Congratulations to Emily Bakemeier, who was recently elected to the Dartmouth board of trustees, where she joins Sherri Carroll Oberg, Gail Koziara Boudreaux and Jim Coulter. Emily has a distinguished record of service to the class and the College, most recently serving on the presidential search committee that selected President Phil Hanlon. She was the first woman to serve as president of the Dartmouth Alumni Council and she is also the youngest person ever to hold that role. Emily is deputy provost for the arts and humanities at Yale University (a small college in Connecticut) and she lives in Guilford, Connecticut, with her husband, Alain. Way to go, Emily!
I recently had dinner in Berkeley, California, with Tim von Herrmann and his wife, Susan. Tim is an avid bicyclist and I am trying to convince him to ride in next year’s California AIDS/LifeCycle, which takes place June 1-7, 2014. It is a 545-mile bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles that I have done twice and can honestly say it is an amazing experience. You must commit to raising $3,000 and it takes months to train, but it is a ride, not a race, and it is fully supported by a dedicated crew. Perhaps we can have a Team Dartmouth next year! There is also an opportunity to crew if you want to skip the training and fundraising. Any ’82s interested?
Through German professor Bruce Duncan I learned that Mark Michigan was in Germany at the beginning of the year and coincidentally met someone who had been a Dartmouth host family more than 30 years ago. Mark came back with a list of the participants in our fall 1979 German language study abroad program (LSA) in Mainz. Classmates on the program included Brian Duwe, David Eichman, Robert Faber, Russell Gombosi, Martha Harvey, Martha Hill, David Keyser, Betsy Kingsbury, Marc Krantz, Steven Lindell, Stephen Maddock, Mark Michigan, Robert Olsson, John Rosane, Rebecca Rothfusz, Anthony Smith, Donald Tirrell, Dianne Vogel, Andrew Westphal and Warren Whitney. Our AT was Julian Bull ’81, who I recently found out lives in Los Angeles and is the headmaster of Campbell Hall, a local high school. I still keep in touch with my Mainz family, Familie Hans. If any of you want a copy of that LSA list, please e-mail me.
I must close the column with the sad news of three classmate deaths. Anthony “Tony” Lupien died on April 11. Kim Marie Walsh died on April 23. And David Conard died unexpectedly on June 24. Our deepest condolences to their families and friends. Obituaries will appear on the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine website and on our class website in the coming months. Contact Robin or me to share any special memories of Tony, Kim or David. I also want to especially thank Joanne McMullen with helping us update the “In Memoriam” page on our class website and pull together all classmate obituaries from the back print issues of Dartmouth Alumni Magazine.
Live each day as if it were your last!
—David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net; Robin Shaffert, 5044 Macomb St., NW, Washington, DC 20016
