Reunion Highlights from June 15Th-18Th, 2017

Dartmouth Class of 1978 “40th” reunion recap Newsletter

In these pages: Reunion Highlights from June 15th-18th, 2017

The Who, What, When, Where, and How: A more or less chronological recap of the weekend’s events.

“Claim Your Space” in the Class Photo. Class Dinner Address by our outgoing president, Dave Graham.

Reunion service In Memoriam.

President’s Message from Barbie Snyder Martinez.

The new roster of Class Officers. Oh, and photos. Lots of photos. Photo credit: Steve Peseckis ’78

The Who, what, when, where, and how First of all, I think it safe to say that we were utterly thrilled to gather on the Hanover plain this past June for our putative 40th. At 250 classmates, a little over a quarter of our current class number was able to attend. Along with guests and spouses, the college counted 377 event attendees for the class of ’78. For the record, we came in second to none other than the ’77s for the most alumni and the highest total in attendance at a 40th reunion. (They had 26 more alums, and 35 total more than we did. Drat.) And though we were busily engaged over the weekend, each and every one of you who couldn’t make it was missed. I am putting out hopes that another time will find you joining with your past, current, and future Class of ’78 peak baggers from our sojourn to Mount Moosilauke on 6.15.17 friends from the accomplished and generous class with More pics from the trip to Mount Moosilauke: which you matriculated, nigh on 44 years ago. And now, on to recounting many of the weekend’s highlights as reminders for all who were there, and in doing so perhaps serve to offer an enticing recap that tempts all to participate, un autre jour. For those who were able to arrive by Thursday morning there was a special trip to Moosilauke. Some of the hardiest and fittest hiked the mountain before joining the other participants at the building site. Tim McNamara, associate director of campus services, ensured that everyone got to see the new lodge, tour the recently constructed bunkhouses (ours is next!) and enjoy a box lunch while hearing about the many plans and improvements underway for the mountain campus. Here’s hoping everyone saw the recent email offering a chance to pitch in and physically help construct our Class of 1978 Bunkhouse next May, and at other times during the summer. Your time and effort will count as donating! Go here: http://dartgo.org/1978 to give dollars, by using the dropdown menu choice “Other Instructions About My Gift” and note “Class of 1978 Bunkhouse” in the comments section. ANY amount will add your name alphabetically to the plaque, or you can honor the memory of a deceased classmate, (use the “In Honor” dropdown) or even be anonymous, if you so choose; simply recognizing the fact of contributing. Be a part of this great legacy by giving any amount, whether it be “time or treasure.” As a class, we are committed to inclusivity, and truly want everyone recognized for donating, whatever that contribution may be. At right, what our bunkhouse (a multi-level beauty that includes scientific research space) will look like, by Fall 2018:

