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The ’69 Times
NOVEMBER 2013
President
John Mathias
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Vice President
Rick Willets
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Vice President
Andy McLane
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Vice President
Kelly Simpson
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Secretary
Steve Larson
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360 770-4388 cell
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Treasurer
Paul K. Tuhus
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Webmaster
Peter Elias
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Head Agent
John Myers
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Class Blacksmith
Dimitri Gerakaris
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Newsletter Editor
Allen T. Denison
2448 N.W. Westover Road #302
Portland OR 97210
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www.dartmouth69.org
H
ey, all you selfie-takers and Facebook-posters, here’s a thought.
Put Steve and Peter and me into your contact info, and when you
take a picture that would interest the class, email it immediately
to one (or more) of us. Just poke that little arrow. You know how.
If you habitually turn directly to Steve Larson’s superb column in the
Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, you might have missed two articles which
featured our classmates. Dartmouth professor Peter Robbie’s Design
Thinking class goes beyond engineering product design to finding creative solutions to a variety of problems. Bill Yellowtail and three other
Native American alums recall their undergraduate days and reflect on
Dartmouth’s Indian symbol and the changes which these alums brought
about. If you have already recycled your paper copy, you can read the
articles at http://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com
Class Webmaster Peter Elias would like to inform classmates that AOL
systematically blocks mail from almost all ListServ systems such as the
one we use to send announcements to Classmates. If you want to hear
announcements of important news, stuff about reunions, mini-reunions,
or departed classmates, you should subscribe with an email address that
is not connected to AOL.
Russ Granik was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall
of Fame on September 8, 2013. You might remember seeing him announce
NBA draft picks.
Three more classmates have recently passed away. Obituaries for Ed Levin
and Bill Rollings are in this issue, and I will pass on information about
Dave Nichols when I receive it.
Remember that new address two inches to the left? Doug Nichols found
me there. You can too. So can your snail mail, so change your contact
information and send me stuff. Email works too. Or send stuff to Steve
Larson. He has a new address and email address. Look higher on the list
and copy his information. Peter needs stuff for the website too. Thanks.
On the last pages, you’ll find the Dartmouth trivia contest presented at
the reunion by Rick Willets and Paul Tuhus. It doesn’t have the hilarious commentary, the clever illustrations, or the warm camaraderie of the
evening, but it has the answers.
Class Meeting
Rick Willets sent minutes from the Class Meeting, held, as
usual, during Homecoming on Oct. 12, 2013. The minutes
have been edited a bit here.
Attendees at Homecoming, and possibly the meeting:
Rick and Joan Willets
Dona Heller
Peter and Cindy Elias
Paul Tuhus
Kelly and Sally Simpson
Norman and Irene Jacobs
Mark and Ann Bankoff
Henry Allen and Jim Knutti
Clint and Meg Harris
Tom and Janet Cronan
Jack French and Linda Neshamkin
Peter Imber
for their email address. (Or send it to Peter Elias now because
it is on your mind. Just go do it. He’s at [email protected]. The
newsletter will wait until you come back. Ed.)
Alumni Fund Report, a report from John Myers:
“Thanks for the great success of our reunion Dartmouth
College Fund campaign that concluded on June 30, with
participation at 44%, exceeding our goal of 42%, and total
dollars of $1.325 million, exceeding our dollar goal by 77%.
“In the 5 years between now and our 50th, our focus will
be on participation of greater and greater numbers of our
classmates, tying into our goal of getting every single
one of us back to the 50th reunion.
“One of the big lessons of last month’s class officers’ meeting was that if we focus on participation, the dollars
take care of themselves. The key is personal contact from
friend to friend.
“Our mailings and communications for 2013-2014 will be
starting up soon.”
Treasurer’s Report, Paul Tuhus
45th Reunion Report
There are around $90,000 in the class treasury. Class dues
participation is around 40%. Dues are still $69 with encouragement to send $100 to help fund class projects. A new College system will be available someday for checks vs. internet
payments. A class credit card was approved.
Close to 170 people total. Just under 100 classmates. Broke
even with money using the reunion reserve fund. Transferred some class money to reunion account to keep it open.
On-line registration worked nicely.
Class Projects, Dimitri Gerakaris
a) Dartmouth Athletics Sponsor Donation­—$500. We have
done this for the past year or two. Our class name appears
in the football program as a donor.
b) Athletes United—Varsity athletes visit financially challenged towns around Hanover whose facilities, financial
support, and programs are less than adequate. The goal is
to get the kids interested in sports. This group brings them
to Hanover to use College facilities. We will donate $5000
to this group plus Norman will do logos gratis and reward
items at 50%.
c) Dartmouth Undergraduate Veterans Association (DUVA)
—Due to changes of leadership and resolution of their 501(c)3,
DUVA is finally ready to accept the $7500 we awarded them
a year ago.
Web Master Report­, Peter Elias
iModules will eventually be available but don’t hold your
breath. In the meanwhile, we are moving to new provider
for our website.
Email list expansion—ideas on how to do it.
It costs $418 to snail mail a one page letter to the entire class.
Peter will create a list of those email addresses we do not
have. Suggest we send postcards to those classmates asking
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Mini-Reunions
