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KHAN ACADEMY KHAN JULY/AUGUST 2020 13 ANNIVERSARIES CAMPUS notes from around the green LOOK WHO’S TALKING “For me, > AILEEN CHALTAIN, Senior Box Office Manager, Hopkins Center it’s a privilege.”

VIRTUAL VOICES PROTEST ▲ 5 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT CABIN & TRAIL How long have you been working at the AND ITS FOUNDER box office? People300 who assembled Just about 20 years—but I’ve been at the Hop on the Green May 30 for 35. I started as the events manager in 1985. to speak out against police brutality How did you get that first job? I saw an ad for it in The Boston Globe, I think. The interview was my first time in the Upper GRANTS Valley. I drove up and went, “Oh, this is a nice place to be.” Then I went into the Hopkins Center and I was like, “What? This in- ENERGY credible place in this tiny little town?” I still feel that way. We’re lucky that Undergraduates5 CREWS WORK awarded Fulbright this place is here. Founded 100 years ago by Still Smokin’ scholarships in May “You have to keep Sherman Adams, class of 1920, Pandemic stalls new power plant plans. Have you ever had any problems Cabin & Trail operates as part going. I was 50 with Hop patrons? of the . Early last year Dartmouth announced a sweeping pro- One time sticks out from when I was Members not only hike great distances on all kinds of terrain, > BOGEY when I wrote events manager. We had a rather gram to cut, and eventually eliminate, campus green- they also maintain more than house-gas emissions. Most dramatically, it called for retiring Gosford Park.” intoxicated patron who insisted on 50 miles of the Appalachian the school’s 121-year-old steam plant, whose smokestack looms $200,000 going inside as a latecomer, and I Approximate amount Trail (from Hanover to Mount over the Green almost as prominently as Baker Tower. —SCREENWRITER AND DOWNTON ABBEY was the last line of defense. It was Moosilauke) and take care of 12 in membership fees CREATOR JULIAN FELLOWES ON A LIVESTREAM In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, those plans refunded by the golf CHAT VIA HOP@HOME MAY 9. HE WON AN a very quiet event, and we really College cabins north of campus. course, which has ACADEMY AWARD FOR GOSFORD PARK, HIS are less certain. “We are facing much harder choices than we could not allow her to enter late. I FEET OF STRENGTH closed for the year FIRST FILM. were six months ago,” says Rosi Kerr ’97, Dartmouth’s director was eight-and-a-half-months preg- Adams, a prolific hiker to say of sustainability. nant, and she tried to push past me—a the least, competed with other As first proposed, the $200-million plan included upgrades giant gasp went up from everyone. She students to log the most miles on to buildings and converting the campus network of steam- was escorted out of the building. foot in a day, term, and year. He logged 339 miles his junior year heating pipes to a more efficient hot-water system. The heating What are a few of your favorite shows that and 413.5 as a senior. At 5-foot-7, plant was to be replaced with a new facility burning wood chips have come through? Adams was “a living refutation instead of oil. Though wood is a renewable fuel—and some I remember a few in particular. One is Leon of the theory that long legs are experts see it as climate-friendly—that idea sparked some essential to fast walking,” wrote Bates. He was a charismatic young African heat. Three prominent alumni, including MIT professor John one observer. American pianist, and he was a body- Sterman ’77, published a memo challenging “the mistaken builder. He would sometimes play with WHO’S OVERACHIEVING NOW? assumption that a wood-fired heating plant will be of benefit short sleeves on for shows with younger One mid-winter as a student, to the College or the world.” Adams scaled audiences. I asked him why once, and he Dartmouth’s sustainability team quickly regrouped, seeking on three consecutive days. Tem- said it was because as arts educators, we fresh ideas and recruiting new experts, including Sterman. He peratures during his final descent want to find anything we can that will break now serves on two advisory committees that meet virtually. fell to 20 below—in a blizzard. the ice with young people, and, sometimes, True story. One question they’re grappling with is whether the College’s that would be his muscles. needs could be met without burning any sort of fuel. Sterman A REFLECTIVE GRADUATE “Upon acquiring the sheepskin, believes it’s possible—with infrastructure upgrades. “Energy Has working with students changed during efficiency is the fastest, safest, cheapest way to get where we which was whisked into a trunk the past 35 years? and has not been seen since, I want to be,” he says. The revamped plan will likely rely heavily It really hasn’t. For me, it’s a privilege. The went into the woods of Ludlow on geothermal wells, which harness moderate underground people who come here as undergraduates are Mountain in Vermont scaling temperatures to assist in heating and cooling. special people, and it’s really fun to see the logs,” Adams wrote after leaving Meanwhile, the heating plant smokestack will stand for at quality of human beings who come to Dart- the Hanover Plain. He eventually least a few years longer. Because of the pandemic’s financial mouth. And it’s thrilling—because sometimes became a politician. impact, “large-scale energy investments will probably be pushed they become the leaders of this country. POLITICAL TRAIL down the road,” Kerr says. At the same time, she notes, “turmoil Adams served as governor of can force you to find new ways to do things.” For example, with How have people reacted to the cancellation of New Hampshire (1949-53) and as the season? President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s most employees learning to work from home, the College might ZOOM ROOM chief of staff—the first time that experiment with more efficient ways to use office space. Senior lecturer Charlie Wheelan ’88 teaches Education 20 People’s reactions to the complications have been title was used. Adams resigned from his Rockefeller Hall office in early spring. “I would say the so lovely. People aren’t asking for refunds; they’re Sterman believes the school must plan for the long term. after he accepted gifts from a remote teaching went better than expected, but I had to do a donating the value of the tickets back. They’re go- “Dartmouth has been around for hundreds of years,” he says, business executive accused of lot of things to make that the case,” he says. “It’s definitely not “and we expect it to be here hundreds of years from now.” ing out of their way to be gentle and kind. violating Federal Trade Commis- a viable option in the long run.” TOP AND NEAR LEFT: ROB STRONG ’04 ROB STRONG AND NEAR LEFT: TOP —Jim Meigs ’80 —Sarah Clark ’11 sion regulations. IMAGES GETTY

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ROCKY TOP NO SURPRISE NO EXCUSES! NOW DISCOVER Jason Barabas ’93 is the The parent of a student has Dartmouth athletics and TUCK. new director of the joined a class action suit recreation is offering 12 free Rockefeller Center. The that seeks damages weekly wellness and fitness former government major because the College classes via Zoom. “It was really fun to be back on campus. The days were comes from Stony Brook charged full tuition for re- University, where he was mote learning this spring. long, but when we had free time, I got out and went for a professor of political CHANGE OF ART science. After 25 years at the Hood a run in the morning, and at night, I went to Murphy’s. VIRTUAL INTEREST Museum, deputy It was just really nice to be back.” Forty-three percent of director Juliette Bianco ’94 SPRING VISITOR sophomores polled by The is leaving to become direc- — Chris Powers ’94, Leadership and Strategic Impact participant The black bear known as Dartmouth said they were tor of the Weatherspoon Mink was back in town “very unlikely” to take Art Museum at the post-hibernation—with classes remotely University of North Caro- three adorable male cubs this summer. lina. Hood director John 3,000 in tow. Stomberg calls her “High-performance” nonmedical “a rising star.” face masks being made by a group MELTDOWN led by Thayer professor Solomon HELPING HANDS Morano Gelato, a beloved Diamond ’97, Th’98, for community Uma Ramesh ’20 started a place to be on a hot sum- KUDOS members nonprofit in which students mer day, has closed for Government professor offer tutoring services to good, citing lockdown- Jason Lyall earned a raise money to help Upper induced financial hardship. $200,000 grant by being Valley residents pay for named a 2020 Andrew healthcare. Health Access Carnegie Fellow. for All provided free tutor- CELEBRATION 180 ing for children of essential Dartmouth Pride Month Approximate number of enrolled workers in May. went virtual in May. It AL FRESCO undergrads on campus for the featured several Zoom Outdoor dining returned spring term discussions and panels and to Hanover restaurants in ON THE MONEY culminated with the annual mid-May with some tables Barron’s listed Dartmouth’s Lavender Graduation. set up in converted parking chief investment officer, spaces along Main Street. Alice Ruth ’83, as one of the 100 most influential women THE MURAL OF THE STORY 1,150 in U.S. finance. The ultimate book on the WILDEST DREAMS Average number of sophomores Orozco murals has landed: Lana Wilson, director of the typically on campus for summer art history prof Mary Taylor Swift documentary term. All classes this year will be PRO HOPES Coffey’sOrozco’s American Miss Americana, spoke in a remote. Two football players signed Epic: Myth, History, and the live YouTube Q&A during with NFL teams follow- Melancholy of Race from the Hop@Home series in ing the draft: cornerback Duke University Press. May. Isiah Swann ’20 (Cincinnati Bengals) and defensive end Niko Lalos ’20 (New York END OF AN ERA 1 Giants). Men’s hockey coach Bob Number of times the Alumni Council Gaudet ’81 retired in April has met virtually in its 107-year after 23 seasons at the history. The Zoom fest was held May helm. He coached 752 15 and featured a record turnout for games and won 331, both any council meeting. school records. 2,935 Pounds of food donated by Leadership and Strategic Impact Advanced Management Program ROMAN MURADOV Dartmouth Dining to a local charity July 11 to 23, 2021 QUOTE/UNQUOTE CARES ACT this spring Oct. 25 to 30, 2020 | May 16 to 21, 2021 For high-potential executives seeking to cultivate their strategic For experienced executives seeking to develop an enterprise-wide “Just because it’s online doesn’t leadership style and maximize their organizational effectiveness mindset and visionary approach to leadership mean we can’t have fun with it. $1.7 LSI.TUCK.DARTMOUTH.EDU AMP.TUCK.DARTMOUTH.EDU Get yourself some Twizzlers. million 0 Initial amount the College Honorary degrees awarded Enjoy yourself.” will apply for to provide during the virtual Commencement Tuck Executive Education | exec.tuck.dartmouth.edu | 603-646-2839 | [email protected] financial aid to students

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Winter is just composer, bandleader) bandleader) bandleader) bandleader) “Raised in a black “Fitzgerald’s career in the “When composing sacred “In addition to performing fine, Wrapp reports inCell , and Greater DC Metro Protestant religious late 1930s, 1940s, and jazz, Ellington’s private and composing music, now those antibodies can be pro- household, Calloway 1950s became an effective lyrical writings expressed Williams worked tirelessly duced in a lab to develop therapies Steve Wydler | D ‘90 attempted to convey vehicle for the desegre- belief in God, his frustra- to manage her Bel Canto for Covid-19. —Charlotte Albright through music and prose gation of performance tions with language to thrift shop, account for Wydler Brothers of Compass the humor he found venues and the creation refer to God, and his her finances, and aspire to 703.348.6326 with religiosity without of integrated clubs due to appeal to the very act of realize a support system denouncing religious her popularity with black believing. 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beginnings—and the passage of time. to brief grumbling and a smack on the back We have discussed whether the re- of the head. But most of the time there is maining two should continue when one of quiet glee. And always, somewhere near us can’t (death, disfigurement, dismay). So the end, there is the surprise of poignancy. far we have yet to amend our rules and regu- Our most recent reunion in Nashville, lations to establish an orderly endpoint. our 40th, was the first that brought a lump THE RIVER HOUSE What we know is that this is a friendship in my throat and tears to my eyes for the A dramatic architectural landmark combining we all treasure. love of these two guys. Forty years ago we a unique and spectacular site, modern were three young men in the same wonder aesthetic design principles and innovative A Few Words from Rob boat, setting out on our adult lives with a technical execution, the 8100 foot² River House in Norwich, Vermont presents a unique Most friends get together to play golf, ski, satchel full of big, unanswered questions. opportunity for the next owner to experience fish, or maybe take a bike ride. Not the Life shook us up. Lots of what we thought life at a singular level. Minutes from the Mikesters. We convene once a year to talk, would happen to us did not happen, and cultural hub of Hanover, New Hampshire, what did happen sometimes flung us high home to the renowned Ivy League Dartmouth laugh, place small wagers, and share feel- College, and two hours to Boston’s Back Bay, ings and truths about our lives. There’s no in the air and tumbling back to land. River House is within an hour’s drive of an pretense, no bullshit, and very little plan- Well, lucky us. For 40 years we have array of world class recreational, cultural ning involved. had one another to tell about our tumblings and entertainment attractions. Each year there is lots of catching up— and our landings. Norwich, VT | $4,700,000 | MLS# 4790292 www.TheRiverHouseVT.com some successes, some disappointments, Rick Higgerson health concerns, life lessons, and plenty Denis Wraps It Up 17 1/2 Lebanon St. | Hanover, NH 03755 of storytelling. We are three old friends That weekend in Carmel could have been [email protected] FourSeasonsSIR.com staying abreast of each other’s lives by re- just a rowdy get-together of old college O: 603.643.6070 | C: 802.291.0436 ligiously meeting once a year. One of the pals, just a one-and-done. To our ongo- best parts is how little we have changed ing surprise, the seed we planted was a through the years. We have remained re- perennial that has continued to blossom for Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. freshingly honest, genuinely interested in 40 years. Nowhere else in our lives do we one another, and always ready with some have a photographic record of our time on heartfelt advice. earth measured as consistently on an an- I moved from New York to the Bay Area nual basis—not birthdays, college reunions, You can find 40 years ago, leaving most of my family and or holidays. friends on the East Coast. I have golf and It’s possible our time in Hanover at DAM online business buddies on the West Coast, but a turbulent time helped foster a fierce not close friends I can completely open up camaraderie that evolved naturally into to. Because we go back 50 years, we keep a long-term friendship. It’s also possible and on Facebook! each other grounded. we were just three saps who saw in each This past year one of our topics was other an excuse to meet and commiserate dying and what comes after death. With annually, knowing that every three years we www.DartmouthAlumni three completely different perspectives, could be the exalted grand marshal, wear his the Mikesters wrestled with that question magic rings and order the other two around Magazine.com at the president’s dinner. Then we made a (as stipulated in our founding document). few toasts, exchanged titular ornaments, We were three amigos before Steve Martin, and started to plan where to go next time. Martin Short, and Chevy Chase made their www.facebook.com/ movie and way before Gordon Sondland, And a Few from Steve Kurt Volker, and Rick Perry tried to dig up Here’s the dry math of it: For 40 consecu- dirt on Joe Biden in Ukraine. In life there DartmouthAlumniMagazine tive years the three of us have spent three or are things you have to do and things you four days at a Mike International reunion want to do. And sometimes, if you’re lucky, somewhere on the planet. Let’s call it three they are the same thing. So it is with this and a half days. That means each of us has friendship. Our kids view Mike as a unicorn, traveled long distances and paid lots of and we take that as an endorsement. We money to spend 140 days with one another. have casually discussed how and when our Why? Well, for the pleasure in it. I’ll annual gatherings might end, but there is no spare you the details because from time mention of term limits in the book of Mike. DAM to time we have done things that we’re not particularly proud of; we cannot believe Mike International has yet to determine we actually did; or some combination of where and when it will convene this year. ONLINE those two. Know this: There is nonsense “We will definitely meet up,” says O’Neill. and ridiculously hard laughing. Occasion- “There are no pandemic exceptions in the ally there is a rub the wrong way that leads bylaws.”

22 DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE notebook I 24 of passage. Police turnapeacefulprotest into anunfortunate rite My Arrest where Dr. Martin Luther KingJr. delivered the iconic steeple of the Riverside Church tomb of Civil War General Ulysses S. Grant, pants asthey proceeded pastthecelebrated ing, postingvideo, andinterviewing partici ment inbothdirections. Icontinued record highway andshut down allvehicular move expanded to thenorthbound lanesofthe and posted itonline.The demonstrators to I recorded a halt. the event as it happened the southbound highway andforced traffic dreds ofpeople proceeded uparamp onto to theWest SideHighway. From there, hun community andmarched down 125th Street control ofthemainthoroughfares ofthe Harlem like wildfire. a huge demonstration that spread through ran into the streets, and began documenting on atelevision screen. Ileftmy apartment, main quarantined, watching the revolution window, andIknew Icouldnolonger re protesters chanting outsidemy New York week Icould hear the voices of outraged by any meansnecessary. Bytheendof denly themoment hadarrived to demandit and ignored our appeals for justice, and sud pression. America hadrepeatedly avoided the cumulative impactof400years ofop- For many ofus, Floyd’s death symbolized living under centuries ofwhite supremacy. better articulate thesuffocation ofblacks the same lastwords—“I can’t breathe.” cidents caught onvideo, andbothuttering officers forminorinfractions, withbothin both intheir40s, bothkilledby white police ficers in2014. They were two black fathers, been choked to death by New York policeof Eric Garner, theStaten Islandmanwhohad plea Icouldhearthesame words spoken by and yet all too familiar. In Floyd’s desperate for help. Thefootage was raw andshocking police officers ignored Floyd’s repeated cries neck. For nearlyninepainfulminutes, four kneeling on46-year-old George Floyd’s Minneapolis policeofficerDerek Chauvin DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE The peacefulprotesters quicklytook No three words intheEnglishlanguage Day whenIsaw thehorrificvideoof ther’s grave inHouston for Memorial had just finished visiting my stepfa PERSONAL HISTORY by

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grandfather’s burial, in times in my life—at my I have passed outmany had always scared me. up andhandcuffed syncope, and the thought of being locked hood Ihave lived with claustrophobia and fortunate to bypass this ritual. Since child- untilfor that blackmen,but, day, Ihadbeen rested. Someconsideritarite ofpassage this was thefirst timeIhad ever beenar investments in apartheid South Africa—but campus exploded in1986over theCollege’s editor-in-chief ofThe Dartmouth covered protests for years—my first was as me, andstuckmeinasweltering van. Ihave officers removed mymask,photographed me backwards to the police blockade. The zip tiesthat bruised my wrists, andcarried dropped iton thestreet, cuffed mewithtight why theprotesters were marching. treatment, served as yet another reminder of televised arrest, alongwiththedisparity in than Jimenez,much differently” and the licly acknowledged that he had been “treated rested near the same area. Campbell pub CNN reporter, Josh Campbell, was notar apolis. He was arrested even thoughawhite live on the air from the protests in Minne- Jimenez, hadbeenarrested whilereporting one day after ablackCNNcolleague,Omar “You’re going to jail.” in agroup andarrested me. They moved pastmebutthenturnedaround proached, Itold themIwas with the press. evitable confrontation. Whenthepoliceap the policeandprotesters to filmthein- I stood nearthesideofroad inbetween of officers advanced toward the protesters. Street exit whileanintimidating phalanx NYPD vehicles blocked traffic atthe 95th when thepolicearrived inashow offorce. Harlem into the Upper West Side. That’s and thehistorically blackcommunity of his famous speechagainst theVietnam War, phone, cracked thescreen when they

In my case, thepolicetook my cell My arrest, onMay 30, took placejust “Doesn’t matter,” anofficer said. “I’m withthepress,” Irepeated. York City in late May. photographs inNew author, who took these much power,” says the “The police have too ON THESCENE when the when the - - - - photographs byKEITHBOYKIN under centuries of white supremacy. articulate thesuffocation ofblacks living “I can’t breathe.” No three words better

in America—finally became astatistic. 2020, that I—like so many other black men until late in my adulthood,inthespringof society would come with risks. But it was not to buildaninclusive, multiracial, anddiverse knew from their examples that the struggle colm XandMartin Luther KingJr., andI civil ticket. tially exposed to adeadlyvirus—for asimple had beenarrested, incarcerated, andpoten charge ofdisorderly That meant conduct. I in courtNovember for themisdemeanor release me.He gave measummonsto appear tody, theofficerwhoarrestedto me returned that evening, after sixhours inpolicecus throughout theentire ordeal. Finally, at 9:30 portunity to contact a lawyer or a loved one er given aphone call andnever given anop- been hardest hit by the pandemic. I was nev masked prisoners inthevery city that had with 34otherinmates. photographed again, andstuckinajailcell ters downtown, where Iwas processed, Next, thebusdrove usto policeheadquar- new prisoners were loadedonto thevehicle. with ourhandstiedbehindbacks as oner transport busand waited for anhour were moved to an un-air-conditioned pris us to theeastsideofManhattan, where we in thebackofvehicle. Thepolicedrove me. We sat only a few feet sweating apart, prisoner, a21-year-old Hispanicman,joined the backofapolicevan in2015. who diedinsuspiciouscircumstances in the 25-year-old blackmaninBaltimore metal door, Ithought aboutFreddie Gray, at any Whenthey moment. closed thethick a point to tell the officers that I could faint worry aboutmy physical health,andImade in the van, my mind immediately started to less stressful circumstances. AsIsat alone nental andflight, in my own home—under Clinton, in the middle seat on a transconti a crowded blackchurch withPresident Bill at Columbia University. for Research inAfrican-American Studies tator who teaches politics atthe Institute KEITH BOYKIN A few minutes later anotherunmasked As achildIstudiedthelessons ofMal- I was now locked upwithdozens ofun- is a CNNpolitical commen JULY/AUGUST 2020 25 ------notebook G 26 by competitive yoga. her markintheworld of Victoria Gibbs ’07 makes Flex Time would bepractical andrealistic,” shesays. “I started to zero in oncollege andwhat a decade. She also faced anew future. eating disorder. Itlasted for more than gaining weight that she developed an After surgery, she was so concernedabout shattered at 16 whenshetore hermeniscus. but her dream of becoming a dancer school shewas on theprofessional track, Gibbs started ballet at age 4.Bymiddle was onthecuspofanotherfight for herlife. loss, depression—but shehad noideashe she’d overcome to get there—addiction, dangling around her neck,Gibbs knew what nationals. Posing for photos withhermedal strongest moment ofmy life.” pushing backupintheposture. Itwas the kick in,” shesays. “Igave iteverything Ihad, you’re infront ofapaneljudges, nerves postures allthetime,andthenassoon as sent hertoppling over. “We practice these feet overhead to touch theforehead—nearly balancing onforearms, thenbringingthe posture, Tiger Scorpion—which involves neuvered through herroutine. Her favorite the performances. each for three to five seconds. Judges score to perform sixpostures (orasanas), holding centuries. Competitors have three minutes nastics orbodybuilding,dates backtwo ron, whichisakinto gym butthesport, competitive yoga may seem like anoxymo Yoga Asana Championship. Thenotionof competing inthe2016 New York Regional the judges, took adeepbreath, andbegan. together infront shebowed ofherheart, to nail this, sheBringing thought. her hands walked to thecenter ofthefloor. I’vegotta name, sheclimbed between theropes and lean limbs. Whentheemceeannounced her DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE

ABIGAIL JONES’03 Growing upinSkillman, New Jersey, She finished second andqualified for That day inBrooklyn, Gibbs deftlyma- Gibbs wasn’t there to box. Shewas SPORTS boxing mecca, stretching herlong, son’s Gym,Brooklyn’s famous ibbs stood near the ring at Glea

- - - photograph byRENEE CHOI body, notmany peoplecan do.” “The things shecan dowithher friend’s suicide,and hersearch for meaning. was persevering over her eating disorder, her earned career highlight—and asignGibbs nationals at Gleason’s Gymwas ahard- too long. Finally qualifying for the 2016 to bedisqualified because her routine took at regionals andqualified for nationals, only year.’ ”In2015, Gibbs scored intheTop 10 like, ‘I’m definitely gonna trythisagain next because I’m very hard onmyself, butIwas in thethird quarter ofcontestants. “Icried, posture, whichInailed.” Still,sheplaced twice. Iskippeditandwent into thelast my legs alltheway up. Itriedonce. do inmy sleep,” shesays. “Ijustcouldn’t get 2014 regionals, Gibbs fumbled “a posture I different beasts. At her first competition, the in areally difficultposture isjustperfect.” foot—her precision, alignment, and grace on one leg, doing a split but standing on one of herstandingbow—a classic yoga posture world asana champion.“Ifyou see apicture McCann, atwo-time national and2013 not many peoplecan do,” says Jared anything ashot.” competitive yoga, “I’llgive shethought, poses to master. Whenateacher suggested her ofballet:thewarm-up, thediscipline, class, shewas hooked. Yoga reminded she wandered into ayoga studio. After one therapy. Nothing helped—until 2012,when struggled with drinking, and tolerated For years sheworked office support jobs, for herdeath.” come to apoint where Ididn’t blamemyself shattered instantly. Ittook alongtimeto Cullinan died by suicide. “My world bypass heartsurgery and, thenext day, August 2008. Her father hadquadruple She felt happy. Buteverything changed in job infashion. Her eating habitsimproved. friend, Katherine Cullinan ’08, andgot a to Santa Barbara, California, withherbest with adegree inpsychology, Gibbs moved everyone isgoing to beaprimaballerina.” of ballet is so challenging. Notworld “The But practicing andperforming are “The things shecan dowithherbody, Depressed Gibbs moved andlost, home. After graduating from Dartmouth Gibbs was anatural.

ABIGAIL JONES journalist. Shelives inNew York City. path.” those things to understand that this is my time. Ithinkneededto go through allof believer that nothinghappens before its with yourself andwithlife. I’m afirm through something. You have to bepatient She’s real.” talented and role modelbecause sheisbeautifuland says. is such a nice spokesperson “Victoria challenges ordifficulties inlife,” McCann are young andhaven’t really experienced many yoga modelsonsocial mediawho story is so powerful because there are so to wellness to nearly20,000 followers. “Her up about the disease, gratitude, and her path money for lupus. OnInstagram, sheopens wellness retreats, andraises awareness and pursue what Iknow Ilove.” a gift.’ I was like, forget finance. I’m going to into hercareer. “Jared said, ‘Ithinkyou have Brooklyn inspired herto finallyturn yoga at McCann’s Lighthouse Yoga School in a lupusflare-up, a teacher training course at ahedge fundandbeinghospitalized for year, after losingherjob asanofficemanager in the2018internationals inBeijing.Last the 2017 and2018regionals andcompeting time Gibbs returned to yoga,in finishingfirst people withlupuscan bebleak.” practice yoga again because theoutcome for kidneys,” Gibbs says. “Ididn’t thinkIwould throughout thebody. “Ialmostlostoneofmy and tissues, causing inflammation andpain where theimmunesystem attacks itsorgans was diagnosed with lupus, a chronic disease and shecouldhardly walk. Eventually, she Soon after, hermotor skillsslowed down on stage whileperforming Tiger Scorpion. steroids. Nothing helped. thought shehadmumps. Anothergave her father’s voice whenhecalled. Onedoctor black outat work ornotrecognize her appeared inhermouth.Occasionally she’d formed onherfingers andwhite spots having migraines andfevers. Bloodblisters While training for nationals, shestarted truly proud ofandquietingthemind.” performing ademonstration that you’re she says. “It’s acompetitionwithinyourself, “Competitive yoga is not about winning,” As Gibbs puts it, “EveryoneAs Gibbs putsit, isgoing She spent months recovering, butin She went to nationals butcollapsed Today, Gibbs competes, teaches, leads Then life threw upanotherroadblock.

and she’s also going through stuff.

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before. I just thought, “Oh, now they’re coed, I can definitely go.” Honestly, I had not really given a lot of thought to how that weird ratio of men to women might play out.

And how did it play out? I don’t have any brutal memories. I remem- ber the rating cards in Thayer dining hall and the feeling when you went to frater- Uncertain times nities that this is male-dominated space and you’re there at their invitation, and require capable leaders. you’re conforming to their expectations, and if not, you better leave. It was nice to be invited to parties and out on dates and to football games—it was very 1950s-ish in a weird way. Sometimes guys got drunk and obnoxious or handsy or whatever.

How aware were you of sexism at the time? I was not aware until much later of the male- domination of the real estate, because it just was. So I wasn’t exactly critiquing it. My experience with the guys in my dorm—New Hamp—had been pretty great. I think it’s be- cause those were the ones who were willing to stay when it was coed. A lot of those guys were and are friends. Actually, one of them [Al Henning ’77, Adv’79] became somebody I got romantically involved with and, 42 years later, we’ve been married all this time.

What was your reaction to the 2017 allegations 1,000+ new leaders are going out into the world “A Failure to Dig of sexual misconduct against three professors to take on our most important challenges. in the department of psychological and brain Deeper” sciences [PBS]? Our son and daughter were undergrads at Your gifts to the Dartmouth College Fund Dartmouth during the early 2000s, and so Longtime educator Carol Muller ’77 boldly dissects we visited campus frequently in those years. provided the largest share of the fi nancial aid I knew from talking with one of the PBS fac- the College’s complicated relationship with women. ulty members at the time that gender and that one-in-two undergraduates relies on to attend. . by ABIGAIL JONES ’03 power dynamics were problematic in that department even then. I didn’t know how In this moment of great need, you stood arol Muller has spent much of her career in higher ed advocating for gender eq- bad or when the kind of abuse that brought uity on college campuses. She is executive director of Stanford WISE Ventures, the lawsuit to a head got as bad as it was, by our students with your support which seeks “equity in science, engineering, and mathematics…across the Stan- but I think we’re talking about a culture that Cford community,” according to its website. As associate dean at the Thayer School of went unchecked for a long time. The problem of the Dartmouth College Fund. Engineering in the 1990s, Muller cofounded the Dartmouth Women in Science Project was that people weren’t speaking up, likely and the Dartmouth Project for Teaching Engineering Problem-Solving. In 1997, Muller because they feared retaliation or at least founded MentorNet, an online network that connects students with engineering and couldn’t see any upside to rocking the boat. science professionals. A former philosophy major, she’s a member of Dartmouth Com- munity Against Gender Harassment & Sexual Violence, which has been critical of the In 2019, Dartmouth demanded that three College’s defense actions in the recently settled sexual abuse lawsuit filed by seven women anonymous plaintiffs in the lawsuit reveal in 2018 (two more plaintiffs joined the lawsuit in 2019). Here Muller offers insight into their identities. Thank you. the College’s sometimes difficult relationship with women. To many of us, that just felt like typical and unconscionable “institutional be- You arrived on campus in 1973, one year after Dartmouth went coed. What was it like? trayal,” which is Jennifer Freyd’s term. Your annual gifts to the Dartmouth College Fund Dartmouth is great at greeting people and enveloping them in the culture of the place. Around She’s a professor of psychology at the Uni- the edges, even early on, there were a few odd comments where you could tell that not every- versity of Oregon. She points out that it’s create moments that change lives dartgo.org/dcf body was on board with coeducation, which was nothing I had anticipated or experienced bad enough when someone experiences

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sexual harassment or some other trauma, was getting an award from Harvard Busi- reasonably top-notch research university. ticularly feminist president who really un- There was a failure to dig deeper to figure from these terrible things that happen and but it’s only compounded when the insti- ness School. There was a big dinner in San But I think being willing to own the past derstands what equity and equality mean out what had contributed to that behavior the mistakes that were made, you’re going tutional response to address that behavior Francisco with 150 female alums. The dean is part of that, to be open to some of that and is thoughtful about it. Someone with and how long had it really been going on to get recurrences. is inadequate. stood in front of them and apologized for critique. Not paying attention to history is personal experience. I don’t know the presi- and who else may have been harmed by it. It’s complicated. I’m sure there are the environment and behaviors the women often more of an oversight than intentional. dents well, and maybe it’s not a fair thing to I haven’t heard anyone say, “You know, we many lawyers saying, “Don’t say anything! When have schools gotten it right? had experienced as students there, dating Many inequities experienced through the say about Jim Wright and Phil Hanlon ’77. realize we should have paid attention,” or You might leave yourself open to a lawsuit.” Having been in higher ed for as long as I back to 1963, when HBS first began admit- years by faculty, students, and staff would be But how are decisions made? I think we “We changed some certain procedures or What academic leaders have to do is figure have, I’ve seen some interesting instances ting women. He hadn’t been dean at the judged illegal, even criminal, today, though have to look at that. some oversight things,” and maybe that’s out how to communicate some reassurance where leaders have taken bold and risky time, so this isn’t about his personal fail- in the culture and context of the times in happened, but I think people should say it. that systemic failures are being addressed. opportunities to acknowledge systemic ure, but he is the dean, so he apologized which they occurred there was little insti- What’s your take on Dartmouth’s Campus For far too long in cases of sexual harassment failures. You saw it in 1999 when MIT biol- on behalf of the institution for things they tutional support for addressing them in a Climate and Culture Initiative (C3I), focused there is a tendency to duck and cover and not ABIGAIL JONES serves on the DAM edito- ogist Nancy Hopkins went to the president shouldn’t have had to experience. way that recognized the harm to the lives, on creating a learning environment free from really change anything. If you can’t learn rial board. of MIT and said, “Look, I gave data to the It goes a long way when someone ad- ambitions, and academic and emotional sexual harassment and the abuse of power? dean about how women, despite their equal mits something happened that was not development of impacted individuals. It was very noticeable that there was no fo- accomplishments to the male faculty, are right. It makes people feel as if the insti- cus on alumni, yet alumni clearly drive in- not being given the same lab space.” And tution isn’t going to betray them by con- How can the school better reconcile its past, stitutional priorities—donors, engagement [president] Chuck Vest, to his credit, said, tinuing to ignore a history that isn’t great. present, and future? through alumni relations, not to mention “You’re right, we’re going to fix this.” He When you look at the history, President all the members of the board of trustees. COME BACK, didn’t try to make up some story about why Is there something about Dartmouth that John Kemeny skillfully navigated a complex Why wouldn’t we also try to educate and things were okay. He made lemonade out makes it harder for the school to do this? system toward a decision for coeducation in engage alumni on these issues? MAKE A DIFFERENCE… of lemons and got millions of dollars from Dartmouth could do these things more eas- 1972 that, if it had gone the other way, would A little over a year ago I went to a 250th TM foundations and others to engage peer uni- ily than other schools. It is pretty autono- have left Dartmouth in the backwoods for- Dartmouth celebration in San Mateo, Cali- TH versities to see how well they were treating mous and self-contained. It’s not part of a ever. I don’t think Dartmouth would have fornia. The chair of the board, Laurel Richie JOIN THE 40 their female faculty. big university system with layers of bureau- anywhere near the stature it does in the ’81, who’s wonderful, gave a lovely talk. She cracy. It’s not without financial resources. world of higher ed today had it not made said something along the lines of, “I’m sure Any other examples? The College wants to do the best it can with that decision to go coeducational. all the women in the audience will join me Ten to 12 years ago a colleague and friend undergraduate education and be a small, I don’t think Dartmouth has had a par- in our appreciation for John Kemeny for ANNUAL PROUTY making Dartmouth coed.” My immediate reaction was, “Wait a second, the women in the audience? Like the men in the audience aren’t grateful for coeducation? How is this coeducation if we’re still being asked to be “ I Prouty because I know funds Inspiring Design grateful for being included? Ahhh!” raised support cutting-edge cancer research. I look forward to coming Did you ask her about it? I went up to her after the reception and told back to Hanover for this tradition. her my reaction. To her credit, she looked I feel good knowing that I’m doing at me and said something to the effect of, “You’re right. You wouldn’t believe how something for me and for others.” many different people reviewed that speech.” Interior Design That’s exactly the kind of internalized, cul- tural gender differences that I feel we need Bill McNabb ‘79 Custom Fabrication to get to the root of when we talk about what needs to shift in the culture. Can’t we ask our- 10 year Prouty participant Renovations selves: What presumptions are we making through our language, actions, policies, and public statements that reinforce this sense, Save The Date: A Comprehensive because men were there first, that today they Showroom and Interior still somehow deserve more privilege? July 10, 2021 Design Service Guiding Your Project - So what can the College do differently? TheProuty.org Concept to Completion I hesitate to say specifically, because I don’t know what it has been doing. But as a con- cerned alum, I would have expected more of a response that considered organiza- Hanover, NH tional factors rather than just saying, “Oh, BIKE, WALK, ROW, GOLF TO FIGHT CANCER! 603-643-3727 there were three bad actors—they some- how thrived and survived in this depart- A premier Upper Valley event benefiting cancer research and patient supportive gilberteinteriors.com ment for how many years—and then were services at Dartmouth and Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center persuaded to leave or retire, end of story.”

