APRIL 2011 newsletter CLASS OF 1981

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

Bill Burgess Elected Trustee

Voting for this year’s Alumni Trustee position took place from March 9th through April 6th. REVEL•REFLECT•RECONNECT As Bill was running unopposed - it came as no surprise that he won in a landslide. He will join our other trustee-classmate, Annette Gordon-Reed, who took her seat in February. DARTMOUTH CLASS OF 1981 If you haven’t met Bill, here is a nice write-up the College supplied for interested J u n e 1 6 - 1 9, 2 0 1 1 • Hanover, New Hampshir e alums: “At Dartmouth, Bill was respected Our 30th Reunion is just two months away. It’s time to make sure you are registered, your for leading with inclusivity, enthusiasm reunion housing is booked, your travel plans have been made, and you’ve contacted all of and dedication. He was president of Alpha your friends - this is a great long weekend filled with events, food and catching Delta fraternity, served as president of the up. You don’t want to miss it! Check out our free reunion dedicated smart Interfraternity Council was a member of phone app (found on the class website - www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81). senior society, Green Key and of It gives you instant access to: registration, housing, weekend schedule, who’s the rugby, football and lacrosse teams. Bill attending (updated daily), a countdown till important weekend events, hotel earned his MBA degree at Harvard and links, local up-to-the-minute weather, a reunion map with the key locations for has nearly three decades of experience in our events, webcams to see the College and the area, and a Dartmouth College corporate finance and venture capital. As Fund link so you can help us reach our goal of 60%! Check it out! managing general partner at ABS Ventures, he works closely with emerging growth, technology-based companies bringing photo: NBAE/Getty Images a strong knowledge of technology and Laurel Richie Named entrepreneurialism to the board. Bill also has extensive experience on boards of WNBA President mission-based, non-profit organizations. As It is always important to have something to talk about Chair of the Board of the under the tent at our 30th Reunion this June. Laurel Aquarium, Bill has guided the institution took this rule of thumb to the next level by being named through a period of unprecedented President of the Women’s National Basketball Association. challenges and restored its fiscal soundness Laurel “will be responsible for the day-to-day while keeping it focused on its strategic operations of the world’s premier women’s sports league, priorities. Bill is also the Treasurer on which tips off its historic 15th season this summer. She will assume her new role on May the board of St Mark’s School where his 16, 2011. With a long track record of developing award-winning campaigns that transform intellect and business acumen have led brands and drive business results, Richie served most recently as Senior Vice President and to the development of a forward-looking Chief Marketing Officer for Girl Scouts of the USA. She was responsible for the organization’s financial plan and process for goal setting brand, communications, publishing, marketing and web-based initiatives, and was the and measurement. Bill and his wife have driving force behind the recent brand revitalization of this well-loved American icon. five children and reside near Boston.” “Laurel combines extraordinary marketing and brand management skills, with a tremendous

