Class Note 1973
Issue
Sep - Oct 2017
Trending toward fall….
David Bracken, professor of graduate studies at Florida’s Keiser University, was named a fellow of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology of the American Psychological Association, in recognition of service as one of the foremost authorities in multisource feedback and 360-degree-feedback programs. He is coeditor and contributor to The Handbook of Multisource Feedback considered the most definitive topic resource.
George Wolohojian reminisced: “I recently spoke with Steve Bolster, who is thriving as the Mary McGaw Endowed Professor of Music at Berea College in Kentucky, where he has been on the faculty for 37 years. His wife, Sandy, is a professor of mathematics. We traded stories about our time as the tuba players in the Marching Band. Yes, they were heavy, but we got great seats for football games, where we were joined by our girlfriends (now wives), Sandy and Donna. Steve, the music major, was very talented. I was not. I moved on to become the announcer and voice of the band, reading the outlandish scripts carefully scrutinized by the athletic council during the week prior to each game. Steve’s talent was more crucial, because many of the songs we played were not in published form. Steve would listen to radio and records to learn the songs and then score the parts for each instrument. Every week the band members would run on to the field to form that glorious lopsided ‘M,’ while I announced, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the most mediocre band in the Ivy League, the Dartmouth College Marching Band!’ ”
In May the Dartmouth Lawyers Association presented a free webinar on immigration strategies for students and recent graduates to learn about the options available for business-related and other visas. Current trends in immigration enforcement and possible changes for highly skilled workers were discussed by a panel, including long-time immigration specialist Jennifer Parser, moderated by Hilary Miller.
At the conclusion of the May Alumni Council meeting, vice president for alumni relations Martha Beattie ’76 projected a photo of Mark Harty, informing councilors he passed away after a difficult, long illness. Martha explained Mark’s lifelong commitment to Dartmouth, from the Harty Family Scholarship Fund to his tireless alumni participation in many roles. Although some councilors would not have known Mark, in Hanover his service to the College is understood as a model and he is much missed.
During the Hollins University commencement, the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation posthumously awarded the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award to Caren Diefenderfer, for having shown by daily living qualities that evince love of and helpfulness to others. A four-minute standing ovation ensued.
William A. Burks died in Chicago in March. Witt was one of the group of South Side Chicago inner-city men who matriculated with the class of 1973 as part of Foundation Years, an experimental program. Their story was in the May-June 2012 issue, available in the online archives: archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/issues. Belatedly, word was received that Richard Oliver Rutland III died in November 2016. Obituaries are at dartmouthalumnimagazine.com.
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu
David Bracken, professor of graduate studies at Florida’s Keiser University, was named a fellow of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology of the American Psychological Association, in recognition of service as one of the foremost authorities in multisource feedback and 360-degree-feedback programs. He is coeditor and contributor to The Handbook of Multisource Feedback considered the most definitive topic resource.
George Wolohojian reminisced: “I recently spoke with Steve Bolster, who is thriving as the Mary McGaw Endowed Professor of Music at Berea College in Kentucky, where he has been on the faculty for 37 years. His wife, Sandy, is a professor of mathematics. We traded stories about our time as the tuba players in the Marching Band. Yes, they were heavy, but we got great seats for football games, where we were joined by our girlfriends (now wives), Sandy and Donna. Steve, the music major, was very talented. I was not. I moved on to become the announcer and voice of the band, reading the outlandish scripts carefully scrutinized by the athletic council during the week prior to each game. Steve’s talent was more crucial, because many of the songs we played were not in published form. Steve would listen to radio and records to learn the songs and then score the parts for each instrument. Every week the band members would run on to the field to form that glorious lopsided ‘M,’ while I announced, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the most mediocre band in the Ivy League, the Dartmouth College Marching Band!’ ”
In May the Dartmouth Lawyers Association presented a free webinar on immigration strategies for students and recent graduates to learn about the options available for business-related and other visas. Current trends in immigration enforcement and possible changes for highly skilled workers were discussed by a panel, including long-time immigration specialist Jennifer Parser, moderated by Hilary Miller.
At the conclusion of the May Alumni Council meeting, vice president for alumni relations Martha Beattie ’76 projected a photo of Mark Harty, informing councilors he passed away after a difficult, long illness. Martha explained Mark’s lifelong commitment to Dartmouth, from the Harty Family Scholarship Fund to his tireless alumni participation in many roles. Although some councilors would not have known Mark, in Hanover his service to the College is understood as a model and he is much missed.
During the Hollins University commencement, the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation posthumously awarded the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award to Caren Diefenderfer, for having shown by daily living qualities that evince love of and helpfulness to others. A four-minute standing ovation ensued.
William A. Burks died in Chicago in March. Witt was one of the group of South Side Chicago inner-city men who matriculated with the class of 1973 as part of Foundation Years, an experimental program. Their story was in the May-June 2012 issue, available in the online archives: archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/issues. Belatedly, word was received that Richard Oliver Rutland III died in November 2016. Obituaries are at dartmouthalumnimagazine.com.
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu