AUGUST 2012 NEWSLETTER 2011 Class of the Year, 2011 Newsletter Editors of the Year

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 island 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. Check Newsletter Editor tunes guaranteed to reduce road rage or out the song “People” while you’re at it. Pat Berry whatever ails you. Works best while sip- [email protected] ping on a cold Kona Longboard Lager. Mint If AWOLNATION gets your feet tapping Newsletter Editor Royale’s tune “Dancehall Places” is another and your bones in the mood for shakin’, Lynne Gaudet fine soother. For those of you who appre- “Feel So Close” by Calvin Harris or the [email protected] ciate spaced out falsettos, “Holocene” by dubstep “Bangarang” by Skrillex should do Bon Iver is the ticket. the trick. Then let Alabama Shakes bring it Newsletter Editor Abner Oakes down a bit with the funky twang of “Hold [email protected] Mellowness can be great on occasion, es- On.” pecially after paying attention to what’s Newsletter Editor going on (or not) in the other Washington. So there you go. A little sneak musical peek Rick Silverman [email protected] But like all good things in life, mellow- into the inner sanctum of my iPod. And re- ness needs to be taken in moderation. member, just because an artist wasn’t born Webmaster Just because we’re getting junk mail from 50+ years ago doesn’t mean he or she can’t Will Blanchard AARP doesn’t mean a little stimulation be great. Keep your minds and ears open [email protected] isn’t in your best interest. So slap on the and keep the faith! Webmaster Jim Jankowski [email protected]

Alumni Council Rep A Classy Number Mark Davis Back in July, we posted a request on [email protected] the ‘81 Facebook page to send us your Co-Head Agent photos that captured an “81” or “1981”- Martin Weinstein -not necessarily having to do with our [email protected] class. The first submission came from Greg Clow, who captured this image of Co-Head Agent Lon Povich San Francisco 49er wide receiver, Chris [email protected] Owusu, on his television, thus the grainy quality. Please send us your images!

Page 3 DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CLASS OF 1981 www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81 Architecture in the Age of evoked an impression, a feeling, an emo- buildings that are called architecture, and Technology tion that you might take with you for the therefore it is we to whom architects are by Frank (Pancho) Ryan rest of the day, or the rest of your life. ultimately responsible. But you don’t live in it, you don’t live with “The best sustainable practice of all, within it. It doesn’t define your environment. That need for protection – which is im- the context of architecture design is to re- mutably tied to a sense of place – is, in my use what you already have rather than tear view, the essence of architecture. And in down and start new.” that regard, architecture has changed very little from the earliest pyramids to the The architecture practiced today, twelve present day panoply of modern structures. years into the new millennium, is not the All buildings involve human interaction, practice of architecture that I became and all buildings create a place for its acquainted with in the late 1970’s and inhabitants. Architecture can succeed or 1980’s. It would be too facile to just say, fail on many esoteric levels, but if it does “Much has changed in the world of ar- not fulfill this basic requirement – this re- chitecture from back in the day,” and just sponse to humanity through place-making The Baths of Caracalla, ca. AD 214. Rome, – then it cannot deserve further consider- leave it at that. And, although this state- Italy. By Septimius Severus, (possible). An im- ment is for the most part true, (we’ll get mense structure (285,000 s.f.) with soaring ation. vaults to house a series of bathing rooms and to that in a moment), there is also a lot libraries. The building was elevated to allow about architecture that is constant and, for a hypocaust heating system whereby wood and coal fired furnaces heated air that circu- yes, immovable. Architecture is who we lated within crawlspaces beneath the floor. are. It is our identity and spirit, our ethos. Architecture can also evoke an impression, a feeling, an emotion and it does so with beautiful spaces, striking edifices, and magnificent towers. BUT, architecture must achieve this within the context of those who use it; we, as a society; a man, a woman, or a child as individuals; a cou- ple or a family; a workforce. Architecture can paint and sculpt and sing with wood and stone and glass, but it must do so in a manner that protects us, nurtures us, and enlivens us. Because at the end of the The Great Pyramid (aka The Pyramid of Cheops Lever House, 1952. New York, NY. By Gordon or The Pyramid of Khufu), ca. 2500 BC. El day, it is we who take refuge within the Bushaft. The first curtain wall skyscraper Giza, Egypt. By Hemon, (possible). A mortuary, built in NYC, Lever House introduced the age the Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made of Modern Architecture to the United States. structure for 3800 years until it was eclipsed Clean and elegant, with gracious public spaces by the construction of the Lincoln Cathedral (see the elevated garden), it epitomized the in AD 1300. One of the seven wonders of the purity of American Modernism. ancient world. Still, a lot has changed in architecture Architecture is the one art that is prac- over the past generation, and much of that ticed – truly – for the benefit of people. change has had to do with the advance- Painting, photography, sculpture, music, ment of technology. When I started out and others: these arts can explore and in 1981, computers as we now know them interpret and provoke, but ultimately they were barely on the horizon. Our work then Fallingwater (aka The Kaufman Residence), as architects involved drawing plans, sec- are responsible only to themselves. You 1935. Bear Run, PA. By Frank Lloyd Wright. may or may not like the painting hanging One of many masterpieces by Wright, the res- tions, elevations, and details on paper with idence is now a National Historic Landmark. on the wall in the gallery, but ultimately, It has been said that Wright had put off the pencils, by hand. design, and then realizing that his client like it or not, you can just walk away was to appear at his office later that day, he from it and go about your business. If flew into the design, generating sketch after There was a coda by which we rendered sketch as if in a trance. He was in the zone. the painting has done its job, it will have these documents – an accepted way of

