Class Note 1979
Issue
May-June 2021
In late 2020 Anne Cramer shared, “All is fine with me—though working far harder than I’d like.” At Dartmouth “I was a happy geography major—great program!” After University of Wisconsin Law School and working in Madison, Wisconsin, she moved in 1985 to Vermont, where she was asked to do antitrust-related work for the Vermont Hospital Association just as Medicare regulation was expanding. Her health law practice provides regulatory and corporate advice to mainly nonprofit healthcare providers. “The pandemic has brought so many challenges for my clients beyond trying to navigate an endlessly changing regulatory landscape. I spend too much time reading the federal register—but I am healthy, live in a beautiful town, walk my dog in the woods, see relatives, and try to hike, bike, and ski when possible.”
Kate Augenblick wrote, “I suspect my Dartmouth experiences, good and bad, contributed to transferable skills that permitted me to traverse a variety of careers. Inserting myself into the N.Y.C. art scene after finishing college in December 1978, within years I had a real exhibition at a real gallery. I worked a wonderful day job as assistant to the curator of the Forbes magazine collection and moved to a loft with no heat in Brooklyn with my painter boyfriend. (Still same husband, same loft, same leaks…). After working part-time jobs while balancing raising two sons with selling our artwork, I eventually opted for merit-based employment and a steady income as executive assistant to the dean of Columbia College, spending eight exciting years at the front and center of the college: so many great people, stories, and experiences. In 2011 I was recruited by the Simons Foundation, whose mission is to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences (neither of which are my strong suits!). My colleagues are extraordinary. After a few pivots I ended up working directly with the chair and president on a wide range of projects. I still pinch myself every time I walk into the office.”
Officially retiring in 2016 after a 37-year career in public education as teacher, principal, assistant superintendent, and superintendent of schools in Bloomfield (eight years) and Fairfield (six years), Connecticut, David Title is now professor at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, where he directs the superintendent of schools certificate program and the Ed.D. program in educational leadership. He lives there with wife Laurie, three children, and one Australian Labradoodle.
Emil Pollack retired “August 2019 after 31 years of practicing cardiology in a DHMC satellite office. The hassles of relative-value unit goals, electronic medical record documentation, etc., overshadowed the joy of dealing with patients, so I stepped away. Initially thinking I might do locums work, I found catching up on what I had not had time to do when working has kept me more than busy. My wife and I enjoy having time together and spending time with our son and daughter. Covid has scuttled travel plans, but the area of Vermont where we live is a beautiful place to stay.”
—Janie Simms Hamner, 7327 Centenary Ave., Dallas, TX 75225; jshandkids@aol.com
Kate Augenblick wrote, “I suspect my Dartmouth experiences, good and bad, contributed to transferable skills that permitted me to traverse a variety of careers. Inserting myself into the N.Y.C. art scene after finishing college in December 1978, within years I had a real exhibition at a real gallery. I worked a wonderful day job as assistant to the curator of the Forbes magazine collection and moved to a loft with no heat in Brooklyn with my painter boyfriend. (Still same husband, same loft, same leaks…). After working part-time jobs while balancing raising two sons with selling our artwork, I eventually opted for merit-based employment and a steady income as executive assistant to the dean of Columbia College, spending eight exciting years at the front and center of the college: so many great people, stories, and experiences. In 2011 I was recruited by the Simons Foundation, whose mission is to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences (neither of which are my strong suits!). My colleagues are extraordinary. After a few pivots I ended up working directly with the chair and president on a wide range of projects. I still pinch myself every time I walk into the office.”
Officially retiring in 2016 after a 37-year career in public education as teacher, principal, assistant superintendent, and superintendent of schools in Bloomfield (eight years) and Fairfield (six years), Connecticut, David Title is now professor at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, where he directs the superintendent of schools certificate program and the Ed.D. program in educational leadership. He lives there with wife Laurie, three children, and one Australian Labradoodle.
Emil Pollack retired “August 2019 after 31 years of practicing cardiology in a DHMC satellite office. The hassles of relative-value unit goals, electronic medical record documentation, etc., overshadowed the joy of dealing with patients, so I stepped away. Initially thinking I might do locums work, I found catching up on what I had not had time to do when working has kept me more than busy. My wife and I enjoy having time together and spending time with our son and daughter. Covid has scuttled travel plans, but the area of Vermont where we live is a beautiful place to stay.”
—Janie Simms Hamner, 7327 Centenary Ave., Dallas, TX 75225; jshandkids@aol.com