JUNE 2011 Newsletter DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CLASS of 1981

JUNE 2011 newsletter DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CLASS OF 1981

Newsletter Editors: Peter Oudheusden • [email protected] • Robert Goldbloom • [email protected]

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DARTMOUTH CLASS OF 1981

June 16-19, 2011 • Hanover, New Hampshire Beth Shapiro Lewyckyj ‘81 Steven Zales ‘81 Laurel Richie ‘81 Our 30th Reunion is a great long weekend filled with events, food and catching up. You don’t want to miss an event, a meal, a tent activity, or! Check out our free reunion dedicated smart phone app (found on the class website - www.alum.dartmouth. org/classes/81). It gives you instant access to: Gregory Slayton ‘81 Sharon Washington ‘81 Marty Cetron, MD ‘81 registration, housing, weekend schedule, who’s attending (updated daily), a countdown till 30th Reunion TEDartmouth important weekend events, hotel links, local up- to-the-minute weather, a reunion map with the key locations for our events, webcams to see the Highlighting our 30th Class Reunion, a distinguished panel of classmates share their College and the area, and a Dartmouth College experience and wisdom in a special one hour panel presentation. In the TED tradition, these Fund link so you can help us reach our goal men and women are thought-leaders in their chosen fields. TED strives to “bring together of 60%! With WiFi throughout campus, this the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their will be a great mini-website to already have lives.” They are tasked to give the audience the most important summation of their field in loaded on your smartphone, iPhone or iPad. just 10 minutes. Join them Saturday from 3:30 to 4:30 in Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall to Check it out! (not available through iTunes) share in their passion & achievements. Marty Cetron, MD ‘81 Final push for 60% DCF giving! What do the recent Swine Flu epidemic and With only a few weeks to go before our 30th Yellow Book”, which provides disease the Anthrax terrorism of 10 years ago have Reunion, we are within striking distance prevention guidance to global travelers. of reaching our goal! If you have not in common? Our own Marty Cetron played After leaving the Green, Marty participated, then any amount gets you in: a key leadership role in our government’s earned his MD from Tufts in 1985 and the link is here - Please help! response to both! Joining the U.S. Centers went on to train in Internal Medicine http://www.tinyurl.com/81-Participation for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at UVA and Infectious Diseases at the in 1992, Marty Cetron is now the Director University of Washington. In 1992 for the Division of Global Migration and Marty joined CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Over 400 classmates have Quarantine (DGMQ). His program is given this year, and we need Service and became a Commissioned your help to do even better responsible for medical screening and disease Officer in the U.S. Public Health Service. than last year! prevention of over 1 million immigrants His accomplishments include over 100 annually. DGMQ also publishes the “CDC Continued on page 2

www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81 Continued from page 1 take action.” While there she used her publications and numerous awards. started the Spencer Stuart Talent Network, marketing background to launch initiatives a web-based recruitment business that to reposition and freshen the Girl Scout Sharon Washington ‘81 quickly became 5% of revenues for this brand. A star among D’81 stars, Sharon global executive search firm, and he played From Dartmouth Laurel joined the Washington shines as a leader in the a key role in several other entrepreneurial ad agency of Leo Burnett Worldwide, and dramatic arts. Her accomplish-ments on ventures. then in 1984 joined Ogilvy and Mather stage range from starring as Lady Anne Preferring the colder climates, after working with brands such as American opposite Denzel Washington in Richard Dartmouth Steve went on to earn his MBA Express, Pepperidge Farm and Unilever. III at the New York Shakespeare Festival, from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of to a prominent role in The Scottsboro Management. He started his career at HBO Gregory Slayton ‘81 Boys, with numerous regional theatre and in the non-theatrical home video area. Professor and venture capitalist, workshop roles between. Sharon also foreign diplomat and high tech business manages to share her leader, author and love of acting with photo: Joseph Mehling ‘69 philanthropist: Gregory aspiring New York City Slayton chose to do it all, thespians in the New and do it all extremely York Public Theatre well. Today he is an and the 52nd Street Adjunct Professor of Project. Her many Business Administration film credits include at Tuck, and a visiting Malcolm X, Michael lecturer at Harvard Clayton and Die Hard Business School, with a Vengeance and Stanford’s Graduate on the small(er) screen School of Business and we have seen Sharon Beijing’s UIBE School of in many of the Law & Business. Gregory started Order variants, Cosby, and is general manager and One Life to Live. The 1981 TEDartmouth event will take place at Filene Auditorium, in the basement of the new of venture capital firm Not yet committed Moore Hall (on right), right across the street from the ‘81 tent and on-campus housing. Slayton Capital. He served to a life pursuing her dream, Sharon as the US Consul General to Bermuda for majored in Government at Dartmouth. After Laurel Richie ‘81 five years under both the GW Bush and a stint in the business world of theatre, she As we look for role models among the Obama administrations, earning a went on to join the Yale School of Drama, us, none stands taller than Laurel Richie. Congressional Distinguished Foreign Service class of 1988, and has not paused since. How fitting, then, that she continues Award. Gregory served as President of to serve as a leader and role model for ParaGraph International, MySoftware.com, Steven Zales ‘81 our nation’s young women. This month and ClickAction.com and served on the Truly a pioneer in delivering the digital age Laurel embarks on a new mission as board or as an advisor to Borland Software, to the mainstream consumer, Steve Zales President of the Women’s National Google, SalesForce.com and others. He has helped forge the future for companies Basketball Association (WNBA), the and his wife wrote a book commemorating from Sports Illustrated to Time Inc., ESPN world’s premier sports league for female the 400th anniversary of US and Bermuda to Spencer Stuart. At Time, Steve and his athletes. NBA Commissioner David Stern relations, generating over $250,000 for team were responsible for twelve websites notes, “Laurel combines extraordinary local Bermuda charities. in the food, home, health and travel marketing and brand management skills, With his Dartmouth BA in Economics, categories, one WAP site and mobile apps. with a tremendous enthusiasm to help Gregory was a Fulbright Scholar in Asian Prior to that, Steve conceived of CNNSI evolve young women into leaders.” This Studies in the Philippines and then went on and negotiated the joint venture between impressive responsibility comes on the for his MBA from Harvard Business School. Time Inc. and Turner, launching the sports heels of three years with the Girl Scouts information web site in only four months, of the USA, where Laurel served as Senior Beth Shapiro Lewyckyj ‘81 and generating $8 million in revenues in Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Terrorism and global politics are the first full year of operation. Steve also in the organization that inspired her as a young girl to “discover, connect, and Continued on page 4

JUNE 2011 newsletter Page 2 1981 Class Officers Top 10 Reasons to Come to Our 30th Reunion - finale

