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June 2008 Our 30Th Reunion: June 12-15 It’S Not Too Late to Decide to Attend! Connect 78 The Dartmouth Class of 1978 Newsletter June 2008 Our 30th Reunion: June 12-15 It’s not too late to decide to attend! To register and pay, go to http://www.dartmouth78.com/ Need to be persuaded? Tom Swartwood: Above (l-r): Dusty McQueen, Check out some of the Flew to historic Duane Peterson, Mark & activities at Easton, Md., for a Karen Frank, Win Craven, groom Dave Speer, and Ginnie occasion: the http://www.dartmouth78.com/ joyful McQueen. (Not pictured: postcards/ wedding of Dave Speer (at bride Renee DeCroes.) long last) to Renee DeCroes. __________________________ Win Craven, Don McQueen and his wife Ginnie, Duane Tom Hopkins: I am planning Peterson (on his way to to attend the 30th Reunion and Welcome to Our New Costa Rica for a sabbatical!), looking forward to catching Class Secretary— Karen & Mark Frank, Hope up with our classmates. David Hov! Dobrow and husband, as well as Frank Hathaway ’79, wife After several years as a Many thanks again to Maggie Lisa, witnessed the blessed lawyer and then over 15 years Fellner Hunt for 11 years of event (touch and go when the in investment banking, I service as our class secretary. minister forgot the readings) started a private equity and Dave Hov has volunteered to and celebrated with advisory firm in 2003 which take over. Let him know reminscencing, dancing and has been an interesting and what’s up with you at lots of laughs. good experience. Our family [email protected]. [email protected] is doing fine: our oldest child, Amanda, just finished 2 Connect 78 her sophomore year at Rich Lougee: Cheers from My wife, Pat, is a sixth- Princeton; Jeff will be a Andy Cutler and me atop the grade teacher here in West freshman at Dartmouth in the Zugspitz, Germany's highest Lebanon. fall; and Sarah still has a peak, in February on a trip couple of years to go in high with Rich "Boomer" Son Tim (27) is an ensign school. All of their activities Akerboom ’79 to visit Goop in the U.S. Coast Guard, son have kept my wife and I very in Munich and Garmisch. Kevin (22) lives in Hawaii, busy. Goop has landed as coach of and daughter Abby (20) is the Jesenice professional finishing her sophomore year Like many of us, we are hockey club of Slovenia at UNH. looking forward with mixed which plays in the Austrian 8 Timothy Ave emotions to when our Hockey League. We actually W. Lebanon, NH 03789 youngest child goes off to did some skiing on what was [email protected] college in a couple of years. a fine day in the Alps, then it was back to the Hofbrauhaus Finally, over the last few John Carney Helps to celebrate Fasching. years I have also been able to Bring Offshore accomplish a long term goal of running several marathons, which has been both fun and rewarding. I hope that everyone is doing well and look forward to the reunion. 30 Colchester Road New Providence, New Jersey 07974 John Myer: I am practicing law in Seattle at AXIOS Law Group, a boutique intellectual property firm where I am the corporate attorney. On a personal level, I remarried in 2002, and my wife, Elise Friedbauer, is a member of Princeton’s class of ’78. Tim McNamara: I am in my Wind Power to eighth year as an Associate Delaware Recently, the Seattle area Director in Dartmouth’s Real Dartmouth alums organized a Estate Office, where I am A note from Delaware Lt. chapter of the Dartmouth responsible for the planning, Gov. John Carney: Entrepreneurial Network. design, permitting, and Our first event will be held construction of housing for Earlier this year, I secured a on May 1, and will feature graduate students, faculty and commitment from Babcock Dartmouth alumni who staff. and Brown, the parent helped grow Amazon.com. company of Bluewater Wind, to make Delaware the regional hub of their offshore 3 Connect 78 wind operation if their Webmaster Recommended for parents proposal to construct a wind Owen Astrachan of, and students entering grades 202 Longwood Dr. 7-11 this fall, it’s designed to farm off our coast is Chapel Hill, NC 27514 familiarize parents and students approved. The benefits of 919.660.6422 (w) [email protected] with the college admission this commitment are process, from researching and threefold: Newsletter Editor visiting schools, preparing for Brooks Clark interviews, and completing the First, it will lock in clean, 5325 White Horse Road application, to financial aid Knoxville, TN 37919-9344 renewable energy at an news and the first-year 865.632.8027 (w) transition. Early planning helps [email protected] affordable price