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DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CLASS OF 1981 AUGUST 2012 NEWSLETTER 2011 Class of the Year, 2011 Newsletter Editors of the Year. ‘Nuff said. President’s Message: Remembering Freshman Fall Hello, fellow ‘81s! Curtis, Liz Krahmer and Eileen Crane, For me, the onset of fall, not and Debbie Wesselman. Throughout spring, is the time of renewal and the fall term we rarely shut our doors re-energizing. Crisp cooler weather and became our own family. Another and the start of a new school year memorable moment: one day as I was always excite me. And for this sitting in my room contemplating my message I’ve been thinking back next move, a blast of color came flying to a very significant fall in my life, in the door, flounced on the bed and the fall of 1977. announced “Hi! I’m Liz (Keppler)! I am on the cheerleading team with Sally I traveled to Dartmouth by plane and she said to come and meet you! with my dad and my best friend Anyway, see you later”! And she was from high school, Sally Ankeny. gone as fast as she arrived. We were able to get into our ‘81 women making memories at the Harvard Game freshman fall dorms before freshman trips, so I’m absolutely certain that I spent we dropped Sally off at New Hamp first (Wow! A two room triple more time socializing that first fall than studying, resulting in my with a fireplace)! and then hauled over to the Choates to find my first step toward graduating as a member of the “happy quartile”, room (Wow! A closet single facing a frat parking lot)! Dad even- i.e. the bottom 25% of our class. I even walked out of the Math tually took off to go back to Logan, and I went off to find Sally. 3 final after 20 minutes to go Christmas shopping...that’s a story The very first classmate we met was Matt Joyner. I remember it for another day. But as I look back, I’m grateful for the many, like it was yesterday. He also had a cool room with a fireplace. I many friendships that have endured from that very first term, started to wonder where I went wrong. and for the clarity of the memories from that “first” fall. As we approach the end of the summer, give yourself a chance to think Freshman trip was a blur of fun, and back on campus I met Sally’s back to your own first moments at Dartmouth-for most, you’ll be two roommates, Mandy Pierson and Carolyn Gesner. And I got to left with a smile on your face. meet all of my Choates hallmates: Ann Smolowe and Charmaine --Molly Editors’ note: What are your earliest Dartmouth memories? Will you share them with us—even better if you can illustrate your memories with a photo! Send them to Rick Silverman at [email protected]. What I Did in 30 Years... Sad News As a follow up to our coverage of A highlight of our 30th reunion just over a Commencement ’12, it is our un- year ago was TEDartmouth, an outstanding happy duty to report that Stephanie panel during which six classmates shared Pignatiello ‘12, the daughter of snapshots of what they’d learned in the last classmate Steve Pignatiello and three decades. As your newsletter editors we pictured in our June issue at a figure, Why stop there? In June we invited reception for ‘81 families, passed young adult author Ann Jacobus to assess away on July 26. We extend our the state of teen literature. Now we’ve asked condolences to Steve and his loved architect Frank “Pancho” Ryan to give us his ones during this time of deep sad- take on modern architecture. He opted to go a ness. Steve requests continued little further back....Read and learn all about it Pancho Ryan calls Frank Gehry’s Bilbao Guggenheim prayer for him and his family. on page 5. “seminal”. See page 5. — Editors www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81 John Pasquesi: A Man On The Indonesia to run into Move a Dartmouth ’81. by Abner Oakes John (’82) and Eileen Chamberlain Donohoe John Pasquesi checked in after the last were on their second newsletter. He, his wife Meredith, and honeymoon and over- their two children are in the Bay Area, lapped for a few hours where he founded and still heads up Otter in our first hotel. Capital, a private equity firm. “Today we are off to “I have lived in the SF area for 23 years,” Ubud and the house he wrote. “Our family moved from San we have rented (which Francisco to Woodside (near Palo Alto) none of us