30 DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE JULY/AUGUST 2020 31 INTERNET FAMOUS YOUTUBE PHENOM MICHELLE KHARE ’14 MAKES A VERY GOOD LIVING. BY JENNIFER* WULFF ’96

DAREDEVIL Khare’s Challenge Accepted series features the self- AND SHE WORKS HARD described “extreme lifestyle enthusiast” tackling a wild array * FOR THE MONEY. of adventures and tough jobs.

32 DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE JULY/AUGUST 2020 33 J.D. RENES J.D. this whole “internet sensation” thing series now streaming on HBO Max. doesn’t work out, Michelle Khare has Whoa, you might be thinking. I thought a long list of Plan Bs to fall back on: YouTube was just for learning to program my FBI agent, chef, model, astronaut, thermostat and watching guinea pigs play firefighter. She’s learned it all as part of basketball. Okay, boomer, here are some facts: her popular YouTube series, Challenge YouTube is the second most trafficked website Accepted. Sometimes at great pains. after Google. More than a billion hours of During her fire academy stint she content are watched per day. While TV conducted underwater rescue drills viewership is declining by double digit rates in 10-degree weather and fought a each year, YouTube viewing is increasing by 1,700-degree structure fire—from in- double digits. Half of 18- to 49-year-olds don’t side. And after way too many pushups even have a cable package anymore, but 90 followed by a gas chamber exercise at percent of those people watch YouTube. And the Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, she fell to the ground the platform is a dream for advertisers. Ads on IIFand vomited. But the toughest challenge Khare (pronounced kar- YouTube are 84 percent more likely to hold a ray) has faced since starting her channel two years ago is convinc- viewer’s attention than those on TV. ing people that her own job is a legitimate one. “There’s this huge This translates into the channel owners divide. People see traditional media as this epitome of visual arts making a killing. You know that dopamine and YouTube as its trashy second cousin,” says Khare. “I’m always buzz all of us get when the little hearts and trying to dispel the stereotype that we’re all loud, disrespectful likes begin adding up on our social media vloggers pulling pranks or something. When people come to my posts? Imagine the thrill if those hearts were channel, I want them to be blown away by the high quality.” dollar signs. Now add some zeros—a lot of With 2 million subscribers and counting, Khare is no one-click zeros. YouTube’s top earner last year made pony. The average view count for her Top 10 uploads is 5.4 million. $26 million. He’s 8 years old. To give a “real TV” comparison, about that many viewers tuned into weekly episodes of ABC’s hit comedy Modern Family last season. TODAY, WEARING BLACK LEGGINGS, A And the production value is network-worthy, too. “You always want red sequin tailcoat, and rhinestone-studded your next video to be better than your last, and hers are. They’re lashes, Khare (who prefers to not divulge these cinematic masterpieces,” says comedian and fellow YouTuber her own earnings) is at a small theater in Kelsey Darragh, who has known Khare since 2015, when they Santa Monica, California, with a 35-member MULTITASKER worked together at BuzzFeed. “She’s always pushing herself past cast and crew to film the grand finale of her Millions of viewers her limits in everything she does. Her work ethic is f***ing crazy.” latest challenge: training like a Broadway have watched Khare train as a ballerina, Khare has a lot to show for it. Since posting her firstChallenge star. In the preceding six weeks she not only attempt UFC fighter Accepted video in 2018, in which she spent five weeks training like a learned to sing and dance, but, with the help Conor McGregor’s Victoria’s Secret model to see what it takes to prepare for a swimsuit of a choreographer, lyricist, and composer, gym workout, fly in a fighter jet, and shoot, Khare has hired four full-time employees, partnered with she also wrote and produced the mini revue attend a firefighting brands such as Clinique, Hyundai, Smartfood, and Playtex, and is they’re performing. academy. now in the process of launching her own line of athletic wear. Her YouTube Rewind, the Musical takes a fan appeal also helped her get cast as the host of Karma, a reality tongue-in-cheek look back at some of the BELOW FROM LEFT: KAI BYRD, J.D. RENES, GARRETT KENNELL; RIGHT: ERIC HURST RENES, GARRETT KENNELL; RIGHT: J.D. BYRD, KAI FROM LEFT: BELOW

THE ONLY WAY I’VE SUCCEEDED AT ANYTHING IS “BY WORKING MY ASS OFF.”

34 DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE salacious moments (or, as some would say, “the tea”) that aired on YouTube content providers rake in revenue sauna, a cryotherapy chamber, a professional 5 a.m. each day to train and competed most the platform in 2019. Lyricist and actor Steve Greist wasn’t sure through advertising. Some is calculated back scratch, extreme acupuncture, and weekends. they could pull it off in time for the release date, but Khare came through Google AdSense, which pays a something called a yoni steaming, which may “That’s Michelle. She’ll say something in so prepared they had time to spare. “Somehow she made the “revenue per thousand impressions” rate, not be everyone’s cup of tea but is certainly like, ‘I think I’ll try bike riding.’ Then she rehearsal process incredibly efficient but also personal and warm and additional earnings are made from ad worth looking up. While she doesn’t have a turns pro,” says one of her best friends from and very playful and collaborative,” says Greist. “Working with her click-throughs. (YouTube ad revenue for live stream of her every move, completely Dartmouth, Eliana Piper ’14, director of was such a positive experience.” fiscal 2019: $15.1 billion.) Brand deals are the unplugging is a tough concept. Even a THERE’S strategy and innovation at the ACLU. “She Getting glammed up to do some musical theater doesn’t seem biggest source of revenue, though. You’ll often getaway to Belize turned into an episode puts 100 percent of herself into everything a bad way to spend a Thursday afternoon, but Khare doesn’t have see Khare thank a company for sponsoring about going without the internet for a week. SUCH she does.” the luxury of basking in the limelight. Whenever she’s not needed the video and make a quick plug for its “It’s the hardest thing for me to say, ‘Okay, AUTHENTICITY Growing up, Khare thought she’d be on stage, she travels up the aisles in her tap shoes (which add only product. She’ll also partner with companies I’m not going to work today,’ ” says Khare. a doctor or lawyer or work in finance. Her an inch of height to her 5-foot-2 frame) to review footage with her to do videos directly tied to their brands. In a She didn’t even let a global pandemic slow “TO HER father, a skin pathologist who came to the camera crew and director. In other spare moments between takes, recent 10-minute spot paid for by Target, for her down. She and fiancé Garrett Kennell, 27, AND A United States from New Delhi with his family she replies to emails and text messages, schedules meetings in her instance, she and a chef have a timed cook- her channel’s creative director, used the when he was 10, and her mother, a Louisiana Google calendar, and uploads snippets of the musical as teasers off using only ingredients from the store’s time to convert the loft’s editing office into WILLINGNESS native who studied biology, built a stable life for her 300,000 Instagram followers. grocery department. In another, Khare gets a soundproof and professionally lit filming TO LEARN. for themselves. Their daughter thought she “I’m always trying to grow my business, so that is constantly her DNA tested by 23andMe to learn more studio. They also launched a podcast called ” should do the same. Although they never on my mind,” says Khare, sitting down for a moment to chat. “I about her ancestry. (She’s half Indian and half Mission Accomplished, in which Khare and discouraged her from following her dreams, run my channel like a production company, so it’s expensive and European, for anyone wondering.) Kennell riff on what went into shooting some of the YouTube “I don’t think any parent wants to hear, ‘I’m it’s a lot to manage. And I have people working for me, so I’m Khare’s most popular video (more than 9 episodes, as well as talk about everyday topics, such as getting going to L.A. to be an actress!’ ” she says. responsible for their financial security. Keeping everyone happy million views) was her boot camp episode, and through the challenges of quarantine life. It already has 30,000 “There’s no set path for that. My dad probably is something I take pride in, but I do have this feeling of being a the U.S. Marine Corps paid all the expenses subscribers. still wants me to get an M.B.A—just in case.” mom sometimes, and I don’t even have kids.” At that, she hops up of that production. That’s a rare case. Khare “Just like everyone else we’re concerned and disappointed and Acting is also one of Khare’s endeavors. to make sure that the lunch catering order she placed includes pays for most projects herself, and with the frustrated at the Covid-19 situation, as well as sad and scared,” Although audition opportunities are scarce vegetarian and gluten-free options for the cast and crew members Challenge Accepted videos costing $7,000 to says Khare, who credits frequent video chats with her therapist for for now, she remains dedicated to learning who may have dietary restrictions. $20,000 to produce, she uses considerable keeping her outlook positive. She’s also found solace in hunkering the craft and attends classes three times a The next morning at Khare’s modern loft in Studio City, her revenue to finance them and cover the down with Kennell to watch movies and indulge in some good ol’ week via Zoom. She’s putting as much effort three editors are already at work, cutting, color-correcting, and overhead costs of equipment, payroll, travel, fashioned comfort food. “Trust me, I’ve had my share of pasta into this challenge as any of her others. mixing sound from the many hours of camera footage from the and other expenditures. There are also dinners.” “There’s nothing I’m naturally talented at,” day before. They sit in AKRacing gaming chairs (a cooler, younger multiple agents and managers who represent The couple, who met four years ago and started dating in late she insists. “The only way I’ve succeeded at counterpart to the Herman Miller Aeron) at a room-length desk, Khare, and they all get a cut. 2018, got engaged on Valentine’s Day in Bora Bora. It was a quick anything is by working my ass off.” facing massive panoramic monitors. This particular project Another popular series on Khare’s channel between-gigs trip that Khare booked as a surprise for Kennell. Khare’s drive is one of the reasons requires extra work because in addition to readying the upload is Extreme Body Makeover, in which she and ROLE MODEL Then he one-upped her by proposing on the beach. The whole producer J.D. Roth hired her to host his new of the production itself, there is also six weeks of rehearsal footage a nutritionist and trainer crack a diet and “Anything Michelle scene—Kennell on one knee in the sand, the hugs and kisses that reality series, Karma, which started airing to curate into the Challenge Accepted episode about the making fitness whip on a friend or subscriber for six did, she wanted followed—was by a photographer he hired to capture the June 18. The show puts a group of young to be the best at,” of the musical. “My team is amazing,” says Khare. “Paring down weeks. Khare often experiments with new says Khare’s sister, memory. And it all went up on Instagram, of course, because social teens in the woods to compete in challenges, so much footage into a compelling, exciting-to-watch, 30-minute exercise routines and eating plans herself for Madeline. media engagement is something to be cherished, too. but it’s really their characters being put to story is no easy task.” her channel. She also goes on a lot of “only in Khare’s high-achievement habits go back to her childhood the test. “I gave her the job right in the room.

Much in the way that traditional TV networks make money, L.A.” type adventures. She tries an infrared RENES, GARRETT KENNELL GARRETT KENNELL, J.D. FROM LEFT: BELOW in Shreveport, Louisiana, a small town 180 miles east of Dallas. I have never done that before,” says Roth, “Anything Michelle did, she wanted to be the best at,” says her who co-produced NBC’s The Biggest Loser sister, Madeline, 23, who also lives in Los Angeles and works as among other hit reality shows before creating a script coordinator for Ellen DeGeneres’ new animation series, Karma. “Her IQ is off the charts and there’s Little Ellen. “When she did a play she was always the star, she won such authenticity to her and a willingness to every science fair ever, and she was at the top of her class from learn. She was a dream to work with.” eighth grade on. She was destined for greatness.” What’s Khare’s next challenge? One At Dartmouth Khare created a custom major in digital media that continues to elude her is meeting and technology under the guidance of computer science professor producer-writer-director-actor-star alum Lorie Loeb, and she used the quarter system to her advantage by Mindy Kaling ’01. “I’m so embarrassed to getting hot-ticket internships at NBC Universal, DreamWorks admit this, but I used to have a Mindy Kaling Animation, and Google in non-summer terms. She also met as fan account on Twitter. Every day I’d tweet many people in the entertainment industry as she could. “I avidly a link or say something I liked about her. It used the alumni network to set up coffee meetings just to learn was the cringiest, most old school internet from them,” she says. “Being able to directly email alumni is an thing I’ve ever done,” says Khare, nervously amazing resource.” wondering if Kaling will read this. “She is A stranger to L.A. when she arrived for her first internship, Khare such a trailblazer and meeting her is one joined a recreational cycling group to make friends. She ended up of my biggest dreams. It should happen excelling in the sport. When she returned to Hanover, she joined the naturally, though, when I’ve done enough to cycling team and helped Dartmouth win the 2013 Ivy championship. deserve to meet her. I’m not worthy yet!” She rode professionally after graduation, even when she got a junior producer job at BuzzFeed. On top of long hours writing, directing, JENNIFER WULFF is a contributing editor to casting, and often acting in videos for the website, she woke up at DAM. She lives in Connecticut.

36 DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE JULY/AUGUST 2020 37 ILLUSTRATION BY JEFFREY SMITH THE PROFESSOR was a

BY RICK BEYER ’78

WENTWORTH ELDREDGE ’31 SPYCHAIRED THE SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT. BUT DURING WORLD WAR II HE SIGNED ON WITH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, ENGAGED IN A HIGH-STAKES LONDON LOVE AFFAIR, AND SECRETLY INTRIGUE “It was an incredible HELPED TRICK THE NAZIS. operation,” Eldredge wrote, “juggling the HIS STUDENTS NEVER KNEW. reporting of about two dozen imaginary sub-agents who did not exist.” 38 DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE JULY/AUGUST 2020 39 he blue-eyed Dartmouth professor also happened to be married to the son of an met the raven-haired British beauty earl who was off serving in a distant outpost. at a wild party on his first night in She and Eldredge fell hard for each other. In war-weary London in February 1943. wartime London, peacetime morality became Wentworth Eldredge was a recently the first casualty. commissioned captain in the Army Air Le Poer Trench’s stepfather was Royal Corps. Wasting no time that night, he Air Force Wing Cmdr. Dennis Wheatley, a and two fellow officers crashed a posh prolific and popular British author of detec- wedding party at a private club. They tive and spy novels. “He had a vivid imagi- were soon speeding toward a West End nation and was a very colorful character nightspot in a cab with several young indeed,” remembered Eldredge. “His blue women—including 23-year-old Diana (RAF) officer’s coat was lined with scarlet silk Le Poer Trench. “Six of us decided to go and he carried a leather swagger-stick (a con- to the 400 Club and Diana got huffy a bit cealed sword cane)—both non-regulation.” about sitting on my lap,” remembered A lover of sumptuous meals and a Eldredge. “Those marvelous London heaping helping of intrigue, Wheatley was cabs were built for a limit of five.” The wee hours saw the two apparently on speaking terms with everyone of them stepping out to the strains of an 18-piece orchestra on a in the British government. Eldredge became dimly lit dance floor. dimly aware that Wheatley had a hush-hush, T PROJECT ARMY LEGACY GHOST Eldredge had no way of knowing how this chance meeting high-level job but did not would change his life—and, in its own way, affect the course of know the whole truth: World War II. Le Poer Trench’s stepfather was a bestselling novel- Wheatley was entrenched ist with a shadowy job in British intelligence. Father and daughter HE SAID VERY in the ultra-secret London drew the professor-turned-military-man into a dark-arts world “ Controlling Section, mili- of cloak and dagger—a secret war of deception against the Nazis. tary deception strategists Eldredge helped implement one legendary military deception and SERIOUSLY THAT for the British joint chiefs was instrumental in directing another, all the time wooing Le Poer of staff. Ingersoll arranged for Eldredge to join the American planners. GHOST ARMY I would be shot if I revealed what he was going Trench, who had her own secrets. “He loved the adventure, he loved I WOULD BE SHOT In late 1943, six The newly minted deceiver visited what he called “the holy of Phony tanks and to tell me. This brought me up sharply as I, of months before D-Day, other military the secrecy,” says their son, Jamie Eldredge ’73. holies,” London Controlling Station’s underground nerve center in equipment duped course, answered, ‘Yes, sir.’ ” From the late 1930s to the mid , except for the war years, Wheatley wanted to make a top-secret fortified bunker, steps from Prime Minister Winston the Germans in the Taylor revealed one of the biggest secrets of “Went” Eldredge was the epitome of an establishment professor. IF I REVEALED sure that American offi- Churchill’s cabinet war rooms. From this heavily guarded rabbit Allies’ 1944 war of the war: British code breakers at Bletchley Park deception. A Brooklyn-born Dartmouth grad with a Ph.D. from Yale, he cers chosen to coordinate warren of narrow, dimly lit corridors and tiny offices, the British had broken the Germans’ supposedly ironclad chaired Dartmouth’s sociology department and ran programs in WHAT HE WAS with British deception government ran its war effort—and Eldredge’s British counterparts Enigma code. Taylor was responsible for distributing that top- city planning and urban studies as well as international relations. efforts would be smart initiated him into the clandestine world. secret intelligence—code name Ultra—to Americans with a need He consulted with various government agencies and lectured at enough to master the The British had embarked on one of the most audacious pieces to know. Eldredge was inducted into that select group so he could NATO. He was also a founding trustee of Outward Bound in the GOING TO TELL ME."”” challenge and trustwor- of military trickery in history. Their goal: convince the enemy that gauge how the German high command was reacting to his phony United States. At cocktail parties he was not shy about sharing thy enough to keep some a massive Allied army under Gen. George Patton was gathering in stories. “I thought, ‘No more drinking,’ and I hoped I did not talk amusing stories from his wartime years, but he was guarded about of the British government’s most important southeast England, preparing to invade France at Pas-de-Calais. in my sleep,” he remembered. He was soon privy to a heady mix the specifics. It wasn’t until the last few decades—after documents secrets. “Dennis was devoted to his beaute- It was a sleight-of-hand. The real Allied invasion would land 150 of secrets and insider access. “I felt I’d burst if the Army had one were declassified, tongues loosened, and Eldredge’s unpublished ous stepdaughter, Diana,” wrote Eldredge. miles down the French coast in Normandy. more reason to shoot me.” memoir and private correspondence surfaced—that the whole “He asked her did she know some bright Eldredge, Ingersoll, and their boss, Col. Billy Harris, After D-Day, Eldredge and Ingersoll crossed into France as story came to light. American who did not have ‘a big mouth’ (a coordinated all the American aspects of what became known as deception planners for the 12th U.S. Army Group under Gen. After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, the young national failing). Diana answered she knew Operation Fortitude, a strategic ruse that played a critical role in Omar Bradley. They cooked up a multitude of battlefield decep- assistant professor took a leave of absence from Dartmouth to one…who might fit the bill.” Eldredge found the success of the D-Day landings. tions utilizing a top-secret American detachment that earned the offer his services to his country. He worked for the war division himself invited to Christmas festivities at British spymasters had turned every German agent in England nickname “the Ghost Army.” This one-of-a-kind unit deployed of the U.S. Department of Justice, was briefly attached to the U.S. Wheatley’s flat, where he was awed by the and used them to feed misinformation to the Nazis. The most ef- inflatable tanks and artillery, broadcast sound effects from giant State Department, then joined the Army Air Corps, where he was generals and air marshals who kept dropping fective of these double agents was Juan Pujol García, known as speakers, and used radio spoofery and dazzling impersonations commissioned as an officer and trained in military intelligence. in. It gradually dawned on him: He was being “Garbo.” One of Eldredge’s jobs was to come up with what he called to fool the Germans about the location and size of actual units. Upon arriving in London, though, he was given only mundane vetted by the British military. “juicy things and true-sounding things” about the fake American Eldredge rigged up a map room in a converted ambulance. At key writing and research work that had nothing to do with intelligence. Through Wheatley’s influence, Eldredge army and supply Garbo and his fake spy network with plausible points in the war, the Ghost Army secretly helped American com- “I was getting increasingly bored with being assistant historian lunched with Maj. Ralph Ingersoll, an Ameri- fictions. “It was an incredible operation,” Eldredge later wrote, manders by disguising weak spots in the line or drawing German of the 8th Air Force—not what I signed up for!” he wrote in his can who made a powerful impression. “I never “juggling the reporting of about two dozen imaginary sub-agents attention away from attacking forces. The details remained under memoir. Eldredge compensated with a swinging nightlife and spent met such a bright guy who was such a goddamn who did not exist.” wraps until the 1990s. time with an assortment of partners. But when he was hospitalized liar,” Eldredge recalled to Ingersoll’s biogra- The lies would be meaningless unless the Germans believed When Bradley moved his advance headquarters to Luxembourg with jaundice in Oxford, he found out who really cared about him. pher. A flamboyant celebrity journalist and them. He harbored doubts about whether this “chicken-feed,” as City in September 1944, Eldredge and Ingersoll moved as well. “I worked up enough energy to want to see some of the ‘lovelies’ author in civilian life, Ingersoll had a genius he called it, was serving any purpose and demanded proof that Their secret war had its perks. Bradley and his staff commandeered from London town. Diana was the only one who nibbled to come for trickery. “Any problem, he would just think German commanders believed the deceits. He met with U.S. Army a hotel where Ingersoll hosted evening martini parties: British up over a weekend.” a bit and come out with something,” mused an Col. Telford Taylor, later a famed prosecutor at Nuremberg. “I gin, vermouth liberated from the Wehrmacht, and lemon powder Le Poer Trench was a child of the British upper class, fluent in admiring Eldredge. “This was damn irritating went to see Taylor, who said pleasantly enough, ‘Hello, Eldredge,’ from K-ration anti-scurvy packets. “Marlene Dietrich was there French, German, and Italian. Before the war she had been a painter. for a college professor. He was always three then stopped and started again when all the curtains in the room on occasion in GI fatigue clothes…while her ‘date,’ Georgie Patton, A direct descendant of King Henry VII of England, Le Poer Trench moves ahead of you.” were drawn. His manner changed, and he said very seriously that was having talks with Omar before dinner. (continued on page 78)

40 DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE JULY/AUGUST 2020 41 THE TRACKER

CAN VIRUS EMILY WROE ’03 SAVE US FROM OURSELVES?

BY LISA KOCIAN ’94 GETTY IMAGES GETTY 42 DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE JULY/AUGUST 2020 43 EMILY WROE caught one of the last flights out of Jo- “Emily really pushed the ball forward in Malawi,” says Kim, hannesburg, South Africa, on March 19, just as the coronavirus was a physician who also has served as president of the World Bank tightening its grip on the United States. She had to choose where to Group. “The most common thing people say about work in these be during the pandemic. It was a tough decision, but the Harvard- poor, developing countries is the three most important things you educated doctor and public health professional wanted to see if her have to have to succeed are patience, patience, and patience, but experience in developing nations might be useful in her own country. that’s not actually true. You need patience, high aspirations that Within 36 hours Wroe was tapped to help lead the ambitious actually match those of the people you serve, and determination." contact-tracing effort underway in Massachusetts. It’s the first When the program was announced on April 3, Massachusetts, time she has worked outside Africa in six years, and people assume with a population just under 7 million, had about 15,000 Covid-19 it must be strange and different. cases. By early June the number had surpassed 101,000, but the GONE VIRAL “I feel like we entered Her response? number of new cases per day was dropping dramatically, from this parallel universe “Ooh no, this is the same. This is really complicated work,” a peak of 3,008 on April 17 to 896 on May 26, according to the of the Covid-19 virus,” Wroe tells DAM in April from her aunt and uncle’s home outside official state tally. Wroe says. “I haven’t picked up my head Boston, where she is staying. “Global health is global, including in By late May the collaborative was completing phone interviews and thought about America right now. We’re the center of the pandemic.” for 60 to 70 percent of people identified as having the virus and anything else [except] The new $44-million Massachusetts COVID-19 Community their reported contacts, says Wroe. The other 30 to 40 percent how do we make this work every day?” Tracing Collaborative, an initiative run by multiple state government are a mix of hospitalized patients, some high-risk cases who are agencies alongside global nonprofit Partners in Health (PIH), aims to referred to a local board of health, and some people the contact help identify people who have been exposed to the virus before they tracers just can’t track down—at least not yet. Few people decline spread it further. As the director of implementation and design for to be interviewed when they are reached, Wroe says. PIH in Massachusetts, Wroe is responsible for hiring, training, and “For both cases and contacts, we’re getting people really grateful supervising a new army of contact tracers across the state. for us calling,” she says. “I think, honestly, people are scared.” “This is not a new, fashionable, trendy thing,” says Wroe, who The program is working closely with local boards of health based has done contact tracing in Africa for tuberculosis and HIV. “We in cities and towns. She heard about one local agent who went to actually know what to do about Covid-19. Normally all this would someone’s house with a homemade sign in an effort to reach out. be done over a six- to 12-month period, but we just had to start. We That was David Ouellette, the health agent in Dracut, who has used a are madly trying to keep up with the need.” sign with his name and number about 30 times Here’s how it works. Lab results are now. The data coming over from the state is transmitted via a secure database, and a good but not perfect, he says, so sometimes a also an associate physician at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and their colleagues’ children before proposing a new idea or project. contact tracer interviews the patient to wrong phone number means a drive. Often an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School. Tongue-in-cheek advice, Dunbar adds, but the message was real. discuss every place where that person was in the person will be at home but doesn’t want Wroe has worked on health programs in multiple countries, As contact tracing becomes more common, debate continues the 48 hours before symptoms appeared. The “THE WORLD to come to the door, so he or she will call the including Rwanda and Tanzania. But it’s the rural district of Neno on the best way to do it. Google and Apple famously announced contact tracer tries to find out if the patient IS GOING TO LOOK number and talk to Ouellette on his cell phone in Malawi that she has called home for most of her career. “I think a partnership on April 10 to offer what they call an “exposure can safely and effectively isolate at home and REALLY DIFFERENT as he sits in his car. I landed in global health because it’s this intersection of human notification solution”—tracking people using their phones, with whether food or medicine is needed. Then “At first I was nervous doing it because social justice and the science piece,” says Wroe. “I think I’m very protections for privacy, and alerting them about potential exposure. all the contacts must be notified that they’ve ON THE OTHER I thought people would be upset,” he says. fortunate to have landed on a career where I deeply believe in They aren’t looking to replace manual contact tracing but hope been exposed and can access testing and any SIDE OF COVID-19.” “Instead, the response was terrific.” what we’re trying to do when I go to work every day.” technology can address some of the challenges—not the least of other services they might need. Contacts The goal of the program is ambitious: As chief medical officer for PIH, Wroe managed to signifi- which are people’s memories about where they were and who they are not told who potentially exposed them, to reach all cases and all contacts in cantly expand care for Malawians with noncommunicable diseases were with in the days before they became symptomatic. only that they may have come within 6 feet Massachusetts in a timely manner, says Wroe. (NCDs) such as diabetes. At the time, says Beth Dunbar, who be- “It’s a no-brainer that we should use technology,” says Ramesh of someone who has tested positive. To be effective, she says, contact tracing came friends with Wroe when they worked together in Malawi, Raskar, an associate professor at MIT Media Lab and the founder In late April, before the collaborative was has to be done in concert with robust testing most public health dollars were going toward HIV. Dunbar says of COVID SafePaths, which is developing free, open-source tools to even up to full strength, says Wroe, contact tracers already had and all the social services that make it possible for people, especially Wroe devised a way to piggyback onto the existing infrastructure protect privacy and allow technology to help with contact tracing. encountered the full range of anticipated challenges: domestic those in vulnerable communities, to quarantine or isolate safely. to expand care beyond HIV. Wroe added training and medications He notes that technology is not a replacement for manual contact violence, mental health crises, and housing insecurity. “We get a A comprehensive program is the key, she adds, to “strong public to the pop-up clinic model used for HIV care, which made it pos- tracing. “What they are doing in Massachusetts is great, but we lot of people saying things like, ‘I have to go to work to get my check health systems that hold the pandemic at bay and keep it from sible to reach more people with NCDs close to their homes. Since can amplify and simplify it.” so I can pay my rent’ or ‘My boss doesn’t understand that I need to ruling our lives.” Success would be not flattening the curve, but then, Wroe joined PIH’s global NCD team with the hope that care Technology has a definite role to play, but in Massachusetts the quarantine,’ ” Wroe says. That’s when resource coordinators, many watching it slide downward so people can reopen businesses and for chronic conditions can be expanded in several countries where decision was to move forward first on the manual contact tracing, of them social workers or nurses, step in. They send letters from the go back to school. PIH has programs. Wroe says. “Humans plus technology are better and more efficient state department of public health to employers or landlords or call The program received more than 35,000 applications for 1,200 When Dunbar thinks of Wroe in Malawi, she is barreling up together. We say that over and over.” if they have permission from the patient. And if the patient can’t paid contact-tracer positions, says Wroe, who estimates they a mountain in a four-wheel-drive Land Cruiser along makeshift Wroe is optimistic about what’s next. The pandemic will isolate at home safely, hotel rooms and dorm rooms are available. make 7,000 to 9,000 calls daily, including to patients who have roads. Wroe often stopped to offer a ride to a grandmother or change the landscape of global health, she predicts, which means “The reason other places can’t do this is, frankly, they don’t have tested positive and people exposed to the virus. Because of social family traveling the road, Dunbar says. Many times they would opportunities. It’s a chance to reframe how society thinks about someone like Emily, who has worked in more difficult settings and distancing, those who test positive are reporting fewer than five be “almost home” when they came upon an impassable river or healthcare, and Wroe says she hopes that will lead to a stronger, isn’t going to get intimidated,” says Jim Yong Kim, who is credited contacts each, on average, says Wroe. Without social distancing, other danger, forcing them to turn around and find a new way. “It’s more equitable global health system. with convincing Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker that contact that would be expected to go up. these moments when Emily shines—turning up the music, finding “The world is going to look really, really different on the other tracing must be part of the war against the virus. “She’s trying to do Wroe grew up in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, majored in environmental humor and laughs to overcome the frustration, badmouthing the side of Covid-19,” she says. “I don’t know the specifics, but I’m something that has never been done at this scale in the United States.” studies, and got her first look at the continent that would become ‘driveway,’ and making the most of the trip.” excited to be part of it.” Kim, a former president of Dartmouth and cofounder of PIH, her home via a study abroad program in South Africa her junior Wroe is adept at building relationships, Dunbar says. In orien- believes Wroe is up to the task, particularly because of her success im- year. After Dartmouth she earned degrees from Harvard in 2010 tation training for the many volunteers and staff rotating through LISA KOCIAN is a Boston-based writer and former staff reporter

proving healthcare in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in Africa. and 2015 and started with PIH while she was still a student. She is WEBB CHAPPELL Malawi, Wroe told newcomers they should know the names of for The Boston Globe.