2 2017 Reunion recap: THURSDAY

3 Classmate Donors to the “Class of 1978 Robert T. Adams Douglas S. Brown Craig B. Douglass Paul E. Heising Susan A. Kepes Stephen James Adnopoz Mary Kendall Brown Pamela Daniels Drumheller (d) Geordie Heller Richard H. Kimball Karen Fagerstrom Albright Scott Sinclair Brown Bernard V. Drury Frances Hellman David R. King* Charles H. Allison, Jr. James L. Bullion Bernard L. du Breuil S. Todd Hemphill Kenneth J. King John O. Ambler Alexis-Ann Bundschuh, M.D.** Amy K. Dunbar Edwin L. Hill, Ph.D. Pierre C. Kirch James P. Ancona Peter W. Bundschuh Todd Dunn Gabrielle A. Hirschfeld* Margo J. Krasnoff, M.D. (d) Todd K. Anderson Vicki J. Camerino, M.D. Andrew D. Ebbott Lap-Yiu Ho Charles R. Kreter Anonymous # 230 Randolph B. Cardozo (d) Paul A. Ehrsam Kevin Thomas Hoffman Jeffrey M. Krolik Catherine K. Anson, M.D. Catherine Anne Cates Michael R. Elitzer Thomas J. Hopkins Douglas G. Kubach Mark T. Arnold Robert A. Ceplikas Eric Engelsted (d) Jane T. Horton, M.D. Paul W. Kuhn**** Dogan W. Arthur Stephen P. Ceurvorst* Carolyn Kelley Evans David T. Hov Karen Kurkjian, M.D. Susan F. Assman Kevin K. Chase Elizabeth Putnam Flint Christine Hughes* Ann McLane Kuster Owen L. Astrachan, Ph.D. Celia Y. Chen, Ph.D. Delos E. Flint, Jr. Stephen A. Hughes, M.D. James M. Lattin, Ph.D. The Reverend W. S. Axford Alexis Siu Ming Chiu Kathryn Stiles Folk, M.D. John Henry Hugo Derek Lawson Anne E. Bagamery Peter J. Christie William Kevin Fraizer Margaret Fellner Hunt Wanda Ryan Lazarus, M.D. David A. Banta Nathaniel Brooks Clark Arlo Piers Frost, D.V.M. Elissa Von Heill Hylton* Katharine Leggat Bruce K. Barach, M.D. William Cody, M.D. Daniel D. Galyon, M.D. Robert Behrend Hyman Steven M. Liebowitz, M.D. Anne E. Barschall Caroline E. Coggleshell Jeffrey R. Garnett Jane Kirrstetter Ingram Samuel D. Lippin W. Scott Barthold Mitchell D. Cohn, M.D. M. Rose Gasner Michael S. Jacobson, M.D. Richard W. Lougee James Putnam Bassett James P. Coleman* C. Christopher Gaut Thomas G. Johansen, Jr. Nancy Luebbert Sarah Bayldon Beaman Paul R. Conkling, M.D. Duana M. George David McKinlay Jones* Helen A. Lukash Hampartsoum Bekarian Curtis H. Conroy Mark J. Germano Peter H. Judson, M.D. Scott C. Lundstrom Clifton C. Below David C. Corey Peter Gierke, M.D. Paul A. Kadue Christopher R. Lynch Jonathan F. Benedict Robert Corrente Cate S. Sprague Gilbane Lisa Kaeser Elizabeth Howell MacCallum Douglas E. Benham Cortland T. Corsones Ian C. Gilchrist, M.D. Jacqueline A. Kaiko Joyce Green MacDonald Amy Simon Berg Geoffrey B. Crew, Ph.D. David L. Graham* David S. Kalapos Alan Angus MacPhail Richard J. Beyer Jeffrey M. Crowe William Grant Robert J. Kaler Ann H. Maddox Joseph W. Bishop III (d) Barbara Meister Cummins Robert A. Gray Melinda R. Kassen Walter A. Malmquist, II Bradford C. Blair William R. Daniel, Sr. William A. Gray Bruce A. Kaufman, M.D. Steve Mandel Raymond John Boniface, M.D. Barbara E. Dau Wendy Thurber Gross Jonathan P. Keeve, M.D. Barbie S. Martinez Mark A. Brandt Thomas J. Delanty Jerry H. Gurwitz, M.D. Barbara Kelly, M.D. David B. Master Stephen Clive Braudo Charles G. Denison Mark C. Hansen Heather Mayfield Kelly Ian McColough Andrew J. Breen, M.D. Clark B. Dickson, M.D. Timothy C. Harrison W. Robert Kelly Keith R. McCrae, M.D. John F. Brenner David G. Dietze John R. Harvey Catherine Wieboldt Kendrick Mark H. McCubbin Christine Simpson Brent James A. DiNardo, M.D. David J. Hathaway Bruce W. Keough Caroline McIlhenney

