Class Note 1982
Issue
Jul - Aug 2018
As I write this column, our 35th (actually 36th) reunion is just six weeks away. By the time you read it, the reunion will have happened. We hope reunion chair Mary Thomson Renner is taking a well-deserved vacation and your new class officers will be getting ready for their first monthly conference call. Were we able to lure 266 classmates back to Hanover and break the attendance record for a 35th reunion? You will have to wait until the next column to find out….
The big news is that our very own Cheryl Bascomb has been named Dartmouth’s next vice president for alumni relations. Cheryl begins her new job on June 1—her birthday! She has more than 30 years of experience in marketing and business development. Cheryl has been an active alumna since our graduation, serving Dartmouth in many different ways. She is married to David Van Wie ’79, and their daughter, Rosa, is a member of the class of 2012. Cheryl writes, “I am beyond excited to tackle this role.” She is an inspired choice to head up Dartmouth’s worldwide effort in alumni engagement. So proud of my fellow Gemini! You go, girl!
Cathy Camp Boyle lives in Winchester, Massachusetts, where she is a commissioner of the Winchester Housing Authority and a member of the Winchester Housing Partnership board. Cathy is the recipient of several awards for her work with Autism Housing Pathways, which helps families find or create housing and improves the ability of the housing sector to meet the needs of people with autism. She also serves on the state autism commission. After graduation Cathy lived in Lagos, Nigeria, for two and a half years working as a foreign service officer.
I want to close this column with a big thank-you to all those classmates who contributed so much to the leadership of the class these past six years, including Cathy Judd-Stein, Peter Feer, Robin Shaffert, David Plekenpol, Joanne McMullen, Matt Hoffman, Carol Davis, Mike Berg, Jon Baker, Betsy Leggat, Corinne Heyes, Patrick Viguerie, Jenny Chandler Hauge, Sam Carlson, Joe Reinkemeyer, Brian McDonough, Danny Black, Ralph McDevitt, Al Dotson, Sally McCoy, David Silbersweig, Lillian Cousins Giornelli, Karl Thurmond, and Mary Thomson Renner. We call ourselves “NETCO” which stands for “Nineteen Eighty-Two Class Officers.” Cathy has done an amazing job organizing and leading this diverse group of volunteers. I asked each officer for a word or two to describe Cathy and got the following responses: thoughtful, inclusive, dedicated, fun-loving, supportive, unflappable, aware, diplomatic, deliberate, gracious, feisty, green-blooded, kindhearted, brilliant, compassionate, authentic, kind, indomitable, sexy, big-hearted, relentless, consensus-building, respectful, principled, consistent, and endlessly enthusiastic. I will add: humble. She has raised the profile of our class to new heights. Cathy, you are simply the best.
My final plea is that the deadline to make a gift to the Dartmouth College Fund for this fiscal year is June 30. If you are able to do so, we are grateful. A safe and happy summer to all!
—David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net; Robin Shaffert, 5044 Macomb St., NW, Washington, DC 20016; robinshaffert@gmail.com
The big news is that our very own Cheryl Bascomb has been named Dartmouth’s next vice president for alumni relations. Cheryl begins her new job on June 1—her birthday! She has more than 30 years of experience in marketing and business development. Cheryl has been an active alumna since our graduation, serving Dartmouth in many different ways. She is married to David Van Wie ’79, and their daughter, Rosa, is a member of the class of 2012. Cheryl writes, “I am beyond excited to tackle this role.” She is an inspired choice to head up Dartmouth’s worldwide effort in alumni engagement. So proud of my fellow Gemini! You go, girl!
Cathy Camp Boyle lives in Winchester, Massachusetts, where she is a commissioner of the Winchester Housing Authority and a member of the Winchester Housing Partnership board. Cathy is the recipient of several awards for her work with Autism Housing Pathways, which helps families find or create housing and improves the ability of the housing sector to meet the needs of people with autism. She also serves on the state autism commission. After graduation Cathy lived in Lagos, Nigeria, for two and a half years working as a foreign service officer.
I want to close this column with a big thank-you to all those classmates who contributed so much to the leadership of the class these past six years, including Cathy Judd-Stein, Peter Feer, Robin Shaffert, David Plekenpol, Joanne McMullen, Matt Hoffman, Carol Davis, Mike Berg, Jon Baker, Betsy Leggat, Corinne Heyes, Patrick Viguerie, Jenny Chandler Hauge, Sam Carlson, Joe Reinkemeyer, Brian McDonough, Danny Black, Ralph McDevitt, Al Dotson, Sally McCoy, David Silbersweig, Lillian Cousins Giornelli, Karl Thurmond, and Mary Thomson Renner. We call ourselves “NETCO” which stands for “Nineteen Eighty-Two Class Officers.” Cathy has done an amazing job organizing and leading this diverse group of volunteers. I asked each officer for a word or two to describe Cathy and got the following responses: thoughtful, inclusive, dedicated, fun-loving, supportive, unflappable, aware, diplomatic, deliberate, gracious, feisty, green-blooded, kindhearted, brilliant, compassionate, authentic, kind, indomitable, sexy, big-hearted, relentless, consensus-building, respectful, principled, consistent, and endlessly enthusiastic. I will add: humble. She has raised the profile of our class to new heights. Cathy, you are simply the best.
My final plea is that the deadline to make a gift to the Dartmouth College Fund for this fiscal year is June 30. If you are able to do so, we are grateful. A safe and happy summer to all!
—David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net; Robin Shaffert, 5044 Macomb St., NW, Washington, DC 20016; robinshaffert@gmail.com