Class Note 1994
Issue
Sep - Oct 2017
This past spring we held multi-city mini reunions in L.A., N.Y.C., D.C., Boston and San Francisco. Deme Navab Taleghani attended the Boston mini-reunion, where Samantha Stoddard, Jeremy Warhaftig and Beth Donohoe Cook were in attendance.
Erika Katz Abramson sent a teaser for the upcoming September 26 release of her newest book, Coach Parenting: Raising Teenagers with Advice from Pro Football’s Greatest Head Coaches.
Erika writes, “I got the idea for the book when I asked my 16-year-old son to pick up his shoes from the living room at least four times. The shoes remained where he left them a day later. The following week I went to his varsity game. After the game Coach told him to pick up his sneakers and those of three of his teammates. Those sneakers were in his hand in two seconds. What was Coach doing that I was not? How did he get my son to work as a team, behave respectfully and follow direction? I wanted to know.”
Erika researched and interviewed some of the greatest influences in football, and she features Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens ’79 and former classmate and NFL quarterback Jay Fiedler in her book.
The last bit of news I have to report comes through the grapevine, but it seems timely to share. Dan Garodnick is the N.Y.C. council member representing the 4th District in Manhattan (which includes the United Nations, Times Square, Trump Tower and more) and has been in this position for the past 11 years. Remember when Dan was our fearless class president for all four years at Dartmouth? He humbly credits some of those experiences at Dartmouth with shaping him for a career as a public servant with a problem-solving attitude.
Most recently, Dan has been busy with the negotiations around reopening 56th Street near Trump Tower after it was closed to traffic for security reasons and the rezoning of East Midtown, as well as many other important projects.
I’m out of news, but you’ll find a winter holiday update in the next issue. I’d love to include your update! Please send it along.
Laura Hardegree Davis, 1664 Cambridge Court, Bethlehem, PA, 18015; lauradavis723@mac.com
Erika Katz Abramson sent a teaser for the upcoming September 26 release of her newest book, Coach Parenting: Raising Teenagers with Advice from Pro Football’s Greatest Head Coaches.
Erika writes, “I got the idea for the book when I asked my 16-year-old son to pick up his shoes from the living room at least four times. The shoes remained where he left them a day later. The following week I went to his varsity game. After the game Coach told him to pick up his sneakers and those of three of his teammates. Those sneakers were in his hand in two seconds. What was Coach doing that I was not? How did he get my son to work as a team, behave respectfully and follow direction? I wanted to know.”
Erika researched and interviewed some of the greatest influences in football, and she features Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens ’79 and former classmate and NFL quarterback Jay Fiedler in her book.
The last bit of news I have to report comes through the grapevine, but it seems timely to share. Dan Garodnick is the N.Y.C. council member representing the 4th District in Manhattan (which includes the United Nations, Times Square, Trump Tower and more) and has been in this position for the past 11 years. Remember when Dan was our fearless class president for all four years at Dartmouth? He humbly credits some of those experiences at Dartmouth with shaping him for a career as a public servant with a problem-solving attitude.
Most recently, Dan has been busy with the negotiations around reopening 56th Street near Trump Tower after it was closed to traffic for security reasons and the rezoning of East Midtown, as well as many other important projects.
I’m out of news, but you’ll find a winter holiday update in the next issue. I’d love to include your update! Please send it along.
Laura Hardegree Davis, 1664 Cambridge Court, Bethlehem, PA, 18015; lauradavis723@mac.com