President Here it finally is. This is my last official appeal to come Greg Clow to Reunion -- and my last newsletter writing before a [email protected] new slate of officers is elected at Reunion. It’s been an honor to serve you. -- RG Vice President Pam Gehret REASON #1: Mystery June 16-19, 2011 [email protected] No, I’m not trying to prolong the suspense. The #1 Reason Treasurer isn’t a mystery. Mystery is the #1 Reason. You should come to Reunion because, otherwise, Molly Van Metre you won’t know what you’re missing. [email protected] Hear me out on this one. It’s at the top of my list for good reason. Too many people miss reunion because they think they know what it will be like, they already Secretary Abner Oakes have many commitments in their life, and they don’t think they’re going to miss [email protected] anything crucial. But… You need to show up for life. We’ve all heard that expression. You know it Secretary means that you can’t fully experience something without being present, that you Julie Koeninger don’t really grow without taking active intentional steps, and that you need to take a [email protected] chance to allow for possibilities. But, if you know all this, then you also should know it means that you need to show up for Reunion. Newsletter Editor That’s right, it does. Reunion is not something that your friends can just fill you in on. Peter Oudheusden You are going to have to make an intentional decision to spend the time, money and effort [email protected] to be there. But, most importantly, there are surprises waiting for you at Reunion. And isn’t it life’s surprises that make it worth living – that hold its lessons, joy and potential? Newsletter Editor Whether or not you believe in coincidences, there are certainly times when we Robert Goldbloom [email protected] notice unexpected things come together in time and space. At our 30th Reunion, the people, the events and the place will create an atmosphere full of such synchronicities. Webmaster They could come from a connection to the past; the wonderful beauty of New Greg Clow Hampshire in June; a spouse or child who sees a part of you that they didn’t before; a [email protected] new friendship made or an old friendship that improves with age; an insight gained in an Alumni College lecture; or just a chance to have fun and laugh at ourselves. But they Head Agent will remain a mystery -- unless you are there to notice. Hallidie Grant Haid Perhaps country music singer Lee Ann Womack said it best: [email protected] When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance. Head Agent

David Edelson Click here to see the complete Top 10 Reasons: [email protected] http://www.dartmouth.org/classes/81/top10.pdf in College. Mini-Reunion Chair Alex Doty [email protected] Arkansas Mini-Reunion “Our ‘81 nano reunion. In attendance Alumni Council Rep were Robin Smoller-Sullivan, Laura Mark Davis Ackerman-Smoller, and Chuck Bower. [email protected] We all had different experiences at Dartmouth, but one thing we had in 30th Reunion Chair Nancy Baskin common was our love for Dartmouth. [email protected] Next up - expand our little group to include alums from other classes!”

Page 3 DARTMOUTH College CLASS OF 1981 www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81 Continued from page 2 New Alumni Group DADA Hosting Reunion Exhibit on everyone’s radar today, but Beth by Sue Reed Shapiro Lewyckyj has led this vigilance There are a number of Alumni career/interest for decades. Now in her post at the Department to use the architecture studio for area groups. Some of you may belong to the the Reunion show. This is located in a new office National Counter-terrorism Center, Beth lawyers’ group, DAEMA (for entertainment & building at #4 Currier Place [behind C&A Pizza & The is Deputy Chief of the Weapons, Tactics, media people), or one of the other groups. The Lodge], while the new Visual Arts building is under and Targets Group, on detail from the CIA newest one has taken several years to launch. It’s construction. It’s a street-level space, with big windows, where she served since 1982. called DADA, Dartmouth Alumni in Design and and good infrastructure for a multi-media show. Beth started out in the CIA as Architecture. It’s for all the alums interested in the The poster shown here, designed by an economic analyst and then moved built environment: architects, builders, craftsmen, Emily, gives some details of the exhibit. We’re into analytic management positions. architectural historians, trying to keep the exhibit landscape architects, Dartmouth architects and She worked on accounts that covered designers: casual and fun. Although we designers, product initially sent out invitations Western Europe, the Middle East, East A CALL FOR Asia, the former Soviet Union, and a designers, graphic artists, to exhibit just to the reunion SUBMISSIONS! worldwide economic modeling effort. tour guides, sculptors, classes, we have now decided developers, product Beth also worked in the Office of the to welcome alumni from all reps, and really anyone the Dartmouth classes to Chief Financial Officer, served as a faculty Dartmouth Alumni in Architecture and Design (DADA) interested in the man- are holding the first annual exhibit featuring alumni work: exhibit their work, including member of CIA University as instructor made world. architecture, construction, in analytic tradecraft for new analysts, DADA We formed this landscape, building science, and was Chief of the unit that analyzes Alumni Exhibition group with several goals in Reunion Week art, craft, photography, or any psychological & physical health of world mind, which can mainly be This June, 2011 combination of those skills. leaders. summed up as networking. So far potential But how does one even get Dartmouth has an Send in your submissions in exhibits include solar energy, into this line of work? For Beth, in architecture program under physical and/or digital form by art photos, custom homes, a Senior Spring at Dartmouth with no job the Studio Art Department, JUNE 8TH, 2011 frat, museum murals, work Send: and some business school prospects, but many of the people who Email items (not larger than 15MB) to [email protected] at Mount Vernon, a book Physical submissions (display boards or prints suitable for pinning up) to Sue Economics Professor Colin Campbell end up with careers in this Reed ‘81, Smith & Vansant Architect, 15 River Road, Norwich VT 05055 on Japanese Architecture area were not majors. And suggested she apply to the CIA. She (by Naomi Pollock ‘81) and there was no mechanism to stay in touch or to find design from firms in NYC and London. Anyone sent in her resume and on blind faith people, especially in other classes. Karol Kawiaka, one interested in contributing exhibits or helping with moved to DC, and everything worked of the professors, wanted to be able to tap alumni the Reunion Show, please contact Sue Reed ’81 out. While pursuing her CIA career, to speak to her architecture students. We wanted to at [email protected]. The type of media Beth also earned her PhD in Economics. be able to find others in the field to discuss design we are seeking are easy to ship posters or display schools, work, and travel topics. We liked the DAEMA boards, discs, photos in digital or print form or links Brian Cusack on the edge model, which has a website directory and a really lively to websites. Original artwork and buildings may set of events in NYC & LA. We’ve had a couple of be too difficult to ship and display, unless you can Brian agreed to catch us up on what he “Pecha Kuchas” [like a Japanese-style TED panel] with bring them to Hanover. [Thank You Pancho Ryan!] and his family have been up to recently: the students to discuss our design projects. We’ve We would like to receive all the submissions by 6/8. “Son Liam, 12, is ramping up for spring been working with the Alumni Office to write by-laws, Everyone is welcome to stop by the soccer travel season, as we start to see and get all the red tape settled. Reunion Show. There is some very interesting work some grass, or mud, emerge from the Eventually we will have a page on the being done by Dartmouth alumni. There will be long winter. Daughter Morgan, 14, just Alumni Office website. We are already on Facebook. posters at the Reunion venues with the location and wrapped up a successful middle school Feel free to join us there, or to get in our directory, times that the Show is open. The probable dates basketball season and is looking forward contact Emily Yen, ’10. Professor Marlene Heck is also for the Show are Saturday 6/11 through Sunday to high school. Both attend the Cape Ann involved in getting DADA started. She will be giving at 6/19/2011. Come in and tell us about your favorite Waldorf School in Beverly, MA which is least one walking tour of campus architecture during buildings. DADA will host at least one gathering in moving across town into a wonderful Reunions, as part of the Alumni College program. the studio during the show. We look forward to new home next month. Michele is a do During Winter Carnival, when we meeting people, and seeing the work that comes in. all, go to volunteer at the kids’ school were all excited about having just launched our Sue Reed works with fellow ’81 John which amounts to more than many a full Facebook site, we decided to host a show at Vansant in the Norwich-based architecture firm time job. I’m a Sales Director at Google this year’s Reunion, for all the classes. As far as Smith & Vansant. Some of you may remember that, in our Display business and get to be at we know, this is the first reunion show of art or at our class’s 50th Birthday Party, we were treated the innovative edge in new advertising and architecture to span the Dartmouth generations. to a personal tour of the renovated Zeta Psi house marketing technology every day.” Karol arranged with the Studio Art by the designer herself: Sue.

