The missing 15 years? What did DD do in the 60's?

[alshainofthenorth]

No: HPFGUIDX 81224

Hi list, and pardon me if this has come up before,

I think there's an empty space in Dumbledore's CV and would be
interested to hear if someone else has thought about it.

We know that Prof McGonagall has taught Transfiguration for "39 years
this Christmas" which makes her starting year sometime in the fifties
(HPL says 1956). I also think it's not too much of a stretch to assume
that she took over the job after Dumbledore quit.

But the next time we hear about AD at Hogwarts, it's when he becomes
Headmaster. I take Lupin's words in the Shrieking Shack to mean that
AD      
was quite new at the job when Messrs. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and
Prongs began their first year in the seventies.

It seems that AD was out of the picture for about fifteen years. But
what did he do during the time? Was he doing research with Nicolas
Flamel? Following Tom Riddle's doings disguised as a white bumblebee?
Playing ten-pin bowling? 

Alshain