sarge showed up for lunch (one of the originals from the division and a major force behind the development of Vail).

The remainder of the afternoon was spent skiing. Wild man Lon Gregg showed up and I hear he is a maniac on skis! I didn't get to ski with him but those who did were impressed. There was a 'tails party at the SonnenAlp Hotel for all Dartmouth and Tuck attendees Friday afternoon. Most of us retired to the "Bully Pub" upstairs for an "American" (burgers, chicken, fries, etc) dinner.

Saturday was ski all day. The sun came out and it warmed up nicely. The best tactic was to ski immediately to the back bowls at 8:30 AM and then head against the traffic back to the front. By noon, the front of the mountain had no lines while I hear it was up to one hour in the back bowls!

We had a presentation by Tuck about Alternative Energy that evening. From there we had cocktails and a great dinner of either Salmon or Game. Pete Webster gave me the following details of the after dinner ceremonies: Andy Harvard was there to present a plaque to two surviving family members of Jacob "Jake" Nunnemacher '42. Jake was from Pine Lake , WI and his skiing was legendary. His family produced beer barrels for the thriving beer industry in Milwaukee. Jake married his school sweetheart Jean while he attended Dartmouth. When the war came, he and other Dartmouth ski team members enlisted to serve in the Army's 10th Division. That corps of troops was specially trained for mountain fighting and their skiing capabilities served them well. The fought their way their up through the Italian Alps. Unfortunately, Jake never got to see his daughter since he gave his life in Italy. There is a cabin on the Holt's Ledge side of the skiway and the plaque will be sited there. Charles Sanders has written a book The Boys of Winter - Life and Death in the US Ski Troops During the Second World War. He was there to present his book and having read it, it is an interesting and easy read.

On Sunday - we were "Dawn Busters". They opened the mountain just for us hearty fools at 7:30AM. We had the whole place to ourselves! That was followed by brunch at the Game Creek club located on the mountain. A Sno-Cat ride was provided from the top of the lift over. As the legs were beginning to feel their age, the rest of the day was spent in leisurely skiing.

Enjoy the pictures below and we look forward to a great turnout next year. We're beginning the planning already for more activities centered around the '71's. Rod Morgan is working on reasonable room rates (under $300 per night). If you have any interest in attending the 2008 festivities, please email Wayne SOON at Wayne@horizonpointe.net. We'd like to get some idea of a head count so we can start making room arrangements over the summer.

Wayne, Weebs, Andy and Peter Pratt at Saturday Tails Weebs mugging for the camera

Wayne, Weebs, Andy Harvard, and Peter share a moment Witt, Alan Goodloe, Dave Erwin '70, George Rountree discuss technique

The O'Neill Clan - From left, "Aunty Mary", Don's Sister, Son Donny, Niece Alison, Nephew Andrew, and Don