4 Bunkhouse” (As of December 5th, 2017)

William R. McLaughlin Alice Galuszka Papsun, M.D. Harriet S. Schwartz Harvey B. Weinberg Paula H. McLeod Donald W. Perkins Jr. Randy K. Schwartz William A. Wechsler, PhD (d) Lisa Miles McNamara Steven M. Peseckis Julie B. Schwarz* Leonard Weiser-Varon Timothy J. McNamara Elin Peterson, Esq. Terry Ann Scriven, M.D. Michael K. Whitcomb Donald C. McQueen William A. Petit Jr., M.D., FACP, FACE James D. Senger Gerard C. Widdicombe Gregory M. Melvin Jeffrey Paul Petrich Frank J. Setian Douglas G. Wildes Brook G. Milligan Andrew J. Petrie Bruce Samuel Shames, M.D. Kevin B. Wilkey Timothy I. Moore (d) Kent C. Pierce Kenneth Alan Shaw Charles G. Wise John M. Moriarty, Jr. Michael L. Pope, M.D. Eloise Taylor Sheldon Alan F. Wohlstetter, Jr. Athena M. Moundalexis, M.D. Martha Roberts Post Margaret McGrath Sherman William H. Woods Thomas N. Mousin James Pramburg (d) David M. Shoemaker, Ph.D. David D. Wright Edward R. Moynihan Laurel Bates Preston Ellen Meyer Shorb William F. Yancey (d) Wendy Gair Muello, M.D. Stephen B. Preston John R. Shuman Jr. Richard Charles Yocum, M.D. Douglas L. Murphy Florence Delbridge Quartarone Friedrich A. P. Siekert Peter K. Zeitler, Ph.D. William M. Murphy Ellen S. Foley Raemsch, M.D. Cotten Jeffrey Smith Charles Muse Katherine McKusicK Ralston Gary A. Sobelson, M.D. Memorial Gifts in Honor of Non-78s Nancy Myer Freedman John W. Reeder* Mark A. Solomon Alexander Jones ’38 John A. Myer Dan W. Reicher Dave Speer Susan & Malcolm MacLane ’46 Jeffrey C. Nadherny David B. Reiser Rick Spier Jennifer Petit ’78S Wilson S. Neely Jonathon A. Reiss Dean Stephens Hayley Petit ’11 James H. Newman, Ph.D. Donald J. Rendall, Jr. Joseph M. Sullivan Michaela Petit George W. Niedt, M.D. Sandra Smallwood Rendall Richard P. Sunshine (d) Roy Forester. Ph.D. Helen Andrews Noble, M.D. Peter A. Renner Thomas M. Swartwood Frederick J. Norton Christine Hayer Repasy, Esq. Lauren S. Tanny There is still time to Get on (the) Board. Join Curtis P. Oberg Allan S. Reynolds Jr., Esq. Mary-Ellyn Tarzy these ~300 classmates with any size Daniel O'Connor Harriet T. Reynolds David A. Taylor, M.D. donation and be listed on the donor Kathleen A. O'Connor Scott A. Riedler, M.D. Stephen L. Thompson recognition boards in this final, two story Margaret A. O'Donnell G. Christopher Riley Cynthia Rae Tolbert, M.D. bunkhouse at the base of Moosilauke. William A. Origel, M.D. Andrew R. Rockwell Brian Tuck Judith A. Osher, Psy.D. Jill Eilertsen Rogers James C. Vailas, M.D. http://dartgo.org/1978 and use dropdown Elisa A. Ostafin, M.D.* Charles F. Roots (d) Carol Hillman Van Dyke ‘Other Instructions’ to designate your gift. S. W. Pacala Bruce C. Rowe, M.D. Christopher J. Vasiliu William C. Paganelli, M.D., Ph.D.* Denise M. Ruzicka Peter W. Vaughan (d) – deceased Steven J. Pahos Alvaro Saralegui Francesca Taylor Voegelin * - gave in honor of another ’78. Multiple *s L. Mark Panella R. Nichols Scheu Jonathan T. Walton Jr. means donor has given in that multiple of deceased ’78s.

5 Reunion recap 2017: Thursday Reception A Thursday arrival also provided the opportunity to be graciously received by Drew Rockwell and Bartlett Leber (and Noodles) at their home in Norwich for the ’78 Welcome Reception.

6 At the class tent, later that same evening...

Charlie Allison, one of our hardworking reunion co-chairs.

7 2017 Reunion recap: Friday Friday brought the usual range of activities; golf, hiking, biking, tennis, tours on campus including its architecture and the steam tunnels, and the Open Houses at Baker and Bartlett Towers and in the academic departments. We had breakfast at the tent, lunch and dinner in Leverone because of damp weather, and informative lecture choices to make among College Admissions, the Polar Regions, and “Fact vs. Fiction in an era of Fake News.” A highlight of the day was the pop-up Arts Celebration in conjunction with the Class of 1977, featuring artwork by our very own Gar Waterman, and the literary oeuvre of Rick Beyer. Another noteworthy event was the evening book discussion of On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder, and Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast, hosted by Nick Sakhnovsky and Anne Bagamery, before moving on to more socializing at the class tent. Whew! Hope you enjoy this selection of photos from the day.

8 At a Top of the Hop gathering, the legendary philanthropy of the ’78s was noted as we collected several awards for being such a generous class. We received the Roger C. Wilde 1921 Award for setting a new 40th reunion giving record, and the Class of 1938 Award for the largest amount given in a reunion year. Our total gift of 6.2 million accounted for > 14% of the amount raised for the DCF, with 41% of our class participating in donating. That’s not close to the highest desired level of participation, however, as % of participation counts for a lot. If you want to be a part of helping future generations of students while raising our ranking, please use this link to give any amount to the DCF: http://www.dartmouthcollegefund.org/how-give. Every donation matters. We were also honored with the Class of 1960 Award for supporting the most DCF scholars (106!) in our commitment to financial aid; an accolade that with the help of your generosity and engagement, we will maintain. And as seeing is believing, here’s proof of our place on the plaque!

