1960 NEWSLETTER President: Bruce Hasenkamp, 2435 Skyfarm Drive, Hillsborough, CA 94010-6343 (650) 343-6829Secretary: John Mitchell, 300 Grove Street, Unit 14, Rutland, VT 05701; (802) 775-3716 jmm00033@comcast.netTreasurer: William Moorman, P.O. Box 6605, Jefferson City, MO 65102-6605; (573) 462-0009 bmoorman60@gmail.comCo-Head Agents: Kenneth Johansen, 1783 Bartlett Ave., Orange Park, FL 32073 (H) 904-264-2078; (C) 904-214-5522 Jim Adler, P.O. Box 1653, Norwich, VT 05055, (802) 649-1008Gift Planning: Phil Kron, 127 Riveredge Drive, Chatham, NJ 07928-3116, phone (772) 631-3766 MLBKPCK@aol.comAlumni Council Representative: Peter Crumbine, 3 Copper Beach Rd., Greenwich, CT 06830; 203-629-1687 pcrumbine@gmail.comClass Webmaster: Walter E. Daniels, 2802 Deer Street, Mohegan Lake, NY 10547-2000 (914) 245-1250 wdhikes@gmail.comNewsletter Editor: Dennis Goodman, 472 Hanover Center Rd., Etna, NH 03750 (603) 643-9763 goodman@sover.net

Class website: http://www.dartmouth.org/classes/60/

Burning Man Caulfield “[B]elieve me,” emails Bob Caul-field, “it won’t be any trouble at all to convince [George]

Dancing Naked around a Bonfire, Thoughts on the Military, and Settling on Seattle. Also, Digitizing Orozco, The Secret to a Happy Marriage, and More on the Great Harvard Band Caper of 1957

Left Coasters at their Christmas feast: L-R: Peter Farquhar, Bruce Hasenkamp, Ed Berkowitz, Dick Levy, Lee Horschman, Hap Dunning, Tom Hannon, Dick Gale, Dick Foley, and John Wheaton.

Potts to get naked and dance around a bonfire. And he’ll have plenty of company. I figure after a few days at Burning Man we can all leave our bod-ies to medical science because they probably won’t be much good for anything else.” Are Caulfield, Potts, John Barchilon and a few other strange dudes from Sigma Nu the only ones who know about The Burning Man Festival? Anybody ever

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been to one? Would you consider taking your wife there to celebrate a big birthday? No? You’re get-ting old.Well, here’s a slightly different idea for the site of our collective 75th birthday bash. Burning Man didn’t quite cut it, and, those empowered by the Class to pick the place have decided that it’s to Seattle that we shall go next year, probably in August or in the fall. Details are just starting to get worked on, and we and others will keep you up to date. If you still think the Burning Man Festi-val sounds more attractive, Google it and then talk to your spouse. Maybe Burning Man Caulfield can organize a mini-reunion there. But don’t take the Sigma Nus too seri-ously.Re the masthead picture for this edition, Dick Foley says, “Spouses and significant others were present but passed on the photo.” Pity; they would surely have improved the scenery. It was minus three degrees here in Hanover when I started this message. It’s since gone as high as 89, and then back to 30. Today, late-April, it’s 40. Welcome to Hanover, the sixth best town under 50,000 in the US, per Money magazine and Hap Dunning.Brad Lund Green Cards: “Many of you have recalled anecdotes about classmates. One I will never forget involved a couple of English profes-sors (whose names escape me) and Robert Frost. One prof. claimed that in the poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,’ Frost was contem-plating his death, which I (to myself) scoffed at. Soon after, Frost was in town to ‘say’ some of his poems. Afterward, I asked him about the prof’s remark. He pooh-poohed it. He was just by the quiet and serene setting amid the falling snow. “At my next class with this professor, I told him what Frost had said. ‘Well,’ he replied pompously, ‘he may have said that, but subconsciously death was on his mind.’ I told this story to another prof. and his comment was, ‘OK, Professor So-and-So plays the oboe, and anyone who plays the oboe is

an a--hole.’ My apologies to any of you who play the oboe. I’m not contemplating death, but my daughter’s 48th and grandson’s 21st make me feel kinda old.”Speaking of feeling really old, have a look at this 37-minute-long Dartmouth Admissions re-cruiting film from 1956. ’Tis the Dartmouth you remember, if you still remember things. Thanks to Howie Frankel who has lines into the Admissions Office: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww_ZhYv4sps&feature=channel_video_title

Andy Paul writes from Vero Beach in late February: “Last week we had the an-nual D ‘60 Vero Golf Tournament and Fish Fry here. Attending, as always, were Bob Derderian (who host-ed dinner), George Rush, Dick Ossen and yours truly. The golf was memorable,

and the coq-au-vin dinner (courtesy of Gail D.) and

wine even more so. Britt-Marie took the enclosed photo of the crew with the Indian River Lagoon in the background so you can see how pretty the place is.”Some of what follows may itself seem a “little” old, but anything that comes this way from any of you or your mates is surely timeless, nearly legend-ary, and worth printing. If some of it makes you think it’s 2010 or 2011 and you’re in a time warp, what’s so bad about that? Wouldn’t we all like to be a year or two younger!Wisdom (of sorts) from the Daily D: Night game will be first ever in football program history; US News ranks Dartmouth 11th; College receives 5-star LGBT rating; Endowment reaches $3.4 billion [an annual increase of 18.4 percent]; Sororities extend bids to 300 women; Women’s golf wins Championship; Fraternities extend over 350 bids in rush process; Romney, Cain dominate [Dartmouth] debate on economic issues; Kondracke moderates