JUNE 2011 newsletter Page 4 Reunion Schedule Highlights The complete reunion schedule follows in this newsletter. The latest version can be found at this link: http://alumni.dartmouth.edu/events/reunions/Classof1981

We’ve already highlighted in this academic departments are hosting newsletter the Friday afternoon TED panel mini social gatherings over the and the DADA exhibit. But, there are course of Reunion weekend. Check many other events scheduled that may be here to what they are because of particular interest or relevance to YOU, you won’t want to miss the ones which may not be immediately obvious that apply to you: http://alumni. from the schedule pages. So, please make dartmouth.edu/events/reunions/ note of the following: academicandsocialgatherings Also, for Classes of 1976, 1981, 1986, a Singles Gathering, Friday, Bring the family! 9:30–11:30 pm at the Zins Wine Bar Think teens will be bored at of the Hanover Inn your reunion? Think again! Planned activities include whitewater rafting, science museum field trip, horseback Alumni College riding, a magic show, hiking, karaoke, Some great lectures from some of playing pool or swimming in one. Dartmouth’s premier professors. These There’s also the “Navigating College are scattered over the schedule on Friday And Don’t Miss These!: Admissions Workshop”, and Saturday: Donald Pease which you can attend on Dr. Suess; Susan Ackerman This will be inspiring: A Talk with with your teen. Read on Egypt AND on Assyria; President Jim Yong Kim ‘82a, Saturday more about the whole John Rassias on the Power of 10:30 – noon jam-packed schedule at Language; and more! http://alumni.dartmouth. Also, Innovation at This will be fun: “I Didn’t Know That edu/events/reunions/ Dartmouth, Three Perspectives; about You!” Lunch; Saturday, noon – 2:00 media/Reunions_2011/ Friday, 9:30 – 11:30. reu2011teenprog.pdf Presentations by separate This will be delicious: 1981 Upper Valley For the Juniors, professors from the Thayer School, the Artisan Food Tasting; Saturday, 4:30 – 5:30 there are organized games of dodge Medical School, and the Tuck School. ball, volleyball, capture-the-flag, And these will get you moving: plus snacks & meals, arts and crafts, Dartmouth Out o’ Doors 1981 Sunrise Yoga, Manley 86, Alumni Gym; swimming, clowns, and much, much Some adventurous activities -- hiking, Saturday and Sunday, 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. more at http://alumni.dartmouth.edu/ rafting, high ropes and more -- sponsored Hatha yoga in the Anusara style, events/reunions/media/Reunions_2011/ by the DOC over Reunion Week. Check led by Laurie Greenberg, a well-known reu11juniorprogclasses76-81-86.pdf this link for more info: http://alumni. and beloved instructor in the Upper Even toddlers 2 to 5 are in dartmouth.edu/events/reunions/ Valley. All ability levels are welcome! the plans! You or a caregiver can DartmouthOutODoors And, Tennis or Golf on Friday bring your toddler to three fun-filled morning; Alumni Row on the Connecticut sessions, including a Dr. Seuss party Saturday morning; Canoeing on the complete with dinner! Do you like my Check out the Campus Connecticut, with Friday’s lunch; hat? http://alumni.dartmouth.edu/ Marlene Heck leads an Architectural

events/reunions/media/Reunions_2011/ Walking Tour of Campus; Friday, 3:30 – Last but not least... reu2011toddlerprog-ed.pdf 4:30. Also, there are hours set aside to explore Baker-Berry Library, the Baker And last, but most certainly not least, Mini-Gatherings Bell Tower and go stargazing at the EVERY night is a party night at the Class Shattuck Observatory. Tent! A number of fraternities, clubs and

Page 5 DARTMOUTH College CLASS OF 1981 www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81 2011 30th Reunion Event Program Program subject to change - $: charge not included in reunion registration fee

10:30–11:30 am | Alumni College at Reunion: Wednesday, June 15 Dartmouth Underground - The Steam Tunnel Tour - Meet at north side entrance of heating plant, Moosilauke Overnight Stay for Classes of 1981 and facing New Hampshire Hall - Led by William Riehl, 1986 ($) - Meet at Ravine Lodge, Mt. Moosilauke Chief Operating Engineer. Limited to 25.

Thursday, June 16 Noon–2 pm | Lunch and Canoeing on the

Connecticut (TBC) - Waterfront (rain: West Gym) 2–9 pm | Registration

Class tent, Maynard Lawn 1–3 pm | Baker Bell Tower Open House - 2–10 pm | Junior and Teen Programs (ages 6–17) Directions and handouts available at the Baker Junior tent, Hitchcock lawn information desk - Love the bell tower? Post your Teen tent, Mass Row paeans at our Tribute to Baker Tower Dinner served at 5:30 pm. Program registration required. 1–4:30 pm | Navigating College Admissions

Workshop - Room 28, Silsby Hall - Workshop 7–10 pm | Welcome Reception and Dinner to familiarize alumni and their college-bound Class tent, Maynard lawn students in grades 7–11 with the national college 10–midnight | Class Socializing admission process. Space is limited; registration is Class tent, Maynard lawn required.

Friday, June 17 1:45–5 pm | Dartmouth Outing Club Whitewater Rafting or High Ropes Course ($) - Meet at Robinson Hall 7:30–9 am | Continental Breakfast & Gathering Class tent, Maynard lawn 9:30–11:30 am | Innovation @ Dartmouth: Three 2–3 pm | Alumni College at Reunion: Envisioning Perspectives - Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall Jerusalem, from Durer to Rembrandt - Kim Gallery, 8 am–noon | Golf ($) Hanover Country Club Hood Museum of Art - Talk by Bart Thurber, 9:30–10 am | Building a Successful Biotech Curator of European Art, Hood Museum 8:45 am–5 pm | Dartmouth Outing Club Mt. Company - Tillman Gerngross, Professor of Moosilauke Day Hike ($) Meet at Robinson Hall Engineering, Thayer School of Engineering 2–5 pm | Dartmouth Outing Club Organic Farm Tour ($) or Open House - Robinson Hall 9–10 am | Alumni College at Reunion: Dartmouth 10–10:15 am | Coffee break Underground - The Steam Tunnel Tour - Meet 3–4 pm | 1981 Hood Art Museum Tour (TBC) at north side entrance of heating plant, facing 10:15–10:45 am | The Role of the Clinician- New Hampshire Hall - Led by William Riehl, Chief Inventor in the Development of a First-in-Class 3–5 pm | Academic Department Open Houses - Operating Engineer. Limited to 25. Coronary Stent - Aaron Kaplan, MD, Professor of Various locations - see schedule Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School; Director, 9 am–noon | Tennis and Mixed Doubles Tournament Dartmouth Device Development Symposia and 3–6 pm | Toddler Program: Animal Adventures! - Dartmouth Tennis Courts Clinical Research, Cardiology Section (ages 2–5) - Hyphen Room, Russell-Sage Residence Hall, Tuck Drive - Dinner served 5–6 pm. 9 am–9 pm | Registration continues - Class tent, 10:45–11 am | Coffee break Program registration required Maynard lawn 11–11:30 am | The Other Side of Innovation: The 3:30–4:30 pm | Architectural Walking Tour of 9 am–10 pm Junior Program (ages 6–12) - Kids tent, Execution Challenge - Chris Trimble ‘96Tu, Adjunct Campus - Meet at Hanover Inn (rain: Room 105, Hitchcock lawn - Snacks, lunch, and dinner included. Associate Professor of Business Administration, Tuck Dartmouth Hall) - Tour begins promptly at 3:30 Program registration required. School of Business pm. Led by Marlene Heck, Senior Lecturer in Art History and History. 9 am–midnight | Teen Program (ages 13–17) - 9 10:30-11:30 am | Alumni College at Reunion: am–9 pm: Mass Row tent; 9 pm–midnight: Collis Egyptian Antiquities and Dartmouth - Kim Gallery, 6–9:30 pm | Class Reception and Dinner (adults Center, lower level - Snacks, lunch, and dinner Hood Museum of Art - Talk by Susan Ackerman ‘80, only) - Kemeny patio (rain: West Gym) - Tentative: included. Program registration required. Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion Performance by Dartmouth Aires, class meeting, and evening speaker

