CLASS OF 1981 DECEMBER 2019 NEWSLETTER Ready to Reunion! Class of 1981 Reunion Schedule Snapshot The official reunion begins on Thursday, June 18, but we also have some fun planned for early arrivals! Registration is open all weekend at our class tent

Wednesday, June 17 Saturday, June 20

• Arrive early to relive your first-year trip packed into one overnight • Breakfast at ’53 Commons (former Thayer Dining Hall) with our classmates at Outing Club’s Class of ’66 • Yoga on the Green Lodge (former Harris Cabin), located in Hanover, only 9 miles from campus. Ready for Smores? • Joint luncheon with the ‘79’s and ‘80’s on Baker Lawn

Thursday, June 18 • Walking Tour of Public Art on Campus

• Welcome Reception and Dinner: At the ’81 tent in front of Alumni • 1981 Class Panel: LifeChanges, moderated by Peter Bogin ‘81 Gym (located near the tents of classes of ’79 and ’80). A variety of food trucks will provide many options of delicious food. • Baker Bell Tower Tours

Friday, June 19 • On the Green! A Dartmouth Alumni Celebration

• Breakfast at ’53 Commons (former Thayer Dining Hall) • Class Photo, Reception and Dinner

• Underground Steam Tunnel Tour (Did you always dream of walking • Dartmouth College concert and fireworks display on the Green for under the Green?) all reunion classes

• Joint luncheon with the ‘79’s and ‘80’s Sunday, June 21

• Bartlett Tower Open Hours • Fun Run led by Sally Reiley ‘81

• Enjoy an excerpt performance of Feeding the Dragon by our own • Brunch: Farewell Breakfast in Smoyer Lounge, Sharon Washington ’81 followed by Q & A in Bentley Theater Lynne Gaudet - Co-chair Your 2020 • Class Memorial Service in Rollins Chapel, led by Jeff Kemp ’81, to Rick Silverman - Co-Chair remember our lost classmates Claudia Weed - Treasurer Reunion Robert Goldbloom - Registration Committee • Class Reception and Dinner on Tuck Drive Ellen Brout Lindsey - Registration Molly Van Metre - Souvenirs/Memorial Service Julie Koeninger - Souvenirs Gail Chen - Communications Danielle Dyer - Outdoor Activities Kevin Kerin - Outdoor Activities Cathy Haley Rost - Tent Decor Veronica Wessels - Communications/Registration Chip Bettencourt - Beverage Chair Vaughn Halyard - Entertainment Su-Moon Paik - Entertainment Emil Miskovsky - Memorial Service Jeff Kemp - Memorial Service Peter Bogin - Indoor Activities Sally Reiley - Fun Run Pat Berry Martin Weinstein 40th Reunion: Anne Scott-Putney Kim Young JUNE 18 - 21, 2020 Sephen Godchaux Sharon Washington SAVE THE DATE! Karen McKeel Calby The D.O.C. Class of ‘66 Lodge. Come for ‘smores! Dave Shula GET INVOLVED!!

Join the ‘81 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Dartmouth81/

www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81 Coming Home: Why I’m Coming Back for Reunion 2020 Reunions mean different things for different people at various stages in life. Here are a few classmates’ thoughts on why they’re planning to return to our reunion next summer.

