Class Note 1980
Issue
Jan - Feb 2018
April, come she will. On April 26 I will be standin’ on a corner in Scottsdale, Arizona, hoping that a flatbed Ford slows down and that almost anyone might take a look at me. Our class will gather in Scottsdale to celebrate its 60th birthday. Available activities include hiking, biking, golf, tennis, museums, spas and ballooning. But wait, there’s more! A highlight will be dinner Saturday night at Taliesin West, the western studio of Frank Lloyd Wright. Go to the class of 1980 webpage for more details and sign up today. Operators are standing by.
Picasso said, “One starts to get young at 60 and then it is too late.” We will never pass this way again. See you in Scottsdale.
Homecoming in Hanover last October featured a great tailgate, complete with green tablecloths, fresh-cut flowers and hot food. Fancy! The classes of ’79 and ’81 intermingled amongst us. Thanks to Cathy McGrath for being the organizer extraordinaire.
Dan Freihofer, looking very much the same as he did 37 years ago, was one of several locals at the tailgate. Dan lives in nearby Lyme. Dan’s Facebook photos of his daughter’s recent wedding make the marriage of a child look simultaneously joyful and cinematic.
Other local tailgaters included Anne Daigneault MacEwan, Rich Ackerboom, Jay Weed and Ann Munves Malenka. They always help the returning prodigals feel welcome.
Some 50 souls gathered Saturday night for dinner at the DOC House on Occom Pond after Dartmouth’s last-minute, come-from-behind victory over Yale. The crowd included Emma Demers ’20, daughter of Jeff Demers, our photographer and documentarian for the weekend. The hearty twin sons of Todd Pellet, Nicholas and Peter, also members of the class of ’20, dined with us as well, sans Todd, who was off a-hunting in the Grant.
Fearless leader Mark Alperin reminded those of us assembled that we were as old to the students present, as the class of ’40 would have been to us during our sophomore fall in 1977. Slowly processing Mark’s comparison, we seniors were finally able to groan in protest and exclaim, “Have you no decency, sir?”
In case of a medical emergency, we were well-covered. Fortunately, orthopedist Carol Pelmas, rheumatologist Scott Zashin, anesthesiologist Jim Loftus and ophthalmologist John Coco were able to eat in peace.
This year’s Homecoming will be October 26-27.
Last August while traveling through Holland, Michigan, I visited with professor Ion Agheana, twice retired from Hope College, where he remains much beloved. While at Dartmouth Professor Agheana led more than one trip abroad, including one to Bourges, France, in the winter of 1978. A raconteur, Professor Agheana regaled me with stories, some that I remembered dimly and some I never knew. Among others, Professor Agheana fondly recalled Mark Germano ’79, Bill White, Scott Bechler and Bill Helman.The ol’ prof’s story about Bill and Scott is best told another day, but he was most impressed that Bill had been chair of Dartmouth’s trustees.
Happy New Year! Make plans for Scottsdale.
—Wade Herring, P.O. Box 9848, Savannah, GA 31412, (912) 944-1639; wherring@huntermaclean.com; Rob Daisley, 3201 W. Knights Ave., Tampa, FL 33611; (813) 300-7954; robdaisley@me.com; Frank Fesnak, 242 River Road, Gladwyne, PA 19035; (610) 581-8889; ffesnak@gmail.com
Picasso said, “One starts to get young at 60 and then it is too late.” We will never pass this way again. See you in Scottsdale.
Homecoming in Hanover last October featured a great tailgate, complete with green tablecloths, fresh-cut flowers and hot food. Fancy! The classes of ’79 and ’81 intermingled amongst us. Thanks to Cathy McGrath for being the organizer extraordinaire.
Dan Freihofer, looking very much the same as he did 37 years ago, was one of several locals at the tailgate. Dan lives in nearby Lyme. Dan’s Facebook photos of his daughter’s recent wedding make the marriage of a child look simultaneously joyful and cinematic.
Other local tailgaters included Anne Daigneault MacEwan, Rich Ackerboom, Jay Weed and Ann Munves Malenka. They always help the returning prodigals feel welcome.
Some 50 souls gathered Saturday night for dinner at the DOC House on Occom Pond after Dartmouth’s last-minute, come-from-behind victory over Yale. The crowd included Emma Demers ’20, daughter of Jeff Demers, our photographer and documentarian for the weekend. The hearty twin sons of Todd Pellet, Nicholas and Peter, also members of the class of ’20, dined with us as well, sans Todd, who was off a-hunting in the Grant.
Fearless leader Mark Alperin reminded those of us assembled that we were as old to the students present, as the class of ’40 would have been to us during our sophomore fall in 1977. Slowly processing Mark’s comparison, we seniors were finally able to groan in protest and exclaim, “Have you no decency, sir?”
In case of a medical emergency, we were well-covered. Fortunately, orthopedist Carol Pelmas, rheumatologist Scott Zashin, anesthesiologist Jim Loftus and ophthalmologist John Coco were able to eat in peace.
This year’s Homecoming will be October 26-27.
Last August while traveling through Holland, Michigan, I visited with professor Ion Agheana, twice retired from Hope College, where he remains much beloved. While at Dartmouth Professor Agheana led more than one trip abroad, including one to Bourges, France, in the winter of 1978. A raconteur, Professor Agheana regaled me with stories, some that I remembered dimly and some I never knew. Among others, Professor Agheana fondly recalled Mark Germano ’79, Bill White, Scott Bechler and Bill Helman.The ol’ prof’s story about Bill and Scott is best told another day, but he was most impressed that Bill had been chair of Dartmouth’s trustees.
Happy New Year! Make plans for Scottsdale.
—Wade Herring, P.O. Box 9848, Savannah, GA 31412, (912) 944-1639; wherring@huntermaclean.com; Rob Daisley, 3201 W. Knights Ave., Tampa, FL 33611; (813) 300-7954; robdaisley@me.com; Frank Fesnak, 242 River Road, Gladwyne, PA 19035; (610) 581-8889; ffesnak@gmail.com