Class Note 1978
Issue
Congratulations to Michael Chandler, of Mebane, North Carolina, on being named National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Green Building Builder/Advocate of the Year at the National Green Building conference this spring. This is on top of winning a DOE Energy Value Housing Award and the NAHB Green Building Professional of the Year Award at the International Builders Show this January. The local green building council that Michael co-founded also won NAHB Green Building Program of the Year at the National Green Building convention.
The National Association of Railroad Passengers council of representatives, the governing body of the largest passenger train advocacy group in the nation, elected Steven Strauss to the council as an at-large representative. Steven began his career working for New York City’s bus and subway operators for 18 years, serving in a variety of positions—including nine years as an assistant director of government and community relations at NYC Transit. From 2002 to 2008 he served as a board member of Empire State Passengers Association. In 2008 he moved to Washington, D.C., to work for the D.C. Department of Transportation, where he is a special advisor on Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority and regional transportation.
David “Jody” Dietze provided updates on many of our classmates: Several are accomplished marathoners. “Wild” Bill Cody is a veteran, and finished his second Boston Marathon with a swift time of 3:24:21 on Patriots’ Day this past April. Meanwhile New Providence, New Jersey, resident Tom Hopkins is training for a marathon to be held at the New Jersey shore. Bill’s oldest, Vaughn, is finishing her first year of college at Reed in Oregon, and his son Bryce is an accomplished skier and tennis player in high school at Moorestown, New Jersey. Tom’s oldest is just finishing up at Princeton, his middle one is at Dartmouth, and his youngest is in high school.
Bill Cunningham, now residing in Boonton Township, New Jersey, is active in the Dartmouth Club of Suburban New Jersey and recently organized for the third year in a row its annual wine-tasting event; this past April he “instructed” on the reds and whites of South America! Attendees included Evelyn Yee Peos and husband Charles Peos ’77.
John English, a primary care physician outside Philadelphia, plans to join Bill Cody and Jody Dietze on their second annual assault up Mt. Marcy in the Adirondacks, New York’s highest peak, in late June.
Finally, Tripp Peake reports: “I am the regional alumni district enrollment director, which basically means I coordinate all of the alumni interviews for about 150 applicants from western Massachusetts each year during both the early decision and regular decision cycles. As part of that, I always end up doing 15 to 20 interviews and write-ups myself. It’s pretty time consuming, especially during January and February. I really enjoy it—I get a chance to meet some great kids and also stay connected to the school.”
Keep writing!
—Dave Hov, 7840 Virginia Oaks Drive, Gainesville, VA 20155; (571) 643-8040; davidhov@comcast.net
Sept - Oct 2010
Congratulations to Michael Chandler, of Mebane, North Carolina, on being named National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Green Building Builder/Advocate of the Year at the National Green Building conference this spring. This is on top of winning a DOE Energy Value Housing Award and the NAHB Green Building Professional of the Year Award at the International Builders Show this January. The local green building council that Michael co-founded also won NAHB Green Building Program of the Year at the National Green Building convention.
The National Association of Railroad Passengers council of representatives, the governing body of the largest passenger train advocacy group in the nation, elected Steven Strauss to the council as an at-large representative. Steven began his career working for New York City’s bus and subway operators for 18 years, serving in a variety of positions—including nine years as an assistant director of government and community relations at NYC Transit. From 2002 to 2008 he served as a board member of Empire State Passengers Association. In 2008 he moved to Washington, D.C., to work for the D.C. Department of Transportation, where he is a special advisor on Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority and regional transportation.
David “Jody” Dietze provided updates on many of our classmates: Several are accomplished marathoners. “Wild” Bill Cody is a veteran, and finished his second Boston Marathon with a swift time of 3:24:21 on Patriots’ Day this past April. Meanwhile New Providence, New Jersey, resident Tom Hopkins is training for a marathon to be held at the New Jersey shore. Bill’s oldest, Vaughn, is finishing her first year of college at Reed in Oregon, and his son Bryce is an accomplished skier and tennis player in high school at Moorestown, New Jersey. Tom’s oldest is just finishing up at Princeton, his middle one is at Dartmouth, and his youngest is in high school.
Bill Cunningham, now residing in Boonton Township, New Jersey, is active in the Dartmouth Club of Suburban New Jersey and recently organized for the third year in a row its annual wine-tasting event; this past April he “instructed” on the reds and whites of South America! Attendees included Evelyn Yee Peos and husband Charles Peos ’77.
John English, a primary care physician outside Philadelphia, plans to join Bill Cody and Jody Dietze on their second annual assault up Mt. Marcy in the Adirondacks, New York’s highest peak, in late June.
Finally, Tripp Peake reports: “I am the regional alumni district enrollment director, which basically means I coordinate all of the alumni interviews for about 150 applicants from western Massachusetts each year during both the early decision and regular decision cycles. As part of that, I always end up doing 15 to 20 interviews and write-ups myself. It’s pretty time consuming, especially during January and February. I really enjoy it—I get a chance to meet some great kids and also stay connected to the school.”
Keep writing!
—Dave Hov, 7840 Virginia Oaks Drive, Gainesville, VA 20155; (571) 643-8040; davidhov@comcast.net