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Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to the Class of 1962 web site, where
we drink again from the cup of fellowship, fondly remember our
transformation from pea-green freshmen to grand old seniors and renew
our commitment to the values we imbibed (some more literally than
others) within the gleaming, dreaming walls of Dartmouth.
The site is a work-in-progress, so bear with us. To navigate, "mouse over" the three headings above (Classmates, Class News and Archives) to reveal pull-down menus. If the menu item turns green (what else?) when you mouse-over, it means the link is active (such as 'Class Newsletters' recently activated). If not, be patient, we're working on it. Click on blue text for related links. If you have suggestions or comments regarding the site, send us an e-mail by clicking here or on one of the names below.
Co-Webmasters: Dan Tompkins and David L. Smith
50th CLASS REUNION -- June 8-12, 2012
From Reunion Chairs Bill Pierce and Dick Brooks:
The dates of our most important and much anticipated class reunion ever are Friday June 8 until Tuesday June 12,2012.
Highlights of the reunion will include forums on relevant and thought provoking topics with participation by our Class experts and selected Dartmouth faculty, including a session on Dartmouth's critical role in improving the country's health care delivery system. In addition, we will meet with Dr. Kim and members of the Dartmouth Board of Trustees during lunch on Saturday.
Other highlights include a presentation by class videographer Ross Burkhardt, a visit with Dean Thad Seymour and his wife Polly, presentation of a painting by our Class artist Bob Aiken, and the opportunity to march with the Class of 2012 at the Commencement on Sunday. There will be a scheduled golf outing, tennis tournament, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, and biking. Most of all, we will renew old friendships meet new friends and acquaintances.
Because the 50th Reunion occurs over graduation weekend, lodging in and around Hanover will be at a premium for those not choosing to use the College dorms assigned to us. Lodging information can be found at:
http://alumni.dartmouth.edu/events/uppervalleylodging and http://www.hanoverchamber.org/
We urge you to make reservations for lodging at your earliest convenience. The College will provide comfortable and reasonable dorm accommodations in the East Wheelock dorms across from the Alumni Gym. They are pretty nice, as many recall from our 40th, and will be reasonably priced.
The Class of ’56 holds the record for attendance at a 50th reunion, 295 (49% of living alumni). Let's strive to break it with 300+ '62s! Try reaching reach out to at least one classmate to join you. Let's show our pride and return to The Green in June 2012.
Click for Schedule of Reunion Events; for East Wheelock Cluster (19 E Wheelock St); for Campus Maps; for Information on Parking (scroll to the bottom). Here's an additional note on vans to parking from Dick Brooks.
The registration and dorms are in the East Wheelock Cluster which is at Wheelock Rd and Park Street across from the Alumni Gym and the Class Tent. Go there 1st unload the car and you will be given instructions as to where to park. (5/3/12)
Reunion Forum details: We can now announce the details of the Reunion Forum, 2:30 PM Sunday Afternoon (June 10) in 105 Dartmouth. Four distinguished faculty, all Class of '62 Fellows, will speak on Dartmouth's choices and needs under its next president. Click here for the program.
Additional Event: Institute for Writing and Rhetoric Open House for the Class of 1962
Sunday, June 10, 2012 4:00 - 5:30 pm in Baker Library Rooms 206 and 213.
Institute Director Christiane Donahue says:
Drop by, meet some of our faculty members, see the Institute, and find out more about what we do to prepare Dartmouth students for the 21st century and how the WARE project makes our work possible.
Family members are welcome, and we will have refreshments available.
We hope to meet more members of this great class!
Click for Albert Cantril's Class Oration, June 8, 1962.
To contact the Reunion Chairs, just click on their names below, or use the e-addresses:
Dick Brooks: richardkbrooks@comcast.net
Bill Pierce: wcpierce@att.net
Alumni registered for the reunion, as of May 18
Sunday Forum: Faculty Perspectives on the Future Direction of Dartmouth
Questions about your room? Call the Commencement and Reunion Housing Office at 603 646 3288
Emergency phone contact in Hanover: Campus Safety and Security Office, 603 646 4000.
