Class Note 1982
Congratulations to Gail Koziara Boudreaux on her election to Dartmouth’s board of trustees. She joins Sherri Carroll Oberg and John Donahoe.
In another nod to ’82 leadership, Betsy Leggat was recently inducted into Dartmouth’s Stephen F. Mandel ’52 Society, which recognizes alumni who exemplify the best in Dartmouth volunteers by their visionary leadership in raising gifts for the Dartmouth College Fund. Joining in honoring Betsy at The Pierre in New York City were our adopted classmate, Dartmouth PresidentJim Yong Kim,class president Matt Hoffman, Emily Bakemeier, Jon Baker, Mary Conway, Linda Gridley and husband Paul, Jason Klein and wife Robin, Tee Lotson, John Nicholson, Kate Pesek Sackman and Patrick Viguerie. Celebrations started earlier in the Big Apple when the ’82s gathered in Patrick’s McKinsey offices to commemorate Matt’s 50th birthday with cake and champagne. Chansoo Joung joined the festivities before heading home reportedly to help with middle-school math.
After doing business in Washington, D.C., Tom Burack and his family traveled to Gaithersburg, Maryland, to visit Bobby Charles and his family. Tom, who serves as New Hampshire’s commissioner of the department of environmental services, reports that he is one of three Dartmouth graduates who currently lead their states’ environmental offices. Meeting with Tom in D.C. were Colin O’Mara ’01 of Delaware and Janet Coit ’85 of Rhode Island.
From Richmond, Virginia, Tony Shaia writes that he continues to practice orthopedic surgery. He and his wife, Mary Gerraughty ’83, will be traveling to Hanover regularly to see their youngest child, daughter Bridget, who will enter the class of 2015 this fall!
Pam Egan Singer will visit Nathan Longan’s family in St. Petersburg, Russia, with Richard Voorhees ’80 this June during the “White Nights”—that time when the sky is white at night because it is so far north. Pam is still practicing law at Pachulski Stang, a San Francisco boutique firm specializing in insolvency and restructuring. Pam tells me that she, Nathan, Hal Sandstrom and Chuck Luce have already made plans to attend our 30th reunion in June 2012.
Members of ’82, however, are not waiting for 2012 to reunite. Brad Carpenter, John Faucher, David Eichman, Susan Ross Marki, Joe Reinkemeyer and Karl Thurmond joined President Kim at a Dartmouth reception in Los Angeles. Betsy Leggat, Beth Scholle and I met in early April to help Ralph McDevitt and his wife, Tink, cheer on their daughter Grace ’14 and her Dartmouth women’s water polo teammates at a tournament at Boston University. In addition to being honored by Dartmouth, Betsy has been traveling extensively, including to Afghanistan, for her work with CamelBak, led by president and CEO Sally McCoy.Beth continues to sail competitively. Her team has participated in the International One Design World Championships in such venues as Sweden and San Francisco.
In response to my note to formidable outdoorswoman Rosi Dupre Littlefield that I was heading to Chamonix, France, to ski while our son studied abroad, I learned she and her husband, Tim, were heading to Switzerland to “do an excursion on the Haute Route from Zermatt to Chamonix.” Her training would involve “wearing the same wool clothes day in and day out.” Mine involved maneuvering chairlift lines.
Finally, Tom Daniels reports that Austin Beutner has entered Los Angeles’ mayoral race, while Facebook tells us that Seth Swirsky will be singing the national anthem at Wrigley Field in Chicago before the Cubs-Braves game on August 23. Alex Blumrosen caught Seth’s documentary, Beatles Stories, at its world premiere in Paris. Seth’s song, “Watercolor Day,” won “Best Pop Song of the Year” at the Hollywood Music and Media Awards. Congratulations!
—Cathy Judd-Stein, 15 Lakeview Road, Winchester, MA 01890; cjuddstein@yahoo.com; David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net
