Class Note 1987
Issue
Jul - Aug 2017
In March I visited Dartmouth with my son for the campus tour and information session. We enjoyed some dinner crepes with Christen O’Connor and caught up on news. In sharp contrast to a Nashville, Tennessee, spring break, Hanover had a blanket of snow, flurries and a wind chill in the single digits. I smiled when the speaker at the group info session said something to the effect of, “If you like Dartmouth today, you will love us in June!” How true!
Dr. Andrea Hayes-Jordan was recently honored by the Palos Verdes, California, chapter of the Links Inc. From The Daily Breeze: “Dr. Hayes-Jordan serves as the director and section chief of pediatric surgery and pediatric surgical oncology for the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, specializing in refractory and resistant tumors in children. She was born in Los Angeles and graduated from Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Medical School, followed by a residency at UC Davis, East Bay, and a list of impressive fellowships. In accepting her award, Hayes-Jordan showed a video that explained her cutting-edge work with patients with a rare disease called desmoplastic small round cell tumor. Her work has improved the survival rate from 30 to 60 percent ‘based on complete removal of hundreds of intra-abdominal tumor implants.’ In thanking the Links, she added: ‘I pray every morning that God will help guide my hands and brain to heal these children.’ ”
An interview with fellow ’87 Stephen Lough was published recently in the (Camden, South Carolina) Chronicle-Independent. Stephen recounted his experiences with the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey (RBB&B) Circus prior to the circus holding its final performances in May.
“I feel sorry for the kids of the future who won’t be able to see this particular form of entertainment, a giant circus that travels by rail and overwhelms the senses,” Lough said. “It seems to me RBB&B Circus was the closest you could get to a live-action version of a video game world.” Stephen attended the RBB&B Clown College after graduation and performed with the circus for many years. On the circus closing and the resilience of the many people affected: “The one thing that gives me hope for them, and for all of us, really, is that ‘the show must go on,’ ” he said. “I learned that expression working at ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ but it fits and applies to all of humanity. It’s a lesson we learned from Apollo 1 and the Challenger. It’s the basic greatness of the human spirit, that attitude.”
—Lisa Pabich Damon, 2124 Ashwood Ave., Nashville, TN 37212; lisa.damon.87@alum.dartmouth.org; Allison Bleyler McDonald, 43 Hop Brook Road, Amherst, MA 01002; allisonmcd@gmail.com
Dr. Andrea Hayes-Jordan was recently honored by the Palos Verdes, California, chapter of the Links Inc. From The Daily Breeze: “Dr. Hayes-Jordan serves as the director and section chief of pediatric surgery and pediatric surgical oncology for the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, specializing in refractory and resistant tumors in children. She was born in Los Angeles and graduated from Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Medical School, followed by a residency at UC Davis, East Bay, and a list of impressive fellowships. In accepting her award, Hayes-Jordan showed a video that explained her cutting-edge work with patients with a rare disease called desmoplastic small round cell tumor. Her work has improved the survival rate from 30 to 60 percent ‘based on complete removal of hundreds of intra-abdominal tumor implants.’ In thanking the Links, she added: ‘I pray every morning that God will help guide my hands and brain to heal these children.’ ”
An interview with fellow ’87 Stephen Lough was published recently in the (Camden, South Carolina) Chronicle-Independent. Stephen recounted his experiences with the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey (RBB&B) Circus prior to the circus holding its final performances in May.
“I feel sorry for the kids of the future who won’t be able to see this particular form of entertainment, a giant circus that travels by rail and overwhelms the senses,” Lough said. “It seems to me RBB&B Circus was the closest you could get to a live-action version of a video game world.” Stephen attended the RBB&B Clown College after graduation and performed with the circus for many years. On the circus closing and the resilience of the many people affected: “The one thing that gives me hope for them, and for all of us, really, is that ‘the show must go on,’ ” he said. “I learned that expression working at ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ but it fits and applies to all of humanity. It’s a lesson we learned from Apollo 1 and the Challenger. It’s the basic greatness of the human spirit, that attitude.”
—Lisa Pabich Damon, 2124 Ashwood Ave., Nashville, TN 37212; lisa.damon.87@alum.dartmouth.org; Allison Bleyler McDonald, 43 Hop Brook Road, Amherst, MA 01002; allisonmcd@gmail.com