Class Note 1982

Have you been thinking about what it means to turn 60? Most of us have one more year to let the 50s rip. What adventures are ahead? News broke before the New Year that Danny Black has been nominated as a trustee of Dartmouth College, becoming the seventh member of our class to serve the College as a trustee. Davin MacKenzie who now lives in Taipei, Taiwan, prefers adventures that involve bicycling. He likes cycling so much that he switched jobs to join Madison Sports Group, a worldwide leading promoter of cycling events. Marci and Michael Sapers are spending their second winter in Park City, Utah. They were convinced by Tiger and Kristin Farrish Shaw that Park City is the place to be. “We drove west last December and spent four months living the dream. Within the first week, Marci and I realized what a magical place Park City is and how much we would like to spend the rest of our winters here.” But Mike’s not just thinking about spending his days skiing the powder. Oh no, he’s got a bigger adventure in mind: “In fact, Kristin and I are looking for a large parcel of land to develop as a community for, what we have dubbed, ‘the actively aging.’ It would harken back to the days when we were living in the dorms and all we needed to do was walk down the hall to find someone to go play with.” For now, Mike and Marci’s grand plans are to ski in Utah for four months during the winter, and return to Boston for the rest of the year. “Of course, Kristin keeps saying as nice as Park City is in the winter, it is even better in the summer….” Martha Solis-Turner and her husband, Jamie, are heading to Antarctica for a three-week trip that will be a partial recreation of Ernest Shackleton’s historic expedition. Another classmate’s adventure will be exploring the southern hemisphere this winter. Sarah Riddle Lilja and her husband are both semi-retired, so have the opportunity to plan a multi-month adventure to pursue their passions: “This will be my second trip to New Zealand and my fifth to Australia. I have simply fallen in love with Down Under. The people, places, flora, and fauna—I can’t wait to immerse myself and photograph it all. My Dartmouth language study abroad in Spain was my first taste of living in a place and culture that was so different from my everyday life, and I fell in love with the experience. As I age, I want more and more to spend my time in these profoundly stimulating and engaging adventures. I will be blogging with photos at https://downunder2019.blogspot.com.” Many of our classmates share Sarah’s fascination with other cultures and faraway places. Looking for travel ideas? All you have to do is scroll down the “Dartmouth College Class of 1982” Facebook page to read about classmates’ adventures, connect, and share.

—Jenny Chandler Hauge, 3506 Idaho Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20016; jchandlerhauge@gmail.com; David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net