With a world of information only a double-click away, genealogy has become a popular hobby. When the search for ancestral roots calls for a professional, Laura Prescott steps in. A past president of the Association of Professional Genealogists, Laura travels the country speaking on such topics as the 1940 Census and how to use the national online library. Laura’s busy schedule leaves her with little time for individual research, but if you really need to know if your family recipes are half-baked or legit, drop her a line. 


When daughter Stephanie graduated from high school two years ago, Deb Hart Goth discovered the ideal way for mother and daughter to celebrate: road trip. Lest the Goth traditions fail, Debo and younger daughter Jessica spent grad week in sunny Florida. After visiting Harry Potter at Universal, the duo headed to the coast for swimming with the manatees, relaxing on St. Pete beach and dinner with the Daisleys at Harry’s Beach Bar. After a decade as PTO leader and substitute math teacher, Deb has been improving her local Monument, Colorado, schools. The most recent Dartmouth ski team member to hail from Kansas is up for the challenge of dealing with Colorado’s education budget crisis. 


The Dartmouth rugby football club (DRFC) kicked off summer by successfully defending our national championship in the CRC 7’s. As the Big Green backs went tearing by, one could not help but recall the prolific scoring of Drew Miller to Pete Scannell to Webb Vorys to Dave Kollmorgen to Bob Brown to Grant Bogle to Kevin Ryan. As Bob pointed out, the only thing that looked different was the apparent inability of the current players to grow moustaches like Webb and Koll. Head out to the world-class Corey Ford Clubhouse this fall to see for yourself how the DRFC has evolved into arguably the premier college rugby team in America. As Grant noted, “The clubhouse is truly incredible. Too nice for the likes of the team we played on. But we did have fun.” Grant’s youngest is leaving their Houston home for the University of Vermont this fall. His eldest began work in D.C. this summer and his middle daughter is a senior at Wake Forest. 


Guy Dietrich, Peter Lubin and Brian Boyer recently got together for lunch and laughs in Chicago. The smiles on the Facebook photo were a mile wide. Peter practices law in Chicago. Guy, who just retired from managing UBS’ private wealth groups in New York and San Francisco, has been named a fellow at Harvard’s Business and Government schools.


With mini-reunions scheduled for September 29 (Class Officers Weekend) and October 27 (Homecoming), you need not wait until the 35th to return to Hanover. If you will not make it back until the next reunion, we have good news: “clustered” reunions are back. The ’79s and ’81s will be invited to join us in 2015. Hope to see you before then. P.S. Please join the class of 1980 Facebook page today.


—Rob Daisley, 3201 W. Knights Ave., Tampa, FL 33611; robdaisley@me.com; Frank Fesnak, 111 Arbor Place, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010; (610) 581-8889; ffesnak@yahoo.com