Class Note 1982
Issue
July-August 2020
These are tough times. As Covid-19 upended our worlds, we reached out to well-recognized voices in our class, asking them to share how they’ve been coping and what the Dartmouth community means to them. Here is Part I of the ’82 “Vox Clamantis in Pandemus.” Part II will appear in a future Dartmouth Alumni Magazine.
Matt Hoffman writes: “It’s natural to feel anxious, frightened, and depressed while this invisible killer surrounds us. Although I am being very careful about minimizing the risk of spreading the virus, I refuse to allow it to dominate. What helps maintain normalcy for me is to think about everything I am grateful for. It has also been comforting to connect with classmates via the internet. Why didn’t I do so more often before Covid-19? Will I keep it up after the virus is gone? I hope so. I wish all ’82s and their loved ones good physical and mental health.”
Carol Davis writes: “When I was 12 my greatest dream was to be on the PBS show, Zoom. In the category of being careful of what you wish for, I never thought I’d be on Zoom celebrating Easter or that my son would be finishing his junior year of college on Zoom. The silver lining, of course, is extra time with my son. I most miss live performances, but I am grateful to all the artists and theaters that are connecting with audiences from their homes and puzzles—hours and hours and hours of puzzles.”
Cathy Judd Stein writes: “This pandemic confirms for me that community truly depends on innovation and perseverance, powered by heart and hope. How fortunate that Dartmouth ’82s comprise such a community. Our class Compassion Committee is an outstanding example, offering outreach at this time of such immense loss. Additionally, in Massachusetts, a contact tracing collaborative is underway (and being replicated across the nation), aimed at staring this virus down. The program evolved from a roadside call that the governor had with former Dartmouth President Jim Kim (an adopted ’82), who detailed the success of the Partners in Health approach to infectious disease control. The scope of this crisis is overwhelming, but the leader of this new tracing program inspires me with her simple but enduring words: ‘You just have to start and believe that it’s possible.’ We will come out on the other side, greater together, with bigger hearts and stronger hope, motivated by possibility.”
It is with a very heavy heart that we report the death of a bright ’82 light: Sally Adnopoz Gendler succumbed to a long illness on April 22 with her husband, Steve, and daughters Abigail and Liza at her side. Our class has a new way to leave tributes to other classmates by submitting photos for the “In Memoriam” pages of our ’82 website. Please send tributes and photos to remember deceased classmates to dartmouth1982@gmail.com.
—Jenny Chandler, 3506 Idaho Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20016; jchandlerhauge@gmail.com; David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net
Matt Hoffman writes: “It’s natural to feel anxious, frightened, and depressed while this invisible killer surrounds us. Although I am being very careful about minimizing the risk of spreading the virus, I refuse to allow it to dominate. What helps maintain normalcy for me is to think about everything I am grateful for. It has also been comforting to connect with classmates via the internet. Why didn’t I do so more often before Covid-19? Will I keep it up after the virus is gone? I hope so. I wish all ’82s and their loved ones good physical and mental health.”
Carol Davis writes: “When I was 12 my greatest dream was to be on the PBS show, Zoom. In the category of being careful of what you wish for, I never thought I’d be on Zoom celebrating Easter or that my son would be finishing his junior year of college on Zoom. The silver lining, of course, is extra time with my son. I most miss live performances, but I am grateful to all the artists and theaters that are connecting with audiences from their homes and puzzles—hours and hours and hours of puzzles.”
Cathy Judd Stein writes: “This pandemic confirms for me that community truly depends on innovation and perseverance, powered by heart and hope. How fortunate that Dartmouth ’82s comprise such a community. Our class Compassion Committee is an outstanding example, offering outreach at this time of such immense loss. Additionally, in Massachusetts, a contact tracing collaborative is underway (and being replicated across the nation), aimed at staring this virus down. The program evolved from a roadside call that the governor had with former Dartmouth President Jim Kim (an adopted ’82), who detailed the success of the Partners in Health approach to infectious disease control. The scope of this crisis is overwhelming, but the leader of this new tracing program inspires me with her simple but enduring words: ‘You just have to start and believe that it’s possible.’ We will come out on the other side, greater together, with bigger hearts and stronger hope, motivated by possibility.”
It is with a very heavy heart that we report the death of a bright ’82 light: Sally Adnopoz Gendler succumbed to a long illness on April 22 with her husband, Steve, and daughters Abigail and Liza at her side. Our class has a new way to leave tributes to other classmates by submitting photos for the “In Memoriam” pages of our ’82 website. Please send tributes and photos to remember deceased classmates to dartmouth1982@gmail.com.
—Jenny Chandler, 3506 Idaho Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20016; jchandlerhauge@gmail.com; David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net