Various people were suggested as regional chairs for this.
We should contact these people and find out if they are willing to serve. We can then send them the email addresses of
those classmates in their areas. Kelly said the ’68s do a golf
trip and a ski trip that we may be able to become part of. He
will check into it. We also need someone to coordinate this.
50th reunion planning topics:
Class Gift
Class Book
Four year lead-in—September 2015 through June 2019
Participation
Future Homecomings
Community service—We will get working on this earlier
next year. Kelly and Rick went up to check on the barn we
built last year and report that it looks good. Consensus was
that a block of rooms at local hotel would be a good idea.
Other business
Would anyone else want to take part in the Class conference call?
The Dartmouth Veteran’s Award was discussed.
T H E ’6 9 T I M E S
Letter to President
Phil Hanlon
At the reunion, we all received a reproduction of a 1928 map
of the college campus. On our behalf, Paul Tuhus presented
to our new college president, Phil Hanlon ’77, the following
letter and a framed copy of the map, which bore a small
brass plaque with the words, “A Gift of The Class of 1969.”
“23 July 2013
“Dear President Hanlon,
“Welcome back to Dartmouth. As a small token of our
enthusiasm for your appointment as President, we would
like you to have this map. It was originally drawn by
famed College architect Jens Larson in 1928. The Class of
1969 had it reprinted for our 45th reunion this year and
a copy given to each attending classmate as a remembrance of the enduring vision of the campus and the
buildings which are so familiar to us all.
“We hope that you will also find it as something that will
evoke fond memories, and give you pause as you build
the Dartmouth of tomorrow.
“In just six years, our class will be celebrating its 50th
reunion and sharing with all Dartmouth alumni the
occasion of the College’s bicenquinquagenary. We look
forward to seeing you there.
“Sincerely, on behalf of the Class of 1969,
“Paul K. Tuhus ’69
“Reunion Co-chairman”
President Hanlon thanked Paul and the class and wrote, “I
am encouraged by the extraordinary dedication that you
and the class of ’69 show to Dartmouth. I look forward to
partnering with you and your class to make this great institution even better.”
Ed Levin
Edward Levin, aged 66, died unexpectedly in Philadelphia
on August 22, 2013. He was born March 17, 1947 in Boston,
graduated from Newton South (MA) High School and in
1969 obtained a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and art
history from Dartmouth College, where he was active in Stu-
NOVEMBER 2013
dents for a Democratic
Society and an energetic protester against
the Vietnam War. He
loved New England
and chose to settle in
New Hampshire
fol lowing graduation,
joining the Wooden
Shoe Com mu
ne i n
Canaan, N. H.,
where
timber
he discovered
framing and built his
a barn.
first structure,
With his first
wife,
Ed latAnita Walling,
er settled in Canaan,
wh e r e h i s ador e d
daughter Cora
Levin
Edward Metzner Levin March 17, 1947 – August 22, 2013 Ed Levin in Dimitri Gerakaris’ smithy
was born in 1979, and is measured and our legacy made as placemakers. Does the work we do leave the world and
a more abeautiful and functional where he built a small octagonal
house
timber
framplace? When you open the door to the space and step in for ing workshop. An early the commission
came
from
his
neighbor
first time, is there a small involuntary intake of breath? it make you smile?” and fellow DartmouthDoes graduate,
the blacksmith Dimitri
Gerakaris, for whom heEd built
a 2house
and the smithy roof,
Levin, June 5, 2011 Solstice Sojourn the latter employing plausibly
the first hammer-beam trusses
in the American timber framing revival. Ed’s timber framing work eventually grew to become Paradigm Builders, a
group of five craftsmen and designers in a limited production workshop.
“We call ourselves timber framers, but at bottom our success In 1991, Ed left Canaan and timber framing production, moving to Hanover, NH, where he continued to design timber
frames and married Nancy Speck, a scientist at Dartmouth
Medical School. Together they raised Nancy’s two daughters,
Maren and Caroline, as well as Cora and their own son, Nate,
born in 1994. In 2008, Ed left his beloved New Hampshire to
move to Philadelphia so that Nancy could accept a faculty
position at the University of Pennsylvania. He became a
well-known and well-loved local figure in the Rittenhouse
Square neighborhood, where he walked his two Bernese
Mountain dogs daily.
At first under his own name and then as principal of Paradigm Builders, he constructed or contributed to the design of
numerous beautiful structures that grace the New England
landscape, including in New Hampshire: the Dartmouth Skiway Lodge, the Proctor Academy Wilkens Meeting House,
the Green Woodlands Barn House, and, a family favorite, the
shelter pavilion in Cardigan Mountain State Park. Ed also
contributed his designs and engineering experience to many
partner projects of the Timber Framers Guild, a group that
he was instrumental in founding in 1985, including Habitat
for Humanity’s Hanover, Pennsylvania, houses (1989), the
Speed River Bridge in Guelph, Ontario (1991), the American
trébuchet for the NOVA production “Medieval Siege” in
Scotland (1998), the Kicking Horse River Bridge in Golden,
British Columbia (2001), and, most recently, the Gwozdziec
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Synagogue roof replica in Poland (2011). Ed was an eloquent
and prolific writer for Timber Framing, journal of the Timber
Framers Guild, and also published in Fine Woodworking and
Fine Homebuilding magazines. His most frequent outlets for
writing, however, were long and beautifully composed email
messages to friends, colleagues and family.
Ed is survived by his beloved wife, Nancy Speck; daughters
Cora Rose Walling Levin, Maren Elizabeth (Speck) Cotes
and Caroline Lindegaard Speck; son Jonathan Stanley (Nate)
Levin; and brothers Jeffrey and Andrew Levin. He is predeceased by his parents Stanley and Betty Lee Levin, and
his close childhood friend Jonathan Mann.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be sent to
the Timber Framers Guild to establish a lectureship in Ed’s
honor (http://www.tfguild.org).

