Anyone who participated actively in the DOC will remember Bob Rooke’s dedication to Cabin & Trail. His passion for the outdoors has translated into a lifelong involvement in forestry. He worked as a ranger for the U.S. Forest Service in the White Mountain National Forest for many years before, during and after Dartmouth. Bob earned a master’s in forestry science from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and helped to establish DuMoine Farms, which he leads today as president. DuMoine is a timber investment company with several thousand acres throughout the Northeast managed for long-term, sustainable, high-quality timber production. Despite all of this forestry experience though, Bob commented wryly in his recent note to me that Hurricane Sandy presented a serious challenge. He thought he had all the tools necessary to face such a disaster. Bob lost a dozen trees at his home in New Jersey, some as tall as 120 feet with a diameter at breast height of 5 feet. None of Bob’s chainsaws could handle that dimension, so he purchased a new saw with a longer bar and cut up trees that he noted would have been worth a small fortune to a New England logger. Bob has a parallel career as an independent financial advisor with Raymond James and Associates. He recently established his own firm, Broad Arrow Limited, after spending nearly 18 years with Smith Barney. Outside of work Bob outfits and maintains a private World War II museum with many of the artifacts coming from the European theater. He is constantly looking for new items and would love to hear from any classmates with similar interests. Bob’s wife, Anne, is a Boston College graduate with a master’s in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania. They have two children. Their son Rob is a recent graduate of Bucknell University and is preparing for graduate school. Their daughter Carolyn ’06 majored in geology like her father and then earned a master’s in public health management from Yale. She now works in New York City.


As always, be safe.


—Rick Sample, Retreat Farm, 1137 Manakin Road, Manakin Sabot, VA 23103; samplejr@msn.com