Snow birds livin’ high: George, Dick, Bob, Andy

political experts panel; Tuck nabs top spot in Economist rankings; Students protest corporate greed [Occupy Dartmouth]; Rugby defeats Harvard to cap undefeated League season; College hosts dedication of Life Sciences Center; Dickey Center celebrates 30 years; Men’s soccer wins NCAA bid and League Championship; Football finishes with winning League record for first time since 2003; Aires place second in ‘Sing-Off’; Hanover Inn to reopen by Commencement 2012; Aires sing at White House party; College re-recognizes Zete; Majority of surveyed students express support for Obama; Skiers win College Cup at Nationals; Women’s hockey wins at Fenway Park; Admissions officers receive 23,052 applications [9.4 percent were admitted]; Student accuses frat of hazing violations; Mild weather dampens winter fun; English, history drop in popularity; Keg jump, other Winter Carnival traditions fade over time; Lou’s retains popularity over 65 years; Board announces tuition increases [up almost 5%; room, board, and tuition go to $57,998]; College charges SAE for hazing violations; College drops all SAE charges; Class of 2016 has highest percentage of minority students; College President Jim Yong Kim Elected 12th President of the World Bank; Rugby soundly defeats Ivy foes; Provost Carol Folt appointed interim College president; Men’s club fencing wins nationals; and, finally, Willpower key to success, prof. says [just thought you’d like to know].From a College publication: “Record number of students take the plunge at Winter Carnival More than 500 students—about 200 more than last year’s record number—demonstrated their Carnival spirit and jumped into the icy water of Occom Pond for the 18th annual Polar Bear Swim.” Well, this was voluntary and, of course, not to be confused with hazing.If NBC can provide six hours of pre-Super Bowl hype on game day, it’s not too soon for me to men-tion that Homecoming and our fall mini-reunion this year are Oct. 26-28, football vs. Harvard. Ken Taber sends the following sad news on John (“Jack”) Baird, 72, who died peacefully at his home in South Pomfret, VT, on June 8, 2011:

“Jack was born June 24, 1938, in Pawtucket, R.I., the son of John A. and Marjorie (Charlton) Baird. He played varsity football, and it is said by his team-mates that pound for pound no one hit harder than he did. He also was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. “After Dartmouth, Jack attended Princeton where he earned his PhD in 1964. He returned to Dartmouth to join the Faculty, serving during a distinguished career as Professor of Psychology and Brain Sci-ences for 33 years. After retirement in 2000, Jack continued research and teaching as an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. It can be said that Jack devoted his life to Dartmouth. From 2000 until his death, he continued his passion for research and made it available for the public through the company he founded, Psychological Applications, LLC of North Pomfret. “Jack is survived by his loving wife, Clara Gimenez; his two daughters, Andrea Baird and Audrey Winterling; four grandchildren ; and his brother, Paul. Beyond his immediate family, many others close to him in the Dartmouth community will also miss him. Their gratitude for what he gave to the College during his lifetime was ex-pressed with a Service of Celebration held June 24th in Rollins Chapel. The Dartmouth Flag was flown at half-staff for two days last June in memo-ry of Jack.”Andy Stone died Sep-tember 17, 2011 at VNA Hospital in Vero Beach, Florida. He and his wife, Rosemarie, moved from Buffalo, New York to Vero Beach seven years ago following Andy’s retirement.

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Andy was born in Jamaica Plains, New York and grew up in New Canaan, Connecticut, graduating from Forest Hills High School prior to his matricu-lation at Dartmouth in 1956. At Dartmouth Andy majored in geology, was a member of Phi Delta Theta/Phi Delta Alpha, played freshman tennis, and was an active member of the DOC and the Geolog-ical Society. Andy is survived by his wife, Rose-marie; son, Jonathan; daughters Kathleen, Jennifer, and Elizabeth; and sister, Eleanor Breckenridge.In last September’s Newsletter I raised the ques-tion of student attitudes toward ROTC and the military. Two campus leaders had told me at lunch, “We think we would be wasting our Dartmouth education by entering the military.” At a dinner for graduating seniors this April, I raised the same question with several co-eds. The answer was es-sentially the same. Here are some comments on this from Classmates:Lew Cressler: “I am an insignificant, however consistent, financial contributor to Dartmouth College. In recent years I have designated my donation be applied to student financial aid. As an undergraduate, I had no money coming from home. My father was a high school teacher, and I had four younger siblings at home. He contracted tuberculo-sis in our sophomore year and died just a few years later of lung cancer. My thoughts are with those needing financial help today as I once needed and received from a generous college. “If, however, the majority of Dartmouth students believe that their education would be wasted if they served in a military service of their country, my money is wasted on their education. Fortunately, after looking into the matter I believe this is not the attitude of the majority of Dartmouth students in spite of the fact that many academic institutions tend to be ‘progressive’ and less than supportive of the U.S. Military. “After we discussed your newsletter comment, I contacted Major Matthew Landrum, Recruit-ing Operations Officer of the Norwich University, Army ROTC unit. He was very optimistic about the AROTC program at Dartmouth. He said he fre-quently walked the Dartmouth campus in uniform

and never once did he receive any disparaging re-marks from students or faculty. As you indicated, he said that there were six freshmen this year with AROTC scholarships. Landrum said the program there is growing with the support of the college and President Kim. “My Army ROTC scholarship was an impor-tant source of financial aid at Dartmouth. When I entered the Army after graduation, I was assigned to the Army Security Agency, the Army intelli-gence organization under the operational control of the National Security Agency. I do not regret having served two years in Vietnam, but that experience and the other military engagements we have been involved in since WWII have taught me that the U.S. of A. with its overwhelming military might has yet to figure out how to win a war and not lose the peace. “When the Ivy League schools kicked the ROTC programs off their campuses, I was of the same opinion as those who thought that America’s ‘elite’ were missing a chance to influence military atti-tudes and thinking. Those who blame the military for this country’s wars and discredit military ser-vice are misguided. In this country, it is our politi-cal leaders and politicians that make the decision to commit the military to wars and not the military itself. “One hardly hears about the one war this country won in the past century, and that is the Cold War. Most of my twenty-six plus years in the Army was spent in some way engaged in Cold War intelligence operations. Although our regular operational military services had to main-tain a readiness to engage in combat, it was our intelligence community that was constantly en-gaged against the U.S.S.R. during that period of our country’s history. “With the concept of Mutual Destruction and First Strike Capability, it was essential for the intelligence services of both sides to ensure their respective leaders that the other side was not about to exercise the option of First Strike. It was just as important for the Soviets to know as much about the U.S. military intentions and capabilities as we knew about theirs. Mutual Destruction was

