Class Note 1981
Issue
Sept - Oct 2016
Floral patterns and the agrarian cycle govern our thoughts at the time of writing this column in mid June. We are a group of remontants, forever re-blooming.
Whether it is the celebration of multi-decade relationships, career transitions, the births of grandchildren (gulp!) or the graduations of middle schoolers through medical schoolers, our callings mature, diversify and refocus. The expressions of glee prevail now: smiles as great as when we were younger, lingering vestiges of a bygone era perhaps, but for many of us some of the most balanced and truthful happiness of our time.
David Shula was at it again, pushing the envelope of age and physiology by competing in a triathlon not only against father time but also his Dartmouth-era mates (James Rill, Joe McLaughlin, Shaun Teevens ’82) who competed as a team against him.
Medical assistance was provided by Robert Higgins, who did not appear to have gone through the same rigorous athletic training, but whose smile in pictures deserves splendid praise. Give a rouse for the work of Allen Hance, who directs the engaged scholarship student program at Brown University. The mission is to couple academic work with real-life social change.
In the “loyal sons and daughters of Dartmouth” realm, Howard Morse serves as the chairman and highly entertaining emcee of the Daniel Webster Award for meritorious public service for the D.C. area Dartmouth club. This year’s awardee was none other than freshly minted U.S. Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning ’90, who credited our own Abner Oakes for his own highly meritorious actions in the heat of battle to learn the art and mechanics of essay writing when he was a middle schooler. Abner, it does not get any better than that for a teacher. Jill Martin Eichner, Beth Shapiro Lewyckyi and Tom Duke were in attendance, along with the other 130 alumni at the storied Army and Navy Club.
To most of us, to run a marathon is nearly equivalent to running “the girdled earth,” but to Sally Ankeny Riley and her two daughters (Julia and Heather) and Ted Hibben, this was a joyous run about town in the most recent Boston marathon in which Sally placed eighth in her age group. On top of that, team Ankeny Riley earned $42,000 for Massachusetts Eye and Ear.
It is with a heavy granite heart but a tremendous amount of pride that I report that our own Lynne Gaudet is officially retiring from alumni relations at the College. Danielle Dyer wrote a fantastic Dr. Seuss-inspired poem that encapsulates how many of us feel about our classmate: “No one could be kinder, dedication defines her, she’s a team player, the best Dartmouth portrayer.”
Plan to make the trip to campus for our upcoming reunion in October with the class of ’82. The tentative schedule is listed in the most recent class newsletter. If you have news of yourself or others, send an email or text to your loyal secretaries.
—Emil Miskovsky, 77 Bates St., Suite 202, Lewiston, ME 04240; (802) 345-9861; emilmiskovsky@gmail.com; Veronica Wessels, 224 Buena Vista Road, Rockcliffe, ON K1M0V7, Canada; (613) 748-6248; vcwessels@rogers.com
Whether it is the celebration of multi-decade relationships, career transitions, the births of grandchildren (gulp!) or the graduations of middle schoolers through medical schoolers, our callings mature, diversify and refocus. The expressions of glee prevail now: smiles as great as when we were younger, lingering vestiges of a bygone era perhaps, but for many of us some of the most balanced and truthful happiness of our time.
David Shula was at it again, pushing the envelope of age and physiology by competing in a triathlon not only against father time but also his Dartmouth-era mates (James Rill, Joe McLaughlin, Shaun Teevens ’82) who competed as a team against him.
Medical assistance was provided by Robert Higgins, who did not appear to have gone through the same rigorous athletic training, but whose smile in pictures deserves splendid praise. Give a rouse for the work of Allen Hance, who directs the engaged scholarship student program at Brown University. The mission is to couple academic work with real-life social change.
In the “loyal sons and daughters of Dartmouth” realm, Howard Morse serves as the chairman and highly entertaining emcee of the Daniel Webster Award for meritorious public service for the D.C. area Dartmouth club. This year’s awardee was none other than freshly minted U.S. Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning ’90, who credited our own Abner Oakes for his own highly meritorious actions in the heat of battle to learn the art and mechanics of essay writing when he was a middle schooler. Abner, it does not get any better than that for a teacher. Jill Martin Eichner, Beth Shapiro Lewyckyi and Tom Duke were in attendance, along with the other 130 alumni at the storied Army and Navy Club.
To most of us, to run a marathon is nearly equivalent to running “the girdled earth,” but to Sally Ankeny Riley and her two daughters (Julia and Heather) and Ted Hibben, this was a joyous run about town in the most recent Boston marathon in which Sally placed eighth in her age group. On top of that, team Ankeny Riley earned $42,000 for Massachusetts Eye and Ear.
It is with a heavy granite heart but a tremendous amount of pride that I report that our own Lynne Gaudet is officially retiring from alumni relations at the College. Danielle Dyer wrote a fantastic Dr. Seuss-inspired poem that encapsulates how many of us feel about our classmate: “No one could be kinder, dedication defines her, she’s a team player, the best Dartmouth portrayer.”
Plan to make the trip to campus for our upcoming reunion in October with the class of ’82. The tentative schedule is listed in the most recent class newsletter. If you have news of yourself or others, send an email or text to your loyal secretaries.
—Emil Miskovsky, 77 Bates St., Suite 202, Lewiston, ME 04240; (802) 345-9861; emilmiskovsky@gmail.com; Veronica Wessels, 224 Buena Vista Road, Rockcliffe, ON K1M0V7, Canada; (613) 748-6248; vcwessels@rogers.com