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www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81 Continued from page 1 enthusiasm to help evolve young women into Alex Doty reports from Rio and Carnaval leaders,” said Stern. “She joins the WNBA at such Our own intrepid mini-reunion chair decided that ‘81 events just didn’t have enough an exciting time in its history and we know her music and samba, so he trekked down to Rio to give us this report: “I stayed in an expertise will be key to continuing the growth and apartment in the Arpoador section of Rio which is where Copacabana meets Ipanema. success of the league.” This is not far from where I stayed as a student in 1985. I arrived on Saturday the “The WNBA is comprised of the best female 5th of March, the samba King Momo having been crowned the night before to basketball players in the world and I’m looking inaugurate Carnaval, just in time for the first of several daily street parades which forward to working with these talented women as take place during the five-day festival along Ipanema beach as well as in dozens of they strive to achieve their professional goals both other neighborhoods throughout the city. The samba school competition began on on and off the court,” Laurel said. “I am fortunate to Sunday at the Sambadromo around 9 have worked with an organization as inspiring as Girl p.m. and continued until about 4 a.m., Scouts, and I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to continuing and finishing on Monday build upon the successes of the WNBA and help grow night / Tuesday morning. Twelve samba this league into a world-class business.” schools competed, six parading each (reprinted from Dartmouth News Service) night, each deafeningly broadcasting their trademark samba songs which are Kirk Arnold - Woman to Watch! well known to the cariocas (residents of Rio) and enthusiastically chanted while Avid has announced that Chief Operating Officer dancing the distinctive samba footwork Kirk (Eveleth) Arnold has been named one of 22 Women Alex is the guy with the beer - naturally... throughout the stadium. Outlandish and To Watch by Mass High Tech, the Voice of New England provocative costumes, masks, body paint, and head-dresses for all, including spectators, Innovation. Kirk will be among the honorees whose are de rigeur. It is an exhausting experience but the weather was perfect for it - not too contributions will be celebrated at a breakfast event hot and no rain. The winner, Beija Flor (meaning kisses flower or hummingbird), was March 23 at the Seaport Hotel. “While all of us at Avid announced on Tuesday.” Sounds a little like Frat Row on a warm spring evening... have known for some time that Kirk is a highly talented executive, it is gratifying that our opinion is shared by Continued from page 7 leaders in the local scientific and technical communities,” said Gary Greenfield, CEO of Avid. “We are very proud of medicine, international studies and anthropology. Anticipating a career as a Kirk and extend our congratulations to her and the other doctor in global health, she was interested in exploring the intersection of traditional beliefs and health care, and the ways in which “under resourced 21 business leaders who are being honored by Mass High communities can combat money challenges to provide treatment for community Tech Women to Watch.” members.” Most importantly, by improving the children’s education and As Chief Operating Officer, Kirk leads Avid’s product implementing preventive medicine, Manisha contributed to her personal hope of development and management, sales, marketing, support and improving global living standards. services functions. Prior to joining Avid in February 2008, Kirk To read the final paper submitted by Manisha Apte ‘12, click on the following link to was CEO of Keane, Inc., a global consulting and outsourcing download the PDF: http://www.dartmouth.org/classes/81/Manisha-Apte.pdf firm. Her extensive background in technology management includes leadership positions at Fidelity Investments, where she led product development as well as strategic marketing and consulting for Fidelity’s business services group; venture- “To the Class of 1981, I am truly honored to be the recipient of backed start-up NerveWire, Inc., where she served as the Class of ‘81 Undergraduate Research Grant...” CEO; and Computer Sciences Corporation, where she was President of CSC’s Consulting Group. Kirk started her career at IBM where she served Please remember to contribute to class projects when you pay your class dues. in a variety of sales and sales management positions. Class project donations are separate from class dues and go entirely to supporting She currently serves on the Board of Advisors of Cramer class of 1981 initiatives. They are tax deductible, and can be directed to the Marketing Services and is a member of the Board of project of your choice. In addition to our three interns, our project donations fund Trustees for the Mass Technology Leadership Council. a Class of 1981 Scholarship and a Memorial Book project honoring deceased This year’s winners were selected from more than 100 classmates. Without your continued support, we may not be able to maintain the nominations and are being recognized for their work in internship program beyond next year. The annual cost for all three is $10,000 so helping to build new companies and drive established any size individual donation is meaningful if we all participate. Please join your classmates in supporting our undergraduates. companies in new directions.

