Class Note 1985
Issue
Nov - Dec 2016
Updates from classmates are few
In fact, may be just two
Alas, life of a class secretary
When details are close to nary
Who’s next to write in, perhaps you?
It’s cool when an interviewer says, “I sat down with —.” Well, I assume whoever conducted this fun facts Q&A with Laura Ingraham was sitting down when the discussion took place. I, too, am sitting down as I type, so by transitive property, pretend I’m sitting down with Laura. Anyway, from CBS Philadelphia via the alumni office: Here are some facts you didn’t know about Laura (I’m guessing you know at least one of these). She attended an Ivy League college.Laura attended Dartmouth and earned a J.D. at the University of Virginia School of Law. She was also editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth Review. She worked as a speechwriter for Ronald Reagan’s administration.In the late 1980s Ingraham worked for the domestic policy advisor as a speechwriter for the Reagan administration. She is the editor-in-chief and cofounder of LifeZette.com.LifeZette.com is an American news and commentary website launched in April 2015 that offers opinions and news on politics, culture and lifestyle. She is one of the most-listened-to women in America on political talk radio.The Laura Ingraham Show is listed in radio’s Top 10 and is played in 225 markets across the United States. She is a cancer survivor.Diagnosed in April 2005 with an aggressive type of breast cancer, Ingraham prefers the term “thriver” over “survivor.” She is a supporter of domestic and international adoption.Ingraham advocates for an increase in adoption on her website adoptanewattitude.com. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her daughter, Maria, whom she adopted from Guatemala, and two sons, Dmitri and Nikolai, who are adopted from Russia. She wrote The Obama Diaries.She has authored many pieces of literature, including this New York Times bestseller, a satirical group of “diary entries” from President Obama and his minions.
Speaking of groceries (and who wasn’t), Supervalu Inc. announced the appointment of Mark Gross as the company’s president and CEO. Mark joins Supervalu with 20 years of grocery and wholesale leadership experience. From 1997 to 2006 Mark worked at C&S Wholesale Grocers, including serving as co-president of C&S’s overall operations from 2005 to 2006. Additionally, Mark served as chief financial officer, general counsel and president of its affiliated retail grocery operations. For the past decade Mark led Surry Investment Advisors, which he founded, to provide consulting services to grocery distributors and retailers on strategic and operational matters. He advised and assisted grocery clients on several multi-billion-dollar acquisitions and divestitures and consulted with private equity firms regarding investments in food retail, distribution and consumer packaged goods sectors. Mark also earned his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. More importantly (since family takes precedence over retail), Mark and Kathy Reilly Gross have two Dartmouth kids—daughter Charlotte ’16 and son Kevin ’19.
Closing random thought: How many ’85s have a Wikipedia page?
—John MacManus, 118 Ringwood Road Rosemont, PA 19010; slampong@aol.com; Leslie A. Davis Dahl, 83 Pecksland Road, Greenwich, CT 06831; (203) 552-0070; dahlleslie@yahoo.com
In fact, may be just two
Alas, life of a class secretary
When details are close to nary
Who’s next to write in, perhaps you?
It’s cool when an interviewer says, “I sat down with —.” Well, I assume whoever conducted this fun facts Q&A with Laura Ingraham was sitting down when the discussion took place. I, too, am sitting down as I type, so by transitive property, pretend I’m sitting down with Laura. Anyway, from CBS Philadelphia via the alumni office: Here are some facts you didn’t know about Laura (I’m guessing you know at least one of these). She attended an Ivy League college.Laura attended Dartmouth and earned a J.D. at the University of Virginia School of Law. She was also editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth Review. She worked as a speechwriter for Ronald Reagan’s administration.In the late 1980s Ingraham worked for the domestic policy advisor as a speechwriter for the Reagan administration. She is the editor-in-chief and cofounder of LifeZette.com.LifeZette.com is an American news and commentary website launched in April 2015 that offers opinions and news on politics, culture and lifestyle. She is one of the most-listened-to women in America on political talk radio.The Laura Ingraham Show is listed in radio’s Top 10 and is played in 225 markets across the United States. She is a cancer survivor.Diagnosed in April 2005 with an aggressive type of breast cancer, Ingraham prefers the term “thriver” over “survivor.” She is a supporter of domestic and international adoption.Ingraham advocates for an increase in adoption on her website adoptanewattitude.com. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her daughter, Maria, whom she adopted from Guatemala, and two sons, Dmitri and Nikolai, who are adopted from Russia. She wrote The Obama Diaries.She has authored many pieces of literature, including this New York Times bestseller, a satirical group of “diary entries” from President Obama and his minions.
Speaking of groceries (and who wasn’t), Supervalu Inc. announced the appointment of Mark Gross as the company’s president and CEO. Mark joins Supervalu with 20 years of grocery and wholesale leadership experience. From 1997 to 2006 Mark worked at C&S Wholesale Grocers, including serving as co-president of C&S’s overall operations from 2005 to 2006. Additionally, Mark served as chief financial officer, general counsel and president of its affiliated retail grocery operations. For the past decade Mark led Surry Investment Advisors, which he founded, to provide consulting services to grocery distributors and retailers on strategic and operational matters. He advised and assisted grocery clients on several multi-billion-dollar acquisitions and divestitures and consulted with private equity firms regarding investments in food retail, distribution and consumer packaged goods sectors. Mark also earned his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. More importantly (since family takes precedence over retail), Mark and Kathy Reilly Gross have two Dartmouth kids—daughter Charlotte ’16 and son Kevin ’19.
Closing random thought: How many ’85s have a Wikipedia page?
—John MacManus, 118 Ringwood Road Rosemont, PA 19010; slampong@aol.com; Leslie A. Davis Dahl, 83 Pecksland Road, Greenwich, CT 06831; (203) 552-0070; dahlleslie@yahoo.com