Class Note 1981
Happy New Year, dear classmates! I hope that many of you resolved to enhance your engagement with the College and our awesome class in 2017. You may have noticed that we are working hard on outreach. To facilitate news sharing we’ve set up a brand-new dedicated class news email address (d.81.news@gmail.com) that is monitored regularly. Our Facebook group (www.facebook.com/groups/Dartmouth81) is also a good place to share information and photographs. Our 81st day virtual mini-reunion is taking place there on March 22. We hope you’ll join us!
Give a rouse for our very own Laurel Richie, who has been appointed chair of the College board of trustees for a three-year term. Laurel, we are tremendously proud of you and wish you all the best during your tenure.
Congratulations are also in order for Sharon Washington on her hugely successful playwriting debut. Sharon completed 29 performances of her solo play, Feeding the Dragon, at the City Theatre in Pittsburgh. The play is based on her own coming-of-age story.
In other entertainment news, Sean Bersell was named to the 2016 “Top 50 Movers and Shakers of Home Entertainment.” Sean is senior vice president of public affairs at Entertainment Merchants Association and makes his home in the Los Angeles area. Way to go, Sean!
Kudos to Geoff Bracken, who was selected to the “Who’s Who Energy List,” recognizing top energy leaders throughout the United States. Geoff practices law in Houston and this is his third appearance among the energy industry’s most influential players.
Geoff Hatheway and seven other ’81s recently purchased Magic Mountain, a ski resort in Londonderry, Vermont. Geoff writes that his group, which also includes Greg Hale, Lee Carson, John Westerfield, Jim Randolph, Mark Davis, Danny Evans and Randy Bodner, has “invested in creating a sustainable and profitable ‘throwback’ ski area known for its uniquely challenging terrain and laidback, non-corporate, fun ski-enthusiast, après ski vibe.” A mini ski reunion is planned there for St. Patrick’s weekend.
Molly Sundberg van Metre caught up with third-grade classmate Kevin Carpenter on a flight from Minneapolis to Hartford, Connecticut. Kevin is currently chief financial officer of the Minnesota Housing Fund and was on his way to visit his daughter, who is a senior at Amherst. Molly called their meeting “a really fun, random occurrence.”
Cindy Terzakis Gakos lives in Mendham, New Jersey, and has a passion for skating. It started at Dartmouth, where she took figure skating to fulfill a PE requirement. She took up skating again at 35 to accompany her young daughter. She has competed in adult competitions, including twice in Lake Placid at the U.S. Adult Nationals, and now skates for enjoyment several times a week. Cindy also loves ice hockey and has had season tickets to the New Jersey Devils for more than 25 years. Cindy’s brownies are legendary at the Devils’ Prudential Centre. The lore is that if a player eats one of Cindy’s brownies, he is guaranteed to score a goal during the next game!
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