Class Note 1981
Issue
Jul - Aug 2017
Our 81st day virtual Facebook reunion was a huge success. Classmates from far and wide participated by sending greetings, photos and updates. Even those without Facebook found ways to communicate, including through our new class news email address, d.81.news@gmail.com. Check out our latest class newsletter for extensive coverage of this fun event.
John Sconzo reports that a great time was had by all who attended the Magic Mountain mini-reunion during St. Patrick’s Day weekend. The weather was perfect, having benefitted from the blizzard just prior and some gorgeous sunshine with moderate temperatures. John skied and dined with Ted Hibben, Geoff Hatheway and Greg Hale and family members. A sequel is being planned for next year.
David Carradini sent this update from Ashburn, Virginia. “I’ve been blessed with an adventurous life: after Dartmouth a stretch at a law firm in N.Y.C., followed by Yale Divinity School, then work in upstate New York with Rick Bellows, several years at AT&T, five years in Spain studying philosophy and theology and teaching English as a second language, time with my family in Oklahoma, several years in Washington, D.C., that included teaching religion at an all-boys school, attempting a turnaround of an independent primary school, eight-plus years in the faith-based initiative under Presidents Bush and Obama and three years as head of a diocesan high school in Rhode Island. All this work has given me rich perspective on the challenges and opportunities faced by everyone who lives in the United States and throughout the world. I look back with particular pride and joy on my time in the initiative, as there I learned about the crushing poverty and inequities experienced by so many of our brothers and sisters in this country, as well as solutions, programs and initiatives that can really work. During our current distress I’ve been honored to be in dialogue with so many of our classmates, sharing perspectives on issues that affect us all. We have an amazing class and I am honored to be part of it. President Kemeny’s words still ring in my ears: ‘Men and women of Dartmouth, all mankind is your brother and you are your brother’s keeper.’ May we be worthy of that commitment.”
Brent West writes that all is well in Maine, where he works at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works as the program director for the design and construction of three Zumwalt Class destroyers for the Navy. He enjoys exercise and travel as well as spending down time at his camp on Worthley Pond in Peru, Maine, and at the family cottage on Lake Michigan.
Jim Kinealy has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society as the 2017 recipient of the Special Award for Excellence in Medical Service, an award recognizing a physician who has made a distinguished demonstration of compassion and dedication to the medical needs of his or her patients and the general public. Congratulations, Jim!
Happy summer to all and please remember to send us your news!
—Veronica Wessels, 224 Buena Vista Road, Rockcliffe, ON K1M0V7, Canada; (613) 864-4491; vcwessels@rogers.com; Emil Miskovsky, 77 Bates St., Suite 202, Lewiston, ME 04240; (802) 345-9861; emilmiskovsky@gmail.com
John Sconzo reports that a great time was had by all who attended the Magic Mountain mini-reunion during St. Patrick’s Day weekend. The weather was perfect, having benefitted from the blizzard just prior and some gorgeous sunshine with moderate temperatures. John skied and dined with Ted Hibben, Geoff Hatheway and Greg Hale and family members. A sequel is being planned for next year.
David Carradini sent this update from Ashburn, Virginia. “I’ve been blessed with an adventurous life: after Dartmouth a stretch at a law firm in N.Y.C., followed by Yale Divinity School, then work in upstate New York with Rick Bellows, several years at AT&T, five years in Spain studying philosophy and theology and teaching English as a second language, time with my family in Oklahoma, several years in Washington, D.C., that included teaching religion at an all-boys school, attempting a turnaround of an independent primary school, eight-plus years in the faith-based initiative under Presidents Bush and Obama and three years as head of a diocesan high school in Rhode Island. All this work has given me rich perspective on the challenges and opportunities faced by everyone who lives in the United States and throughout the world. I look back with particular pride and joy on my time in the initiative, as there I learned about the crushing poverty and inequities experienced by so many of our brothers and sisters in this country, as well as solutions, programs and initiatives that can really work. During our current distress I’ve been honored to be in dialogue with so many of our classmates, sharing perspectives on issues that affect us all. We have an amazing class and I am honored to be part of it. President Kemeny’s words still ring in my ears: ‘Men and women of Dartmouth, all mankind is your brother and you are your brother’s keeper.’ May we be worthy of that commitment.”
Brent West writes that all is well in Maine, where he works at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works as the program director for the design and construction of three Zumwalt Class destroyers for the Navy. He enjoys exercise and travel as well as spending down time at his camp on Worthley Pond in Peru, Maine, and at the family cottage on Lake Michigan.
Jim Kinealy has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society as the 2017 recipient of the Special Award for Excellence in Medical Service, an award recognizing a physician who has made a distinguished demonstration of compassion and dedication to the medical needs of his or her patients and the general public. Congratulations, Jim!
Happy summer to all and please remember to send us your news!
—Veronica Wessels, 224 Buena Vista Road, Rockcliffe, ON K1M0V7, Canada; (613) 864-4491; vcwessels@rogers.com; Emil Miskovsky, 77 Bates St., Suite 202, Lewiston, ME 04240; (802) 345-9861; emilmiskovsky@gmail.com