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REASON #2: Friends President Greg Clow Q: In the survey for the 25th Reunion Book, what was it that [email protected] classmates said they missed most about Dartmouth? A: Friends. Vice President Q: And was the #1 regret that classmates expressed? Pam Gehret A: That they didn’t get to know more classmates. June 16-19, 2011 [email protected] Well guess what folks…with Reunion coming, you no longer have to miss your old friends, Treasurer and it isn’t too late to make new friends. Molly Van Metre At our age, we can see that our nests are emptying and that our professional careers [email protected] will begin to wind down soon as well. It’s natural to ask ourselves how we might like to spend the extra time we will have. For most of us, a big part of the answer is – with friends. Secretary And, Reunion is the perfect time to re-establish friendship connections and to create new Abner Oakes ones. [email protected] Getting together with old friends may be the first thought we associate with Reunion. Living busy lives in scattered places, we don’t have the chance to see Dartmouth friends Secretary as much as we’d like. So, you don’t want to miss the once-every-five-years opportunity to Julie Koeninger reunite. The Reunion Committee is also encouraging you all to consider holding additional [email protected] group mini-gatherings (of sports teams, frats, clubs, etc.) during, before, or after the main event. But, one more thing you should consider is what an excellent opportunity Reunion is Newsletter Editor to make great NEW friends. Peter Oudheusden Didn’t you think, at the end of high school, that you’d stay close with your friends [email protected] forever? But, by the time we graduated from Dartmouth, you weren’t keeping in touch with most of them; and you’d made some great new friends at Dartmouth. A bit more wise and Newsletter Editor mature, perhaps you figured the same pattern would continue, and that you’d move on to a Robert Goldbloom whole new group of close friends after Dartmouth. [email protected] Somehow, it didn’t quite happen that way. Oh sure, we’ve made some good friends since college. But, we didn’t recognize at Dartmouth that making great friends was easier Webmaster than it would ever be again. We didn’t appreciate how rare it is to find people who are not Greg Clow only bright, well-rounded, talented and energetic, but who also share the values of integrity [email protected] and trust that Dartmouth instilled in us. Only in hindsight do we realize that perhaps the best thing Dartmouth offered us was each other. It’s why so many of us regret that we Head Agent didn’t take the initiative to get to know more of our classmates at Dartmouth. Hallidie Grant Haid And it’s why Reunion is such a great opportunity. There are some of you out there [email protected] who are reluctant to come to Reunion because you fear that you might not know that many people. But, that is all the more reason to come. After 30 years of personal evolution since Head Agent graduation, we are today a much better and more interesting group of people than we were David Edelson in College. Come to Reunion, and get to know some more of those classmates you wished [email protected] you met in College, and you will be amazed. Next Issue: The Final Countdown [cue the music] Mini-Reunion Chair Alex Doty [email protected] Arkansas Mini-Reunion “Our ‘81 nano reunion. In attendance Alumni Council Rep Mark Davis were Robin Smoller-Sullivan, Laura [email protected] Ackerman-Smoller, and Chuck Bower. We all had different experiences at 30th Reunion Chair Dartmouth, but one thing we had in Nancy Baskin common was our love for Dartmouth. [email protected] Next up - expand our little group to include alums from other classes!”

Page 3 DARTMOUTH College CLASS OF 1981 www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81 Bob Gaudet Named INCH Coach of the Year Tom Waterman named to Iowa Supreme Court Dartmouth men’s Iowa’s governor recently appointed Tom Waterman to the state’s highest court. Tom hockey coach Bob was on the short list for an opening a couple years ago, but political winds were against Gaudet has not him. This time it was different. In fact, if you watch his interview by the nominating only been named commission (http://www.kcci.com/video/26625061/detail.html), you can see the a finalist for the commissioners practically gushing over his experience, scholarship, and public service. ECAC Hockey Tim As he describes the appointment scenario, “Three positions opened when three Taylor Coach of the justices who joined the decision legalizing gay marriage in Iowa were voted off in the Year award, he was retention election. 60 applied and went through a merit selection process. The nominating awarded the Inside commission sent the Governor 9 names to pick from, and I was his first choice. I began College Hockey ECAC Coach of the Year honor. INCH serving [on March 21]. Joining our 7-member court as one of 3 new members is a historic set up the award to honor coaches who helped their opportunity to make a difference. But I can tell you it is not ‘Your Honor’ at home!” Tom teams achieve higher finishes than were expected in and his wife Maria have a daughter in college and triplet 14-year-old girls. the preseason. Dartmouth and Coach Gaudet were As a result of his appointment to the court, Tom has had to step down from picked to finish sixth by both coaches and media in his position as Chairman of the Scott County YMCA. But, he hopes to stick to his the preseason and had a very good season that saw grueling training regimen. He has participated in numerous ironman triathlons, them end up in third. The team ended its season on a and all kinds of races involving distance cycling, stair climbing and ultra-distance high note by taking a 5-3 victory over Colgate in the running. One example is the LT100 (100 mile-run in high-altitude Leadville, consolation game of the ECAC Hockey Championships. Colorado) which he completed in a mere 28+ hours. He’s hoping to see lots of The Big Green finished the year with a 19-12-3 classmates at our Reunion. Anyone up for running Moosilauke 5 or 10 times? record, its best since an 18-12-2 mark in 2006-07. Boston Mini-Reunion: Smaller = Better Brian Cusack on the edge Chris Goff didn’t make the photo, but he writes: “I had a great time catching up with Brian agreed to catch us up on what he and his folks I already knew, meeting some for the first time, and swapping news about others. family have been up to recently: “Son Liam, 12, is One common theme was how getting there required fitting another piece into the jigsaw ramping up for spring soccer travel season, as we puzzle of a typical overscheduled start to see some grass, or mud, emerge from the weekend. The late afternoon long winter. Daughter Morgan, 14, just wrapped up start accomodated both those who a successful middle school basketball season and had to leave around dinner time (like is looking forward to high school. Both attend the me) and those who arrived after kid’s Cape Ann Waldorf School in Beverly, MA which is afternoon activities.” moving across town into a wonderful new home next Toby Reilly retorted: “Hey month. Michele is a do all, go to volunteer at the Goff-you really missed an awesome kids’ school which amounts to more than many a full dinner. Steve (Quatrano) and Doreen time job. I’m a Sales Director at Google in our Display put on a nice meal which seemed business and get to be at the innovative edge in new to appear out of nowhere. While advertising and marketing technology every day.” the E-Vite did not say come for dinner, Steve was well prepared and Left to right: Julie Koeninger, Steve Quatrano, delivered as if on queue. Sitting Tica Lyons makes plans for June Toby Reiley, Bill Burgess, Elise Supovitz and Larry Dunn. Missing, Chris Goff. together at the table definitely Tica writes that while she is “doing a good amount of extended the conversation well into research in subjects outside my Film Studies major, I the evening. Many of us “ditched the date” and squeezed this mini-reunion in between maintain an avid interest in all things related to Cinema, other events. The big exception was our own trustee Burgess, who was accompanied including the culture of viewing audiences and the by his self-proclaimed “better half” ( I must agree with Bill… perhaps the College science and psychology of visual perception. I would should be recruiting her as trustee...). Larry kept us howling with some very dry humor, love to connect with any alums involved in translating and nothing was out of bounds for discussion. Bill had us all in hysterics with his healthcare policy into clear language for healthcare commentary on the Freshman book pictures. We might not have chosen each other, consumers. I am cultivating the happy possibility of but the college chose us pretty well. We are a still smart, witty and talented class joining my dear dormmates from Hinman, and other with, as Garrison Keillor would say, “above average children”. I was very pleased to nearly recognizable classmates, for our reunion. I was reconnect, and am looking forward the 30th.” Julie Koeninger added, “It was actually excited to hear that Pilar, Favret, Cindy, Laura and one of the best mini-reunions I’ve ever been to for its intimacy and the quality of the Blasgeek would be coming.” Sounds like a good crew! interactions with classmates.” The next time there is a mini-reunion in your area, do And the more the merrier. See you all in June! your best to show up - you never know just how great a time you’ll have!

