It’s the last day of February as I frantically type toward my deadline. Its raining here in San Diego, probably snowing in the rest of the country, but by the time you read this it will be spring. Happy spring! Deb Ellsworth was happy to report on a small but successful gathering of ’83s following President Hanlon’s speech in Washington, D.C. Deb, Jeanne Balcom, Caryn Ginsburg and Philip Meyers all managed to find each other at Chef Geoff’s and shared a good dinner with some ’82s in the mix. It was a nice evening, according to Deb, but she failed to give me any news on these people—next time, I hope!


Marci Wolk Taylor says that her son Jeff graduated from Tufts last year and is a healthcare technology consultant in Boston. Her daughter Lauren is a junior at Tufts. Marci’s husband works for an energy software company based in Colorado, so he works from home. Marci is trying to figure out what comes next for her (like a lot of us probably are at this point!). She has worked at Bain, in different roles, since Dartmouth. Her last project was doing research and editing for three business strategy books published by Bain/Harvard Business Press. “Now I have to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.” Ideas, anyone?


Henry Pickford is an assistant professor of German at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He co-founded the graduate program in critical thinking. Henry is in the news because he recently translated the early works of exiled Russian poet Lev Loseff. He is also the editor and translator of Critical Models: Interventions and Catchwords, by Theodor W. Adorno.


The Rev. Jim Nadeau, pastor of St. John Vianney Parish, was selected to receive the 2014 Maine Educational Opportunity Association Achiever Award for his educational accomplishments and contributions to the community. “The award is a testament to Fr. Nadeau’s commitment to inspiring students in the Fort Kent area as well as his own history of exceptional academic achievement,” said Bishop Richard J. Malone, apostolic administrator for the Diocese of Portland, Maine.


The Maine Educational Opportunity Association is an association of professionals providing educational opportunities for low-income and first-generation college-bound students who hope to enter and find success in higher education. Jim participated in a TRIO Upward Bound program during high school and he credits the experience with assisting him in preparing for college. “It was designed to encourage you to go to college,” said Jim, according to the press release. “If I wasn’t involved with that program I might not have gone to college. I try to recruit kids for it when I see low-income students in Fort Kent. People helped me along the way and I try to offer that same assistance to others.” Following Dartmouth Jim received a degree from the Gregorian University in Rome, Italy, and was ordained to the priesthood in July 1988 at Holy Rosary Church in Caribou, Maine.


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