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newsletter CLASS OF THE YEAR: 1997, 2001, 2004, 2009 If Dartmouth could clone a class, it couldn’t do much better than the Class of ’79. NNOVEMBEROVEMBER 20092009 1979 11979979 iiss PRIME Class Wins Dartmouth’s Class of the Year Award for 2009! Historic 4th Win! Only 3 classes have ever won 4+ times! LEFT: Eight members of the Class of ’79 Notes from Campus: 3 in Hanover with the Class of the Year Our Class Steward: 4 Award. l to r are Bill Mitchell, Mark Dartmouth is Prime: 5 Winkler, Jim Wasz, Vicky Riley, Bren- Facebook ’79: 6 dan Cameron, Nancy Swartzman Reinvention Center: 8 Malmquist, Laurie Roulston, and Mark Mini-reunions: 11 Tomalonis. BELOW RIGHT: Bill & Laurie. Classmate Updates: 16 AT in a Day ’79: 20 Dan the Man: 22 Your Next Actions: 24 It’s Baker Time: 24 N SEPTEMBER during Dartmouth’s Class Offi cers IWeekend, our Class of 1979 was recognized with the honor of being named Class of the Year – the highest distinction bestowed on any Dart- mouth class. This is the fourth time that we have won. Only two other Dartmouth classes have ever won “Class of the Year” four or more times (and one of them has a 20+ year head start on us). the country that earned us the “Class of ’53 Mini- We had a spectacular year highlighted by: (1) reunion Award for Excellence” and (7) much more. an exceptional 30th Reunion that shattered previous Congratulations and thank you to the many, attendance records, (2) record setting Dartmouth many, many classmates who each in their own way, College Fund participation of 71% and dona- make our Class unique and strong. You’ve done tions >$3.5 million, (3) successful re-launch of our your Class and College proud once again. Class website, (4) signifi cant fi nancial contribution As our incoming Class President Jim Wasz wrote: to our Class Project – Dartmouth Partners in Com- “We have a great Class. We care about each other.” munity Service, (5) new Class Steward program, And it is that real caring and that spirit of commu- (6) holding many successful mini-reunions across nity that sets us apart. Keep up the great work. p http://www.dartmouth.org/classes/79http://www.dartmouth.org/classes/79// Our community of mind, heart and voice. 1 newsletter ’79 NOVEMBER 2009 Mark Winkler, Newsletter Editor ([email protected]) ongratulations classmates for Ca fantastic year capped with us winning Dartmouth’s Class of the Year Award for 2009. In August, Dart- mouth College itself was listed by U.S. News Magazine as providing the Best Teaching for Undergradu- ates. Both awards are grounded in the caring, spirit and support of our Dartmouth community. This edition of your newsletter celebrates that community. Thanks go to the dozens of classmates who generously contributed their time, perspectives, photographs and stories. These classmates in- clude John Currier, Kim Henley, Peggy Epstein Tanner, Jennifer Hughes, Ben Riley, Phil Odence, Laurie Rosenfi eld, Burr Gray, Bill Mitchell, Ames Abbot, Libby Roberts, Jeff Cross, Louisa Guthrie, Bill Conway, Joe Asch, Mark Tomalonis, Karen Loeffl er, the dozen or so AT-in-a-Day hik- ers, many other classmates, and especially (as you will read) Kathy Fraser for her reinvention story and David Kelley for writing the story Dan the Man. Special thanks goes to our amazing Contrib- The Class of 1953 has won Class-of-the-Year Award 6 times. uting Editor and classmate Carol Anderson Shaw The Classes of 1979 and 1982 have each won 4 times. for providing professional level editing help and The Classes of 1934, 1935, 1944 and 1980 have each won 3 times. support for this edition of your class newsletter. Our Class of 1979 won Class-of-the-Year Award in 1997, 2001, 2004, As you explore this newsletter, I hope that 2009 and was awarded Honorable Mention Class in 1987, 1989, 2002. you fi nd the full spectrum of joy, sadness, caring, fun, inspiration, adventure, information, history, Newsletter Staff graphic design, news, and simply the fi ne word Mark Winkler, Newsletter Editor [email protected] craft of a story well told. If so, then I also hope Julia Fitch Brown, Contributing Editor fi [email protected] that you will take your turn today to send me your John Currier, Contributing Editor [email protected] stories to share with the Class that cares. e Burr Gray, Contributing Editor [email protected] Laurie Rosenfi eld, Contributing Editor rosenfi [email protected] Carol Anderson Shaw, Contributing Editor [email protected] Class of 1979 Offi cers Jim Wasz, President [email protected] Laurie Laidlaw Roulston, Vice President [email protected] Deborah Krieger Jennings, Secretary [email protected] : this number can be Brendan Cameron, Treasurer [email protected] found almost anywhere