Class Note 1980
Issue
January-February 2023
Our class held a mini reunion on October 9-12 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Brian Boyer and his wife, Gretchen, opened up their beautiful log cabin home in the Santa Fe Hills for the opening gathering. Several other classmates in attendance also live in New Mexico. Alex McCormick and his wife, Judy Ouimet, moved to Santa Fe recently after Alex stepped down from his long-term post at Indiana University. Terrie Duda Harris practiced law and then acupuncture in New Jersey before retiring to New Mexico with her husband, Glenn, 12 years ago. Guy Dietrich has had a home in Santa Fe for many years; he was gracious enough to host a golf outing at his country club and had everyone over after golf at his home on the 18th hole. Wade Herring was our special guest for the evening, zooming in virtually from Georgia to fill the class in on his campaign for Congress for the First District in Georgia. We hope by press time Wade will have won his seat!
The variety of events at this mini-reunion attracted many classmates who have not made it back to Hanover in a while. Cheryll Watson flew in from Los Angeles, where she continues her career in property management while still performing as an actor when time allows. Mark Flom and his wife, Melissa, flew in from Atlanta. They especially enjoyed the tour of the Alan Houser sculpture garden. The group enjoyed hors d’oeuvres and drinks at sunset along with a guided tour of the sculpture garden by the curator David Rettig ’75. Jean Scarrow flew in from Newton, Massachusetts, where she is enjoying retirement from Liberty Mutual. She enjoyed touring the art galleries along Canyon Road and hiking up to the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture with classmate Anne Craige McNay. Dan Fitzpatrick and his wife, Helen, flew in from Greenwich, Connecticut, and found time to explore a bit of the High Road to Taos while visiting Chimayo, a beautiful sanctuary. Maja Wessels and her husband, Charles Covington, visited Taos en route to Santa Fe from their home in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The final evening was a group dinner with special guests Dartmouth professor and classmate N. Bruce Duthu and his wife, Hilde Ojibway, along with Alvin Warren ’91, the former secretary of Indian affairs for New Mexico.Bruce spoke about the impressive evolution of the Native American and indigenous studies department he chairs at Dartmouth, growing from two course offerings in 1972 to more than 20 courses and offering a major, a minor, and an off-campus study program in Santa Fe on the campus of the Institute of American Indian Arts. Our class donated $15,000 to support internships and independent research projects for current students.
Prior to the mini-reunion, several classmates, including Regina Ketting and husband Jaap, Lauri Sanduski and husband Jim, Cathy McGrath, and Laurel Smith attended the Albuquerque (New Mexico) International Balloon Fiesta, featuring more than 600 hot air balloons.
—Meg Coughlin LePage,8 Brookside Drive, Cumberland, ME 04021; (207) 791-1382; mlepage@pierceatwood.com; Rob Dinsmoor, 14 Rust St., South Hamilton, MA 01982; (978) 269-4069; dinsmo@earthlink.net; Wade Herring, P.O. Box 9848, Savannah, GA 31412; (912) 944-1639; wherring@huntermaclean.com
The variety of events at this mini-reunion attracted many classmates who have not made it back to Hanover in a while. Cheryll Watson flew in from Los Angeles, where she continues her career in property management while still performing as an actor when time allows. Mark Flom and his wife, Melissa, flew in from Atlanta. They especially enjoyed the tour of the Alan Houser sculpture garden. The group enjoyed hors d’oeuvres and drinks at sunset along with a guided tour of the sculpture garden by the curator David Rettig ’75. Jean Scarrow flew in from Newton, Massachusetts, where she is enjoying retirement from Liberty Mutual. She enjoyed touring the art galleries along Canyon Road and hiking up to the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture with classmate Anne Craige McNay. Dan Fitzpatrick and his wife, Helen, flew in from Greenwich, Connecticut, and found time to explore a bit of the High Road to Taos while visiting Chimayo, a beautiful sanctuary. Maja Wessels and her husband, Charles Covington, visited Taos en route to Santa Fe from their home in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The final evening was a group dinner with special guests Dartmouth professor and classmate N. Bruce Duthu and his wife, Hilde Ojibway, along with Alvin Warren ’91, the former secretary of Indian affairs for New Mexico.Bruce spoke about the impressive evolution of the Native American and indigenous studies department he chairs at Dartmouth, growing from two course offerings in 1972 to more than 20 courses and offering a major, a minor, and an off-campus study program in Santa Fe on the campus of the Institute of American Indian Arts. Our class donated $15,000 to support internships and independent research projects for current students.
Prior to the mini-reunion, several classmates, including Regina Ketting and husband Jaap, Lauri Sanduski and husband Jim, Cathy McGrath, and Laurel Smith attended the Albuquerque (New Mexico) International Balloon Fiesta, featuring more than 600 hot air balloons.
—Meg Coughlin LePage,8 Brookside Drive, Cumberland, ME 04021; (207) 791-1382; mlepage@pierceatwood.com; Rob Dinsmoor, 14 Rust St., South Hamilton, MA 01982; (978) 269-4069; dinsmo@earthlink.net; Wade Herring, P.O. Box 9848, Savannah, GA 31412; (912) 944-1639; wherring@huntermaclean.com