Class Note 1982
Issue
The new year—2010—is around the corner as I write this column, which means that many of us will be turning 50 in the months ahead. Some of us have already celebrated the half-century mark with style and grace. The majority of us, however, are looking to those classmates for inspiration as we ponder how to make this a very special year. Sally Adnopoz Gendler recently circulated a survey asking whether we would like to celebrate together. The enthusiastic response has produced plans for a few trip options to be announced soon.
Kathy Briscoe has firmed up her 50th birthday plans. She and her family will be in Whistler cheering on the United States at the Winter Olympics. Her hotel balcony will extend over the awards ceremonies plaza. Let’s look for Kathy as she celebrates with the American medal winners. Kass Spanos Ardinger writes that she and her husband, Bill (Harvard Law School ’85), are making 50th birthday party plans. Steve Warren, Bill’s law school roommate, suggests they meet in Napa Valley, California, to celebrate together.
George Clothier wrote last summer that he had recently returned from Australia, where he had completed the Alice Springs Marathon. He had hoped to run a marathon on all seven continents in honor of turning 50. George was the first American in 2009 to complete the Alice Springs Marathon, the Marrakech Marathon in Africa and the marathon commencing in Amman, Jordan, and running 4,000-feet downhill to the Dead Sea in Asia. As many of us have learned this past fall George’s oldest son was very seriously injured in an accident. Our thoughts and prayers are with George and his family at this time.
Peter Jones is returning to the United States after working in the petroleum industry and raising his family the last 18 years in Saudi Arabia. Peter reports that he, his wife of 24 years and their three daughters have gained a unique worldview living, working and going to school in Saudi—one we know that Dartmouth values. Welcome back, Peter. Melissa Cook travels frequently to Asia as a commentary writer for CLSA, a major Asian brokerage of Credit Agricole. She helps American institutions understand how Asia’s growth will affect their investments. Crediting training she received from Dana Kurtz as a photographer for the Aegis, Melissa also uses her wildlife photography from her travels to Africa for her and her husband’s new greeting card business that partners with African and other developing markets’ nonprofits promoting conservation and other causes. Melissa sought expertise from Lydia Chambers, who has started a small business working to substitute eco-unfriendly plastic water bottles with reusable stainless-steel bottles in the home and workplace.
Beth Haffenreffer Scholle, husband Ollie and daughter Eliza hosted a wonderful holiday party at their Brookline, Massachusetts, home. There my husband and I had the chance to meet up with Colin McNay and his wife, Anne Craige ’80. They have two sons, who wrestle in high school, and a daughter.
Finally, our current Upper Valley Social Entrepreneurship (UVSE) Fellow Liya Shuster ’10 is collaborating with MicroCredit-NH to better understand the Upper Valley’s poverty demographics and microfinance needs. Liya also works with the Family Place, a nonprofit in Norwich, Vermont, installing a financial literacy and budget-counseling component to the nonprofit’s JewelryO program, which offers young mothers jewelry making skills, business acumen and entrepreneurship training. Each term Liya’s sorority, Kappa Delta, hosts an art show featuring artwork by the sisterhood and other campus artists. This year all proceeds will benefit the Family Place. If you wish to support the UVSE fellowship please visit our class Web site.
—Cathy Judd-Stein, 15 Lakeview Road, Winchester, MA 01890; cjuddstein@yahoo.com; David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net
Mar - Apr 2010
The new year—2010—is around the corner as I write this column, which means that many of us will be turning 50 in the months ahead. Some of us have already celebrated the half-century mark with style and grace. The majority of us, however, are looking to those classmates for inspiration as we ponder how to make this a very special year. Sally Adnopoz Gendler recently circulated a survey asking whether we would like to celebrate together. The enthusiastic response has produced plans for a few trip options to be announced soon.
Kathy Briscoe has firmed up her 50th birthday plans. She and her family will be in Whistler cheering on the United States at the Winter Olympics. Her hotel balcony will extend over the awards ceremonies plaza. Let’s look for Kathy as she celebrates with the American medal winners. Kass Spanos Ardinger writes that she and her husband, Bill (Harvard Law School ’85), are making 50th birthday party plans. Steve Warren, Bill’s law school roommate, suggests they meet in Napa Valley, California, to celebrate together.
George Clothier wrote last summer that he had recently returned from Australia, where he had completed the Alice Springs Marathon. He had hoped to run a marathon on all seven continents in honor of turning 50. George was the first American in 2009 to complete the Alice Springs Marathon, the Marrakech Marathon in Africa and the marathon commencing in Amman, Jordan, and running 4,000-feet downhill to the Dead Sea in Asia. As many of us have learned this past fall George’s oldest son was very seriously injured in an accident. Our thoughts and prayers are with George and his family at this time.
Peter Jones is returning to the United States after working in the petroleum industry and raising his family the last 18 years in Saudi Arabia. Peter reports that he, his wife of 24 years and their three daughters have gained a unique worldview living, working and going to school in Saudi—one we know that Dartmouth values. Welcome back, Peter. Melissa Cook travels frequently to Asia as a commentary writer for CLSA, a major Asian brokerage of Credit Agricole. She helps American institutions understand how Asia’s growth will affect their investments. Crediting training she received from Dana Kurtz as a photographer for the Aegis, Melissa also uses her wildlife photography from her travels to Africa for her and her husband’s new greeting card business that partners with African and other developing markets’ nonprofits promoting conservation and other causes. Melissa sought expertise from Lydia Chambers, who has started a small business working to substitute eco-unfriendly plastic water bottles with reusable stainless-steel bottles in the home and workplace.
Beth Haffenreffer Scholle, husband Ollie and daughter Eliza hosted a wonderful holiday party at their Brookline, Massachusetts, home. There my husband and I had the chance to meet up with Colin McNay and his wife, Anne Craige ’80. They have two sons, who wrestle in high school, and a daughter.
Finally, our current Upper Valley Social Entrepreneurship (UVSE) Fellow Liya Shuster ’10 is collaborating with MicroCredit-NH to better understand the Upper Valley’s poverty demographics and microfinance needs. Liya also works with the Family Place, a nonprofit in Norwich, Vermont, installing a financial literacy and budget-counseling component to the nonprofit’s JewelryO program, which offers young mothers jewelry making skills, business acumen and entrepreneurship training. Each term Liya’s sorority, Kappa Delta, hosts an art show featuring artwork by the sisterhood and other campus artists. This year all proceeds will benefit the Family Place. If you wish to support the UVSE fellowship please visit our class Web site.
—Cathy Judd-Stein, 15 Lakeview Road, Winchester, MA 01890; cjuddstein@yahoo.com; David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net