The Pile
Dick Glovsky «[email protected]» wrote:
“Clint Harris, Gary Goodenough (who came in from
NY) and I played in the inaugural Big Green Invitational
Golf Tournament August 12 at the Tournament Players
Course in Boston (actually located in Norton), where
each year they play the Barclay’s tournament (the second
stop of the four FedEx Cup tournaments). Clint and I
played with my brother, Bob (Class of ’73) and his wife,
Sue. We came in second in the low net score category
and Clint won closest to the pin, when his shot was put
2’1” from the hole on the par 3 third hole. The highlight
of the day was spending some time with President Hanlon. See the attached photo.”
William S. Rollings
Beloved husband and father,
William S. Rollings, passed
away on May 13, 2013.
Bill was born in 1947 in
Berkeley, California, to Phillip and Elizabeth Rollings.
He received a Bachelor of
Arts from Dartmouth College and a Master of Arts
in Education from George
Washington University. He
was married to his loving
wife, Kim, for 40 years. Bill
was a teacher and an administrator in independent schools for 25 years. Fourteen
years ago, he founded School Office Services, a consulting
firm for independent schools. Bill liked to say that he never
“worked” a day of those fourteen years, as he served school
administrators across the country.
A devoted husband and loving father and brother, Bill will
live forever in the memories of his wife, Kim; his son, Jeff;
daughter, Katy; son and daughter-in-law, Andrew and Jenn;
his sisters, Eleanor and Holly; and his brother, Sumner.
Those who knew him will remember his positive attitude,
warmth, and sense of humor. Bill was fond of telling others
that “Life Is Good.” He loved spending time with his family, cycling with friends, photographing nature, sharing
his beautiful tenor voice in a number of choral groups, and
baking pies.
Bill asked that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be
made to UT Southwestern Medical Center, PO Box 910888,
Dallas, TX 75391-0888 to support Dr. Kevin Courtney’s research.
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Dick Glovsky, Phil Hanlon, Clint Harris, and Gary Goodenough
Arthur Fergenson «[email protected]»
attended a Dartmouth alumni event:
“On August 10 and 11, 150 Dartmouth alumni and their
guests converged from the North and South on Gettysburg PA to learn more about the three-day battle
and its continued resonance in American life. The battle
occurred 150 years ago this last month: July 1, 2, 3, 1863.
Over a 24-hour period, participants had three meals
together, a motor coach tour of the battlefield led by licensed tour guides, and three lectures, two by Professor
Robert Bonner and one by Professor Leslie Butler. Bonner and Butler are married with three children. We also
toured the Visitor Center where we explored the museum, saw a short film, and viewed the restored cyclorama.
The highlight of the weekend was the motor coach tour
of the battlefield, made alive by the professionalism and
enthusiasm of the tour guides, one to each of the three
buses. The tour could have lasted another two hours.
Professor Butler’s lecture on the communication skills of
Abraham Lincoln was superb.
T H E ’6 9 T I M E S
Susanne Hand and David Kinsey
Greg Dobbs, Dudley Kay, Arthur Fergenson, and Tom
McWhorter illuminated by Abraham Lincoln
photo: Jill Ford
“The 1969 Class Members and their guests in attendance
were: Greg Dobbs and Andrew Terwilliger; Arthur
Fergenson and Shirley Fergenson; Dudley Kay and Jill
Ford; Jeffrey Kelley and Ellen Kelley; and Thomas McWhorter and Ellen McWhorter. Jill Ford took a picture of
Greg, Arthur, Dudley, and Tom, posed next to a projection of Abraham Lincoln.”
John and Elizabeth Beck
More Photos
Since I couldn’t reproduce the photos from the trivia contest,
I have the space to print more reunion photos. The trivia
contest is thoughtfully displayed on the last two pages so
you don’t have to flip back and forth to the answers.
Irene and Norman Jacobs
Rosalind and Doran Doeh
Janet and Tom Cronan
Mark Schleicher and Tupper Kinder
Peter and Marion Schenk
Clark Doran
NOVEMBER 2013
Holly and John Lallis (MB)
Terry Jacobs
Rick Willets (MB)
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Dartmouth Trivia
11. Within two years, in what year was the Dartmouth Outing Club founded?
Saturday night at the reunion, Rick Willets presented a
hilarious Dartmouth trivia contest, put together with Paul
Tuhus and the help of the undergraduate Hill Winds Society.
Of course, you had to be there, but since many of you weren’t,
here is the raw material. This is an open book test.
Despite the best efforts of Rick, the Dartmouth printing
expert, and your marginally technically proficient editor,
we couldn’t liberate the graphics from the constraints of
the original PowerPoint file, so you’ll have to illustrate the
answers with your imaginations. If you have none, I can
upload the file for you. Just send me an email request. Here
is the raw file with no panache whatsoever. You may begin.
12. Name a former U.S. president who has spoken at Commencement.

