Class Note 1980
Issue
In his delightful synopsis of our reunion in the previous class column, new partner-in-scribe Rob Daisley may not have only set a modern record for the total number of classmates mentioned in a single article. His column also served as a reminder that for many of us there was indeed a Summer of Recovery, despite any economic data to the contrary. Okay, maybe it didn’t take all summer, just the better part of a week, to regain full strength after engaging in all that nonstop activity and late-night carousing at this year’s reunion. Some of us show a gritty determination to ignore our aging bodies and behave like undergraduates each time we return to Hanover.
Fortunately, our class is filled with experts on body repair and reconstruction. Remarkably, a recent New York Times article about hip and knee replacements included advice and comments from not just one but two prominent orthopedic surgeons who are classmates of ours: Dan Berry, chief of orthopedic surgery at Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic and vice president of the board of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons; and Donald Fithian, co-director of the ortho-sports medicine program for Kaiser-Permanente in San Diego. When I read the article, the high school math teacher in me screamed, “What’s the probability of that?”
Amy Ladd suggests that seeing two classmates’ names in a single newspaper article about orthopedic medicine may not be as improbable as it initially seems, given the numbers. According to Amy, the field is rife with Dartmouth alums. When she left Dartmouth for medical school at the SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Amy was joined by classmates Brian Wicks and Rick Zogby. All three chose to specialize in orthopedic surgery. Like Dan and Donald, all three are now prominent specialists in the field. Brian practices in greater Seattle, Rick in Syracuse, New York, and Amy is now a professor of orthopedic surgery at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, California, and chief of the children’s hand clinic at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. There is a school of thought that sees the relationship between Dartmouth and orthopedic medicine as more that coincidental. Are there attributes in the two cultures that are similar, inherent qualities that tend to attract the same type of person?
Like these orthopedic surgeons Chuck Wheelock is also an expert on rebuilding joints that have experienced too much wear and tear. As design director for Johnny Grey Studios USA, Chuck oversees the design and construction of truly fabulous customized kitchens for high-end clients across the continent. Chuck lives with his wife and two sons in Greenwich, Connecticut, where kitchens typically get remodeled every six months or so. The business is a labor of love for Chuck, who became aware of his passion for architecture and design shortly after leaving Dartmouth. Alas, if we had only recognized Chuck’s talent a little earlier, the basement of Bones Gate might be a much nicer place today.
But the world is most certainly a safer place because of the work of Jim MacDougall, who now serves as the U.S. deputy director of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Germany. The Marshall Center, a renowned international security and defense studies institute, offers programs of study for military officers and civilian government officials. Prior to this assignment Jim served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Eurasia, with responsibility for planning and developing U.S. defense and national security policy for Russia, Ukraine and several adjacent regions. In 2006 Dr. MacDougall received the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Medal from the Secretary of Defense. Thank you, Jim!
—Frank Fesnak, 111 Arbor Place, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010; (610) 581-8889; ffesnak@yahoo.com; Rob Daisley, 3201 W. Knights Ave., Tampa, FL 33611; (813) 300-7954; robdaisley@mc.com
Nov - Dec 2010
In his delightful synopsis of our reunion in the previous class column, new partner-in-scribe Rob Daisley may not have only set a modern record for the total number of classmates mentioned in a single article. His column also served as a reminder that for many of us there was indeed a Summer of Recovery, despite any economic data to the contrary. Okay, maybe it didn’t take all summer, just the better part of a week, to regain full strength after engaging in all that nonstop activity and late-night carousing at this year’s reunion. Some of us show a gritty determination to ignore our aging bodies and behave like undergraduates each time we return to Hanover.
Fortunately, our class is filled with experts on body repair and reconstruction. Remarkably, a recent New York Times article about hip and knee replacements included advice and comments from not just one but two prominent orthopedic surgeons who are classmates of ours: Dan Berry, chief of orthopedic surgery at Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic and vice president of the board of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons; and Donald Fithian, co-director of the ortho-sports medicine program for Kaiser-Permanente in San Diego. When I read the article, the high school math teacher in me screamed, “What’s the probability of that?”
Amy Ladd suggests that seeing two classmates’ names in a single newspaper article about orthopedic medicine may not be as improbable as it initially seems, given the numbers. According to Amy, the field is rife with Dartmouth alums. When she left Dartmouth for medical school at the SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Amy was joined by classmates Brian Wicks and Rick Zogby. All three chose to specialize in orthopedic surgery. Like Dan and Donald, all three are now prominent specialists in the field. Brian practices in greater Seattle, Rick in Syracuse, New York, and Amy is now a professor of orthopedic surgery at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, California, and chief of the children’s hand clinic at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. There is a school of thought that sees the relationship between Dartmouth and orthopedic medicine as more that coincidental. Are there attributes in the two cultures that are similar, inherent qualities that tend to attract the same type of person?
Like these orthopedic surgeons Chuck Wheelock is also an expert on rebuilding joints that have experienced too much wear and tear. As design director for Johnny Grey Studios USA, Chuck oversees the design and construction of truly fabulous customized kitchens for high-end clients across the continent. Chuck lives with his wife and two sons in Greenwich, Connecticut, where kitchens typically get remodeled every six months or so. The business is a labor of love for Chuck, who became aware of his passion for architecture and design shortly after leaving Dartmouth. Alas, if we had only recognized Chuck’s talent a little earlier, the basement of Bones Gate might be a much nicer place today.
But the world is most certainly a safer place because of the work of Jim MacDougall, who now serves as the U.S. deputy director of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Germany. The Marshall Center, a renowned international security and defense studies institute, offers programs of study for military officers and civilian government officials. Prior to this assignment Jim served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Eurasia, with responsibility for planning and developing U.S. defense and national security policy for Russia, Ukraine and several adjacent regions. In 2006 Dr. MacDougall received the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Medal from the Secretary of Defense. Thank you, Jim!
—Frank Fesnak, 111 Arbor Place, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010; (610) 581-8889; ffesnak@yahoo.com; Rob Daisley, 3201 W. Knights Ave., Tampa, FL 33611; (813) 300-7954; robdaisley@mc.com