has seen about seven years ago. I have worked in John, Meredith, Teddy and Nina Pasquesi yet). The house has two bedrooms and a the investment business since I finished of Ubud, and I suspect that many of our full time staff of four. business school in 1985. In 2001, I started classmates have visited there. We’re ex- Labor is cheap here. To put in perspec- my own firm (Otter) that consists solely of cited for the adventures ahead.” tive, according to the World Bank, GDP per my assistant and me.” capita by country is: John continued: “Maribeth Hourihan took “Our kids are now ten (Teddy) and seven the above picture when we visited their 1. Luxembourg $113,533 (Nina),” John continued. “As you know, family last summer in Maine. I’m not sure 14. USA $48,387 it’s a fun time. Teddy’s been at sleep away where Tom Ryan was. I think he was cel- 62. Mexico $10,153 camp in Colorado for the last two weeks. ebrating striking out the entire Pasquesi World average $10,144 We pick him up this weekend. He’s never family in whiffle ball.” 88. China $5,414 been to camp before, and it’s really weird 110. Indonesia $3,509 having him gone and makes me realize he John appreciates the music section of will be gone to college before we know it the class newsletter and uses Rdio (like And Indonesia is the fourth most populous – and that’s for longer than three weeks.” Pandora and Spotify) to grab music and country in the world.” see if he agrees with the class’s DJs. “My Meredith and John recently decided to favorite new album of the last several shake things up a little bit. “We’re moving years is Jamey Johnson’s The Guitar Song,” to Indonesia for a year,” he wrote. “Teddy he finished. “But it may be too country for and Nina will be in fifth and second grade most people.” respectively at an international school called the Green School. The school is on An update from John, dated August 14: Bali, which is a predominantly Hindu is- land in the predominantly Muslim country “We arrived easily. It takes about seven of Indonesia. We will stay in the town days for kids to time adjust. There were quite a few nights when the kids fell asleep before dinner. “Indonesia has been great. We spent three nights in a beach resort in Bali and are on the last day of five days in a tented camp on Moyo Island. Ours is the only hotel on Moyo, which is about 20% the size of Oahu and has 4000 inhabitants, half of whom seem to work at our hotel. Teddy swiming in blue Indonesian waters Nina and friends in Bali “It took slightly less than 72 hours in AUGUST 2012 NEWSLETTER Page 2 1981 Class Officers ‘81s Are Listening... by Peter Caron Co-President Divulging one’s musical preferences is like skis (or whatever tickles your fancy) and Julie Koeninger [email protected] revealing your innermost secrets. No one pump up the volume. Colourmusic’s “You knows you better than your iPod’s most For Leaving Me,” Justice’s “Genesis,” and Co-President played list. It’s not out there like an edited “Coastin’” by Zion I will get your blood Molly Sundberg Van Metre Facebook or polished LinkedIn profile care- flowing and kick it up a notch. This isn’t [email protected] fully displayed for all to see. Your iPod is stuff for the beginner slope. Vice President far more intimate than that. At first I was Andrew Lewin a bit reluctant to reveal my soul by writing Now that I’ve gotten that off my chest, [email protected] this column. But knowing my fellow ‘81s it’s time for my inner pop to come out. Secretary have seen both the best and worst of me, Rihanna has a certain je ne sais quoi (that’s Robert Goldbloom I snapped back to reality. Who cares if I French for you non-Bourges/Blois folk) in [email protected] like Justin Bieber anyway? (Just kidding of her voice that sets her apart from the rest course!) of the pop crowd. “Love the Way You Lie” Secretary is an exceptional song; Eminem adds some Brian Cusack [email protected] OK, here’s a dose of reality: stress kills. intense energy while Rihanna adds vocal So if you expect to make it to our 50th, I depth to unsettling lyrics. AWOLNATION Treasurer highly recommend the sound track to the may not be classified as pure pop, but their George Alexakos movie The Descendants. A beautiful mix anthem-like “Jump on my Shoulders” defi- [email protected] of classic and modern acoustic Hawaiian nitely has first class pop overtones.