avoided. We outspent and outlasted the U.S.S.R. until it had to give up its empire and quest for world domination, at least temporarily. There are many ways this country’s military ensures the safety and future of our people, and no one should be denied the opportunity to contribute to that endeavor.”Bruce Ryan (brucebr@centurylink. net): “We (our country) have many very intelligent and well-educated officers and enlisted in our service now (as always). Off and on I have wondered about my ‘minor’ in NROTC but not regretted it nor the seven following years’ personal service. What I do regret is our (adjectives fail me) misused military force in Vietnam and each succeeding war up to the present. I am now off to my monthly ‘tabling’ at our high school to represent ‘Veterans for Peace’ and advise against talking with recruit-ers or enlisting. Perhaps it’s not just the thought of ‘wasting’ a college minor.”Rory Mullett: “I think that the students’ percep-tion is unfortunate. It is probably true that an ROTC entrant into the military will have little or no ability to immediately influence broad military policy, but [1] well-educated entry level officers will be better prepared to deal with matters within the scope of their authority than those not so well educated and [2] we need well prepared officers for the longer term. “Students can have a variety of valid reasons for not wishing to join the military, but I don’t think ‘waste of education’ is one. A military career has pluses and minuses, like any other career, and it is difficult for young people to understand the wa-ter before diving in, but we should be grateful for those who take the plunge. I have a 16 year-old grandson who is seriously looking at a military career, and the physical risks frighten me, but I support him all the way.”Dick Chase: “I read a book a short while ago by a 1999 Dartmouth graduate, a classics major, who in no way thought he would be wasting his time by serving in the Marines. His name is Nathaniel Fick and his book is called One Bullet Away. The book picks up after he graduates from Dartmouth

and covers his training as a Marine officer and also follows his role as a platoon leader through tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. The book is direct, hard-hitting, realistic, well-written, and I couldn’t recommend it more highly. “The leadership experience he received in the Marines, including leading men into battle and getting them all out alive, would be difficult to match in any other field for someone just out of college. Fick left the Marines as a Captain and then completed a dual degree program at Harvard Business School and the Kennedy School of Gov-ernment. He is now, at age 34, the CEO of a think tank specializing in defense policy [and a recently elected Dartmouth trustee]. He has certainly not wasted his Dartmouth education and he has done Dartmouth proud.”Jill Reid writes from Wilmette, IL that our late classmate Bob, “was so happy to have come to the 50th reunion and stay in the dorms again. Nothing could compare to seeing old friends, some not seen in 50 years. It was a grand weekend especially for him.”At least three ’60 grandkids, those of Howie Fran-kel, Gene Kohn, and Spencer Morgan, are sched-uled to enroll as freshman at Dartmouth next fall. There may be others, but Alumni Affairs won’t know until matriculation in the fall. Spencer notes that his Lindsay will be a fourth generation Mor-gan at Dartmouth and a seventh generation on her father’s side. “That,” he says, “ought to give Bob Kenerson a run for is money.” Wah-hoo-wah! Any other grands coming in or in older classes in the College? Eric Anderson sends a note with photos from “a won-derful dinner hosted by Wendy Stowe [in March]. The news about Pres. Kim was high on the agenda as was Obamacare and, most of all, the Final Four.” But there was also “some

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muted talk of golf. Hiley is incapable of long con-versations that don’t include references to golf or bridge.” The photo shows Al and Wendy Stowe, Bill and Malora Gundy, Dave and Gail Hiley, Gene and Judy Kohn, Kathy Stick-land, and Eric.John Walker now contemplates Bis-marck and the Ger-man scene, which he used to teach in California, from his new rural home near Waynesville, NC, with Joy, of course, and close to one of their children. There’s a road sign near their mail box that reads “One Lane Road-2-way traffic-critters-use extreme caution.” John’s major responsibility seems to be orga-nizing garbage, or so says Joy (note photo). He refers to his new life as “From Dartmouth to the Dumpster.” They now have four dogs, the first for either since childhood. On sunny afternoons John sits on the veranda with his binoculars while huge numbers of different bird species fly past, and he “has never been happier than in this new environment.” They have found a 2.6 mile walking path along a nearby lake, have an NC license plate that reads “DRTMOUTH,” and sound totally content. Writes John, “It has been great to meet David Farnsworth after all these years.” Writes Joy, “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Southern California.”Any other Dartmouth license plates out there? Photos would be welcome.

A few Phi Gams and a couple of interlopers got together at a lake house in Newbury, NH, south of Hanover, where Joe and Donna Cramer, visiting from Chicago, had rented a place half-way be-tween Hanover and their children. They hosted an afternoon gathering of great company and food to match. Then, those who didn’t know better went off to sit in a downpour to watch Dartmouth’s first home night football game, a loss to Penn.Writes Tony Roisman: “I know a number of you have expressed interest in supporting SEAD [Sum-mer Enrichment at Dartmouth] and for your con-venience, here is the information on where to send any contribution: “Make a check out to Tucker Foundation -- SEAD,’ and send to Jay Davis at 6103 Raven House, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH, 03755. Please note on your check that you are a ’60 so they know that, as with so many other College programs and efforts, the Class of ’60 continues to lead the way. Please contact me (aroisman@na-tionallegalscholars.com) or Jay Davis (Jay.Davis@dartmouth.edu) directly if you have any questions.”Bill Gould, who has been heavily involved in SEAD each summer, writes that our Class website, http://www.dartmouth60.org/, tells you all you need to know about SEAD. Look under “Proj-

ects” and the link to Tucker. Or you could email Bill at wgould@capecod.net or Tony.The Upper Valley Land Trust, does good things to preserve the rural setting that makes your alma mater such a desirable place to go to school and to return to visit and live. Three of its 16-member board are ’60s: Rick Roesch, Roger Hanlon, and Quentin Faulkner. Secret to marital success? Mal Churchill reports that

wife, Nita, “left…for her regular six months in Ma-nila.” His daughter and his son and family visited

