Class Note 1975
Issue
Sept - Oct 2019
Another reunion is in the can, attended by 123 of your fellow classmates on the Hanover Green. As it was, I arrived late and missed out connecting with quite a number of them. However, I was fortunate enough to communicate with a few, including some old pals as well as folks that I really did not know well when I was an undergraduate. This latter aspect is one of my favorite parts of reunion; I learn about totally different perspectives of the Dartmouth College experience. If I saw you and do not mention you in these notes, my apologies!
One of these conversations was with David Sheppe, who has spent many years offshore as a financier-banker. He has a bit of experience in frontier markets in Africa and may head back there again. He kept the conversation interesting with a bit of trivia as well, asking us how many U.S. states are totally or in part north of the southernmost point of Canada. In this hallowed academic setting Google got quite a workout. Send me a note with your answers.
We were at the time among some of my freshmen dormmates, who occupied the triple down the hall, namely Ted Stone, Mark Sheehan, and Bill Macey.The Fayerweather mob posed for pictures, embarrassed their spouses, and had a beer or two. Great to see you all there—you still look the same; well, at least I recognized you.
On Friday nightI found myself in a conversation with Dave Cook, Chris Peisch, Mark Hinman, and Matt Dwyer on the subject of D-Day. With such passionate descriptions of visits to Normandy and the gray hair among us, you would have thought that we had all fought there. After all, it was our 44th reunion—coincidence??
Dale Edmunds and I were interlopers at a Psi U table, but John Upton, Dave Robertson, and Bill Zorn graciously allowed us to eat alongside them at lunch. The conversation flowed around the glory days of Dartmouth skiing (now!) and family updates. By the way, Bill is an excellent tax and estate attorney, just sayin’!
At the class photo-op on the lawn in front of Dartmouth Hall I stood next to Jeff Hunter, who is now in Washington, D.C., and has been for some time. We did not have a very long conversation, but it reminded me that I would really like to connect with more of our fellow minority classmates as well as women. I will try harder these next few years—hold me to it. I had the good fortune of speaking with Gretchen Teichgraeber, who has had a really interesting career and is now on the board of directors of a couple of companies, including Forrester Research.
To Bob Sullivan (shook his hand), Pam Smyth (seen at a distance), Art Beaver (saw him at the bar), and Pam Schlobohm (did I miss you?): a heartfelt thanks for the effort you have put into the truly memorable class newsletters this year.
Vox clamantis in Tejas.
—Stephen D. Gray, 3627 Avenue M, Galveston, TX 77550; (650) 302-8739; fratergray@gmail.com
One of these conversations was with David Sheppe, who has spent many years offshore as a financier-banker. He has a bit of experience in frontier markets in Africa and may head back there again. He kept the conversation interesting with a bit of trivia as well, asking us how many U.S. states are totally or in part north of the southernmost point of Canada. In this hallowed academic setting Google got quite a workout. Send me a note with your answers.
We were at the time among some of my freshmen dormmates, who occupied the triple down the hall, namely Ted Stone, Mark Sheehan, and Bill Macey.The Fayerweather mob posed for pictures, embarrassed their spouses, and had a beer or two. Great to see you all there—you still look the same; well, at least I recognized you.
On Friday nightI found myself in a conversation with Dave Cook, Chris Peisch, Mark Hinman, and Matt Dwyer on the subject of D-Day. With such passionate descriptions of visits to Normandy and the gray hair among us, you would have thought that we had all fought there. After all, it was our 44th reunion—coincidence??
Dale Edmunds and I were interlopers at a Psi U table, but John Upton, Dave Robertson, and Bill Zorn graciously allowed us to eat alongside them at lunch. The conversation flowed around the glory days of Dartmouth skiing (now!) and family updates. By the way, Bill is an excellent tax and estate attorney, just sayin’!
At the class photo-op on the lawn in front of Dartmouth Hall I stood next to Jeff Hunter, who is now in Washington, D.C., and has been for some time. We did not have a very long conversation, but it reminded me that I would really like to connect with more of our fellow minority classmates as well as women. I will try harder these next few years—hold me to it. I had the good fortune of speaking with Gretchen Teichgraeber, who has had a really interesting career and is now on the board of directors of a couple of companies, including Forrester Research.
To Bob Sullivan (shook his hand), Pam Smyth (seen at a distance), Art Beaver (saw him at the bar), and Pam Schlobohm (did I miss you?): a heartfelt thanks for the effort you have put into the truly memorable class newsletters this year.
Vox clamantis in Tejas.
—Stephen D. Gray, 3627 Avenue M, Galveston, TX 77550; (650) 302-8739; fratergray@gmail.com