Class Note 1987
Our 25th reunion is just around the corner so book now for June 14-17, 2012, in Hanover—it should be a great time to “Reconnect Rediscover Relaunch” with Dartmouth ’87s; early reservations suggest that this will be a great and well-attended event for individuals and families from all parts of the Dartmouth ’87 community.
Harold Ambler writes in memory of Ernest Timothy Marshall III. “I have the sad task of reporting that Ernest Timothy Marshall III died in a motorcycle accident outside Austin, Texas, on March 31. Tim, also known as ‘Ernie,’ grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He was the son of the eye surgeon Ernest Timothy Marshall Jr., M.D., who preceded him in death, and of Brenda Stevenson-Marshall, a dean and professor at Stockton College in New Jersey. Tim was a successful member of his high school track team. He joined the crew program at Dartmouth as a freshman, competing for three years. I can remember Tim sitting in the seat ahead of me as we rowed down the Connecticut during a spring snowstorm our freshman year with a couple of inches of snow accumulating in his short-cropped Afro—quite a sight! As a junior he was my partner in the pairs race at nationals, where we finished sixth. Tim was a philosophy major at Dartmouth, where he lived in Phi Psi, later Panarchy. He worked at Collis Cafe during our junior year. He was a fierce foosball competitor, with trash-talking skills that I have not seen rivaled. He was a very serious fan of music, particularly reggae, but also of jazz, punk and blues. In 1998 he moved to Austin, studying at the school of journalism at the University of Texas. His marriage to Dana Barclay ’88 ended in divorce. At the time of his death he was employed as a night cook at Austin’s Magnolia Cafe. For reasons that will never be known, Tim chose to sever ties with most classmates through the years. I suspect that I am not alone, however, in saying that his death is absolutely devastating. He is survived by his mother, sister Dr. Kathleen Marshall Park, brother Steven McCaughan Marshall, two nieces and a nephew.”
—Melissa Wallshein Smith, 77 Benedict Hill Road, New Canaan, CT 06840; melissaj@optonline.net; Wendy Becker, 4 Essex Villas, London, W8 7BN, UK, England; wendy.becker.87@alum.dartmouth.org