9 2017 Reunion recap: Saturday Saturday began with several breakfast gathering choices: Buffet at the tent, alumnae of all three classes meeting at the home of Martha Beattie ’76, and the DGALA reunion breakfast. During the day there were the usual campus tours and open houses, the Alumni Row on the Connecticut, and several talks and programs, including remarks by President Philip Hanlon ’77 that concluded with a Dartmouth Aires performance. There was a DGALA faculty lecture, an animation festival, and live music with an ice cream social on the Green. Notably, our classmates Jeff Nadherny, David Hathaway, David Dietze, Dave Kalapos, Doug Brown, Cotten Smith, and Cay Weiboldt Kendrick (my apologies if I’ve left anyone out) presented a seminar entitled The Second Act, exploring “strategies for staying engaged, enjoying life, and keeping it real.” Luncheon was served on Baker lawn with the ’76s and ’77s, we had our class picture taken, and enjoyed a reception and class dinner on McNutt lawn, followed by a Dartmouth Idol All-Stars performance and fireworks on the Green. And once again, there was socializing into the wee hours at the tent and other places. Thusly we celebrated another full day.

10 The Who, what, when, where, and how: Claim your face space in the class picture Here’s the post-reunion audience participation section of our program. See the regular class picture, and see the picture with the numbered overlay. (Thanks go to our new webmaster, Dave Hathaway, who is clearly a man of many talents, for delivering on the technical aspect of this request!) All you have to do to play, is find your face space, note the number, and send an email [[email protected]] letting me know your name and the number for your spot. I will publish the identified class photo with claimed spaces in a subsequent newsletter. Let us all know where you are!

Before we move along, I must take a moment to thank in the most emphatic terms possible, our reunion co-chairs Charlie Allison, Barbara Kelly Hack, Keith McCrae, and Steve Peseckis for all they did to make this event possible. Contending with as many complications as you find in planning for a wedding, the co-chairs are far too often the most overlooked and under appreciated (and always the most underpaid) contributors to reunion. Yet, as we all know; without their hard work and willingness to step up, this weekend would not have happened in such a memorably good way. I must give a special shout out to the indefatigable photography efforts and skill of Steve Peseckis in particular, for without him, the quality and number of pictures available to us and to posterity would be substantially reduced. We should also give a rouse for Rich Lougee, the newly anointed Beverage King for the class. Thank you all, and thanks to everyone else who pitched in and contributed above and beyond their pay grade, both volunteers and those employed at the college, to make our weekend such a grand success. Huzzah, and hip-hip hooray!

11 2017 reunion: class president’s address

While certainly not the last we’ll hear from our generous and accomplished classmate, Dave Graham, this was the final address of his recent term as class president. For those who missed the Saturday dinner, or any who’d like a refresher, here is the text of his remarks from June 17th, 2017:

Good evening and Carpe D78! How many of you don’t drink alcohol anymore? How many never drank while here? I’m required by Safe Harbor rules to offer the following disclaimer. The comments I’m about to make are solely How many of you would like a do-over? Meaning, to my own. They are not in any way endorsed by your come back and do Dartmouth all over again? class leaders and most definitely not by the College. How many here have run a marathon? Boston? There are both forward and backward looking statements. As such they are reflections, recollections, How many here have served on a school board or been predictions, projections, and ambitions and therefore involved in the PTA? are neither truthful nor accurate. OK? How many of you have climbed Mt. Rainier? For those of you that don’t know me, I’d like you to Mt. Whitney? Mt. Kilimanjaro? All three? know four things about me. How many have cared for an aging parent?