for years to students increase their come. Chaplain competitive edge in college The Rev. Scott Axford admissions. Second, it will create good, 155 Power St. Participation is free but space quality jobs for Delawareans. Providence RI 02906-2024 is limited and registration is 401.454.1636 (h) required. To register, go to In order to create a [email protected] workforce to fill those jobs, www.alumni.dartmouth.edu/reun ions + click on the "Admis-sions Babcock and Brown made an Co-Head Agents Bill Daniel Workshop Registration" link. additional commitment to me 4002 Bennedict Lane Please note: this workshop is of a $150,000 grant and its Austin, TX 78746 not intended to promote your expertise to create a regional 512.306.7936 child's Dartmouth application, [email protected] training program in nor will your participation in the program be shared with our Elissa VonHeill Hylton partnership with Delaware Admissions Office. For info, Tech. 68 Dorchester Rd. Darien, CT 06820 contact [email protected] 203/655-2961 or call (603) 646-9159. The third benefit is that it [email protected] allows us to get in on the ground floor of an emerging Reunion Giving Co-chairs industry. Steve Mandel [email protected] Barbara Dau Southwell [email protected] m Class Officers Reunion Co-Chairs President Todd Anderson David Corey [email protected] 4134 Ottawa Avenue South Saint Louis Park, MN 55415 Steve Adnopoz [email protected] [email protected] Treasurer Mike Pittenger Kristin Yost McChesney Treasurer & Registration 214 Hillwood Ave [email protected] Richmond, VA 23226 ________________________________________ 804.285.1095 At Reunion: [email protected] Admissions Tips Class Secretary David Hov During reunion, the Office of 7840 Virginia Oaks Drive Alumni Relations and the Gainesville, VA 20155-2835 Admissions Office are offering a 571-261-3580 half-day workshop on "Navi- [email protected] gating College Admissions." 4 Connect 78 In The Nick Of I’ll bite. How long does a power nap last? Time, It’s Marriage “Oh, probably 10 minutes,” For Lowery Chongchua says. “He’s amazing By Hearne Christopher Jr. how he does that. I haven’t KansasCity.com mastered it yet, but he’s got it down. He can go to sleep in a After a six-month romance, the minute and wake up nine legendary Chiefs kicker is minutes later. I can’t do it yet, looking at an early 2009 but I see the value in it, so I’m wedding to former ABC San practicing.” Diego newscaster Phoebe Chongchua (right, with Nick). Not that Lowery is perfect. His “No, he wrote me a poem,” single shortcoming? “Whenever “He was out here a couple I make the protein shakes, the weekends ago, and I was teasing Chongchua says. “He writes me a poem every day. I never would kitchen is always clean. him about being a kicker, and so Whenever he makes them, he said, ‘You try it,’” Chongchua have guessed that a football player wrote poetry. I mean, I’ve there’s always a dust trail all says. “And I did pretty good, over the counters.” pretty good — I’m not sure if not met many men that write my balls would have made it poetry, certainly not ones that I Lyrics by Nick through the uprights, but give dated. … He’s extraordinarily me some time.” talented.” The Lowery love poem that started it all: Next up: a move from Phoenix What Chongchua sees in Nick Flying in time the Kick? to San Diego for Lowery and surfing lessons from Connecting the rhyme “He’s in my hall of fame,” she Chongchua’s 4-feet-9-inch-tall, To a single moment says. “I mean, he’s a fantastic 13-year-old daughter, Siena. A blinking sign guy, and I feel so blessed. I have Western Auto a daughter, and he’s a terrific “I’ll make sure he’s safe, and my Circling the city role model for her.” daughter is a junior life-guard,” Lights and stars Chongchua says. “And I think I Dancing in panorama These days Chongchua can make good incent-ives to Winking at us concentrates on motivational make him learn how to surf. I’ll Would that we learn endeavors. wear a tight bikini.” And embrace more Each other’s noble core “I’m a writer, and I’ve written a Lowery’s finest attribute: “I As outward we reach book called If the Trash Stinks think what I enjoy most about For the heavens Take It Out,” she says. “It’s him is the mental stimulation,” That they might teach basically how we get through Chongchua says. “We connect at Us to soar periods in our life that are such a high level and the Ricki Fairley-Brown spiritual side. You know what? different and if we’re going Presides over Black through a great period how to I’m such a Type A personality, stay on track.” and I’m very high-energy.
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