Walker: Never been happier

Phi Gam gathering L-R: George and Maria Rush, Laura-Beth Goodman, Tom and Nobbie Reilly, Joe and Donna Cramer, Tom Conger ’61, Marilyn and Tom Murphy.

from Irvine, CA and Munich. Two grandsons 10 and 13 are “serious basketball players with perhaps outstanding future prospects if they keep growing. Am hoping our son will make his 25th reunion next year, giving them a chance to imbibe Dartmouth’s atmosphere. The German school year unfortu-nately doesn’t mesh with ours…” Mal notes that Steve Gell, with whom he had recently lunched in Washington, and wife Sheila have been traveling extensively in retirement, including to Montana, Paris, and Amsterdam, the latter with a “congenial” group of lawyers and judges. They exist?Wah-hoo-wah: The Bergen, NJ Regional Medical Center last summer dedicated its newly-renovated multi-faith chapel to Don Landzettel, who has served for 20 years as a member of the Founda-tion at the Medical Center and twice its chair-man. Writes Don, “The chapel dedication was a very great surprise. My term at Bergen Regional Medical Center [largest hospital in NJ] started in 1991 when the Foundation was being established …..Having been a principal of our family paint and coatings manufacturing business since graduation from Dartmouth, I came to the Foundation from the ‘business’ side.“Now in semi-retirement from our family busi-ness I remain active with my tenor sax at the annual Alumni Band participation at Dartmouth Homecoming and with a local ensemble here in NJ at our church. I chaired the ‘Friends of the Dartmouth Band’ funding group for 25 years. [The perfect guy to reimburse the Harvard Band for our 1957 transgressions. See below.]“Like many in the Dartmouth family my love for the north country was embedded in my life early on. At our Class 10th reunion it rained on the Satur-day that we were to have the class picnic. Gail and I took a drive into Vermont to check out the real estate offerings, and returned the following week to sign a contract of purchase of lands in Ver-shire, Vermont. The following year we had a small home built on that site, a site that sits at 1800 feet and has a view across the Connecticut River of the Dartmouth Skiway. We spend at least a week each month in the general Hanover area and continue to enjoy the great cultural offerings at the College.”

You don’t really want to know who attended our Homecoming mini-reunion, do you? It’s a lot of typing and ranges from Adler to Wittson. Well, just to get a few names you don’t often see here into this rag, here are some of the others: Eric Anderson, Russ Brooks, John Guy, Gordie Haw, Butch Hitchcock, Urban Hirschey, Howie Jelinek, Jim Marlow, Nick Muller, Bob Prouty, and Seth Strickland, plus all the usual suspects who have nothing better to do on a cool fall week-end. In all about 40 classmates, 35 of whom were able to bring a date.A nice letter of appreciation from Nick Muller sympathizing with what goes in to producing news-letters. Writes Nick, “Having once signed on with a radio station to perform one five-minute ‘This is what I think’ piece each week, I soon discovered that I had fewer thoughts than I had supposed, and I scrambled for something fresh and, of course, ‘profound’ for the airwaves. I found little of either. This experience gives me a notion and apprecia-tion of the pressures and vicissitudes of a newslet-ter editor.” Good excuse for me except that I have plenty of material from you good folks.Nick was glad to get the supplemental pieces for Musings Unlimited. You who are still among the delinquents can still send them in once the muse finally muses you.Sandy Ingham Green Carded months ago: “Sad to read of George Bruder’s death. He offered wise counsel, even at age 18. He and I lived on the 4th floor of New Hamp freshman year, and when I told him I was thinking of a rookie reporting gig at the D, he replied, ‘The editor of the D is the most pow-erful man on campus, (excluding John Sloan and Thad).’ I stuck with the paper until the Trimester Plan in junior year, when too much newspapering and poker playing landed me on academic proba-tion. But I was hooked––50 years in newspapering ended in May 2010. George and I reconnected at our 25th and I missed seeing him last June. Now I understand why. P.S. Tip to budget minded skiers: check out 70plusskiclub.org.”Sandy has a letter in the latest DAM, taking issue with Joe McHugh on matters political. Wrote

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Sandy: “My classmate Joe McHugh ‘60 traces the partisan divide in Wash. back only as far as the 2000 election, which he said left Democrats ‘bit-terly antagonistic’ toward George W. Bush“Well, yes, I and many others were angry at how Florida election officials and the U.S. Supreme Court stole that election, but as to the origin of bitter partisanship, let’s look back to Bill Clinton’s election in 1992, which launched an unrelenting GOP campaign of investigations and other harass-ments in an effort to bring him down. The same tactics continue today as the GOP works not to build a better America, but to ‘make Obama a one-term president.’”Wrote George Liebmann of George Bruder: “He was a man of steady and constant judgment and great integrity and was in every way a citizen who will be greatly missed.” “Sorry to hear about Al Cameron,” cards Nate Witham from Germany. “I remember him well from WDCR. And last year, in the run-up to the 50th, he reminded me about an appropriate donation to the Alumni Fund. I replied that his effort was unnecessary because I had been trained long ago by [Gus] Leach, who has a humorous way of per-suading people to do the right thing. [Our Leach?] The occasion did give us a chance to exchange a few stories. He was a good guy to work with at the radio station and was a good example of fore-thought, accuracy and attention to detail.”Allan Cameron’s widow, Margaret Haber, wrote the following to Class President Hasenkamp: “I convey to you and the entire Class of 1960 my most sincere gratitude for your many kind expres-sions of condolence in the loss of my husband Al-lan. I have been truly warmed by the expressions of sympathy, the remembrances and funny stories. Indeed you all did ‘grow up’ together. I will never forget the kindness I have received from all of you. Please tell everyone.” How good of Margaret to take the time to send that.Bob Phillips is the subject of a full-page story in Rugby Magazine from last spring. Bob, who generously provided the new electronic scoreboard at the rugby clubhouse and playing fields on the