AUGUST 2012 NEWSLETTER Page 4 seeing, interpreting, and distributing the In the meantime our needs – and thus our use of resources. information that was contained within buildings – have become ever more com- them. We derived different pieces of in- plex and challenging. The demands of our But we are learning, and it is good that formation from the plan (how do you get limited resources of energy, capital, and our society has risen to the call, recogniz- from the lobby to the courtyard?); the materials and our desire for more space, ing that all of our resources are limited; section (how high is the room in relation- more light, and more energy (more, more, that they need to be shepherded wisely. ship to the mezzanine?); and the elevation more!) have placed extraordinary pressures But, placing the need to design for a Green (what composition of shape and form is on the fine-tuned, efficient performance Label (or a LEED Platinum Certification) appropriate for this institutional building of our buildings. The holy grail of a “coor- at the architects’ feet misses the point, so that it might be recognized as such?). dinated, efficient building” has been just in my view. First of all, architects are But that coda was inherently limited, in that: a goal that has been rarely if ever trained to use their resources wisely to that the plan was the plan and the section achieved. begin with. It is how we are wired, and was the section; they did not exist in the it is how we learn how to go about our same place at the same time until once problem solving. We are taught that the the building was built. This disconnected- very best design is the one in which all has ness of information (plan vs. section vs. been reduced to its essence; if you take elevation) created difficulties of interpre- one more thing away from it, the design tation sometimes even for those practi- falls apart. That is good, efficient de- tioners who were adept at reading them. sign. But second of all, architects are the Many a time was heard the comment, “Oh, muses for their clients. We can guide and I didn’t realize this window was here in explain and expound to our client about this room.” And of course, once a thing is good, efficient (sustainable) design, but it built, it has a way of staying that way. is they – it is you – who ultimately direct us. Sustainability and Green Labels really starts and ends with you, the user; we as architects will move with you and meet you there to implement your wishes.