JUNE 2011 newsletter Page 6 2011 30th Reunion Event Program Program subject to change - $: charge not included in reunion registration fee

9:30–11:30 pm | 1976, 1981, 1986 Singles 9 am–noon and 3–10 pm | Junior Program (ages 2–5) - Dinner served 5–6 pm. Program registration Gathering - Zins Wine Bar, Hanover Inn 6–12) - Junior tent, Hitchcock lawn - Snacks and required. Hyphen Room, Russell Sage Residence Hall, dinner included. Kids join class family lunches. Tuck Drive 9:30–midnight | Socializing (adults only) - Class Program registration required. tent, Maynard lawn 3:30–4:30 pm | 1981 “TEDartmouth” Panel - Filene 9 am–noon and 3 pm–midnight | Teen Program Auditorium, Moore Hall - Six classmates will reveal 9:30 pm | Stargazing - Shattuck Observatory - Look (ages 13–17) their hidden talents in 10-minute talks. up! An astronomy expert will be on hand to expand your understanding of the night sky. 9 am–noon, 3–9 pm: Teen tent, Mass Row 3:30–4:30 pm | Alumni College at Reunion: Dartmouth and Dr. Seuss - Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art - Talk by Donald Pease, Professor of Saturday, June 18 9 pm–midnight: Collis Center, lower level - Snacks English, Avalon Professorship in the Humanities and dinner included. Teens join class family lunches.

7:30–8:30 am | 1981 Sunrise Yoga Program registration required. 3:30–4:30 pm | Alumni College at Reunion: Manley 86, Alumni Gym Envisioning Jerusalem, from Durer to Rembrandt Hatha yoga in the Anusara style, led by Laurie 10 am–noon | Baker Bell Tower Open House - Kim Gallery, Hood Museum of Art - Talk by Bart Greenberg. All ability levels welcome - Directions and handout available at Baker Thurber, Curator of European Art, Hood Museum information desk - Love the bell tower? Post your

7:30–9 am | Continental Breakfast paean at our Tribute to Baker Tower 4:30–5:30 pm | 1981 Upper Valley Artisan Food

Tasting - Class tent, Maynard lawn - Relax and 8–9:30 am | Alumni Row (multiple classes) 10 am–4 pm | Baker-Berry Library Open - Including taste some of the Upper Valley’s hidden treasures - Boathouse on the Connecticut River Jones Media Center and Evans Map Room Registration required

8–9:30 am | Breakfast with Athletic Director, Harry 10:30–11:30 am | Alumni College at Reunion: 6–7:30 pm | Class Reception (adults only) - Top of Sheehy ‘55a - West Gym, Alumni Gym Assyrian Experience - Kim Gallery, Hood Museum of the Hop, Hopkins Center Meet Harry and various Dartmouth coaches and Art - Talk by Susan Ackerman ‘80, Preston H. Kelsey enjoy a nice breakfast. Harry will discuss his vision Professor of Religion 7:30–9 pm | Class Dinner (adults only) - West Gym of Dartmouth athletics at 8:45 am - Presentation of 2010-11 Dartmouth Alumni Award 10:30–noon | A Talk with President Jim Yong Kim to Julie Koeninger ‘81 by Alumni Council President 8:30–9:30 am | Dartmouth Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, ‘82a - Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center Tom Peisch ‘70. Announcement of class survey and Transgender Alumni/ae Annual Reunion results Breakfast - Hinman Forum, Rockefeller Center Noon–2 pm | “I Didn’t Know That about You!” Lunch

- Dartmouth Outing Club House (rain: West Gym) 9:30–10:30 pm Tentative: In depth Class Survey 8:45 am–5 pm | Dartmouth Outing Club Mt. presentation - location to be determined Moosilauke Day Hike ($) - Meet at Robinson Hall 1:45–5 pm | Dartmouth Outing Club Whitewater

Rafting or High Ropes Course ($) - Meet at 9:30 pm–1 am | After-Dinner Socializing (adults 9–10 am | Alumni College at Reunion: The Power Robinson Hall only) - Class tent, Maynard lawn of Language - Moore Theater, Hopkins Center -

Presentation by John Rassias, Professor of French, 2–3 pm | Alumni College at Reunion: A Queer

William R. Kenan Professorship History of the United States - Moore Theater, Sunday, June 19

Hopkins Center - Talk by Michael Bronski, Senior 7–9:30 am | Farewell Breakfast - Class tent, 9–10 am | Alumni College at Reunion: Dartmouth Lecturer, Women’s and Gender Studies Program. Maynard Lawn Underground - The Steam Tunnel Tour - Meet at Cosponsored by DGALA north side entrance of heating plant, facing New 7:30–8:30 am | 1981 Sunrise Yoga - Manley 86, Hampshire Hall - Led by William Riehl, Chief 2–5 pm | Dartmouth Outing Club Organic Farm Tour Alumni Gym Operating Engineer. Limited to 25. ($) - Meet at Robinson Hall

9:30–10:30 am | 1981 Memorial Service - Rollins 9–10:30 am | Toddler Program: Movin’ and Groovin’ 2:30–4:30 pm | New Athletic Facilities: Self-Guided Chapel - Officiated by Ann Putney Swire ‘81 (ages 2–5) - Hyphen Room, Russell Sage Residence Tour - Start at Alumni Gym front desk - Athletics Hall, Tuck Drive - Program registration required staff will be on hand to answer questions 9 am–noon | Registration continues - Class tent, Maynard Lawn 3–6 pm | Toddler Program: Dr. Seuss Party! (ages

Page 7 DARTMOUTH College CLASS OF 1981 www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81 Class of 1981 Student Interns by Pam Donovan Gehret, Class Vice President and Project Chair