edge of Hanover, has long been involved with the sport and a great supporter of Dartmouth rugby. Excerpts from the article: “Phillips is 72 now, a new grandparent, and officially retired but as busy as he wants to be with positions on various boards of directors for non-profit organizations and businesses. He’s also part owner of the rugby-centric Royall Lyme Bermuda Ltd., makers of Brooks Brothers’ preferred colognes and sponsors of rugby events….around the country.“This comes after a long and successful career in packaged consumer goods. Phillips downplays the enormity of the titles, but he’s been chairman, president, CEO and director of some of the world’s largest manufacturers of stuff you use everyday: Cheesbrough-Ponds, Inc., Unilever, Elizabeth Arden Company, and General Entertainment, Inc., a unit of Nabisco.“He’s come a long way from selling Kool-Aid from his car in Kansas City and St. Louis for Gen-eral Foods, his first job after college (Dartmouth), graduate school (Columbia) and three years in Army counterintelligence.”It’s a little late for a timely recap of last fall’s Class meeting over Homecoming, but here are a few points from my notes. Jim Adler reported that ’60 fundraising for the College is unique, breaking all records. Over 80 percent contributed in 2011. Bob Kenerson reported that the Class now sup-ports four Class Scholars, that we pay one-third of their education. John Goyette said our most recent recipient under the Athletic Sponsor program is a diver from Northern CA. The program brings athletes to Dartmouth before they make their final school selection. Bill Gould noted that the SEAD program is in its 11th year. The Class donated $27,000 to the program, including a gift from one member of $25,000. Four Dartmouth students involved in the program attended the Class meet-ing. Their enthusiasm for the program was evident to all. Phil Kron reported we have 45 classmates en-rolled in the Bartlett Tower program, which in-volves including Dartmouth in your estate plan. The goal by this year is to reach 60. Phil noted what Marty Lower had done, establishing a fund

to continue to pay Dartmouth as long as there is a living member of our Class. This can be done simply by an addition to a life insurance policy or retirement fund. Thanks are due to Hank Greer for this obituary on his brother (by marriage of parents), Jim Houser. “One of our very special classmates, Jim Houser, passed away on January 7, 2012 at his home in Pearl River, Louisiana. Jim is survived by his lov-ing wife, Michen, and four wonderful sons: Marty,

John, Stuart and Rex. Jim also leaves his ten grand-children whom he adored, along with a sister, Mary Hill Dewey, and his brother, Hank Greer ’60.“Jim was born in Louisville, Kentucky but spent most of his early years in the Cleveland, Ohio area… Cleveland Heights

and Shaker Heights. He was an outstanding scholastic wrestler in high school and continued wrestling while at Dartmouth. Although only a freshman, he won the college wrestling championship, besting all other wrestlers in his weight class, both fraternity and non-fraternity wrestlers. “He was a brother of Kappa Sigma, enriching everyone’s lives with whom he came in contact. Jim was a consummate storyteller and could tell a joke better than anyone. Beyond that, Jim was a compassionate listener and was always the person one could approach when faced with any problem, large or small. “After Dartmouth, Jim entered medical school at Tulane University, establishing an outstanding record of accomplishments. During his Tulane years, he was fortunate to find his wonderful wife, Michen.After medical school, he did his internship in Wichita, Kansas, followed by three years in the Air Force, performing Medevac services for wounded warriors coming from Vietnam. Following the service, he and his family returned to New Orleans

where he spent his three-year residency, ending up as Chief Resident. Subsequent to that, he was awarded a two-year fellowship.“Jim had a rewarding medical career, but he was much more than a Board Certified pulmonary physician. He was one the most unique and char-ismatic persons any of our classmates could have known. Simply put, he was a one-of-a-kind in-dividual, generous, gifted and fun loving…a dear friend who left us too soon. “For those wishing to donate in Jim’s memory, please consider a contribution to the Slidell Memo-rial Hospital Foundation, 1001 Gause Boulevard, Box 38, Slidell, LA 70458.”The Class voted to contribute $15,000 to under-write a program with the Hood Museum and the Computer Science Department to enhance under-standing and appreciation of the Orozco murals by providing and configuring iPad 2 tablets to assist visitors “to explore the creative process and to visualize the artist’s methods with regard to both technique and imagery.” Here, with thanks to Tony Roisman, is a fuller ex-planation of the Orozco/iPad project the Class has underwritten: “What the Hood is doing is digitally copying the huge data base of photos, sketches, notes, etc. that were generated while the murals were being created, combining the photos related to each panel in chronological order to show the progression of work on each panel and placing all of this on iPads to be loaned to persons who want to view the murals. Thus, while standing before any panel, the viewer can see all the work, and workers, who went into creating the panel from early sketches to installation of the mural. This will provide a vastly richer experience for anyone interested in the murals.“Remarkably, the Hood is able to do this for only $15,000. Jim proposed that we use a portion of the Class Dues surplus - which is about $45,000 - to fund this project in the name of the Class of ‘60, and those present at the class meeting approved. I suggested that, given the modest amount of money needed and the value of using our surplus to fund one large project, as we did in the past when we

