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The ’69 Times \ S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 4 President John Mathias omecoming is October 17–19 with the usual festivities and a game [email protected] against Holy Cross. TEP/HPF people will have a multi-year re- Vice President union too, so if you go, you may see buddies from many classes. Rick Willets [email protected] HYou might want to plan your own mini-reunion of your fraternity/team/ Vice President dorm/affinity group. Homecoming a good time. Probably peak leaf season Andy McLane too. You might as well go have fun. [email protected] Vice President In case you missed it, Sandy Alderson sent a tempting invitation. “The Kelly Simpson New York Mets’ more or less annual Class of 1969 mini-reunion will be [email protected] held at Citi Field in Flushing, Queens, on Sunday, September 14, 2014, for Secretary the game between the Mets and Washington Nationals. Game time is 1:10 Steve Larson PM. Suite tickets (classmate plus one guest), parking and in-game food and 465 Miller Rd beverage will be provided by Sandy Alderson and the Mets. Please email Winchester, VA 22602 Sandy ([email protected]) or June Napoli ([email protected]) to 360 770-4388 cell reserve your spot. Space is limited, so please respond as soon as possible. [email protected] Additional info on where to park and pick up tickets will be provided Treasurer early in September. Look forward to seeing lots of you!” Paul K. Tuhus [email protected] Join the listserv. Recent topics have included the World Cup, health care, Webmaster the weather, the listserv, films noires, the 50th anniversary of BASIC, and Peter Elias much more. To join your classmates in lively discussion, or to lurk, email [email protected] Peter Elias at [email protected], but you knew that because it is an Head Agent John Myers inch to the left, correct? [email protected] Check out a couple of places to look for Dartmouth stuff: Dartmouth Class Blacksmith Alumni has a Facebook page with news and tons of photos. Just search Dimitri Gerakaris Facebook for Dartmouth Alumni. Also, the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine [email protected] Newsletter Editor back issues are at http://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com Allen T. Denison Look up lost classmates. We are missing some of your classmates’ email 2448 N.W. Westover Road #302 addresses. A recent list is on page seven, but the website has the current Portland OR 97210 updates. Check the List of the Missing on the class website www.dart- (503) 227-4449 [email protected] mouth69.org (that’s on the left too). Click on “List of the Missing.” And, of course, send your news to class secretary Steve Larson (address www.dartmouth69.org on the left), class webster Peter Elias (also left). and me allendenison@ comcast.net (left). And find your classmates. sent to Allen and Steve. We should all encourage people to Class Meeting check our website occasionally. Treasurer’s report – Paul said nothing has changed since our last discussions so continue to count on ~$125,000 in Class officers and interested classmates have a more or less the class account. monthly conference call. You are welcomed to join, especially in anticipation of the big 50th reunion. Here are Steve’s min- Head Agent’s report – John provided a Dartmouth College utes of our meeting July 3, 2014. Fund update with just a few days remaining in the fiscal year. (For the final end-of-year update, see the ‘Class Breaks Record’ article on the next page.) Attending: John Mathias, Jeff Bloomberg, Jim Staros, Sam There being no additional business John adjourned the Crawford, Peter Schaeffer, Bill Stableford, John Myers, meeting. Rick Willets, Allen Denison, Paul Tuhus, Steve Larson and if I forgot anyone who was on the call blame it on age. Respectfully submitted, John’s agenda was quickly reviewed and covered the follow- Steve Larson ing updates and information: Homecoming (October 16-18) – Rick reported he is booking a hospitality room at the Hanover Inn and all the other events will be handled as they normally are. He sees no problems Selfies or changes at this time. Mini-reunions – Peter reported Sandy will have another During the class call, John Mathias had the great idea of Mets gathering September 14 for the game with the Nats. The having people send selfies. John Myers, who apparently is suite opens at 11:30 am and emailed confirmation to Sandy adept at multi-tasking, sent the first oneduring the call, taken will ensure detailed instructions on the event. We are trying with his Mac. John Mathias sent one shortly thereafter, taken to get the invitation