Dartmouth Class of 1980 - September ’14 Newsletter Page 1 Dartmouth Class of 1980 - September 2014 Newsletter Are You Ready For Some Football? Welcome Fall! Dartmouth Class of 1980 - September ‘14 Newsletter Page 2 Homecoming Weekend - October 17 - 19, 2014 Homecoming comes early this year, right at the peak of the fall foliage season in Hanover. Will you be coming to Hanover for Homecoming? If so, please be sure to reach out to your fellow ‘80’s. For your convenience, here’s a quick overview of the weekend’s planned events: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11th NAVIGATING COLLEGE ADMISSIONS – 1:00– 4:15 pm Cook Auditorium, Murdough Center, Tuck School of Business - A workshop for alumni and their children. Registration Required: (603) 646-9159. BAKER BELL TOWER TOURS - 2:00–4:30 pm Self-guided - directions and information available at front desk, main hall of Baker-Berry Library. Tours may be canceled due to weather. BACK TO CLASS: FALL LECTURE SERIES - FROM “DEATH PANELS” TO VACCINE MYTHS: THE CHALLENGE OF HEALTH MISINFORMATION – 4:00-5:00 pm Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall - presented by DARTMOUTH NIGHT CEREMONIES – 8:00 pm Brendan Nyhan, Asst. Professor of Government. Steps of Dartmouth Hall ALUMNI AND STUDENT PRE-PARADE BONFIRE ON THE GREEN – 8:30 pm GATHERING – 5:00 pm Tent, Alumni Gym Lawn - Get warm and enjoy GATHERING FOR ALUMNI, FAMILIES, AND some food and live entertainment. FRIENDS Post Glow Tent, Blunt Alumni Center and the ALUMNI AND UPPER CLASS STUDENTS Zimmerman Lounge - enjoy refreshments with GATHER FOR PARADE – 7:00 pm alumni from around the globe. Corner of Crosby and Lebanon streets - hope to see lots of ‘80’s marching - look for the ‘80 banner! SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12th WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL VS. PRINCETON – STEAM TUNNEL AND POWER PLANT TOUR – 7:00 pm 9:30 am Leede Arena Meet at the heating plant entrance facing New Hampshire Hall - limited to 30 people. This tour DARTMOUTH NIGHT PARADE – 7:30-8:00 pm takes participants into the power plant and the Along Lebanon and Main Streets, and around the steam tunnel. Dartmouth Green Dartmouth Class of 1980 - September ’14 Newsletter Page 3 EQUESTRIAN TEAM SHOW – 10:00 am WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL VS. PENN – 5:00 pm Dartmouth Riding Center at Morton Farm, 10 Leede Arena Laramie Road, Etna NH MENS SOCCER VS. PENN - 7:00 pm BAKER BELL TOWER TOURS - 10:00 am – Burnham Field 12:30 pm Self-guided - directions and information available DARTMOUTH COLLEGE GOSPEL CHOIR - at front desk, main hall of Baker-Berry Library. Dartmouth Sings! at 7:30 pm Tours may be canceled due to weather. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center BARTLETT TOWER OPEN HOURS - 10:00 am – 12:30 pm Notes On Classmates Climb the 86 steps to the top of the 71-foot-tall stone structure built between 1885 and 1895. This news came over about 5 minutes after the last newsletter was sent out over the email BACK TO CLASS: FALL LECTURE SERIES - waves. In June, Roger WHAT FROZEN THINGS DO IN SUMMER: Glovsky opened his own IMPLICATIONS FOR GREENLAND, ANTARCTICA law firm - Glovsky Law LLC AND FUTURE SEA LEVEL – 10:00-11:00 am - and started his new web Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall - presented by Erich venture, Legal Innovations Osterberg, Asst. Professor of Earth Sciences. LLC, a website that focuses on helping businesses get NEW! FAMILY FRIENDLY SCAVENGER HUNT the documentation they – 11:00 am - 1:00pm need quickly and Roger Glovsky Small tent in front of Alumni Gym - Families with inexpensively. children are welcome to join a self-paced scavenger hunt across the Dartmouth campus. In addition, Roger writes “I moved to Colorado Adult supervision required. with my family 5 years ago. We live in Boulder, a special place that is socially conscious and HISTORY AND TRADITIONS TOUR – 11:30 am Meet in front of Blunt Alumni Center - take a inspiring. My son is attending an innovative walking tour of campus that explores the history of school (Watershed) that teaches real world the College. Discover how the traditions you problem-solving. I love hiking and skiing in the remember are now shaping the current Dartmouth Rocky Mountains. It's a year round play ground!” experience. Also in July, Scott Osman PRE-GAME TAILGATE - Classes of 1979, 1980 joined Good Omen as a and 1981 – 11:00-ish am – 1:30 pm director and strategist. Sphinx AD lawn across from Memorial Gym - look Good Omen is a “next-gen for the 1980 banner brand consultancy” Scott’s team provides their clients FIELD HOCKEY VS. YALE - noon “a unique, purpose-led Chase AstroTurf Field approach through leadership, strategy, design FOOTBALL VS. HOLY CROSS - 1:30 pm and program management Memorial Field - hope to see everyone in the Class to expand the capabilities of of 1980 section of the stands! agencies and internal corporate teams.” Scott Osman WOMENS SOCCER VS. PENN - 4:30 pm Burnham Field Dartmouth Class of 1980 - September ‘14 Newsletter Page 4 JC Stahl noticed in the last newsletter mention who is a permanent resident also. Curt and I of sons and daughters of classmates who have been exchanging e-mails the last couple of graduated this past June. Well, he sent along years, hoping to get together. This year we this 3-generation picture of his father, himself finally made it happen. Curt wants to engage and his up-and-coming undergrad. JC more with our class, so he is joining the Reunion commented “Attached is a photo taken on Planning Committee.“ Father's Day this year of my father, class of '52; me, class of '80, and my son (not grandson - And co-president Cameron Crone Bilger wrote son), potential class of I-don't-even-want-to-do- a great article recently on the power of social the-numbers.” To catch up more with JC, go to networking, and specifically LinkedIn. Check out his blogspot at http://jc- the article published at Examiner.com, at http:// spacepoet.blogspot.com/. www.examiner.com/article/secrets-to-success- silicon-valley-social-networking-with-linkedin? cid=rss. In a recent listing of top industrial and contractor supply distributors, published in the Modern Distribution Management, newsletter, F. W. Webb & Co. ranked #19 on the list, among some heady company. Congratulations to our own Jeff Pope and all at F. W. Webb! Jeff Pope Jay L. Stahl III ‘52, JC Stahl ‘80, Becket Stephens Stahl ‘?? Back in March, Gretchen Kruysman was named the director of marketing for Johnny’s Selected Seeds, in Fairfield, Co-president Brian Boyer writes “I had an Maine. Gretchen writes “I'm impromptu get-together in Jamestown, RI with loving life here in Maine… our classmate, Curt Richardson. Curt is retired lots of sailing and skiing. now (since age 49!), so for the last seven years, My son and daughter are after he sold his wine retail business in Newport, now both graduated from which he had been operating for 15 years. Curt college. Hooray! Just got is a permanent resident of engaged to a wonderful Jamestown, a small island father of 3 from Yarmouth, Gretchen Kruysman sandwiched between Maine. Newport and the western mainland of RI. People A bunch of us former field hockey, lacrosse and drive right over it on their squash jocks got together on the Cape in June. way up to the Cape without I had a great time and lots of laughs seeing even noticing, for which the Carol "Krunch" Krensky Houston '80, Ellen Jamestown residents are Curt Richardson "Rems" Remsen Webb '80, Annabelle Canning thankful. '81, Jenny "Toolin" McAuliffe '81, Danielle Dyer '81 and Colleen Bartlett 79.” Congratulations on I was out there on vacation visiting my father your engagement, Gretchen! Dartmouth Class of 1980 - September ’14 Newsletter Page 5 In July, Richard Voos was named the Assistant Jon Snider sent this note Provost for Planning, Assessment and along from his Colorado Accreditation at Simmons College in Boston, Springs, CO home - ”My wife MA. Richard has been at Cheryl and I were in Hanover Simmons since 2011, this June for the graduation of having moved over after 10 our daughter, Vivian years in similar roles at ‘14. Recently we’ve been back Babson College. Also in for the graduation ceremonies July, Richard was named of Kevin ‘10 and Erik ‘11, and Jon Snider the Board Chair at the will shortly begin the Christa McAuliffe Regional impossible task of finding hotel rooms in early Charter Public Middle Richard Voos June for Michael ‘16, who is currently enjoying School in Framingham, MA. his sophomore summer. We’ve been so fortunate keeping the Dartmouth connection In April, Dave Lightle was alive with our children, and it’s been a lot of fun selected as the C.E.O. of getting back to Hanover so often after an even Wright Brothers USA/Wright longer time away.” Four kids graduating from Brothers Worldwide, looking Dartmouth??? WOW!!! after the licensing of the Wright Brothers name. I’m sure you all noticed in the Dave offers “It is a rare July 2014 Speaking Of event in one's professional Dartmouth email the faculty life when the family of two profile on our own Susan of the most famous guys Dave Lightle Ackerman. Susan does a who ever lived entrusts you with their family Q&A on the Phenomenon of name. Yet, that is the challenge that the Wright Religion - you can check out Family has bestowed upon my partners and me. the profile at http:// While the licensing side of our business is up now.dartmouth.edu/2014/07/ Susan Ackerman and running, we have embarked on a new susan-ackerman-80-on-the- mission to create our own line of The Wright phenomenon-of-religion/.