Class Note 1981
Issue
Jan - Feb 2018
As I write this column, the splendorous autumn colors grace all surfaces outside. Variations of amber and scarlet replace previously omnipresent, unripe verdancy. Especially on the Hanover Plain, sugar maples surge with radiant hues, replicating the energy we all experienced each fall while blessed to be undergrads there. Reality of Terra Firma and spirit of alma mater join.
The two have joined this football season to produce historic success on the gridiron. Devout fan Toby Reiley continues his run of organizing Dartmouth tent events. He was seen with Dawn Decker, Nancy Baskin, Jody (Awad) Evans and his wonderful wife, Sally Ankeny Reiley, at the Harvard game and earlier in the month with Kim Young, Betsy Brew, Pat Berry and Bob Van Wetter. Sally has recently finished her fifth sub-3:38 marathon in Chicago, raising funds for ALS research. This year’s finish at the Boston marathon was 3:29 on her way to raising $132,000 for eye research. All of these “runs” were completed this decade; inspired am I.
Earlier in the fall in Boston our own Peter Oudheusden and Danielle Dyer lit up the course at the Head of the Charles crew race on a beautiful Saturday morning, resplendent in awesome Big Green gear. The ranks of ’81s who have been honored as Wearers of the Green expanded to include Anthony Desir, who continues to roll the dice by playing rugby to this day. Remarkable.
Not to be too proud or anything, but class officer props went to the class officers of ’81s and ’82s for an outstanding fall mini-reunion last year. It was a spectacle and, to be honest, we should do it a lot more often. There is great joy in getting back together, or meeting for the first time, at these events.
Elizabeth Wang has worked her mini-reunion magic again, this time to the Civil War Manassas Battlefield (Bull Run). She was joined by Betsy Slotnick Rubinstein, Beth Shapiro Lewyckyi, Kathy Kiernan and Tom Kiernan. A winery tour followed for some. For all of you in the D.C.-to-N.Y.C. corridor, pay attention to the class of ’81 newsletter for more events.
Doug Bates represented the class at the inaugural public opening of the Ravine Lodge at Moosilauke. He took in the first dinner, overnight and breakfast. From all accounts, it is highly energy efficient and architecturally enticing. A long way from the original and sounds like a destination spot for sure. Many classmates made lifelong friendships there, such as Grace Macomber Bird and Anne Hallager McGonagle.
Regretfully, professor Vincent Starzinger passed from this earth September 6, 2017. There are few of us who were not touched by the force of intellect and awesome discipline known respectfully as “Zinger.” His prophetic insights into the politics of the center (middlingness) are worth reexamination.
Buoyancy, fluidity, equanimity and joy to you all. Please reach out to all of us through the class of ’81 Facebook page or directly to Vee or myself via email or snail mail.
—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) 864-4491; vcwessels@rogers.com
The two have joined this football season to produce historic success on the gridiron. Devout fan Toby Reiley continues his run of organizing Dartmouth tent events. He was seen with Dawn Decker, Nancy Baskin, Jody (Awad) Evans and his wonderful wife, Sally Ankeny Reiley, at the Harvard game and earlier in the month with Kim Young, Betsy Brew, Pat Berry and Bob Van Wetter. Sally has recently finished her fifth sub-3:38 marathon in Chicago, raising funds for ALS research. This year’s finish at the Boston marathon was 3:29 on her way to raising $132,000 for eye research. All of these “runs” were completed this decade; inspired am I.
Earlier in the fall in Boston our own Peter Oudheusden and Danielle Dyer lit up the course at the Head of the Charles crew race on a beautiful Saturday morning, resplendent in awesome Big Green gear. The ranks of ’81s who have been honored as Wearers of the Green expanded to include Anthony Desir, who continues to roll the dice by playing rugby to this day. Remarkable.
Not to be too proud or anything, but class officer props went to the class officers of ’81s and ’82s for an outstanding fall mini-reunion last year. It was a spectacle and, to be honest, we should do it a lot more often. There is great joy in getting back together, or meeting for the first time, at these events.
Elizabeth Wang has worked her mini-reunion magic again, this time to the Civil War Manassas Battlefield (Bull Run). She was joined by Betsy Slotnick Rubinstein, Beth Shapiro Lewyckyi, Kathy Kiernan and Tom Kiernan. A winery tour followed for some. For all of you in the D.C.-to-N.Y.C. corridor, pay attention to the class of ’81 newsletter for more events.
Doug Bates represented the class at the inaugural public opening of the Ravine Lodge at Moosilauke. He took in the first dinner, overnight and breakfast. From all accounts, it is highly energy efficient and architecturally enticing. A long way from the original and sounds like a destination spot for sure. Many classmates made lifelong friendships there, such as Grace Macomber Bird and Anne Hallager McGonagle.
Regretfully, professor Vincent Starzinger passed from this earth September 6, 2017. There are few of us who were not touched by the force of intellect and awesome discipline known respectfully as “Zinger.” His prophetic insights into the politics of the center (middlingness) are worth reexamination.
Buoyancy, fluidity, equanimity and joy to you all. Please reach out to all of us through the class of ’81 Facebook page or directly to Vee or myself via email or snail mail.
—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) 864-4491; vcwessels@rogers.com