Class Note 1985
Issue
Jul - Aug 2017
You may already be aware that we lost our classmate and friend Mark Byrne, who passed away in Montreal on Thursday, April 6, surrounded by his loving wife, Rebecca; cherished children Sophie, Jacqueline, Matthew and Christopher; mother Dorothy; and brother-in-law Tim Knox. Our heartfelt condolences go out to Mark’s family, including his brother and our classmate, Patrick Byrne. For those who knew Mark, it was his love of family, adventure and Dartmouth that we will remember most. For a full memorial, please visit www.rand-wilson.com. You will get a much better sense of Mark’s personal and professional accomplishments than I could convey here. I encourage you to read it.
For those requesting more updates from Woman’s Day, this is your lucky column. Among those honored as 2017 Red Dress Award winners is none other than our own Holly Andersen, the 2017 CocoaVia Healthy Heart Award winner! Holly is the director of education and outreach for the Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute at Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, associate professor of medicine and attending cardiologist, and medical advisor of Women’s Heart Alliance.
Holly is also one of the country’s top advocates for women’s heart health and a leading authority on preventive cardiology. Not only is she saving lives by educating patients about proactive efforts, she is also transforming the medical community’s view of heart disease as she advocates for more attention and research for women. Treatment has largely been based on findings about men, whose hearts are different from women’s (is this a big surprise?).
A fellow of the American College of Cardiology, she helped launch the Fight the Ladykiller campaign, created by the Women’s Heart Alliance in 2014. Through it Holly has been a force in illuminating gender differences in heart disease deaths and educating women of all ages and backgrounds about the health of their hearts. She also directs HeartSmarts at the Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute, which she helped found in 2011. The faith-based community and outreach program aims to empower and educate blacks and Latinos about cardiovascular well-being through biblical scripture, making good health inspirational. This year a study came out in the Journal of Religion and Health acknowledging the effectiveness of the program’s methodology.
Holly’s tireless efforts continue through her work with major health groups. She is a member of the board of overseers for the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the International Women’s Health Coalition, among others. She also serves on the leadership council of the American Heart Association’s Go Red campaign, working to ensure that women have the know-how to keep their hearts healthy for years to come. Holly’s daily heart-smart habits: “I eat almonds and blueberries most every morning, I am active and I try hard to focus on the part of the glass that is half full.”
Thanks for reading.
—John MacManus, 118 Ringwood Road, Rosemont, PA 19010; slampong@aol.com; Leslie A. Davis Dahl, 83 Pecksland Road, Greenwich, CT 06831; dahlleslie@yahoo.com
For those requesting more updates from Woman’s Day, this is your lucky column. Among those honored as 2017 Red Dress Award winners is none other than our own Holly Andersen, the 2017 CocoaVia Healthy Heart Award winner! Holly is the director of education and outreach for the Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute at Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, associate professor of medicine and attending cardiologist, and medical advisor of Women’s Heart Alliance.
Holly is also one of the country’s top advocates for women’s heart health and a leading authority on preventive cardiology. Not only is she saving lives by educating patients about proactive efforts, she is also transforming the medical community’s view of heart disease as she advocates for more attention and research for women. Treatment has largely been based on findings about men, whose hearts are different from women’s (is this a big surprise?).
A fellow of the American College of Cardiology, she helped launch the Fight the Ladykiller campaign, created by the Women’s Heart Alliance in 2014. Through it Holly has been a force in illuminating gender differences in heart disease deaths and educating women of all ages and backgrounds about the health of their hearts. She also directs HeartSmarts at the Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute, which she helped found in 2011. The faith-based community and outreach program aims to empower and educate blacks and Latinos about cardiovascular well-being through biblical scripture, making good health inspirational. This year a study came out in the Journal of Religion and Health acknowledging the effectiveness of the program’s methodology.
Holly’s tireless efforts continue through her work with major health groups. She is a member of the board of overseers for the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the International Women’s Health Coalition, among others. She also serves on the leadership council of the American Heart Association’s Go Red campaign, working to ensure that women have the know-how to keep their hearts healthy for years to come. Holly’s daily heart-smart habits: “I eat almonds and blueberries most every morning, I am active and I try hard to focus on the part of the glass that is half full.”
Thanks for reading.
—John MacManus, 118 Ringwood Road, Rosemont, PA 19010; slampong@aol.com; Leslie A. Davis Dahl, 83 Pecksland Road, Greenwich, CT 06831; dahlleslie@yahoo.com