Class Note 1978
Issue
Mar - Apr 2018
In the waning days of 2017 I asked classmates to share highlights of the year. The resulting deluge was too much to squeeze into one column, but here are a few headlines.
Chris Hughes was one of many who ranked the reunion as one of the year’s highlights. Jim Friedlich reconnected there with his Butterfield neighbor and freshman advisor David Shribman ’76. They had plenty to discuss, since David is now editor-in-chief of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Jim is CEO of the Lenfest Institute for Journalism, parent company of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Drew Rockwell and Bartlet Leber enjoyed hosting the reunion party at their beautiful Norwich, Vermont, home. They also hosted the wedding of Ben Gifford (son of Rob Gifford and Claire Sokloff) to Sydney Thomashow.
Travels abounded. Jackie Kaiko visited Iceland with 29 Dartmouth women from a range of classes. Sharon Cowan traveled to St. Petersburg for the 50-year anniversary of a study-abroad program there. Carol Van Dyke made it to the Pyrenees and Provence, then biked the 200 kilometer Petit Train du Nord through Quebec. Ralph Blanchard, who has already run a marathon in all 50 states, made progress on his goal of running one in every possible continent, ticking Asia, South America and Oceania off his list. “All that’s left is Africa.”
Class authors were busy. Brooks Clark wrote Sally’s Genius. Valerie Steele came out with a revised edition of her book, Paris Fashion: A Cultural History. Jim DiNardo, chief of cardiac anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital, published his fifth textbook on pediatric anesthesia. I wrote Rivals Unto Death. Millard Coffin authored his first art catalog essay, arising from taking five artists on a two-month, sub-Antarctic research voyage. And Richard Hoeg joined the ranks of the published by contributing photos to a children’s book, But That Is Not Me!
Russel Petter launched a biotech startup. Steve Ceurvorst started a green energy investment fund. Geoff Crew continued to work with other scientists on getting the first ever photo of a black hole.
Anne Bagamery celebrated her daughter Caitlin’s master’s from University College London. Rick Kimball’s daughter Jacki earned her master’s in computer science digital arts at Dartmouth. Peter Kelemen’s daughter graduated from Reed College and is working and teaching on an organic farm. Jim Lattin had hip surgery on his 35th wedding anniversary, which he and his wife, Marilyn, now refer to as the “titanium anniversary.”
Audie “Tod” Lenagh Bakewell sent greetings from the heart of the Alaska Range with perhaps the most joyous news item of the year. After years of heartaches and disappointments, he and his wife, Jenny, have had their first child: Augustus Audubon Rodina Lenagh Bakewell. “We’re way at the nether end of the bell curve for parents’ ages for their first-born. But as good health and good genes run in both families, the two of us are expecting to shepherd this, our last best hope against the darkness, well through his formative years. Wish us well!”
We shall! Send news!
—Rick Beyer, 190 Bridge St., #4409, Salem, MA 01970; rick@rickbeyer.net
Chris Hughes was one of many who ranked the reunion as one of the year’s highlights. Jim Friedlich reconnected there with his Butterfield neighbor and freshman advisor David Shribman ’76. They had plenty to discuss, since David is now editor-in-chief of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Jim is CEO of the Lenfest Institute for Journalism, parent company of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Drew Rockwell and Bartlet Leber enjoyed hosting the reunion party at their beautiful Norwich, Vermont, home. They also hosted the wedding of Ben Gifford (son of Rob Gifford and Claire Sokloff) to Sydney Thomashow.
Travels abounded. Jackie Kaiko visited Iceland with 29 Dartmouth women from a range of classes. Sharon Cowan traveled to St. Petersburg for the 50-year anniversary of a study-abroad program there. Carol Van Dyke made it to the Pyrenees and Provence, then biked the 200 kilometer Petit Train du Nord through Quebec. Ralph Blanchard, who has already run a marathon in all 50 states, made progress on his goal of running one in every possible continent, ticking Asia, South America and Oceania off his list. “All that’s left is Africa.”
Class authors were busy. Brooks Clark wrote Sally’s Genius. Valerie Steele came out with a revised edition of her book, Paris Fashion: A Cultural History. Jim DiNardo, chief of cardiac anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital, published his fifth textbook on pediatric anesthesia. I wrote Rivals Unto Death. Millard Coffin authored his first art catalog essay, arising from taking five artists on a two-month, sub-Antarctic research voyage. And Richard Hoeg joined the ranks of the published by contributing photos to a children’s book, But That Is Not Me!
Russel Petter launched a biotech startup. Steve Ceurvorst started a green energy investment fund. Geoff Crew continued to work with other scientists on getting the first ever photo of a black hole.
Anne Bagamery celebrated her daughter Caitlin’s master’s from University College London. Rick Kimball’s daughter Jacki earned her master’s in computer science digital arts at Dartmouth. Peter Kelemen’s daughter graduated from Reed College and is working and teaching on an organic farm. Jim Lattin had hip surgery on his 35th wedding anniversary, which he and his wife, Marilyn, now refer to as the “titanium anniversary.”
Audie “Tod” Lenagh Bakewell sent greetings from the heart of the Alaska Range with perhaps the most joyous news item of the year. After years of heartaches and disappointments, he and his wife, Jenny, have had their first child: Augustus Audubon Rodina Lenagh Bakewell. “We’re way at the nether end of the bell curve for parents’ ages for their first-born. But as good health and good genes run in both families, the two of us are expecting to shepherd this, our last best hope against the darkness, well through his formative years. Wish us well!”
We shall! Send news!
—Rick Beyer, 190 Bridge St., #4409, Salem, MA 01970; rick@rickbeyer.net