Class Note 1978
Issue
Congratulations to Steve Mandel on his election as chairman of the board of trustees for the College! It is certainly well deserved, and I can think of no one who will serve Dartmouth with more loyalty, thought, diligence or devotion. The College is in good hands.
Continuing with the election theme, Rob Portman reports on his Senate quest: “The campaign is going well—just finished taking the campaign to all 88 counties in Ohio: 50,000 miles on the family GMC Envoy and eight jobs tours in an RV! Plenty of help from good friends from Dartmouth, which I appreciate.”
Likewise Ann McLane Kuster reported on her congressional campaign (to represent Hanover and western New Hampshire). In March Amy Dunbar, Gerry Widdicombe and Charles Wise hosted her for a fundraising party at Amy’s home in Washington, D.C., as did Mike Elitzer in New York; Dan Reicher and Chris Simpson Brent in San Francisco; Don Perkins and Kent Pierce in Portland, Oregon; Maggie Fellner Hunt, Ellen Meyer Shorb, Rob Gifford and John Macomber at the Macomber residence in Boston; and Scott Barthold, Scott and Mary Brown, Celia Chen, Don and Sandy Rendall and David Cleveland in the Upper Valley. Annie reports the campaign is going great, including dozens of Dartmouth donors around the country.
On a sad note, Lisa Martin Tunnell died February 27 in Atlanta after a courageous 35-year battle with kidney disease. Our hearts go out to Lisa’s husband, Spencer, and the rest of her family and many friends. A complete obituary will be posted on the DAM website. Memorial gifts may be made to the Lowance Center for Human Immunology at Emory University, 1440 Clifton Road, N.E., Suite 112, Atlanta, GA 30322.
Finally, ’78 class agents including Bill Daniel, Elissa Hylton, Barbara Dau Southwell and David “Jody” Dietze are organizing a competition among ’78 fraternity/sorority members to benefit the Dartmouth College Fund. The focus will be on participation, with each fraternity/ sorority striving for bragging rights for the highest participation in DCF donations. Jody continues: “Our class has been a proven leader for Dartmouth, but we want to increase participation. The goal is 50 percent of all classmates—we are now at 31 percent and need just 176 more donors to make our goal. Two hundred sixty-four of our fraternity/sorority members have not yet donated, but if two-thirds of those 264 give we will achieve our 50 percent participation target! The contest promises to be fun. Do your part to benefit the DCF and put your fraternity/sorority at the top of the leader board!”
And in closing, the recurring plea for more input. There are more than a thousand of us out there, and most haven’t sent in a thing in years (I should know—my last submission was in 1983). The class wants to hear from you, about you (and your family, work, interests, etc.). Your audience awaits!
—Dave Hov, 7840 Virginia Oaks Drive, Gainesville, VA 20155; (571) 643-8040; davidhov@comcast.net
July - Aug 2010
Congratulations to Steve Mandel on his election as chairman of the board of trustees for the College! It is certainly well deserved, and I can think of no one who will serve Dartmouth with more loyalty, thought, diligence or devotion. The College is in good hands.
Continuing with the election theme, Rob Portman reports on his Senate quest: “The campaign is going well—just finished taking the campaign to all 88 counties in Ohio: 50,000 miles on the family GMC Envoy and eight jobs tours in an RV! Plenty of help from good friends from Dartmouth, which I appreciate.”
Likewise Ann McLane Kuster reported on her congressional campaign (to represent Hanover and western New Hampshire). In March Amy Dunbar, Gerry Widdicombe and Charles Wise hosted her for a fundraising party at Amy’s home in Washington, D.C., as did Mike Elitzer in New York; Dan Reicher and Chris Simpson Brent in San Francisco; Don Perkins and Kent Pierce in Portland, Oregon; Maggie Fellner Hunt, Ellen Meyer Shorb, Rob Gifford and John Macomber at the Macomber residence in Boston; and Scott Barthold, Scott and Mary Brown, Celia Chen, Don and Sandy Rendall and David Cleveland in the Upper Valley. Annie reports the campaign is going great, including dozens of Dartmouth donors around the country.
On a sad note, Lisa Martin Tunnell died February 27 in Atlanta after a courageous 35-year battle with kidney disease. Our hearts go out to Lisa’s husband, Spencer, and the rest of her family and many friends. A complete obituary will be posted on the DAM website. Memorial gifts may be made to the Lowance Center for Human Immunology at Emory University, 1440 Clifton Road, N.E., Suite 112, Atlanta, GA 30322.
Finally, ’78 class agents including Bill Daniel, Elissa Hylton, Barbara Dau Southwell and David “Jody” Dietze are organizing a competition among ’78 fraternity/sorority members to benefit the Dartmouth College Fund. The focus will be on participation, with each fraternity/ sorority striving for bragging rights for the highest participation in DCF donations. Jody continues: “Our class has been a proven leader for Dartmouth, but we want to increase participation. The goal is 50 percent of all classmates—we are now at 31 percent and need just 176 more donors to make our goal. Two hundred sixty-four of our fraternity/sorority members have not yet donated, but if two-thirds of those 264 give we will achieve our 50 percent participation target! The contest promises to be fun. Do your part to benefit the DCF and put your fraternity/sorority at the top of the leader board!”
And in closing, the recurring plea for more input. There are more than a thousand of us out there, and most haven’t sent in a thing in years (I should know—my last submission was in 1983). The class wants to hear from you, about you (and your family, work, interests, etc.). Your audience awaits!
—Dave Hov, 7840 Virginia Oaks Drive, Gainesville, VA 20155; (571) 643-8040; davidhov@comcast.net