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purchased the scoreboard for the basketball court, classmates should individually make a contribution to the Orozco Mural project and save our surplus for a single project. [To date special gifts have to-taled just over 20 percent of the cost of the project; the rest has come from the Class treasury.] “Since most of us studied, attempted to study and/or slept under the watchful eye of one or more of those pan-els, the Orozco Murals are a major part of our Dartmouth experience.” They were again for some of us on April 24 when, following the monthly Class lunch in Norwich, we were given a demonstration of the Orozco Mural project. Some 25 class-mates and wives attended, and it was most interest-ing and impressive to see what had been accom-plished under the auspices of the Hood. Anyone wishing to contribute toward the $15,000 cost of the program should send his contribution directly to Bill Moorman at Class of ’60, P.O. Box 6605, Jefferson City, MO 65102-6605. Frank Bell responds to an email from Peter Crumbine about recent Dartmouth athletic recruiting success: “Thanks for forwarding this good news about Dartmouth Football.“As we chatted at our 50th reunion, some of us were wondering where Dartmouth was going to get our future American football players, considering what we saw at graduation with the international diversity of the graduating class. I am sure we will have strong Dartmouth teams in soccer (universal ‘football’) and after watching some girls practice rugby (English football) drills on the Dartmouth Green, Big Green is and will be world famous for both overseas types of football, both male and female. “I was on the Freshman Dartmouth Football team (3rd team) but quit to join the Glee Club, which I

continued until I started Tuck in my Dartmouth se-nior year. I am glad to see that Dartmouth football will continue its great past and not receive over emphasis, as we find in some schools in our US South.“Maureen and I will be looking forward to sing-

ing ‘As the backs go tearing by’ at some future Dart-mouth football game. Have a great 2012 y’all. Wah hoo wah.”Department of valuable medical advice, from Eric Sailer to me: “You looked a little pale the other day--we need to get you into some winter sports besides Leverone--never too late to take up skiing. On the other

hand if you stay inside you probably won’t get skin cancer.”

Another reason not to ski, from Joe McHugh: “Kim’s appointment to head of the World Bank is not surprising for the Obama administration in that he meets the requirement that its appointees have few or no qualifications for the job to which they are appointed. His greatest achievement at Dart-mouth seems to have been cutting $100 million out of the budget, allegedly without any negative impact on the quality of the education delivered! Maybe he can do something about the corrupt cul-ture at the World Bank.“We had a sub-marginal Winter ski season in Vail, compounded by my early season broken leg. I could not swear to the facts in court, but I believe I was a “hit and run” victim while skiing very slowly on nearly flat terrain on fresh, groomed, powder snow approaching the bottom of a mid-mountain lift. I was “blind sided” by someone I never saw, knocked out of both skis and left unconscious on the snow with a mild concussion and a broken leg. Being macho and not aware I had a broken leg, I got my skis on and skied down to the bottom. In any event, I have a titanium plate and 8 screws in my leg (which does not trigger an alarm in airport

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security) and am almost fully recovered. Still do-ing PT every day at home and at a fitness place.“Regrettably, I think we are looking at another 4 years of Obama and our only salvation lies in retaining the House and, hopefully, regaining the Senate to keep the bad guys at bay.”President Kim’s decision to go after the World Bank presidency and leave Dartmouth after a relatively short tenure prompted this from Bruce Hasenkamp: “I‘m sure the president of Dartmouth is approached about numerous other positions, but, when one takes a job such as this, there is at least an implied commitment to devote a period of years to it. Recruiting and choosing a president is a lengthy, costly, and, for the institution, somewhat disruptive process. Anyone who takes such a job, therefore, owes the institution a commensurate ten-ure, no matter how intriguing an outside offer may be. I think less of Dr. Kim for forgetting that.”Not all would agree. Carol Nicklaus (who hangs out a lot with Bruce Clark) says: “Bruce and I just love it! World Bank Prez…Sad for the Big Green, but wonderful for the rest of the world.”Class president Hasenkamp and wife Inta are first-time grandparents, of Evan Michael Henry Hasenkamp, who happens to be Henry VIII, as “every Hasenkamp has carried the name for 250 years.” And, lucky them, “since they live 10 minutes away, we get to babysit and enjoy him often.”Last May, Jack Hodgson was honored by Bellevue High School in Washington for having founded the lacrosse program there in 1979 when his and Barbie’s son Gregor was a Bellevue student. The announcement reads: “Bellevue High Boys Lacrosse Is Proud to Present Jack Hodgson Night, Honoring the

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Founder of the Lacrosse Program at Bellevue High School.” Wah-hoo-wah, J & B. Book Recommendations:Andy Paul: Must reading for you, 1812 by George C. Daughan is a master-ful account of the War of 1812 - A lot in here that I didn’t know about - with an emphasis on the ascen-sion of the U.S. Navy in world affairs…… I’m od’ed for the time being on WWII books, although that’s probably my main line of interest. I wonder if the era of our childhood has anything to do with that since all our values and history comes from that time.“I also read Tim Jeal’s book, Explorers of the Nile, and that was a real eye-opener. They were mainly people who didn’t fit well into British soci-ety at the time (Stanley, Livingston, Burton, Speke) and so elected to make their mark by trying to find the headwaters of the Nile. Wow!”David Horn: “…just found the author Archer Mayor – writes police detective fiction based in

Brattleboro, VT. Fun reading….” Dartmouth faculty recommendations: see http://www.alumni.dartmouth.edu/learnandtravel/goodreads

Tom Andrews: “In the last Newsletter, you asked us to share the books that we have read in our lifetimes that have made a difference to us. Since I had already been thinking about that, these five already stood out: 1984, by George Orwell (for obvious reasons); Escape

from Freedom, by Erich Fromm (a chilling analy-sis of how fear drives us to seek security by sub-mitting to authority figures and authoritarian gov-ernments, focusing on the German people’s sub-mission to Hitler); Crisis in Black and White, by Charles Silberman (crystallized my understanding of the history and continuing impact of slavery and segregation); The Other America, by Michael Har-rington (best of many books dealing with poverty