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Thursday, June 16

2–9 pm | Registration 3–4 pm | 1981 Hood Art Museum Tour (TBC)

Class tent, Maynard Lawn 3–5 pm | Academic Department Open Houses , 2–10 pm | Junior and Teen Programs (ages 6–17) Alumni are welcome to stop by for a chat with Junior tent, Hitchcock lawn faculty, students, and staff.

Teen tent, Mass Row Astronomy: Walsh Atrium, 3rd Floor, Wilder Hall Dinner served at 5:30 pm. Program registration required. Chemistry: 105 Marx Lounge, Burke Hall

7–10 pm | Welcome Reception and Dinner Chinese/Arabic Language: Chinese Language House, Class tent, Maynard lawn 36 North Main Street

10–midnight | Class Socializing Computer Science: Reception Area, Sudikoff Hall

Class tent, Maynard lawn Earth Sciences: 2nd Floor Lounge, Fairchild Hall

Geography: Ground Floor Lounge, Fairchild Hall Friday, June 17 Mathematics: Room 300, Kemeny Hall

7:30–9 am | Continental Breakfast & Gathering Philosophy: 13 East Wheelock, Faculty Associate’s Class tent, Maynard lawn House

8 am–noon | Golf ($) Physics: Walsh Atium, 3rd Floor, Wilder Hall

Religion: Room 210, Thornton Hall 8:45 am–5 pm | Mt. Moosilauke Day Hike ($) , Robinson Hall Theater: Moore Theater, Hopkins Center 10:15–10:45 am | Presentation by faculty member from Thayer or DMS 9 am–9 pm | Registration continues Women’s and Gender Studies: 13 East Wheelock, Class tent, Maynard lawn 10:45–11 am | Coffee break Faculty Associate’s House

