Class Notes
The Class Notes column for the Class of 1966 published in the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2022
It was 11 months delayed and relocated 130 miles south and east of Hanover, but the 55th reunion of the class of 1966, fully and exclusively planned and executed by class members in Boston from May 23 to 26, was a great success.
Two Beantown area ’66s, Albie Macdonald and Alan Rottenberg, spent many months sampling restaurants, evaluating charter buses, lining up the best local guides. They even arranged for perfect New England weather.
All their efforts paid off—66 classmates (about 10 percent of the class) from 23 states and D.C, plus 48 spouses and guests—got to tour fabled Fenway Park, float in the famous duck boats, stroll along the historic Freedom Trail, and dine at the venerable Union Oyster House and the spectacular pavilion at the presidential library of John Kennedy, whose life and death affected and shaped many of our lives.
While about half of the attendees hailed from the Northeast, Gwen and Allan Anderson came in from San Francisco; Linda and Bob Spence from Medford, Oregon; and Sharon and Gary Broughton and Dick Friedman from Washington State. Nadene and Jim Yarmon traveled the farthest—3,383 air miles from Anchorage, Alaska.
Beyond the many set pieces were ample opportunities for some classmates to renew close bonds and for others to discover new classmates.
Todd Kalif, Rob Knight, Rick MacMillan, Don Ries and Bob Serenbetz, who first rowed together in September 1962, 60 years ago, got in a four-mile workout on the Charles River, the venue for annual races against the Harvard and MIT lightweight crews. Others, such as Mary and Brad Stein, Margie Carpenter and Chuck Sherman, and Chris and Erv Burkholder, wandered through the Museum of Fine Arts and the Boston Public Library.
“[The Rev.] Budge Gere’s memorial service and the reading of the names of our lost classmates brought every face to mind one at a time,” said Greg MacGregor. Budge urged us to remember our classmates and make then proud by continuing to live lives in service to others.
We extend our sympathies to the family and friends of classmates Tony Hanslin and George Vincent, who passed away in May, raising the number on our class remembrance list to 164.
“It was clear during the reunion,” organizer and host extraordinaire Albie Macdonald recalled, “how much we appreciate each other’s successes and friendships and how fortunate we feel to be part of the Dartmouth College class of 1966!”
– Larry Geiger
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