Featured below and on the following pages are the reports from our three class project sponsored student interns. Start with Sarah Seng ‘11, the Class of 1981 Nelson Rockefeller Public Affairs and Policy Grant recipient. Sarah’s internship, as well as Julia Danford ‘13, Class of 1981 Undergraduate Research Grant recipient, and Manisha Apte ’12, Class of 1981 Tucker Fellow Award recipient, were funded by donations from you to our class project fund. We also heard from Peter Stein ‘12, who is this year’s Class of 1981 Scholar. The Class of 1981 Scholarship was endowed during our 25th Reunion and is awarded annually to a student based on financial need. The letter we received from Peter is also shown here. Our intern program and class scholarship have made a tremendous impact on these students’ lives and Dartmouth experiences. Please remember to support these programs when you pay your class dues!

my internships at the New America Sarah Seng ‘11 support, including allocating Foundation and Young Professionals in “First and foremost, I would like to thank responsibility as part of a team while Foreign Policy, I was challenged to deliver the Dartmouth Class of 1981 for naming staffing events. quality work with deadlines as short as me as a recipient of their Rockefeller “Young Professionals in Foreign thirty minutes. This was overwhelming Center internship award last summer. Policy is a non-profit with a mission to at first because I had to make sure that My experience at the New America foster the next generation of foreign I was giving my supervisors the work Foundation and Young Professionals in policy leaders. They make this possible they needed when they needed it at the Foreign Policy during through the highest quality. I knew that my work was the summer of 2010 facilitation of a reflection of me and I did not want would not have been events with current to disappoint them. This proved to be possible without it. foreign policy one of the most positive experiences I It gave me the time leaders and experts would have because I learned to expect and opportunity to on issues we face assignments at the last minute with the explore my interests as a global society. shortest deadlines. I was rewarded with and possible career My responsibilities more responsibilities, as I proved capable opportunities more and experiences of handling the workload I was given. extensively. included “The experiences I had at my “The New synthesizing and internship only reinforced my interests America Foundation disseminating in foreign policy. It showed in my is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy bi-weekly Chief of Staff status reports academic work at Dartmouth and my institute. Their mission is to invest in on departmental initiatives/events, future career plans. I continued to take new thinkers and promote their ideas aiding in coordinating and organizing more Government courses focused on that address the challenges facing the Transatlantic Partnership Initiative international relations once I returned to the United States. My responsibilities Summit with all four branches of the campus for my senior year at Dartmouth. and experiences included assisting the non-profit, and helping coordinate I even began research for a professor in Fellows in the American Strategy Program logistics with organizational events. the Government department on piracy with substantive research and content Overall, I learned the ins and outs of and terrorism, similar to the tasks I found development such as preparing memos running a foreign policy non-profit. in my internship at the New America and questions to ask event speakers and “My internship experiences Foundation. As for my future career compiling reports on relevant current were both positive and challenging plans, they are not finalized in any way. events and managing administrative but rewarding most of all. At both of Continued on page 9

JUNE 2011 newsletter Page 8 Class of 1981 Student Interns Continued from page 8 However, I am hoping to join the Peace During high school, when I’d dream about seemingly unrelated, fields helps you Corps after graduation and possibly college, I’d imagine something similar to think about the world in a more holistic, pursue a career in the State Department sophomore summer. But, to actually live more nuanced way. At least, that’s how afterwards. it, to give those dreams definition, was I justify my studies to my parents. I “I had the opportunity to nothing short of extraordinary. I already actually just enjoy learning. That said, participate in the Civic Skills Training, feel unbearably nostalgic when I think having such an unusual mixture of made possible by the Rockefeller Center, of sun drenched days, of kayaking on the degrees makes deciding what to do for an before my internships. The experience was Connecticut, of soaring on a rope swing, internship a tad troublesome. a weeklong crash course in successful of diving into the river from thirty foot “I plan on applying for an internship skills. I was very glad to have trees. internship at NASA this summer. had the opportunity to participate in “We spend a lot of time in college My freshman summer, I worked at this pre-internship training because I preparing for adulthood or, more often Northwestern University where I helped found myself needing to use some of than not, pretending that we are already author a paper on The Mathematical the skills we learned. Among them were adults. During sophomore summer, golden Foundation of Protein Regulation by professionalism skills and public speaking waves of sunshine washed away that Micro-RNA. Incidentally, the paper was lessons. It was very helpful that just accepted by The one of the speakers during the Journal of Biological Civic Skills Training was my Chemistry and will “To the Class of 1981, I am truly honored to be the recipient of supervisor at Young Professionals be published in the in Foreign Policy because I knew the Class of ‘81 Undergraduate Research Grant...” February, 2011 issue. what to expect from him and to Last spring, I interned deliver what he wanted. in the marketing “As a recipient of the Class of pretense, and my classmates and I were department at Animoto, a web start-up 1981 Rockefeller Center internship award, happy to just have fun again. Sophomore founded by-Dartmouth alumnae. Both I was able to get a hands-on experience summer felt like my last trip to summer experiences were valuable, informative, to explore my interests. Until then, my camp. It felt a great deal like the end of and a ton of fun. But, I feel like it’s time knowledge of foreign policy was limited some fantastic adventure which makes to return to the sciences. NASA has been to the media and classroom instruction. the next two years that much more of a a dream my entire life, and I’ve always My internships gave me the opportunity gift. wanted to do field work in anthropology. to delve head-on into the current event “I have just finished the fall term However, I worry about the future. How issues and attend events with prominent of my junior year. Fall term is always would field work in Latin America look speakers where I heard their opinions and exciting. New kids begin their lives at should I eventually decide to apply recommendations on the issues first- Dartmouth. Old friends you haven’t seen to Goldman Sachs or HBS? Managing hand. Once again, I would like to thank in months return. The leaves turn. The my interests with solid career moves the Dartmouth Class of 1981 for having snow comes (though we did miss this bit has always proved problematic for me. made these experiences and take-aways this year). It’s still nice enough that you Invariably, I end up doing whatever I possible. They have contributed to my can spend some time outdoors, but not so think would be the most interesting. growth and improved the skills I will need nice that you feel bad for spending a day Hopefully that strategy pans out... to succeed in my future career.” inside with friends. “I’m looking forward to winter “Fall also marks the beginning of term, although I will not be at summer recruiting, which is particularly Dartmouth. I’m spending the term in New Peter Stein ‘12 important to the junior class. I didn’t Zealand on the Anthropology Foreign participate in corporate recruiting, but Study Program. I’ve never been outside of “Dear Members of the Class of 1981, I’m not sure what I want to do this the States so it will be exciting. I don’t “Dartmouth continues to surprise summer. I’ve never seen the point in know what to expect. Geographically, it is and delight me. limiting my academic pursuits to one about as far from America as you can get, “I wish that I could write field. I go to a liberal arts school, after but culturally, it is quite similar. It will be expressively about sophomore summer, but all. I’ve declared majors in Mathematics summer there, which will be quite a relief I can’t. Sophomore summer was perfect in and Anthropology, and studying various, a way that words can only clumsily express. Continued on page 10

Page 9 DARTMOUTH College CLASS OF 1981 www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81 Continued from page 9 Class of 1981 Student Interns from the harsh Hanover winter. I am both the graduate studentsand going to miss the ski season, but that Dr. DiRenzo himself to carry out just means that I need to ski twice as various experiments on infected much next season. Dartmouth is always cells. Iam lucky to have found a an adventure, and winter will definitely lab as accessible and open to the undergraduate learning experience sate my taste for adventure. as Dr. DiRenzo’s, where both the “Thank you again for you continued graduate students and Dr. DiRenzo support. My Dartmouth experience has proved himself are consistently willing and invaluable, and I earnestly believe that the available to answer questions and school, the alumni, the community, and my explain theory. peers are making me a better person. I’m “As a sophomore at damned lucky that there are people like you Dartmouth, my undergraduate The Gram Seva children and Manisha Apte ‘12 outside of their who have decided to support people in their plans are in the process of home. This was her last lesson before she returned to Dartmouth. higher education, and I hope to do so one day. solidifying. I am pre-med and “Thank you and God Bless,” interested in science, but I’m planning on a which, as I’m sure you know, I will look back Peter J. Stein’12 major in English or Philosophy, and hopefully with the fondest memories in all the years to a minor in Spanish, with plans to study abroad come. Thus it is with deepest gratitude that in Madrid next Fall. Medical school is I accept your class’s Undergraduate Research the ultimate goal, but my interest in Grant. Thank you.” the humanities might mean I’ll take a Julia Danford, Class of 2013 year or two off in between college and medical school to work and finish what is left of the required pre-med courses. Manisha Apte ‘12 “ I am originally from New Manisha served in the Navsari Hampshire (a small town near the community in the state of Gujarat, India seacoast called Rollinsford), so life in as a volunteer for the Gram Seva Trust. Hanover hasn’t been all that different First established in 1994, the organization from home in the small ways. I was primarily offers health care and education Julia Danford ‘13 overlooking the city of Cuzco, Peru, where accustomed to life in a small New to local villagers regardless of caste. In she visited this summer. Hampshire town: the cold winters, the addition to a hospital with specialized clinics surrounding mountains, the general for eye, antenatal and child care, the Trust Julia Danford ‘13 New England vibe, all those things that make runs several educational programs directed “To the Class of 1981, life in small town New Hampshire uniquely at women and children in order to provide “I am truly honored to be the beautiful. But my life as a Dartmouth student them the skills to succeed at a higher recipient of the Class of ‘81 Undergraduate is a complete change from what I was used to, level and nutritional programs to combat Research Grant for the winter term of and certainly one for the better. At Dartmouth, local malnutrition. Manisha’s involvement 2011. I am using the grant to partake in a I have been able to pursue those things about with the organization included teaching research position in Dr. Jim DiRenzo’s lab which I am passionate, both academically English, hygienic practices and even yoga at the medical school. This being my off (my work this term in Dr. DiRenzo’s lab for in the classrooms as well as assisting in term, I am able to work full-time in the lab, instance) and otherwise. I have learned the children’s clinic every week by taking affording me the full experience of life in the importance of independence, while measurements and performing other basic the medical research world. Dr. DiRenzo’s simultaneously learning what it means to be medical tasks. lab carries out breast cancer research in part of a tight-knit community that functions Manisha’s numerous past service the Pharmacology/Toxicology department within the spirit of collaboration. And I have experiences fostered her compassion, and of the medical school here on campus. The found friends who share my interests, friends ability to assist and interact well with basis of this research is to discover which who I know I will have for many years after patients, working on breast cancer research genes control cellular differentiation within we graduate. at the Albert Einstein Hospital or with senior the mammary gland, with the ultimate “Dartmouth has already given me so citizens through the Dartmouth-Hitchcock goal of developing therapies that not only much, and your class’s generosity has provided Medical Center’s ACE volunteer program. destroy tumorous breast cancer cells, but me with yet another experience that will Combined with her teaching experience eliminate the potential for recurrence as prove to be an integral part of my Dartmouth gained through the Face to Face program well. My work involves working closely with undergraduate experience. An experience on Continued on page 11

JUNE 2011 newsletter Page 10 Continued from page 10 and her knowledge of both the Marathi and Hindi languages, Manisha certainly had a range of valuable skills to draw upon that she applied successfully to the many rigors and demands of supporting a sustainable health program in and around the Navsari community. As an Anthropology major, Manisha knows that this fellowship was a unique opportunity to merge her interests of medicine, international studies and anthropology. Anticipating a career as a doctor in global health, she was interested in exploring the intersection of traditional beliefs and health care, and the ways in which “under resourced communities can combat money challenges to provide treatment for community members.” Most importantly, by improving the children’s education and implementing preventive medicine, Manisha contributed to her personal hope of improving global living standards. Photo caption: (l to r) Hugo Ribot, with Mitch Arion, Ken Holmes and Greg Smyers at Lake Tahoe [not shown, Jeff Steen]. To read the final paper submitted by Manisha Apte ‘12, click on the following link to News from Hugo Ribot download the PDF: http://www.dartmouth. “My news is both happy and sad. My oldest child Sydney will be graduating with org/classes/81/Manisha-Apte.pdf honors with the Class of ‘11 this June, and we are excited to return to Hanover

Please remember to contribute to class – however [the sad news] I won’t be able to stay for our 30th reunion the projects when you pay your class dues. Class following week due to work and scheduling commitments. project donations are separate from class “Sydney is doing the “taking a break from school” thing before what I dues and go entirely to supporting class of predict will be grad school (law or business) in a year or two. She’s first doing an 1981 initiatives. They are tax deductible, and intensive U.S. State Department language internship in Izmir, Turkey this summer, can be directed to the project of your choice. then taking a position as a research assistant at Harvard Business School. In addition to our three interns, our project “Closer to home in Georgia, son Max and daughter Sara are wrapping up donations fund a Class of 1981 Scholarship their sophomore and freshman years respectively at the University of Georgia in and a Memorial Book project honoring Athens. Max still hasn’t found anything other than music that interests him, and deceased classmates. Please join your Sara (so far) is planning on medical school, although “definitely” not in my field classmates in supporting our undergraduates. of ob/gyn. I think she likes her sleep too much. “My wife Karen is adjusting to empty nesthood, keeping busy with public relations for our new ambulatory surgery center and managing investment Recommending a Potential properties. Student? “I am most pleased to report that our long term project - the Georgia Advanced Surgery Center for Women - came to fruition and has been even more The College appreciates the insights successful than we anticipated. We performed our first surgical procedure May shared about potential students via alumni 27th, 2010 and to date have completed over 210 cases with outstanding results. recommendations. The Admissions Office Check out www.ga-advancedsurgerycenter.com. is making the process of recommendations “A group of diehard ‘81 SAEs have been getting together every 18 months easier for all with the creation of an online form. http://www.dartmouth. or so for various mini-reunions in the past few years. Last get together was in edu/~interviewers/alumni-rec/ Please share north Lake Tahoe for a ski weekend last year and attendees included Ken Holmes, news of this with your classmates. Jeff Steen, Greg Smyers, Mitch Arion, and myself. Next up is New Orleans. “That’s all for now.”

Page 11 DARTMOUTH College CLASS OF 1981 www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81 Song of Ages

For the Class of 1981 By Jim Pearson ‘81 (with apologies to Janis Joplin and the Brothers of Alpha Delta)

1977 – Dreams

Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a BMW? I’ll soon go to Dartmouth, and then join Psi U. I’ll wear me five collars, and docksiders too. Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a BMW?