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and wealth disparity in today’s USA); The Bible (both Hebrew and Christian Scriptures) (in form-ing both personal faith and social conscience).”Travel TalesJack Hodgson: “Having just returned from 2.5 weeks in Northern India, let me assure you this video isn’t during traffic hours when there can be 11 lanes of traffic on a three lane road full of trucks, buses, cars, pedicabs, rickshaws, motor-cycles, camel carts, and sacred cows all playing chicken. “I’m very glad we went. But, it is an educational not a recreational experience. A nice part is you can return each evening to a very fine hotel with excellent service. We were majoring in history, mosques, and museums so we learned less than we would have liked to about economics, the judicial system, and the urbanization movement. My initial opinion is that India is a classic huge Socialist state where most power and money goes to the political and military bigwigs and there is little trickle down left. Much more trickle down is needed for sanita-tion and education. “Still, there is a very rapidly growing ‘middle class’ who speed to their new as yet un-land-scaped high rise office buildings every morning on bikes and motorcycles. Jaipur is reported growing from 1.5M to 5M people in 3-4 years. Billboards are covered with advertisements for private schools. Parents go to great lengths to get their children admitted to the best schools. I went to a hospital for a lab test. It was spanking new and full of people. I got in and out in less than 10 minutes for $4.25. “There is a virtual absence of farming and land-scape machines, the rationale being that they would cost jobs. That this will protect the status quo but not elevate the overall standard of liv-ing hasn’t seemed to enter people’s minds. Still, I felt the evaporation of the caste system has started. The sanitation problem is exacerbated by the advent of plastic packaging. The cows, pigs, and camels used to have a more biodegradable diet. They roam freely and forage what they can.

“Living standards for most people are hard to accept for us. Despite all this, Indians, in general, seem happy, healthy, and anxious to please. These are bold broad statements from a short term visi-tor, but they are what I felt. We were with a small Dartmouth group of 18 travelling by bus, train, and plane. Odysseys out of Boston was the tour opera-tor. Our assigned guide was exceptionally good.”Bruce Ryan last fall was, “…just back from …. the Utah canyon lands (some of the western ones). Vivid yellows with some reds in the vine maples. I hitchhiked often through the fall colors of Vermont and New York in my Dartmouth years.”With two daughters and their husbands in Kuala Lumpur, Dave and Mary Farnsworth had Thanksgiving last November in Malaysia. David Horn, his motor palace parked in Texas for the winter: “Hill Country of Texas is in a cold spell but I still get out to ride my Spyder every once in a while. I’m watching the Army-Navy game and think I have to add it to my bucket list.” And what is a Spyder? It’s something you get to replace your BMW cycle, “a 3-wheeled motorcycle built in Canada and sweeping across the country and the world. I love it. It’s fun, and, yes, it does not tip over….I recommend it to any and all who love to ride motorcycles but worry about keeping them upright at our ages.”The Boyes and the Mullets seem to thrive on travel to cold places (Iceland, Antarctica, and, for Rory, Hudson Bay). Writes Bob re a recent trip to Antarctica: “ [This was] taken on the day we set foot on the continent, as opposed to one of its many islands. The snow was deep and

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slippery. We had a great time together…. saw lots of penguins, two pods of humpback whales that played around the ship for 30-45 minutes. We managed to reach 67.53 degrees south, further south than any other ship in the season. Anyway, a good time was had by all.”Joanne Sailer (goes with Eric) sent a series of spectacularly good photos and these comments: “Thought you would enjoy seeing a few of our safari friends. Our experience in Tanzania was a trip of a lifetime. Saw all the animals and lots of birds. Also had wonderful cultural experiences with visits to villages, schools, and homes. We just loved it all!!!”Hap Dunning: “In October, Carolyn Geiger and I spent two weeks on a fascinating tour of Iran. We started with several days in Tehran, then we visited Kerman, Yazd, Shiraz and Isfahan. We were with a group and traveled mainly by bus, so we covered lots of ground between those cities. The emphasis was on history and culture, with lots of visits to mosques, palaces and ruins.“Before we left for Iran, friends frequently asked two questions: are you allowed to go? and, is it safe? My answer to both questions is “yes,” although it may be that Iran will not grant visas to Americans not going with a group. Just before we left, allegations of a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. emerged, and that caused three couples to withdraw. Unfortunately, one of them was two ex-State Department people who were to be our leaders and who had done this tour several times before. They apparently withdrew under heavy pressure from the Department. We were left with seventeen participants, plus a marvelous Iranian guide. En route, we encountered three other American tour groups, one of them there for a month.

“On several occasions, Iranians asked our origin. When we said “America,” they were in all cases most interested and entirely friendly. Several in our group felt nervous about being there at first, but those people quickly settled in to what seemed an entirely safe situation. Of course, if Israel had chosen the day we drove by the Natanz uranium enrichment facility to attack, it might have been entirely different!” More Dunning and Mullett travel: The photo shows Hap and Rory preparing to snorkel with beluga whales in the Churchill River in northern Manitoba, where the river empties into Hudson Bay. Writes Hap, “Several thousand belugas spend the summer in that area, and they are gorgeous animals.”Bruce and Carol Nicklaus Clark were in Houston last summer where Bruce competed in the 2011 National Senior Games in cycling, a flat, 30-mile course in 100 degree temperature. From there they drove to Denver to visit friends and cycle in the mountains, including a yearly visit to Buffalo Bill’s grave atop Lookout Mountain. On to a visit with Bob and Leta Fairbank near Dayton, and home to Danbury, in all 5300 miles. Most memorable: the trip from Clayton, NM to Buena Vista and Gunni-son, CO, along the Arkansas River.Alumni Affairs informs us that “Dartmouth has an amazing Alumni/Travel program,” and that our Class is one of four which has adopted a professor to lead a trip. That would be Harry Fritz, aka Abe Lincoln, to travel the Columbia and Snake Riv-ers from October 27 to November 2, 2012. More information available at 603-646-2258 or through this website: http://alumni.dartmouth.edu/travel_details.aspx?id=3306

