Casual Conversation May 17 Professor Kurlander
On Sunday, May 17 at 3 pm Eastern Time, Professor Eric Kurlander, History Department Chair at Stetson University in Florida will join us for a Casual Conversation. Professor Kurlander is the au
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"Dartmouth Undoing" by Tex Talmadge '69
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This lovely parody (social commentary) of Dartmouth Undying was created and shared by our own Tex Talmadge.
We hope you enjoy it.
Casual Conversation May 3rd Professor Shackelford
On Sunday, May 3 at 3 pm Eastern Time, Elizabeth E.
Casual Conversation; Gwyneth Forsythe Play Reading May 10th
On Sunday, May 10 at 1:30 pm Eastern Time on Zoom, the Class of 1969 play reading group will present The Posthumous Trial of Giulia Tofana, a new one-woman play by Gwyneth Forsythe, daughter of classmate Eric Forsythe. The reading will be shared by Carol Dudley ‘69a, Nanalee Raphael ‘69a, Cindy Bittner, and
Casual Conversation April 19th with Charles Murray
Independent scholar Charles Murray will return to be our guest for a Casual Conversation on Sunday, April 19 at 3 pm. Last time Mr. Murray spoke to us about the possible causes for exceptional accomplishment by Jews. This time will be more directly about religion: his own investigation of faith and more particularly the Christian faith. You will find his journey about and into faith chronicled in his new book Taking Religion Seriously (Encounter Books 2025).
Barton Swain reviewed the book for the Wall Street Journal:
Archived 1969 Green Book
Our 1969 Green Book has been digitized and is available online.
Danford, John William (11/10/2025)
John W. Danford passed away peacefully at his home in Pan Yack Park on November 10, 2025, surrounded by his family, after a years-long struggle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
John was born in 1947 to William and Elinor Jean Danford of Racine, Wisconsin, the second of five children. He completed his undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College (summa cum laude, 1969), earned a master’s at the University of California, Berkeley (1971), and his PhD at Yale (1976).
Connor, Timothy (1/30/2026)
Tim died on the morning of January 30th, 2026, after living with both frontotemporal
dementia and cancer for many years. He was surrounded and supported by the love of
family and friends until the end. Tim is predeceased by his parents, Lou and Ted Connor
and dear younger brother, Teddy Connor. Tim leaves behind his wife Lucy Winner; his
daughter, Kyla Winner-Connor and her husband Stephen Shortall; brothers and sisters,
Anne Senni, Mary Connor, Pat Rogers and husband Jim Rogers, Tony Connor and wife Paula
Tidbit from classmate Gary Niess
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A good friend of mine found this in a pile of stamps from the attic of his wife’s parents. He asked if I knew of this case, poor fellow. I went through the whole story starting with Eleazor, ‘500 gallons of rum’, the NH legislature’s attempted takeover, complicity of John Wheelock and of course Daniel Webster’s role. Moved on to the 5-1 Supreme Court decision from the Marshall court and its significance long term for contract litigation.
Jewish Culture Group: Antisemitism on Campus
On March 29 at 3:00 pm Eastern the ’69 Jewish Culture Group will present its next program entitled “Antisemitism on Campus.” Our discussants are old friends to our class, Prof. Susannah Heschel and Rabbi Seth Linfield. Both have given previous presentations.