Dartmouth 1955 Read all about it! Spring 2008 Awards to Conlan, Lundstrom At Lively Savannah Reunion Dave Conlan and Ken Lundstrom received class awards at the well-at- tended mini-reunion in Savannah, organized by Bob Garver, Sandy Phil- lips and Dave Walton: Port of Savan- nah, Ships of the Sea Museum, his- toric district and restored buildings, Skidaway Barrier Island, Hunter Army Air Base, the Oglethope Club, heaps of southern food like the Low Country Boil Buffet, generous help- ings of history led off by Jere Daniell, even a tornado warning. Pages 4-7. VOTE! Two contesting slates are vying for control of the Association of the Alumni of Dartmouth College. The outcome will determine whether the Association’s lawsuit against the College will be pursued or dropped. Vote by mail or online by June 5. www.voxthevote.org www.dartmouthundying.org www.hanoverinstitute.org Look familiar? This was the “Greaseliner” on Allen Street in Hanover, moved, with several stops, to Savannah, now restored and operated by the Savannah College of Art and Design. Who knew? Photo by Dave Miller.
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Dartmouth 1955 Read all about it!
Spring 2008
Awards to Conlan, LundstromAt Lively Savannah Reunion
Dave Conlan and Ken Lundstrom received class awards at the well-at-tended mini-reunion in Savannah, organized by Bob Garver, Sandy Phil-lips and Dave Walton: Port of Savan-nah, Ships of the Sea Museum, his-toric district and restored buildings, Skidaway Barrier Island, Hunter Army Air Base, the Oglethope Club, heaps of southern food like the Low Country Boil Buffet, generous help-ings of history led off by Jere Daniell, even a tornado warning. Pages 4-7.
VOTE!Two contesting slates are vying for control of the Association of the Alumni of Dartmouth College. The outcome will determine whether the Association’s lawsuit against the College will be pursued or dropped.Vote by mail or online by June 5.www.voxthevote.orgwww.dartmouthundying.orgwww.hanoverinstitute.org
Look familiar? This was the “Greaseliner” on Allen Street in Hanover, moved, with several stops, to Savannah, now restored and operated by the Savannah College of Art and Design. Who knew? Photo by Dave Miller.
More ’55 fun aheadOctober 17-19, 2008Dartmouth Night and ’55 Mini-reunion
April 23-25, 2009 (tentative)Mini-reunionWashington, D.C.-Maryland-VirginiaHeavy lifters: Frank Chase, chairman; Paul Mannes, Bill Lenderking, Nick Kotz
In the Dartmouth fellowship . . .Harry and Margie AmbroseMarty Aronson and Ellen SaxJohn and Sue BallardJoe and Frances BachmanStan and Lillian BergmanDick and Ruth BlodgettBetty BradyLynmar and Claudie BrockFrank and Carole ChaseDave and Jane ConlanJere and Elena DaniellJohn DinanJoe DonovanJack and Marilyn DoyleBob and G EdwardsBob and Iris FangerBuck and Joanne FrischBob and Judy GarverWoody GossBob and Janet HayesColin and Jane Hunt
Jed and Sue IsaacsSwift and Kit LawrenceHarry LewisKen and Kathryn LundstromLeon and Marilee MartelPaul Merriken and Shirley TenneyDave and Betsey MillerBrooks and Gale ParkerWarren and Sally PetersonSandy and Willie PhillipsGale RobersonCarole RogersRalph and Carol SautterBernie and Pat SiskindPeter and Annie TealDave and Alice WaltonCarl and Bobbie WeisenfeldJack and Frances WelshJim WigginWeb and Rosemarie WildeEd and Cecelia Willi
Thanks to the organizers!
The group expressed gratitude to the lo-cal-area organizers, Dave Walton, Bob Garver and Sandy Phillips, and to Betty Brady and Ralph Sautter, undercover operatives.
Also of note: Brocks’ Books Speaking of the Brocks (pictured above, lower right): In the midst of his continuing leadership roles in Rotary International, Lyn Brock published Must Thee Fight, a Revo-lutionary War novel about a young Quaker struggling with whether to join friends and cousins in taking up arms against the British.
Lyn’s book is available in paperback at amazon.com. Claudie Brock’s cookbook, 75 Years: And Still Cooking, is also available at Amazon.