out to as many people as possible so will with his iPhone. use the Newsletter, DAM column and website. Mac users, it is easy. Open photo booth, take a picture (it is a Jeff and Andy will join forces to have another group in Bos- time delay for no known reason). It will show below. Select ton probably on the same date for a barbecue at Jeff’s home. it, poke the rectangle and arrow button, send the photo to Others are encouraged to organize their own local groups [email protected]. whenever they can. iPhone users, you have probably done this a lot anyway. Class projects – will await an update from Dimitri. Open the camera, flip to the other lens (upper right), take a picture, send the photo to [email protected]. 50th Reunion – There was general discussion about prepar- ing for a four year countdown starting in 14 months with Android and other users. There must be some way. Send the the anniversary of our matriculation…perhaps starting with photo to [email protected]. Arthur Fergenson reprising the role of John Sloan Dickey signing our matriculation document. We are pretty sure Paul PC users. I tried to find out, but I can’t help you. Borrow a is the only person among us who still has that document. friend’s iPhone, send the photo to [email protected]. Most important role for us is to get classmates thinking about the countdown to the reunion and attending it. Missing classmates – Peter’s website list of those people is gradually being reduced and we should check it regularly to add whatever information we might have about those not heard from. Social media – The listserv is regaining some participants and the newbies are finding a wealth of information and lively dialogue available to those interested in joining. New voices will keep the listserv alive and encourage those long- time attendees who are tiring of it to stay around. Both the Newsletter and the DAM class notes column need contribu- tions from anyone doing anything so photos should be taken and sent to Allen while recaps of lives and events should be John Mathias John Myers P A G E 2 T H E ’6 9 T I M E S We should be including reminders to go to the Profile section on Alumni Relations where they can and should update their Class Breaks Record profiles, especially contact information and email addresses. Here is the link: http://alumni.dartmouth.edu/von/directory Head Agent John Myers sent the following report of class I will be putting info on the web site about this, as well, along donations for the fiscal year just ended: with some instructions. People can also just contact alumni relations and they will Total Class Dollars Raised: $554,713 breaking the record for a make the changes for them, if they find the log in system non-reunion class 45 years out! too complex. (That’s (888) 228-6068 or «alumni.records@ dartmouth.edu» ed.) Total Class Participation: 39.2% breaking the record for partici- pation for a non-reunion class 45 years out! To the Great Class of 1969, The Pile After our highly successful fund-raising last year at reunion, we have outdone ourselves once again and are embarked on John O. Myers «[email protected]» explains why setting a new standard for Dartmouth. Congratulations to he is no longer in Florida: all for breaking records this year in both dollar contribution “After leaving New York in 2010, Mary and I spent three and class participation! years in Celebration, Florida, where I was worked as an Thanks to all of you who have contributed so generously Investment Advisor Representative for classmate Rip and especially to those volunteer solicitors who committed Maclay’s company, Cedarwinds Investment Manage- their time to contacting classmates on behalf of Dartmouth. ment. Last October we agreed it made sense for me to It’s a real team effort. join him in Milwaukee in the home office, so up we came, just in time for the polar vortex! With less than five years to go to our 50th Reunion, we’re on our way to our goal of 100% attendance with this great “Rip and I are having a good time at it, providing low cost demonstration of enthusiasm and support. global allocations of index oriented funds to individuals, corporations, and foundations. We are SEC registered, have John Myers, $140 million under management, are generating great per- formance numbers with our buy-hold-rebalance strategies, 1969 Head Agent and Dartmouth alums get a 10% discount off our already very low fees. New business is welcome! (e-mail john@ cedarwinds.com, website is www.cedarwinds.com)” Way to go, John! High five. Julian Reeves «[email protected]» reports: “I spent this past week as Director of my church’s Vaca- Updating your profile tion Bible School.