How amazing that the College has recognized ’82 fabulousness by naming the new engineering building the Class of ’82 Engineering and Computer Science Center! Here’s Hugh Jackson, Th’83, on his engineering career: “It all began when a 15-pound box of IBM computer cards arrived at my Hinman box from the U.S. Geological Service containing daily river flow data dating from the 1930s for the Mascoma River. Thus was launched my freshman seminar project at the engineering school studying the potential of low-head hydro power. The data, the analysis—I loved it all—despite the 3 a.m. sessions at Kiewit. Professor Paul Queneau, a world expert in smelting processes, exposed me to this great profession of real-world problem-solving, and Chris Weiss rescued me many times along the way with his expert computer programming!” Linda Jackson, the first Black woman to graduate from Dartmouth with an engineering science degree, is now a well-recognized orthopedic surgeon with an inspirational story: “I came to Dartmouth aspiring to be a physician, following in my father’s and grandfather’s footsteps, but temporarily changed course for biomedical engineering. During my master’s in chemical engineering I spent a great deal of time working on projects involving orthopedic implants, not knowing where I would end up in life. Once in the work world I realized quickly that I wanted to be more directly involved in improving people’s lives. I applied to medical school at Columbia, following in the legacy of my cousin, who was the second African American female admitted to Columbia in 1936 and the only female of 14 applicants to orthopedic residency programs. At the University of Connecticut I was the only female orthopedic resident and later at the Hospital for Special Surgery in 1995 shared the honor of being one of the first two African American females to be fellowship-trained in hand and upper-extremity surgery in the United States. I started practicing in Atlanta, but I had always longed to retire in the Caribbean and an opportunity came along to practice in the U.S Virgin Islands, where I stayed for nine years. I currently provide orthopedic care in an underserved area in West Virginia part time. Surgery is hard to give up. It is who I am and what I love. Eventually the hours and the physical nature of it all will get the better of me, but that day is not here yet. I love my work and my patients. It gives me purpose. I can only hope that during the last 25 years I have been an inspiration to young girls and women and an example of the possibilities in the field of orthopedic surgery and engineering. We have made small gains, but there is room for more women in both of those professions. Dartmouth was where it all began. The path was long and arduous, but my encouragement and support at the beginning gave me confidence and made it all possible.”

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