BernieBernie Siskind, Betty Brady, Jed & Sue Isaacs, Ed & Cecilia Willi, Pat Siskind, Lyn & Claudie Brock, Gale Roberson
Dave & Betsey Miller, Jere Daniell, Frances and Jack Welsh, Frances and Joe Bachman, Elena Daniell, Bob & Janet Hayes
Harry Ambrose, Dave Conlan, Iris & Bob Fanger, Sally & Warren Peterson, Capt. John, Margie Ambrose, Jane Conlan, Harry Lewis
Bob & G Edwards
Dick Blodgett, Carl & Bobbie Weisenfeld, Brooks & Gail Parker, Jim Wiggin, Ruth Blodgett, Paul Merriken, Shirley Tenney, Joe Donovan
Class Award WinnersDave ConlanFrom the citation, by Ken Lundstrom: Three sport letterman, captain of soc-cer, Kenneth Archibald Athletic Prize, “Wearer of the Green,” Dartmouth’s athletic hall of fame; Air Force pilot; Tuck School, 38 years with Arthur An-dersen, in San Juan, Charlotte, Geneva, Switz., and Chicago, then retirement in Charlotte; board member or officer of the Science Museum, United Way, Cen-tal Charlotte Association; Dartmouth alumni club officer, enrollment worker, class and fraternity College Fund agent, leadership committee chair, contributor
to the College Fund every year. He “epi-motizes in so many ways the characteris-tics of high achievement in his career, his community, and his dedication to the class and to Dartmouth.” Dave’s wife Jane is a graduate of Colby.
Ken Lundstrom
From the citation, by Dick Blodgett: Varsity rifle team at Dartmouth; Navy lieutenant; Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of North Carolina, research chemist at DuPont, specializing in textile fibers such as Lycra/Spandex and Or-lon, then to Reemay Inc., Freudenberg Spunweb and consulting in non-woven
fabrics, retired to Durham; Delaware Alumni Club president, district enrollment director, assistant class agent, president of the Club Officers Association, class execu-tive committe and awards chairman (ex-cept for this award), chairman of our 45th reunion; 400 birds sighted, teacher at Duke Lifelong Learning, youth hockey coach, Presbyterian elder, Rotary Club officer, volunteer organic chemistry assistant at Durham Technical and Community Col-lege, whew! “His professional approach, thoroughness and dedication to the task at hand benefited every one of these many ac-tivities.” His wife Kathy, long-time teacher and principal, is also a graduate of UNC.
Oh Savannah!John Dinan,Woody Goss,Jack Doyle
Betsey and Dave Miller
Jed Isaacs
Ruth and Dick Blodgett andCarol Sautteron the go
Gifts this Year from our Class Dues
$6500 added to the Class of 1955 John Sloan Dickey Scholarship Fund
While I do enjoy Japanese and hope to continue it in the future, I’ve shifted my focus, at least for the time being, to computer science and mathematics.Ifindtheseveryinteresting,almostconstantlynew andchallenging,aswellasusefulmajorsbeyondcollege.Ideeply hopetomakeagreatcontributiontotheworldandlearningproblem- solvingtechniquesseemstomeaneffectivewaytogoaboutthis. Iamstillcompletelyundecidedaboutfuturecareer,thoughIwould lovesomethingthatallowsmetotravelalotandworkinunder- developedcountriesforsuchproblem-solving. KateplaysthecellointheDartmouthSymphonyOrchestraandchamber musicgroups,playsthepiano,too,findsvalueinZenmeditationandyoga,and lastsummercompletedanovelthatshehopestopublishsoon.$2900 to the Hood Museum’s acquisition fund (now exceeding $11,000)
Athletes whose trips we sponsored previously:AndrewBerry’08 wasECACDiveroftheweekaftersweepingbothdivingeventsagainst BostonCollege.Thetrackteamincludessprinter-hurdler(andfootball player)PetePiderman’10andAshleySmith’09.
Recent ’55 Largesse
An Important Letter from Jack Doyle: CLASS OF 1955 GENEROSITY
All of us are aware of the importance of the Dartmouth College Fund in raising funds for current use. Under the leadership of Woody Goss, the Class is generous in annual contributions.
What is less well known has been the generosity of our classmates through Bequests and Endowment Funds. With the assistance of Ann Smolowe in the Development Office, we were pleasantly surprised to learn just how generous our classmates are.
BEQUESTS
For several years Stan Bergman has been leading the bequest effort and has volun-teered his time to assist a classmate in his estate planning as long as Dartmouth is a beneficiary of some of his estate. Thirty of our classmates and one widow are mem-bers of the Bartlett Tower Society and have committed to leave funds to Dartmouth.
To date, the College has received bequests from seven deceased classmates for a total of $808,000.
ENDOWMENT FUNDS
Currently 15 Scholarship Funds have been created by our classmates. These funds are restricted as permanent endowment, and only the income is available annually.
One of these funds is the John Sloan Dickey Scholarship Fund. As of Jan. 31, 2008 the Dickey Fund had a market value of $252,000. Two of our classmates made sig-nificant contributions to the Dickey Fund prior to our 50th renuion. The income from this Fund helps support three students each year.
The book value of all the 1955 Endowment Funds (including the Dickey Fund) is $7.1 million, with a market value of $13.1 million! One classmate made a significant anonymous gift. The income generated from these funds is used primarily for schol-arship aid of over $786,000 annually.
We frequently compare ourselves to the Class of 1953. While they have established more Funds, I am delighted to report that we are significantly ahead of them in the value of our Funds. The Funds of the Class of 1953 have a market value of $6.9million.
