Class Note 1980
Issue
Jul - Aug 2018
By the time we got to Phoenix, Arizona, it was time for cocktails. The desert bloomed. The alumni magazine adopted the Oxford comma, and your humble class secretaries were grateful, supportive, and approving.
As we gathered under the pergola seeking shelter from the Arizona sun, our voices cried out in the desert, “Sixty looks good on us!” You may call us sexagenarians, and only the Latin-challenged have to file a human resources report.
Lisa Shanahan checked off the final preparation list. Local host Maja Wessels schooled us on appropriately casual Scottsdale attire; Dave Bumsted made a note to go with only light-starched shirts. Fearless class co-leader Mark Alperin, distributed Dartmouth water bottles to keep us hydrated. Tom Cammann said hello to sister Amy Cholnoky ’77 and counted off the beat.
John Cholnoky, down from Montana, looked every bit the Western man. Joe Mannes hit poolside as fast as possible. Ellen Taratus almost sounded as if she had lived in Atlanta all her life.
Maja pointed a large group of intrepid hikers toward Camelback. Inter alia, Anne McNay, Debo Goth, Todd Pellett, Robert Schpoont, Paul Wax, and Rick Gemberling scrambled up the steep trail. The summit photo was given to Debbie Legatt for handling of the licensing rights. Carol Pelmas made sure no one broke any bones.
Eight ’80s braved 90-degree heat, venomous snakes, menacing cacti, and aggressive prairie dogs to complete an entertaining round at the Marriott Wildfire golf club. Tex Collins comfortably beat the heat with a winning score of 77. Colin McNay ’82, Brian Boyer, Buddy Ide, Derek Felske, and Linda and Dave Campbell thanked “Bump” for organizing the outing. Dave made sure no one had a heart attack.
Laughter filled the grounds at the private dinner held at Taliesin West, the Frank Lloyd Wright home that caught the trained eye of architect and vice president of design for Darden Restaurants Todd Taylor. Scott Slater celebrated his actual birthday,and Anne MacEwan smiled at leaving snow on the ground back home. Several of us noted the varying degrees of success with which we had left our jobs behind. Meg LePage confirmed that now is indeed an especially busy time to be an employment lawyer. Carol Burns recommended the “fun-employment” sabbatical she enjoyed before recently starting as senior counsel at an energy startup in Washington, D.C. At the Psi U table Rob Williams, Peter Fowler, and Stuart Bell wondered aloud when Bart Littlefield and T.C. were going to literally get the band back together.
Back in the real world, Dan Ernst was installed as Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal History at Georgetown Law. Dan has a forthcoming book, FDR’s Lawyers. Psychiatrist Marc Feldman’s fifth book, Dying to Be Ill: True Stories of Medical Deception, is now available on Amazon. It presents Dr. Feldman’s thoughts and experiences from working with deceptive and malingering patients.
Save the date: October 27 is our third annual Homecoming class dinner at Pierce’s Inn in nearby Etna after the football game against Harvard.
—Wade Herring, 1 Verdell Drive, Savannah, GA 31406; (912) 944-1639; wherring@huntermaclean.com; Rob Daisley, 3201 W. Knights Ave., Tampa, FL 33611; (813) 835-7722; robdaisley@me.com; Frank Fesnak, 111 Arbor Place, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010; (610) 581-8889; ffesnak@yahoo.com
As we gathered under the pergola seeking shelter from the Arizona sun, our voices cried out in the desert, “Sixty looks good on us!” You may call us sexagenarians, and only the Latin-challenged have to file a human resources report.
Lisa Shanahan checked off the final preparation list. Local host Maja Wessels schooled us on appropriately casual Scottsdale attire; Dave Bumsted made a note to go with only light-starched shirts. Fearless class co-leader Mark Alperin, distributed Dartmouth water bottles to keep us hydrated. Tom Cammann said hello to sister Amy Cholnoky ’77 and counted off the beat.
John Cholnoky, down from Montana, looked every bit the Western man. Joe Mannes hit poolside as fast as possible. Ellen Taratus almost sounded as if she had lived in Atlanta all her life.
Maja pointed a large group of intrepid hikers toward Camelback. Inter alia, Anne McNay, Debo Goth, Todd Pellett, Robert Schpoont, Paul Wax, and Rick Gemberling scrambled up the steep trail. The summit photo was given to Debbie Legatt for handling of the licensing rights. Carol Pelmas made sure no one broke any bones.
Eight ’80s braved 90-degree heat, venomous snakes, menacing cacti, and aggressive prairie dogs to complete an entertaining round at the Marriott Wildfire golf club. Tex Collins comfortably beat the heat with a winning score of 77. Colin McNay ’82, Brian Boyer, Buddy Ide, Derek Felske, and Linda and Dave Campbell thanked “Bump” for organizing the outing. Dave made sure no one had a heart attack.
Laughter filled the grounds at the private dinner held at Taliesin West, the Frank Lloyd Wright home that caught the trained eye of architect and vice president of design for Darden Restaurants Todd Taylor. Scott Slater celebrated his actual birthday,and Anne MacEwan smiled at leaving snow on the ground back home. Several of us noted the varying degrees of success with which we had left our jobs behind. Meg LePage confirmed that now is indeed an especially busy time to be an employment lawyer. Carol Burns recommended the “fun-employment” sabbatical she enjoyed before recently starting as senior counsel at an energy startup in Washington, D.C. At the Psi U table Rob Williams, Peter Fowler, and Stuart Bell wondered aloud when Bart Littlefield and T.C. were going to literally get the band back together.
Back in the real world, Dan Ernst was installed as Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal History at Georgetown Law. Dan has a forthcoming book, FDR’s Lawyers. Psychiatrist Marc Feldman’s fifth book, Dying to Be Ill: True Stories of Medical Deception, is now available on Amazon. It presents Dr. Feldman’s thoughts and experiences from working with deceptive and malingering patients.
Save the date: October 27 is our third annual Homecoming class dinner at Pierce’s Inn in nearby Etna after the football game against Harvard.
—Wade Herring, 1 Verdell Drive, Savannah, GA 31406; (912) 944-1639; wherring@huntermaclean.com; Rob Daisley, 3201 W. Knights Ave., Tampa, FL 33611; (813) 835-7722; robdaisley@me.com; Frank Fesnak, 111 Arbor Place, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010; (610) 581-8889; ffesnak@yahoo.com