“Oh, the Places You’ll Go,”

Safari Friend

Snorkeling with Belugas

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The Hanover Inn, like (too) much of the campus, is undergoing change. On June 1, 94 “state-of-the-art” guest rooms and five one bedroom suites will open along with a 38-seat restaurant. On August 15 and November 1, various conference rooms, a fitness center for Inn guests, a restaurant that will seat 127, and another 14 guest rooms will open.The home football season opens with Butler (who?) in a night game, September 15. Homecom-ing—to repeat—is October 27 with a night game (starting at 5) against Havud. Messrs. Sommer, Ingersoll and Gallagher got together somewhere in NC or SC or one of those summer steam baths for a mini-mini reunion and a ride on Jim’s potty bodge (a NH term) last fall. As we age just a bit, it becomes clear that photos of our wives look a lot better than photos of us. Here’s proof.

Following mention in the last NL about a cetain ignominious day in the storied history of the Class of 1960, going back to the fall of 1957, there was this from Steve Carroll: “Enjoyed Patsy’s reminiscences about that iconic 1957 autumn day. Here’s an addition to that account.“Accompanying Ducker in Harvard Band uniform was none other than the late Reynolds Ellsworth (Lefty) Moulton, Jr. We had concluded with sound Psi U logic that a one-armed impersonator would surely lend an aura of gravitas to the event that would otherwise be lacking. I was in the party which kidnapped a couple of members of the Crimson band. We carefully explained to them our purpose; they found it an idea of considerable merit and, after a quick change of clothes, sat with us in the stands and happily enjoyed the halftime spectacle as it unfolded.”Still more on this obviously unforgettable story, also from “Waldo” Carroll: “This was a Pledge Trip for Psi U, too, as well as for a number of other fraternities. Didn’t about a dozen houses get put on extended Social Probation as a result of the half-time melee?“So, I know lots of Psi U›s were involved. Ones I remember distinctly were Sammy (Starry-eyed Mole) French (RIP) and Dicky (Hot Stuff) Griggs. I’m sure Spike [Hamilton] was in the middle of it too.“Another recollection: Al Stowe (Beta?) charg-ing across the field intending to lock up the wheels of their Big Drum with a stout chain and lock, the Crimson defending with far superior numbers (and very large drumsticks) foiling his brazen attack. [Stowe was a Theta Delt. All the Betas were in the locker room, dutifully listening to the Bullet.]And from Spike, in this endless tale: “I was there with Sam French. We stayed with some of his Harvard friends from the Episcopal School in Philadelphia. I remember that they were planning a party for after the game and could not decide on whether to buy a fifth or half gallon of gin and asked us if they didn’t drink it all would it keep in

Diane Sommer, Marilyn Gallagher, and Pat Ingersoll

Russ, Jack, Jim.

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the refrigerator. We said no. We were on the field. Want to do it again ?”And from Ducker: “Do not forget the contribu-tion of Peter Easter. A friend of mine at Harvard gave us the name of a likely kidnapee, who turned out to have no sense of humor whatsoever about the caper and reported Luke to the Hanover Police. That’s what kept Luke off the Supreme Court.”[Ladies, as you can see, there are some impor-tant episodes in our lives that we just don’t forget. Ever. You should be used to it by now.]For an impartial view of what went on that memo-rable day in Cambridge, we conclude (maybe) with the lead article in the Boston Herald sports sec-tion, November 5, 1957, with profound thanks to brother Hamilton: “The Dartmouth administration’s weekly newslet-ter…carried the following: ‘A display of poor con-duct by a group of students from Hanover between the halves of the Harvard game not only spoiled the band performance but left a bad impression in the Stadium. Once again, it was a minority involved including initiates of fraternities who de-parted from a firm agreement among all fraterni-ties that the distasteful stunts of earlier years would not be put on at any time away from Hanover.“The between-the-halves exhibition which was aimed at disrupting the Harvard Band’s act nearly resulted in a riot. The net result was social pro-bation for eight of the houses for the rest of the semester…and the abolition of pledge trips. The result is that some 500 students stand officially dehydrated and ungirled until the dark of the winter. The campus is apparently in a state of total shock…”It’s not too late for the rest of you culprits to fess up and pay the 800 bucks the Harvard Band offi-cially claimed for damage to their instruments. Or get Landzettel to pick up the tab.Rory Mullett, when not trekking in Antarctica or watching beluga whales around Hudson Bay, spends some of his time as Chairman of

“Professional Associates,” a support group for Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO. Never heard of Fort Lewis? Their website--- http://www2.fortlewis.edu/professionalassociates/home.aspx ---is worth a look. “Interesting,” writes Rory, “because about 700 of a 3,000 student body are Native Americans. Also different in the sense that the primary support is in terms of time, versus $, donations.”Address ChangesBruce and Carol Clark: campbruce89@gmail.com

Jim Adler: jimadlernorwich@gmail.com

Mike Daley: mikedaley93@gmail.com

Jeff Fine: Fineinsight@comcast.net

Mike McGinnis has lost his war with Verizon and now has the following phone number and email address: 212-706-9782; michaelmcginnis@rcn.com. Ryan Ostebo: ryanostebo@gmail.com

Many of you have provided interesting and most welcome material for the Newsletter which I couldn’t squeeze into this edition. It will appear in the following edition, probably in early July. Thanks to you all. Please keep the news and the photos coming, to me and to John Mitchell, who writes our Class Notes for the Alumni Magazine. Addresses on page one. By email is best.

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