Nick Lowery says he is hard at work on a new book, The NFL Kickers Guide to Kicking A--. I think we’ll all be interested in taking a peek at that! Nick’s foundation has a new anti-bullying outreach program called Champions Against Bullying that he says is taking off in the NFL and also with NASCAR. 


When Marc Farley’s wife, Gwen, attended her family reunion in August, everybody wore matching Dartmouth T-shirts in memory of Marc, who passed away in September 2013. “Marc’s Dartmouth friends have been a tremendous source of strength and support for our family during this last difficult year,” Gwen writes. A group of ’78s headed by Jim Bullion, Celia Chen, Bernie Drury, Chris Riley and Bob Shuman has come together to honor Farls by raising $100,000 for the Dartmouth crew. The first $50,000 will buy a racing shell named after him. The balance will go to establish an endowed athletics fund in his name. Contributions by check should reference “100399, Marc Farley ’78 Memorial” in the memo line, be made payable to the Trustees of Dartmouth College, and mailed to Alexandra Stein, 6066 Development Office, Hanover, NH 03755. To donate by credit card, call (603) 646-9005. 


He may live in Redmond, Washington, but Jordan Roderick’s heart seems to reside in Alaska. He spent three weeks in Prince William Sound this summer as a naturalist leading a flotilla cruise. He is still teaching climbing and mountaineering for the Mountaineers, and the Alaska charter boat business he runs with his wife, Joyce ’80, is going gangbusters—their 115-foot luxury motor yacht the Surfbird is almost completely booked up for the 2015 season.


Cotten Smith celebrated the 40th anniversary of his freshman trip by doing it all over again. His son, Brooks ’08, was hiking the Appalachian Trail and Cotton joined him for the Hanover to Moosilauke portion. It began with a serendipitous run-in on East Wheelock Street with former dean Ralph Manuel ’58 and ended with a night at the Ravine Lodge. “An awesome and memorable journey,” he posted on Facebook. 


Your class dues at work: Dr. Elizabeth Smith, who chairs Dartmouth’s department of biological sciences, recently wrote to class co-treasurer Mike Pittenger to express her gratitude for contributions totaling more than $14,000 that the class has made to the department during the last two years. “Thank you for your continued and generous support of the life sciences at Dartmouth,” she wrote. Dartmouth softball player Lourlin Lara ’18 also penned a note of thanks. Last year a donation from the class allowed her to make a campus visit, and now she is a proud freshman. “Dartmouth has been my dream school for the longest time and I feel lucky that I get to join many others in the experience of a lifetime during the next four years,” she wrote. “I also feel lucky to have chosen a school with such generous, successful and kind alumni.” That sorta sounds like us, doesn’t it?


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