Class Note 1985
Issue
Sept - Oct 2015
Her spell could not have been strong-er—the weather was incredible, the campus was hopping and the turnout almost 300 classmates strong. Give a rouse to our 30th reunion committee organizers: stellar co-chairs Todd Cranford and Joe Riley; committee heads Veronica Jenkins (registration), Kevin Umeh (sports), Eamonn Brady (entertainment), Karen Marsh (publicity) and Gaby Guise and Joe McGee (Dartmouth College Fund fundraising). The tireless efforts of these committee members—and the delectable catering expertise of Marcy Marceau—made this reunion gathering exceptional, as old friendships were renewed and new ones ignited.
Congratulations to our classmates who enjoyed Commencement commitments in Hanover but could not return for reunion. Others—among them Jo Ann Shannon Davey, Sue Finegan, John MacManus, Cindy Bergman MacManus—managed only brief reunion visits. Huge applause to Keith Goggin, who wins the prize for travel. His journey to Hanover was 400 miles by foot on the Appalachian Trail from Philadelphia. Other sightings included Mike Oesterlin (working in television in the United Kingdom; healing from a mishap that cracked a couple ribs, left him temporarily lost in Portugal, but did not keep him from reunion), Katie Leede (interior designing in New York; delighted that son Lionel will join older sister Lucia ’17 in Hanover), Diana Shannon (software developer; Strafford, Vermont), Lionel Conacher (joining the ranks of Dartmouth parents ’19), Sally Crane Goggin (in Chicago with Mark Goggin; making frequent trips to N.Y.C., where all three of their adults kids currently live and work), Donna Fraser Gourdeau (attending a dizzying array of sporting activities among her three boys), Linda Cooper Marshall (managing her own philanthropic advisory business), Dan Fagin (sharing tales of his seven-year process toward publishing Tom’s River and his utter shock at winning the Pulitzer), Alison Frankel (equally supportive of husband Dan’s writing while also managing to publish a book, Double Eagle—in half the time!).
Our memorial service was poignantly shepherded by Blaine Richard (visiting from southern Brazil). And a million thanks to outgoing class officers, notably president Valerie Hartman, whose heartfelt speech at our Saturday dinner brought all to their feet.
Additional appearances around Hanover, in no particular order: Steven McIntosh, Doug Williamson, Nancy Kopans, Amy Brout McHugh, Ricki Frankel, George Eldridge, Kris Robbins, Jan Watkins, Jen Quinn, Dave Hall, Aaron Hill, Julia Lane, Jeanne Miller, Mark Caron, Jonathan Auerbach, Beth Gilman Hobbs, Jackie Miller Hawkey, Kathleen Buckley, Barry Bass, Pam Lower Bass, Laura Fried Yecies, Herb Philpott, Rise Norman, Henrietta Hung, Joanna Tsiantis, Pat Hoag, Steve Hartmann, Nola Bonis, Jason Kaplan, “Pablo” David Cohn, Eric Kearney, Doug Fulton, Laura Ingraham, Dave Hall, Jeff Weitzman, Mark Koulogeorge, Alison Cooper Phillips, Jenny Archibald Williams, Sally Schwartz, Judy Stein, Lori Bamberger, Mike Smith, Tracy Pulciani Maag, Bill Maag, Julia Lane, Laura Hicks Roberts, Barbie Van Buskirk, Allison Shutz Moskow.And Darren Alcus, Rob Clements, Rick Kleeman and Bill Tyree, who were last seen closing down Pine. Lucky for them, they were staying at the Hanover Inn.
Reunion marked the christening of the class of 1985 shell gifted to the College. Those on the docks witnessed the following boys and girls in the boat: Jon Grussing, Glen Eberle, Dave McIlwain, Steven Mines, Mimi Reilly Eldridge, Cynthia Matthews Brown, Katie Harris Robbins, Sally Schwartz. The class of ’80 rowing T-shirts really summed up many athletic endeavors of the weekend: “The older I get, the better I was!”
The countdown begins to our 35th—we will splurge on two-sided, large-print name badges! Please know that the fellowship of your classmates in New Hampshire awaits your return “home”—you will not be disappointed.
