Class Note 1977
Issue
May-June 2021
Max Anderson gave a class Zoom about his work as president of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation and Community Partnership, dedicated to promoting the work of Black artists from the South and supporting their communities by fostering economic empowerment, racial and social justice, and educational advancement. Max is the former president of the Association of Art Museum Directors and has been director at five art museums, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Dallas Museum of Art. Max hosts a weekly podcast called Art Scoping, available wherever you listen.
George Shackelford led a class Zoom on “Monet: Invention and Re-invention.” George is the deputy director of the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, an extraordinary small museum of 350 masterworks housed in two landmark buildings. In 2016 and 2019 George organized international loan exhibitions of the work of Claude Monet inspired by paintings in the Kimbell’s collection. Monet: The Early Years focused on the period 1858-1872, when Monet invented himself as an artist. A second exhibition, Monet: The Late Years, examined how Monet at age 73, after being stalled for several years, radically re-invented his art—a process that culminated in the great paintings he gave France after World War I.
Mark Farnham let coach Carl Wallin cajole him into joining Thor’s Stone Athletic Club in 2017. On December 14, 2019, Mark set a new world record of 232.5 pounds in the bench press for the Amateur Master’s 198-pound, age 60-64 class of the Revolution Powerlifting Syndicate. Mark notes, “The important score is three children each with a nice spouse, and 3.8 grandchildren.”
Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative, which Jim Mayfield founded 22 years ago, signed agreements with the AES Corp. this winter for the development, construction, and operation of the cooperative’s solar pumped storage hydro project, also known as the West Kaua’i Energy Project. This project will move Kauai beyond 80 percent renewable generation and meet more than 25 percent of its electricity needs.
With their four Dartmouth children now in the working world, Chris Jenny says that his wife, Andi, observes he is “basically flunking retirement.” Chris serves on five corporate boards as well as the board of New England Baptist Hospital. He minds his portfolio of venture accelerator interests and recently served as president of friends of Dartmouth football and chair of the Dartmouth athletic advisory board. Chris adds that they are always looking for reasons to return to Hanover. Something tells us the College will be calling on Chris for more!
We mourn the loss of Bill Donovan last December after a heroic battle with cancer. Whether crossing the College Green, on the ice, or delivering The Sunday Boston Globe to fellow students, Bill was a bright and shining star, a friend to all, the very fabric of our class. Our condolences to Bill’s wife, Taki, and their three children. We miss him.
The class birthday bash in Santa Fe, New Mexico, scheduled for August has been canceled.
—Robin Gosnell, 31 Elm Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540; robins.nest@icloud.com; Eric Edmondson, DC Advisory, 425 California St., Suite 19, San Francisco, CA 94104; eweedmondson@gmail.com; Drew Kintzinger, 2400 M St. NW, Apt. 914, Washington, DC 20037; akintzinger@hunton.com
George Shackelford led a class Zoom on “Monet: Invention and Re-invention.” George is the deputy director of the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, an extraordinary small museum of 350 masterworks housed in two landmark buildings. In 2016 and 2019 George organized international loan exhibitions of the work of Claude Monet inspired by paintings in the Kimbell’s collection. Monet: The Early Years focused on the period 1858-1872, when Monet invented himself as an artist. A second exhibition, Monet: The Late Years, examined how Monet at age 73, after being stalled for several years, radically re-invented his art—a process that culminated in the great paintings he gave France after World War I.
Mark Farnham let coach Carl Wallin cajole him into joining Thor’s Stone Athletic Club in 2017. On December 14, 2019, Mark set a new world record of 232.5 pounds in the bench press for the Amateur Master’s 198-pound, age 60-64 class of the Revolution Powerlifting Syndicate. Mark notes, “The important score is three children each with a nice spouse, and 3.8 grandchildren.”
Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative, which Jim Mayfield founded 22 years ago, signed agreements with the AES Corp. this winter for the development, construction, and operation of the cooperative’s solar pumped storage hydro project, also known as the West Kaua’i Energy Project. This project will move Kauai beyond 80 percent renewable generation and meet more than 25 percent of its electricity needs.
With their four Dartmouth children now in the working world, Chris Jenny says that his wife, Andi, observes he is “basically flunking retirement.” Chris serves on five corporate boards as well as the board of New England Baptist Hospital. He minds his portfolio of venture accelerator interests and recently served as president of friends of Dartmouth football and chair of the Dartmouth athletic advisory board. Chris adds that they are always looking for reasons to return to Hanover. Something tells us the College will be calling on Chris for more!
We mourn the loss of Bill Donovan last December after a heroic battle with cancer. Whether crossing the College Green, on the ice, or delivering The Sunday Boston Globe to fellow students, Bill was a bright and shining star, a friend to all, the very fabric of our class. Our condolences to Bill’s wife, Taki, and their three children. We miss him.
The class birthday bash in Santa Fe, New Mexico, scheduled for August has been canceled.
—Robin Gosnell, 31 Elm Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540; robins.nest@icloud.com; Eric Edmondson, DC Advisory, 425 California St., Suite 19, San Francisco, CA 94104; eweedmondson@gmail.com; Drew Kintzinger, 2400 M St. NW, Apt. 914, Washington, DC 20037; akintzinger@hunton.com