Jeff Beil for years. But it probably doesn’t mat- ter much, since the spirit of camaraderie It’s hard to believe it has been nearly four among my Dartmouth peers will overcome decades since we left the Hanover plain the awkwardness. I look forward to get- for the wide, wide world beyond. Though ting reacquainted with my fellow alums, time and distance have weakened the the ones I knew back then and the ones I ties, I still often think of Dartmouth, the didn’t, sharing memories and details of our place and the people. Living on the west lives, making small talk or even perhaps coast, I have returned to Hanover only a getting into some deeper conversations. Jeff Beil and wife Conny few times and not in over a decade. I have There are many events and gatherings am a practicing physician. I’m sure this never attended a class reunion. Though I planned, so it should be a lot of fun. It will has many psychoanalytic interpretations, very much wanted to attend our 25 year be great to walk around the campus with but one of them is a subconscious sense reunion in 2006, that week my medical my wife Conny, explore my old haunts and of incompleteness regarding my time group was converting over to using elec- see the new buildings and changes which at Dartmouth. I finished my course tronic medical records, and I could not get have occurred. away. Now comes our 40 year reunion (ac- requirements at the end of fall term tually 39 years, but who’s counting?) and I senior year and was off campus for the I’m retiring at the end of January, and don’t want to miss this chance. remainder of the year, coming back only one of my goals in retirement is to widen for graduation weekend. It ended a bit my social circles. I’ve had my nose to the Over the years I’ve had recurrent dreams abruptly. Going to the reunion in a way grindstone, focusing on work and family. in which I am back at Dartmouth and will fill in some of that void and I look Now I would like to rekindle friendships find out I am signed up for classes I forward to reconnecting. and make new ones. This is a great way to didn’t know I was taking. Feeling old to start. So I hope to see as many 81s (and I can’t say that I’m not at least a little be a college student and out of place, I 79s and 80s) as possible in June. Let’s nervous. Will anybody remember me? I’ve wonder why I’m back in college if I have make this a great one! already graduated medical school and only kept in touch with a couple of class- mates and haven’t corresponded with them

Lynette Eubanks Marshall who attended will agree.) real time, person-to-person, social media removed, face-to-face. When my illustrious friend My hesitancy was largely based and classmate, Keith upon feelings of inadequacy, Full disclosure: Having suffered the loss of Hammonds, asked me to given the global recognition of a sister to cancer, along with far too many co-chair our twentieth re- Dartmouth’s high standards for friends and other family members, many of union, my initial response reunions and all things alumni. whom were gone too soon, mortality has was to suggest that But I hoped that my participation become a motivating factor in my desire Keith had possibly lost wouldn’t prove pure joy just for to be with people whom I love, who I do his marbles. After further me; I had this unique opportunity not see frequently. At Dartmouth reunions, consideration, I told Keith to help create a shared space and we pause to remember those who are no that I would join him in moment in time. What I cherish longer here. Those of us who remainon this endeavor. I saw it as a about that experience, and why I this earthly plane gather because we way in which I could give attend class reunions, is US. This can. Mini-reunions, mega, multi-class back to the College and, restorative,cathartic thing called reunions such as this one being planned most importantly, to you Lynette Eubanks Marshall reunion is a celebration of us, of for June 2020, whether near or far, we amazing members of the who we are, of the way we were, and gather because we have each other, bound Class of 1981. That was one of the best of what we carry away with us; the swag together by destiny and fortune to be the decisions I’ve ever made. (I hope those is fun, but the renewal of friendships, the Dartmouth Class of 1981. See you in June! establishing of new connections, all in DECEMBER 2019 newsletter Page 2 Reunion Planning Timeline JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL-MAY JUN

March Mailings: Online Pre-Reunion June 17, Reunion Registration. Early-Bird Registration early arrivals and 40th Reunion with '79s Book Hotels and Flights NOW! Separately Mailed Date to be Determined overnight at Class of and '80s Reunion Housing '66 Lodge Registration.

As members of the Reunion Committee are working their way through the organization of the upcoming 40th Reunion next June, there is a constant awareness of the time rushing past, and before you know it, June will be here. With that in mind, here are a few recom- mendations for your reunion planning.

HOUSING ACCESSIBILITY

If you are planning to stay at any of the inns or hotels There are many reasons why classmates may not be able to attend re- in the Upper Valley during reunion, be aware that you’re union, but we would like to think that cost alone should not be a fac- not alone and many other alumni are returning with the tor. Though fewer of us will come with an entire family in tow, travel, same idea. So now is the time to make those reserva- registration and housing fees can still be a stretch for classmates. If tions. You can find listings of Upper Valley lodging op- you’re finding yourself wanting to attend but having concerns over tions at your budget, please reach out to Reunion Treasurer, Claudia Weed, or to Lynne Gaudet or Rick Silverman, and we will work with you in the https://alumni.dartmouth.edu/upper-valley-lodging strictest confidence to help you attend the reunion. Additionally, if If you’re planning to stay on campus, make sure you you have any issues with accessibilty or need special facilities or other watch for the Reunion Housing application which is a arrangements, please advise us as early as possible so that we can help separate mailing from the Reunion Registration mailing. to coordinate any special services.