One, I’m a man of a million ideas ………and almost no How many of you were arrested or nearly arrested for follow through. something other than a traffic ticket or moving violation Two, I hate trite phrases. The one that drives me while in College? How many were nearly arrested for craziest on social media is “my thoughts and prayers indecent exposure at the Norwich Pool? are with you.” Another is ‘It’s been an honor and a One final question and please be honest. You’ve been privilege.” Let me use the next few minutes to such a good audience so far. elaborate upon that. How many had sex for the first time here at Dartmouth Three, I am a ‘social entrepreneur.’ That means I take College? How many of you had it with another person? risks and say things not typically said on such I asked to address you tonight because, if all goes well occasions……or even polite company generally. tomorrow at the Class Meeting (9:45 after the Memorial Finally, I am a LUCKY man. Service 8:30-9:30 am at Rollins) I will be concluding my I’ve given this talk a thousand times in my head. role as Class President after nearly 7 years. Unfortunately, I’ve given a thousand different versions. I wish to look back. I wish to take stock. And I wish to We’ll see which one comes out tonight. look ahead. Let’s get warmed up with some AUDIENCE I also intend to offer a few pearls of wisdom I’ve gleaned PARTICIPATION and a show of hands to the following since those hazy, crazy days of the late 1970s. random questions. Some are directed at Dartmouth Regarding Wisdom, they say that with age comes grads but spouses, partners and friends should certainly wisdom…..and hemorrhoids. I’ve got good news and bad join in. news. I see a lot of wise faces out there but many of you How many are here at a Dartmouth 78 reunion for their are shifting uncomfortably in your seats. very first time?

12 Wisdom Pearl #1 One last point. Who among you knew our classmate Learned this just a year after graduation when going out Pam Daniels Drumheller? Not too many I suspect. after work for beers with a co-worker. When our beers But those of us who knew Pam knew her as a warm, were brought and placed on the table, he had that look friendly and spirited young woman with a ready smile of peaceful, knowing satisfaction and said, and an engaging personality. I got introduced to Pam before we landed at Dartmouth because we both lived I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a pre-frontal in Western MA and were admitted ED. We even drove lobotomy. up to visit the campus in the spring of ’74. That seemed pretty sage to me, a statement that has As luck would have it, we both ended up in Wheeler, its stood the test of time. first year as a coed dorm. I didn’t see Pam after we Why Carpe D78? Why the logo with the Moosilauke graduated. But I always held out the hope that we’d silhouette in the background? I stand here tonight reconnect. because our Go-To reunion speaker–beloved classmate I found her on Facebook a few years back and while and friend of many, Marc Farley, is no longer with us to th th not active, she did respond to something I posted in reprise his wonderful wit delivered at the 25 and 35 December 2015 shortly after my cancer diagnosis. reunions. Marc’s life was celebrated by many classmates Allow me to read from the direct email she sent me: 19 months ago when a rowing shell was dedicated in his honor. But his early and untimely death serves notice “…really sorry to hear about your health issues, but I that we are beginning to run out of runway. The finish think we may be in a position to help one another. I was line is closer than the starting blocks. diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer last March and everyone is surprised I’m alive. Look pretty damn Most of us still feel young, active, and engaged. But as good as well, if I do say so myself. Especially if you Forrest Gump said, ‘It Happens.’ I figure we’ve got a happen to like bald girls… I completely get your good 10-15 years to continue building friendships and admonishment against the sickening ‘my thoughts and finding ways to be actively involved in building the most prayers are with you’ phrase. I may have to karate chop ACCOMPLISHED AND GENEROUS Dartmouth class ever. someone in the earlobe if I hear that again.” Now is our time. I was so excited to get her email and quickly wrote her Do we have any cancer survivors here tonight? an even longer and personal response. But, for Some of you know, but many do not, that I was whatever reason, she never got back to me and passed diagnosed with stage IV melanoma 18 months ago. I had away 13 months later this past January. Maybe you a ping pong, check that, beer pong ball sized tumor have a Dartmouth buddy from long ago like this. removed from my head. Which leads me to……. Carpe D78. Wisdom Pearl #2 Wear sunscreen. Make your kids wear Wisdom Pearl #3 Life is just a series of missed sunscreen and certainly make your grandkids wear it opportunities. too! This somewhat tongue-in-cheek comment is a truism of Thanks to the miracles of modern medicine, I’m doing mine, and addresses that ol’ woulda/coulda/shoulda fine. But the diagnosis served as a wake up call. Who sense of life. knows when our time is up? Seize the day and the opportunities. It captures my lament at losing Pam Daniels Drumheller but can be applied to many other aspects of existence

like “Why didn’t I buy Microsoft in the 1980s, or “Why did the Seahawks throw the ball with 26 seconds to go?” You get my drift.