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MINDY KALING ’01 Binge-worthy The hitmaker strikes again with Never Have I Ever.

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Puck Promoter Seattle NHL franchise hires an ambassador. EDEN ABRAM ’94

ON A CHILLY SATURDAY IN MARCH, THE NHL’S “Black Hockey History Tour” rolled into its 13th city and Sanctuary newest market: Seattle. The tricked-out tractor-trailer, parked outside the Northwest African American Museum, An advocate for animals sported life-sized posters, memorabilia, and highlight reels “THERE’S NOT MUCH IN THE WAY of the game’s black stars and pioneers. Boyd, who skated for of weekends or vacations,” says Abram his Minnesota high school and later captained Dartmouth’s of her work tending about 150 creatures club team, knows what it’s like to be one of the lone players that live at Another Chance Ranch, her of color on the ice. Inside the truck, a small boy pulled on a nonprofit domestic animal sanctuary pair of youth hockey gloves, stepped up to a blown-up game in Saint Augustine, Florida. She has photo, and gleefully pounded it with his fists. run the place since 2015 with her fa- “However they come to the game is good by me,” says ther, retired physician Stephen Abram Boyd. As the director of youth and community develop- ’66. “We’re a true sanctuary. We take ment for the NHL’s 32nd franchise (an expansion team in animals for the rest of their lives, scheduled to begin play in 2021), the former history major whether they’re seniors or disabled or is leading the effort to generate local youth interest and just falling through the cracks.” hockey programs. He helped bring the exhibit to Seattle’s The 40-acre ranch is home to about historically black Central District. He greeted families, BLAKE NEFF ’13 80 birds (mostly chickens and ducks), introduced museum volunteers, and steered kids to a play- 20 cats, and 30 dogs. “Everybody’s got ground area with street-hockey nets and sticks and balls. names,” Abram notes. Other residents He has become a public face of the new franchise’s com- include pigs, goats, sheep, donkeys, a The Right Stuff mitment to community building. mustang, and two giant African sulcata Former Review staffer settles in at Fox. “Kyle is incredibly committed to service,” says Mari tortoises. One of the ranch’s earliest Horita, the club’s vice president of community engagement NEFF HAS NEVER APPLIED TO ANY JOB HE’S LANDED. adoptees, a Great Dane mix named and philanthropy. “He’s a former teacher who happens to be His first job after graduation was at news websiteThe Hill Auggie with only three functional legs, a great hockey player working in a sport trying to become in Washington, D.C., and came from a fellowship with came from a no-kill shelter in town. more inclusive and reflective of society. You couldn’t find the Collegiate Network. From there he was connected to “He was sort of a mess—his cheeks a better person for what we’re trying to do.” The Daily Caller, an online news publication co-owned by were just like nubbins,” says Abram. Boyd is defining the job as he goes. “It’s not only about conservative TV personality Tucker Carlson. Neff was an “But he was such a nice old guy I had building the fan base,” he says. “It’s about reducing barriers education correspondent for the Caller, and his occasional to spring him.” Under her care, Auggie and making a great sport accessible to more people in our satiric pieces caught Carlson’s eye, so he invited Neff to survived for nearly five years. community.” —Jim Collins ’84 join Tucker Carlson Tonight shortly after it launched on Abram, who, like her father, ma- Fox in November 2016. Neff has remained in the D.C. area jored in environmental biology, rode and now lives in Arlington, Virginia, where he shares an The former club with the equestrian team at Dartmouth apartment with a fellow Dartmouth Review alum. captain hopes to and served as captain her senior year. Neff serves as Carlson’s writer. “Anything he’s reading entice new fans. “In my fairyland world, humans would >>>> off the teleprompter, the first draft was written by me,” says not exploit animals anymore in any Neff. Initially he talked to Carlson every day about what way,” she says. to cover, but during the past three and a half years, “I’ve Feeding the animals costs about gotten used to what he likes and what he thinks about.” It $20,000 annually. A vegan dog food helps that he and Carlson see eye to eye on most issues. company, V-dog, contributes another Neff enjoys his work environment, saying it’s friendly $10,000 worth of food by charging and relaxed. It’s also exciting to work on a show that influ- only for the shipping of its damaged ences the national conversation. “We’re very aware that packages. All animals on the ranch, we do have that power to sway the conversation, so we try except cats, eat a vegan diet. One day to use it responsibly,” says the former history and govern- Abram found herself feeding the entire ment double major, citing the show’s early response to the menagerie alone, a job she usually coronavirus, as well as its coverage of recent conflicts with shares with her father and both of their Syria and Iran, as examples. “Our show is controversial— spouses. “I remember laughing, think- that’s just objective—but I don’t believe that we’re stoking ing I had portioned out 150 bowls of conflict,” Neff says. “When people accuse us of that, they’re food,” she says. “It was crazy how many allowing actual firebrands to stir them up.” portions.” —Sue Shock —Sarah Clark ’11

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LOUISE ERDRICH ’76 I want to pay that forward.” The Night Watchman HarperCollins —Hank Amon ’65 Erdrich’s latest novel is based on the life of her grandfather, Patrick Gourneau, a night watchman who was the tribal chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippe- wa in North Dakota. In the 1950s, Gourneau fought U.S. government efforts to divorce the Chippewa from their land—as does Thomas Wazhashk, the protagonist of this heavy tale.

ERIC H. CLINE ’82 Digging Up Armageddon: The FRANCES CHA ’07 Search for the Lost City of Solomon Press Skin Deep Cline reconstructs the 1925 archae- ological expedition to the ancient and historically significant city of IN THIS HAUNTING, EXQUISITELY SAD DEBUT Megiddo in northern Israel (known novel about young women in contemporary South to the Greeks as Armageddon). Korea, life is as Darwinian as it is in any boxing ring. The author, a professor of classics and anthropology at George Wash- Set in a glittering, hyper-stratified Seoul, only the ington University, utilizes letters, moneyed and attractive (as defined by the impos- diaries, and cablegrams to paint sible standards of the young demigods of K-pop) are a portrait of the expedition—and worthy of being seen, valued, loved, or paid. Beauty the infighting that occurred. “An original and lively study that skill- is the path to money (and from there to happiness, fully mixes archaeology with per- allegedly), but what if you weren’t born with the right sonalities, and politics with culture, genes? There’s always the knife, for a price—and the science, and technology,” writes one reviewer. price might be more than monetary. If I Had Your Face Told in short, efficient yet lyrical bursts by a rotat- SUSAN BARBA ’97 BALLANTINE BOOKS ing cast of first-person narrators of varying reliability, Geode 288 PP. $27.00 Black Sparrow Press If I Had Your Face follows Kyuri, whose expensive Men’s Ivy Championship Soccer face has gained her a job pouring drinks and entertaining men at an under- In her second book of poetry, Team, 1964. Hank Amon ’65 Barba focuses on the idea of deep ground salon; her roommate, Miho, an American-trained artist caught in a time in relation to the human life- (#15) recently created a nerve-racking relationship with the scion of proud corporate tycoons; their span. Barba, a senior editor at New charitable remainder trust at neighbor, Sujin, who submits to a harrowing round of plastic surgery in a bid York Review Books, first rose to Dartmouth to help provide prominence with Fair Sun, which incredible opportunities for for a job like Kyuri’s; and her roommate, Ara, a hairstylist who pines (silently, garnered numerous awards. The as she’s mute) for a K-pop star. New York Times Magazine calls the future students. To a significant degree, the characters’ preoccupation with physical new collection “rich with shining beauty is a stand-in for their laser focus on money, status, and class. In a city interiors and tactile relationships, HELP delicate human to delicate earth, whose pervasive economic inequality has been shouted from the cinematic small delusions of ownership rooftops by the Oscar-winning filmParasite —which Cha’s novel echoes in against wider backdrops of loss certain respects, including Miho’s stunned reaction to her boyfriend’s parents’ and time.” PREPARE ostentatiously luxurious home designed by “a famous Dutch architect” who ERICA BOYCE ’10 sounds a lot like Rem Koolhaas—the pursuit of wealth is the prime directive. Lost at Sea In a deeply patriarchal system in which economic opportunities for Sourcebooks Landmark When you make a planned gift to Dartmouth, In her second novel, Boyce weaves FUTURE women are rare, Cha’s women’s main currency is their ability to appeal to you create your own lasting legacy. men, who have most of the money and all of the power. (The soul-warping together multiple family dramas that take place in a small New effects of misogyny extend here to females themselves, especially mothers- England fishing town. The result Learn more: dartgo.org/amon in-law and grandmothers, whose hatred for the younger women in their lives is a gripping puzzle—and though LEADERS provides some of the book’s most acidic episodes.) For Kyuri and Sujin, who the story comes together neatly or call 800-451-4067 scrape together enough cash to afford plastic surgery, it isn’t so much about at the end, its emotional themes linger well beyond the last page. vanity or its evil twin, self-hatred. It’s about trying to secure their futures in a system rigged against them. But their best-laid plans go awry, as such things Additional titles and excerpts can be found do, and in the end, all they have is each other. on the DAM website.

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Army’s Military Intelligence Service language commenting on the results so far. The deadline for 2019. He enlisted in the Navy in 1945 and, after Newc, who passed in July 2015). Our gal Sal was school, located 15 miles outside of Minneapolis/ the fund is the end of June, so don’t put off your graduating from Dartmouth, found his calling certainly an exceptionable member of our class, as Give a Rouse▲ The Classes St. Paul. I was one of about 200 Niseis (second- contribution to the last minute. He also makes as a self-taught engineer. He and Joyce were was Newc—a giant in the 8th Mountain Division. generation Americans of Japanese ancestry). Ten note of the widows of the Class so generously married for 65 years. After retirement he served (Joe also cited the passing of Richard F. Ledyard, Niseis were part of every U.S. and Allied infantry contributing. Thanks for all your help, Alan. as a Coxsackie, New York, councilman and a ’49er who graduated with us in 1950.) >>> Julia Richman ’04 has been This column will be the most unusual division in the Pacific, China, Burma, and India There were several books written about the worked on building the Vedder Library. He was a Still remembering their “charmed life named the chief strategy officer column since I began writing these theaters of operation. We were the Japanese time the Navy took over the College during WW lifetime member of the Coxsackie Yacht Club. He together,” Jilly Harned sent a heartwarming picture for the State of Colorado Office columns. First, I am hunkered down language experts. II. The program was called V-12, but I never read thoroughly enjoyed tending to the farm, , and note citing Jack’s last moment February 8, of Information Technology in 42 And who will ever forget those Sunday much about the individual experiences. I put with trips to shop as infrequent as possible. I am flying, , snowmobiling, and boating. Bob “with his granddaughter playing Bach on her Denver. Richman, the former wondering what each of you are doing—are you night jam sessions during that summer of 1942? together some memories of that time 77 years showed a great love for all animals, large and small. violin, Jack slipped away with all of us around him chief technology officer for the staying at home?—or will be doing by the time you Hundreds of students, townspeople, professors ago, when I was a Marine private, called “Training —Dave Kurr, 603 Mountain Ave., Apt. 331, New as the snow moon set in the west, peace at last.” city of Boulder, Colorado, most read this. Be sure to email me at [email protected] and their families, and hundreds of Navy for War at Dartmouth.” The editors of the DAM Providence, NJ 07974; (781) 801-6716; djkurr@ Joel Leavitt keeps some of us regaled—email recently helped more than or send me a letter for the next column. midshipmen learning to become ensigns in 90 published it online at dartmouthalumnimagazine. verizon.net fashion—with some funny items (and others). 10,000 state workers shift to I recently spoke with Jon Mendes by phone. He days all sat in makeshift chairs or on the lawn com in February. If any newsletter editors would Also I heard from Lee “Sak” Sarokin, way out West, remote work. was hunkered down with a good supply of food and in front of Robinson Hall. Hanover High School care to see it, I’ll send it on to you. Liz Sistaire, our Richie Wolff checked in from his with a note regarding Eric Clapton and Wynton >>> Three alumni have earned social scotch. He said he gives a list to his son, who shops girls sang their best renditions of Judy Garland, newsletter editor, will be putting it in our next senior living residence in Portland, Marsalis “playing the blues.” justice awards from the College. Angela and leaves the goods at his father’s door. Jon told Bea Wain, Betty Hutton, and Frances Langford. issue. Oregon, to let me know his brother, I guess we are all stay-at-homes in our Zhang ’12, the program director at the me today there is not enough time in the day to do And the high school boys chimed in with Bing We are saddened to report the deaths of 49John ’46, had died. Richie and Beth returned respective pandemonium prisons. Personally, my Upper Valley social services organization everything. He reads The Wall Street Journal and Crosby and Frank Sinatra. Oh, what fun it was! Theodore W. Sottery of Portland, , on March from Bali in December on probably their last last month (April) was spent in splendid isolation LISTEN Community Services, received The New York Times. After that it is time for lunch. Even celebrated professors undid their ties from 20, 2017 (as the College has just reported); Bruce international excursion. at eldest daughter Rebecca’s Cayuga lakeside the Emerging Leadership Award. Rachel He says as a substitute for his morning walks he button-down collars and surprised everyone with A. Bryer of Sacramento, California, on November Slade Gorton lives in the adjacent town to retreat in upstate Aurora, New York. Solotaroff, DMS’01, received the Ongoing does laps in this apartment. Jon was supposed to their vocal talents and dance moves. 28, 2019; Blanchard Pratt of Hanover on November Kirkland, Washington, where coronavirus was I enjoy (feed on) hearing from any (all) of you, Commitment Award for her leadership give a talk at the Dartmouth club of New York on These shows, led by Waldo “Doc” Fielding, were 23, 2019; Charles K. Barton of Glastonbury, initially reported. He’s locked down but still and most of all from Jilly Harned with an Easter as president and CEO of Central City longevity. It was canceled due to Covid-19. Jon a gigantic and much-needed respite and diversion. Connecticut, on January 5; William B. Enright of telecommutes for his law firm in Washington, D.C. salute wearing a wacky bonnet. Concern, which provides affordable created a pamphlet about longevity. If any of you During that summer of ’42, with its accelerated San Diego on March 7. George Day wrote from his assisted living Keep October 30-November l in mind for our healthcare and housing in Portland, Oregon. want a copy, email him at [email protected] classes so we could join the war effort, Doc —Joe Hayes, P.O. Box 57, Rye Beach, NH 03871; apartment in Minneapolis, probably using a Braille all-expenses-paid 70th reunion. I’ll be there (like And Bruce Fredrickson ’73 received the or call him. Fielding brought a crescendo of plaudits to that [email protected] keyboard. We share a common interest in the Civil Jack the bear). Will you? Lester B. Granger ’18 Award for Lifetime A few comments about New York: For the small village of Hanover. He brought us together War. George really regrets not being able to make —Tom “Smiley” Ruggles, 8 Concord Greene #5, Achievement for his 43-year career as a most part all are wearing masks, though some of like a pair of cymbals. The ’43 musicians included I received a thoughtful note from Chip our 70th reunion. Concord, MA 01742; (978) 369-5879; smileytmr@ labor, discrimination, and civil rights the youngish are not. I guess they think they are Derek van Quackenbush on saxophone, Chick Webb Gedney ’70 that his mother, Ginny, Our class lost one of its most prominent aol.com lawyer. He was named the 2020 Trial Lawyer invincible. I think it is annoying and reprehensible. and Eugene Roitman on bass fiddle, Dacy Stevens and passed away April 3 in her sleep at the members—and I lost a close friend—when of the Year by the Trial Lawyers for Public Leon Chapman 48 It is hard not to say something. I shop for food and on trumpets. Those five, with other Greenwich (Connecticut) Nursing Home, where Charles J. Urstadt died on March 2 at his home An unexpected benefit of restrictive Justice and the Metropolitan Washington household goods, just less often and with a mask Green Collegians and Barbary Coast performers, she lived for the past five years. For many years in Bronxville, New York. Jay co-captained the social distancing regulations: Some Employment Lawyers Association after and gloves and six feet from fellow shoppers. Two made us forget the battles we were losing on all she and Bud Gedney hosted Sunday brunch at our Dartmouth swimming team (with San Francisco’s of us non-techy troglodytes have been winning a record-breaking $590-million small stores near me limit the number in the store fronts during those difficult war-torn days. annual mini-reunions. Joyce and I remember Deke Jackson 51 ) and set several world breaststroke inspired to experiment with Zoom and Skype settlement against the federal government to control exposure. It is hard to keep six feet apart Sad News Department: Hanover records their home in the country outside of Hanover off a age-group records into his 80s. Jay served as as a way to stay in touch. Jack Giegerich and Al in Hartman v. Albright. on the narrow sidewalks. indicate the passing of Henry C. Peck on April 4 in very rural road in the woods with a lovely meadow Gov. Nelson Rockefeller’s state commissioner Brout, with crucial help from their daughters, have >>> Jetti Gibson ’05 has joined Stu Finch is doing well in a senior living facility Pasadena, California, and Robert I. Lappin on April replete with a huge and fortunately very friendly for housing and urban renewal, and he built the arranged virtual meetings with several members the national security law in San Mateo, California. One of his daughters 3, probably in Swampscott, Massachusetts. Our dog. They served a grand repast and the get- acclaimed Battery Park City on 92 acres of filled of our class executive committee. Among those division of the North American lives in the area. When I got him on the phone class sends heartfelt condolences to their families. together was always a highlight to our weekend. land along the Hudson River. For the last 30 years often on the line: Jack Weingarten, Mike Choukas, Aerospace Defense Command he reported he was “staying in place,” having just —George Shimizu, 2140 Sepulveda Ave., Milpitas, I’d sure like to hear from any of you guys or Jay was CEO of a NYSE company that operates Henry Nachman, Herb Knight, and Bill Leffler. and U.S. Northern Command finished a bridge game on the computer. Stu has CA 95035-6142; (408) 930-2488; marymariko@ gals on what you may be doing, what your progeny 82 shopping centers. He is survived by his wife, Because of restrictions on travel, our class in Colorado Springs, Colorado, four children—two sons, each of whom went to comcast.net are doing, and any memories you’d like to pass Elinor, daughter Catherine, and son Charles. leaders have canceled the mini-reunion originally as its international attorney. Dartmouth, and two daughters, one of whom along. You can reach me by phone, cell message, The College sent me an obituary for Russell G. planned for this August in Hanover. They are She recently left the active attended Dartmouth and finished at Smith. We We are in a time the likes of which none or email as listed below. Not the latest technology, Hemenway, six years after he died at his home in now focusing on our 70th reunion, scheduled for duty component of the U.S. will forgive her. Stu told me his grandson is a of us have ever seen—staggering death but adequate for our generation. During the years New York City on January 30, 2014. In contrast to September 10-11, 2021, putting together plans Navy JAG Corps, after serving for eight fulltime faculty at the Mayo Clinic in emergency 47notices and unemployment rates, I have avoided listing recently deceased class Jay, who was a major Republican Party supporter for this last-hurrah gathering of our class. A years, and is now a lieutenant commander face masks and home confinement—it’s almost members because they are listed in DAM, but medicine—a busy assignment during Covid-19. and well acquainted with Fred Trump and his son nice bonus for ’51s attending: free rooms at the in the Reserves. Once again I have the sad duty to report the impossible to comprehend, but here we are. I’m because my phone calls to active members are (whom he called “Donny” prior to his current job), Hanover Inn! >>> Shaun Sengupta ’17 is the new chief Robert N. Keeler reminded of the stories my mother would tell us becoming redundant, I’ll comment on personal loss of a classmate: , M.D., died on Russ apparently was the most progressive liberal I have used Zoom (and phone) to connect with technologist for the Concours Club, a April 5. The class of ’42 extends its condolences of the influenza plague in 1919. She did survive but aspects on some of these obituaries. in our rather conservative class. Quoting from about 20 classmates in recent days. Hands-down new $220-million automotive country to the family. with the loss of her hair, though it grew back. Sally Robert D. Eckerson died January 27. He joined his obituary, Russ was “a true warrior spirit in winner of the Quarantine of the Month Award was club being developed between runways —Joanna Caproni, 370 East 76 St., Apt. A 406, New and I are housebound, doing our exercises, walking the Navy at age 17, learned to fly a Stearman American politics, combatting the radical right Dick Eitel. He took 10 family members to his cabin of Miami-Opa Locka Airport in Florida. York, NY 10021; [email protected] either in the house or nearby, and extremely biplane, and was a member of the Navy V-5 and from the days of Joe McCarthy to the extemporary near Big Sky, Montana, for a weekend of skiing. A former member of Dartmouth Formula fortunate to have several younger neighbors good V-12 at Dartmouth, earning his Thayer degree influence of extreme conservatism.” Russ served They were still stuck there a month later! An avid Racing, Sengupta is involved in business It was the summer of 1942, and our enough to pick up all our food and supplies. in 1949. His sister, Margaret, introduced him as national director for National Committee for an skier, Dick also took up tennis at age 60 and now operations and information technology senior year was a conflict of anxiety I sent a letter to President Phil Hanlon to Arlene Linder, a beautiful Swedish girl from Effective Congress (founded in 1948 by Eleanor regularly competes in—and often wins—several management. and uncertainty. Nobody in our class wondering if the class of 1947 could donate any New York City whom he married in 1948. They Roosevelt) for 48 years and “was considered the masters tournaments a year (singles and doubles). >>> Dylan Kane ’09 is the new 43 funds from our small treasury to a worthy cause had two children and were married for 66 years knew what exactly the future held. Where would father of campaign finance disclosure reform Katie Pfaff, Pinky’s widow, is a wonderful squad leader of the U.S. Forest we be in 12 months, or 24, or 36? Classes were with the College’s blessing. It could be a local until her death in 2014. They loved to explore the in the early 1970s.” Russ was survived by his contributor to her Stamford, Connecticut, Service’s Prescott Helitack attended and we studied with desperate emotions. food bank, hospital, or something along these world together, traveling to six continents and daughter, Anne, and his son, Brent. community. She serves as a surrogate grandmother Crew, which provides initial It was rumored early on that no prof would flunk lines. I received a letter back from Beth Kelley memorably, with their children in the back of —John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; to a Syrian family sponsored by her church; she attack and large fire support to a ’43. Our 1943 Aegis shows 411 graduates—91 ’96, director of class activities, that said that due a newly purchased Volkswagen Beetle, driving (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227, fax is a dispatcher and driver for Friends in Service the 1.2 million-acre Prescott percent headed for the military; in the armed to our charter we can only give money that will across Germany, France, Sweden, and the winding Here, helping low-income seniors get to medical National Forest in central forces for the duration of war, plus six months. exclusively benefit the College. In our case we roads of the Alps. In addition to his engineering I got a note (with a $2 stamp—the appointments; and she reads to an elderly blind Arizona. He previously fought We graduated—with no families, with no pomp give to the Dartmouth College Fund (DCF), sports career, Bob was a meticulous woodworker and one with the upside-down bi-wing man. wildfires with the Snake River and circumstance—in a farewell dinner in Thayer programs, and the Dickey Center. Most all of us built furniture and beautiful trim work. He also airplane—philatelists take note) Several of our classmates have experienced Hotshots in Idaho and the Central Oregon Hall on December 12, 1942. Three days later I was donate individually to the DCF. And speaking designed one of their houses. 50 Joe Medlicott from “big spender” advising me of illness recently and would welcome calls from Rappellers. in the Army, waiting to report to Camp Savage, the of the DCF, I received a note from Alan Epstein Jeremy M. Copleston died December 11, the passing of Sally McCrillis Eldridge (widow of friends. They include Tom Barnett, Don Dworken,

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Bob Fox, Dick Kahn, Pete Martin, Mo Monahan, Admissions admitted the class of 2024 this that this is a connection call not a collection call including news about Dartmouth classmates. If affair, allowing for dinner with Judy andKent We report the recent deaths of classmates and Marr Mullen. I’d be glad to provide contact month, which caused me to think of 71 years and it has been a while since you have had a visit more members of the class sent me half as much Whitaker. And just sliding under the virus wire, Robert Rosenberg of New York City; Phillip information for them or any other friends from ago, when we were in the same position as the and touched base. Have a chat, share memories, news, my job of class secretary would be a lot it’s Mike Lasser, dining first in Sarasota, Florida, McClanahan of Sea Ranch, California; Harvey Bloom our undergraduate days that you’d like to reach. class of 2024. I think of what might await them and some laughs. Explain that the only thing the easier. Please send cards and letters filled with with Lee and Bob Caldwell and Lee Hirschey’s wife, of Portland, Oregon; and Brad Hubert of Beverly We have lost six more members of the as they begin their Dartmouth experience and class is asking is that each person called follows information—even one interesting item would Debby, then performing here in Vero Beach, where Hills, Michigan, of Covid-19. ’51 family: Jim Asker, Margaret Cohen (wife of subsequent journey. From the perspective of a up in a similar fashion by calling a few of his be much appreciated. he and his incredibly talented singers absolutely —Steve Quickel, 411 North Middletown Road, Apt. Marshall), Chuck Fitzsimmons, Bill Friedlander, Jane lifetime of those 71 years, I remember the many classmate friends asking each to do the same. Now for news about the Erwins: Libby writes, wowed a packed museum crowd with City Songs. F-310, Media, PA 19063; [email protected] Miller (Tyke’s wife), and Lori Trolle, whose husband, successes and the failures and the joys and the Our sympathies go out to the families of Seaver “We are tired of our long, cold, snowy days and But the hard work of Dick Duncan and Judy Stempel Tom, died just a month earlier. sorrows. Peters, Frank Van Aalst, William Gardner, John Pierce, staying at home because of the virus. We recently for the greatly anticipated Santa Fe-Taos, New Here are a few Covid-19 comments —Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL I see the continuing evolution and and Richard Pearl. had our semi-yearly appointment with our GP Mexico, reunion had to be cancelled, as was the from April. 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail. contributions of my classmates to the world —Wayne Weil, 246 Ridge Road, Rutherford, and had to wear masks and rubber gloves. Several trip to San Francisco with the Barbary Coast Jazz 60 Steve Gell: “We’re hunkering com and to Dartmouth. They were wonderful as NJ 07070; (201) 933-4102; wayne@ other appointments were simply canceled. I go Ensemble. down like most of our classmates. We don’t seem classmates, they are even better as alumni. I dartmouthgraphics.com shopping for two weeks at a time because I like Rod Hinkle asks what we octogenarians should to be in a hot zone yet but that could come.” In a world measured with almost think of the energy and exuberance of a group to pick out my own fruits and meats etc. so pickup be doing at such a time. Mike Lasser provides an Jack Ford: “Covid-19 is just another reminder continuing uncertainty, changing of incoming freshmen and a continued zest As we read these notes in the July/ arrangements are not for us. We both feel that our answer with his plan to gather personal anecdotes that the only thing I can control is myself when I daily, it is virtually impossible to for life so long after, and I know that these ’24s August issue of the alumni magazine, governor, Mike DeWine, is a gem and we listen to about our lives at Dartmouth between 1953 and take the time to listen to God in prayer!” 52 have all of this to look forward to. Welcome! As one hopes we can be looking back and him Monday through Friday to get all the latest 1957. Let’s have fun with this. In Mike’s words, Bill Gundy: “We sold the condo in Vero predict what news will be accurate, relevant, and Richard Cahn 55 considerate as you first read these remarks. We’ll promised earlier, ’s book, Making saying that we sure are glad the experiences of updates.” “the best, the funniest, the wackiest.” We all have [Florida] and are buying in a retirement give it a try. We have received good news by email Law: A Memoir of Good Times, is now published March, April, and perhaps May are behind us Now for the sad news. I received notices from stories to tell. If not now, when? Please send yours community in Westwood, Massachusetts, to be from David Swain, now living in Hendersonville, and can be bought in various forms from Amazon. now. Grandchildren have been able to graduate the College of the passing of three classmates and directly to [email protected]. nearer to our kids.” , and as he says, “I am in good My critique of this book, which appeared from (even though delayed) from high school or word from the Erwins of the passing of one other: My hope is to lighten up in the next column. Gary Griffin: “Eileen has dementia, and we health, playing golf and lots of walking.” We also the DAM, is available at Amazon. Two giants college, children and grandchildren are back at The College notices include William J. Hamilton, Maybe even talk about first cars. seldom venture out.” heard from Deke Dorey, now living near family in of the class fell this past month. Bob Malin, one work, those in the family who were at risk (adult Myron H. Luria, M.D., and Philip P. Patrick. In —John W. Cusick, 105 Island Plantation Terrace, Vero Dave Hambleton: “Counting our blessings! It’s McKinney, Texas, and he sums it up nicely, “I’m of the stalwarts of the class who kept everyone and infant) are less so, those in the family who addition, the Erwins sent me an obituary clipping Beach, FL 32963; (772) 231-1248; johnwcusick@ wonderful to have all this time to catch up.” pretty well homebound, like everyone. If it weren’t in touch with one another, passed away after a are healthcare workers or first responders are from the Cleveland Plain Dealer indicating that aol.com John Goyette: “I’ve spent too much time for TV, the internet, and martinis, I don’t think long illness. And, Put Blodgett, only a few weeks no longer on the firing line—one hopes. This is Preston V. Pumphrey passed away after an eight- washing hands and singing ‘Happy Birthday.’ ” I’d make it.” Terry Malone and George Sherman, after his ascendancy to the presidency of our Ken Lundstrom pinch-hitting for secretary John year battle with Parkinson’s disease. Preston was A rare delight of Covid-19 is the Jim Gallagher: “I’m surviving the plague until it both living in Michigan, communicated that all class, also succumbed. Put was a treasure for Dinan, who is in the Maine Veterans’ Homes in the vice president of our class freshman year. daily email by Coleman Colla from passes. We spend part of the time at our lakehouse is well. Terry has been doing some traveling, but the State of Vermont as a donor of forest lands Scarborough, Maine, at this writing, rehabbing These four classmates follow the Barbary Coast his Los Angeles home to classmates 30 miles away from Charlotte [North Carolina].” 58 John Goodman is now homebound. Sound familiar? George is, as to the Conservancy as well as for Dartmouth and from a stroke he experienced on March 1. We jazz band as it plays a mournful tune and marches and friends ([email protected]). The : “I’m ‘enjoying’ Covid isolation previously reported, working on his career papers. the class, having been a major contributor, both wish John a full and rapid recovery. up Main Street. They then march three times following is a sampling. “Thursday, April 23: 7 by reading, facetiming with our grandchildren, Chuck Queenan, longtime Pittsburgh attorney, also in material and creativity, to the new Moosilauke We sadly add that our “Treasurer for Life” around the Green as we, the living, all bow our a.m., sipping a cup of tea, looking out our front- and Zoom conferencing.” checked in and it sounds like all is well there. Lodge. In addition to these classmates, we are Ralph Sautter passed away on March 28. A heads in silent tribute. room window, in 10 minutes only one car drove Shel Gisser: “Fortunately, shortly before Ohio’s We’ve also had some very good phone contact very saddened to announce the demise of Robert memorial to Ralph was featured by Joe Mathewson I close with the 12th stanza of my poem titled by. Friday, April 24: Weather forecast for today governor imposed restrictions, I purchased a case with Bob Millhouse and Gil Ellenberger in California, Nicholson, Bruce Gilmore, Robert Foster, and Alan in a special issue of our class newsletter. “A Remembrance of Things Past.” about 90; first time we have turned on the A/C of wine.” Harry Goldsmith in , Kerm Ingham in Sessler and offer our condolences to their families. I believe that most of us stayed all hunkered Reunion’s a time to see friends, this year. Sunday, April 26: We walk by John and Hank Greer: “We spend an hour walking our Oklahoma, Ross Daniels in New York, Jack Boyle —Mark Smoller, 401 Lake Shore Road, Putnam down. Harry Weil checked in from Silver Springs, Hoping the day never ends; Eileen’s place. They have a lovely sign in their South Carolina beach every day. I work out three and Paul Black in Massachusetts, Ben Stein in New Valley, NY 10579; (845) 603-5066; marksmoller@ Maryland, where he and Nancy are apartment Nostalgia and fun, window sending good wishes for Ramadan to times a day and read a lot. Jersey, and Dan Van Dorn, Charlie Curtis, and Gene gmail.com bound, so to speak, with meals delivered by their Laughs one by one, all their Muslim friends. Tuesday, April 28: Our Howard Frankel: “We’re a Covid hot spot, and Cesari here in the Upper Valley. Details will be in retirement home. Delivery of the daily papers And a true Dartmouth spirit transcends. grocery order from Yummy.com arrives. Nadine New Jersey asked for retired physician volunteers the next class newsletter on all these ’52s, but The Dartmouth College Fund report has helped ease boredom, as does some other —Joel D. Ash, P.O. Box 1733, Grantham, NH 03753; thought she ordered three red potatoes, but what to help out. I filled out the form.” the news is what you would expect from a group shows the class of ’54 with the activities. Similarly, Sharon and Tom McGreevey (603) 863-3360; [email protected] we got were three two-pound bags of red potatoes. Lew Goodman: “I’m doing fine with the of nonagenarians, some good and some not good. 54highest participation of all classes and Coyla and Ed Barry are locked down with Wednesday, April 29: We decide to take my 2005 guidelines based on the virus—looking forward We have also been in touch with several spouses, listed: 42.9 percent. From Robert Ceplikas ’78, meals delivered at their retirement condos in Coronavirus is the news. It’s the Civic out for a spin to keep its battery charged. to No. 60 if it comes to pass. I gained a few pounds!” always a pleasure. By phone or written word, we deputy director of athletics: “Shel and Dan, I just Durham, North Carolina. There are others, I postponement of Bert O’Neill’s Auto traffic in our neighborhood is starting to Dick Goodman: “I’m isolating at home— can report that Gail Sanderson (Florida), Nan Barto received a copy of the paperwork committing am sure. Some have been aided, as we have, by heart valve replacement and the pick up.” Coleman also reports that he’s finally reading, watching movies, eating, and sleeping.” 57 Clark Griffiths Harry Fritz (New Hampshire), Susan Gutterman (New York), the class of ’54 to an endowment fund that will thoughtful neighbors who did grocery shopping cancellation of ’ “3rd Friday” lunch had a letter to The New York Times published. : “I’m socially isolated at home since and Judy Acker (Connecticut) are still actively essentially continue your generous support for us. Bless them one and all. in Lebanon, New Hampshire. It’s John Roberts’ To wit: “I appreciate your exhortation to younger March. I get wine delivered but am running out interested in our class activities and just fine. of our athletic sponsor program in perpetuity. Ellen and Marty Aronson have distanced struggles to keep This Week in Palestine on Americans to get out and vote. Now the contest of beer.” Finally, class president Frank Logan has confirmed That’s phenomenal! Please accept our heartfelt themselves on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and the air after Boston station WCBZ suspended is reduced to two candidates and the choice is Bill Gould: “I have been in isolation since that George Hibben, in Massachusetts, will join the thanks for leading this effort and to your many Carol and John French also at their home in all its programming. It’s the postponement of simple: Joe Biden or Donald Trump. If you have March. We’re doing our part to keep the curve as class executive committee, filling an open seat. classmates. They sure don’t call it ‘the great class Sharon, Connecticut. Jay Greene’s World War II lecture series in St. trouble deciding which of these is best, woe unto flat as possible.” Great choice. Regrettably, we close with the sad of 1954’ for nothing! You’ve already collected Of note is the Hood exhibition in May of Helena, California. It’s Herb Roskind, the “Captain us.” Rick Guilford: “I’m isolated, regulated, news that we have lost five additional classmates: $95,000 in pledges! And it’s wonderful that you’re Dartmouth faculty studio art supported by the Pontoon” of Martha’s Vineyard, watching his Hoyt Goodrich writes from Vero Beach, punctuated, devastated, rejuvenated, regenerated, Charles (Doc) Dey, William Mattox, Arnold Muller, continuing to shoot for $100,000. All the best.” Bernard R. Siskind Fund. dream set sail without him. Florida: “A man called saying he had a letter grateful.” Louis Rome, and Ronald Rose. We hope this finds Our president came up with a terrific idea: “It has The April mailing about the 65th did not go There were some bright spots, of course, sweater [lacrosse] with my name on it. Was he Tom Hannan: “We’re sheltering in place like you in good health and good order. been a very long time since all of us did the same as planned. The 65th remains on schedule. You It’s Bill Davidow, Silicon Valley pioneer, Intel a classmate? No, he was considerably younger. most—working from home, walking the dogs, —William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms thing, like going to Doc Pollard’s smut class in our should get the registration forms in July. executive, and author of The Virtual Corporation, But years ago he had a fling with an older woman chipping in the back yard.” Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; freshman year or pulling on a rope line in a tug of Sadly, we report the passing of Bill Foggle, publishing The Autonomous Revolution: and had found me through Dartmouth (not saying Roger Hanlon: “I’m bunkered in West Hartford [email protected] war with the ’53s or ‘Great Issues’ in our senior Don Hummel, Nick Kotz, Jack Krumpe, and Peter Reclaiming the Future We’ve Sold to Machines. how). He and his wife were cleaning out a closet [Connecticut]. We have been making gifts to year. Now we are all octogenarians, prime targets Teal, M.D. It’s Dick Perkins continuing with LandVest, which and there it was. He didn’t remember her last organizations that are helping the sick and the I write this as the hideous pandemic for the coronavirus, and hunkered down in our —Ken Lundstrom, 1101 Exchange Place, he created more than 50 years ago. It’s the lovely name but her first name was Dianne. I’ve been needy.” rages on. I hope that when you read homes waiting for it to go away. If there was ever a #1106, Durham, NC 27713; (919) 206-4639; note from Inger Baehr recalling the pleasure with trying to remember a Dianne in my life back then, Bob Hatch: “Our food manufacturing company this, we have survived this holocaust time that our motto ‘Stay Connected’ speaks to us, [email protected] which she and husband Bob Baehr enjoyed hosting but there were so many—oh, don’t I wish! So this is running 24/7, six feet apart and wearing our 53 it is now. Here is what I am asking you to do: Take a 2006 mini-reunion at their home in Grimstad, mystery remains unsolved, unless some classmate masks.” with a more humane sense of our fellow worldly tenants and a renewed zest for life itself rather a out your 65th reunion class directory (if you can’t I received a very lovely card from Norway. It’s Dick Canton, just before lockdown, remembers Dianne. The sweater arrived and it Keep the faith. search for its frills. Once again, in a time of crisis, find yours, email me at swoolf1060@comcast. Libby and “Boodge” Erwin filled with hosting a beautiful weekend for 18 gathered in does have my name in it, but for some reason it —Sid Goldman, 78575 Avenida Ultimo, La Quinta, I am heartened by the efforts on the part of our net and I’ll forward you one) and call a few old 56news about their life in Hudson, Naples, Florida. It’s Alice and Tom Macy visiting doesn’t fit!” Actually, it fits rather well, judging CA 92253; (305) 849-0475; sidgoldman@gmail. classmates to check on each other’s well-being. friends you haven’t spoken to in a while. Tell them Ohio, during the current pandemic and also Vero Beach, Florida, on their way to that Naples from the photo Hoyt sent. com

