Class Note 1977
The 1976 directorate of The Dartmouth—Jennifer Clarke, Frank Long, president Scott Cameron and editor-in-chief Paul Gigot—are all involved in some way in public service.
Jennifer Clarke is the executive director of the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, which she joined in February 2006. She had been a partner for 15 years at Dechert LLP. At the center she has focused on legal strategies to reduce poverty and discrimination. Jennifer was a founder and officer of the Caring Center, a not-for-profit childcare center serving 200 children in West Philadelphia. At Columbia Law School Jennifer was an editor of the law review and a Stone Scholar.
Frank Long, a lawyer in the Phoenix, Arizona, office of international firm Greenberg, Traurig, specializes in intellectual property and technology. Frank is teaching trademarks and unfair competition law to students at Arizona State’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Educating future lawyers in his difficult area of expertise is Frank’s way of giving to the community.
Under Dartmouth College career services’ alumni stories one can find “Scott Cameron Speaks for the Trees” by Lisa Birzen ’03. (I heartily recommend reading Lisa’s fine piece in toto.) Scott knew early on that a career in public policy was for him. After an M.B.A. at Cornell and a presidential management internship at the U.S. Department of the Interior, Scott has worked his way up to deputy assistant secretary for performance, accountability and human resources. Scott is leading the charge in the war on invasive plant species, blamed for $100 billion in annual damage. The U.S. Department of the Interior has a fighter who cares about generations of citizens to come and their best interests.
Paul Gigot was a White House Fellow in the Reagan Administration in 1986-87, writing speeches for James Baker. Paul won a Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for his Wall Street Journal columns under “Potomac Watch.” I would argue that Paul’s Fox News Channel work as a skilled moderator handling often contentious men and women is a public service producing more light than heat, and the same is true with the Journal’s editorial page, which Paul edits.
Sad news to report: Daniel Haines passed away March 23. Daniel was a lawyer, a graduate of Columbia Law School. At Dartmouth Daniel was a government major and a member of Phi Delt. His New York Times obituary described him as “a true polymath.” He will be missed by those who enjoyed his nimble wit.
—John T. Bird, 1920 Chateau Circle, Apt. 306, Birmingham, AL 35209: (205) 276-4609; jtbird.com@gmail.com
