Class Note 1977
Issue
May-June 2023
Always looking for ways to avoid the mean streets of Oakland, California, while seeking distraction from his empty nest, longtime ’77 executive committee (EC) member and Bartlett Tower Society representative John Storella, being a lawyer and all that, updated and refreshed our class constitution. The effort, aided if not abetted by a constitution committee of EC members Peter Mills, Carol Muller,and Leslie Bradford, was guided by class president Jim Guth and unanimously adopted by the EC in January. The amended constitution updates terminology, streamlines operations, and promotes democracy. It was presented to the class for approval this past spring. Changes were detailed in a recent newsletter and can be found at www.dar7mou7h.com.
After decades of ’77 service as president, vice president, reunion chair, webmaster, and more, ’77 Alumni Council (AC) representative Nancy Vespoli concludes her three-year term in May. Nancy will hand the AC rep reins to class co-minister Nancy Bird Pellegrini, an equally dedicated ’77 who manages to shoehorn class responsibilities into her busy (chaplain, doctoral student, runner, choral performer, wife, and four-time grandmother!) schedule. Let’s have a round of claps and snaps for both Nancys and be sure to keep an eye on the precipitous drop in Nancy V.’s already enviable handicap. Not to be outdone by these multitaskers, Barry Harwick will also be joining the AC in May as representative of the Upper Valley.
Knowing a good thing when he sees it, W. Joseph Maloney ’78 married Lisabeth Leach (Maloney) right after graduation. Celebrating 45 years together, they wonder if they hold the record for dual Dartmouth couples? Can any of you match or exceed this record of bliss (the mind invokes iconic mergers such as Muller and Henning, Tugwell and Russo, Iselin and Welles, Larrabee and Greimann, and others?). Please let us know, and a photo (emailed please) might just win you a few column inches in an upcoming newsletter!
Head agent Doug Ireland (dougmireland@me.com) is still looking for your favorite 50th anniversary memories and photos as our 2027 50th reunion approaches. Writing those words, we realized this means that 99.9 percent of us graduated, vacated, or escaped high school 50 years ago! Immediate contact with Garden City High School of New York class of ’73 compatriot in low-level, white-collar crime Bill Replogle confirmed we have a reunion in July. “Plogle” (and maybe 10-percent me) immediately launched into mad creator mode generating numerous, shall we say, indelicate branding options for our class (Trojans was our mascot, ahem). This is just a public service nudge to be on the lookout for your own high school 50th festivities likely coming soon.
Gretchen Heller Farmer died peacefully in her sleep on New Year’s Day following a fall while traveling in Thailand with her family, including son Austin and cherished baby granddaughter Lily. Gretchen will be missed by many, including her teammates on Dartmouth’s inaugural women’s ice hockey team.
Not getting class emails and e-newsletters? Call the alumni help desk at (603) 646-3202 to update your email and forwarding address. Got news? Email me! Got milk? Better drink it!
—A.P. Duffy, 66 Saunders Drive, Wilton, CT 06897; (203) 979-2234; apduffy@optonline.net
After decades of ’77 service as president, vice president, reunion chair, webmaster, and more, ’77 Alumni Council (AC) representative Nancy Vespoli concludes her three-year term in May. Nancy will hand the AC rep reins to class co-minister Nancy Bird Pellegrini, an equally dedicated ’77 who manages to shoehorn class responsibilities into her busy (chaplain, doctoral student, runner, choral performer, wife, and four-time grandmother!) schedule. Let’s have a round of claps and snaps for both Nancys and be sure to keep an eye on the precipitous drop in Nancy V.’s already enviable handicap. Not to be outdone by these multitaskers, Barry Harwick will also be joining the AC in May as representative of the Upper Valley.
Knowing a good thing when he sees it, W. Joseph Maloney ’78 married Lisabeth Leach (Maloney) right after graduation. Celebrating 45 years together, they wonder if they hold the record for dual Dartmouth couples? Can any of you match or exceed this record of bliss (the mind invokes iconic mergers such as Muller and Henning, Tugwell and Russo, Iselin and Welles, Larrabee and Greimann, and others?). Please let us know, and a photo (emailed please) might just win you a few column inches in an upcoming newsletter!
Head agent Doug Ireland (dougmireland@me.com) is still looking for your favorite 50th anniversary memories and photos as our 2027 50th reunion approaches. Writing those words, we realized this means that 99.9 percent of us graduated, vacated, or escaped high school 50 years ago! Immediate contact with Garden City High School of New York class of ’73 compatriot in low-level, white-collar crime Bill Replogle confirmed we have a reunion in July. “Plogle” (and maybe 10-percent me) immediately launched into mad creator mode generating numerous, shall we say, indelicate branding options for our class (Trojans was our mascot, ahem). This is just a public service nudge to be on the lookout for your own high school 50th festivities likely coming soon.
Gretchen Heller Farmer died peacefully in her sleep on New Year’s Day following a fall while traveling in Thailand with her family, including son Austin and cherished baby granddaughter Lily. Gretchen will be missed by many, including her teammates on Dartmouth’s inaugural women’s ice hockey team.
Not getting class emails and e-newsletters? Call the alumni help desk at (603) 646-3202 to update your email and forwarding address. Got news? Email me! Got milk? Better drink it!
—A.P. Duffy, 66 Saunders Drive, Wilton, CT 06897; (203) 979-2234; apduffy@optonline.net