All the best to all of you!
—Leslie A. Davis Dahl, 83 Pecksland Road, Greenwich, CT 06831; (203) 552-0070; dahlleslie@yahoo.com ; John MacManus, 188 Ringwood Road, Rosemont, PA 19010; (610) 525-4541; slampong@aol.com
Congratulations to our classmates who enjoyed Commencement commitments in Hanover but could not return for reunion. Others—among them Jo Ann Shannon Davey, Sue Finegan, John MacManus, Cindy Bergman MacManus—managed only brief reunion visits. Huge applause to Keith Goggin, who wins the prize for travel. His journey to Hanover was 400 miles by foot on the Appalachian Trail from Philadelphia. Other sightings included Mike Oesterlin (working in television in the United Kingdom; healing from a mishap that cracked a couple ribs, left him temporarily lost in Portugal, but did not keep him from reunion), Katie Leede (interior designing in New York; delighted that son Lionel will join older sister Lucia ’17 in Hanover), Diana Shannon (software developer; Strafford, Vermont), Lionel Conacher (joining the ranks of Dartmouth parents ’19), Sally Crane Goggin (in Chicago with Mark Goggin; making frequent trips to N.Y.C., where all three of their adults kids currently live and work), Donna Fraser Gourdeau (attending a dizzying array of sporting activities among her three boys), Linda Cooper Marshall (managing her own philanthropic advisory business), Dan Fagin (sharing tales of his seven-year process toward publishing Tom’s River and his utter shock at winning the Pulitzer), Alison Frankel (equally supportive of husband Dan’s writing while also managing to publish a book, Double Eagle—in half the time!).
Our memorial service was poignantly shepherded by Blaine Richard (visiting from southern Brazil). And a million thanks to outgoing class officers, notably president Valerie Hartman, whose heartfelt speech at our Saturday dinner brought all to their feet.
Additional appearances around Hanover, in no particular order: Steven McIntosh, Doug Williamson, Nancy Kopans, Amy Brout McHugh, Ricki Frankel, George Eldridge, Kris Robbins, Jan Watkins, Jen Quinn, Dave Hall, Aaron Hill, Julia Lane, Jeanne Miller, Mark Caron, Jonathan Auerbach, Beth Gilman Hobbs, Jackie Miller Hawkey, Kathleen Buckley, Barry Bass, Pam Lower Bass, Laura Fried Yecies, Herb Philpott, Rise Norman, Henrietta Hung, Joanna Tsiantis, Pat Hoag, Steve Hartmann, Nola Bonis, Jason Kaplan, “Pablo” David Cohn, Eric Kearney, Doug Fulton, Laura Ingraham, Dave Hall, Jeff Weitzman, Mark Koulogeorge, Alison Cooper Phillips, Jenny Archibald Williams, Sally Schwartz, Judy Stein, Lori Bamberger, Mike Smith, Tracy Pulciani Maag, Bill Maag, Julia Lane, Laura Hicks Roberts, Barbie Van Buskirk, Allison Shutz Moskow.And Darren Alcus, Rob Clements, Rick Kleeman and Bill Tyree, who were last seen closing down Pine. Lucky for them, they were staying at the Hanover Inn.
Reunion marked the christening of the class of 1985 shell gifted to the College. Those on the docks witnessed the following boys and girls in the boat: Jon Grussing, Glen Eberle, Dave McIlwain, Steven Mines, Mimi Reilly Eldridge, Cynthia Matthews Brown, Katie Harris Robbins, Sally Schwartz. The class of ’80 rowing T-shirts really summed up many athletic endeavors of the weekend: “The older I get, the better I was!”
The countdown begins to our 35th—we will splurge on two-sided, large-print name badges! Please know that the fellowship of your classmates in New Hampshire awaits your return “home”—you will not be disappointed.
All the best to all of you!
—Leslie A. Davis Dahl, 83 Pecksland Road, Greenwich, CT 06831; (203) 552-0070; dahlleslie@yahoo.com ; John MacManus, 188 Ringwood Road, Rosemont, PA 19010; (610) 525-4541; slampong@aol.com