DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CLASS OF 1981 SEPTEMBER 2014 NEWSLETTER The countdown to 35th Reunion begins! June 18 - 21, 2015 Let The Games Begin... Members of the class executive committee gathered at Class Officers Weekend in Hanover in September to share ideas and spark enthusi- asm as we work toward our 35th Reunion next June. Seated are Annette Gordon-Reed (trustee) Robert Goldbloom, Molly Sundberg VanMetre, Lynne Gaudet, and standing, Rick Silverman, Julie Koeninger, Pat Berry, Bill Burgess (trustee), and Bob Gaudet. Although the Class of ‘79 won Class of the Year, they had to acknowledge that with three class members on the Board of Trustees (Laurel Richie is our third) to their two, the ‘81s wield 33% more influence. ‘Nuff said. What’s Wrong With This Picture!? Well, they’re in...We all remember our ‘81 shirts, and in fact, many of us probably still have them tucked away somewhere. Can you still fit into yours? If not, may- be you can pick up an ‘18 shirt and wear it inside-out. If the freshmen were still able to storm the football field, you think they might recreate the ‘88 fiasco? Google My Doodle By Beth Harris Artistic talent runs in the family: Kim was a visual studies ma- jor at Dartmouth, and Alys’ sister, Emma, was the 2013 Alaskan Thanks to the artistic talent of a 12-year-old Alaskan girl, a winner for the Doodle for Google contest. Kim is now the man- group of ’81s was recently reunited in San Francisco. Kim Dunn’s aging partner at an employment law firm in Anchorage, and her daughter, 6th grader Alys Korosei, was the Alaskan state winner husband Tom is an urban planner. for the Doodle for Google contest. Each year, school kids from all over the U.S. are asked to “doodle” their inventions to make Kim took advantage of the trip to reunite with several the world a better place. Alys thought up a fabulous machine Dartmouth classmates. Beth Harris ’81 and Tom Booher ’81 live that turns garbage into fuel. In recognition of her accomplish- in the Palo Alto area where they love to mountain bike and hike ment, Google brought Kim and Alys to Google headquarters in whenever possible. Tom is an executive vice president for PNC the Bay Area for the awards ceremony. Other than the special Real Estate, and Beth focuses on grant writing, governance, Google celebration, Alys was most excited about the opportunity and program work with a variety of educational non-profits. to shop in the many SF stores that they don’t have back home in They were joined by their daughters, Kat (23), who works with a Anchorage. Doodle continued on page 3 www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81 Freedom Fighter Internet to disrupt their grip on power. She Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe ’81 doubts the resolution would pass today. Human rights advocate champions Internet freedom might seem an abstract internet access for all issue, but it keeps Donahoe up at night. ‘81s Are Listening “Many people in my life, even my husband by Abner Oakes By Andrea Useem [eBay president and CEO John Donahoe Taken from the Dartmouth Alumni ’82, a former Dartmouth trustee], are OK, it’s September 1 today, and you need some new music for the Magazine, available on-line at mystified by my passion on this issue,” fall, yes? Well, here’s what’s spinning at the Oakes/Jewett house http://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/ar- she laughs. “But it became obvious to me these days. What’s spinning at yours? Alys Korosei’s trash converter. ticles/voices-wilderness-5 early on that Internet freedom is the new Doodle continued from page 1 battleground. If you don’t protect the plat- 1. Lake Street Dive, Bad Self Portraits (2014). I first got to know health technology company in San Franciso, and Sarah (13), An ambassadorship may seem like a plum form where people exercise their rights, this Boston-based band through their cover of The Jackson Five’s who spends her free time doing equestrian vaulting (essentially assignment, but the post President Obama then you’re not protecting their rights.” “I Want You Back,” filmed around a single mike on a Brighton, MA offered Donahoe in 2009 was anything street corner. Jazzy, bluesy, full of soul. Love Rachael Price’s voice. gymnastics on a cantering horse). Beth and Tom’s son Alex was still away finishing his second year at the University of St. but. The president tapped Donahoe to Donahoe has spent most of her adult As the review by NPR stated, “It’s a ringingly clear, strong voice, a Andrews in Scotland. Another ’81 couple, Cindy Stephens Bloch become the first-ever U.S. ambassador to life with John in Silicon Valley, raising