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Well, Covid-19 is still with us, and out old files, including all of his class notebooks! ahead of the state after University of Florida were with me when I saw that skier from Estonia from face-to-face lessons at MacPhail Institute D.C., “have rediscovered our passion for jigsaw Patti and I are still ensconced in Boca And from Baltimore, Sandy Apgar wrote a letter students returned from studies in Spain and in the 20-kilometer individual race tear up his (Minneapolis) to live lessons online. “More puzzles.” Raton, Florida, following state shelter- published in The Washington Post. Portugal with Covid-19. Bill Hindle, retired racing bib in an act of disgust at being passed by surprising,” he notes, “I believe I am learning In Canton, Connecticut, Rich Abraham and 61 Colin Harley in-place regulations, which, beginning this week , now 14 years into retirement radiologist from Washington, D.C., who studied an American.” from this method: not quite as I might have in Judy “have been physically isolated but physically (end of April), will begin to be eased. Other states near Charleston, South Carolina, with Anita, his at the same time as National Institute of Allergy I would note that Ed served on the board of person, but definitely more than I would have very active.” Rich “converted my semi-retired also are beginning to ease their restrictions, some wife of 42 years, reports: “Living with the virus, and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci at the U.S. Olympic Committee for 12 years and has without them!” internal medicine practice to telemedicine.” more quickly and some more slowly. Does this we still have 10 miles of pristine beach, 30 miles Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, cut short his used his law practice to support the best interests Weaver Gaines continues his work at Evren And Tom Louis, professor emeritus in mean that the coronavirus is going away or is it of good bicycle riding, golf, and a pool on the back ski vacation after Colorado Springs, Colorado, was of athletes. Our class boasts one other Olympian, Technologies, transcutaneous auricular (ear) biostatistics at Johns Hopkins School of Public merely taking a rest while the country is lulled deck with a million-dollar-view of the marsh and shut down March 13 and found D.C. “a disaster” on Geoff Pitchford, who competed in the downhill vagal nerve stimulation to provide personalized, Health, holed up in St. Michaels on Maryland’s into a false sense of security? Will this pandemic the river. We have six cats and a dog, and I spend his return. “The only answer is social distancing,” and slalom for Great Britain. stand-alone treatment for PTSD and anxiety. Eastern Shore with Germaine, was “helping a return again within the next few months after time with all of them every day. I drink a bit more said Bill, who sought a blood bank where he could Our next column will focus on your He finds, surprisingly, that financing for small bit with the FDA’s standards for Covid-19 clinical most states are reopened more extensively? By the bourbon out on the deck.” donate. experiences with and thoughts about Covid-19. startups, which one might expect to freeze up trials.” time that you read this column in the July/August Pat and Gordy McKeon are cooking and A month later, on April 30, AXR brothers Let’s hear from you! during Covid-19 distancing, is active. We note with sadness the passing of Ralph issue of DAM, we all may have a better idea of what delivering meals to friends and supplying shared college memories and listened intently to —Jay Evans, 274 New Aldrich Road, Grantham, Finally, we recognize with sadness the deaths Crump, an adopted ’66, on March 17 at the age of the future will hold. To date I know of only one excess produce from their garden to various retired radiologist Bud Bruggeman, who explained NH 03753; [email protected] of Chuck Coe, Woodhall “Sandy” Stopford, and Tim 96. Ralph, a Renaissance man with a variety of classmate who has contracted the coronavirus, organizations providing food to families in need. the pandemic, his views on how the country Bryant. Obits will follow online. talents and interests in science, business, and Hal Knott, who, sadly, passed away on April 22. I Their son, Jim, is recovering from the virus, and should deal with it, and how seniors and others can What a difference two months —John Rogers, 6051 Laurel Ave., #310, history, mentored and coached Dean Spatz and hope there will be no others. three other children are healthcare providers in best cope. There was lively discussion during and makes. Last column featured plans Golden Valley, MN 55416; (763) 568-7501; Chris Miller at Thayer School on their reverse Our next ’61 class mini-reunion is scheduled the thick of it. Other classmates with offspring afterward on how the situation is being managed for the upcoming 55th reunion, now [email protected] osmosis water purification project. Ralph and Dan Tompkins Frank 65 for the weekend of October 2-3 in Hanover, which on the frontlines include and and when and how to open the country. More deferred. This one is full of classmates’ discoveries Dean founded Osmonics in Dean’s garage in 1969. coincides with this year’s Homecoming Weekend. Kehl, who keeps us enthralled with accounts of class virtual reunions are reported in the works. of distancing via electronic media. Bev and I have It should be late June when you The company was acquired by GE in 2002 for Since our March mini scheduled for San Diego community life in Harlem. I missed meeting Barry and Jane Linsky gone online for family talkfests, writing groups, read this, but it’s late April, midway about $250 million. was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, I regret to report the recent deaths of the November 9, 2019, among the enthusiastic fans at online classes, a book club, doctor visits, and through the seventh week of the Our sympathies to the family and friends Harold J. Ousby III 66 this will be the next opportunity for our class to classmates on February 3 the Dartmouth-Princeton football game at Yankee strength training from our now-shuttered gym. stay-at-home order in New York State, when I’m of three ’66s who passed away in the early part get together—and our last opportunity before our and Charles R. Schwarz, Ph.D., on January 21. Stadium. Be sure to check out the March/April Rich Beams reports from splendid isolation writing. How are you feeling? What’s going on? of 2020: Jim Beardsley, Tuck grad and business highly significant 60th reunion in June 2021. For Please send remembrances to Peter Knight alumni magazine piece on Dartmouth siblings in Chester, Vermont, not so much from Covid-19 Are you still wearing masks? Are you still with the entrepreneur; Dr. Frank Leib, professor at Temple further details, go to the class website or email ([email protected]). that features Blair Wood and his three brothers, as from the arrival of mud season. Ensconced same partner? Are your basements and closets all University’s intellectual heritage program; and Maynard Wheeler, Hanover class mini-reunion —David L. Smith, RR4 Box 225B4, Galveston, TX George ’67, Michael ’60, and John ’73. therein with two black poodles, visited by a large cleaned out? Is everything (anything)—theaters, Dr. Joseph Michalski, a rheumatology specialist chair, at [email protected]. 77554; (775) 870-2354; [email protected] I regret to report the deaths of William black bear, Rich can continue his opera reviews baseball, libraries, shoe stores—open? Can you in Mobile, Alabama. More about Ralph, I am closing this column with a tribute to a Hubbard, Charlie Pugh, and Allan Creamer. and Mahala can continue her German lessons, hug your kids and grandkids and visit folks in Jim, Frank, and Joe can be found at https:// once active classmate who, because of extended I am writing in early May, about three Classmate obituaries by Tige Harris appear in the both online. senior centers? dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obits. medical issues, ironically may no longer be able months since the pandemic began. magazine online edition. Betsy and Mike Gonnerman decided that this And how have you been spending your time? Stay safe and see you on the other side—at to comprehend fully the essence of this reference. Our class’ last reported in-person —Harry Zlokower, 190 Amity St., Brooklyn, NY was the year to run every road in Hanover. Betsy We asked classmates this question back in early our 55th reunion next year! 63 Larry Geiger While observing shelter-in-place restrictions in mini occurred March 10, a golf outing at Indian 11201; (917) 541-8162; [email protected] wrote a wonderful article about the effort: 201 April and here’s a sample of what a few had to say. — , 93 Greenridge Ave., White Plains, Florida, I have had lots of time to read various Ridge Country Club in Palm Desert, California, miles, 255 roads (40-percent dirt), net 21,000 feet Bill Wilson in Miami was working on a NY 10605; (914) 860-4945; [email protected] regional and local newspapers in addition to the attended by Marty Bowne, Bill Courtney, Howard With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (now elevation. Hooray! translation of a 17th-century Japanese Buddhist more national papers, such as the SunSentinel, Culver, Steve Rosen, Bruce Coffey, Doug Cooper, Vin 2021?) so much in the news, I asked Bob Murphy is, as he says, hunkered down in philosopher: “Keeps me busy if not my head clear.” We asked classmates for personal which is by far the largest and best newspaper in DiFiglia, Charlie Parton, Steve Lister, and Steve Frank, our own class Olympian, Ed Williams Florida, where everything snowbirds come for Jeff Futter had his three college daughters stories about pandemic self-isolation 64 John Isaacs southeast Florida. While glancing at an article on who hosted classmates and spouses at home for (1968 Grenoble Winter Olympics, in biathlon), to is closed, including the southwest Florida class back bunking with him and Susie in Cold Spring 67and quarantine. reports page 2 of the issue of April 23, I noticed a piece that cocktails and dinner. All subsequent in-person reflect on what enabled him to reach that platform breakfasts. Murph notes presciently, “You better Harbor, New York, where they were enjoying his “children are lecturing us vigorously (even lists the current birthdays of approximately five gatherings in spring and summer, including and the effect it had on his life. love your spouse (fortunately, I do, without limit), family dinners with wine. swearing at us) on taking proper precautions in to eight well-known celebrity actors, producers, Tanglewood on Parade, July 27-28, were canceled. Ed writes that his dad started him skiing at because you’re going to be seeing a lot of him/her Judy and Joe Barker were riding things out on the age of coronavirus.” Bill Bronner has moved directors, and writers. Leading that list on April 23 Homecoming October 2-4 football mini is still the age of 5 and, coming from upstate New York, for the foreseeable future.” their beef and grain farm just north of Nashville. out of his Brooklyn home “for the duration to was our own classmate: “Actor David Birney is 81.” scheduled, pending decisions made this summer he early learned to hunt squirrels, pheasants, Jon Silbert notes that “thanks to the miracle “At our ages,” Joe counsels, “the best that we can work on their old house in northern Westchester Well, David Birney, from all of your classmates, we and fall. and grouse. At Dartmouth it was not long before of Zoom, I can continue to conduct mediations do is to keep ourselves fit and stay out of the way.” County.” Andy Longacre in rural Vermont says his wish you a very happy birthday. In place of live gatherings, our class held two he found himself at Holts Ledge trying out for online from home. I suspect that even when Kamay and Jim Weiskopf were “hunkered biggest concern is the safety of his daughter, Anna, —Victor S. Rich, 94 Dove Hill Drive, Manhasset, NY Zoom conferences in April, an approach conceived the freshman alpine team. The stars (in order the crisis has passed, some folks will find this down” in Beaufort, South Carolina, facetiming a doctor in Atlanta. Jock Gill is also in Vermont, 11030; (516) 446-3977; [email protected] by Ed Mazer. The first, April 3, simulated the of finish) were Pat Terenzini, Jim Jacobson, Chris method preferable. As the technology improves, with children and grandkids. concerned for his “son-in-law doctor who delivers annually scheduled Ponte Vedra, Florida, mini Palmer, and Bobby Hiller, followed by Charlie it could create vast changes—whether for good Roc Caivano and Helen live in the house palliative care to Covid-19 victims in Boston.” Peter Life in the time of coronavirus: and included Ed and wife Charlene, Roy Benson, Stromeyer, Geoff Pitchford, Stephen Kelso, Ed Frost, or ill is not so clear yet—in the way we practice architect Roc built on Mount Desert Island Thomas lives outside Exeter, New Hampshire, Regrettably, our 80th birthday bash Bob and Beth Bysshe, Bill and Carol Hindle, Allan Rick Isaacson, Gus Buchtel, and Tom Ilfeld. He says our professions (and live our lives).” He notes in Bar Harbor, Maine. He was spending time and continues his dentistry at a Community in San Antonio, Texas, organized by March, Mike and Jeanne Prince, Bill and Petie Subin, that he did not even merit mention on the results that probably all of us ’65s “are on a firm enough repairing and repainting things in his home and Action Center in rural New Hampshire. “When I 62 Tom Komarek Al Huck Chuck Wessendorf Sullivan tripmeister was canceled. , and Mary Ellen and sheet and made himself as small as possible in the footing health-wise and financially to be likely to painting watercolors and oils on his canvases. think about all the docs and staff who are dealing compiled a tribute to Tom in a special newsletter yours truly. The second took place April 30 and van back to campus. get through the worst of this. But there are millions Best yet, it’s a “blessing to have our daughters directly with infected patients, I am humbled edition containing photos of past trips and was administered by Dan Matyola for Alpha Chi Ed writes: “Coach Merrill had already of folks around the country and the planet who are and granddaughter nearby (though at least 6 feet but feel a sense of brotherhood and purpose for reminiscences from appreciative classmates. We Ro (AXR) brothers Mike Emerson, Bud Bruggeman, identified Mike Parker, Frank Hannah, and Gene not, and that is very scary.” away these days).” my small contribution.” Dick Clapp is in Jamaica celebrated our collective 80th birthdays anyway Denny Emerson, Richard Enholm, Tom Jester, Roger McGregor as strong candidates for the freshman Korky Terada spends half the year in Japan Tim Butterworth reported from Chesterfield, Plain, Massachusetts, and “stands in awe of the by Zoom, organized from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Parkinson, Jeff Weaver, and Bill Lamb. I was invited cross-country relay team but needed a fourth and half in Australia, where he imbibes sulphur- New Hampshire, that for him and Kay, “in our healthcare professionals and support workers by Peter Knight. And a good time was had by all. to sit in. runner. Recognizing my determination, he asked free organic red wine, which has helped keep his self-imposed quarantine our letter carrier and who put themselves in harm’s way each day they Magda and Bob Katz in New York City and Although each gathering had its own if I had ever thought of doing cross county. ‘I can internal age at 21 physically (we all look back and UPS drivers have become our best friends.” go to work.” John Meck in Denver hopes “in the end David Feingold in Thailand survived bouts with character and atmosphere, the pandemic was not teach you and I think you would be good,’ he hope not mentally). He has 10,000 bottles and David Stedman with Peggy in Haddonfield, there will be significant changes that will result the virus. Steve Geller adapted to the new world far from everyone’s thoughts. At virtual Ponte said. Wow, that was exciting. It was the start of a sends an invitation to visit. New Jersey, “had time to work on articles for my in a society kinder and more concerned with the by teaching four online courses from home in Vedra, April 3, Mike Prince reported Jeanne relationship that changed my life. It led to hours Dick Tabors is still working and “thoroughly Scottish clan Campbell and its publications and whole rather than just the individual.” Pat Horgan Savannah, Georgia. John Thees and Elyse Taylor was tested that day at a drive-thru after showing of hard training as a cross-county skier and my enjoying the three small companies that we for the St. Andrew’s Society of Philadelphia.” is in Gainesville, Georgia, finding it frustrating hunkered down at home in Tomball, Texas, symptoms. (Results were negative; she was decision, with the urging of Sam Baker ’62 and have started since 2012.” He was elected to the Lin and Don Ries in Tucson were sorting slides that “inadequate, unreliable, conflicting, “completing projects we have procrastinated on.” recovering from pneumonia.) Allan March, retired Jim Page ’63, to try out for the Olympics. Being a National Academy of Engineering last year, a from the last 53 years: “Lots of memories and and politically motivated data abounds.” Ken John Walters (our new Alumni Council member) physician and director of medical care for military member of Dartmouth’s ski team and later the U.S. signal honor after years as “a strange economist amazing color quality of the slides despite the age. McConnochie, an epidemiologist and researcher, participates in online council meetings. With dependents and retirees, said his hometown Olympic team were great honors. All those who and geographer.” Wonder if electronic images will last that long?” says that while a serious threat to some, “for most Nancy’s gentle prodding, John is finally cleaning Gainesville, Florida, went into lockdown weeks helped push me along deserve my thanks. They John Tobin’s study of the piano has moved John Rollins and Anne Rollins in Washington, this virus will make you feel like crap for several

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days, but you will not require hospitalization Maine, from whence Nancy hails. Dix for Dartmouth’s undefeated and nationally ranked enough to attend the fantasy simultaneously occurring Lululemon outdoor our 50th high school reunions. and you will recover fully.” Gary Atkins lives in numerous years spent many months of the year 1970 football team will celebrate the 50th hockey camp and was thrilled to meet and play classic pond hockey tournament was a young Matt Putnam, our class president, on behalf rural New Hampshire and “misses, more than in Boothbay, Maine, where Demie and Meg have anniversary of its Lambert Trophy Award and with some of the game’s greatest talents, including Dartmouth alum on Team USA. of the class officers and executive committee, many, the community support that a religious visited Nancy and Dix on their journeys north, Ivy League championship. No other Dartmouth Guy Lafleur! Lucky man to get this in before the Tyrone Byrd remains busy in the Houston area sends his best wishes for your safety along with congregation gives to its members.” Bill Yaggy is including celebrating his 70th on an overnight football team since then has achieved these dual coronavirus shut down all sporting events. Bill also with the oil and gas business, as well as Dartmouth the following: “As officers planning toward the “coping well with self-quarantining, trying to get cruise. Nancy is working on Dix to attend our accomplishments. Murry Bowden and Bob Peters caught me up on several other classmates. Bev Love activities. He is working on the Black Alumni of 50th reunion, we move forward with plans to out for a short walk every day. We had enjoyed “51st” next year and we hope she prevails. Demie led this great team. Many of our classmates and and his wife reside in Huntsville, Alabama. Bev Dartmouth Association’s digital archive project celebrate each other and the College in four taking our nearly 3-year-old grandson, Cyrus, on has spoken to Doc Farnum, his roommate freshman football team members are planning to attend. is a retired physician. Gaylord Toft and his family in conjunction with Rauner Library as well as years. Our efforts continue to focus on raising Tuesday and Friday mornings and miss our times and sophomore years. Doc was all set for our 50th Come join the celebration during Homecoming live in Wilmette, Illinois. Gaylord is the CFO football recruiting and mentoring. Significant a full scholarship as a class project. For those with him!” Bill Bogardus is in South Chatham, as he missed graduation 50 years ago because he and enjoy two class dinners, a golf tournament, of Pharmazz, a Chicago-based pharmaceutical time recently has been devoted by TByrd and remembering the fantastic work accomplished Massachusetts. “As are many of us from the class was spending his last term abroad. Demie and and a class farewell breakfast. Another 50th company. Bob Norton to the 50th anniversary celebration by Jim Taylor and crew at the 40th reunion, this of 1967, I am medically compromised, confined to Meg are all hunkered down staying in Jupiter, anniversary celebration now in the planning Andy Harrison reported in from New Rochelle, for the undefeated, untied, nationally ranked scholarship effort falls short when compared by the house and yard except for a daily walk around Florida, for an extra month and maybe more until stage for 2021 is a dance event at Hopkins Center New York, where he resides with his wife, 1970 football team, considered the best football muscle effort and nails—but it will take twice the block. We even hold the newspaper and mail the N.Y.C. metro area improves. He has never honoring Pilobolus and Momix. Our classmates Adrienne. Andy lived for 35 years in Larchmont, team in the College’s history, winning both the as many dollars. So, please start saving and for 48 hours before opening.” For Lew Hitchner walked so much and looks forward to really just Moses Pendleton and the late Jonathan Wolken New York, where he raised his family. With Lambert Trophy and Ivy League championship. contribute early if you can. Also, our class will there’s no Covid in his White Pine Canyon “office” sitting around without feeling guilty. founded Pilobolus during their senior year. Moses retirement he sought to downsize and found the A three-day celebration (October 2-4) is slated have the opportunity to connect with the class of near Park City, , but recently his “work” was Scott Holland shares his experiences traveling later left Pilobolus and founded Momix. These two perfect condo facing Long Island Sound. They for Homecoming Weekend in conjunction with 2024 in September this year and throughout their cut short because the top half of one of his ski during the Covid-19 pandemic. The year started great dance companies will perform in late March moved there in September. Sadly, with the arrival the Penn game in Hanover. For details, contact Dartmouth experience—more soon! bindings broke off, “which meant skiing down out with his annual trip to Southeast Asia: and early April, dates to be confirmed. Stay tuned of the Covid-19 crisis, life has taken on a different [email protected]. The team is planning a John Haulenbeck, our chief fundraiser, notes (2 1/2 miles, 1,600 feet) with the toe of one ski Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. He flew for updates on this dance celebration in upcoming rhythm for them now. Stay safe, Andy. This too memorial for deceased teammates such as Gregg that we have a Dartmouth College Fund target of boot latched to my ski.” From Pennsylvania, Jeff Qatar Air to Manila in one of their Q-Suites, which class communications. David Aylward, editor- shall pass. Brown, Bob Henry, Jerry Thompson, and Chuck $450,000 for 2020. The executive committee has Zimmerman says “Gettysburg is a wasteland. It is definitely the world’s best premium class and at in-chief of our 50th reunion yearbook, plans to Shel Prentice writes to say that he was in Thomas. While on the subject of football, I hope approved the 50th reunion class project to fund looks like a neutron bomb went off.”Bill Judd is an “affordable” price! Scott started in Saigon, then have the first draft of our book to the publisher Hanover in early March and had dinner with everyone caught the March/April feature article a full undergraduate scholarship to the tune of in Damariscotta, Maine, stargazing: “The early Hue and a few days at the beach there at a very nice in September. Please do your part to make it a Wayne Young and Jack Manning, who, like many “A Fan’s Notes” recounting the 1971 Harvard game $500,000. We all hope the class will fully support spring is a wonderful time to get outside and see resort. He had a bad cough, and when he returned big success. Simply enter https://dartmouth71. of us, was celebrating his 70th birthday. Wayne and Ted Perry’s winning field goal in Cambridge, this. Kudos to Peter DeNatale, John’s predecessor, the heavens.” Steve Danford was quarantined on to Saigon for the Tet, he went to a clinic for reuniontechnologies.com and update your profile. lives in Hanover and is still practicing law. Jack Massachusetts. who left such a good organization intact to aid a cruise ship in Egypt watching the Nile flow by antibiotics. He headed on by bus to Phnom Penh Share your humor, scars, wisdom, and flattering is retired from his legal career in Montana and After graduation Chuck Appleby served John and our other agents with their work. for three days before leaving the country. Jon Dana for a few days, an easy trip, then on to the beach pictures. Our class vice president, Jim Rager, looks forward to traveling more now that he has as a division officer and department head on Our newsletter editor, Rick Ranger, is heading says, “We’re all hoarding something. In my case at Sihanoukville. The Chinese have taken over, is recruiting captains for teams, frats, dorms, more free time. God willing, we will all be able two nuclear submarines. He then pursued a off to Uganda and a professorship at the law school it’s jalapeño peppers!” Read all their complete, and the beach was torn up—a disappointing visit clubs, and other college groups. These captains to do so soon. master’s and Ph.D. in international relations there through the auspices of the Anglican church, unedited stories on 1967.dartmouth.org. as it was the focus of the trip. He was then back will reach out to encourage classmates to tell Finally, I heard from Marty Cain, who reached at Johns Hopkins. Fast forward to 2000, when which he attends in D.C. Rick’s wife, Catherine, —Larry Langford, P.O. Box 71, Buckland, MA 01339; in Phnom Penh with obligatory hand sanitizer to their stories in the yearbook and to attend the out to tell me that this fall the College will be as a leadership and organization development is also headed there to develop a new program [email protected] enter his hotel and some buildings. Next was the reunion. Please volunteer to be a captain. You’ll celebrating the 50th anniversary of Dartmouth consultant for government, industry and in human rights and humanitarian law. Check flight to Manila, and things were heating up. His have to verify (authenticate) your basic contact football’s Lambert Trophy-winning team. This will nonprofits, he founded Appleby & Associates in out this link: http://law.ucu.ac.ug/index/php/ Classmates Ric Gruder, Richard temperature was taken to enter the Philippines. information to the above reunion yearbook take place during Homecoming weekend, October Vienna, Virginia. Chuck also is an adjunct faculty about-law/jsi. Please send along your prayers Livingston, Terry Lichty, and Andy When he flew to Cebu, his temperature was taken website. If you already haven’t done so, here’s what 1-4, and will feature a team introduction during member at George Washington and Georgetown and support to both of them. They are required 68Hotaling made contact. More in the at check-in and written on his boarding pass. to do with your Dartmouth NetID and password: the game against UPenn. Co-captains Murray Universities. to raise their own monetary support. Thanks to next edition. He stayed on a great beach on Bantayan before go to https://dartm.dartmouth.edu; on the right Bowden and Bob Peters and other members of that The Rev. Robert Bachelder served as a United the internet, Rick will still be able to continue as Please join us in Hanover October 3-4 for heading back to Manila with infrared screening of this link, you’ll see a place to check if you don’t undefeated team (which also won the Ivy League Church of Christ (UCC) minister for more than our class newsletter editor, but response times Homecoming to share a class meeting, dedication at arrivals. The local news made it apparent that know your NetID (type in your name and you’ll trophy that year) have invited all members of our 40 years and for 34 years as president of the might be a little slower. Feel free to send your news of the Frederick Douglass bust, Yale football, and evacuation was in order. Scott was able to make get your NetID); then enter your Dartmouth class who were part of the Dartmouth football Worcester Area Mission Society (the successor to me instead. dinner. an Emirates reservation online and departed two password. If you’re having a senior moment program to participate in the event. There were corporation to Ichabod Washburn’s City As you’ll be receiving this during the summer, I must close by noting the passing of Steven days before the Manila airport shut down along and can’t remember it, click the “forgot” button more than 100 of us on the freshman team and Missionary Society) until his 2018 retirement I can only hope we’re all getting more time outside. Golladay. with the rest of the city. His trip ended two weeks and answer the security questions. Then you’ll everyone who was part of the experience, however from ordained ministry. In 2015 Bob authored Here in New England it’s been warmer and drier —Jack Hoke, 157 Joy St., River Ridge, LA 70123; earlier than planned. He entered Boston from create a new password. If you still need assistance, briefly, is invited to come and reconnect with old the UCC general synod resolution on responsible than usual this winter. I think we had snow once (504) 388-2645; [email protected] Asia with no questions asked and no temperature contact the Dartmouth alumni help desk at (603) friends. So mark your calendars! stewardship of the outer space environment. in all of February. I’ll look forward to the warm up check! Now he is back home in New Hampshire 646-3202 or (855) 215-9024 (toll free) or help@ Kind regards to all. After providing IT manager and director and opening our pool in May. If anyone is passing With more news than we can fit into looking forward to our 51st. dartmouth.edu. —David Hetzel, 997 State Blvd., Franklin, TN 37064; services for a variety of companies, in 2005 David through Manchester, New Hampshire (by car or this space, and the disruptions caused Watch for dates and schedules for our 50th —Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; [email protected] Rier established Data and Computer Resources in plane), on your way to the College, please feel free 69by the pandemic, we’ve elected to reunion replay with the class of 2020 sometime [email protected] Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, providing technical to contact us or stop by. We offer a nice guest room improvise. in June 2021. I hope the pandemic worst is over! and end-user support to small- and medium-size and great cooking and plenty of room for social Our Class Notes for this issue can be located —Gary Miller, 7 E. Hill Road, Canton, CT 06019; Congratulations to Greg Yadley, who Last fall Barry Grove had knee companies, with particular expertise in Microsoft distancing. on our class website, and an expanded edition [email protected] reported from Florida that he was 73replacement surgery, which slowed Office, database, and reporting projects. Finally, if you have a classmate worthy will be included in your upcoming class of ’69 72recently appointed to the board of him down considerably for several months, but Sadly, there have been two more classmate of profiling in Class Notes, I’d love to get your newsletter. Log in at www.dartmouth69.org. As I write this Class Note, our country directors of Helios Technologies Inc., a public he was still able to participate in Tony voting for deaths. Paul Frangos succumbed in late January suggestions. —John “Tex” Talmadge, 3519 Brookline Lane, and the world are in the midst of the company trading on the Nasdaq. Greg has served Broadway shows. to multiple myeloma and Tim Cole suffered a fatal Hope to hear from you. Stay safe—blessings! Farmers Branch, TX 75234; (214) 673-9250; 71worst pandemic of our lifetime. I hope the company as outside counsel for the past 25 The Dartmouth Lawyers Association heart attack in February. Obituaries are at https:// —Philip Stebbins, 17 Hardy Road, Londonderry, NH [email protected] that you and your family are safe and well. The years under four CEOs and is thrilled to be part gathered in Lake Louise, Canada, this February dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obits. 03053; [email protected] pandemic has profoundly impacted our lives of its success stories. Greg is also staying busy and there was a strong showing of classmates. —Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA Our 50th reunion, like our spring term and the College. The 50th reunion team and I are with clients facing severe cash-flow shortages and Jennifer Parser, who is of counsel with Poyner 94403; [email protected] It is late April and Eliza and I are in 1970, is a bust. By now reunion now planning for our reunion June 11-15, 2021. revenue losses due to the Covid-19 crisis. Spruill in Raleigh, North Carolina, spoke on hunkered down during this novel refunds have arrived and hotel Sadly, this year’s senior class won’t have a campus Bill Schur tells me he is still practicing law in business immigration issues, while John Goheen, Hello, ’74s. I hope you are all safe and coronavirus pandemic. Life remains 70 Hicks Morgan John Harrington, Richard Merrill, Hilary Miller reservations have been canceled. and Commencement and the great class of ’70 won’t Chicago. He attended the Dartmouth Lawyers and 75 socially conscious as we endure the calm, but somber, as Galveston Island, Texas, his team are retuning plans for our 51st reunion be able to conduct its 50th reunion in Hanover. Association continuing legal education and ski your scribe took copious notes (not!). There were Covid-19 pandemic. Here in New seeks to keep the lid on the spread of infection. next summer. Our class had to cancel its Naples, Florida, mini- conference in late February at Lake Louise in surprisingly robust month-old remnants of the 74 England we’ve been hit pretty hard. Most of my As of this writing, so far, so good; but the beaches Demie Duckworth reported that he and Meg reunion in March. Many thanks to Jim and Yola Alberta, Canada, where he encountered Dave local winter carnival ice sculptures, including work is in Massachusetts, which is third after open back up this weekend and we hope for no had a Zoom cocktail with Dix Druce and his wife, Rager for having planned a fun-filled weekend that Stephens and Greg Yadley. Dave lives in Houston the facade of a medieval castle. (Similar to the New York and New Jersey. New Hampshire has setbacks. I am hopeful that all of our classmates Nancy. Dix reversed “snowbirding” by leaving our classmates and guests would have enjoyed. and just retired after a long career in BP’s law one pictured from 1924 in the March/April been relatively spared. I don’t think we will ever have remained safe and healthy during these Florida for permanent residence in Portland, During Homecoming on October 2-4 department. Earlier this year Bill was also lucky issue of this magazine.) One participant in the forget 2020. I’m sure 99 percent of us had to lose challenging times.