13 2017 reunion: president’s address, continued

Wisdom Pearl #4 There is a lot more randomness or Next, to my black and minority classmates. This college luck involved in life than what I thought in 1978. located in the lily white woods of northern New England must have been culture shock squared. My interactions Back then I was the Captain of my own ship. I expected with you were sorely limited though I have one fond to go as far as my talent and hard work would take me. memory to share. Freshman fall term, the morning river Of course, I wasn’t very talented and I certainly wasn’t fog giving way to the hazy sylvan sunshine, the colors, the hardworking compared to most of you. I was interested sweet smell of decay, and each morning I’d trudge from in the burgeoning field of entrepreneurship especially Wheeler to Thayer then back to Dartmouth Hall for 8 am biotechnology. My career was okay. I worked for a large French Drill. Afterward, two others and I would walk over conglomerate, a venture backed startup, ran my own to Math 5 at Silsby; Rich Costa from Provincetown MA consulting firm, and started three different companies – and Sterling Edmonds from Chesapeake VA. Man, what none of which struck gold. an unlikely trio. Thereafter, I would always nod to Now I’d like to elaborate on a message I wrote in one of Sterling when our paths crossed on campus and I even Helen’s newsletters a few issues back. Despite hours interviewed him as a senior sports info intern. When I and hours of careful drafting and extensive editing, look back now, I lament the lost opportunity to create a alright – minutes, I know you still didn’t read that better, deeper friendship. I even wrote to Sterling and th Message. So, here we go. Let me start by referring to Rich in advance of our 35 to see if they’d join us, but that LUCK thing. It’s taken me until these last few years that effort has yet to bear fruit. to realize how lucky I am. You see, I won the genetic Wisdom Pearl #5 There’s such a thing as knowing th lottery for mid-20 century America. I am a WASP, a something intellectually and then truly knowing it white Anglo-Saxon Protestant male, and straight! My emotionally, knowing it with your heart and soul as path in life, both before and certainly after Dartmouth well as your head. was immeasurably easier based upon my sex, my skin color and my sexuality. And when I arrived here in Thirty-nine years ago at Senior Day, Ron Andrews gave 1974, I was selfish, immature, hedonistic, foolish, cocky, a most thoughtful and eloquent address about what it insensitive and uninformed. Hey, who knew? I could be meant to be a minority member within the Dartmouth President of the United States! community. I still have vivid memories. I got it here [point to head]….but not here [heart]. It’s taken me almost 40 But as I reflect back let me now address three groups of years to even begin to get it here, and I’m probably still classmates. not all the way there. First, to the women of our class. I didn’t make it easy Lastly, to my LGBT classmates. I can’t even begin to for you. I bought in to the traditions of Old Dartmouth. imagine how difficult Dartmouth must have been in the I didn’t want you in our all boys treehouse. While I mid-70s. We buried you in the closet. And we barricaded personally didn’t object to your being here [in fact some the door and nailed it shut with our homophobic slurs of you were gracious or desperate enough to date me], and insults. Dartmouth may have not been dramatically I didn’t call out when my brethren exhibited more overt different than society as a whole but our brand of and obnoxious sexism. It was important for you to be testosterone charged machoism led to an unusually here with us. Thank you for surviving. Your trailblazing strong streak of homophobia. But I am glad that some of path has made it immensely easier for today’s young you have come to join us this weekend with spouses and women at Dartmouth. partners. And I’d like to give a shout-out to Steve Strauss for his wonderful if informal reach-out effort.

14 To members of all three groups, the lens of time has Over the past seven years Class President, my greatest offered me a chance to look back and see where I fell ambition has been to increase ENGAGEMENT and find woefully short. Looking forward, help me by engaging ways to bring these D&Ders back. After all, I was one. with me and other class leaders so that we can build New England born and bred, I haven’t lived here since broader participation and truer, deeper friendships. 1978. I’ve been on the west coast since 1982 and in To that end, I am extremely pleased to announce that Seattle since 1987. It was hard to maintain ties to the at tomorrow’s class meeting we will nominate and College and friends that seemed concentrated on the heartily endorse as our next Class President – Barbie eastern seaboard. I remember reading the DAM and Snyder Martinez! wistfully wondering if my life and career measured up. Now let me tell you about the State of Our Class. We But when I took on this role as Class President nearly have a very good class. We like to compete. The Class 7 years ago, I had reached a point of comfort and of ’78 has broken records for Absolute Dollar Giving acceptance. I am no longer a member of the D&D. at every reunion even before our 25th. This year, we I hope that any of you who have felt estranged from set not just a College record but an Ivy League record Dartmouth are too. th for 40 reunion classes. We gifted the Class of 1978 Let me end with Wisdom Pearl #6 Life Science Center almost 6 years ago. We are striving to gift the final Bunkhouse at the Moosilauke Ravine A person’s wealth is not measured by the size of their Lodge complex, largely because of our reputation as bank account, but rather by the breadth and depth of an ACCOMPLISHED and GENEROUS class. Here are a their friendships. few other important metrics: Ladies and gentlemen, I AM A LUCKY MAN and it has Facebook Group – 320 members been amongst my greatest privileges to be a member of this class and to be your class president. There are Email Open Rates – 785 good emails; 40-55% Open so many of you that I have really enjoyed getting to Rates know these past seven years that it would take too long For the second reunion in a row we’ve offered Angel to thank adequately so I will do it privately. To all of you and Scholarship Pricing. This year we’ve had 50 guests my Dartmouth brothers and sisters, I thank God that I pay the Angel rate vs 22 classmates and guests ask for was allowed into this College and this ACCOMPLISHED the subsidy. A fantastic testament to our collective AND GENEROUS class. You have enriched my life beyond measure. But time is diminishing, a limited resource and desire to broaden the tent and invite any and all ’78s one that will shrink at an accelerated pace. So let’s toast - into it. Generosity in Action. To old friends, to new ones, and to those we have yet to Class Dues Participation – 34-44% make, may the bonds of friendship continue to expand DCF Annual Fund Participation – 40-50% and strengthen. Carpe D78!

When you add all these up, I figure we have 60-70% of classmates engaged. But that leaves the remaining 30-40%, the group I call the D&Ders or Distant and/or Disaffected.

15 2017 Reunion recap: Saturday, cont.

16 40th reunion Class Memorial service

At every reunion our class chaplain presides over a service in Rollins on Sunday morning, giving us an opportunity to gather for a bit of contemplation, reflection, and remembrance. The list of classmates who have passed grows longer each time, and serves to remind us of life’s inevitable trajectory. When we pause to think of those who have left before us, we can also look ahead to using the time with which we’ve been gifted for living fully and with purpose and gratitude, mindfulness, and with as much grace as possible. We can resolve and remind ourselves to carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero and yes, in our short adapted form, to Carpe D78, and to think of living with kindness and consideration, and using the most honest communication of which we’re capable. Any little instruction book of life would likely tell us that “The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.” --Harriet Beecher Stowe. Perhaps we can endeavor to avoid that kind of regret through how and what we choose to do each day. From here, I wish for all of us to have long, happy, and healthy lives, filled with meaning and with making a positive difference in the world. Namaste.

In case you have a renewed interest in the here and now and you’re led to wonder who was at reunion, you can follow this link to use as a gentle reminder of who you saw, or as a means to jostle your memory with the names of folks you may remember: http://1978.dartmouth.org/s/1353/clubs-classes15/start.aspx?sid=1353&gid=326&pgid=11509&cid=28168&fid=28162 17 2017 Reunion recap President’s Message from Barbie Snyder Martinez

Greetings, Class of ’78!

It’s hard to believe it has already been six months since many of us gathered together on the Hanover Plain for our “40th” Reunion. The event will be covered in many other pages of this newsletter, however, I want to again thank our Reunion Co-Chairs, Barbara Kelly Hack, Keith McCrae, Steve Peseckis and Charlie Allison, along with the rest of their committee members, for their many months of work and planning, culminating in a wonderful weekend at Dartmouth for all! On Sunday morning, at our reunion’s class meeting, I became President of the Class of 1978. For my first “President’s Message” I wanted to share some of the remarks I made that morning…

While I did not seek this position, I am honored to serve our class. I am humbled to follow other classmates and to try to fill the shoes of Dave Graham who has done so much to increase participation and inclusiveness for all ’78s. (What was I thinking? Trying to follow Dave?)

We all have a Dartmouth story, and this is mine. Living in suburban Boston, one weekend in 1963 my family took a drive through Hanover. Something in a seven-year-old mind clicked, “This is what a college should look like.” In junior high, I started telling people, “I’m going to Dartmouth.” There was one small problem: Dartmouth was at the time, an all-male school. So, people thought I was just a boy-crazy teenager. Fast forward… my mother came to wake me up one morning of my sophomore year of high school and said, “Oh, I thought you might like to see this.” She handed me a one-inch column from the newspaper which read, “Last night, the Trustees of Dartmouth College voted that the College will go coed in the fall of 1972.” From there on, it was “tunnel vision.” To this day, my 91-year-old mother jokes, “Thank goodness they let her in, or we would have had Humpty Dumpty on our hands.”

I still recall several of the essays on the application. One was something like, “What do you hope you’ll be doing ten years from now?” Part of my reply was that, “I hoped to be active in Dartmouth Alumni activities.” And here we are.

