Reunion recap continued: At the class meeting officers and committee members until our next reunion were selected. Feel free to contact them with ideas or questions. They include president Rick Routhier; a new regional system for vice presidents, with Jim Sullivan (New England/New York), Bunk Rosenblum (Florida east), Steve Kessner (Florida west, Reed Green (Texas), Paul Sehl (Midwest), Fran Sparagna (California/West Coast south), Sam Livermore (California/West Coast north) and Jake Johnston (Canada/international); alumni councilor Jon Low; treasurer John Neff; secretary Val Armento; newsletter editor Bob Barr; necrologist Bob Conway; webmaster Bill Nisen; mini-reunions organizer Bob Haynes; Annual Fund lead Allen Kraus; gift planning chair Pat Kennedy. Executive committee, called upon as the president sees fit, consists of Thad King, Wayne Davis, Bob Glovsky, Chip Hughes, Digger Donahue, Chet Homer and Mark Harty.


On Saturday “A Celebration of 50 Years of the Rassias Method at Dartmouth” brought together alumni from across classes to toast professor John Rassias and to celebrate the past and future of the Rassias Center. A short video can be found at http://alumni.dartmouth.edu. Dartmouth’s aspiring vocalists performed Saturday night on a darkened Green while onlookers sported green glow-stick necklaces. Fireworks followed.


Sunday morning breakfast highlight occurred when masters swimmer Bob Jones, a member of the 1776 Colonials team in Philadelphia, pulled out of his pocket a fistful of gold medals won at the Senior Games in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He made sure to enjoy a swim in the 1919 pool while on campus and had a chance to catch up with coach Ron Keenhold and teammate Craig Colberg. 


Douglas “Digger” Donahue Jr. has been awarded a 2014-15 Alumni Award. Digger captained the squash team, served as president of Psi Upsilon and was a member of the Dragon senior society. He started Fayerweather Refrigerator Associates and went on to earn an M.B.A. from Harvard. His career has been with Brown Brothers Harriman, where he led the global securities business and was appointed managing partner in 2008. A past trustee of the American Textile History Museum and the Financial Accounting Foundation, Digger is active in numerous Boston area charities and received the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley Tocqueville Society’s Leadership Excellence Award in May. He continues to play competitive squash; recently he was runner-up in the Massachusetts State Over 60 Tournament. Digger has volunteered extensively for the College, serving for many years as class agent, leadership agent, leadership chair and on the Dartmouth College Fund’s major gift committee. He co-chaired the reunion giving committee and has served on the President’s Leadership Council since 2006 and on the athletics advisory board since 2011. A member of Friends of Squash, he endowed the Digger Donahue ’73 Head Coach of Men’s and Women’s Squash and established a fund to support squash and equestrian programs. Digger has volunteered as an alumni interviewer and career counselor for 20 years.


Just before reunion we received word of the 2005 death of Daniel Sommers Clark and the April death of infectious disease physician Randy Goodwin. Obituaries may be found online at www.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com.


—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu