The College often uses the adjective “great” in front of a class: the great class of 1978, the great class of 1982, etc. Well, we don’t care if we’re a great class (we already know we are!); we just want to have fun. Our name: the fun class of 1983. We don’t care about buildings, and senators and trustees (although they’re all well and good), we’re just going to have fun. And fun was had at our 30th reunion! I don’t have enough space to get into all the details here (check out our class website and Facebook page) but suffice it to say all had a great time. And for all of you who didn’t make it, we missed you, but we went on just as before.
Thursday morning was a hike up Moosilauke, led by Peter Kilmarx, who came from Zimbabwe to have fun with us. K.J. Adler was on that hike, coming in from Switzerland! Thursday evening we gathered in the rain in our tent and talked and talked. Friday started early with golf. Thanks to Jack Campbell for organizing golf. David Moore and Tom Hastings both won prizes for being closest to the pin. Friday lunch was down at the river: picture perfect as always. Late Friday afternoon was our panel discussion with Jean Hanff Korelitz and Lisa Feinberg Densmore discussing their creative processes. Jean wrote the book Admission, which was made into a movie starring Tina Fey and Paul Rudd, and Lisa helped write Passion for Skiing, which she then turned into the documentary Passion for Snow. Friday night we had “our” band, and believe it or not, there was dancing. Lots of dancing. Some of us realized as we tried to get low for “Shout” that our knees weren’t quite as flexible anymore. And in case anyone had nothing to do after the dancing, there was a party in 106 Rauner.
Saturday at 8 a.m. was tennis, organized by Reed Webster. Even though 20-plus people signed up, only 12 appeared—too much dancing apparently! Lunch found us on Kemeny Patio. Our class meeting was held and you elected the same slate of officers that you’ve had for the past five years, with a couple of changes: co-presidents, Mac Gardner and Andre Hunter; vice president, Jim Gregg; treasurer, Bob Goldman; communications, yours truly and Becky Wolcott Ankeny; head agent, Roger Baumann; webmaster, Mac Gardner; class project coordinators, Mac Gardner and Andre Hunter; mini-reunion and reunion chairs, Deb Robbins Healey and Patty Shepard. We added a new category of executive committee members: at-large, Joanne Sardella, Deb Ellsworth, Sarah Reynolds Walton, Tina Poulter, Martha Gerhan andPeter Kilmarx.
Saturday afternoon saw Anni Dupre Santry helping to christen a shell named in honor of Leann Eberly Jordan. The ceremony was moving, but happy. The shell then made its inaugural run with many members of the women’s 1983 crew team: Laura Bordiuk Kasler, Emily Jordan ’14, Anni Dupre Santry, Liz Mueller, Libby Lawrence Sobota, Laura Stephens Robinson, Patty Shepard and Jeanne Hanff Korelitz. The 1983 men also rowed. Jon Aney, Keith Moscow, Bill Burke and Peter Kilmarx did us proud.
Saturday night was much quieter, for some, than Friday night! No band, no dancing, but lots of chatting. Someone remarked to me that it was amazing how, after spending a relatively short four years together more than 30 years ago, we could come together every five years and have the time of our lives. We enjoy each other’s company, conversations flow no matter who you’re talking to, and we have fun. Here’s to coming together again in five years!
—Maren Christensen, 173 S. Nardo Ave., Solana Beach, CA 92075; marenjc@yahoo.com