New York Times Building, 2007. New York, NY. By Renzo Piano. The building is a re- strained, yet elegant tower rising in Mid-Town Manhattan just near Times Square. The building is promoted as a “Green” building and it incorporates numerous design features for increased energy efficiency, including mecha- Milwaukee Art Museum, 2001. Milwaukee, nized shading devices, and an on-site natural WI. By Santiago Calatrava. An evocative, gas co-generation plan. It is not, however, lithe, ‘bird’ with ‘wings’ that track the solar LEED certified. progress, Calatrava’s work is based on his work as a sculptor and structural engineer and shows an innate understanding of the ana- tomical precedent of his structures. Penn Station, 1910. New York, NY. By McKim, Just so we’re clear “efficient” is my code Mead and White. A magnificent railway word for “sustainable”, which is a prepon- terminus, the design was inspired and mod- eled after the Baths of Caracalla (see above). And, it’s not just about walls, and win- derate concern for all of us these days. Is Tragically, the building was demolished in dows, and rooms. Think of a useful, func- it a good word or a bad word for architec- 1963 to make way for ‘urban revitalization’ in the guise of Madison Square Garden et al. The tional building, with lighting, plumbing, ture? To me, it’s a very complicated word. demise of Penn Station sparked the emergence electricity, ventilation and heat. Then Creating a building uses resources. Living of historic preservation activism in the US. think of the effort needed to properly in or working in a building uses resources. coordinate, match, and organize these sys- (Buildings account for the large majority And yet here we are in the new millen- tems and components in order to effort- of our energy use in this country, some- nium, truly the Age of Technology. The lessly perform the function of maintaining where in the neighborhood of 75% of our computers that were on the horizon a the spaces and places that we use. It total energy consumption. Think about generation ago are now our indispensable quickly becomes a mind-boggling maze of that the next time you leave the lights on tools. And in architecture, they can help competing needs and requirements. in the living room!) We cannot escape the us achieve our lofty goals.

responsibility that buildings impose on our Architecture continued on page 6

Page 5 DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CLASS OF 1981 www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81 Green Card Corner Hans Helmerich Rich Kehl Tulsa, Oklahoma Upstate New York

In May classmate Hans Helmerich was re-elected to the board of Classmate Rich Kehl checked in and said that he’s still Northwestern Mutual. Hans has been a member of Northwestern’s working at GE, some 32 years now, since graduating from Board of Trustees since 2006 and is on the board of directors of two Dartmouth. He and his wife Sally live in upstate NY, with other companies, Atwood Oceanics and Cimarex Energy. Currently three adult kids still at home. This past June daughter Hans is the Chairman and CEO of Helmerich & Payne, Inc. in Tulsa, an Brianna, a 2010 St. Lawrence grad, got her MBA from energy company that’s primarily engaged in contract drilling of oil and Union, and youngest sibling Trevor graduated from high gas wells in the US and abroad. school. “Both Trevor and his older brother Adam are amaz- ing guys,” wrote Rich, “as they are both adults with autism.” “In other areas,” Hans wrote,” Lea and I are empty nesters. We had Rich, Sally, and their trio spent a week this summer on Lake our second kid get married this summer – two down, three to go.” Winnipesaukee, reconnecting with family roots in New Hans also stays busy by chairing the board of Tulsa’s Thomas Gilcrease Hampshire’s Lakes Region. Museum and the Tulsa Community Foundation.