To update your address information with the College, contact Alumni Records.
From all accounts, they're quite responsive:
603-646-2253
OR
WARE: THE CLASS OF 1962 WRITING AND RHETORIC ENDOWMENT
Meeting a Need with WARE: The Class of 1962 Writing and Rhetoric Endowment. Good gifts meet needs. Recognizing this, the Class has developed WARE, an endowment that supports communication skills across the curriculum, including technical fields. Specifically, WARE will:
1. Fund new courses in written and oral communication.2. Target all students, not just students of literature.
3. Focus on Dartmouth juniors and seniors, within the majors.
Click here to see President Kim, John Walters and John Schiffman ’62, and Dartmouth faculty and students speak about WARE in a video made for our Class.
The video was prepared with the generous support of the Dartmouth College Fund.
"I see the students coming in here, and I see them being transformed!"DARTMOUTH COLLEGE FUND
President Kim introduces the Dartmouth College Fund for 2011. Something for the top of everyone's list.
WAH HOO WAH FOR
Manning Smith Executive Vice President of Indel Corporation, who is to receive the Globe and Anchor Award for his long support and involvement with the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation. The MCSF's mission is to provide scholarships for higher education to the children of Marines and former marines, particularly the children of veterans killed or wounded in action. Since 1962, the organization has awarded more than 21,000 scholarships totaling more than $34.6 million.
Tom Davies has had his book published: "Collecting Stories -- 400 Paintings, 400 Stories" in which Tom tells the stories behind 400 pieces of artwork collected over the past 40 years. The works range from 19th-century Hudson River School landscapes, marine, genre, and still life to the work of expatriate artists in Europe and the Middle East, to the transitional period of Tonalism to Impressionsm, Realis, art of the American West, issustration and contemporary artists of today. To visit Tom's class website click here and to visit his publisher's website for the book click here.
CHANGING YOUR ADDRESS
ONLY YOU can change your address with the College.
It's worth doing, since the Class relies on College address lists. If you've moved, all you need to do is call: 603-646-2253 or write Alumni.records@dartmouth.edu and let them know.
They'll do the rest.
OR
WARE: THE CLASS OF 1962 WRITING AND RHETORIC ENDOWMENT
Meeting a Need with WARE: The Class of 1962 Writing and Rhetoric Endowment. Good gifts meet needs. Recognizing this, the Class has developed WARE, an endowment that supports communication skills across the curriculum, including technical fields. Specifically, WARE will:
1. Fund new courses in written and oral communication.
2. Target all students, not just students of literature.
3. Focus on Dartmouth juniors and seniors, within the majors.
Click here to see President Kim, John Walters and John Schiffman ’62, and Dartmouth faculty and students speak about WARE in a video made for our Class.
The video was prepared with the generous support of the Dartmouth College Fund.
President Kim introduces the Dartmouth College Fund for 2011. Something for the top of everyone's list.
WAH HOO WAH FOR
Manning Smith Executive Vice President of Indel Corporation, who is to receive the Globe and Anchor Award for his long support and involvement with the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation. The MCSF's mission is to provide scholarships for higher education to the children of Marines and former marines, particularly the children of veterans killed or wounded in action. Since 1962, the organization has awarded more than 21,000 scholarships totaling more than $34.6 million.
Tom Davies has had his book published: "Collecting Stories -- 400 Paintings, 400 Stories" in which Tom tells the stories behind 400 pieces of artwork collected over the past 40 years. The works range from 19th-century Hudson River School landscapes, marine, genre, and still life to the work of expatriate artists in Europe and the Middle East, to the transitional period of Tonalism to Impressionsm, Realis, art of the American West, issustration and contemporary artists of today. To visit Tom's class website click here and to visit his publisher's website for the book click here.
CHANGING YOUR ADDRESS
ONLY YOU can change your address with the College.It's worth doing, since the Class relies on College address lists. If you've moved, all you need to do is call: 603-646-2253 or write Alumni.records@dartmouth.edu and let them know.
They'll do the rest.