9–10 am | Alumni College at Reunion: Dartmouth 11–11:30 am | The Other Side of Innovation: The 3–6 pm | Toddler Program: Animal Adventures! Underground - The Steam Tunnel Tour (ages 2–5), Hypohen Room, Russell-Sage Residence Execution Challenge. Presentation by Chris Trimble Hall, Tuck Drive. Dinner served 5–6 pm. Program Meet at north side entrance of heating plant, facing ‘96Tu, Adjunct Associate Professor of Business Administration, registration required Hall, Led by William Riehl, Chief Operating Engineer. Limited to 25. 3:30–4:30 pm | Architectural Walking Tour of noon–2 pm | Lunch and Canoeing on the Campus. Meet at Hanover Inn (rain: Room 105, 9 am–noon | Tennis and Mixed Doubles Tournament Connecticut (TBC) . Waterfront (Rain: West Gym) Dartmouth Hall. Tour begins promptly at 3:30 pm. Dartmouth Tennis Courts 1–3 pm | Baker Bell Tower Open House. Directions Led by Marlene Heck, Senior Lecturer in Art History 9 am–10 pm Junior Program (ages 6–12) and handouts available at the Baker information and History.

Kids tent, Hitchcock lawn. Snacks, lunch, and dinner desk 6–9:30 pm | Class Reception and Dinner, Kemeny included. Program registration required. 1–4:30 pm | Navigating College Admissions patio. Tentative: Performance by Dartmouth Aires, 9 am–midnight | Teen Program (ages 13–17) Workshop. Location tbd - Workshop to familiarize 1981 Class meeting to elect new officers and

alumni and their college-bound students in grades celebrate outgoing officers, and after-dinner speaker. 9 am–9 pm: Mass Row tent; 9 pm–midnight: 7–11 with the national college admission process. Collis Center, lower level. Snacks, lunch, and dinner Space is limited; registration is required. 9:30–11:30 pm | 1976, 1981, 1986 Singles included. Program registration required. Gathering, Zins Wine Bar, Hanover Inn 1:45–5 pm | Dartmouth Outing Club Whitewater 9:30–11:30 am | Innovation @ Dartmouth: Three Rafting or High Ropes Course ($). Meet at Robinson 9:30–midnight | Socializing - Class tent, Maynard Perspectives. Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall Hall lawn

9:30–10 am | Presentation by faculty member from 2–3 pm | Assyrian Experience at the Hood 9:30 pm | Stargazing, . Look Thayer School of Engineering and/or Dartmouth (tentative). Kim Gallery, up! An astronomy expert will be on hand to expand Medical School your understanding of the night sky. 2–5 pm | Dartmouth Outing Club Organic Farm Tour 10–10:15 am | Coffee break ($) or Open House, Robinson Hall Saturday’s events continued on next page. . .

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English, Avalon Professorship in the Humanities Saturday, June 18 See program for details. Registration required.

7:30–8:30 am | 1981 Sunrise Yoga, Manley 86, 4:30–5:30 pm | 1981 Upper Valley Artisan Food 10:30–noon | A Talk with President Jim Yong Kim Tasting (TBC) Class tent, Maynard Lawn. Relax and Alumni Gym7:30–9 am | Continental Breakfast ‘82a, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center taste some of the Upper Valley’s hidden treasures. 8–9:30 AM | Alumni Row (multiple classes) - Registration required noon–2 pm | “I Didn’t Know That about You!” Lunch, Tentative. Boathouse on the Connecticut River Dartmouth Outing Club House (rain: West Gym) 6–7:30 pm | Class Reception. Top of the Hop, 8:30–9:30 am | Dartmouth Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Hopkins Center 1:45–5 pm | Dartmouth Outing Club Whitewater and Transgender Alumni/ae Annual Reunion Rafting or High Ropes Course ($), Meet at Robinson Breakfast, Hinman Forum, Rockefeller Center 7:30–9 pm | Class Dinner . West Gym Hall Presentation of 2010-11 Dartmouth Alumni Award 8:45 am–5 pm | Dartmouth Outing Club Mt. 2–3 pm | Alumni College at Reunion: A Queer Moosilauke Day Hike ($), Meet at Robinson Hall to Julie Koeninger ‘81 by Alumni Council President History of the United States. Moore Theater, Hopkins Tom Peisch ‘70. Entertaining presentation of 1981 9–10 am | Alumni College at Reunion: The Power Center. Talk by Michael Bronski, Senior Lecturer, class survey results of Language, Moore Theater, Hopkins Center. Women’s and Gender Studies Program. Cosponsored by DGALA 9:30 pm–1 am | After-Dinner Socializing, Class tent, Presentation by John Rassias, Professor of French, William R. Kenan Professorship Maynard lawn 2–5 pm | Dartmouth Outing Club Organic Farm Tour 9 am–noon and 3–10 pm | Junior Program (ages ($) Robinson Hall Sunday, June 19 6–12). Kids tent, Hitchcock Lawn (Classes of ‘81, ’86) 2:30–4:30 pm | New Athletic Facilities: Self-Guided Snacks and dinner included. Kids join class family Tour. Start at Alumni Gym front desk. Athletics staff lunches. Program registration required. 7–9:30 am | Farewell Breakfast. Class tent, will be on hand to answer questions Maynard Lawn