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At times like this, many people become by and supremely grateful for my medical, nursing, cities across the United States and Latin America, “From grandchildren to 93-year-old Mom!” adds every day. Whether it’s a new reflective and remember other trials and and technologist colleagues who are serving on the the mission has become more holistic—from Barbie Martinez. “Touch,” is Chris Hughes’ answer. friend, a new lecture series or challenging situations. Facebook is a place that frontlines of the Covid pandemic. With the recent providing safe havens and medical care to teaching “Sterling’s first grandchild is due in July. We so our class has returned to again and again to hold on non-emergency procedures, my workload homeless youth life skills and providing long-term hope to be able to touch him.” For Amy Berg it is a new physical activity, Kendal share stories. In the last several weeks there have has diminished markedly.” Andy foresees support so that they can thrive independently. All “being in a crowd,” while for Harriet Reynolds it is been many reminiscences of the draft and the “significant restructuring” in his as well as other sites remain open through the Covid crisis! To “the din of happy voices” in a playground. Helen at Hanover’s resident-driven uncertainty or resignation that accompanied a medical specialties. Andy follows classmate show solidarity with homeless youth and to raise Lukash and Jim Vailas point to in-person visits with lifestyle provides a wide range low number. Andy McDowell got us started with not activities on our Facebook page and Jim Burns’ funds, an annual sleepout (only a sleeping bag and friends—“whether with food and drink, outdoor only his remembrance, but also with a reminder newsletter. He’s also enjoyed several Dartmouth some cardboard) is held on the N.Y.C. streets the fun, or a laugh or cry,” adds Melinda Kassen. of opportunities for you— to thank those who serve so that we can enjoy alumni trips. Jeff Hillebrand, former chief operating week before Thanksgiving. Phil writes: “Every Travel and cherished activities top the list for plus the security of a Life Plan the lives we have. Ron Akie and Brad Ashley drew officer of NorthShore University HealthSystem in year I come away from that event touched by the some: “rowing” (Brooks Clark); “live performing No. 14 and No. 6, respectively. Both rode the bus Evanston, Illinois, which includes four hospitals resiliency of the youth and more thankful for what arts” (Alan Reynolds); “spring skiing in Vail Community. together to Manchester, New Hampshire, for their and 10,000 employees, reports that his former I have.” [Colorado]” (Diane Boyer); “going to the range with physicals. Stu Rolfe was No. 16, not sure if he was colleagues say they have “never worked with such The class held a Zoom discussion on the my son to hit practice balls” (Bill Petit); “being Visit us online or call to on that bus as well. Thankfully, the draft was intensity.” Retired and living with wife Nini in La Covid-19 pandemic featuring Susan Dentzer and able to jump on a plane and go see my 97-year-old schedule a tour to learn more. canceled, and I don’t believe either made the trip Quinta, California, Jeff serves on the healthcare Dan Lucey with class president Dee Dee Granzow mom” (Jim Bullion); “international travel” (Doug to Southeast Asia. Dave Rettig spent the summer of advisory board of a Chicago private equity firm Simpson moderating. Susan Dentzer is senior Barham). Will Fraizer agrees, saying, “to travel when KAH.Kendal.org 1972 in Quantico at Marine Corps platoon leaders and as president of PGA West. Nini, a retired ICU policy fellow at the Duke-Margolis Center for and where I want and to see parts of the wider class office training. and hospice nurse, has organized a group to sew Health Policy, where she has been contributing world again.” Richard Heath cites “the ability to 603-643-8900 Speaking of Andy McDowell, he has found personal protective gowns for the local hospital papers on the Covid pandemic. She also has use any form of public transportation without ® a new way to serve. While hanging out minding and looks forward to resuming visits to the been moderating a webinar series for the U.S. taking some significant form of health protection.” his own business, Andy was called back to his Alzheimer’s facility with the Hillebrands’ therapy Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Maggie Fellner Hunt says, “What I miss and will KENDAL old company near New York City to assist with dog Wally. Tony Gomes, for many years a top on hospitals’ and health systems’ response to the never take for granted again is the ability to make much-needed medical supplies. Apparently, he executive at one of New England’s supermarket crisis and speaking on the prospects for reopening plans.” helped with the critical needs of those fighting chains, praises supermarket workers for serving the economy. Dan Lucey is a physician who is “I will no longer take the flu shot for granted,” at Hanover on the frontlines. Walter Evans is still delivering on the frontlines. He says that, unlike restaurants the originator of the Smithsonian exhibition on comments Carolyn Kelley Evans. “That I’ll even Together, transforming the experience of aging.® babies in Dallas and in early April reported that and other retailers, supermarkets have seen “a epidemics, 2018-21, based on his experiences make it to 2021,” quips Rick Barrows. “The time seven doctors at his hospital had already tested huge spike in business,” but predicts that sadly overseas with SARS, MERS, flu, Ebola, Zika, that’s left,” says Robert Kaler. Lisa Kaeser writes positive, with one on a ventilator. Our classmates many small restaurants won’t survive. He and his yellow fever, and plague. He is a senior scholar that after 20 years at National Institutes of Health, A Not-for-Profit Continuing Care Retirement Community in the medical profession are surely among the wife, Karen, live “on top of a mountain” in western and adjunct professor of infectious diseases at “I shouldn’t be surprised by anything. But I will EQUAL HOUSING Serving Older Adults in the Quaker Tradition OPPORTUNITY ©2016 KENDAL most at-risk responders, and we all wish them Massachusetts. Their son lives nearby and “has Georgetown University and a research associate no longer take it for granted that if you do the the best and hope they come through this with assumed the grocery shopping for both families.” in anthropology at the Smithsonian National studies and present the data, people will listen health intact. I asked our two pro athletes what it would be like Museum of Natural History. (Read more about his to scientists. (Lysol, really?)” On a truly somber note, I report the passing to play without spectators. Reggie Williams played work in the May-June issue.) Dee Dee Granzow “The future” is Michael Elitzer’s laconic of Jim Tyre in March this year. You will find his for the Cincinnati Bengals in the coldest game in Simpson is a former career diplomat who worked response. “The right to vote,” comments Neil Call gabbie obituary in the online DAM. NFL history, the 1982 AFC Championship with on nuclear arms negotiations. A longtime resident McCarthy. “Civilization,” says Len Weiser-Varon. And from our eyes and ears in Hanover a wind chill of 59 below zero. He writes, “We won of London, she is chairwoman of the Pilgrims “Covid-19, relative to some of the historic To Rediscover What You Loved comes this report from Jeff Sassorossi as of the the game against San Diego to go to our first Super Society of the United Kingdom, the oldest U.S.- pandemics, is fairly nonlethal. If something first week in April: “We, too, are hunkered down. Bowl in franchise history, but the joy for me ended U.K. friendship group, whose members include combining stealth transmission and greater harm About The Upper Valley I am three and a half weeks into working from when three fans died from hypothermia. If there leaders in the military, political, business, and to humans came along, all our know-how might home as the College is essentially closed with is a possibility that a fan could risk death to watch diplomatic fields. not preserve us from calamitous depopulation.” classes being taught online. A real bummer for a game, I would gladly play to an empty house. Susan discussed what is known about the Jim Lattin says he has a “newfound appreciation GABBIE BLACK, REALTOR the senior class, but obviously a necessity. We Having never played on TV at Dartmouth, that epidemiology of the SARS-CoV2 virus and its for the sudden perishability of abundance: how C: 603.448.8795 O: 603.643.6406 all hope this situation doesn’t last too long. Our medium would be all I’d need to play with the effects on the body, prospects for treatments and quickly the things that surround us and that we daughter Krissy is supposed to get married this passion to succeed.” Jim Beattie spent decades in vaccines, and the timing and shape of reopening depend on can suddenly disappear from our lives.” [email protected] August, we’re so keeping our fingers crossed that packed Major League Baseball parks as a player, the economy across the country. Dan referenced a “I will no longer take for granted accurate and the Covid will have abated enough for us to have a general manager, and a scout. He agrees that fan letter he wrote to the Infectious Diseases Society independent local news” says Jim Friedlich, CEO the ceremony.” I am sure many of you have similar safety is paramount. “It’s hard to imagine playing of America in February about China’s response of the Lenfest Institute for Journalism, parent situations, missing weddings, funerals, births, without spectators. As an athlete, a crowd adds to the Covid outbreak in Wuhan. He stressed the company of The Philadelphia Inquirer and a TheCBLife.com birthdays, anniversaries, etc. Sometimes it is very tremendously to the competition. The ballpark importance of learning lessons from how other 501c3 dedicated to sustaining local public service satisfying to check in with old friends at a time like is not a ballpark without fans and noise.” Neither countries have handled Covid. Dan predicted the journalism. “Covid-19 has been a gut-punch to an this—so do that. Send me a note, give me call, or are the Class Notes, so write me soon! second wave of the virus would hit the United already challenged local news industry. When I let’s have a video chat. —Sara Hoagland Hunter, 72 Mount Vernon St., Unit States in the autumn at the same time as the went to shelter with my family at our farm outside WONDERING WHAT TO DO Vox clamantis in Tejas. 4B, Boston, MA 02108; [email protected] influenza season. of Woodstock, New York, my beloved Woodstock WITH YOUR INVESTMENTS? —Stephen D. Gray, 3627 Avenue M, Galveston, TX Look for class emails about future Zoom Times announced it was ceasing publication. 77550; (650) 302-8739; [email protected] In February, when visitors were still events. We hope you and your family are safe. Dozens of publishers have followed suit. These e economic landscape has changed coming to N.Y.C., Liz Epstein Kadin —Robin Gosnell, 31 Elm Lane, Princeton, NJ past few weeks have reminded me just how fragile I know I say this every time but never hosted the grandson of her language 08540; [email protected]; Eric Edmondson, are these great American news enterprises and Previously successful strategies will 77 no longer work have I valued the bonds formed around study abroad family from Bourges, along with his DC Advisory, 425 California St., Suite 19, San how vital their survival.” a beautiful New Hampshire college wife and children. During the visit Liz showed the Francisco, CA 94104; eweedmondson@gmail. Let’s remember! 76 Drew Kintzinger Rick Beyer Navigate with evolved strategies Green more than during the past several months. children photos of their dad when he was 2 years com; , 2400 M St. NW, Apt. 914, — , 1305 S. Michigan Ave., #1104, From precious laughter with gal pals on Zoom old as well as photos of their great-grandfather, Washington, DC 20037; [email protected] Chicago, IL 60605; [email protected] from a hedge fund manager and now to connecting with classmates for this column, whom they had never met. They had a wonderful personal advisor our four-decade friendships shine bright with time together. Liz is grateful for a friendship that What will you no longer take for With the untimely death of Daniel certainty to dissipate the doubts. Andy Goldberg has endured for 45 (whoa!) years. granted in 2021? Smith on February 11, our class has lost Tim Alford retired from a full-time career in neuroradiology Phil Andryc has been involved with Covenant 78 “Hugging,” writes Anne Bagamery. 79another beloved son of Dartmouth. We D’90 but continues with his part-time practice of both House for more than 30 years. Founded in 1972, “I never realized how much that simple act mourn Dan’s passing and will keep his memory hospital-based and outpatient teleradiology in it initially provided a safe overnight haven for meant,” agrees Scott Marber. “A handshake, alive through all our days. These are trying times [email protected] resetim.com Cleveland. He writes, “Like everyone, I am awed homeless youth in N.Y.C. With shelters now in 31 hug, or kiss as a greeting,” says Marc Brovender. for us sexagenarians; too often we are reminded

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of our mortality at this juncture, a surreal moment Co-chairs Cathy McGrath and Alex Frank overwhelming, and for some devastating. The only Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. also takes bike rides with her family and posts of twine, our class executive committee has been in time when the demands of everyday life have confirm our 40-ish reunion will take place time we witness personal growth is when adversity Matt Hoffman writes: “It’s natural to feel amusing vignettes of her dog on Instagram. Rick quite busy. One might even say productive. The been compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic. We summer 2021. Committee members Chris exacerbates our greatest fear: uncertainty. Our goal anxious, frightened, and depressed while this Baker uses his extra time to prepare gourmet meals. members have crafted a heartfelt message that wish everyone well and urge those experiencing Bensley, Jeff Demers, Peter Fowler, Debo Hart Goth, in life is to learn how to tolerate ambiguity, because invisible killer surrounds us. Although I am He recently spent seven days nurturing his starter they have asked me to share with you. Accordingly, distress or despair to reach out to a compassionate Paul Grassie, Bill Koch, Ann Munves Malenka, Trina everything is ambiguous. This virus has the being very careful about minimizing the risk of for sourdough bread. Rick’s wife, Anne Mork, is we interrupt our regularly scheduled column to group of ’79 volunteers for confidential support Olin Santry, Lisa Shanahan, Carla Boehm Sloan, Dan possibility of helping us reach our best self. If the spreading the virus, I refuse to allow it to dominate. busy coordinating surgical operations during the bring you the following message from our 1984 via our class website. Zenkel, and Ed McNierney are working overtime to world suffers universally from the same epidemic, What helps maintain normalcy for me is to think pandemic at University of Wisconsin Hospital. executive committee. Now it’s time for a guest column from a reschedule activities. Alex remains committed to we have greater unity, as we are all hoping for the about everything I am grateful for. It has also been Meanwhile, Bill Cossaboom reports, right before Our class theme is “Caring: for each other; real-life spy who came in from the cold. David following Ed over to King Arthur Flour to bake same result. Such similarity makes each and every comforting to connect with classmates via the column submission to DAM: “Have the starter fed for the College; and for those who come behind Bridges was reminded of his mortality early and something for the first time in his life. one of us the same—no one is better, no one is internet. Why didn’t I do so more often before for the weekend, wish me luck on my first loaf.” In us.” In this spirit of caring for each other, we are repeatedly, remarking that he “didn’t think he’d Gretchen and Brian Boyer recently hosted a worse. Rather, we are humans understanding Covid-19? Will I keep it up after the virus is gone? Massachusetts Jenny Cheshire Hussin is leveraging pleased to announce the formation of the class get out of his 40s.” We’re so glad he did; here’s a transnational Zoom mini-reunion with Kal Alston each other’s plight. This world fight may mitigate I hope so. I wish all ’82s and their loved ones good junior high home ec. skills to make colorful fabric of ’84 Compassion Committee. The committee, bit of his story: “After graduation I headed west (Syracuse, New York), Connie and Andy Minden escalating wars, decrease mass shootings, and physical and mental health.” masks for her neighborhood. “I had forgotten how through its leadership and members, will provide to earn an M.A. at the ’s (Boulder, Colorado), Mark Webb (Oahu, Hawaii), engender a greater sense of oneness. Use this time Carol Davis writes: “When I was 12 my greatest much swearing is involved in using a sewing emotional support to classmates in time of need. Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Armed with and Steve Smith and Deb Zvosec (Minneapolis). to communicate and create greater harmony in dream was to be on the PBS show, Zoom. In the machine.” Neil Donnenfeld’s summer wedding to A classmate in need might be someone who my advanced degree, I spent a year working in “Mark opted for a real Pacific beach background yourself and your family. Reflect on fractured category of being careful of what you wish for, I Ellen Sandler, Harvard ’79, has unfortunately is experiencing a recent death in the family, a bar on Nantucket Island before landing a job while Andy flashed pictures of more than a foot relationships by contemplating what you can never thought I’d be on Zoom celebrating Easter been postponed due to the pandemic. Professional illness of their own or of a family member, loss with a peacekeeping force in the Middle East, of mid-April snow on his deck. Steve and Deb change to increase emotional intimacy. Lastly, or that my son would be finishing his junior year cartoonist Steve Brosnihan’s work at schools and of employment, anxiety due to coronavirus, where I spent the next five years. While there my maintain upstairs-downstairs isolation from each cherish all for which you are grateful. Remember, of college on Zoom. The silver lining, of course, the Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Rhode Island, or other conditions such as addiction, abuse, boss was killed in a terrorist attack, which was other as Steve works the ER of Hennepin County it is always darkest before dawn.” Thank you, dear is extra time with my son. I most miss live has likewise been postponed. He is reinventing discrimination, or simply struggling with life’s quite shocking. Not as shocking, though, as the Hospital, dealing with Covid-infected patients Jody, for this uplifting message. performances, but I am grateful to all the artists his means of earning a living while enjoying time challenges. The committee will determine how death of the 12-year-old daughter of a guy I knew daily. Deb makes cloth masks for ER patients; she Because of the pandemic, our 40th reunion and theaters that are connecting with audiences with family and connecting with Dartmouth to best provide support, which may take the form in a separate terrorist attack a few months later. demonstrated during the entire 90-minute call. will now be held in 2021, the actual 40th from their homes and puzzles—hours and hours friends. He offers online cartooning lessons of reaching out with calls, cards, general advice, I figured if people were murdering 12-year-old While hunkering down with daughter Aviva, Kal anniversary of our graduation. In the meantime, and hours of puzzles.” and has resumed his brushwork again instead referrals, mobilizing meals or a local resource, girls, I wanted to do something about it, so I quit is mastering her e-teaching skills for grad student we can look forward to the fun events that our Cathy Judd Stein writes: “This pandemic of a Sharpie. Steve is also helping a friend whose and general support (a friend to lean on). All my job, moved back to the United States, joined seminars.” The Bri highly recommends Zoom to reunion committee has been planning to keep us confirms for me that community truly depends machine shop is building parts for a producer of discussions with the committee will be kept the CIA in 1987, and spent the next 25 years in the connect with classmates. all connected virtually between now and the time on innovation and perseverance, powered by personal protection equipment for frontliners, in strict confidence. If anyone is interested in agency’s clandestine service, mostly abroad and Bill Goodspeed excels as newsletter editor we are able to get together physically in Hanover. heart and hope. How fortunate that Dartmouth giving Steve a chance to earn money while serving as a committee chair or member or if you mostly in radio silence. I had a good career, got while waiting for The Onion to call. Speed reports, Stay tuned for communications in this regard ’82s comprise such a community. Our class supporting the caregivers at the hospital. As are an individual in need, we encourage you to to work with exceptional women and men, saw “Mike Lynch’s daughter, Haley, will soon graduate as from our reunion chairs, Lynne Gaudet and Rick Compassion Committee is an outstanding a board member of the Community Foodbank reach out to Julie Levenson, levensonjulie@yahoo. a lot of the world (especially the back-of-beyond a third-generation alum of Dartmouth undergrad Silverman. example, offering outreach at this time of such of New Jersey, Joe Dempsey has witnessed com, or David Cumberbatch, [email protected]. parts), went to the wars, and retired as one of the and Geisel Med. Al Noyes’ son, A.J., won the In non-Covid-related news, Larry Glance immense loss. Additionally, in Massachusetts, a firsthand the devastating impact of Covid-19. We now return you to our regularly espionage cadre’s senior executives. I didn’t have Maine state slalom and giant slalom as a junior. writes, “Gail and I have been making more contact tracing collaborative is underway (and As the virus became rampant in New Jersey, scheduled column, already in progress… a Plan B when I decided to punch out—I just knew My 1-year-old granddaughter, Lorelei, has added frequent trips to campus recently as our son, being replicated across the nation), aimed at the foodbank significantly reduced the number …everything got sorted out just as the police the time had come to find something else to do Mandarin and Latin to her violin studies; she aims John, graduated as part of the Dartmouth class staring this virus down. The program evolved from of volunteers to maintain social distancing and arrived. Kyle Gore, the alleged mastermind, with my life. So my wife and I moved to the old to matriculate with the Dartmouth class of 2041.” of 2018 and our daughter, Katie, is a ’23. We will a roadside call that the governor had with former protect employees while also responding to an continues to maintain his innocence. Kyle was farmhouse we bought years ago in Vermont; I took We have longtime treasurer Joe Mannes be heading to Oxford this spring to attend John’s Dartmouth President Jim Kim (an adopted ’82), unprecedented increase in demand. According to able to rapidly post bail (siphoning off some class the first real vacation I’d had in years and only then to thank for our class’ solid fiscal position. Joe graduation ceremony for his master’s degree in who detailed the success of the Partners in Health Joe, nationwide demand has increased 45 percent dues), which eliminated the risks associated with began to think about my next chapter. I ended officiates girls and women’s lacrosse at levels from financial economics. He is working at Lazard in approach to infectious disease control. The scope during the pandemic, while food donations spending a night in prison in that outfit. Gore up cold-calling Fidelity and was hired in 2012 as second grade through college and also judges chili, N.Y.C. Just before his Dartmouth graduation John of this crisis is overwhelming, but the leader of this declined 55 percent. With higher food costs and retained attorney Dan Daniels for his criminal their senior geopolitical guy. These days, when I’m Mexican food, and pie competitions at the Texas hiked the 22-mile Presidential Traverse in one day. new tracing program inspires me with her simple the cancellation of fundraisers, foodbanks are defense. Dan was confident that Gore would be not in Boston working with fund managers and State Fair. He has completed more than 1,600 The following month we hiked the Swiss Alps as but enduring words: ‘You just have to start and struggling. Feeding America, which oversees 200 acquitted of all charges, except maybe for that analysts or, as I am now, hunkered down in the yoga classes in the past 10 years. My father, Joe’s a family—but at a much more leisurely pace! We believe that it’s possible.’ We will come out on the foodbanks, estimates a $1.4-billion shortfall to one involving the theft of one of Eric Dezenhall’s Upper Valley, I’m on the road talking to Fidelity’s pediatrician, would be proud and not surprised. couldn’t get enough of that incredible scenery and other side, greater together, with bigger hearts and meet Covid-19-related demand. The need for llamas. Stay tuned. institutional clients about what’s happening—and A few final fun facts: After graduationKate returned to hike there again this past summer. stronger hope, motivated by possibility.” support has never been greater. Joe and his Rose McSween has taken to Zoom to relieve what’s gonna happen—in the world. It’s a good gig Wiley Laud took classes with Sandy Meisner at the This fall Katie served as co-chair of the bonfire It is with a very heavy heart that we report the wife volunteered with members of FEMA and the boredom associated with her quarantine. and certainly not one I would have seen myself Actor’s Studio. When he worked for the Redskins, build committee. We had a wonderful time at death of a bright ’82 light: Sally Adnopoz Gendler other organizations at the foodbank this spring She recently participated in a Zoom call with in while I was doing that runnin’ and gunnin’ Mark Alperin greeted Ronald and Nancy Reagan as Homecoming and were excited to see Katie light succumbed to a long illness on April 22 with her until they developed mild Covid-19-related 75 current and former Dartmouth women’s CIA thing. Of course, I didn’t foresee working for the team returned from winning the 1983 Super the bonfire!” husband, Steve, and daughters Abigail and Liza at symptoms. Fortunately, after two weeks with lacrosse players. Though I wasn’t invited, I did the agency when I left Dartmouth, either. I guess Bowl with, “Nice to meet you, Mr. President, and Finally, I am sad to report the passing of her side. Our class has a new way to leave tributes no further issues, they were back volunteering. successfully manage to Zoom bomb the call. some of us navigate the paths we’ve planned for you as well, Mrs. President.” My wife, Chantal, classmates Bruce Davidson, Tod Maclay, and Craig to other classmates by submitting photos for the Belle Traver McDougall is home in Vermont with For those of you who recorded the call, I was ourselves and some of us, well, we just go with surprised me on the 22nd anniversary of my Seligman. May they rest in peace. “In Memoriam” pages of our ’82 website. Please her husband and son. In addition to hikes, they the balding guy, fifth row, third from the right. the tides.” proposal to her by proposing to me; we renewed Stay safe and healthy and please continue to send tributes and photos to remember deceased have been cooking and playing games, including Those of you who have elected to spend —Stanley Weil, 15 Peck Road, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549; our wedding vows moments later. I thank her, co- send your news and answers to the big question classmates to [email protected]. virtually with Belle’s mother in Maine. Following quarantine exploring the far corners of the (917) 428-0852; [email protected]; John secretaries Wade Herring and Frank Fesnak, and all series to our class email address: d.81.news@ —Jenny Chandler, 3506 Idaho Ave., NW, a 30-year career as a physician’s assistant, Belle internet have likely come across Chris Mobley. Currier, 82 Carpenter St., Norwich, VT 05055; (802) of you for a terrific decade as your scribe. gmail.com. Washington, DC 20016; jchandlerhauge@gmail. retired three years ago to start a business selling That sounds bad. Actually, it’s not. Chris, 649-2577; [email protected] —Rob Daisley, 3201 W. Knights Ave., Tampa, FL —Veronica Wessels, 224 Buena Vista Road, com; David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los her pastels, watercolors, and notecards in local who spends his days working for National 33611; (813) 835-7722; [email protected]; Frank Rockcliffe, ON K1M0V7, Canada; (613) 864-4491; Angeles, CA 90046; [email protected] shops. She enjoys expressing herself creatively Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as Mary Ann McDonald Carolan Fesnak, 242 River Road, Gladwyne, PA 19035; (408) [email protected]; Emil Miskovsky, 520 Seneca and has turned to her art most days during the the sanctuary superintendent for the Channel directs Italian studies at Fairfield 859-9652; [email protected];Wade Herring, P.O. St., Suite 312, Utica, NY 13502; (802) 345-9861; Life under quarantine is also the age pandemic. She describes it as “art therapy.” Islands National Marine Sanctuary, apparently University. She was scheduled to Box 9848, Savannah, GA 31412; (912) 944-1639; [email protected] of Zoom! David Ellis reports that recent —Shanta Sullivan, 1541 North Sierra Bonita Ave., spends his evenings playing the guitar. He 80be in Italy three times spring semester. When [email protected] ’83 New York luncheons have occurred Los Angeles, CA 90046; shantaesullivan@gmail. recently posted a socially distanced rendition 83 Jim Maguire Elliot Stultz those plans were canceled, she noted how much These are tough times. As Covid-19 via Zoom. According to , some Boston com; , 421 West Melrose St., #8A, of “Men of Dartmouth” on his Facebook page. she was looking forward to reunion. She added, I am thinking of you all during this very upended our worlds, we reached out area ’83s “Zoom-bombed the April gathering.” Chicago, IL 60657; [email protected] It’s no “biggest twine ball in the world,” but it “The word ‘quarantine’ comes from Italian for 40, strange time and hope that you will to well-recognized voices in our class, Ted Fleming writes that Jim was inspired to will have to do. 82 Eric Grubman as in the number of days a ship that might have derive as much comfort as I did from the asking them to share how they’ve been coping organize a Zoom reunion of “the Ripley Dorm Well, this has been quite a challenging — , 2 Fox Den Way, Woodbridge, CT 81 Jocelyn (Jody carried illness had to remain in port before crew wise words written by our very own and what the Dartmouth community means to Gang.” Sourdough breadmaking is a trend on few months. While I have been sitting 06525; (203) 710-7933; [email protected]; could come ashore in the 1600s. In typical Italian Awad) Evans, a licensed social worker, reproduced them. Here is Part I of the ’82 “Vox Clamantis the rise and takes days to make. Kathy Bowler at home, putting the finishing touches Juliet Aires Giglio, 4915 Bentbrook Drive, Manlius, Mitchell 84 fashion, ‘quarantina’ means 40-ish.” here with her permission: “This may feel daunting, in Pandemus.” Part II will appear in a future says “it gives quarantiners a project”; she on my attempt to create the world’s largest ball NY 13104; [email protected]