Architecture continued from page5 or response to create the best efficiencies. ogy, especially in our architecture. I say, We can create complex, yet sublime forms not yet. Just like a stick of charcoal, or With new technology and software, ar- to shape our spaces. And, at the same a paint brush or a sculptor’s mallet, we chitects can now create the complexity of time, we can consider the building as the now have a wonderful new tool. We have shape and form that we see in the Bilbao integrated whole that it is and should be, only just begun to explore our possibilities Guggenheim by the architect Frank Gehry and we can do this all before the first wall with it. We have only just begun to aspire (see photo on Page 1); it is arguably the is ever constructed. Our goals are now to our ultimate goals, for surely, the best most seminal building of our time. Armed achievable, and of course, it is you who buildings are not the ones that have been with this technology, architects can create will benefit. conceived in history whether ancient or ever more enthralling spaces, edifices, and recent; rather they are the buildings that towers, AND they can use their technolog- Some may say that we have lost a bit of are yet to come. ical tools to coordinate, detail, fine tune, humanity with the advent of technol- and pre-test their designs so that they are ◊ ◊ fully coordinated and efficient. Frank Ryan lives in Westport, CT, and Instead of using a pencil and paper at a practices architecture in New York City. two-dimensional drawing board, my work- Over his 25 year career so far, Pancho has space is now a virtual three-dimensional completed design and development proj- world within my mind, and my window ects throughout the United States, the to that world is my computer. The repre- Caribbean and Europe for private, com- sentation of our thoughts and designs is mercial, educational, and institutional cli- enabled and articulated as never before by ents. In addition to his current workload the technological tools at our fingertips: of client commissions and design competi- state-of-the-art software programs that tions, Pancho also works to advise archi- allow us to design and construct buildings tects, contractors, developers, and facility virtually down to the most minute of de- institutions in the strategic use of the tails – a light switch, a corner molding, a new BIM (Building Information Modeling) window valance. and Digital Design workflows in the architecture, construction and development In this virtual world, we can now inhabit industry. Questions or comments? Please our buildings. We can view them as a feel free to email him at: fryan@golden- whole from within and without. We can mean.com test them in real time for the best solution Frank “Pancho” Ryan

AUGUST 2012 NEWSLETTER Page 6 App-ropos was recognized by Dartmouth in 2011 for To monetize the service, which is free to Have you ever wondered which apps to put creating the first ever event-specific app members, Top-Ten-Apps offers “Ten-More- on your iPhone? Greg Clow has created a for our 30th Reunion), he created Top-Ten- Apps” for each app category. Members solution. Apps.com. Rather than a simple list, the find these using a link in each app review company spoon feeds a single fast Top- email. Developers purchase listings for as While attending the App review every two days little as $20/month and each listing has a MacWorld conference to members by email. Each review and a direct link to the app in the this last January in San review is 2 to 3 sentences App Store, or a simply the app name, icon Francisco, he noted that of long, and only focusses on and link. the 650,000 apps available the single capability that for the iPhone, most are de- makes a difference. Having just passed 2,200 members, and veloped by small companies growing at a rate of 300 per month, Greg with little to no marketing To find the right apps to feels that the company is on track. The budget. The app developer review, Top-Ten-Apps.com business plan calls for increasing mem- creates a terrific capability, asks members to send in bership rates through social media, and but then has no way to be their favorite apps to be further contact with app developers to seen - the noise is too great. entered into the review pro- expand the sponsor base. If you have an cess. Tracking data deter- iPhone (or iTouch or iPad - they are all This was a problem which mines if members read the compatible), Greg would welcome new Greg found he could solve. review and actually like the members from our Dartmouth class, and With his extensive back- app, so the overall “list” is any constructive comments as well: greg@ ground in marketing and constantly kept current and top-ten-apps.com Become a free member web development, (Greg updated. here: http://www.top-ten-apps.com

Wherefore Art Thou?

On June 18, the Public Theater in New York City celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Delacorte Theater, home of Shakespeare in the Park. The evening included a benefit reading of Romeo and Juliet featuring Kevin Kline as Romeo and Meryl Streep as Juliet. Sharon Washington was among the cast members, and she shared a few photos with us.

Curtain call after the performance with (left to right) Christopher Walken, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Sharon and Sandra Oh on the “red carpet.” Washington, John Cullum, Phylicia Rashad, Christine Baranski and Raul Esparza. (Photo by Joseph (Photo by Jennifer Broski/BroadwayWorld) Marzullo/WENN)

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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.

Homecoming: Plan Ahead

It’s never too late to make plans to visit Dartmouth for Homecoming Weekend, October 26 and 27. The weekend will in- clude Dartmouth Night with the bonfire on Friday night, and a night football game against Harvard on Saturday, October 27. Watch the Class of ‘81 Facebook page for details of events, or just show up by the football stadium to march in the parade Friday evening. Maybe you’ll get to carry the “Class of 1981” sign!