9 am–noon and 3 pm–midnight | Teen Program 3–6 pm | Toddler Program: Dr. Seuss Party! (ages (ages 13–17) 7:30–8:30 am | 1981 Sunrise Yoga 2–5) Dinner served 5–6 pm. Program registration Manley 86, Alumni Gym 9 am–noon, 3–9 pm: Teen tent, Mass Row required. 9:30–10:30 am | 1981 Memorial Service 9 pm–midnight: Collis Center, lower level 3:30–4:30 pm | 1981 “6 x 10” Panel (TBC) Filene Rollins Chapel, Officiated by Ann Putney Swire ‘81 Auditorium, Moore Hall. Learn the hidden talents Snacks and dinner included. Teens join class family of six of your fellow classmates as they chat for ten lunches. Program registration required. Note: This schedule was up to date at the time of minutes each. printing. Please check for changes or corrections 10 am–noon | Baker Bell Tower Open House. 3:30–4:30 pm | Alumni College at Reunion: using the “81 App” reunion smartphone app, or visit Directions and handout available at Baker Dartmouth and Dr. Seuss. Loew Auditorium, Hood Events website here: http://alumni. information desk Museum of Art. Talk by Donald Pease, Professor of dartmouth.edu/events/reunions/Classof1981 10 am–4 pm | Baker-Berry Library Open, Including Jones Media Center and Evans Map Room

9–10 am | Alumni College at Reunion: Dartmouth Laila Lakhani gives us a quick pre-reunion update Underground - The Steam Tunnel Tour. Meet “After Dartmouth, I acquired a at north side entrance of heating plant, facing Masters in hospital management New Hampshire Hall. Led by William Riehl, Chief (M.H.Sc.) and many years later, Operating Engineer. Limited to 25. another Bachelors degree (B.Ed.), 10:30–11:30 am | Alumni College at Reunion: both from University of Toronto. Dartmouth Underground - The Steam Tunnel Tour. I worked in senior admin at Aga Meet at north side entrance of heating plant, facing Khan Hospital Nairobi for a short New Hampshire Hall, Led by William Riehl, Chief time while living in Kenya from Operating Engineer. Limited to 25. ‘85-91. I returned to Canada in

1991, and I have been a stay-at- 9 am–noon | Registration continues, Class tent, home mom for the past 16 years. Maynard Lawn I have 2 children, ages 15 and 9–10:30 am | Toddler Program: Movin’ and Groovin’ 12, and my husband is presently (ages 2–5) involved in operating a golf course.” Find out more at our 30th!

APRIL 2011 newsletter Page 6 Presenting the Class of 1981 Student Interns by Pam Gehret, Class Vice President and Project Chair

