Class Note 1977
Well, it finally had to happen. The well had just about run dry after two years of writing this column. Life has been very busy, so I haven’t been able to search for news and not much has been sent my way. I promise to do a better job next time around—but I’d love it if you could help me out and send news!
By the time you read this I will have completed my section of the Appalachian Trail! After hiking a few days this summer with my daughter Kim ’06 as she through-hiked the trail, I decided I would help the Dartmouth Outing Club try to reach its goal of covering the entire length of the trail in one day on October 6 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the club. My chosen route covers 10 miles of the area known as the Delaware Water Gap on the Pennsylvania/New Jersey border. I hope some of you were able to participate in this special event—let me know if any other classmates hiked that day and where.
It was great to hear from Rich Sarner. His son Bryan is attending St. Lawrence University and Rich ran into Mary Beth Lindenthal at Parents’ Weekend. Rich shared his memory of the first ’77 classmate he met when arriving at Mass Hall the night before leaving on his freshman trip: “My parents had just dropped me off and left me in a room, empty except for Mike Zischke’s partially unpacked stuff when it first hit me that I didn’t know anyone at this place. No sooner did I have that thought than David Karoff walked through my door wearing a bandana on his head, and we shared his bottle of Slivovitz brandy!” David was one of six freshmen from Cohasset High School entering Dartmouth that fall. Our little class of 130 produced Nina Steele Wellford, Dan Jones, David Jones, Paul Donovan, David and myself!
John Bird’s father, John C. Bird ’44, sent me a copy of the book Cooperstown Confidential: Heroes, Rogues and the Inside Story of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Included in the book are a few pages that summarize what John did to get Pittsburgh Pirates great Bill Mazeroski into Cooperstown in 2001. Being a baseball nut, I will enjoy the read. Speaking of books, anyone looking for an interesting read, pick up Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains. Our new president Jim Yong Kim’s beginnings with the Partners in Health is prominent in this story.
Have a great fall and hope to hear from you.
—Kelley Cimina, 6 Martins Road, Newtown Square, PA 19073; (610) 356-4685; cohasset73@comcast.net
