Class Note 1971
Issue
January-February 2024
Forty-three classmates, spouses, and friends registered for our 2023 Homecoming celebration. Despite a daunting rain shower, Jim Rager’s grandson, Charlie Pick, proudly led our class in the traditional Friday night parade. Highlights included a Maple Street catered dinner and musical entertainment in Blunt Alumni Center, thanks to Tommy and Judy Oxman and bootlegger Kathy Rines.
A special pre-bonfire highlight for us were presentations by our class summer 2023 Rockefeller Center intern, senior Janine D’Souza ’24 and another intern, Tonia Zakorchemna ’23. Janine’s alumni interviewer in Greenville, South Carolina, was our own Wayne Hobin. Tonia, a Ukrainian student, interned this past summer in Kiev at the ministry of education. Those in attendance were genuinely impressed as we listened to these two students speak and thank our class for our ongoing support of the internship programming at Rocky. John Hanley and Sam Cuddeback are exploring ’71 support for similar programming at the Dickey Center for International Understanding.
The weekend included our class meeting with Bill Hoover, Bruce Tepper, and others zooming in from around the world, dinner at Kathy’s home in Hanover Center, and a Sunday brunch at Darrell Hotchkiss and John Fox’s home in Hanover. For green frosting on the cake, Dartmouth defeated Columbia, 20-9!
The Class of 1971 John Kemeny Award is given by the class, on rare occasions, to recognize and honor a classmate who through his life’s work and citizenship has made a positive impact on the wide world. It gave the class of 1971 great pride at Homecoming to recognize David Aylward as our 2023 recipient of the John Kemeny Award. Doing the honors were Jim Rager along with former presidents Greg Fell and Peter Pratt.Congratulations, David!
President Sian Beilock’s Washington, D.C., alumni gathering was amazing, with more than 600 Big Greeners in attendance, including Peter Pratt, Rob Sprinkle and wife Anne, and Bob Lafsky, who is still practicing medicine, and Voice of America’s John Lippman.The event was held in southeast D.C., setting an appropriate tone that this president is centered on all classes and not just the Georgetown crowd. Bravo, Sian! She is impressive in every regard. A friend of Peter’s was her photographer for the event and reported that earlier in the day she had a luncheon for some amazing female entrepreneurs investing in chip technologies.
Mini-reunions continue for the class of ’71. Early 2024 opportunitiesand contacts are Vail, Colorado, February 23-25, Wayne Hobin; Naples, Florida, sharing some activities with ’70 and ’72 March 21-24, Jim Rager; spring in Charlottesville, Virginia, May 7-10, Jim and Alice Reno Malone; and discover the Canadian Rockies by rail June 12-18, plus optional pre and post tours, Willis Newton.
A special thanks to Peter Pratt and Sam Cuddebackfor their Homecoming reports.
The “Age to Engage” is here! Go to www.dartmouth71.org and click on “class engagement” to see what’s up.
—Alice Reno Malone, 834 Colridge Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903; tammyarm@aol.com
A special pre-bonfire highlight for us were presentations by our class summer 2023 Rockefeller Center intern, senior Janine D’Souza ’24 and another intern, Tonia Zakorchemna ’23. Janine’s alumni interviewer in Greenville, South Carolina, was our own Wayne Hobin. Tonia, a Ukrainian student, interned this past summer in Kiev at the ministry of education. Those in attendance were genuinely impressed as we listened to these two students speak and thank our class for our ongoing support of the internship programming at Rocky. John Hanley and Sam Cuddeback are exploring ’71 support for similar programming at the Dickey Center for International Understanding.
The weekend included our class meeting with Bill Hoover, Bruce Tepper, and others zooming in from around the world, dinner at Kathy’s home in Hanover Center, and a Sunday brunch at Darrell Hotchkiss and John Fox’s home in Hanover. For green frosting on the cake, Dartmouth defeated Columbia, 20-9!
The Class of 1971 John Kemeny Award is given by the class, on rare occasions, to recognize and honor a classmate who through his life’s work and citizenship has made a positive impact on the wide world. It gave the class of 1971 great pride at Homecoming to recognize David Aylward as our 2023 recipient of the John Kemeny Award. Doing the honors were Jim Rager along with former presidents Greg Fell and Peter Pratt.Congratulations, David!
President Sian Beilock’s Washington, D.C., alumni gathering was amazing, with more than 600 Big Greeners in attendance, including Peter Pratt, Rob Sprinkle and wife Anne, and Bob Lafsky, who is still practicing medicine, and Voice of America’s John Lippman.The event was held in southeast D.C., setting an appropriate tone that this president is centered on all classes and not just the Georgetown crowd. Bravo, Sian! She is impressive in every regard. A friend of Peter’s was her photographer for the event and reported that earlier in the day she had a luncheon for some amazing female entrepreneurs investing in chip technologies.
Mini-reunions continue for the class of ’71. Early 2024 opportunitiesand contacts are Vail, Colorado, February 23-25, Wayne Hobin; Naples, Florida, sharing some activities with ’70 and ’72 March 21-24, Jim Rager; spring in Charlottesville, Virginia, May 7-10, Jim and Alice Reno Malone; and discover the Canadian Rockies by rail June 12-18, plus optional pre and post tours, Willis Newton.
A special thanks to Peter Pratt and Sam Cuddebackfor their Homecoming reports.
The “Age to Engage” is here! Go to www.dartmouth71.org and click on “class engagement” to see what’s up.
—Alice Reno Malone, 834 Colridge Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903; tammyarm@aol.com