Class Note 1976
Issue
Jul - Aug 2017
Loyal classmate Gary Love, who can rouse a room to hum “Dartmouth Undying” faster than anyone I know, presided at a beautiful Baker-Berry Library reception to celebrate the Duane Gibbs ’76 and William Rice ’76 Memorial Book Fund and corollary exhibit. Since he established the fund with Reginald Thomas ’75 in 1989, more than 750 books, journals and reference materials by African American authors have been added to the library’s collection—each with a book plate honoring our two deceased classmates.
Dr. Jackie Bello, ever the most focused powerhouse among us, received the New York Roentgen Society’s Distinguished Radiologist Award. She was also recognized by Montefiore Medical Center for her two terms of service as president of the medical staff. As if that weren’t enough, she is president-elect of the American Society of Neuroradiology and chair of the commission on quality and safety for the American College of Radiology’s board of chancellors.
Dr. Jeff Long, cardiologist and retired Air Force colonel, is a gold mine of info on food, fun and music if you’re lucky enough to visit his hometown of New Orleans. The TriKap alum has lived all over the United States and Europe and says New Orleans is his favorite city (that despite the fact he and his wife lost everything in Hurricane Katrina). For 10 years he commuted from Louisiana to Connecticut four days a month as state air surgeon for the Connecticut Air Guard, often side-tripping to Hanover for a quick hike or a float down the Connecticut. He still attends the ski team reunion at Vail, Colorado, each year.
Dr. Ken Monteiro, who earned a Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University, is dean of the college of ethnic studies at San Francisco State. He leads a 70-person faculty, 6,000 students and a pioneering community-based research center.
Film and TV documentarian Barry Braverman continues to conduct camera workshops in East Africa and Asia under a USAID grant to developing nations, “not making money or living it up but I like to think of it as my humanitarian calling.”
Other service-minded classmates include Nick Aponte, running for public office in Pittsburgh; Martha Hennessey serving as N.H. state senator; Will Davison,whose fundraising consulting firm NonSibi translates “Not for Oneself”; and Chattanooga, Tennessee’s star citizen, Al Chapman.Al, who is battling cancer, was recently honored for his 40-year commitment to Chattanooga youth. More than 500 attended the celebration of his achievements as cofounder and president of the Front Porch Alliance, fulfilling the needs of the city’s families. Chapman was cited for his modesty, courage, effectiveness and fundraising ability. He cited his father, who “taught us to work,” and his mother, who “never saw a church service she didn’t like—she kept us in there and the ones of us who went turned out pretty decent.”
Amen! I am continually awed by the quiet heroics of our classmates.
—Sara Hoagland Hunter, 72 Mount Vernon St., Unit 4B, Boston, MA 02108; sarahunter76@gmail.com
Dr. Jackie Bello, ever the most focused powerhouse among us, received the New York Roentgen Society’s Distinguished Radiologist Award. She was also recognized by Montefiore Medical Center for her two terms of service as president of the medical staff. As if that weren’t enough, she is president-elect of the American Society of Neuroradiology and chair of the commission on quality and safety for the American College of Radiology’s board of chancellors.
Dr. Jeff Long, cardiologist and retired Air Force colonel, is a gold mine of info on food, fun and music if you’re lucky enough to visit his hometown of New Orleans. The TriKap alum has lived all over the United States and Europe and says New Orleans is his favorite city (that despite the fact he and his wife lost everything in Hurricane Katrina). For 10 years he commuted from Louisiana to Connecticut four days a month as state air surgeon for the Connecticut Air Guard, often side-tripping to Hanover for a quick hike or a float down the Connecticut. He still attends the ski team reunion at Vail, Colorado, each year.
Dr. Ken Monteiro, who earned a Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University, is dean of the college of ethnic studies at San Francisco State. He leads a 70-person faculty, 6,000 students and a pioneering community-based research center.
Film and TV documentarian Barry Braverman continues to conduct camera workshops in East Africa and Asia under a USAID grant to developing nations, “not making money or living it up but I like to think of it as my humanitarian calling.”
Other service-minded classmates include Nick Aponte, running for public office in Pittsburgh; Martha Hennessey serving as N.H. state senator; Will Davison,whose fundraising consulting firm NonSibi translates “Not for Oneself”; and Chattanooga, Tennessee’s star citizen, Al Chapman.Al, who is battling cancer, was recently honored for his 40-year commitment to Chattanooga youth. More than 500 attended the celebration of his achievements as cofounder and president of the Front Porch Alliance, fulfilling the needs of the city’s families. Chapman was cited for his modesty, courage, effectiveness and fundraising ability. He cited his father, who “taught us to work,” and his mother, who “never saw a church service she didn’t like—she kept us in there and the ones of us who went turned out pretty decent.”
Amen! I am continually awed by the quiet heroics of our classmates.
—Sara Hoagland Hunter, 72 Mount Vernon St., Unit 4B, Boston, MA 02108; sarahunter76@gmail.com