sound that’s at once beseeching and in control.” and Roger Bloch, is now based in the Bay Area after spend- the United Nations Human Rights Council four children—including Thomas ’09 and (HRC)—a body previously boycotted by the ing many years in Texas. Cindy recently co-founded ForUs, a point, she says. When long-time leader Catherine ’15—and earning degrees from 2. St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Half the City (2014). My son United States and described as “highly technology company focused on helping people make financial Muammar el-Qaddafi responded to an Stanford (J.D. and a master’s in East Asian turned me on to this band. “Hey, Dad,” he said, “you need to listen dysfunctional” by The New York Times. planning decisions about their retirement, and Roger works for armed rebellion with a brutal crackdown, studies), Harvard (a master’s in theological to this cool neo-soul group. And they’re from Aalabama.” (Yeah, “Colleagues and friends I respect told me Exxon Mobil and regularly commutes back and forth to Calgary. the U.N. general assembly voted to revoke studies) and Cal-Berkeley (a Ph.D. in eth- we monitor neo-soul bands in this household.) As with Rachael not to take the job. They thought the HRC Their daughters, Alison, who lives and works in finance in San Libya’s membership in the council—the ics). “I’ve been infused with the tech cul- Price, the vocals of Paul Janeway set this band apart from others was hopeless and that I’d fail,” she says. Francisco, and Rebecca, who attends Stanford Law School, also first time a country had ever been ejected ture that exists here,” she says. Donahoe in the genre. Reminds me at times of Roland Gift from Fine Young But where others saw a bureaucratic bas- joined the ’81 group for several dinners. It wasn’t too hard to for human rights violations. Donahoe says sees “serious threats” to the free flow Cannibals. ket case, Donahoe saw opportunity. She convince Susie Nutt ‘81 to take a few days off from her work that while this move may seem obvious of information online and the ability of believed “principled pragmatic engage- with SLCE Architects in NYC to enjoy a weekend with old friends from afar, it represented a major step for people worldwide to exercise their rights 3. The Macrotones, Darvaza (2012). OK, more from Boston, this ment” could help build a more effective on the West Coast. the HRC. “In the past, countries protected online. time Afro-beat, another genre that we monitor. I think that I have institution. “To me, any opportunity to one another,” she says. “We consciously suggested the group Antibalas in this column before, and the move the dial on human rights globally A couple of us started the weekend with a long hike in the lo- worked to change those dysfunctional dy- From her new post at Human Rights Macrotones are a less well known but still pretty great purveyor of was worth the risk. It turned out to be cal hills. Susie knew she wasn’t in Manhattan anymore after namics.” Donahoe’s ambassadorship also Watch, Donahoe promotes a system of this style of music. Lots of rhythm, lots of horns, pretty danceable. a gold mine opportunity for the United first spotting the sign warning of mountain lions in the area gave her a chance to make progress on an Internet governance that stays the hand of Put this on while loading the dishwasher and move! States to exert influence and promote our and then being told not to worry because there was really a issue that’s become increasingly important authoritarian regimes. She seems invigo- values in a way that exceeded our expec- much higher probability of crossing rattlesnakes on the trail. to her: Internet freedom. During her tenure rated by the challenge. “Even when ev- 4. Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers, Go Go Swing Live tations,” says Donahoe, who stepped down Fortunately we saw neither. she helped persuade council members to eryone else’s eyes glaze over, follow what (1986). Do you know the genre of music called go-go, a style of from her U.N. post at the end of last year pass a resolution affirming rights to free- speaks to your heart. That’s where you’ll funk created in and around DC in the ‘70s? Chuck Brown, who and now continues her advocacy work as Other highlights of the weekend included dining at some won- dom of expression and association online. have an impact,” she says. died in 2012, is called the Godfather of Go-go, and we had a director of global affairs for Human Rights derful restaurants, a historical walking tour of the parts of “We had a window of opportunity and chance to see the Chuck Brown All Stars play just a few weeks Watch.