Class Note 1972
Hail, noble ’72s, far and wide!
Greetings from the Hanover Plain, where I write amid the swirling winds and rain of now Tropical Storm Irene. Fortunately, our beloved campus appears to have been spared any significant damage. Suffice it that a lot of people slept very fitfully last night. But that’s all behind us now, so on to class news!
I hadn’t heard from our classmate Charlie Schudson in a while, so it was good to receive what follows: “From the sublime to the ridiculous, recent travels and teaching have taken me from Machu Picchu to Las Vegas. I day-hiked Cusco and the Sacred Valley for a week, then trekked the Salkantay Trail for five days—to 15,300 feet—finishing with a spectacular day at Machu Picchu, then explored the Lake Titicaca islands for a few more days and finished in Lima, where I taught (in Spanish) at a constitutional law conference (thank you, professor Robert Russell and Dartmouth foreign study). Then on to Las Vegas for the annual conference of the National Association of State Judicial Educators, where I taught (in English…well, I tried) ‘Brain Science and Bias: Bringing Emotional Intelligence to the Courtroom.’ Then back to Sedona, Arizona, where Karen and I continue to thrive—we’ve hiked extensively throughout the summer, exploring higher elevations in the San Francisco peaks near Flagstaff. Next up: We’re on our way to Hawaii for the first time, to celebrate our 40th anniversary, after which the sublime-ridiculous journey continues with teaching engagements in Germany and New Jersey. And in a nice ‘small world’ story, Dan Cooperman’s brother Oliver ’66 and his wife, Corrie, Sedona neighbors, have become close friends.” Living life large, Charlie!
And living life in the fast lane, Charlie Nearburg writes “Good morning! Early this morning (August 18) the Spirit of Rett established another new record for the A Fuel Streamliner (A/FS) class at Bonneville. On a track that was still damp and slippery, but with a lot more nitrous oxide, we were able to exit the 5-mile point at 394.5 mph and have a 5-mile average speed of 381.8 for a new record average of 379.6 mph. This completes a very successful racing weekend for the Spirit of Rett, having raced and set the A Gas Streamliner record and the A/FS record two times.” Must be awfully boring now to drive a normal car on city streets, eh, Charlie?
Chip Carstensen tells me Ted Lippman had successful triple bypass surgery in mid-August. He came through it beautifully and is now at home outside Atlantic City, New Jersey, resting comfortably. Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Ted!
Lee Goodwin says his oldest daughter is moving to N.Y.C. in the fall to do a postdoc and his youngest is staying to go to law school, so he’ll probably be up to N.Y.C. a lot more often next year and hopes to spend some quality time with our Big Apple contingent.
Until next time, best wishes always in green.
—Lauren “Duff” Cummings, P.O. Box 580, Hanover, NH 03755-0580; lauren.cummings@dartmouth. edu