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Friends, I’m not even sure what is Heath Barker writes, “While I don’t Allison (Bleyler) McDonald, and Michele Rivard; topics that spirit, then, perhaps this column can play a Thinking about buying property in Hanover or the Upper appropriate to write this month. feel like 55 was as big as 50, my two we covered included keeping one’s sanity through small role in encouraging the great class of ’88 to Valley? Please give me a call! 85 We all are in the midst of unique freshman roommates and I finally good food and exercise, political leadership (and come together more than ever. times and, while many of us are relatively 86got together for a girls weekend in N.Y.C., which the lack thereof), teenagers stuck in the house, This period of social distancing has prompted William H. “Star” Johnson, Broker fortunate, I’m sure others are less so. We’ve all we had been talking about doing since our 50th. and parents who insist on leaving the house. I interactions among classmates in fun new ways, Representing Buyers and Sellers been impacted by this pandemic, none more so Janet Friday moved to New York City a little more also received an actual handwritten letter from and I encourage you to take part. For example, a than those facing health issues or those with than a year ago for her husband’s job at Goldman Sally McColl, who is fulfilling a challenge to write number of dorm groups have held Zoom mini- Big Green Real Estate Phone: 603-643-3942 Olde Nugget Alley, Ste. 5 their careers and educations impacted. I feel Sachs. Becky Coverdale drove in from Falmouth a letter per day for a year. A kindergarten teacher reunions, and small groups of classmates are doing 5 Cell: 603-381-8603 particularly bad for those high school or college on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and we stayed in in northern Virginia, she and her husband have yoga or having happy hour “together” virtually. Hanover, NH 03755 www.biggreenre.com seniors missing out on the final months of their Soho near Janet’s apartment in Noho. We went to two grown kids: a son whom I remember feeding Also, while we are mostly staying home, some school year. see Head Over Heels on Broadway (The Go-Go’s pizza in his highchair like it was yesterday and a classmates are sorting through those dusty old Big Green Real Estate is not affiliated with nor officially sanctioned by Dartmouth College I’m sure we all feel thanks for the healthcare musical), which seemed an appropriate way to daughter finishing college. During a trip to N.Y.C. boxes in the attic. From those searches have come workers and first responders—they are doing relive our youth. We had some really cool meals, in December, Sally had breakfast with Jon “Zebo” amazing artifacts from college days, and it is great important work for sure. What else are we enjoyed a day at the Metropolitan Museum. It Zonis, and my name came up in their nostalgic to see the sharing of photos or descriptions of experiencing? Zoom meetings, virtual workouts was the first weekend in December, so we got musings, most likely because Zebo spent so much what you are unearthing. What other ways have Do you need Are you and happy hours, social distancing, masks, self- to go to Rockefeller Center, see the tree and the time lounging in our rooms in Kappa you found to connect virtually with classmates quarantine, learning new skills, home schooling, skaters, and watch the light show on the front of senior year! during the pandemic? Let me know, as I would a lawyer? a lawyer, family dinners, all-day pajamas, horrendous Saks Fifth Avenue. It was amazing how easily we I miss my wonderful ’87 Theta sisters, so love to mention it in a future column. Find a but not a beards, “be safe”….The list goes on, likely closed the gap of so many years during a weekend; what better time to connect than now? In April So what else is new with our classmates? including some uncertainty, stress, concern, when you live with people in college you really I joined 16 of them in a lively and comforting Anne (Chmielewski) Kushwaha, who is semi-retired, Dartmouth alum member of the degree of hardship, frustration. become like sisters. Becky has made a major Zoom call. What a blast to catch up a second time said she was disappointed to have missed trips Who knew this would be our lives for the career pivot to become a yoga instructor and life with Laura, Allison, Michele, and Sally, and with this spring, when she would have seen Catherine in the Dartmouth past two months and ongoing? What does the coach. She has her own business bringing yoga Bethamy Aronow, Allison Bailey, K.K. (McMahon) (Craighead) Briggs, Amy Keller, and Tracey (Nelson) Dartmouth Lawyers recovery look like? What will be the new normal? and wellness programs into the workplace. Check Bochman, Karen (Wicke) Boyle, Martha Ehrmann, Tiedman. Anne has started gardening as a hobby DARTMOUTH I think the answer will be different for all of us, out alacarteyoga.com. Janet also did a career Jane Ho, Colleen (Sullivan) Mikkelson, Colette and says she sees it as almost like a biology lab. Lawyers Association? though I’m confident we all look at relationships pivot in New York City, working in telemedicine. (Bourquin) Nygren, Christen (Fitzpatrick) O’Connor Anne also has spent time with her dog in LAWYERS a bit differently and feel appreciation in different We all have a child who is starting junior year (who organized the call), Diana (Headley) Saunders, Maine and on Martha’s Vineyard, where she aims Association Join today ways than we did before March. I also bet in high school this year. I am still in Atlanta, Betsy (Booth) Scalco, and Maury (Lawrence) Stephan. to complete all 52 hikes on the island and to see at everyone is anxious to get back out to see friends, where I continue to work in the excess casualty Here are some of the reactions we shared after the Becca (Strock) Latimore this summer. directory at ASSOCIATION have a meal, attend a game, have our kids back at insurance world as a regional vice president at call ended: “inspirational,” “a great way to end my I also heard from Dave McConnell, who is bit.ly/dlafi nd bit.ly/dlajoin school, etc. Pretty safe assumption there. Gemini, a division of the W.R. Berkley Corp. I want day,” “a spirit lifter,” “the highlight of my week and developing creative ways for his community- I will share that the Zoom to thank Walter Tsui and the Compassio Committee probably my month,” and “it gave me tremendous centered business (Three of Strong Spirits, a meetings have been a huge highlight—awesome for getting me the contact information for Elisa energy to hear how you all are coping.” craft distillery, in Portland, Maine) to operate Are you a lawyer, but to see these brothers and connect virtually. It’s Rush at Mount Sinai, as well as the oncologist at Christine Wichers similarly organized a during the pandemic. While converting some not a member of the amazing how quickly old friends can seamlessly Dana Farber. My sister-in-law was able to get in Covid-19 Zoom mini-reunion of freshman year of the operation to making hand sanitizer to sell move back and forth between old stories, current to see one of the top doctors at Dana Farber and Lodge residents that included George Balchunas, at cost, the business—which he called a “family Dartmouth Lawyers events, and ribbing each other—so much has the Cleveland Clinic quickly to get second and Karen Birch, Jenny Boesch, Paul Churchill (in affair” involving Janine Lambert and their three GIFTS AS MEMORABLE AS YOUR changed, yet nothing has changed. I’m sure many third opinions on her breast cancer treatment Germany), Sarah (Pratt) Dawley, Aaron Deykin, children—is holding virtual classes and happy Association? DARTMOUTH EXPERIENCE ITSELF. know what I’m talking about. And I’m sure many options. She is lucky that she is close enough to Martha, Karen Epps, Tom and Laura (Woolman) hours for now. Join today at dla.org of you have had really good Zoom meetings too. Dana Farber to get there for her treatment (albeit Gamer, Mich (Poulin) Gardner, Jennifer (Reaser) Finally, I was inspired by a note from Christina Personalize a handcrafted design to We are isolated yet not alone. a three-and-a-half-hour drive), and the initial Glass, Lisa Horowitz and Dave Huth, David Huang, (Perry) Katz, who told me she celebrated her 25th If there ever was a time when it was results seem to be that the chemo is shrinking Nancy (Davis) Lewis, Ted Little, Sue Murray, Tom anniversary of sobriety in March, “probably add meaning all your own. expected that there would be no updates, this her tumors. She has a long road ahead of her, but Palisi, Melissa (Duarte) Phillips, Jennine (Shohan) the biggest accomplishment of my life thus far, was it. After all, sending in classmate news was she is getting the absolute best care. It is so nice to Pommier, Scott Rafshoon, Roland Reynolds, Sam and I am pretty darn proud of it.” As you should 15 South Main St, Hanover NH probably not on anyone’s recent radar. However, have a network of rock stars like the class of ’86.” Semon, Regina Speed-Bost, and Christine herself. be, Christina! She also will mark 20 years of simonpearce.com thanks to ’53 class secretary Mark Smoller, this Chris Lord shares: “We’re living in San Francisco. “The freshman ’87s in the Lodge were a close marriage this year and will see her daughter 800.774.5277 cool nugget of news about Bridget Clark Rymer Our eldest son is a freshman at Dartmouth and group,” Christine said. “In fact, we have three start college to study musical theater and dance. arrived. Seems Bridget is the business manager our younger son is a high school junior. I wound married couples. We talked about who is the first Living in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, Christina for her husband’s band, The Little Band that down the hedge fund business in 2019 and am a grandparent (Regina), who is the first to undergo is a dedicated gardener, with a cut flower bed for Could. The band, with Bridget’s husband, Brady private investor now with a focus on social impact a hip or knee replacement (Laura), and who the first time this year. Her bouquets, which she Rymer, focuses on children’s music delivering investing. Send companies that do good in the currently has a child at Dartmouth (Aaron, Ted, highlights on social media, are not only gorgeous, positive messages and strong moral themes world our way! I have been on the Dartmouth Jennine, and Mich, at the Medical School). But but also provide a welcome spot of positivity for and has been nominated for Grammy Awards investment committee for three years now and mostly we laughed!” Karen posted a screenshot me. multiple times during the past few years. Check am in my second year as trustee. Happy to answer on our ’87 Facebook page and summed up the I look forward to hearing from you! them out on YouTube, Spotify, or bradyrymer. any and all questions from the great class of 1986.” group’s feelings: “What a nice way to feel not so All the best. com. The website indicated that Bridget and It is finished in beauty. socially distant!” —Tory Woodin Chavey, 128 Steele Road, West Brady live on Long Island, New York, and —Mae Drake Hueston, 624 Poppy Ave., Corona Del —Laura Gasser, 746 17th Ave., San Francisco, CA Hartford, CT 06119; dartmouth88classnotes@ have two kids, Gus and Daisy. Since we know Mar, CA 92625; [email protected] 94121; [email protected] gmail.com everything on the internet is true, that must be accurate. I write this column in San Francisco Greetings, ’88s! As I write this When I started to write this, I was Whatever the past few months have meant during week seven of California’s column in early May, the pandemic asking fellow ’89s what were two MAKE for you, I hope this column finds you safe, 87Covid-19 stay-at-home order. Along 88is the dominant topic of the news and 89words that would describe Summer healthy, and perhaps enjoying a dinner at your with home-cooked family meals, stress baking, daily conversation. I cannot help but wonder if Carnival, but the coronavirus epidemic hit and favorite restaurant with family and friends, but and evening power walks through Golden Gate filling this column with the usual assortment suddenly that seemed less important. CONTACT YOUR certainly with each day better than the last. Park (six feet away from others, of course), my go- of anecdotes about our classmates might seem I’ve been heartened to hear of all of our CLASS —John MacManus, 188 Ringwood Road, Rosemont, to relief during these difficult times is connecting inappropriately trivial or even tone-deaf to the classmates who are on the frontlines helping PA 19010; (610) 525-4541; [email protected]; with the people I care about. suffering and fear around the world. Yet I know patients and fighting Covid-19. Thank you to every SECRETARY Leslie A. Davis Dahl, 83 Pecksland Road, Greenwich, During the past month of the crisis I enjoyed many of us take seriously the idea that we can be ’89 and Dartmouth alum who is working against TODAY. CT 06831; (203) 552-0070; [email protected] leisurely telephone chats with Laura Korfmann, together even while we stay socially distanced. In this. With almost all of us sequestered to our NEWS 66 DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE JULY/AUGUST 2020 67

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homes, connection is the one thing I crave, as I’m in other cities after graduation.” Ute Bowman Utley: in the United States during the pandemic. He of the pandemic. Although I was grateful to have Laurie Duncan: “That’s an easy one! I’d like to looking back on fond memories, we want to hear sure many of you do. And although we can’t meet “The best thing to come out of this pandemic is closed with a wish I’d like to echo: “Let’s hope for my daughter home safe, I was sadly canceling a be in a racing shell on the Connecticut River with from you about your Dartmouth beginnings! What for a cup of coffee or lunch, our weekly Zoom calls that we have had an unexpected seven weeks a vaccine in time for our 30th reunion next June.” trip to watch her perform with the Dartmouth my ’92 crew teammates, preferably right after special memories do you have from orientation have been a great way to connect with classmates of having all three of my college-aged children Stephanie Rouzee Pendleton has a weekly Symphony Orchestra. I think we were all pining dawn when the mist is clearing.” or freshman trips? What dorm were you assigned around the world, from Europe, across the United under the same roof again. We’ve become puzzle very important meeting via Zoom with Bari for our favorite places. Noah Sprakfin: “I would like to be taking a to and do you still keep in touch with your States, and over in Asia. And we’re happy that masters, played a ton of cribbage, and watched Anhalt Erlichson, Tracey Rous Hoke, Paula Girouard So I emailed all ’92s asking: “Where (in nap in Sanborn House, preferably on the second freshman dorm pals? Send us your scoop: Dwight our girls are both home with us—we’re passing all kinds of shows on Netflix and Prime. Added O’Sullivan, Audrey Price DiMarzo, Karin Markey Jonas, Hanover) do you wish you were right now?” floor, with the expectation of waking up in time Fenton ([email protected]) or the time baking pretzels, making different dishes, bonus: I’ve upped my tech game by 1,000 percent Suzie King Kornblum, and Melissa Robbins Mahr. The question went out at teatime for most of for afternoon tea.” Natalie Weidener Kupinsky (natalie.weidener. and reaching out to family and friends way more with this shift to online learning. Teaching high They “discuss critical current events, including us, and many of you named Sanborn (my choice, —Kelly Shriver Kolln, 3900 Cottage Grove Ave. [email protected]). than we used to. school government over a computer is a challenge, what cocktail Ina Garten recommends in these too!) your ideal location at that moment. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403; (920) 306-2192; —Dwight Fenton, 200 E. 72nd St., Apt. 20K, NY, I look forward to when we can get back but I’ll be better for it once we get back into the troubled times, along with how we are coping with Tony Moody: “Today it would be Sanborn [email protected] NY 10021; [email protected]; together in person, visit family in different cities, classroom.” John Kornet: “Our daughter, Rachel, is everything else.” reading a great novel; tonight, Zete basement.” Natalie Weidener Kupinsky, 9733 Beman Woods go back up to Dartmouth—or even more than home from college. I’ve wished for this since the Alex Kapp has been keeping busy with episodes Mark Carlson: “I was thinking about the Bema The ’93 notes are back with new Way, Potomac, MD 20854; natalie.weidener. around the block. Whenever that is, I’m looking day she left two Septembers ago, but not like this. of “Coronavirus Isolation” on YouTube. She and just yesterday because there is a place near my co-class secretaries, Dwight Fenton [email protected] forward to it and in the meantime will be on Zoom Her brother graduates tomorrow from University her buddy Tricia O’Kelly are making viewers laugh home in Atlanta that reminds me of it. The Bema 93and Natalie Weidener Kupinsky, and every Saturday at 4 and 11 p.m. Hanover time. of Michigan and, alas, we will not be there. No out loud with shenanigans that range from visiting is where I would like to be—preferably with my we’re excited to hear from you! No news equals Greetings, fellow classmates, from one I talked to Frank von Hippel recently, as he has a hugs of congratulation, no senior art exhibition, an old storage unit (and running down the car freshman-year roommate Paul Larson and a no column, so we need your help to make this a shelter-in-place home to another. I new book that should be out in May, The Chemical no ceremony, no dinner out. They will find another battery because they played music the entire time) couple of guitars.” regular feature. It’s late April as we write this and hardly know what to write in a column Ali Ward 94 Age: How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, time to do it but I keep thinking about our own to dealing with fruit flies that might be attracted : “Having tea at Sanborn or taking a the two of us are hunkered down here in New York such as this one, especially since I’m writing it in Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship 1990 graduation and what it would have been to the scent of wine. run in Pine Park!” and Washington, D.C., respectively, working from April, but you won’t see it until the end of June. with the Earth. Frank is teaching at Northern like to be ripped from the campus two months Megan Brimijoin Vaules let me know how she Rebecca Sullivan Völker: “I’d rather be home, practicing social distancing, and extremely Who knows what will happen during a two-month Arizona University, where his “research is in the before. I had enough trouble leaving when we and her husband, Will ’89 (both physicians, she’s anywhere in Hanover than in lockdown in grateful for all of the healthcare professionals and period, and I’m certainly not going to hazard a area of ecotoxicology, primarily working with were supposed to leave! Highway robbery.” Amit an obstetrician/gynecologist and he’s a primary Germany! But especially in a common room in other essential workers who are helping us all get guess. For the past six weeks I’ve been hunkering vulnerable communities impacted by pollution.” Malholtra: “I’m here in Washington, D.C. with Jane care doctor), are handling the pandemic. “We the dorm with friends. The dorm doesn’t matter, through this pandemic. down in the greater Nashville area, following the Frank also hosts a monthly podcast called the Varner Malhotra, where I can report that in a world are safe so far, trying to do as much telemedicine does it?” As an epicenter of the virus, New York City news, thinking about friends, and reevaluating the Science History Podcast. Frank also related, “My that has been so up-ended that a negative (test from home as possible, but I am heading into four Wendy (Crumbine) Ferdinand: “I would like has been hit hard and a return to pre-Covid living importance of community support. wife, Cathy Compton von Hippel, is also a member result) is a positive, we’re doing well. After steadily nights in a row in the hospital at the end of this to be in one of the rocking chairs in front of the is still weeks away. My kids and I (Dwight) escaped The value we place on community is one thing of our class. We have three kids. Our oldest, Max, sending one child after another off to college for week, which is scary to think about.” Son Charlie is Hanover Inn, looking at the Green and catching to Montauk for an easier form of distancing than that most Dartmouth alumni have in common. is a first-year Ph.D. student in computer science the last few years, we suddenly find our house full heading to Dartmouth this fall, daughter Becca is a up with old friends (and not sitting six feet apart!).” what an apartment allows, but it’s still been an The strength and dynamism of our community and math at Northeastern; our daughter, Sophia, is again with almost all of them. Everyone is either rising junior at Bates, and son Alec is a Dartmouth Jen (Silverman) Borton: “Pine Park, hands adjustment with lots of homeschooling, cooking, remain top reasons students choose Dartmouth a sophomore at the University of Arizona; and our working or learning at home, but fortunately all ’20 “with no baseball season and no senior spring down! I love the peace and beauty of those woods.” cleaning, oh, and work. Knowing that this is being over other fine colleges and universities. Even little guy, Sam, is in sixth grade. I’m a close friend are holding up. We’re also cooking a great deal and possibly no graduation. We love having them Kristin Smith: “Since it’s 4 p.m., the place in written for a July/August issue makes me wonder in the midst of this crisis, we still find ways to of Harvey Fracht, who is now a corneal surgeon in more together, and I’ve already run through here but hate that they have to be here away from Hanover I’d like to be is having tea at Sanborn!” what things will be like by the time you read this. connect to this strong community in ways we Pennsylvania.” my repertoire a few times during the past few school and friends.” She heard from Terry Cheon Erik Bliss: “Sitting on the couch in my senior- What will returning to “normal” even mean? I read didn’t imagine when we were new arrivals in Kathy Appruzzese Sherbrooke has also finished weeks.” John Sucke: “My partner, Peggy, and I have (also an obstetrician/gynecologist) that she was year Gile basement dorm room with an EBA’s somewhere that this feels like Mother Nature sent Hanover back in September 1990. a new novel, Leaving Coy’s Hill, and “the opening had a chance to try out new recipes during the safe in N.Y.C., “and one of our favorite nights so chicken sandwich watching the news.” us to our room so we could think about what we’ve Like many of you, Zoom has become a lifeline has been accepted into the spring issue of Embark pandemic. For example, polenta with chicken far was a Dartmouth mini dinner party over Zoom Kim (Isaacs) Leversedge: “Running on the Goat done. I hope we come out of this better for it. and necessity in work and fun. Just yesterday Literary Journal, an online journal dedicated to broth and cheddar cheese or rice porridge with with former Glee Club friends Tom Hong and wife Trail off the golf course or drinking on the lawn The Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia I connected with classmates Elissa Slovik Gaies, showcasing select unpublished works of fiction. black rice, dates, and bananas. Perhaps Covid-19 Alix, Becca and John Kornet ’90, Jen Jacobs and of Alpha Delta.” area has likewise been very proactive in Covid- Marlyse Haward, Kelly Bell Lytle, Lorien Albala Somier, I’m thrilled to share it with you!” will unleash a new generation of chefs for the Clayton Gates ’90, and all their families. We tried Tom Brodie: “I certainly wouldn’t mind being prevention measures. Maryland’s governor, Larry Gwin Pitman Teasdale, and Anne Jeffers Weber. My I regret to inform the class that Jay Warden 2020s!” David Clark: “A habit that I will hold onto to all make the same thing for dinner (within in the lobby of the Hanover Inn with the other Hogan, is the chair of the National Governors’ husband, Ken Davis, meets up for Wednesday Alpha passed away on March 1 due to complications will be doing and appreciating the little things reason, as it was early in quarantine and we didn’t boys from 51 Leb and our wives checking into Association and, along with vice chair and New Chi meetings, albeit virtually and 30 years later. from influenza and pneumonia. Jay’s full obituary that you do with your family. Now that my kids all have access to fully stocked grocery stores) and our rooms for a long weekend stay. We can dream, York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has had a strong national There will be 10 to 20 brothers checking in with is on our 1989 class page, and you can send me any are older, they are busy with work, college, and had a great visit!” right?” presence during this pandemic. As of this writing, smiles and stories from all over the country, but remembrances of Jay to add to his page. their social lives, but we have managed to do more Jonathan Perry has been teaching high school Sarah Pettus: “Velvet Rocks.” all three locations are still subject to stay-at-home I’ve yet to hear the promised singing from the —Ned Ward, 2104 Graham Ave., #B, Redondo family puzzles, workouts, walks, bike rides, games, English and American studies in Keene, New Hope (Worrell) Martin: “Where would I be at orders with schools closed for the foreseeable boisterous crew. Ken confessed that, while he Beach, CA 90278; [email protected] cooking, do-it-yourself projects, movie nights, etc. Hampshire, since graduation. He wrote that Dartmouth—not in the stacks! Otherwise, so many future. As the mother of a high school senior (and loves catching up with these guys, my friends’ I pray that all of our classmates, their families, and “teaching remotely has been a challenge, but places at Dartmouth would be awesome to be: on a sophomore), I (Natalie) and my husband have conversations seem more intellectual and This month I asked ’90s, “Please tell friends are safe and have a successful opening of it is one to which the vast majority of teachers the Green eating poppy seed bread from Collis; at found it hard to watch her miss so many once-in-a- insightful. My response was, “Well, naturally.” us one positive thing that’s come out their cities. I’m hoping we will be able to return and students have risen admirably.” He shared a the Berry Center gym, which would be open; on the lifetime events, but we all feel very lucky to have our (This is an invitation for a rebuttal!) 90of the Covid-19 pandemic for you or to the Big D in 2021 to celebrate our 30th reunion. timely message that he posted on his Facebook back deck of hanging out with sisters health and a comfortable space here in Potomac, Seriously though, it’s easy to make time for a member of your family or one life-adjustment Stay blessed!” page about educators and how the pandemic is in the sun (which would be shining); running on Maryland, to quarantine together. We have our a quick virtual happy hour in lockdown, but I or habit change you have made that you expect —Rob Crawford, 22 Black Oak Road, Weston, MA helping to change the perception of those in his the golf course and its trails along the river; or fingers crossed that she, and all of the other seniors, am increasingly thankful for the energizing and will continue as we all ease into the new normal.” 02493; [email protected] chosen profession. “In many ways,” he wrote, at Oak Hill or on the old AT in will be able to start college this fall as planned. hopeful connections and the solidarity of my Many of you responded; here is Part I. Michelle “educators and schools are the steering wheel to Norwich [Vermont].” In non-Covid news, New York and Dartmouth community. I’d love to hear stories Brownlee: “The big plus for me has been connecting Heartfelt greetings from the inside of society’s car. No one spends much money on it. No Jeff Gaillard: “Running in Pine Park along the Washington, D.C., continue to have a strong about how you are connecting with Dartmouth with old friends via Zoom or FaceTime. I’ve had my home, where I am spending far too one pays much attention to it. It isn’t glamorous River, or even better sculling on the river!” Dartmouth presence, including very energetic and friends and groups during these weeks and get-togethers with friends from college, high much time due to Covid-19. I hope that or exciting. However, try driving the car without Ashley Roberts Ise: “I would love to be in active Dartmouth clubs. In Washington, our very months. I know some of you have time to share 91 Tara (Burke) Vold school, and the town I grew up in. Also, I’ve been you and your loved ones are safe and that you have one.” Teaching right now is a daunting task, so the Tower Room—I had some great naps while own is the current president of a a story or two with me. leading an effort for several years to get our school been able to weather this unprecedented time thank you, Jonathan (and all of our 1991 teachers), studying in the chairs by the windows!” terrific chapter of Women of Dartmouth. Mostly Stay safe, stay well, and stay connected to district to move to a later start time for the high emotionally, financially, and in good health. for everything you do! Tracy MacDonald: “Totally in the Bema on a paused like so much of the world, we know they your Dartmouth friends. school, which starts classes at 7:20 a.m. When Geoff Bronner reached out to send an Thanks for your news. Keep in touch! blanket with a book!” will all be back up and running as soon as they can —Laura Hardegree Davis, 520 Meadowlark Lane, online learning started up, they scheduled high update from Hanover. He works in information —Deb Karazin Owens, 166 Colonial Drive, Fairfield, Gary Davis: “At Kiewit picking up a paper? No with a full slate of events and activities. If you need Brentwood, TN 37027; [email protected] school classes to start at noon. My two high school technology, which is beyond “essential” these CT 06824; [email protected] way! I’d pick Sanborn tea or Collis having chimeric information on how to get involved with your local students are loving their new schedule!” John days, and was instrumental in helping manage bread pudding—tough choice.” alumni association or with the College in other April 30 marked the 100th Banks: “Since our son and daughter have had their the campus switch to online learning. He also When my late-April deadline Jeremy Lagomarsino: “I wish I was having a ways (Dartmouth is always looking for applicant anniversary of the Ledyard Canoe senior spring on campus in Hanover canceled, it’s reported that spouse Kristy Bronner is working approached, I figured most of us Big Green breakfast at Lou’s.” interviewers) please reach out to either of us and Club, a very special place. Jen Hee Melissa Stamp 95 Kate Chamberlain been wonderful for my wife and me to have them remotely at Dartmouth-Hitchcock researching were not in our location of choice. We : “On Sachem Field playing we can help you out. recalls “canoeing with and 92 Anitra (Auster) Birnbaum home with us before they start their next chapters the very important issue of hospital bed utilization were stuck indoors or working on the frontlines ultimate.” Finally, looking ahead to brighter days and , paddling around and

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Free (603) 667-7791, [email protected]. reflect a careful harmony between historic elegance dartmouth.edu would be enrolling at Eckerd College, after going in the world and was first on our list. Cynthia was high-speed wireless Internet plus a business center. and contemporary luxury. Our restaurant tantalizes “12 for 12” for his college acceptances. He will developing a class with course-embedded travel, Sixteen acres with swimming pond, trails and DOWDS’ COUNTRY INN your palate, while our warmth and hospitality There is nothing like a global pandemic be studying marine biology and environmental so she was supposed to take students to Prague gardens. 40 Etna Road, Hanover, NH 03755. Historic New England home with modern comforts. invite you to return. 1 Market Street, Lyme NH; to challenge us, bring us all together science; he is “passionate about saving the next spring.” (603) 643-2370; (800) 651-5141; Family owned and operated, the Inn has served (603) 795-4824; www.thelymeinn.com. (albeit socially distanced), and find oceans and Eckerd’s location on the beach in They arrived in Prague on February 18, the Upper Valley for 30 years. Our 1780s home was 96 [email protected]; the best in humanity. Even with much of the St. Petersburg, Florida, is perfect for him to get intending to stay three months. The coronavirus www.trumbullhouse.com. carefully renovated to host 20 guest rooms and a COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT world on full lockdown, many of our classmates started.” hit Italy soon after. By mid-March, the Czech 200-seat banquet facility. A full country breakfast is HANOVER/LEBANON are doing amazing things to help society through And, lastly, happy to announce that our own Republic declared a national state of emergency. BREAKFAST ON THE CONNECTICUT served with every stay. We also host weddings and Located just minutes from Dartmouth College with an immensely challenging chapter in history. 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We left after about five weeks bedrooms replete with amenities, each with private the Upper Valley has to offer. 10 Morgan Drive, Lebanon NH; at University of California, San Francisco), of the pandemic, Nate had to pivot and propose (including about 10 days of lockdown). Had we bath, TV/VCR and thoughtfully appointed. Some “The Place to Gather, for Business or Pleasure.” (603) 643-5600; www.marriott.com/lebcy consulting on homeless healthcare, and running at home in New York City, which he relays “felt stayed longer, it would have been extraordinarily bedrooms have gas fireplaces, skylights, romantic 9 Main Street, Lyme, NH 03768; National Sobering Collaborative, a nonprofit somehow more on-brand for me!” Spoiler alert: hard to get home, especially with small children Jacuzzi tubs and a stunning view of the river. (603) 795-4712; THE SUNSET MOTOR INN aimed at the challenges of public intoxication. 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The Czech Republic has the perfect place to escape for a weekend, a vaca- Located in idyllic Woodstock, Vermont, the (603) 298-8721. star in this regard if she didn’t send an update!)” and healthy, and a massive thank you to all our handled the pandemic so differently from the tion, a retreat or reunion. A hearty New England Woodstock Inn & Resort defines country sophistica- Shannon has been working on protocols for alcohol classmates and extended Dartmouth community United States. As in the United States, the Czech breakfast with house specialties and real maple tion in one of New England’s most charming and ENFIELD SHAKER MUSEUM management—finding herself in the unique members helping combat the Covid pandemic people are divided in opinions on their elected syrup makes getting up each morning a treat. popular year-round vacation destinations. The Stay in an 1841 Shaker dwelling house, 20 minutes position of providing alcohol to individuals who from both the frontlines and behind the scenes! leaders, but it’s amazing how just the basics of 651 River Road, Lyme, NH 03768; (603) 353-4444; 142-room, AAA Four Diamond Resort and member from Hanover. Included: private bath, free WiFi, regularly consume to allow them to successfully —Garrett Gil de Rubio, 1062 Middlebrooke Drive, competence, compassion, and political courage (888) 353-4440; www.breakfastonthect.com. of Preferred Hotels & Resorts, offers award-winning Museum admission. stay in isolation and quarantine units and not go Canton, GA 30115; [email protected] can overcome ideological differences. Czechs are dining in two restaurants, a Robert Trent Jones Sr. (603) 632-4346; [email protected]. through alcohol withdrawal (seizures, tremors, united in defeating the virus in a way that will THE JACKSON HOUSE INN 18-hole golf course, Suicide Six Family Ski Resort, etc.), which can result in a stay in the emergency Although Covid-19 prevented our allow them to bounce back much more quickly. Located on the edge of one of Vermont’s most Athletic Club and a LEED-certified Spa, creating a 506 ON THE RIVER INN department. planned mini-reunions celebrating Sadly, this is not the situation we now face in beautiful villages, the Inn offers refined lodging luxury resort getaway. (844) 545-4178; Minutes from Woodstock Village, this award- Isabelle Klumpp, who during normal the 97th day of the year, our class still the United States. I saw firsthand in the Czech with luxurious touches, and is the perfect setting www.woodstockinn.com. winning boutique is recognized for its beautiful 97 conditions works in the resort industry in Belize, made it happen online. Forty-five ’97s joined a Republic how locking down immediately while for a romantic getaway, get-together with friends, or balance of casual elegance and rustic charm. The has dedicated herself (and her family) to helping Zoom call on April 6 to chat, exchange quarantine quickly scaling up testing for Covid-19 actually intimate wedding or reunion. Set in lush perennial RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT 45-room & suite hotel offers a country breakfast, their adopted home get through these trying times. stories, answer online polls, and find comfort in a reduces the hardships people face.” gardens, the Inn offers the service and amenities of HANOVER/LEBANON indoor pool, hot tub & sauna, game rooms, spa- They have worked with other locals to establish scary and uncertain time. Thanks to Jenn Tudder Jenn started a #9D7thankyou hashtag a boutique hotel, including Frette linens, Anichini The preferred all-suite hotel in the Upper Valley. Easy cious grounds, as well as the 506 Bistro & Bar, the Hopkins Village Food Bank and provide relief Walus for organizing and for treating us to two to thank our classmates on the pandemic’s bedcoverings, turndown service, free WiFi, and access off I-89 and just 2 miles from Dartmouth serving a locally inspired & seasonal menu, and efforts at a time when so many are suffering. spirited renditions of the “Salty Dog Rag.” Our frontlines. Much gratitude and appreciation to gourmet breakfasts. Our floor-to-ceiling fieldstone College. Free shuttle service to campus is available. selection of microbrews and crafted cocktails. Isabelle and her two sons have been working mini was even international, with Sarah Grow in Drs. Nina Dutta, Courtenay (Barlow) Peterson, Carla fireplace is a delight in winter. Complimentary breakfast. A pet-friendly hotel. 1653 West Woodstock Road, Woodstock, VT; with the food bank to provide relief assistance London, Tony Field in Canada, and Dickon Verey in (Sioux) Rogers, and Karin (Kelley) Sloan for your (802) 457-2065, (800) 448-1890, 32 Centerra Pkwy, Lebanon NH; (802) 457-5000; throughout their community, feeding as many Vietnam. Other ’97s participating included Trish dedication and sacrifice. I know there are others jacksonhouse.com. (603) 643-4511; www.marriott.com/lebri www.ontheriverwoodstock.com. as 300 individuals on certain days. Isabelle Bailey, David Belden, David Bruder, Xantha Bruso, and we thank you as well. encouraged everyone to check out their Facebook Mark Davidson, Marty Dengler, Traci Entel, Jodi Stay safe and healthy, everyone. page (@HopkinsVillageFoodBank): “For any of (Priselac) de Riszner, Aurora (Leute) Drew, Jennifer —Jason Casell, 10106 Balmforth Lane, Houston, TX singing songs in three-part harmony. They always what a view.” The trip was a senior year highlight last minute. As we journeyed down the river, he you who have ever visited this beautiful country (Pollina) Echlov, Russell Echlov, Kristin (Brenneman) 77096; [email protected] sounded most amazing under a bridge! Kum by for Brian Wall too, who was amazed by how fast worked like mad back in Hanover, submitted his please consider donating. Thank you and sending Eno, Julie (Gottlieb) Fisher, Anthony Foglia, Meredith yah, my friends!” Eric Waters loved “going down Walker Weed ’40 could paddle, the strongest of thesis, and decided to join us after all. love, health, and peace to everyone!” (Epstein) Goodman, Amy Henry, Kris Jadd, Miranda Hello, ’98s. During this challenging to the river after classes to take out a kayak or them all. Brian lives in the San Francisco Bay “Morgan had nothing but a printout of Lynda (Cowin) Nijensohn has been running a Johnson, Emily (Orzel) Jordan, Lea Kelley, Abby time, I am grateful for the Dartmouth canoe and relax.” I will always remember summer Area and works in data analytics at Asurion. No our itinerary and some bus money. Alternately local sewing group to help those on the frontlines Klingbeil, Cabell King, Michelle Lewis, Daphne (Chen) community, especially friends with Matthews, Jill McCammon, Lynne (Ricketts) McClory, 98 pancake paddles with Brian Greenberg. canoeing, but he enjoys family rafting trips! running, hitchhiking, and catching buses, he of the Covid pandemic. Her group is up to an whom I am staying in touch. I am also thankful for Brian was one of the cohort who participated Trip leader Justin Wells recalls: “We paddled made his way along the banks of the Connecticut astounding 10,000 masks (and caps for medical Taidigh McClory, Megan (Barry) McGuire, Michael being your secretary, which allows me to engage in the Trip to the Sea, the epic journey down a fleet of two-person canoes and the ‘war canoe,’ River looking for a flotilla of canoes. In downtown professionals as well)! They have used their New, Lindsey Noecker, Natasha (Lam) O’Rourke, with even more of our amazing class. I asked you the Connecticut River that is a Ledyard senior a huge, heavy craft built by Ledyardites decades Hartford, when Morgan asked some construction Facebook page (@MetrowestSews4Covid19) to Boris Rose, Amanda (de la Rosa) Sherlock, Phaedon how life has changed since Covid-19 struck. Here tradition. Ten minutes into the multi-day trip, prior. It took a dozen paddlers and boosted the workers if they had seen us, he got cackling in produce, collect, and distribute masks to medical Sinis, Pete Sisitsky, Ananth Srikrishnan, Danielle is what I found out. he remembers thinking, “How are we going to party atmosphere all the way down the river. reply: ‘They came under this bridge a couple and broader communities in Wellesley, Newton, (Benware) Thompson, Matt Walus, Chris Whalen, Elizabeth (Sumida) Huaman has been working keep this up for a week?” But after a day or two, “The stuff-of-legend story from our trip? hours ago—buck naked.’ Needham, and other areas of Massachusetts. She and David Zipkin. almost nonstop at the University of Minnesota, it became almost meditative. “We wouldn’t see Near the end of the otherwise perfect week on “So as the ambulance took Mark away, also passed along that she’s been able to reconnect From online polls, we learned our favorite Twin Cities. She also wrote about the pandemic other humans for hours at a time. I remember the river, Mark Andrews doubled up with a violent Morgan walked up and cried, ‘I found you!’ It with a few Dartmouth folks, including Karen weekends were Homecoming and Tubestock. For for the online blog Praxis Center. The blog our makeshift sailing rigs fashioned out of tent stomach flu, eventually curling into the bottom seemed preordained. Someone handed him (Smith) Kahrl and her husband (also in the area). those counting, July marks the 25th anniversary produces essays for teaching and social justice flies and canoe paddles, multiple capsizing of the war canoe, shaking and sweating and Mark’s paddle. The flotilla pushed off to resume Monica (Oberkolfer) Gorman, who is vice of our class’s Tubestock, which ended in 2005. activism. In her essay Elizabeth thoughtfully events with Joe Berger, composing lyrics for scaring the hell out of us. We pulled ashore in our trip to the sea. president for responsible leadership and global Patrick Hansen and his family were in the addresses the contradiction of the breath of life our limerick, and of course the famous paddle Middletown, Connecticut, where an ambulance “The next day we turned the corner of the compliance at New Balance, has been working Czech Republic when Covid-19 hit there. He and causing coronavirus death. Elizabeth keeps in through Hartford with construction workers backed down to the edge of the Wesleyan river mouth and triumphantly landed on a Long to lead that company’s production of face masks wife Cynthia Hansen ’99, a professor at Grinnell touch with Natalie Garza and Belinda Chiu. I keep hooting and hollering from the shoreline.” University crew dock and they took Mark out Island Sound beach, 200 miles downriver from and other personal protective equipment in College, had planned a family sabbatical for in touch with Belinda as well, and I recently Gillian (MacLean) Growdon describes it as “an on a stretcher. Hanover. After loading canoes onto trailers and Massachusetts and Maine (her role is on the several years. Since Cynthia earned tenure last listened to her on Zoom lead an alumni workshop, exclamation point in my Dartmouth experience! “At that moment, Morgan Drmaj came walking paddlers into vans, we swung by the Middletown regulatory side; working with FEMA, the FDA, year she could take a full year to travel, research, “Resilience: Navigating Uncertainty and Stress.” I’ll never forget the large canoe going under the around the boathouse, a duffle slung over his hospital, grabbed Mark—still wearing a hospital and others). She is also elated to report that a New and develop courses. Patrick left his gig as VP of The workshop left me inspired and more relaxed. bridges in Hartford with eight naked people in it— shoulder. Morgan had had to back out at the gown but with color back in his cheeks—and Balance video that she produced two years ago was customer success at TrustRadius last fall to also Also writing in was Kathryn (Balink) Fernandez, who

70 DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE JULY/AUGUST 2020 71 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION CLASS NOTES 1999-2006 WHERE TO DINE has been substituting in special needs classrooms video chatting, and sending mail. I can’t wait for to visit Hanover. Abby and family got to catch up from home for the Federal Housing Finance impact consulting company FSG and advising in Denver public schools. the time when I can give my parents a real-life hug, there with Katie Gayman and Caleb Moore and their Agency since mid-March and that his little family foundations that work on health. Abi would be THE WOODSTOCK INN & RESORT Eric Paley emailed that he and his wife, Shirley but I do want to remember to continue to video call family. Pre-baby and pre-travel prohibitions, Abby is safe and sound, though somewhat less little these happy to be a tour guide or local connection for Farm-fresh cuisine, carefully harvested ingre- (Sperling) Paley, are grateful for their health and them on a random night when my kids want to say and Lisa went to the finals of the Women’s World days. He and his wife welcomed their third boy any classmates on their trips to Yellowstone and dients and regional recipes inspire the seasonal for more time together as a family. For work, good night, so they can join in the messy chaos of Cup in France and also met up with Mary McVeigh into the world in December. I understand Nikhil Grand Teton national parks. menus at the Woodstock Inn & Resort’s distinct Eric is with his venture capital fund, Founder a weeknight bedtime. ’03 and Erin Osborn ’05. Antonio Valverde is their politest child yet, as he Christopher “Zeke” McMullen-Laird wrote to restaurants. The talented culinary team prepares Collective. And Shirley is the general counsel An example of a quarantine connection that The ’01 class officers have been busy creating elected to preserve Sam’s wife’s birthday by being give us a full catch up on the past 15 years. After creative entrées and innovative cocktails, resulting of Formlabs, a 3-D printing company currently I hope continues, is the ’99 virtual happy hour. some great opportunities to get together. Make sure born a day later than he was due. graduation he moved to Germany on a fellowship in exceptional Northeastern cuisine that showcases producing materials in response to Covid-related Organized by Damali Rhett Harding, the Zoom call to follow the 2001 Facebook account as well as the Taurie (Wilk) Steingart is pleased to announce at the Musikhochschule in Weimar. Halfway the essence of Vermont. Call (844) 545-4178 market shortages. Eric and Shirley also help their took place on a Saturday afternoon in April. More new Instagram account. You will find information that her daughter, Rooney Steingart, was born on through that year he was recruited to teach in the or visit www.woodstockinn.com. two children, 9 and 14, with remote learning and than 21 members of the class of ’99 participated in about ’01 gatherings, including virtual happy hours. March 9, just in time for her family’s “lockdown jazz department, where he stayed for some time. staying connected with friends. Having a roughly the call. It was so great to get to see all the faces of Another great new initiative is an online book club at home!” Baby Rooney has been bringing a ton of After a few years as a gigging musician—first in LATHAM HOUSE TAVERN AT DOWDS’ similar experience is Kara (Josephberg) Paldino, new and old friends from our class and to check in. highlighting ’01 authors and ’01-related content via joy and positive focus to her family right now. And Weimar, then Berlin—he joined the Bavarian State COUNTRY INN who is working from her Florida home as an Wayne DeBeatham shared what it was like Goodreads. By the time of this printing, the book big brother Jonah and big sister Gjelina have been Opera in Munich. This is the top opera house in The Tavern hosts a rustic atmosphere with a attorney for NBCUniversal. She too helps her two working as a doctor on the frontlines of the club will have probably finished upAll Four Stars beyond elated to show their newest playmate the Germany, and it has been his artistic home ever seasonal menu featuring local ingredients, children, second- and fourth-graders, with their coronavirus pandemic and his struggles with by Tara Dairman and will be working on The Benefits ropes around the house. since. He earned a master of music and married tavern-inspired cocktails, and 18 draft beers on tap daily Zoom classes. And Kara has enjoyed spending getting his parents to listen and stay home. Ruchi of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden. Julia Richman wrote to say that she recently husband Sindre Fjetland Øgaard shortly thereafter. featuring the best craft beer from NH and abroad. more quality time as a family instead of the rush Kaul shared data and information about the Either there is not much going on in the ’01 changed jobs. She formerly was the City of Professionally, he is now music director of the Just minutes north of Hanover on Route 10. Visit of nonstop kids’ activities. Also juggling work and pandemic as well as stories about the challenges universe or everyone is too inundated with emails Boulder’s chief innovation and technology officer Jæren Symfoniorkester in Norway and joined the our website for full menu and hours. virtual school for two kids is David Rosman. He is of keeping small children occupied and educated. and Zoom meetings to spend any more time in and is now leading technology strategy for the State music department at King’s College London. He is “Good Food. Good Beer. Good Times.” a radiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital; Danielle Downing joined us from the Treasure Room front of their computers to send updates. My guess of Colorado as the chief strategy officer for the still based in Munich and would love to show off his wife is a pediatric emergency doctor. David at Baker Library and we were all jealous of her is probably a little bit of both. Here’s to hoping that governor’s office of information technology. In Bavaria to any and all classmates passing through! 9 Main Street, Lyme, NH 03768. (603) 795-9995. has volunteered to staff a Covid-19 unit. While he fabulous Zoom background! Ann Sharfstein shared some of your Zoom meetings involved catching up this new role, Julia has been heavily involved with Josh Gault and wife Dominique welcomed www.lathamhousetavern.com. waits to be called, he is contemplating a summer in some of the challenges that educators are facing with some old Dartmouth friends. the state’s Covid-19 response and her agency was their second, son John Selden Gault, in March. The www.dowdscountryinn.com. quarantine and how to keep his kids entertained. and her husband, Dan Mielcarz, told us about how —Rachel Milstein Sondheimer, 143 Branchville responsible for helping more than 10,000 state family of four is doing well in Austin, Texas, and RAMUNTO’S BRICK & BREW David feels lucky to have a job and to be able to help. strange it was seeing the labs on campus empty. Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877; (203) 645-693; rachel. workers shift to remote work in the course of 10 big sister Ellie loves her baby brother. Ayumi Rogers Hanover’s only real New York pizza, featuring Jeff Wadlow wrote that in mid-March, Other ’99 couples Heather Harnett Ross and Chris [email protected] days. Tran and husband Alan welcomed their first, son traditional, Sicilian and brick-oven specialty experiencing flu-like symptoms, he tested negative Ross and Stephen and Jamie Jackett were there Julia Seidman is happy to report that her Akiro Leo Tran, in April. Akiro represents the rays pizzas, salads, subs, calzones, the biggest for Covid-19. Professionally, however, Jeff was too. Meg Lysy helped organize the call. Catherine Hi, ’04s! A lot has changed in this partner, Dave Seidman, recently took a role at of light that pierce through the darkness at sunrise, at the peak of his achievement as a writer and Maxson Pieroni, Eric Jenkins, Tony Perry, Ann Debord country and world since the last class Salesforce as senior director of threat detection, bringing hope to a new day. Congratulations to all beer in town and much more. director of feature films. He had two movies in Smith, and Neelu Jain were there. Sara Zrike was note. I don’t think any of us could have but only got three weeks in the office before the families and new parents! Casual atmosphere, deliveries. Nahoko 04 Open ’til midnight 7 days. theaters. But when the economy shut down, the there with her precious new baby, Isabella. envisioned all the changes that the coronavirus everyone was given the work-from-home order. Stay well everyone. movies were prematurely consigned to at-home Kawakyu-O’Connor introduced us to her puppy. has brought to our lives and the lives of our loved Still, all is going pretty smoothly. In mid-February —Matt Nicholson, 5308 Yorktown Road, Bethesda, 9 East South Street, Hanover; streaming. If it means saving lives, Jeff is happy Arthur Desrosiers was able to join in quickly after ones. But while so much remains unknown and they took what might be their last real vacation MD 20816; [email protected] (603) 643-9500. to have people stay home and watch. He reports performing surgery. Brian Salazar safely called uncertain, I have faith that we will come through in who-knows-how-long by spending a week on that the Hollywood consensus is that the theater in hands-free on his way to check on his small this stronger and more resilient than ever. And Maui relaxing and getting their scuba certification. Hi, ’06s. SIMON PEARCE RESTAURANT business will return, so Jeff is homebound writing business. When Jennifer Anderson signed-off she to help usher in a little positivity, I am honored Finally, to all the ’04s and the larger Thanks to all of you who are on & NEW BAR new projects. During this time he managed to sell told us she was going to connect on a call with to bring you this month’s class note. I hope these Dartmouth community, I hope this note finds you the frontlines, behind the scenes, and Award-winning, farm-to-table restaurant Victoria Vasquez Soto Debbi 06 overlooking the Ottauquechee River. Sip a hand- a pilot for a new TV show over Zoom. Also via . Also on the call were updates bring a little cheer during this incredibly and your families in good health and good spirits. lending a helping hand during the coronavirus Zoom, Jeff has connected more frequently with Llewelyn, Eboni Dawkins, Tami Anderson Sullivan, challenging time. So, without further ado…. —Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, pandemic. We deeply appreciate you. crafted cocktail, watch our master glassblowers his ’98 friends. and Joanne Loring. Joshua P. Mayer has been promoted to Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail. It was great to hear from those who wrote in, and find the perfect gift. Open daily. Meanwhile Kate Gold is fighting for the We all left the call motivated to get together partner at Shipman & Goodwin LLP in the firm’s com and it has been so nice to catch up with so many ’06 (802) 295-1470; SimonPearce.com. continued existence of three Vermont state soon for another virtual mini-reunion. The Washington, D.C., office. He was previously an friends virtually while we stay at home. colleges: Northern Vermont University (NVU) April call was organized through the class of ’99 associate. Joshua practices in the area of civil I hope everyone has been well during In an event to connect our class virtually Lyndon (where Kate and her husband work), Facebook page, www.facebook.com/groups/ litigation, insurance, and reinsurance, focusing these very unprecedented times. One during this time, in May, the talented Bill Quirk NVU Johnson, and Vermont Technical College Dartmouth1999. If you want to be a part of the on product liability and tort matters. Joshua 05silver lining in times of quarantine has played a piano concert over Zoom. All ’06s were in Randolph. Kate shared that the closure of these next call and you are not on social media, please obtained his J.D. from Duke University School been the outreach and sharing of news by so many welcome to join, chat, and catch up between songs. campuses at this time would be a travesty that get in touch with me and I will be sure to get you of Law in 2010. of our classmates. Let’s continue to stay connected It was Bill’s birthday and he played a number of would impact her entire region, which she says is the information. Joanna Giordano welcomed baby Finn in through these tough times and come out on the classics as well as the alma mater. one of the poorest in the country. She should know A big thank you to all of our classmates and December 2019. Not only does she report that other side stronger and better for it. Michael Mina, assistant professor of more when this goes to print in about two months. their loved ones who are on the frontlines of this Finn has awesome hair, but also that her growing Jetti Gibson wrote to let us know she left the epidemiology at Harvard, has been quoted Best of luck, Kate. crisis—as healthcare providers, as essential food family recently said farewell to Manhattan and U.S. Navy JAG Corps in March 2019 after eight extensively by news outlets during the pandemic And I guess we will all know more. I hope chain workers, as scientists, as first responders, as moved to White Plains, New York. Joanna would years of service, ending with a final tour at U.S. on measures to control the spread of the virus. that these next couple months are better than the innovators, as elder care workers, as educators, and love to connect with any new parents who are into European Command as the NATO agreements Charlie Deutsch was practicing veterinary medicine last two. Once again, drop me a line. I love hearing as those providing care for family members and cloth diapers or have any breastfeeding tips or any attorney, where she worked with legal counterparts in Tucson, Arizona, and provided curbside service from you. people in their communities. I am so proud of our pieces of advice to offer. in the NATO nations as well as the Israeli Defense for his patients. Both Michael and Charlie shared —Gabe Galletti, 4000 Utah Ave., Nashville, TN class every time I hear of the good work you are all Cindy Torres has taken advantage of having her Force. After taking a few months off to do some their knowledge in an ’06 class forum where dam 37209; [email protected] doing out there in the world. kids home from school (two sets of twins, Lucia scuba diving and surfing in Bali, Jetti returned to classmates sought to learn more about how to best —Jackie Rioux Gladstone, 21 Westwood Circle, Dover, and Arielle, age 10; and Priya and Diego, age 5) to the working world and began her current position protect their families and loved ones. dam Hello, ’99s! What a difference a few NH 03820; (603) 834-0517; jackie.dartmouth99@ explore the local outdoors. Every day they have in July 2019 as the international attorney for the Dan Oberlin, M.D., was named a partner at months make. As I write this, we are gmail.com visited the wall forests and conservation lands North American Aerospace Defense Command Golden Gate Urology and continues to care for the ONLINE 99still under stay-at-home orders in New near their house. Unfortunately, Cindy’s husband, and U.S. Northern Command in Colorado Springs, urologic cancer needs of the Bay Area during the Hampshire due to the coronavirus pandemic. I Hello, ’01 family. I hope you are all well Soumendra Nanda, Adv’08, has been holed up in Colorado. Any time anyone finds themselves Covid-19 crisis. Dan and his wife, Pisey, recently ONLINE hope you and yours are all healthy and safe. and spending this summer outside after the house and missing all the fun! But Cindy and in Colorado, please reach out as she is always had their second child, Beau Thomas Oberlin, in One positive thing that I have seen come out of a very long spring. her family are looking forward to going back to New available for a meetup, preferably on the slopes. November. www.DartmouthAlumniMagazine.com 01Abby Gillard Abi Ridgway Silas St. James these difficult times is the extraordinary ways that wrote in with some great news. Hampshire to hike in the mountains when this is wrote to let us know she finally and his wife, Kelsey, welcomed www.DartmouthAlumniMagazine.com people have found to stay connected to each other. She and her wife, Lisa Grefe, welcomed their all over. Needless to say, the family is surviving and moved back to her hometown of Jackson, their daughter, Juniper Hope, on February 13. Since we can’t physically be with each other, we are daughter, Mary, into the world this spring. Little staying sane during this wild ride. Wyoming. She is grateful to be able to continue Juniper, big brother Ansel, and big sister Kirie making it more of a priority to spend time talking, Mary has already traveled from her home in Iowa Sam Valverde reports that he has been working working remotely as a director for the social make a wonderful family. They live in Gilmanton,

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New Hampshire. for my family since some of the insaner choices teaching at Landmark College, a small liberal arts her three-year term as our representative! Thank (and their border collie!) in early May. Allie been on the frontlines of this fight! There are way Irina Kholkina was married to Miguel Sousa we made during normal times are paying off in college in Vermont specializing in students with you again, Delfina, for a wonderful three years of Bosch graduated from the University of Virginia too many of you to list here right now, but during Lobo in Guincho, Portugal, in August 2019. The isolation times. For example, we took over care learning disabilities, ADHD, and autism. Quinton service! Medical School and is moving to Atlanta to start the coming months make sure to check out the ’06s in attendance included Shaunak Mewada and for my half-sister and my husband’s niece when Klabon wrote that he will wrap up seven years at Another bit of class notes—while we won’t her obstetrics/gynecology residency at Emory @dartmouth_2014 Instagram, where we will be Anjali Vithayathil, who also gave the maid of honor we got married, and those teens make for really St. Marcus Lutheran, Wisconsin’s best school be seeing each other this summer due to the Hospital. Juan Estrada is a dermatology resident recognizing their tremendous work during this speech. On January 31 Irina and her husband great toddler-helpers and board game buddies! We for black kids. Among much else, he organized a quarantine, planning is underway for a delayed at Hackensack Meridian Health and was deployed crazy time! Quickly though, big shout-out to Jayne welcomed their son, Máximo José. He joined their hired an au pair to live with us when we had our yearly Dartmouth immersion for its top eighth- reunion, so stay tuned. Your class officers— to take care of Covid-19 patients. He has continued Caron, who chose to graduate early from medical family of six and is loved and spoilt by his older third kid and daycare was too expensive, and she graders. Quinton is leaving to attend Harvard Christine Souffrant (president), Brandon Aiono bodybuilding, as he did in our glory days. Sayeh school this spring in order to join the fight at NYU siblings and Irina’s stepchildren Inácia (10), Micá isn’t closed! And we got a massive chest freezer a University for graduate school. Upon returning (vice president), Shelley Han (treasurer), and Gorjifard finished her master’s fellowship from Langone Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital! (9), and Gaspar (7). few years ago to hold all the excess ice cream at to Wisconsin, he’ll transition to government to me, Hillary S. Cheng (secretary)—and the 10-year Johns Hopkins University and National Cancer I hope by the time these notes get to your As always, you can view Class Notes online the end of the season running an ice cream shop continue closing the achievement gap. Marley reunion chairs Michael Brown, Marguerite V. Imbert, Institute in pharmacology/drug development. She mailbox, things have settled down a bit. Staying at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class in the summer to keep me busy as a teacher, and McMillan finished her first year of business school and Shayla Mars—will remain in their positions has since moved to Seattle for her Ph.D. in genome safe and sane during this lockdown isn’t easy, but website you can also pay class dues, learn more now it’s holding a sizeable stash of bread and milk at Vanderbilt University. She will remain in through 2021, when we hope to celebrate our sciences from the University of Washington. I’ve been very impressed by some of the creative about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who (and ice cream and hot dogs). We also invested in a Nashville to participate in Deloitte’s shortened rescheduled reunion. When she’s not hiking or biking, she illustrates ways the class of 2014 has tried to maintain have been featured in the news. I look forward to very used 15-passenger van several years ago, and human capital consulting internship experience Cynthia Akagbosu wrote in with an update: children’s books and science communications. a sense of normalcy in these difficult times. hearing from you for future columns! it was long enough to hold a banner showing all this summer. Jenna Newgard married her partner “Hello, fellow ’11s. I had the pleasure of marrying Amanda Wheelock is planning to move to Ann Arbor East Coast correspondent Amelia Acosta has —Cindy Tsai, Synchrony Financial, 222 W. Adams 100 candles for my husband’s grandfather’s 100th of 10 years, Nate Abbott. Molly Roy started working fellow ’11 Nathan Swire last summer in May. It was a this fall to pursue a master’s in environmental temporarily relocated back to the Midwest, where St., 27th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606; cindaaay@ birthday parade last week! However, even with all full-time for a group called Organizing Together three-day Jewish, Nigerian, and Catholic wedding policy at Michigan’s school for environment she continues to promote all of our classmates’ gmail.com the help, teaching middle schoolers remotely and 2020 that is helping to organize volunteers in bonanza. The bridal party had a great showing from and sustainability. Sophie Palitz defended her bread-related adventures. Out on the West Coast, having three kids under 5 has been challenging. support of the eventual Democratic presidential the ’11 class, with Alex Gonazalez, Adriene McCance, dissertation this April on the relationship between our classmate Michelle Khare reached more than 2 Hello, ’07s! We hope you have been If you’re chasing a wee one who flat out refuses nominee. They are working from home currently, Sarah Seng, and Caroline Ward as well as Nathan’s therapist behaviors and treatment outcomes for million subscribers to her YouTube channel and staying safe (and sane)! to wear her diaper and clothes anymore but can’t but in the future she’ll be out on the campaign mother, Anne Scott-Putney ’81. I graduated from children and adolescents with anxiety. She will has endless hours of content if anyone is in need First, thank you to all of our stop herself from peeing on the floor, I feel for you. trail in Sarasota County, Florida. Mark Wilson and Tufts University School of Medicine in 2017 and be moving to New York City for the year to do of some entertainment. Down in Texas, Renee 07 Lai wonderful frontline healthcare workers and those She’ll figure it out eventually, and you’ll clean a lot his wife, Aspen Wilson ’11, had daughter Linara am finishing up my last year at Boston Children’s her clinical psychology predoctoral internship/ has started an art school that is currently supporting them! So inspirational! There are many, of pee. (I tell myself.)” Rae Wilson on March 15. He’s very proud that Hospital in its pediatrics residency program. I am residency at Montefiore Medical Center as the offering online “classes that are more rigorous and but to highlight a few. In other news, John Shellito left St. George’s in she has his sense of timing. Jeff and Katie Wiltsey starting a pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at final requirement for her Ph.D. intellectually engaging than wine and drink places, Matt Nolan is a pulmonary and critical Arlington, Virginia, where he has been an associate welcomed the newest member of the class of 2042, Children’s National Medical Center this summer. After a couple of years in Denver as a but less pressure than taking class at a community care doctor in Madison, Wisconsin, and has rector for the past seven years, in order to become Grant Morimoto Wiltsey, born April 14. They’re Nathan graduated from Harvard Law School college counselor, Frankie Herrera has relocated college.” So if you are interested in checking them been treating Covid patients there. He shares, the rector at St. Barnabas in Annandale, Virginia! weathering the virus well and would have been in shortly after the wedding, has been clerking in to Providence, Rhode Island, and is back in the out, the website is theartlocal.com and she is on “Fortunately, our town has had a very manageable Congratulations, John! new baby isolation anyway. Case Hathaway Zepeda the federal district court in Boston under Judge admissions world at . He is so Instagram at @theartlocalatx. With each passing spike in initial cases, which now appear plateaued, Lastly, James Austin reports that her Pringle and Dan Olson ’04 welcomed baby girl Robin to the William Young during the past year, and will be happy to be near so many friends on the East Coast day John D’Antonio gets closer and closer to posting so nothing at all like the real heroes in New York can collecting has resumed. She just can’t stop. world on March 1. Big sibs Basil and August love joining me in Washington, D.C., to start as an again and hopes to reunite with Dartmouth friends his first TikTok. We can’t wait, John! We will all City but we’re still seeing critically ill patients.” —Jaime Padgett, 1837 W. Patterson Ave, giving her kisses and arranging their favorite toys associate lawyer at White & Case.” once it is safe to travel again. Hilary McNamee and be watching when you do! After he returns home from protecting his city, #109, Chicago, IL 60613; (574) 303-6944; around the bemused baby. Other than that, their How have you been spending the quarantine? partner Welly Ramsey are recently engaged, I’m sure there are plenty of updates to the he has had to take measures to protect his family. [email protected] Hanover homesteading efforts are ramping up Write in and let us know! though their wedding plans are on hold until next normal engagement/wedding section that I could He still shares the love though with air hugs! Big as Case practices her new chainsaw skills, Dan —Hillary S. Cheng, 26611 La Roda, Mission Viejo, year. They are still in the Upper Valley, renovating add to this note but seeing as only Zoom weddings air hug from all of us to you! I’m thinking of all of you and sending continues plotting the finishing touches on his CA 92691; (603) 546-8452; hillary.s.cheng@ a house in Strafford, Vermont, while Hilary runs will be taking place for a while longer, I’ll report Charlie Kircher is working in critical care, my best wishes to everyone impacted timberframe barn, and the kids miraculously avoid dartmouth.edu a cut-flower farm and florist business. On June back on that front later. stroke care, and emergency medicine at the by the pandemic. Thank you to our the electric fence around the chicken coop. 28 Evan (Gray) and Peter Hill celebrated their five- Finally, it also seems like everyone is either 09 Liz (Doolittle) Kahane University of Cincinnati. He has been planning, classmates who are working hard on the frontline. — , 7 Chatmoss Road, Hello, ’13s! year anniversary! He writes in that he feels beyond starting or ending graduate school right now, so writing protocols, and discussing how the hospital Liz (Ellison) Baron and her husband, Art Baron ’07, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; I hope this finds everyone staying blessed to have a beautiful, fun, accomplished congrats to everyone who is either getting ready would activate alternative care spaces to deal with welcomed a baby boy, Calvin Timothy Baron, [email protected] healthy and happy. Though I have no wife who loves him and challenges him to be a to start a new chapter or busy virtually celebrating Diana Dinescu 13 a bump in new cases. Outside of work, he says, “I’ve on March 5. and Bryan Strother idea what the world will look like by the time you better person. We can still remember when these their tremendous accomplishments and hard been hanging out with my favorite alum every day! welcomed Jacob Lee Strother to their family on Short column this time around! read this, I hope that wherever this may find you, two got together and we couldn’t be happier for work! A few quick shout-outs to Kara Dastrup, Lisa (Melvin) Kircher and I have been ticking off April 13. He and mom are doing well, and he is Nathan Bruschi and Roanna Wang you will consider your Dartmouth classmates a them! Last but certainly not least, Mike Keenan who will be starting a Ph.D. program in clinical home renovation projects now that my personal healthy and growing. His sister, Lina (23 months ’13 celebrated the 10-year anniversary community to lean on. With that said, we have and his wife, Deirdre, brought beautiful baby psychology at the University of Washington, and 10 Andrew Roberts and work travel has been suspended. We would old), is not entirely sure about him yet, but she has of their chance meeting in Fahey-McLane. They many exciting life updates to share! Tessa Shea Keenan into the world December 20. , who graduated from Columbia love to be in Vienna sans kids as we’d planned decided they can keep him (for now) despite the have been together ever since and will celebrate Rob Bathe’s coffee roasting business, Folly Congratulations! Business School. Andrew will be returning home in May, but honestly, we’d also go for Derby at racket. Kris Gebhard is happy to report that as of their fourth wedding anniversary this fall. Coffee Roasters (www.follycoffee.com), has Thank you to everyone who wrote in—and in order to pursue a career dealing hand sanitizer, Kappa Delta Epsilon (and yes, that’s now a dated July 23, they will graduate with a Ph.D. in clinical Alex Huestis and her husband, Peter Litwin, launched an entirely new website and subscription enjoy the rest of summer! masks, and toilet paper with dreams of becoming reference). For now, Loveland, Ohio, will do just psychology from George Mason University and welcomed their first child, Zoe Litwin, to the family service available online. They roast to order and —Aly Perez, 104 Ivy Drive, Apt. 8, Charlottesville, Miami’s newest kingpin! fine!” move to Chicago in August to complete a clinical on April 14. Mom and baby are doing well in San ship coffee within 24 hours of the roast—check VA 22903; [email protected] —George Helding, 1216 W. Addison St., Apt. 2, Mirelle Phillips created Frontline Strong Relief postdoc at University of Chicago Medicine. They Francisco. them out! Our resident celebrity chef, Priya Krishna, Chicago, IL 60613; [email protected] in New York City, an effort directly focused on look forward to eventually getting back to the Evan Greulich and his wife, Claire, were thrilled officially changed her Instagram handle, marking Hi, ’14s—back again! You may have alleviating stress for healthcare workers on the East Coast with a plan to collaboratively open an to welcome Henry Hennegan Greulich this past the end of what we knew as the DDS Detective era. noticed (but probably did not) that the As Covid-19 tests our fortitude, frontlines done in partnership with Mount Sinai LGBTQIA community health clinic and research December. “We feel fortunate he’s such a smiley Follow her at @priyakrishna; #swipeupyouguys. class of 2014 did not have any updates Dartmouth friendships and alumni Sara Stone 14 Hospital and several others. We’re told she’s been institute in Baltimore. Any other health workers and charming boy!” writes in that, given Covid-19, she has in the last issue of the alumni magazine. Given the 15accomplishments continue to bring us working night and day to give people the relief they in the area who would like to connect are welcome I’ll end with an update from me: My husband, been hunkered down in Marion, Massachusetts, current circumstances, I debated making a virus- humor and inspiration. I sincerely thank everyone need. Truly inspirational! to reach out! Tina Harrison is doing an ecology Roman Khan, and I welcomed our baby, Barack instead of racing sailboats around the world. She related excuse so that you would all excuse my who contributed to this issue’s Class Notes. Shala Burroughs is part of the HelpMainStreet. postdoc at University of Louisiana-Lafayette. Chong Khan, on February 24. has continued to train as much as possible on forgetfulness. However, I’ve decided to come clean. Ethan Canty will be finishing up his time at com team. It is a 100-percent volunteer effort based Johanna Hauer wrote that she is working hard in Stay healthy! land and has also been putting her background in The truth of the matter is that these notes are due the Penn State College of Medicine this May, in New York City and Colorado, driving 100 percent Hartford, Connecticut, and was reallocated to a —Jennifer Chong, 7A Marine View, 19 Middle epidemiology to good use with some independent months in advance. I was actually just busy at John graduating with a dual-degree M.D./M.P.H. He of proceeds to local businesses across the United Covid ICU. She is trying to stay healthy and hoping Lane, Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong; consulting for the Covid-19 response. Zahka’s bachelor party down in Miami drinking my will then move to Portland, Oregon, to begin a States and 15 other countries. HelpMainStreet that everyone is staying safe in these challenging [email protected] Many of our friends are also enjoying new body weight in Keystone Light with our classmates pediatrics residency at Oregon Health & Science aggregates existing gift card and donation links times. Dylan Kane took a job with the U.S. Forest milestones in their graduate studies and careers! Tom Whalen, Preston Suan, and Rahul Raina, which University in June. He is excited to return to the across about 50,000 local businesses to provide Service and moved to Prescott, Arizona, where We’re happy to announce that Emily Nick Valentini graduated from the Geisel School of I hope you all agree, is a more than valid excuse. West Coast and be close to family and loved ones. critical cash support during the Covid-19 crisis. he is a squad leader on the Prescott Helitack Duke will be taking over the Alumni Medicine and started as an emergency medicine Before getting to any other updates, I think He also hopes that everyone is able to remain safe Allie (Fecych) Favazza shares that, “Quarantine Crew. He’s been climbing lots of mountains and Council representative position as we resident physician at the we have to give a shout-out to all the members of and healthy during this time! Thomas Kern 11 Delfina Gonzalez Libby Fairless has been a weird time of self-congratulations is psyched to be in the Southwest! is say goodbye to , who just finished in June. He moved to Ann Arbor with his girlfriend the class of 2014 who work in healthcare and have will graduate from Yale School