Left to right: Julie Koeninger, Steve Quatrano, Toby Reiley, Bill Burgess, Elise Supovitz and Larry Dunn. Missing, Chris Goff. 2011 – Peak Foliage

Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a stretch limousine? Boston Mini-Reunion: Smaller = Better I’m going to reunion, to see and be seen. Chris Goff didn’t make the photo, but he writes: “I (Or perhaps a motor cycle, just like Steve McQueen?) had a great time catching up with folks I already Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a stretch limousine? knew, meeting some for the first time, and swapping news about others. One common theme was how 2041 – Karma getting there required fitting another piece into the jigsaw puzzle of a typical overscheduled weekend. The Oh Lord, won’t you buy us a Mercedes Benz? late afternoon start accomodated both those who had We’re headin’ up to Dartmouth with our dearest friends. to leave around dinner time (like me) and those who We’ll drink lots of beer there, and wear our Depends. arrived after kid’s afternoon activities.” Oh Lord, won’t you buy us a Mercedes Benz? Toby Reilly retorted: “Hey Goff-you really missed an awesome dinner. Steve (Quatrano) and Doreen Note from Rob Hoffman, esteemed AD historian: A Psi U party was also a contest in put on a nice meal which seemed to appear out of which the winner would wear as many polo shirts as possible (you do recall that the nowhere. While the E-Vite did not say come for dinner, style of the time was a polo with the collar up, under a button down collar Brooks Steve was well prepared and delivered as if on queue. Brother oxford shirt…but to be REALLY preppy the Psi U bro always wore 2 polo Sitting together at the table definitely extended the shirts) Of course, the winner would be a coxswain-sized guy [hmmm…. I can think conversation well into the evening. Many of us “ditched of one] who could start out with 2 or 3 of his own shirts, then borrow shirts from the date” and squeezed this mini-reunion in between progressively larger friends and end up with 7 or 8 (but not be able to move much)! other events. The big exception was our own trustee Burgess, who was accompanied by his self-proclaimed Bob Gaudet Named INCH “better half” ( I must agree with Bill… perhaps the Coach of the Year College should be recruiting her as trustee...). Larry kept us howling with some very dry humor, and nothing was Dartmouth men’s hockey coach Bob Gaudet out of bounds for discussion. Bill had us all in hysterics has not only been named a finalist for the with his commentary on the Freshman book pictures. We ECAC Hockey Tim Taylor Coach of the Year might not have chosen each other, but the college award, he was awarded the Inside College chose us pretty well. We are a still smart, witty and Hockey ECAC Coach of the Year honor. INCH talented class with, as Garrison Keillor would say, “above set up the award to honor coaches who average children”. I was very pleased to reconnect, and helped their teams achieve higher finishes than were expected in the am looking forward the 30th.” Julie Koeninger added, preseason. Dartmouth and Coach Gaudet were picked to finish sixth by “It was actually one of the best mini-reunions I’ve both coaches and media in the preseason and had a very good season ever been to for its intimacy and the quality of the that saw them end up in third. The team ended its season on a high note interactions with classmates.” The next time there is a by taking a 5-3 victory over Colgate in the consolation game of the ECAC mini-reunion in your area, do your best to show up - you Hockey Championships. The Big Green finished the year with a 19-12-3 never know just how great a time you’ll have! record, its best since an 18-12-2 mark in 2006-07.

JUNE 2011 newsletter Page 12 Tom Waterman named to Iowa Supreme Court Summing up five years Iowa’s governor recently appointed Tom Waterman Reunion this year will not only mark our 30th year since to the state’s highest court. Tom was on the graduation, it will mark the end of the five year term for this crop short list for an opening a couple years ago, but of Class Officers. We, as a class, have accomplished some great political winds were against him. This time it things for which we should be proud. Let me mention just a few was different. In fact, if you watch his interview of these here: by the nominating commission (http://www.kcci. 1) We revitalized our Class Projects effort, funding com/video/26625061/detail.html), you can see scholarships and internships and making a real impact on the commissioners practically gushing over his fourteen undergraduates. You may read some background on our experience, scholarship, and public service. latest four scholars in this issue of the Newsletter. As he describes the appointment scenario, 2) We contibuted to the Dartmouth College Fund in record “Three positions opened when three justices who fashion, winning the Class of 1926 Award for participation, Outgoing Class President joined the decision legalizing gay marriage in Iowa and contributing over $4,500,000 to help undergraduate Greg Clow were voted off in the retention election. 60 applied scholarships during our five years. And these numbers have and went through a merit selection process. The grown during the downturn in the economy, when it was hardest to give, but more needed nominating commission sent the Governor 9 names than ever. Kudos to all of you who helped. to pick from, and I was his first choice. I began 3) We got together through mini-reunions like never before, including the serving [on March 21]. Joining our 7-member court overwhelmingly successful Class 50th Birthday Celebration, where our new (at the time) as one of 3 new members is a historic opportunity President Kim, who was also turning 50, joined over 100 of us to welcome in our next 50 years. to make a difference. But I can tell you it is not 4) Our Class became more involved with Dartmouth, and through the leadership of our ‘Your Honor’ at home!” Tom and his wife Maria Class Officer team, reached an unheard of level of accomplishment in the eyes of the Alumni have a daughter in college and triplet 14-year-old Office. In the 2010 Class Officer’s Weekend award ceremony, I was named President of the girls. Year and the Class of 1981 was named a “Class of Distinction.” This award ranked us among As a result of his appointment to the the legendar elite classes, and as third in a field of 77 classes for 2010. That is outstanding, court, Tom has had to step down from his and a great jumping off point for the next administration. position as Chairman of the Scott County 5) The Class Newsletter, which you are reading now, was under recognized in my YMCA. But, he hopes to stick to his grueling opinion. While regularly publishing six times a year, and covering classmate news, news from training regimen. He has participated in the College and mini-reunion updates, it was professionally designed, well written, and read numerous ironman triathlons, and all kinds of both in hard copy and online as a PDF file. The College gave the Newsletter crew a Merit races involving distance cycling, stair climbing Award, and Professor Don Pease called it the “gold standard of class newsletters.” What could and ultra-distance running. One example is the make it better for the next five years? Write in to the editors with your news - classmates LT100 (100 mile-run in high-altitude Leadville, actually DO want to hear what you have been up to! Colorado) which he completed in a mere 28+ 6) Our Alumni Notes have never missed an Alumni Magazine issue - and in so doing, hours. He’s hoping to see lots of classmates our Class has been kept up to date through this second source of information. Our secretaries at our Reunion. Anyone up for running put together a Compendium (as did the Newsletter Editors) which brought into a single Moosilauke 5 or 10 times? downloadable document all the Class Notes for five years. Next to a reunion book, it was the best way to catch up with the most classmates at one time. 7) Our Class website, which I was honored to design and update each month, was Tica Lyons will be in Hanover innovative and creative, and watched by many other classes for best practices. We instituted Tica writes that while she is “doing a good the Google Earth classmate finder, we used the Class of ‘66 Hanover Inn webcam, and later amount of research in subjects outside my the Baker Tower webcam, for real time images of campus, and we created the very first Film Studies major, I maintain an avid interest reunion app for iPhones and other smartphones. I was honored to win Webmaster of the Year in all things related to Cinema, including the during my tenure, and to be elected president of the Dartmouth Webmaster Association. culture of viewing audiences and the science Finally, as class president, it has been an honor to serve. This adventure started as an and psychology of visual perception. I would extension of my work as editor for the 25th Reunion Book. I had such a blast meeting so love to connect with any alums involved in many of you that I otherwise would not have met. As editor, I had a reason to email you, translating healthcare policy into clear language strike up a conversation, and become friends. As president, I have been able to continue for healthcare consumers. I am cultivating the getting to know all of you, and in the end, do some good for our Class, and for Dartmouth. It happy possibility of joining my dear dormmates has been a lot of work - at last count over 7,800 class related emails and over 40 executive from Hinman, and other nearly recognizable committee meetings. But all the time, effort, and fun was worthwhile, because you continue classmates, for our reunion. I was excited to to be involved with Dartmouth, and our classmates. As long as your bonds to Dartmouth hear that Pilar, Favret, Cindy, Laura and Blasgeek remain strong, I will feel that I have done my job well. would be coming.” Sounds like a good crew! And If you can make it to Reunion, please take a minute to come up, shake my hand and the more the merrier. See you all in June! say hello. I would love to share stories and get to know you better.