LIFE CHANGES PANEL Peter Bogin is putting together a panel of classmates who have experienced major challenges leading to major life changes in the 39 years since we were at Dartmouth. So far, he has enlisted Jocelyn Evans (née Jody Awad), whose interview was in our June Newsletter describing her journey into counseling; Paul Becker, who sustained a life-changing closed head injury in a car accident shortly after graduation; and John Curtis, who gave up a business career to become a gardener on the Isle of Wight. If you have or know of another classmate with simi- lar life-changing experiences, please get in touch with Peter Bogin at [email protected]

Coming Home Pamela Mason Wagner That full circle experience was one that looks like on campus, what “our” college gave him much joy. And it’s one I’d like has become. I look forward to making Rick Silverman asked if I would write a to experience too. In my imagination, the new friends and discovering common few brief words about why I’m thinking of people I knew lightly at Dartmouth – or interests and hidden talents amongst attending our reunion in 2020. I’m not a not at all – have now grown up, led fasci- people I intersected with forty years ago. rah-rah Dartmouth grad, having struggled nating lives, and are giving back to society. Time is perhaps the most precious – and with my choice of college and nearly I want to hear those stories. I want to find relentless-- gift we have. Let’s make the transferred out. Rick was certain there out how people “turned out.” I look for- most of it. are others out there, like me, that have ward to an opportunity to gather, with all been reticent to return. It was actually my of you -- especially with you ambivalent husband’s recent reunion experience that ones -- to explore where our paths led, af- prodded me to step up to the plate. When ter they briefly crossed on the Dartmouth we attended his 50th high school reunion green, before spreading out ‘round the this past fall, he realized that his fellow girdled Earth. students on the high school newspaper staff had turned into really interesting I look forward to hearing about your “next adults. And though they hadn’t been close chapter” as so many of us are winding friends in high school, this group of adults down our paying careers and figuring out what to do in our “third acts.” I would definitely be friends going forward. Pamela Mason Wagner with Ann Jocobus Kordahl look forward to seeing what the future

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CLASS OF 1981 www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81 DCF Update of The Call to Lead campaign and there are many additional priorities that you are supporting – for example, 45 alumnae in Wow! The Class of 1981 is showing incredible momentum in our Class have supported the Dartmouth Hall initiative. Thank both dollars and participation to the Dartmouth College Fund you! We also recognize the confusion among the DCF, Call to in honor of our 40th Reunion. So far, we have raised more Lead, and other College giving opportunities, so if you have any than $1.7M with 131 donors. Thanks to all those who partici- questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to one of us. pated in the D250 challenge November 9 through December 3. More than 75 classmates participated setting us up for another Your continuing support to the DCF will not only make a dif- record-breaking participation year for the Class of 1981. ference in the lives of today’s Dartmouth students, but in the spirit of our Reunion, it will allow us to celebrate what we can We are not done yet! As you may remember, we want to hit do as a Class collectively in providing the kind of transforma- 60% participation in honor of our 60th birthdays and our 40th tive Dartmouth experience we once enjoyed as undergraduates. Reunion. If you have not already, please include the DCF in To make your gift today, visit dartgo.org/1981. your giving plans. We realize that the College is in the midst -Beth Shapiro Lewyckyj and Martin Weinstein

