Happy summer! Let’s take a trip in the way-back machine to sophomore summer. Lynn Anders said, “My summer memory, while more wistful than favorite, is one of staying in and studying while my summer-term roommate, the incomparable party girl Sally Gorman, went out and ripped it up in the sunshine. I’ve since realized that I have more of a spring or fall temperament than a summer one.” And since Lynn is a first-time writer, here’s her latest update: “I live in Seattle, where I work as an ombudsman. My son (now 7) used to say, ‘My mommy helps people wrestle.’ ” Susan McCormack wrote, “I went to a party early in the summer and threw my jean jacket onto a pile of coats. When I left my jacket was gone. It had my name in it so I kind of hoped someone would return it to me, but the summer wore on with no jacket. During finals I came home from the library one night and there was my jacket, hanging on my dorm room knob. I never found out who had it all summer but I hope they enjoyed wearing it. I must say thanks for bringing it back!” Dorn Bishop worked as a bellman at the Hanover Inn, where he carried Dizzy Gillespie’s bags to his room and learned to drink black coffee straight with the help of a piping hot cruller from Lou’s bakery every morning at 7 a.m. Here is another wonderful example of the compassio committee in action: Mabelle Drake Hueston wrote, “Nitza Delgado Hollinger was one person we wanted to reconnect with at our 25th reunion, after not having seen her in 19 years. In 2011 she was diagnosed with lung cancer, bone cancer and a brain tumor and would not be able to attend. When I shared this news with other classmates, the compassio committee swung into action, sending her e-mails, a gift basket and hand-knitted cap and made numerous phone calls. This has meant a great deal to Nitza, who has since fully recovered and is back home in Nikiski, Alaska.” You can read Mabelle’s full account of this story at www.dartmouth86.org/compassio. While I was writing this article in April the College acceptances were flowing in. I am pleased and excited to report that several of our classmates will have children (and a nephew) matriculating with the class of 2016: Jessica (Cohn) Healy’s daughter Kate; Julie Mannes’ son Philip; Bill Marozas’ daughter Kate; Sarah Page’s nephew Rory; Doug Keare’s daughter Lindsay; Ken Rutherford’s daughter Emily; Jim McFarland’s son Matthew; Mike Maguire’s son Ryan; John Meier’s son Andrew. Since I have some space, I will also add a few of those whose children are currently attending: Karen Martinez’s son Daniel ’15; Eric Allyn’s daughter Meaghan ’15; John and Mabelle Drake Hueston’s son Ryan ’14; Mary (Markland) Gannon’s son Nick ’15; Greg and Adelaide Hulbert’sdaughter Sawyer ’15; Jülide Z. (Onder) Woodward’s daughter Aylin ’15; Ken Joel’s son Blaze ’15. Jayne Daigle Jones’ son Drew ’12 graduated in June, as did Dave Magner’s daughter Veronica ’12. Who are we missing? I was thrilled to hear from my friend and fellow ’shmen Topliff-ian, David Leitao, Ph.D., who is a professor of classics at San Francisco State University and chair of the department of classics and the department of comparative and world literature. Dave recently published his first book, titled The Pregnant Male as Myth and Metaphor in Classical Greek Literature. Dave and his partner of 23-plus years, John Furman, M.D., were married in California three years ago.


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