Page 13 DARTMOUTH College CLASS OF 1981 www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81 The whole crowd [almost] at the Edelson’s mini-reunion in NYC. New York City Mini-Reunion Recap David and Cindy Edelson hosted a mini-reunion at their apartment in New York City on April 25. As David reports: “We had a fun and a well-attended mini-reunion on Monday night. The following classmates attended: “Holly Burks Becker, Paul Becker, Karen McKeel Calby, Peter Corren, Jim Delisle (+ girlfriend), Bob Dewey, David Edelson (+ wife), Jake Gehret, Pam Gehret, Robert Goldbloom, Jennifer Hoadley, Jonathan Lenchner, Andy Lewin, Peter Ley (+ wife), Angela Nesbitt, Dirk Olin, Jonathan Prager, Becky Randall, Pancho Ryan, Pam Wagner (+ husband), Cathy Lewis Whitaker, Kent Whitaker, Lloyd Widom “In addition, we had Peggy Epstein Tanner ‘79, a trustee of the College; Annabel Edelson, Teddy Bommarito and Carl Neiser, all incoming members Andy Lewin, Peter and Janet Ley, and Pam Donovan Gehret of the Class of 2015; and Hilary Becker (Holly and Paul’s daughter) and Kate Coster, both members of the Class of 2010. Jon Lenchner said, “It was a great evening of reconnecting with old friends, meeting a few new ones and getting the chance to talk with several members of the incoming Dartmouth class, including David’s daughter. David and Cindy went out of their way, opening up their wonderful uptown apartment, and arranging for the soon-to-be ‘shmen to serve us ole goats wine, beer and hors d’oeuvres. Looking forward to the big party in June!” “I think that the event at David’s was a roaring success,” Angela Nesbitt said. “I was reminded how nice Dartmouth people are. I would be happy to host one but probably not as elegantly as David’s. I suspect being in NYC drew a good crowd as people came straight from work and some of us Angela Nesbitt, Karen McKeel Calby, and Cathy traveled in from Westchester and NJ.” More pictures on next page. Lewis Whitaker

JUNE 2011 newsletter Page 14 Space Suits, Killer Waves and Tea Pots: Pamela Mason Wagner makes award-winning films New York City Mini-Reunion Recap Pamela Mason Wagner has been making non-fiction films for television in New York City for the past twenty-five years. As a documentary director, writer, producer she credits much of her success to her mentors at Dartmouth College’s film studies dept: Maurice Rapf and David Thomson. Both taught her the importance of a good story, well told – the core foundation of the company she and her husband Thomas Wagner founded in 1993: Turtle Rock Productions, Inc. (www.turtlerockprods.com). They have won many awards for their productions, including two primetime Emmys.

Recent work includes: a segment Pancho Ryan, Lloyd Widom, Thomas and Pam Mason Wagner [see adjoining article], and Kent Whitaker. on Nova Science Now about space suits that aired on PBS in January; an hour documentary about killer waves, including tsunamis – which aired in March on the History Channel a mere thirty-six hours Bob Dewey, Becky before the recent Japan tsunami. Randall and Jake Upcoming work to watch for: Gehret. At one point, the comment was a series of short films for PBS and made to Becky, “Just the National Endowment for the like the old days, huh? :three guys Humanities about icons of American surrounding one girl art called Picturing America http:// with her back to the wall.” “Except my picturingamerica.neh.gov/. Wagner’s shoes aren’t sticking contribution includes videos on: Paul to the floor,” replied Revere; Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Becky. Mother; Silver Tea Pots; and Mary Cassatt and John Singer Sargent.

Laila Lakhani gives a Amherst College picks Greg Call as interim president Andy Lewin, Peter and Janet Ley, and Pam Donovan Gehret quick update Amherst College has tapped a 23-year faculty member to serve as acting “After Dartmouth, I acquired a Masters in president while a search committee hunts for a replacement for outgoing Amherst hospital management (M.H.Sc.) and many President Anthony Marx. years later, another Bachelors degree The Amherst Board of Trustees recently voted to appoint Gregory S. Call, a (B.Ed.), both from University of Toronto. mathematician and dean of the faculty for the last eight years, to the interim post. I worked in senior admin at Aga Khan He is expected to take over July 1, 2011. Hospital Nairobi for a short time while Marx announced last fall that he would leave after eight years with the living in Kenya from ‘85-91. I returned to college to take over as president of the New York City Public Library system. Canada in 1991, and I have been a stay-at- Call, who works in the field of arithmetic geometry, joined the Amherst home mom for the past 16 years. I have 2 faculty in 1988 and has served as chairman of the Department of Mathematics and children, ages 15 and 12, and my husband Computer Science, as dean of new students and numerous other college committees is presently involved in operating a golf and advisory boards. He is also a Peter R. Pouncey professor of mathematics. course.” Find out more at our 30th! Reprinted from GazetteNET

Page 15 DARTMOUTH College CLASS OF 1981 www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81 Mailing Panel

REVEL•REFLECT•RECONNECT

DARTMOUTH CLASS OF 1981

June 16-19, 2011 • Hanover, New Hampshire

Jneu 2011 newsletter DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CLASS OF 1981

Newsletter Editors: Peter Oudheusden • [email protected] • Robert Goldbloom • [email protected]

Reunion Season is Here! Registration is Open! A great showing in Washington D.C. for Registration for our 30th Reunion is open. our March 12 mini-reunion. Beth Shapiro You can get to the online registration either Lewyckj writes: “It was a great afternoon through our free first-of-its-kind reunion - a very talkative crowd, so that we barely smart-phone app (see our class website - ate! We got a picture; unfortunately I had address at the bottom of this page), or you a wrong setting on the camera and it’s can Google “Dartmouth 2011 Reunions,” fuzzy. The attendees were from the left: and you will find our class information on Jerry Pierce, Tom Duke, Howard Morse, the College website. We already have a Becky Nyren Shepardson, Jill Martin strong turnout, and you can check out how Eichner, Kathy Kiernan, Tom Kiernan, Pam and my husband Ray.” What a great crowd! many of your friends have already signed Fiertz Myers, John Mott, Jim Payne, Abner Check out the other terrific mini-reunions up, and who need to be called. But please Oakes, Beth Shapiro Lewyckj. Also Jim’s inside. Classmates also got together in register now so you won’t miss out on the wife Cathleen, Howard’s wife, John’s son Arkansas and Massachusetts... best weekend this summer!