Class Note 1972
Issue
Jul - Aug 2018
I write this column in late April for publication in the July/August issue of the alumni magazine. After what seemed like a prolonged winter in the Northeast marked by three Nor’easters in March that dumped uncounted inches of snow on New Hampshire, we are finally seeing the first hints of a real spring season. The crocuses and peonies are starting to poke up through the earth and temperatures are flirting with 70 degrees. Surely, we will have a beautiful summer to make up for the nastiness of last winter!
I have news from Bill Schur and Greg Yadley, who report that they joined about 40 other members of the Dartmouth Lawyers Association from February 22 to 25 at the Resort at Squaw Creek, Lake Tahoe, California, for its annual continuing legal education (CLE) and ski event. This year’s topic was “Life Cycle of a Company from Formation to M&A; or Bankruptcy.” Greg was one of the CLE presenters, helping the attendees understand how to raise capital in a public offering or a private offering without getting into trouble. The title of Greg’s presentation was very Dartmouth: “Six Capital-Raising Roads Diverged in a Wood, and I Took…Which One?”There may also have been some skiing involved (in between meetings, of course). Well done, gentlemen.
One of my favorite things to report on is mini-reunions. The friendships we formed those many years ago continue to this day and lead to small groups of ’72s getting together just to enjoy the pleasure of each other’s company and to reminisce about our days in Hanover. Gary Dicovitsky reports that just such an event took place recently in beautiful San Diego. Gary and his wife, Laura, got together with Joe Leslie, Bob King and his wife, Liz Donovan, and Wayne Young. As Gary put it, “This fun weekend resulted, after a few false starts, in gathering a number of ’72s who populated the third floor of New Hamp during our junior year at Dartmouth.” They visited Cabrillo Point, a beautiful and scenic San Diego spot where Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo may have led the first non-indigenous visit to the West Coast. Being explorers in spirit themselves, members of the group also found their way to one of the first of San Diego’s craft breweries. As Gary summed it up, “Just good fun among good friends.”
I know that there are a few other groups getting together later in the year, and I hope that if you are part of such an event, you’ll share a few lines with me so that I can pass the news along to the class. Just drop me an email at the address below, or send me a note via snail mail. This is a time of life where enjoying each other’s company becomes a precious gift. So, share it with your classmates and bring a smile to their faces.
In the meantime, be well.
—David Hetzel, 5 Chestnut St., Windham, NH 03087; dghetzel@gmail.com
I have news from Bill Schur and Greg Yadley, who report that they joined about 40 other members of the Dartmouth Lawyers Association from February 22 to 25 at the Resort at Squaw Creek, Lake Tahoe, California, for its annual continuing legal education (CLE) and ski event. This year’s topic was “Life Cycle of a Company from Formation to M&A; or Bankruptcy.” Greg was one of the CLE presenters, helping the attendees understand how to raise capital in a public offering or a private offering without getting into trouble. The title of Greg’s presentation was very Dartmouth: “Six Capital-Raising Roads Diverged in a Wood, and I Took…Which One?”There may also have been some skiing involved (in between meetings, of course). Well done, gentlemen.
One of my favorite things to report on is mini-reunions. The friendships we formed those many years ago continue to this day and lead to small groups of ’72s getting together just to enjoy the pleasure of each other’s company and to reminisce about our days in Hanover. Gary Dicovitsky reports that just such an event took place recently in beautiful San Diego. Gary and his wife, Laura, got together with Joe Leslie, Bob King and his wife, Liz Donovan, and Wayne Young. As Gary put it, “This fun weekend resulted, after a few false starts, in gathering a number of ’72s who populated the third floor of New Hamp during our junior year at Dartmouth.” They visited Cabrillo Point, a beautiful and scenic San Diego spot where Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo may have led the first non-indigenous visit to the West Coast. Being explorers in spirit themselves, members of the group also found their way to one of the first of San Diego’s craft breweries. As Gary summed it up, “Just good fun among good friends.”
I know that there are a few other groups getting together later in the year, and I hope that if you are part of such an event, you’ll share a few lines with me so that I can pass the news along to the class. Just drop me an email at the address below, or send me a note via snail mail. This is a time of life where enjoying each other’s company becomes a precious gift. So, share it with your classmates and bring a smile to their faces.
In the meantime, be well.
—David Hetzel, 5 Chestnut St., Windham, NH 03087; dghetzel@gmail.com