Class Note 1973
Issue
Jul - Aug 2018
Summertime, and the living is easy (or so one hopes!)….
March mini-reunions were held in Washington, D.C., N.Y.C., and Boston with good turnouts. The gathering at the Capitol, orchestrated by Jim Fleischer and hosted by Congressman Mike Capuano, included alums from the classes of ’71 through ’76 who enjoyed an informative tour as well as discussion with Mike. Classmates present were Bruce Alexander, Dan Crowley, Dave Bracken, Mike DeVries,Jim Fleischer, MaryAnn Love Malinconico, Frank Munn, Jim Ryan, Tom Wolfson,and George Wolohojian. In New York, Jan Seidler Ramirez, chief curator of the 9/11 Museum, arranged for a group to convene at the museum and receive a background presentation and tour. Attendees included Donna Bascom, Nick Chamousis, Mike DeVries, Karen Fagin White, Jack Gault, Doug Goodman, Bob Jones, Allen Kraus, John Lundgren, MaryAnn Love Malinconico,Frank Munn, John Neff, Rick Routhier, Jim Ryan, and Kate Stith. Yes, several overachievers attended more than one event! Per Frank Munn, “It was truly miraculous to come from Oklahoma on a total coincidence with a preset visit to see my daughter and find not one, but two, Dartmouth roommates [Ryan and DeVries] in attendance. Both came down from New York just for this.” Jim’s photos from those two events can be found at www.dott.smugmug.com/Dartmouth. Further north, Wayne Davis hosted a group at the University Club in Boston “with fine food and spirits.” Much of New England was represented: Massachusetts residents Scott Anderson, Andy Caffrey, Digger Donahue, Bob Glovsky, Bill Mayer, in addition to Wayne; New Hampshire residents Bob Barr, Paul Gross and Chet Homer; and Vermont residents Clark Graf and Bob Haynes. Split-staters Claus Hamann, who divides his time between Boston and northern Maine, and Tom Hotaling, who divides his time between Boston and Pomfret, Vermont, also attended.
In 2015 Richard Shafer was named chief investment officer for the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS). Before joining OPERS in 2009 he served as the director of investment at the New Hampshire Retirement System and as CIO at the Alaska Permanent Fund. He also worked for 25 years in management positons at insurance companies including Hartford Financial Services Group, Aetna Life Insurance & Casualty and Lincoln National Corp.
Bill Partlan is associate professor and head of stage directing in the school of theater and film of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. He is also artistic director of Triple Espresso LLC in Minneapolis. His highly caffeinated vaudeville style comedy Triple Espresso has been performed in 48 American cities, as well as in Canada, Ireland, London’s West End, Belgium (in Flemish), and Munich and Berlin (in German).
June 2019 reunion dates are June 13-16 (dates stated in Bob Barr’s recent newsletter are incorrect).
Great aerial views of the new Moosilauke Ravine Lodge and its outdoor spaces, along with comments by the architects who designed complex, can be found by visiting YouTube and searching for “Designing the New Moosilauke Ravine Lodge.”
On the alumni operations front, Cheryl Bascomb ’82 has been appointed vice president for alumni relations, succeeding retiring vice president Martha Beattie ’76.
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento73@dartmouth.edu
March mini-reunions were held in Washington, D.C., N.Y.C., and Boston with good turnouts. The gathering at the Capitol, orchestrated by Jim Fleischer and hosted by Congressman Mike Capuano, included alums from the classes of ’71 through ’76 who enjoyed an informative tour as well as discussion with Mike. Classmates present were Bruce Alexander, Dan Crowley, Dave Bracken, Mike DeVries,Jim Fleischer, MaryAnn Love Malinconico, Frank Munn, Jim Ryan, Tom Wolfson,and George Wolohojian. In New York, Jan Seidler Ramirez, chief curator of the 9/11 Museum, arranged for a group to convene at the museum and receive a background presentation and tour. Attendees included Donna Bascom, Nick Chamousis, Mike DeVries, Karen Fagin White, Jack Gault, Doug Goodman, Bob Jones, Allen Kraus, John Lundgren, MaryAnn Love Malinconico,Frank Munn, John Neff, Rick Routhier, Jim Ryan, and Kate Stith. Yes, several overachievers attended more than one event! Per Frank Munn, “It was truly miraculous to come from Oklahoma on a total coincidence with a preset visit to see my daughter and find not one, but two, Dartmouth roommates [Ryan and DeVries] in attendance. Both came down from New York just for this.” Jim’s photos from those two events can be found at www.dott.smugmug.com/Dartmouth. Further north, Wayne Davis hosted a group at the University Club in Boston “with fine food and spirits.” Much of New England was represented: Massachusetts residents Scott Anderson, Andy Caffrey, Digger Donahue, Bob Glovsky, Bill Mayer, in addition to Wayne; New Hampshire residents Bob Barr, Paul Gross and Chet Homer; and Vermont residents Clark Graf and Bob Haynes. Split-staters Claus Hamann, who divides his time between Boston and northern Maine, and Tom Hotaling, who divides his time between Boston and Pomfret, Vermont, also attended.
In 2015 Richard Shafer was named chief investment officer for the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS). Before joining OPERS in 2009 he served as the director of investment at the New Hampshire Retirement System and as CIO at the Alaska Permanent Fund. He also worked for 25 years in management positons at insurance companies including Hartford Financial Services Group, Aetna Life Insurance & Casualty and Lincoln National Corp.
Bill Partlan is associate professor and head of stage directing in the school of theater and film of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. He is also artistic director of Triple Espresso LLC in Minneapolis. His highly caffeinated vaudeville style comedy Triple Espresso has been performed in 48 American cities, as well as in Canada, Ireland, London’s West End, Belgium (in Flemish), and Munich and Berlin (in German).
June 2019 reunion dates are June 13-16 (dates stated in Bob Barr’s recent newsletter are incorrect).
Great aerial views of the new Moosilauke Ravine Lodge and its outdoor spaces, along with comments by the architects who designed complex, can be found by visiting YouTube and searching for “Designing the New Moosilauke Ravine Lodge.”
On the alumni operations front, Cheryl Bascomb ’82 has been appointed vice president for alumni relations, succeeding retiring vice president Martha Beattie ’76.
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento73@dartmouth.edu