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of Medicine with an M.D. this May. After a virtual David Clossey graduated in May from Harvard wishing you two the best down in Florida! Buckley, Caroline Gonzalez, Amanda Royek, Sophie In his spare time Stephen writes and has Courtney Banghart ’00. The club looks forward to graduation ceremony she will move across the Medical School and is now a resident physician at Another trailblazing ’17 is Simone Schmid. Montgomery, Monika Gabriele, Ellen Smalley, and recently published his latest book, number eight for getting back on track with book awards and with country to Spokane, Washington, for her first Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. After graduation Simone pursued her passions Paulomi Rao have been working tirelessly on their him, First Duty: Presidents, the Nation’s Security plans for new admit, send-off, and end-of-year year of residency at Sacred Heart Hospital. In Although he is a neuroscientist by training, of social innovation and education. Simone earned synchronized swimming choreography. and Self-Centered Politics. In his words, “As parties to wrap up 2020. They already have a host 2021 she will begin further training in the field in early April Jared Boyce began volunteering in a J.B. Reynolds foreign study scholarship that Regan Gore wrote in, “Since social distancing, Americans turn their attention to the presidential of ideas for 2021, balancing family-oriented and of ophthalmology back in her home state at the Dr. Viviana Simon’s laboratory at Mount Sinai to allowed her to teach at a small school in Kenya. I’ve really been enjoying being back in Baltimore election in November, they are being asked to alumni-focused venues. University of Oklahoma. She wishes everyone study SARS-CoV-2 (the virus responsible for the This was an amazing experience for her because and spending more time with my family. My mom consider an almost bewildering range of issues Cecily (Kaya) Boulware ’09, the Dartmouth good health and hopes to see many classmates at ongoing Covid-19 pandemic). He wrote in with the she taught the hardest-working and most focused and I were avid bakers before this, so we’ve been that are being raised by the remaining candidates. Club of Hawaii secretary, shared that the club had reunions in 2021! following, “The experience has been both exciting students she’d ever met and they persevered spending our extra time together trying more Consideration of those important matters is a couple of events recently. Notably, on December Since June 2015 the original “Cenobites in and humbling. It is a privilege to play a role in this despite challenging conditions. After her time in challenging recipes and working our way through being affected daily by the partisan posturing 14, 2019, the club’s new president, Eddie Kim ’03, Central”—including Alec Marchuk, Sam Yoder, Paul fight.” He also continues to serve as co-chair for Kenya, Simone began work as an English teacher Great British Bake Off reruns. It’s also been fun and media sensationalism that now characterize and his family, hosted a Charter Day event at the Champeau, and Henry Franco—have spread across Children of Bellevue’s junior board. The team ran in Shenzhen, China. Living and teaching in China catching up with other ’19s as we all have a little America’s national elections. Too often lost in Kaneohe Yacht Club. Afterward he treated those the United States, covering a geographical region a fundraiser throughout May for Mental Health presented challenges, but things got easier once more time in our schedules now for Zoom happy the noise are the thoughtful discussions of the who were interested in a trip to the Kaneohe Sand roughly the length of Sweden. Never ones to waste Awareness Month, complete with self-care events she could brush up on the Chinese skills she hours!” most important responsibility of every president: Bar. There were about 34 alums, current students, a good crisis, they’ve been reconvening regularly such as yoga, meditation, and a comedy event. learned back in high school. Simone also found Monik Walters shared, “I have been social the nation’s safety. Much is at stake, of course, and their families in attendance. online through virtual movie nights, cybernetic Victoria Li founded Meals for Chicago, an a strong community at a Protestant church that distancing in the comfort of my Brooklyn in every presidential election. I am hopeful that Please feel free to send me updates about the cocktail hours, workouts, and game sessions. initiative to reinvigorate restaurants by routing offers English services in Shenzhen. She went to apartment with my roommates and while working this book will stimulate the thinking of its readers great events—virtual or in-person—that your club, Most recently, the government labeled them all as bulk orders to them, which are then delivered to weekly gatherings and Bible studies, performed in from home. I am really lucky that I have their and educate their choice as they exercise the very association, or affiliated group has organized. “nonessential,” which sounds bad but is basically feed and nourish essential workers. As of April 29 shows, and made great new friends at the church. company in the midst of all this, but I still miss important responsibility of all Americans.” —Stina Brock ’01, P.O. Box 9274, Jackson, WY just the non-recording option of the working world. it had fed more than 100 essential workers and was Now that she is back in her hometown of Kansas Dartmouth besties. We have been keeping hope In his prologue to First Duty Stephen writes, 83002; [email protected] Liz Morse and Andres Isaza are currently getting scheduled to feed another 100 essential workers City, Missouri, she can attend her church’s online alive with frequent group FaceTime calls and by “This is a book about a particular and critical their M.B.A.s from Wharton. at grocery stores, banks, and medical facilities. sunrise services at a more reasonable hour with using the multiplayer feature on a lot of gaming element of presidential leadership on matters Patrick R. Campbell and Rona Sun will be You can learn more and donate at mealsforchi. the time difference. Living back at home has been apps. However, dealing with different time zones, affecting our nation’s security. I have examined Deaths classmates again when they begin at the MIT Sloan com and follow the initiative on Instagram @ an adjustment, but she’s getting along well with work schedules, and environments means I have the political will, the political courage, the resolve School of Management this fall. meals_for_chicago. her parents and her brother. She’s used this time a lot of time left to myself.” Monik began working on national security matters, of each of the 13 The following is a list of deaths reported to us Shelby Schrier will be attending Harvard Thanks to everyone who sent in updates. Feel to ramp up her work on the nongovernmental at ViacomCBS at the beginning of February. American presidents who have led the nation from since the previous issue. Full obituaries, usually Business School. free to email me with news at any time—I love organization she launched with her friend; it Monik says that with extra time on her hands and 1945 to the present.” Using Winston Churchill as written by the class secretaries, may appear on the Brett Teplitz matched in urology at University hearing from you all! will support education and feminine hygiene for motivation and desire to create at an all-time high, his standard, Stephen shines a bright light on the DAM website at dartmouthalumnimagazine.com, of Pittsburgh Medical Center and will be starting —Feyaad Allie, 212 Pine Hill Court, Apt. 103, disadvantaged youth. Depending on how things she started working on a YouTube channel. She particular difficulties, successes, and failures of where friends and classmates may post their own his residency this summer. Stanford, CA 94305; [email protected] progress with Covid-19, Simone plans to begin is planning on launching this YouTube channel each of the 13 in performing his first and most remembrances of the deceased. Please contact Kishan Ughreja is working hard as an intern in teaching English in Madrid, Spain, this fall. in May. We look forward to seeing your videos, important duty. For everyone who cares about alumni records at (603) 646-2253 to report an emergency medicine at Northwestern. We thank Hi, ’17s! I hope you have been staying safe Wishing you the best as well, Simone! Monik! our presidential leadership in a dangerous world, alumnus death. him for all his hard work on the frontlines! and healthy during these unprecedented —Dorian J. Allen, 93 15th St., Apt. 3F, Brooklyn, NY Casey Vaughan was recently admitted to read this book. It will appeal to Americans of all Henri E. Rosen ’40 • April 9 Laura Bergsten is graduating with her Ph.D. times. To brighten up your days, I’d like 11215; [email protected] the master of behavioral and decision sciences political persuasions. Franklin S. Cushman ’42 • Nov. 28, 2019 17 Jane Welsh, in particle physics next month. For the last two to share some of the things that our classmates program at University of Pennsylvania and is — 175 Greensboro Road, Hanover, Robert W. Keeler ’42 • April 5 years she has been doing research at European were up to earlier in the year. Hey, ’19s! enrolled in the program for the upcoming fall NH 03755; (603) 643-3789; m.jane.welsh.gr@ Robert G. Bowman ’43 • April 18 Organization for Nuclear Research, known as I’d like to congratulate Juli Feltrin and Shaun As I’m writing this, it is May 1 and semester. dartmouth.edu Henry C. Keck ’43 • April 4 CERN, and living in Switzerland. While there Sengupta on their move to Miami. Juli had been 19I have been social distancing for about Elise Higgins moved to New York this past fall Robert I. Lappin ’43 • April 3 she’s explored the Swiss Alps through hikes, ski climbing up the ladder at Egon Zhender in New seven weeks. I hope by the time this Class Notes and is the development assistant for operations at Carlton P. Frost IV ’44 • April 3 trips, and bike tours, sometimes in the company York, but decided to pursue her dream to earn a column appears in your mailbox or your inbox the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Before lockdown Clubs & William N. Banks Jr. ’45 • Nov. 15, 2019 of other visiting alumni. master’s in real estate development and urbanism we will have returned to some form of normalcy. she was enjoying exploring the Met exhibits and Peter Heneage ’45 • April 2 Weijie Lin is working as a resident physician at the University of Miami. She and Shaun made Throughout these difficult times there’s been a meeting up with friends at the Dartmouth club. Groups John W. Dewey ’46 • April 13 at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, the public the move down to Florida earlier this year. Juli also blessing: being able to utilize technology to stay I hope that you, your families, and your friends Robert R. Seidel ’46 • April 15 hospital of affiliates, in the Bay has close family in the Miami area. connected with ’19 friends. I asked the class to stay safe! As always, if you have class notes to share, These are unusual times, but a few of our John F. Steele ’46 • April 12 Area. She was working in the ICU when Covid-19 Shaun has always been passionate about auto share how they’ve been staying connected with send them to dartmouth2019classnotes@gmail. Dartmouth clubs and groups provided some James H. von Rohr ’46 • March 4 cases started coming in and shelter-in-place orders racing. While in college he was an active member other ’19s in this time. I also asked whether anyone com. updates to share with you despite the current John L.E. Wolff ’46 • March 22 were being announced. She is now working in of Dartmouth Formula Racing and studied has picked up some new hobbies or skills given the —Morgan Lee, 417 Grand St., Apt. D1705, New York, challenges. Charles F. Yancey ’46 • April 13 inpatient wards. engineering at Thayer. When he began searching extra time that some of us have. NY 10002; [email protected] The Dartmouth Club of the Piedmont co- Robert E. Yung ’46 • Feb. 21 As always, keep sending any updates you’d for new positions in Florida, he thought that would First off, I’m sharing information on an presidents Betsy Booth Scalco ’87 and Dawn Green William B. Enright ’47 • March 7 like included in the DAM to 15classupdates@ be an awesome opportunity to combine his passion important cause, with the hope that ’19s can help MacLaren ’89 reported that the club has more Jerome L. Gillis ’47 • March 13 gmail.com. Can’t wait to see you at the College for racing with his professional life, since Florida out. Michael Sun is the national logistics coordinator Grads than 700 recognized alumni and family members Neal W. Gilbert ’48 • April 8 next summer for our delayed five-year reunion! is home to some of the greatest NASCAR events. for MedSupplyDrive, a nationwide volunteer dispersed across a wide geographical area in North Burgess P. Standley ’49 • March 12 —Samantha Webster, 665 Washington St., Apt. 711, Shaun discovered the Concours Club, a new and group delivering personal protective equipment Stephen M. Duncan (Adv’69) received a master of arts Carolina. This past year the club resurrected Fred F. Tilden ’49• Feb. 16 Boston, MA 02111; (484) 356-3678; samwweb15@ category-disrupting automotive country club donations to healthcare workers. Every donation in government from Dartmouth and followed this dues and donations collection, increased social Charles J. Urstadt ’49 • March 2 gmail.com in the Miami area, on Forbes and Bloomberg. He counts, he says: “Each day I receive requests by going to law school. He later served as assistant media presence, and put effort into thoughtful Russell Wolfertz Sr. ’49 • Nov. 25, 2018 took a risk and emailed the president about his from nurses, doctors, and hospitals asking for United States attorney and then as assistant event planning. With those efforts, the club was Neil P. McCulloch ’50 • April 21 Hi, ’16s. I hope your summer is going interest in racing and engineering. Next thing he even a box of gloves, not to mention masks and secretary of defense in the administrations of two fortunate to capture the active participation of John W. Norton ’50 • April 15 well and you’re staying healthy! A few knew, Shaun was moving to Miami as the chief gowns.” If you want to help, you can donate presidents. His military background includes being alumni spanning 60 years of graduating classes, James S. Wehnes ’50 • Dec. 13, 2018 16updates from our classmates. technologist for the Concours Club. His role through medsupplydrive.org or contact Michael a decorated combat veteran with more than 40 from ’60s to ’20s! The club had a sold-out trip to James E. Asker ’51 • Feb. 21 During the Covid-19 quarantine, “The involves business operations, IT management, at [email protected]. years of active and Navy Reserve service. He is the Duke Lemur Center in Durham with 35 people. Charles F. Fitzsimmons Jr. ’51 • March 20 Trolling ’16s”—which included Hui Cheng, Juhi and more, so his responsibilities are similar to his Alice Hsu, who has been working as a chemistry also the recipient (twice) of the U.S. Department Eighty-five people came to the club’s holiday party Charles F. Dey ’52 • April 16 Kalra, Er Li Peng, and I—came in third place in a studies of engineering and systems integrations teaching science fellow at Dartmouth, shared with of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service. (more than twice the previous year’s turnout) Bill Mattox ’52 • March 7 virtual Zoom trivia game organized by ’17s. We at Thayer. me a screenshot of a Zoom gathering she was He has been a senior executive in two defense and enjoyed hearing from the Rockapellas! Many H. Arnold Muller ’52 • April 29 competed against teams of other Dartmouth alums Juli and Shaun now live in Miami Springs, having with Jian Dong, Arvind Suresh, Josephine industry advanced technology companies, a federal newer, younger alums and first-timers joined Ronald P. Rose ’52 • Sept. 28, 2018 and were excited to have done so well. which has a lot of open space, so social distancing is Kalshoven, Heather Flokos, and Joe Leonor. Alice and criminal prosecutor, a partner in major law firms, as well. Later alumni enjoyed watching the Putnam W. Blodgett ’53 • March 3 In June Hamza Abbasi graduated from much easier there than it would have been back in her friends have been sharing dinner recipes and and the director of the National Defense University Dartmouth vs. Princeton game at a local sports Robert B. Foster ’53 • Oct. 3, 2019 Northwestern University Feinberg School of New York. Plus, when they look out their windows, have been playing Jackbox, Codenames, and other Institute for Homeland Security Studies. As you bar, with too many people to count, and then 40 Robert A. Malin ’53 • April 15 Medicine and began internal medicine residency they see tall and beautiful palm trees rather than games that have an online interface. will see, he has turned his many experiences into alums and family members joined together for a Brandon G. Schnorf Jr. ’53 • April 20 at Scripps Green in June. their old view of the Battery Park Tunnel. We’re Charlotte Berry reported that she and Abigail books. UNC women’s basketball game to cheer on coach Alan D. Sessler ’53 • March 18

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She was always sparkling,” wrote Eldredge. wrote Eldredge in a letter two years before REAL ESTATE SALES AND SERVICE in Hanover since 1975. (603) 643-6004; S. Charles Talamo ’53 • April 21 They were still in Luxembourg City his death. “Churchill himself offered her [email protected]. Roger Clarkson ’75 Robert D. Bassett ’54 • Feb. 29 in December 1944 when the Germans the George Cross, but she refused them all Edward W. Freedman ’54 • April 24 launched a major counterattack: the Battle and said she in no way wished to become William M. Gardner ’54 • Feb. 16 of the Bulge. German planes strafed Lux- conspicuous in America.” Their son, Jamie, BRAND NEW CLASSIC CAPE! Donn E. Hill ’54 • March 30 embourg City—artillery could be heard in remembers British officials coming to their Richard A. Pearl ’54 • April 20 the distance. Sensitive documents had to be home in the 1970s to make a secret medal Seaver Peters ’54 • Feb. 23 John K. Pierce ’54 • Feb. 17 destroyed. Ingersoll decided to bury their presentation to his mother. William Foggle ’55 • April 4 papers in a fake grave, which they marked Le Poer Trench’s SOE file remained Don W. Hummel ’55 • March 18 with a wooden cross and the helmet and classified for more than 75 years (a request Nathan K. Kotz ’55 • April 26 dog tags of Kelly, their driver. “Ingersoll under the Freedom of Information Act This New House is Looking for an Owner John H. Krumpe ’55 • March 22 to Make it a HOME! Open Concept Living with Many was in high glee,” wrote Eldredge. “Kelly by DAM opened it in 2019). It confirms Extra Finish Details 3 BR, 2.5 BA 2.1 +/- Acres Ralph L. Sautter ’55 • March 28 did not think it so funny.” her personal recruitment by Gubbins but Very Convenient to Town Currently Under Peter V. Teal ’55 • Feb. 8 German infiltrators in American uni- says only that she was a secretary. More Construction Come See What it has to Offer! William J. Hamilton ’56 • April 6 Northwood Lane, New London $625,000. Myron H. Luria ’56 • March 31 forms wreaked mayhem. Tense GIs quizzed revealing documents were destroyed in a (603) 526-4116 Philip P. Patrick ’56 • Jan. 9 any soldier they didn’t recognize about ar- fire shortly after the war. The full extent of P.O. Box 67 Preston V. Pumphrey ’56 • April 14 cane details of subjects such as baseball to her wartime exploits may never be known. 224 Main Street New London POLITICAL SCIENCE 102: David B. Stackpole ’56 • Feb. 16 suss out Nazi fakers from real Americans. The Battle of the Bulge offered Eldredge NH 03257 Experimental Methods in Political Discourse Ricardo J. Alfaro II ’57 • March 14 Back in London, Diana Le Poer Trench his one chance to confront the enemy. On James M. Barnes ’57 • Feb. 22 with People whose Views May Differ Sharply from Yours Larrie S. Calvert ’57 • March 5 grew concerned that Eldredge, hardly a December 31 the Germans launched a ma- FOR RENT In the course of your Club membership, you’ll find that good spirits abound at the Main Bar: humungous martinis, Walter S. Clark Jr. ’57 • March 1 sports fan, would be caught unaware. She jor air attack with more than 1,000 planes FRANCE, PARIS-MARAIS. Exquisite, sunny, handcrafted cocktails, animated conversation —all within minutes of commuter trains and subway lines. Joseph F. DiMaria Jr. ’57 • March 7 sent him a cable over the top-secret Ultra targeting the Americans. Well lubricated quiet one-bedroom apartment behind Place des William D. Hartley ’58 • Dec. 21, 2019 network to make sure he knew the 1944 from a blowout New Year’s Eve party in Vosges. King-size bed, living/dining room, six J. Bradford Hubert ’58 • April 15 pennant race winners, “which she rightly the French city of Metz, Eldredge awoke chairs, full kitchen, washer, dryer, weekly maid Richard H. Martin ’58 For information on membership and all our other offerings, • Feb. 24 knew I had no idea of,” he wrote. The infor- to the sound of gunfire hitting his building. service, Wi-Fi. $1,350 weekly; [email protected]. Phillip W. McClanahan ’58 • Sept. 20, 2019 The Dartmouth Club visit www.dartmouthclub.com or call 212.986.3232. mation proved invaluable. “Hard-eyed GIs “Staggering to the window, .45 in hand, I Robert D. Rosenberg ’58 • April 1 LUXURY TUSCAN VILLA. Set high in the Chianti of New York in residence at countryside, this exquisite, recently restored villa The Yale Club of New York City 50 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Arnold Tenenbaum ’58 • March 24 were on each side of the road with machine fired two or three at a black shape, a Me- has 8 bedrooms and 8.5 bathrooms. Perfect Harry F. Downing Jr. ’59 • Feb. 28 guns pointed at our jeep as a no-fooling 109 [Messerschmitt fighter plane] with a for large families or groups of friends, the Ross W. Farrar ’59 • April 23 GI asked all sorts of stiff questions only white cross on its fuselage, which barreled beautiful vistas, large pool and outdoor Peter A. Johnson ’59 • April 3 a ‘good American’ could answer. I used down the street just a little higher than my fireplace all make for the vacation of a lifetime. Allan F. Munro ’59 • March 25 YC dartmouth ad 9.12.indd 1 9/13/12 11:40 AM Diana’s info several times, but I usually window,” he wrote. “These were the only Private chef available. [email protected]. Craig Wisotzki ’59 • March 9 swore at the goddamned characters who shots fired by me in anger during the whole D’82. Donald J. Landzettel ’60 • March 29 Richard H. Rodefer ’60 • Aug. 18, 2018 were holding us up.” damn war!” PARIS, ILE SAINT-LOUIS: Elegant, spacious David Segal ’60 • March 27 Meanwhile, Le Poer Trench enjoyed her After the war Le Poer Trench secured a top floor skylighted apartment, gorgeous William R. Harris ’61 • April 16 own secret adventures. At the same 1943 divorce and came to Hanover with Eldredge. view overlooking Seine, 2 bedrooms sleep 4, William J. Walls ’61 • March 23 Christmas soiree where Eldredge was scru- They married in 1947 and bought a house 2 baths, elevator, well-appointed, full kitchen, Wi-Fi. (678) 232-8444 or [email protected]. John E. Clark Jr. ’62 • Feb. 20 tinized, she was approached by Brigadier on a quiet hilltop in Norwich, Vermont, Charles R. Schwarz ’62 • Jan. 21 Gen. Colin Gubbins, head of the Special Op- where they were “happy to lie low,” in PROVENCE. Delightful five-bedroom stone Charles L. Pugh ’63 • March 23 farmhouse, facing Roman theater. Pool, vineyard. Robert F. Nickson ’64 • March 24, 2019 erations Executive (SOE), a secret British Eldredge’s words, after the excitement of (860) 672-6608, www.frenchfarmhouse.com. Donald C. Pratt ’64 • Feb. 14 force that carried out sabotage and subver- their wartime years. They had two children, Charles K. Coe ’65 • Feb. 5 sion missions behind enemy lines. “Would Jamie and Alan ’75. Eldredge continued Woodhall Stopford ’65 • March 23 you like to be doing something more inter- teaching until 1974, while his wife worked Ralph E. Crump ’66 • March 16 esting?” Gubbins quietly drawled, recruiting as a professional artist. He died in 1991 at Joseph P. Michalski ’66 • March 13 her on the spot. Eldredge had no clue. age 81. She died eight years later at age 79. Steven D. Golladay ’68 • Dec. 9, 2019 “I did not learn about it until 20 years Few if any of his students knew that the Sean C. Fay ’70 • Feb. 13 Dwight E. Timbers ’70 • Feb. 11 after we were married,” he later recalled, loquacious professor and his quiet wife had Glenn M. Glesmann ’71 • Feb. 16 “when Diana, talking French in her sleep, operated deep inside a secret war. “It was a STUDENTS AIMING FOR TOP COLLEGES: Terence R. Parkinson ’71 • Jan. 10 started to talk about parachutage.” most curious story,” mused Eldredge years Peter A. Kaczowka ’72 • April 12 Once his wife started talking, she later, “to be snapped up into the center of Receive strategic advice, tools, and guidance from the nation’s premier Timothy Cole ’73 • Feb. 13 painted Eldredge a stunning picture. She the war effort because I knew a charming college consultants, helping students for over 20 years. Thomas B. Bloomfield ’75 • March 24 told him that she had been a courier-agent Scot-English lass, a popular writer in the James S. Tyre ’75 • March 3 Unparalleled success rate Advising and facilitating every step of the way code-named “Precious Cargo” and had United Kingdom…and then as unique and • • Charles R. Kreter ’78 • April 20 • Lessen stress and increase college choices Frank F. Sallee ’78 • Feb. 17 parachuted five times into Nazi-occupied devious a character as you’d find, Ingersoll. David R. Joyce ’79 • Feb. 3 France. She’d also been on two secret mis- So I landed in the ‘armpit of the tortoise’ in Join us for personal admissions counseling. Call or email for information. David M. Krill ’79 • April 14 sions to Belgium by boat and been part of this strange fashion.” Daniel W. Smith III ’79 • Feb. 11 another operation that eliminated 89 Ger- Eldredge had no regrets: “It was clearly M. Bruce Davidson Jr. ’81 • July 25, 2019 mans. At one point the Gestapo captured the high point of my life.” Mark S. Hansen ’84 • March 23 HAND-MADE MAPS Jay C. Warden ’89 • March 1 and interrogated Precious Cargo before 781.530.7088 Belgian commandos freed her. “[She was] RICK BEYER is a coauthor of The Ghost CAPTURE YOUR TRAVELS, honeymoon, Frederick W. Searby IV ’90 • March 2 TopTierAdmissions.com | [email protected] Jin W. Cyhn ’95 • Unknown offered the George Cross, French Croix de Army of World War II and a member of the adventures, or personal geography. Bob Tibolt Ernest M. Evans II ’16 • April 1 Guerre, and the Belgian Croix de Guerre,” DAM editorial board. ’76. artmapmaker.com.

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John J. Donahoe ’82 The CEO of Nike on just doing it

Interview by LISA FURLONG

“Many would say I seem to bring problems with me: When I became head of Bain in 2000, it was the dot-com crash. When I became CEO of eBay, it was the 2008 financial meltdown; now I’ve become CEO of Nike during Success lies a pandemic.” “In times of professional crisis you’re often faced with only difficult choices, in the details. none of which look good. That is when courage, character, and teamwork really matter.” “Starting my career as a consultant was an extension of my experience at Dart- As the premier asset management firm mouth. It taught me to ask questions. It taught me to understand situations in the region, we know this to be true. in a more integrative way. I learned how to engage with people who had different perspectives and that teamwork really matters.” That’s why we focus on more than just “The pandemic has made people realize how connected we can be even if we’re financial solutions. Because when apart. We did a Zoom call with 25,000 Nike employees participating all it comes to building a better future, no over the world. More than 1,000 engaged in the chat function. Our teams are saying they’re more productive and noticing positive changes in be- detail is too small. havior. For example, there is less interrupting and talking over each other Schedule a personal consultation by in Zoom meetings. People are doing a better job of listening.” “Corporate culture is incredibly important. We’re in a world where many of contacting John O’Dowd, CTFA, Senior the institutions that people have historically looked to for leadership are Vice President, at 603.526.5614 or in decline, so as an alternative many people are looking to the company [email protected]. where they work for purpose and leadership.” “Purpose matters. That’s what inspires people and brings out their best work. Talented people follow authentic, purpose-driven leaders. When you get purpose and teamwork right, things such as growth and profit take care of themselves.” “Eileen and I have never thought in terms of family versus career. We were lucky to find each other at Dartmouth and saw ourselves as equal partners from the start. We knew we wanted to try to integrate marriage, kids, and both of our careers, and we tried to maintain a ‘positive sum’ mindset. It has required a lot of tradeoffs, compromises, and hard work, but it’s all been worthwhile.” WEALTH MANAGEMENT “I’ve always been an advocate of servant leadership, and my role models have INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT always been coaches: Phil Jackson, Coach K, most recently Steve Kerr PRIVATE BANKING and Tara VanDerveer. Like them, I’ve always wanted to find people for TAXES my team who are far more talented than I am.” “One of my favorite experiences at Nike thus far has been to see how many

star athletes are committed to community development. During the NBA HIS STORY LEDYARDBANK.COM All-Star weekend I got to see LeBron James and Anthony Davis surprise 1.888.746.4562 kids at a Boys & Girls Club on the West Side of Chicago where Nike had Notable: Became the first “outsider” named CEO of Nike in rebuilt the gym. A.D. had grown up in that same neighborhood and was January 2020; served as Dartmouth trustee, 2003-12; recipient deeply committed to giving back. They gave those kids a real sense of of 2017 Arbuckle Award from Stanford Business School Career: Worldwide managing director of Bain & Co, where he hope and inspiration.” worked from 1986 to 2005; spent 10 years at eBay/PayPal, leaving “At times like this, we may crave predictability, but it’s useful to draw from as CEO in 2015; served as CEO of ServiceNow, 2017-19 CONCORD | HANOVER | LEBANON | LYME | NEW LONDON | NORWICH, VERMONT | WEST LEBANON a lesson we learn from raising children: Perfect predictability is simply Education: A.B., economics; M.B.A., Stanford, 1986 not something you can count on.” Personal: Lives in Portland, Oregon, and Portola Valley, California, with wife Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe ’81 (a trustee); father of Personal and business banking relationships within the retail bank are subject to FDIC insurance coverage limits. Investment, tax and wealth management services offered by Ledyard Financial Advisors “My shoe collection has definitely grown since joining Nike. I probably have Jack, Thomas ’09, Catherine ’15, and Kevin ’17; son of Thomas ’57, are not insured by the FDIC, are not deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed by the Bank or any affiliate, and are subject to investment risk including the possible loss of principal amount invested. about 50 pairs, but that number is moving closer to 100 than to zero.” Tu’58; and grandson of Alvin G. Dodd ’35 EQUAL HOUSING LENDER MEMBER FDIC

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