13. How many students graduated from Dartmouth in its
first class?
A. 0
B. 4
C. 11
D. 17

14. The architecture of Baker Library was based on what
famous U.S. landmark?

Round 1
Round 2 - Ivy League Sports Trivia
1. Which Dartmouth president served the longest?
A. John Wheelock
B. Nathaniel Lord
C. John Sloan Dickey
D. Ernest Martin Hopkins
2. All portraits on U.S. currency are of ex-presidents except
for Hamilton, Franklin and this Dartmouth alumnus.
3. Who was the Director of Admissions when we were accepted in 1965?
4. Only one building in Hanover is on the National Register
of Historic Places. Which one?
A. Baker Library
B. Sphinx
C. Dartmouth Hall
D. Eleazar Wheelock’s Home
5. What is the name of the street in front of Baker Library?

6. Name any one popular fictional character/person for
whom Dartmouth was their alma mater.

7. True or False: Dartmouth College was once a part of Vermont.

8. What was the first social fraternity founded at Dartmouth?
9. Which Dartmouth class was the first to include women
for all four years?
10. Before Baker Library was built, which building housed
the library?
A. Wilson Hall
B. Reed Hall
C. College Hall
D. Thornton Hall
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1. In what year did Dartmouth football last win an Ivy
League Title?

Extra Credit
When did Dartmouth enjoy its first undefeated football
season?
2. Which Dartmouth athletics team has won five consecutive
national titles?

