Class Note 1973
Issue
Jul - Aug 2017
A warm to hot summer….
Two columns back mentioned Toward Democracy, a 20-year project by James Kloppenberg. Unfortunately, I renamed him John, so those of you concerned about failing memories rest assured, you and Jim are okay. A quote to entice readership (page 73): “Once the colonists left home and spread out into the lands they settled, they stepped beyond the boundaries of existing government. They had to—and they were able to—make the rules by which they would govern themselves.”
In January the Mathematics Association of America awarded Caren Diefenderfer, professor at Hollins University, in Roanoke, Virginia, its prestigious Haimo Award, which honors those whose teaching effectiveness has had influence beyond one’s own institution, for her work on quantitative reasoning. Quantitative reasoning is a field of education that helps students develop competency when working with numerical data across academic disciplines. Caren was hired by Carroll Brewster when he served as Hollins president. Alas, in March, Caren succumbed to cancer.
Mini-reunions were held in New York City, Boston and Potomac, Maryland. Attendees included Doug Goodman, Nick Chamousis, Joe Powers, Dave Clark, Rick Routhier, Jim Sullivan and Mike DeVries at the Yale Club; Wayne Davis, Chips Hughes, Chet Homer, Digger Donahue, Scott Anderson, Andy Caffrey and Tom Hotaling in Beantown; and Jim Fleischer, Phil Nelson, Dan Crowley and George Wolohojian in the D.C. area. TV watchers: Look for the Liberty Mutual ad featuring Mike, now retired from Wicked. Since retiring last fall from Bank of America, Joe moved to the Big Apple and has been taking in Rangers games.
In 1998 Allan Teel cofounded the ElderCare Network of Lincoln County, Maine, a network of residential care facilities known as “the Greens.” The goal was to provide low-income individuals an alternative to nursing homes. Subsequently, he founded Full Circle America, a company helping elders stay in their homes longer. Earlier this year Chip was named medical director of clinical systems innovation for Eastern Maine Health Systems. He received a 2016 Leaders and Luminaries Award for “founding and dedicated leadership” of ElderCare Network.
Anne Derry Whidden wrote, “In my not-quite-old-age I have embarked on a very fun adventure: writing a blog about an arcane topic I am passionate about—Swedish mid-century rugs. It turns out there is little in English on the topic, so I have become sort-of an expert, which in itself is rather amusing. Not only do I get the fun of researching and writing about these rugs, but I have begun to have a group of pen pals—or maybe I should say Instagram buddies—of others who also find the subject of interest (theswedishrugblog.wordpress.com).”
Doug Jaeger announced his 9-year-old daughter, Montana, is in the process of the national release of her first album, Under the Lights, which includes an original track, “Baseball (Levi’s Song),” a tribute to her brother. More can be found searching montanamonetmusic.
Belatedly, word has been received that Gary Sporcich died in June 2016. All obituaries can be found at dartmouthalumnimagazine.com
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento73@dartmouth.edu
Two columns back mentioned Toward Democracy, a 20-year project by James Kloppenberg. Unfortunately, I renamed him John, so those of you concerned about failing memories rest assured, you and Jim are okay. A quote to entice readership (page 73): “Once the colonists left home and spread out into the lands they settled, they stepped beyond the boundaries of existing government. They had to—and they were able to—make the rules by which they would govern themselves.”
In January the Mathematics Association of America awarded Caren Diefenderfer, professor at Hollins University, in Roanoke, Virginia, its prestigious Haimo Award, which honors those whose teaching effectiveness has had influence beyond one’s own institution, for her work on quantitative reasoning. Quantitative reasoning is a field of education that helps students develop competency when working with numerical data across academic disciplines. Caren was hired by Carroll Brewster when he served as Hollins president. Alas, in March, Caren succumbed to cancer.
Mini-reunions were held in New York City, Boston and Potomac, Maryland. Attendees included Doug Goodman, Nick Chamousis, Joe Powers, Dave Clark, Rick Routhier, Jim Sullivan and Mike DeVries at the Yale Club; Wayne Davis, Chips Hughes, Chet Homer, Digger Donahue, Scott Anderson, Andy Caffrey and Tom Hotaling in Beantown; and Jim Fleischer, Phil Nelson, Dan Crowley and George Wolohojian in the D.C. area. TV watchers: Look for the Liberty Mutual ad featuring Mike, now retired from Wicked. Since retiring last fall from Bank of America, Joe moved to the Big Apple and has been taking in Rangers games.
In 1998 Allan Teel cofounded the ElderCare Network of Lincoln County, Maine, a network of residential care facilities known as “the Greens.” The goal was to provide low-income individuals an alternative to nursing homes. Subsequently, he founded Full Circle America, a company helping elders stay in their homes longer. Earlier this year Chip was named medical director of clinical systems innovation for Eastern Maine Health Systems. He received a 2016 Leaders and Luminaries Award for “founding and dedicated leadership” of ElderCare Network.
Anne Derry Whidden wrote, “In my not-quite-old-age I have embarked on a very fun adventure: writing a blog about an arcane topic I am passionate about—Swedish mid-century rugs. It turns out there is little in English on the topic, so I have become sort-of an expert, which in itself is rather amusing. Not only do I get the fun of researching and writing about these rugs, but I have begun to have a group of pen pals—or maybe I should say Instagram buddies—of others who also find the subject of interest (theswedishrugblog.wordpress.com).”
Doug Jaeger announced his 9-year-old daughter, Montana, is in the process of the national release of her first album, Under the Lights, which includes an original track, “Baseball (Levi’s Song),” a tribute to her brother. More can be found searching montanamonetmusic.
Belatedly, word has been received that Gary Sporcich died in June 2016. All obituaries can be found at dartmouthalumnimagazine.com
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento73@dartmouth.edu