Class Note 1943
Issue
Jan - Feb 2016
Eric Fanning ’90, nominated by President Obama to be secretary of the Army, will, if confirmed, be the first openly gay secretary of a U.S. military branch. Fanning has been a civilian advisor to Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter.
Heidi Williams ’03 has just received a MacArthur Fellowship. One of 24 recipients of this year’s “genius grants,” Heidi was given the grant for her work in “clarifying the intersection of intellectual property and innovation in healthcare.” Heidi was a math major in college and is a well-respected Vermont poet. During five years she will receive $625,000, no strings attached.
Women’s Information Services (WISE), a provider of counseling to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence, is opening a Dartmouth office. The full-time staff will offer long-term as well as crisis support to needy students. President Hanlon intends to establish a close relationship with the new WISE@Dartmouth.
WISE should prove useful, since new statistics about crime on campus indicate an uptick in sexual assault, a change partially attributed to an increased willingness among students to talk about rape. Hanover Police Chief Charlie Dennis, who is working closely with the College, says his department is developing new protocols to deal with college rape, including encouraging online reporting and more extensive training for police officers.
Baker Library’s roof and bell tower will undergo a $4 million renovation starting in July. The Tower Room will be closed during its extensive renovations, but the rest of the library will operate as usual. The new proposed LED illumination will highlight architectural details “in a really elegant way.”
On October 8 Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens ’79 appeared on Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show on CBS to talk about the Dartmouth College football dummy, nicknamed “MVP” for mobile virtual player. With him were the creators, John Currier ’79, a Thayer research engineer; Elliot Kastner ’13, a former Green defensive lineman; and Quinn Connell ’13, Th’14. The dummy has preprogrammed routes and drills—tackling, blocking, running and passing. It is receiving national attention because of its possible applications in reducing live-contact drills and concussions.
It’s our sad duty to report the deaths of Berger H. Carlson and Rentoul C. Grevatt. Condolences to their families.
—John M. Jenkins, 80 Lyme Road, Apt. 304, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-2757; mmjenkins@kahres.org
Heidi Williams ’03 has just received a MacArthur Fellowship. One of 24 recipients of this year’s “genius grants,” Heidi was given the grant for her work in “clarifying the intersection of intellectual property and innovation in healthcare.” Heidi was a math major in college and is a well-respected Vermont poet. During five years she will receive $625,000, no strings attached.
Women’s Information Services (WISE), a provider of counseling to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence, is opening a Dartmouth office. The full-time staff will offer long-term as well as crisis support to needy students. President Hanlon intends to establish a close relationship with the new WISE@Dartmouth.
WISE should prove useful, since new statistics about crime on campus indicate an uptick in sexual assault, a change partially attributed to an increased willingness among students to talk about rape. Hanover Police Chief Charlie Dennis, who is working closely with the College, says his department is developing new protocols to deal with college rape, including encouraging online reporting and more extensive training for police officers.
Baker Library’s roof and bell tower will undergo a $4 million renovation starting in July. The Tower Room will be closed during its extensive renovations, but the rest of the library will operate as usual. The new proposed LED illumination will highlight architectural details “in a really elegant way.”
On October 8 Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens ’79 appeared on Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show on CBS to talk about the Dartmouth College football dummy, nicknamed “MVP” for mobile virtual player. With him were the creators, John Currier ’79, a Thayer research engineer; Elliot Kastner ’13, a former Green defensive lineman; and Quinn Connell ’13, Th’14. The dummy has preprogrammed routes and drills—tackling, blocking, running and passing. It is receiving national attention because of its possible applications in reducing live-contact drills and concussions.
It’s our sad duty to report the deaths of Berger H. Carlson and Rentoul C. Grevatt. Condolences to their families.
—John M. Jenkins, 80 Lyme Road, Apt. 304, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-2757; mmjenkins@kahres.org