The Big Q # 6 one, one that means using your talents to it all you’ve got but don’t stop building ? facilitate this Great Turning in some way your network. Keep an eye on companies ? ? If you were asked to give the whatever you do. you admire and attend networking ? Commencement address to the Dartmouth opportunities such as conferences and ? Thomas Tracy ? Class of 2020, what would your core tradeshows. When it’s time to jump, be ? message be? Ask the graduates if in the past 4 years ready. ? ? has their Dartmouth Experience improved ? Michael Holmes 2) Beware the siren song of the startup. their ability to listen, to hone their critical ? Some startups will allow you to wear many ? If I had to give such an address my topic thinking abilities, and develop their ? hats and acquire skills that will give you ? would be “It’s What You Make It”. Our communication abilities with those that excellent mobility. Others will provide ? country even the world has some serious may not share similar points of views? ? ? flaws right now. It may not be the worst little-to-no mentoring or training and ? but there is definitely room for and need Ben Pierce relegate you to administrative jobs with ? lousy compensation. Well-established ? ? for improvement. Status quo will not do, Be optimistic….. ? so get busy. Change the guard, change companies might provide just the training ? the perspective, but make changes not Anne Scott-Putney you need. ? for change sake but because something ? Climate change. How will you be part of 3) Be kind to your parents. Seriously, ? new or different is needed to preserve ? the solution? you never know when you’ll need a rent- ? ? what is worth keeping and replace what’s free room to regroup. Or garage space ? not working for the best interest of the Debra Nissley to incubate a brilliant product. Or loving ? majority! ? Stop supporting things that divide us from hands when your toddler is being a cry ? baby. ? ? John Curtis one another: ? ? You have a great chance to be on the * Specialized news for one point of view or 4) Feed your inner nerd. Enroll in ? right side of history as you make your another classes. Attend lectures. Download ? way in the world after Dartmouth. Many podcasts. Read. When you nourish your ? * Gerrymandering voting districts ? refer to these times as the Great Turning love of learning, you have a richer life and ? you’ll always be good company! ? - turning toward a more balanced style of * What separates us rather than what ? ? capitalism, turning toward a zero-carbon unites us 5) Choose your partners wisely. The ? society, turning toward social justice. key to a happy life is finding the right ? Kim Young ? These are all large generational shifts that partners. This is true for both love and ? you can ignore or contribute to. Some 5 Tips for Recent Graduates business. Often, the best place to look for ? ? see apocalypse, others see opportunity to the right partner is within the Dartmouth ? 1) Don’t fret about your first job. It invent and transform. The responsibility network. (I married a fellow alum and co- ? doesn’t have to be perfect; it has to pay ? of your Dartmouth education is a big founded a small business with another.) ? the rent. When you accept a job, give ? DECEMBER 2019 newsletter Page 4 Dartmouth Meets Princeton in Yankee Stadium

Big Green Apple!

The Big Green descended into New York City to cheer the Lloyd and Heidi Widom with Frank “Pancho” Ryan, Robert Goldbloom and Sally Ankeny Reiley before the game. football team on to victory over Princeton, 27 to 10, on Saturday, November 9, and 81s were well represented. Fans first gathered at Billy’s Sports Bar across from Yankee Stadium, and it was wall-to-wall alumni gather- ing strength and sustenance for the game ahead. 81s braved the cold to the bitter end in order to share in the victory that would lead to team to the Championship.

Stands full of Dartmouth fans! Sally Reiley, Fred Koberna, Amy Beringer, Mike Lempres, Su-Moon Paik and husband, Bob Brown ‘80

Bob Dewey, Wendy Harris and Fraser Smith bun- Mark Davis, Amy Beringer and husband, John Fred Koberna, Bobby Higgins, Dave Shula, Joe dled up to brave the cold! Grubb, and Pat Berry looking for warmth at McLaughlin, Jerry Pierce, Jim Rill looking for a pick- the half. up game during half time. KEEP IN TOUCH! In this busy period with the upcoming reunion, you don’t want to risk missing any critical in- COMPASSIO’81 formation. So please update your contact information at Alumni Records at this link: [email protected] https://alumni.dartmouth.edu/update-your-information Helping each other Page 5 DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CLASS OF 1981 www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/81 Dartmouth Celebrates 250 Years Dartmouth ‘81s enjoyed the closing Dartmouth Charter Day/250th birthday celebration in Boston last night. Bob Gaudet demonstrated his stand-up comedy skills opposite CNN’s ‘91 as they interviewed former NHL and Dartmouth Hockey Player ’05—Undoubtedly one of the highlights of the program! Other ‘81s in attendance included Chairman of the Board, Laurel Richie, Lizzie Eldredge and George Alexakos, and Anne Scott-Putney. Bob & Lynne Gaudet, Chip & Denise Bob Gaudet, Lee Stempniak ‘05, Jake Tapper ‘91 Bettencourt, Rick Silverman, Lon & Ilissa Povich.

