Class Note 1966
Issue
Jim Weiskopf was in Hanover in November addressing the Dartmouth Undergraduate Veterans Association and veterans at Tuck School about the military’s Fisher House program, which the Dartmouth vets are raising money to support. Fisher House raises money privately to build multi-family homes on the grounds of major military and Veterans Affairs medical centers, permitting families to be reunited upon the hospitalization of loved ones. It has provided accommodations to more than 9,000 families of combat casualties, without charge. Because the demand is (tragically) great, 16 new houses are in construction and planning. Few are better qualified to talk about the military, veterans concerns or Fisher House than Jim, who in December concluded 43 years of distinguished service to and for the U.S. military.
A ROTC participant at Dartmouth, Jim spent 26 years in the Army, receiving a Bronze Star and Purple Heart among other honors for his service in Vietnam. He held numerous key public affairs postings with increasing responsibility through the years, earning the Legion of Merit, six Meritorious Service Medals and other recognition for exceptional service along the way before retiring as a colonel in 1992.
After a stint as director of public relations for the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, Jim joined the Fisher House Foundation and has been executive vice president for communications since 1997. Jim will remain active with Fisher House as a consultant on projects he developed and can also work with other organizations. He and wife Kamay are looking to sell their northern Virginia home and move to a smaller place, now that daughters Jennifer McCabe, Jill Riley and Army Capt. Alexandra Weiskopf are out on their own.
Ken Zuhr spent 20 years before his recent retirement as a technical instructor, including nine with Cisco Systems teaching customers how to use Internetworking, call center and voice-over IP products. He also logged 25 years in the Naval Reserve.
Ken and wife Ann live in Gilroy, California, the “garlic capital of the world.” They keep busy as docents at a local theme park, with church activities and visiting children. In fact, the Zuhrs are planning to move to North Carolina next fall to be near their granddaughter. And why not?!
Neal Zimmerman, who spent a good part of his career with software power SAP, is “semi-retired” but still developing software as an Atlanta-based entrepreneur. Best part of Atlanta—good weather and “cheap golf,” so Neal can maintain his 6 handicap. Wife Sherrie is a nurse, kids Aaron and Rachel are “gainfully employed and doing nicely” (what every dad hopes for) and Neal’s first grandchild, Serena, is about a year old and “a joy to behold.”
Class treasurer Tim Urban, who also claims to be semi-retired, and Toni are active in Des Moines, Iowa, area nonprofits, including the local art center and Planned Parenthood. Tim serves on a state board, the Iowa Capital Investment Corp., is busy with two small companies and still manages three shopping center properties. (I need to check the definition of “semi”!)
Tim urges all classmates to step up this year and help us get to 50 percent participation in the annual campaign and to pay class dues, too. Dartmouth is doing all it can in the current downturn, but a little from all of us will make a big difference.
Jim Lustenader reports that the class has responded magnificently to the Class of 1966 Lodge Fund, surpassing the $160,000 goal. The total is now just shy of $198,000 from a whopping 250 classmates, and Jim and class president Chuck Sherman are hoping to get past $200,000. Read all about it online on the class Web site, www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/66, where you can also check the “Where Oh Where” section to help us reconnect with lost classmates.
—Larry Geiger, 93 Greenridge Ave., White Plains, NY 10605; lgeiger@aol.com
Mar - Apr 2010
Jim Weiskopf was in Hanover in November addressing the Dartmouth Undergraduate Veterans Association and veterans at Tuck School about the military’s Fisher House program, which the Dartmouth vets are raising money to support. Fisher House raises money privately to build multi-family homes on the grounds of major military and Veterans Affairs medical centers, permitting families to be reunited upon the hospitalization of loved ones. It has provided accommodations to more than 9,000 families of combat casualties, without charge. Because the demand is (tragically) great, 16 new houses are in construction and planning. Few are better qualified to talk about the military, veterans concerns or Fisher House than Jim, who in December concluded 43 years of distinguished service to and for the U.S. military.
A ROTC participant at Dartmouth, Jim spent 26 years in the Army, receiving a Bronze Star and Purple Heart among other honors for his service in Vietnam. He held numerous key public affairs postings with increasing responsibility through the years, earning the Legion of Merit, six Meritorious Service Medals and other recognition for exceptional service along the way before retiring as a colonel in 1992.
After a stint as director of public relations for the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, Jim joined the Fisher House Foundation and has been executive vice president for communications since 1997. Jim will remain active with Fisher House as a consultant on projects he developed and can also work with other organizations. He and wife Kamay are looking to sell their northern Virginia home and move to a smaller place, now that daughters Jennifer McCabe, Jill Riley and Army Capt. Alexandra Weiskopf are out on their own.
Ken Zuhr spent 20 years before his recent retirement as a technical instructor, including nine with Cisco Systems teaching customers how to use Internetworking, call center and voice-over IP products. He also logged 25 years in the Naval Reserve.
Ken and wife Ann live in Gilroy, California, the “garlic capital of the world.” They keep busy as docents at a local theme park, with church activities and visiting children. In fact, the Zuhrs are planning to move to North Carolina next fall to be near their granddaughter. And why not?!
Neal Zimmerman, who spent a good part of his career with software power SAP, is “semi-retired” but still developing software as an Atlanta-based entrepreneur. Best part of Atlanta—good weather and “cheap golf,” so Neal can maintain his 6 handicap. Wife Sherrie is a nurse, kids Aaron and Rachel are “gainfully employed and doing nicely” (what every dad hopes for) and Neal’s first grandchild, Serena, is about a year old and “a joy to behold.”
Class treasurer Tim Urban, who also claims to be semi-retired, and Toni are active in Des Moines, Iowa, area nonprofits, including the local art center and Planned Parenthood. Tim serves on a state board, the Iowa Capital Investment Corp., is busy with two small companies and still manages three shopping center properties. (I need to check the definition of “semi”!)
Tim urges all classmates to step up this year and help us get to 50 percent participation in the annual campaign and to pay class dues, too. Dartmouth is doing all it can in the current downturn, but a little from all of us will make a big difference.
Jim Lustenader reports that the class has responded magnificently to the Class of 1966 Lodge Fund, surpassing the $160,000 goal. The total is now just shy of $198,000 from a whopping 250 classmates, and Jim and class president Chuck Sherman are hoping to get past $200,000. Read all about it online on the class Web site, www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/66, where you can also check the “Where Oh Where” section to help us reconnect with lost classmates.
—Larry Geiger, 93 Greenridge Ave., White Plains, NY 10605; lgeiger@aol.com