3. True or False: The name “Ivy League” originally came
from the formation of an athletic conference.

4. True or False: Harvard versus Princeton was the first intercollegiate football game ever played.

5. Around what percent of Dartmouth students are varsity
athletes?

6. What former Dartmouth athlete is now the CEO of Fortune
500 Company General Electric?

7. True or False: Prior to 2012, Harvard had never captured
a men’s basketball Ivy League title.

8. How many varsity sports teams does Dartmouth have?
A. 26
B. 29
C. 31
D. 34
9. Approximately how much has Dartmouth spent on athletic
facilities since 2000?
A. $150 million
B. $100 million
C. $50 million
D. $35 million

T H E ’6 9 T I M E S
Round 3­—Winter Carnival Trivia

1. The first Winter Carnival was held “to promote skiing and
outdoor winter activities” in what year?
A. 1907
B. 1911
C. 1922
D. 1927

2. Prior to Dartmouth going co-ed, visiting female guests
competed over Winter Carnival for what title?

3. What did National Geographic call Winter Carnival in
1919?
A. Northern Bacchanalia
B. Mardi Gras of the North
C. Greatest Show on Snow
D. Holiday on Ice

4. Who founded the Dartmouth Outing Club in 1909?

5. To commemorate the American Bicentennial in 1976, which
famous figure was depicted holding a beer as the Winter
Carnival snow sculpture?

6. What tradition of Psi U fraternity was banned in 2000 for
liability reasons?

7. The first Winter Carnival sculpture, an Ice Castle, was
built in what year?
A. 1911
B. 1919
C. 1922
D. 1925

8. In 1987, the center of campus ice sculpture broke a Guinness record for the world’s tallest ______.

9. When were the first freshman trips led by the DOC?
A. 1931
B. 1935
C. 1939
D. 1940

Tie breakers
There are no classmates whose last name begins with this
letter.
Only one classmate has a last name that begins with this
letter (there are 2 answers).
(There was a tie breaker photo of a stained glass window in
Bartlett Hall, but since I can’t reproduce it, never mind. Ed.)
Gotta find space for a signature somewhere.
NOVEMBER 2013
Trivia
Answers

Round 1
1. A. John Wheelock
2. Salmon P. Chase, Treasury Secretary, 1861-1864
$10,000 bill. Chase was a member of AD!
3. Ed Chamberlain
4. B. Sphinx
5. Wentworth Street
6. Stephen Colbert’s fictional persona, Michael Corleone of
The Godfather, Meredith Grey of Grey’s Anatomy, Thomas
Crown of The Thomas Crown Affair, Howie Archibald of Gossip
Girl, the characters Evan and Fogell of Superbad.
7. True (In 1778)
8. Psi Upsilon (1842)
9. Class of 1976
10. Wilson Hall
11. 1909
12. Eisenhower or Clinton
13. B. 4 students (in 1771)
14. Independence Hall, Philadelphia 

Round 2
1. 1996 7-0 , 10-0
On November 16, 1881, Dartmouth football began when Amherst
visited Hanover. After scoring the game’s only touchdown for
Dartmouth, Charles Oakes ’83 was carried across campus, the center of a jubilant celebration. On November 25, Thanksgiving Day,
the teams met again in Springfield, Mass. The game was scoreless
when play was terminated due to snow. Dartmouth’s newest sport
was established and its first football team finished undefeated.
2. Dartmouth figure skating
3. True
4. False – Princeton v. Rutgers
5. Around 20%
6. Jeffrey Immelt ’78
7. True
8. D. 34
9. B. $100 million
Round 3
1. B. 1911
2. Winter Carnival Queen or Queen of the Snows
3. B. Mardi Gras of the North
4. Fred Harris
5. The Statue of Liberty
6. Psi U keg jump
7. D. 1925
8. Snowman (47.5 feet)
9. B. 1935

Tie breakers
No classmate has a last name beginning with X.
There is only one classmate whose last name begins with:
I (Peter Imber)
Q (James Quinn)
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Dartmouth 2013
Football Schedule
9/21
at Butler (W 30-23)
9/28
Holy Cross (L 28-31)
10/5
at Pennsylvania (L 31-37, 4OT)
10/12 Yale (Homecoming) (W 20-13)
10/19
Bucknell (L 14-17)
10/26
Columbia (W 56-0)
11/2
at Harvard (L 21-24)
11/9
Cornell (W 34-6)
11/16
at Brown
11/23
Princeton
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