Class Note 1982
Issue
Jul - Aug 2017
March 23rd was the 82nd day of the year and once again we celebrated a virtual reunion by posting photos in our class Facebook group. The theme this year was “the more things change, the more they remain the same” and I am happy to report that 135 of you took the time to share a bit of your life. Thanks to all of you who contributed. A special shout out to Fred Konopka for reminding us of Kiewit and all the time we spent there. Thanks to Mary Thomson Renner for reminding us to put June 14-17, 2018, on our calendars—our 35th reunion. Kudos to Landis Arnold and John Henderson for reminding us to get out and bike. Another shout out to Jeff Newman for sharing his original admission certificate to Dartmouth—dated April 15, 1978. And finally, thanks to Crashy Zacher Brown, Sharon Flynn McClymonds, Laura Murray Dobbin and Gina Kunz Podlesak for reminding us to schedule regular get-togethers (and perhaps play pong?). Same day next year: March 23, 2018!
While a virtual reunion is fun, nothing beats getting together in person and the great class of 1982 does so quite often. Thank you to Tim von Herrmann for hosting a get-together at his home in Piedmont, California, at the beginning of the year. Tim, Gina Blus, Susan Burkhardt, Mark Cormier, Eric Christensen, Ben Wagner and I enjoyed Cambodian food and lively conversation.
Jill Rizika, Tee Lotson, Carol Davis, Philippa Guthrie and Charlie Oberndorf met up recently in Cleveland, Ohio, to celebrate Jill’s work with Towards Employment, a local nonprofit that helps people build career pathways to successful, long-term employment while creating a talent pipeline for local businesses. Congratulations to Dr.Lotson, who recently completed her Ph.D. in anthropology at the City University of New York. Can we call you Dr. Tee?
John Nicholson, Tee Lotson, Danny Black, Corinne Heyes and Tom Daniels attended the annual Stephen F. Mandel ’52 Society dinner in New York that honors alumni volunteers who provide visionary leadership in raising gifts to Dartmouth through the Dartmouth College Fund. Our own Betsy Leggat was honored in 2011. Our class participation goal for the Dartmouth College Fund for this year is 50 percent. The deadline to give is June 30th! You can go online at www.dartmouthcollegefund.org.
Robert D. Lewis Jr. lives in my hometown of Trenton, New Jersey, where he is a licensed psychologist with a solo private practice. He also does consulting work for an addiction program in Eatontown, New Jersey. Robert writes, “I do enjoy what I do. I always wanted to be a practicing psychologist and that is what I am doing, and aside from the administrative stuff in running a solo practice (which I really dislike, but it is a necessary evil), I find what I do to be very rewarding. Unfortunately, it does not leave me with much time to do much else, which I know I have to change, but like all of us I’m a work in progress.”
Have a wonderful summer!
—David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net; Robin Shaffert, 5044 Macomb St., NW, Washington, DC 20016; robinshaffert@gmail.com
While a virtual reunion is fun, nothing beats getting together in person and the great class of 1982 does so quite often. Thank you to Tim von Herrmann for hosting a get-together at his home in Piedmont, California, at the beginning of the year. Tim, Gina Blus, Susan Burkhardt, Mark Cormier, Eric Christensen, Ben Wagner and I enjoyed Cambodian food and lively conversation.
Jill Rizika, Tee Lotson, Carol Davis, Philippa Guthrie and Charlie Oberndorf met up recently in Cleveland, Ohio, to celebrate Jill’s work with Towards Employment, a local nonprofit that helps people build career pathways to successful, long-term employment while creating a talent pipeline for local businesses. Congratulations to Dr.Lotson, who recently completed her Ph.D. in anthropology at the City University of New York. Can we call you Dr. Tee?
John Nicholson, Tee Lotson, Danny Black, Corinne Heyes and Tom Daniels attended the annual Stephen F. Mandel ’52 Society dinner in New York that honors alumni volunteers who provide visionary leadership in raising gifts to Dartmouth through the Dartmouth College Fund. Our own Betsy Leggat was honored in 2011. Our class participation goal for the Dartmouth College Fund for this year is 50 percent. The deadline to give is June 30th! You can go online at www.dartmouthcollegefund.org.
Robert D. Lewis Jr. lives in my hometown of Trenton, New Jersey, where he is a licensed psychologist with a solo private practice. He also does consulting work for an addiction program in Eatontown, New Jersey. Robert writes, “I do enjoy what I do. I always wanted to be a practicing psychologist and that is what I am doing, and aside from the administrative stuff in running a solo practice (which I really dislike, but it is a necessary evil), I find what I do to be very rewarding. Unfortunately, it does not leave me with much time to do much else, which I know I have to change, but like all of us I’m a work in progress.”
Have a wonderful summer!
—David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net; Robin Shaffert, 5044 Macomb St., NW, Washington, DC 20016; robinshaffert@gmail.com