Class Note 1980
In the 25th reunion yearbook Brooks Shumway vividly described her battles with cancer. Brooks remained upbeat, notwithstanding the emotional and physical toll of recurring serious illness. She dedicated herself to nonprofit work, travel, friends and family. She passed away in January at Stanford University Hospital. Upon learning the news, Bert Boles recalled how gracefully Brooks handled herself in class discussions with the toughest professors in their Stanford J.D./M.B.A. program. Regina Ketting hosted a dinner in memory of Brooks at the Yale/Dartmouth Club in New York City; Anne Patterson, Fr. Gerry Murray, Judy Recke and Jeanet Hardigg Irwin attended.
Peter Marlette reported on a Kappa Sig mini-reunion: “Spent a great few days in Sea Island, Georgia, with Blake Shepard, Paul Mourning, Bill White, Curt Flight and Jamie Ardrey. Good golf, food, drink, Super Bowl and outstanding company.” This group undoubtedly will find a better location than New Jersey for Super Bowl XLVIII.
Dartmouth Lawyers Association continuing legal education Ski XXVI provided an opportunity for Ellen Vannah, Jon Bye and me to get together in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Ellen’s work as a worker’s compensation judge in Beaumont, Texas, has only sharpened her already keen and perceptive wit. Jon continues to litigate contract disputes for Lindquist & Vennum in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Both carved up the champagne powder.
Lisa Shanahan hosted a midwinter mini-reunion dinner at her house in Connecticut. Ellen Martin Taratus, Meg Blakey, Geoff Edelson, Bill Helman, Susan Adler Funk ’81 and Amy ’77 and John Cholnoky enjoyed the cuisine of Ellen’s husband, Ken, and conversation that went late into the night.
Noky, Joe Misiewicz and Brian Wicks paid tribute to one of our finest at the funeral Mass held in Fayetteville, New York, this past February for Rick Zogby. Jim Wilson was moved by what a great job they did in celebrating a life worth celebrating. Zogs passed away of cancer on Valentine’s Day, surrounded by family and holding hands with his wife, Colleen. He was a father of four, skilled orthopedic surgeon and as much a leader in his community as he was on the rugby pitch.
The news brought forth poignant remembrances from a long list of Dartmouth friends, but as Noky pointed out, “Anyone who knew Rick well would know that he would not want us to get mopey; he liked having fun too much.” Cathel MacLeod added, “If he ever had a bad day, it never showed to those around him.” Drew Dougherty echoed the universal sentiment, “Really sad, but also touching how much love he inspired.”
Webb Vorys captured the essence of Zogs: “What a good man he was. While any person is hard to sum up, when I think of Zogs I think of a guy who was extremely gifted but totally humble, a guy who would give but expect nothing in return, a guy who put team before self, a guy who, even if you hadn’t seen him for years, you always kept in the ‘great friend’ category, a guy with a smile that said it all.”
—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