While I’ve participated in various Dartmouth Alumni volunteer activities, recently I have done more specifically with our class, and have thoroughly enjoyed it. As Dave Graham has often shared, even those of us who THOUGHT we knew many of our classmates during our undergraduate years, probably only knew a fraction. Becoming involved with Class of ’78 activities, I have been re-connected with classmates I knew during our college years and have met at least as many (including my predecessor, and our newsletter editor) whom I did not know from 1974-1978. The new friendships have been as enjoyable as the lasting ones made back in Topliff. It reminds me of the old Girl Scout song, “Make new friends, but keep the old; One is silver and the other’s gold.”

I am so appreciative that many members of the Class Executive Committee are continuing in their roles, and am delighted that Jim Bassett has agreed to serve as Vice President, David Hathaway has stepped up to be our new Class Webmaster, Harriet Travilla Reynolds and Ann Hoover Maddox are our Mini Reunion chairs, and Mary Kendall Brown will serve as Alumni Council Representative. As time and need may dictate, we look forward to others joining us, as well.

There are five themes you will be hearing from me – Congregation, Celebration, Collaboration, Contribution, and Communication. I hope we will congregate formally and informally, in small and large groups; celebrating milestones from retirement, to grandchildren, to awards and accolades, having a book published and so on. It is also my hope that we will collaborate to help each other with things ranging from finances, health and wellness, elder care, to travel, golf, etc., and that we may we contribute in many ways beyond the financial, whether by participating in a class project or other initiative where our experience could be of use. The importance of communication almost goes without saying and yet, it cannot be emphasized enough in its importance to accomplishing the other “Cs.” It is my hope that our class “tag line” of being “The Accomplished and Generous Class of ’78” can extend well beyond fundraising and into helping each other with the topics we are facing in our sixties and beyond.

I am excited that our class name will soon be on yet another structure – The Class of 1978 Bunkhouse, and we’ll have multiple opportunities to collaborate on that in the coming year. You’ll be hearing much more about that here and over the next few months.

Thank you again for this opportunity. I know I have a learning curve ahead of me, and will rely upon Dave and others until I am fully up to speed. Please know that I share our love of Dartmouth and this class – each and every member. I look forward to reminiscing about past times on the Hanover Plain, and creating new memories of classmates together in our “Second Act.”

Carpe D78! Barbie 18 2017 reunion recap: Roster of Class officers

Barbie Snyder Martinez President*

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Jim Bassett Vice President* [email protected]

Bob Gray Treasurer [email protected]

Rick Beyer Secretary / Necrologist [email protected]

Helen Lukash Newsletter Editor [email protected]

David Hathaway Webmaster* [email protected]

Brooks Clark Communications [email protected]

Ann Hoover Maddox Mini-Reunions* [email protected] Sunday’s Class Meeting with Dave Graham, and Barbie Snyder Martinez, our new class president, et al 6.18.17 Harriet Travilla Reynolds Mini-Reunions* [email protected]

David Dietze Head Agent [email protected] Charlie Allison Head Agent [email protected] Jim Bassett, our new Ann Hoover Maddox, Karen Fagerstrom Head Agent vice president co-chair for mini reunions [email protected]

Tim Harrison Head Agent [email protected]

Paul Ehrsam Major Gifts [email protected]

The Rev. W. Scott Axford Chaplain Harriet Travilla Reynolds, Dave Hathaway, our new co-chair for mini-reunions webmaster. Check out his [email protected] intro in Rick Beyer’s recent DAM Class Notes! Steve Adnopoz At-Large*

[email protected] Todd Anderson At-Large* [email protected]

Dave Graham At-Large* [email protected]

Mary Kendall Brown Alumni Councilor* Mary Kendall Brown, [email protected] our alumni councilor Please visit this link for our class website, and to pay class dues:

“*” denotes newly elected or appointed at or after 2017 reunion http://1978.dartmouth.org 19 Reunion 2017 wrap-up Got the loot without the warrant or a crook! Not quite A-Z, but for swag, reunion had you covered from B-W: Bottle opener, coffee cup, fleece vest, tote bag, water bottle, and more. (Furry pet not included. I got tired of shooing her away. We all remember the Dartmouth dogs; it seems she’s a loyal Dartmouth cat.) In any case, come to reunions, connect with great people, collect cool stuff!

Everybody who joined in was happy for each and every one who could make it. And if you couldn’t, we wished you were here. Perhaps next time; there will certainly be minis and virtual reunions in the interim. Until we meet again: Carpe D78!