Mark Tomalonis, Webmaster [email protected] 79’round this girdled Jennifer Hughes, Class Steward [email protected] earth. If you happen to see interest- Ben Riley, Class Historian [email protected] ing versions of #79 (such as fonts, Jim Feuille, Head Agent [email protected] colors, textures, location, history, Peggy Epstein Tanner, Participation, Major Gifts [email protected] or situation), please send a digital Dave Philhower, Participation Co-Chair [email protected] photo with background details to Nancy Swartzman Malmquist, Gift Planning [email protected] [email protected] Louisa Guthrie, Alumni Council Rep. [email protected] ...and while you are at it, please send Phil Odence, Mini-Reunion Chair [email protected] along your news and updates, too. Bill Mitchell, Mini-Reunion Chair [email protected] Our community of mind, heart and voice. http://www.dartmouth.org/classes/79/ 2 newsletter ’79 NOVEMBER 2009200 John Currier, Contributing Editor denizen of Richardson knows a few the Homecoming Game, there ([email protected]) hidden secrets of that most vener- was an impromptu micro-reunion able dorm, to enlighten some of its happening 6000 miles away on N EARLY OCTOBER AS THE AUTUMN current residents. Some interesting Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii. Steve Ileaves were hitting peak color, the lore was shared, and some almost Murphy and his wife, Michelle, Dartmouth Skiway parking lot was forgotten places were visited. and my wife Barbara and I (John trans- Caroline O’Donnell and mom Currier) attended an orthopaedic formed Michelle Kane O’Donnell, visited conference there and spent some Notes from into a hive Dartmouth and Thayer School and nice time drinking wine under the of activity took in an engineering class taught torchlights and talking ‘business’ Campus and home by Prof. Francis Kennedy. Prof. (see photo below). Steve is an or- base for Kennedy is a star and a consensus thopaedic surgeon in Boston and the cast and crew of ABC’s Ex- favorite of ’79 Engineering Sci- operates at Brigham and Women’s treme Makeover: Home Edition. ences majors. He has emerged from Hospital. He is recognized for Ty Pennington and company chose retirement to teach Solid Mechan- his extensive experience implant- a local Lyme Center family, the ics this fall to some very fortunate ing hip prostheses made of new Marshalls, for an extreme house engineering students. ceramic-on-ceramic bearings, and makeover while the family was sent Dave Stone and his wife Trina these new bearing materials are one on a vacation to Dis- made the trip from ney World. What one Arlington, TX and cannot fully appreciate were on campus in mid from the one-hour TV October. They spoke episode is how much at the Tuck School effort and planning by John Currier Founder’s Forum - local volunteers these to a packed house - projects entail - many hundreds of about the company volunteers on site 24/7 to demol- they built, First Rate®. ish a house and build a new one in Dave and Trina have 4 days. The Tucker Foundation was a compelling story of active in organizing teams of Dart- building a multi-mil- mouth students and staff; I had the lion dollar company Micro-reunion for Dartmouth Homecoming in Hawaii: privilege of working with one team from the dining room l to r: John Currier, Barbara Currier, Michelle Murphy, of undergrads that dedicated their table when they had Steve Murphy at the International Society for Technology in afternoon and evening in the mud to look around for the Arthroplasty in Kona, Hawaii (10/25/2009). Photo and pouring rain to help the project bootstraps with which taken at Kona Keahole Airport. move forward. They were not there they pulled themselves for glamour shots - they slogged up. Even more compelling is the of the areas we study at the Bio- material through the mud! It should way they have instilled in the com- medical Engineering Lab at Thayer be noted that the Tucker Founda- pany their principles of outreach, School. So, some great discussion tion staffed some of the 12 a.m. to of corporate giving to charity and in the sunshine, and we are already 6 a.m. shifts - probably a good call of having a workplace that encour- moving ahead with some engineer based on undergrad sleeping habits. ages religious and spiritual expres- - surgeon collaboration. The show (will be) aired on No- sion. They have a very successful As of this writing, the benefi ts vember 29th. company that does many things of a cool, wet Hanover summer are A couple of ’79 legacies recently that conventional business think- evident: the Green is very green, the visited campus as prospective ’14s. ing says cannot be done. Note to leaves are beautiful, and slowly giv- Jim Geller visited with son Hugh.