Class Note 1966
The class of 1966 has achieved much and received its fair share of accolades and recognition. And now, just 48 years after graduation, we have a Rhodes scholar in the family!
For the last couple of decades or so the class has been sponsoring two class of ’66 Dickey scholars each year. One of them, Joseph Singh ’14, was recently named Dartmouth’s 74th Rhodes scholar. “The class of 1966 is proud to play a part in the off campus development of outstanding students,” said class president Al Keiller. “We are particularly delighted to have sponsored Joseph, and congratulate him on his outstanding achievement—being selected a Rhodes scholar.”
Joseph, among many College activities, is a member of the Dartmouth Aires, a James O. Freedman Presidential Scholar, has written for CNN, Time and Foreign Policy, and has interned for the Center for a New American Security. He hopes to pursue a career with Canada’s foreign service.
Rob Knight is one of our many classmates who seem to be busier in retirement than ever before. Rob left Yankee Barn Homes after 25 years as president and part owner (friend and classmate Tony Hanslin was CEO) and plunged into environment affairs as a passionate volunteer in central New Hampshire.
Besides being on the Hopkinton, New Hampshire, Conservation Commission, Rob is treasurer of the local land trust and busy planning and negotiating agreements to protect local farms and develop local trail networks linking conservation properties. So far he’s responsible for a 7.5-mile trail around the west side of Concord and a 4.5-mile route around Hopkinton village. “Besides being outside enjoying the New Hampshire woods and fields,” Rob says, “I realize I really enjoy putting a deal together, whether it is to protect farmland or create a trail. It’s been wonderful to be able to still do all that in retirement.”
In his spare time Rob still races (including the Boston Marathon last year), runs cross country, skis and goes on bike tours. “I am,” he admits, “very grateful for a body that seems to be holding up, so far.”
Rob may trace his hardy constitution back to his days rowing in the light heavyweight boat before dawn on the Connecticut. If so, he’s sure to recall the Eastern Sprints in our senior year when, as Thornton Jordon recently reminded us, the Big Green exceeded expectations and surprised the field by finishing third. “We were just ticking it,” Thornton recalls. “It felt like we were floating on air.” Joining Thornton and Rob in the shell at that historic meet were ’66’s cox Bob Serenbetz and Frank Opaskar, along with underclassmen Mike Evans, Karl Frieberg, Judd Mead, Don Ries and Tom Uhlan.
Jim Lustenader, an enthusiastic amateur photographer who specializes in storytelling through street scenes, entered four photos in the Worldwide Photography Gala Awards. They received one first place and three seconds, and Jim was named one of three “Photographers of the Year.” You can see his work on permanent display at the municipal art museum in Malaga, Spain.
Who has the youngest child in the class? Bob Page is certainly a contender. His son Nathaniel, 7, is just gearing up for Little League and has already declared he’ll skip college and pitch for his hometown San Francisco Giants. Bob himself is pitching the rule of law and government accountability in transitioning and post-conflict countries through Tetra Tech DPK, with new assignments in Myanmar (Burma), Cote D’Ivoire and Jamaica.
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—Larry Geiger, 93 Greenridge Ave., White Plains, NY 10605; (917) 747-1642; lgeiger@aol.com