Greetings From Jerusalem! that it quickly turned into a dance party.

John Golub I’ve been taking it easy the last couple of years but this week I’m starting a new job I’ve been so bad at keeping in touch as General Manager of Spectra-Physics Tel that now, given a platform, I’m not sure Aviv, a manufacturer of lasers. where to start. For those who don’t know (in other words, for all of you), I am a Our 33 y.o. son lives in Berlin and is physicist. I married an Israeli woman less married to a German woman. Our 31 y.o. than one year after our graduation, and daughter also lives in Berlin. Our 28 y.o. daughter is a 3rd year university student we’ve lived in Jerusalem since 1990. I John Golub seen with mathematition taught at the Hebrew University during Lawrence Zalcman ‘65 in Tel Aviv following 7 years in the army the nineties, in Germany 1997-1999, and rural Puerto Rico. Our base was in a which she left with the rank of Captain. have worked in high-tech since 2000. remote village under conditions of dense, I’ve rented an Airbnb house in Italy for a communal living: bunk beds 20 to a room, week this September and we all plan to common kitchen, showers, toilets. Up by get together for my 60th. I hope you are 6AM and on site working 7AM - 3PM. also planning something nice. There were two types of work mainly: If you (or your children) are considering repairing and sealing concrete roofs; a trip to Israel, please feel free to get in and mold sanitation of the interiors. The touch. I’ll be glad to help with anything roof work is good honest physical labor from itinerary to a spare room. done under the hot Caribbean sun. The indoor work is carried out in full Tyvek Finally, I can’t end this note without suit and face mask. At the end of the day mentioning my mentor and friend Prof. John Walsh. He set me on my path as a On location with All Hands and Hearts disaster and following team meeting, we would relief in Puerto Rico. either take a run down to the beach or physicist but died at only 62 in 2000 of a sometimes walk to the other side of the thrombosis due to a ski accident. I think of It’s an interesting time for me just now. village where the general store doubled as him often. In January I spent a week volunteering a bar in the evenings. On these occasions, with All Hands and Hearts (www. Sending best wishes from Jerusalem, someone always produced some speakers allhandsandhearts.org), a disaster relief and a smartphone set for Latin Beats so [email protected] organization, on home rebuilding in CLASS OF 1981 40TH REUNION JUNE 2020: MAYBE WE CAN COME!

Andy Augenblick Jimmy Dagenhardt Susan Hess Sara Minor Bob Spears Jeff Healy

Marcia McCrea Braden Tuck Gilman Will Hill Steven Morse Pamela Mason Wagner Ned Mandel

Robert W. Butler Jr. Mark Hansson Sue Kreissman Richard Mullins Susan Adler Funk

Dick Crowley Steve Herzog Rick Lathrop Lynn Peterson Read Brad Stone Please let us know if you’re planning to attend the 40th Reunion June 18 - 21. E-mail [email protected] or [email protected] DECEMBER 2019 newsletter Page 6 Magic Mountain Dartmouth Alumni Ski Weekend Holiday Tradition March 6 - 8, 2020 For a couple of years, the ‘81s have been gathering at Magic Mountain, Londonderry in early March for Alpine and Nordic , snowshoeing, eating and danc- ing. Last year we had 25 people for din- ner on Saturday, including classmates from California and Milwaukee. It was a great mix of fun folks and lots of laughs. It was, as Ski equipment rentals and lessons are avail- the mountain’s website says, Not Epic, Not able. Iconic, Just Magic. Julie Koeninger has had a Christmas gathering since she and husband, Peter, lived on Gloucester For those interested in a “fancy dinner” Here is the back story: Skimeister/ CEO Geoff St. in Boston’s Back Bay. Always a reliable place in Manchester Friday evening, we will to find Dartmouth ‘81s. This year, Julie was joined Hatheway ’81 and a group of sixteen class- coordinate a location or two. For those who by Tim Philllips, Anne Scott-Putney, Patsy Fisher, mates and locals purchased the mountain, Larry Dunn and Lon Povich. are unsure of arrival times, you can opt for a upgraded the pub to twelve taps and a full casual dinner at the mountain. bar, hired lots of live music, put in day and night food service, added a new lift and up- Saturday apres-ski, casual dinner and a band graded another, added lots of snowmaking at the Black Line Tavern. and the associated ponds, and have built a great community vibe as a place to gather, There are two on-mountain lodges, Upper ski and relax. It offers some of the best cut Pass Lodge and the Blue Gentian, plus lots of trails in the East. It ain’t Vail. It’s not sup- hotels, inns, and AirBnB/VRBO in the region. posed to be! Nordic skiing at the Viking Nordic Center