For the last two years, our class has sponsored experiments on infected cells. Iam three student internships that have been lucky to have found a lab as accessible funded through class project donations. and open to the undergraduate Featured below you will find articles about two learning experience as Dr. DiRenzo’s, of those students: Julia Danford ‘13, Class of where both the graduate students and 1981 Undergraduate Research Grant recipient, Dr. DiRenzo himself are consistently and Manisha Apte ’12, Class of 1981 Tucker willing and available to answer Fellow Award recipient. The third intern will questions and explain theory. be featured in our next newsletter. Please “As a sophomore at Dartmouth, take the time to read about these impressive my undergraduate plans are in the undergraduates and their endeavors, which process of solidifying. I am pre- The Gram Seva children and Manisha Apte ‘12 outside of their would not have been possible without the med and interested in science, but home. This was her last lesson before she returned to Dartmouth. generosity of our class. I hope you will also I’m planning on a major in English or open the link at the end of the article to read Philosophy, and hopefully a minor in Spanish, Manisha Apte ‘12 the whole story about our Tucker Foundation with plans to study abroad in Madrid next Fall. Manisha served in the Navsari intern’s experience in India. Both will impress Medical school is the ultimate goal, but my community in the state of Gujarat, India and inspire you, and serve as a wonderful interest in the humanities might mean I’ll take a as a volunteer for the Gram Seva Trust. reminder of why we all love Dartmouth! year or two off in between college and medical First established in 1994, the organization school to work and finish what is left of primarily offers health care and education the required pre-med courses. to local villagers regardless of caste. In “ I am originally from New addition to a hospital with specialized clinics Hampshire (a small town near the seacoast for eye, antenatal and child care, the Trust called Rollinsford), so life in Hanover runs several educational programs directed hasn’t been all that different from home at women and children in order to provide in the small ways. I was accustomed to them the skills to succeed at a higher life in a small New Hampshire town: the level and nutritional programs to combat cold winters, the surrounding mountains, local malnutrition. Manisha’s involvement the general New England vibe, all those with the organization included teaching things that make life in small town New English, hygienic practices and even yoga Julia Danford ‘13 overlooking the city of Cuzco, Peru, where Hampshire uniquely beautiful. But my in the classrooms as well as assisting in she visited this summer. life as a Dartmouth student is a complete the children’s clinic every week by taking change from what I was used to, and Julia Danford ‘13 measurements and performing other basic certainly one for the better. At Dartmouth, I medical tasks. “To the Class of 1981, have been able to pursue those things about Manisha’s numerous past service “I am truly honored to be the recipient which I am passionate, both academically (my experiences fostered her compassion, and of the Class of ‘81 Undergraduate Research work this term in Dr. DiRenzo’s lab for instance) ability to assist and interact well with Grant for the winter term of 2011. I am using and otherwise. I have learned the importance of patients, working on breast cancer research the grant to partake in a research position in independence, while simultaneously learning what at the Albert Einstein Hospital or with senior Dr. Jim DiRenzo’s lab at the medical school. This it means to be part of a tight-knit community that citizens through the Dartmouth-Hitchcock being my off term, I am able to work full-time functions within the spirit of collaboration. And I Medical Center’s ACE volunteer program. in the lab, affording me the full experience of have found friends who share my interests, friends Combined with her teaching experience life in the medical research world. Dr. DiRenzo’s who I know I will have for many years after we gained through the Face to Face program lab carries out breast cancer research in the graduate. and her knowledge of both the Marathi and Pharmacology/Toxicology department of the “Dartmouth has already given me so much, Hindi languages, Manisha certainly had a medical school here on campus. The basis of and your class’s generosity has provided me with range of valuable skills to draw upon that this research is to discover which genes control yet another experience that will prove to be an she applied successfully to the many rigors cellular differentiation within the mammary integral part of my Dartmouth undergraduate and demands of supporting a sustainable gland, with the ultimate goal of developing experience. An experience on which, as I’m health program in and around the Navsari therapies that not only destroy tumorous breast sure you know, I will look back with the fondest community. cancer cells, but eliminate the potential for memories in all the years to come. Thus it is As an Anthropology major, Manisha recurrence as well. My work involves working with deepest gratitude that I accept your class’s knows that this fellowship was a unique closely with both the graduate studentsand Undergraduate Research Grant. Thank you.” opportunity to merge her interests of Dr. DiRenzo himself to carry out various Julia Danford, Class of 2013 Continued on page 2

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APRIL 2011 newsletter DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CLASS OF 1981

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

Reunion Season Has Started! Registration is open! A great showing in Washington D.C. for Registration for our 30th Reunion is now our March 12 mini-reunion. Beth Shapiro open. You can get to the online registration Lewyckj writes: “It was a great afternoon either through our free first-of-its-kind - a very talkative crowd, so that we barely reunion smart-phone app (see our class ate! We got a picture; unfortunately I had website - address at the bottom of this a wrong setting on the camera and it’s page), or you can Google Dartmouth 2011 fuzzy. The attendees were from the left: Reunions, and you will find our class Jerry Pierce, Tom Duke, Howard Morse, information on the College website. We Becky Nyren Shepardson, Jill Martin already have a strong turnout, and you Eichner, Kathy Kiernan, Tom Kiernan, Pam and my husband Ray.” What a great crowd! can check out which of your friends have Fiertz Myers, John Mott, Jim Payne, Abner Check out the other terrific mini-reunions already signed up, and which need to be Oakes, Beth Shapiro Lewyckj. Also Jim’s inside. Classmates also got together in called. But please register early so we can wife Cathleen, Howard’s wife, John’s son Arkansas and Massachusetts... order the right amount of beer!

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