Happy holidays! May the new year be filled with fun adventures and happy times. Fifteen class officers returned to Hanover at the end of September for Class Officers Weekend: Jon Baker, Michael Berg, Danny Black, Sam Carlson, David Eichman, Peter Feer, Jenny Chandler Hauge, Corinne Heyes, Matt Hoffman, Cathy Judd-Stein, Betsy Leggat, Rich Nadworny, David Plekenpol, Robin Shaffert and Patrick Viguerie. I think this is a class (and perhaps College) record! I am happy to report that the great class of 1982 won Class of the Year and Matt Hoffman won Class President of the Year. Congratulations, ’82s!


To keep the momentum going from our 30th reunion we have set up a new Facebook group called “Dartmouth College Class of 1982.” Please join. We have also set up a Facebook group for our class project called “Dartmouth ’82 Upper Valley Social Entrepreneurship” (UVSE) so that we can stay in touch with all of our UVSE fellows. Our next goal is to fund two UVSE fellows each year, and we hope that you will be part of this exciting challenge!


Ann Neumeyer is a pediatric neurologist specializing in autism at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children and the Lurie Center for Autism. She and husband Gary Chinman have three children, including a son who plays on the same soccer team as Andrea Ploss O’Neill’s son. Ann reminded me that she and I (along with Monika Safford, who is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham) worked together as drill instructors for the German department.


Bryant Patten is the executive director of the National Center for Open Source and Education, a nonprofit organization that advocates open-source adoption in K-12 schools throughout the United States. He has won several awards for software design. Bryant helps schools maximize their technology dollars and close the digital divide between students of diverse economic backgrounds.


Julie-Anne MacDonald Anthony writes, “I became a grandmother on January 12, 2012. I wonder if anyone else in our class has experienced that trauma.” Julie-Anne’s daughter Jessica gave birth to little Audrey in Tucson, Arizona. Julie-Anne’s son Blake is at Pacific University, where he is majoring in physics/engineering and math.


Darren Cde Baca has been elected to the board of trustees of the Health Trust, a nonprofit foundation that provides grants, services and advocacy to make the Silicon Valley the healthiest region in America. Darren is a regional vice president for Ivy Funds, an investment management firm.


Ken Fox is a college and career advisor at Ladue High School in St. Louis, Missouri. It was great to reconnect with Ken and wife Kate McKee Fox at our 30th in June!


I am sorry to close with the news that Kim Davis died on September 26, 2012, at her home in Williston, Vermont, after a lengthy battle with cancer. Kim had a long and highly decorated career as an engineer and project manager at IBM. She is survived by her husband, Brian Trivelli, and many close friends and relatives, including her beloved niece Arianna Maddalena, for whom Kim was guardian. The hill winds will always know their names.


—David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net; Robin Shaffert, 5044 Macomb St., NW, Washington, DC 20016; robinshaffert@yahoo.com