A few details: So get a group, get a house or a room, and Friday, Saturday and Sunday activities get to Magic! include Alpine and Nordic skiing, If you are planning to attend, contact Toby snowshoeing, side trips to Manchester’s Reiley ([email protected]) 978-815- outlets, and socializing in the Blackline 2282. as the Dartmouth crowd comes and Tavern Jeff Healy with son, Will ‘23 taking part in goes. holiday and 250th Birthday festivities in L.A. ‘81 class officers Co-President Newsletter Editor Mini-Reunion Co-Chair Pat Berry Lynne Gaudet Sally Ankeny Reiley [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Co-President Newsletter Editor Mini-Reunion Co-Chair Robert Goldbloom Abner Oakes Elizabeth Wang [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Vice President Newsletter Editor Member at Large Danielle Dyer Rick Silverman Julie Koeninger [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Secretary Newsletter Editor COMPASSIO Co-Chair Emil Miskovsky Gail Chen Polly Duncan Collum [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Secretary Co-Head Agent COMPASSIO Co-Chair Veronica Wessels Martin Weinstein Chris Morrison [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Treasurer Co-Head Agent COMPASSIO Co-Chair & Gift Planning Claudia Sweeney Weed Beth Shapiro Lewyckyj Anne Scott-Putney [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Webmaster Member at Large Alumni Council Representative Kevin Kerin Molly Sundberg Van Metre Ellen Brout Lindsey [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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Robert Dale Robert

Marshall Jeff Walters Jeff Nordhoff Chuck Halyard Vaughn

Lynette Eubanks Eubanks Lynette Cusack Brian

Veronica Wessels Veronica Metre Van Molly Niehaus Chris Goff Chris

Robert Goldbloom Robert Clow Greg

Mark Rosenblum Mark Thayer Brooks Morrison Chris Godchaux Stephen

Gail Chen Gail Jim Delisle Jim

Robert Gaudet Robert Howard Morse Howard Silverman Rick Miner Robert

Pat Berry Pat Casaudoumecq John

Bob Van Wetter Van Bob Shula Leslie Lucas Stuart Gaudet Lynne

Karen Calby Karen Alexakos

Betsy Brew Betsy Eldredge Lizzie Shula Dave Lindsey Brout Ellen Fagan Ken

Bill Burgess Bill

Chip Bettencourt Bettencourt Chip Alexakos George Sherman Bill Kroll Steve Dyer Danielle

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Bob Russell Bob Zales Steven Scott-Putney Anne Koberna Fred Dustin Holly Marchand Patti

Peter Bogin Peter Cathy Haley Rost Haley Cathy Williamson Debbie Reiley Toby Kerin Kevin Dunn Kim

Cindy Ritter Cindy Weed Claudia Reiley Ankeny Sally Kemp Jeff Davis Mark Beil Jeff

Kirk Eveleth Arnold Eveleth Kirk Jill Martin Jill Washington Sharon Povich Lon Harris Wendy Davis Elliott

Julie Koeninger Koeninger Julie Wang Elizabeth Paik Su-Moon Hammonds Keith Danziger Joan Arion Mitchell

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