Class Note 1980
Issue
November-December 2021
This August I had the pleasure of spending a weekend in Bar Harbor, Maine, with Lauri Livesey Sanduski and her husband, Jim. Lauri and I were together on the same freshman trip, when we quickly bonded. It was the beginning of a lifetime friendship. We hiked in Bar Harbor, more slowly than we did 45 years ago, but with no less enthusiasm. Lauri recently retired from IBM, her one and only employer since she graduated from Tuck in 1981.
Our drive home took us through the quaint coastal village of Camden, where Peter Kesser, former general counsel of two large public companies, now runs the Camden Maine Stay Inn, a historic bed-and-breakfast. Peter’s shift from lawyer to innkeeper came somewhat fortuitously when the former owners of the inn—whom Peter and his wife, Janis, got to know from years of being guests—announced they were ready to retire and wanted to sell. Peter says although he left behind his legal career in Memphis, Tennessee, “I did not retire, nor was I burned out on the law or escaping corporate life. In fact, I loved being a lawyer.” Peter is thriving in his new role. “I most enjoy meeting and talking with our guests—people of all ages, with widely varying backgrounds and careers, and from all parts of the United States and the world.” He also loves living in Maine, where “I can hike a mountain and sail on Penobscot Bay in the same day and all within a few minutes from the inn.” Peter welcomes all ’80s—indeed all Dartmouth grads—to visit him in Camden. You can check out the elegantly appointed inn at camdenmainestay.com.
Speaking of traveling to Maine, Merle Adelman let me know she is planning a trip to Portland in September to take part in the Maine Lighthouse Ride with fellow rider Laurel Smith.The 60-mile route hugs the coast starting in South Portland, home of Peg Stewart and Ursula Mathers Nehrt,to Cape Elizabeth, home to Susan Green Spagnola and John Moloney, to Scarborough, Old Orchard Beach, and back to Portland, home of Rich Entel.Maybe she will see some of our classmates along the way.
Like many of our classmates, Rich is a physician, specializing in addiction medicine. Rich is also an acclaimed visual artist who studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and was an artist-in-residence at the MacDowell Colony. Take a look at his amazing sculptures of soulful animals made of discarded cardboard and pieces of musical instruments at entelmenagerie.squarespace.com
I end my column with a plug to read the thoughtful and inspiring interview of trustee emeritus John Rich called “We are Finally Talking About Racism as a Problem Worth Solving,” online at calltolead.dartmouth.edu/stories. John credits his medical career addressing the effects of racial trauma to his study of English at Dartmouth.
—Meg Coughlin LePage,8 Brookside Drive, Cumberland, ME 04021; (207) 791-1382; mlepage@pierceatwood.com; Wade Herring, P.O. Box 9848, Savannah, GA 31412, (912) 944-1639; wherring@huntermaclean.com; Rob Dinsmoor, 14 Rust St., South Hamilton, MA 01982; (978) 269-4069; dinsmo@earthlink.net
Our drive home took us through the quaint coastal village of Camden, where Peter Kesser, former general counsel of two large public companies, now runs the Camden Maine Stay Inn, a historic bed-and-breakfast. Peter’s shift from lawyer to innkeeper came somewhat fortuitously when the former owners of the inn—whom Peter and his wife, Janis, got to know from years of being guests—announced they were ready to retire and wanted to sell. Peter says although he left behind his legal career in Memphis, Tennessee, “I did not retire, nor was I burned out on the law or escaping corporate life. In fact, I loved being a lawyer.” Peter is thriving in his new role. “I most enjoy meeting and talking with our guests—people of all ages, with widely varying backgrounds and careers, and from all parts of the United States and the world.” He also loves living in Maine, where “I can hike a mountain and sail on Penobscot Bay in the same day and all within a few minutes from the inn.” Peter welcomes all ’80s—indeed all Dartmouth grads—to visit him in Camden. You can check out the elegantly appointed inn at camdenmainestay.com.
Speaking of traveling to Maine, Merle Adelman let me know she is planning a trip to Portland in September to take part in the Maine Lighthouse Ride with fellow rider Laurel Smith.The 60-mile route hugs the coast starting in South Portland, home of Peg Stewart and Ursula Mathers Nehrt,to Cape Elizabeth, home to Susan Green Spagnola and John Moloney, to Scarborough, Old Orchard Beach, and back to Portland, home of Rich Entel.Maybe she will see some of our classmates along the way.
Like many of our classmates, Rich is a physician, specializing in addiction medicine. Rich is also an acclaimed visual artist who studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and was an artist-in-residence at the MacDowell Colony. Take a look at his amazing sculptures of soulful animals made of discarded cardboard and pieces of musical instruments at entelmenagerie.squarespace.com
I end my column with a plug to read the thoughtful and inspiring interview of trustee emeritus John Rich called “We are Finally Talking About Racism as a Problem Worth Solving,” online at calltolead.dartmouth.edu/stories. John credits his medical career addressing the effects of racial trauma to his study of English at Dartmouth.
—Meg Coughlin LePage,8 Brookside Drive, Cumberland, ME 04021; (207) 791-1382; mlepage@pierceatwood.com; Wade Herring, P.O. Box 9848, Savannah, GA 31412, (912) 944-1639; wherring@huntermaclean.com; Rob Dinsmoor, 14 Rust St., South Hamilton, MA 01982; (978) 269-4069; dinsmo@earthlink.net