Class Note 1968
Issue
First piece of class news, and timely, is that Joe Nathan Wright has become our new head agent, succeeding Dennis Donahue, who resigned after an energetic effort over the recent past. By the time you read this column we’ll be in the middle of the push for this year’s donations to the College Fund, so let’s all help make this a successful kickoff for Joe. And much needed by the College, as we all know. And Gerry Bell reminds us all to vote in this year’s trustee election—high participation being equally important. Continuing news from our listserv—you all should join! Travel is a fairly consistent theme for many of us. Kevin O’Donnell spent 10 days in Haiti doing surgery on the quake victims, a sobering and life-changing experience. John Pilling traveled to Mexico with 12 students from Boston Architectural College to study the architecture of Luis Barragan, and also is a student of Cuba, both participating in design efforts on Havana Harbor and lecturing on Cuban architecture. (He’ll be in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on June 10 for a lecture. Stop in for a mojito.) Ted Levin was in Mexico as well, just north of Playa Del Carmen, at the wedding of his older daughter Adrah under a hoopa, with his toes in the sand. Tequila sunset! Marsha and Bill Adler ferried over from Cozumel to join the celebration. Next stop for Ted: Alta, Utah, for a little skiing. Why not Colorado, Ted? John Melski was in Hangzhou, China, for a health informatics and technology conference, finding time away from the Marshfield (Wisconsin) Clinic, where he is chief of dermatology and medical director for clinical informatics. Jim Noyes visited a Habitat for Humanity work project near Hanoi, Vietnam, and had a chance to visit the War of Aggression Museum in Ho Chi Minh City (aka Saigon). As he noted, he wasn’t humming “Proud to Be an American” when he left. And he closed his note with “pura vida” from Costa Rica. Is that a drink or a philosophy of life? Howard (David) Soren probably has lived half his adult life in the Mediterranean area, Italy and Tunisia, and the other half at the University of Arizona, where he was recently named Regents Professor of Anthropology and Classics. He and Noelle recently celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary. And the SWB lives, thrives even. Steve Calvert and Pete Wonson wrote that what started at our 40th reunion continues to grow. They will be reconvening their bands the Night Watchmen and Tracks in Hanover to play for the class of 1970’s 40th reunion. Nine musicians for a three-hour gig on June 16, then a public gig somewhere nearby on the 17th. This is beginning to sound like a mini-reunion of its own! Peter also has a book “in the oven” about rock bands in New Hampshire and Vermont in the mid-1960s to mid-1970s. Have a great spring, all, and let’s make the Dartmouth College Fund rock this year!
—David Peck, 157 Sandwich Road, Plymouth, MA 02360-2503; (508) 746-5894; david.peck@childrens.harvard.edu
May - June 2010
First piece of class news, and timely, is that Joe Nathan Wright has become our new head agent, succeeding Dennis Donahue, who resigned after an energetic effort over the recent past. By the time you read this column we’ll be in the middle of the push for this year’s donations to the College Fund, so let’s all help make this a successful kickoff for Joe. And much needed by the College, as we all know. And Gerry Bell reminds us all to vote in this year’s trustee election—high participation being equally important. Continuing news from our listserv—you all should join! Travel is a fairly consistent theme for many of us. Kevin O’Donnell spent 10 days in Haiti doing surgery on the quake victims, a sobering and life-changing experience. John Pilling traveled to Mexico with 12 students from Boston Architectural College to study the architecture of Luis Barragan, and also is a student of Cuba, both participating in design efforts on Havana Harbor and lecturing on Cuban architecture. (He’ll be in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on June 10 for a lecture. Stop in for a mojito.) Ted Levin was in Mexico as well, just north of Playa Del Carmen, at the wedding of his older daughter Adrah under a hoopa, with his toes in the sand. Tequila sunset! Marsha and Bill Adler ferried over from Cozumel to join the celebration. Next stop for Ted: Alta, Utah, for a little skiing. Why not Colorado, Ted? John Melski was in Hangzhou, China, for a health informatics and technology conference, finding time away from the Marshfield (Wisconsin) Clinic, where he is chief of dermatology and medical director for clinical informatics. Jim Noyes visited a Habitat for Humanity work project near Hanoi, Vietnam, and had a chance to visit the War of Aggression Museum in Ho Chi Minh City (aka Saigon). As he noted, he wasn’t humming “Proud to Be an American” when he left. And he closed his note with “pura vida” from Costa Rica. Is that a drink or a philosophy of life? Howard (David) Soren probably has lived half his adult life in the Mediterranean area, Italy and Tunisia, and the other half at the University of Arizona, where he was recently named Regents Professor of Anthropology and Classics. He and Noelle recently celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary. And the SWB lives, thrives even. Steve Calvert and Pete Wonson wrote that what started at our 40th reunion continues to grow. They will be reconvening their bands the Night Watchmen and Tracks in Hanover to play for the class of 1970’s 40th reunion. Nine musicians for a three-hour gig on June 16, then a public gig somewhere nearby on the 17th. This is beginning to sound like a mini-reunion of its own! Peter also has a book “in the oven” about rock bands in New Hampshire and Vermont in the mid-1960s to mid-1970s. Have a great spring, all, and let’s make the Dartmouth College Fund rock this year!
—David Peck, 157 Sandwich Road, Plymouth, MA 02360-2503; (508) 746-5894; david.peck@childrens.harvard.edu