Class Note 1977
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I hope wherever you are you have been enjoying summer! In the East it’s been a bit of a washout—lots of rain and clouds. But it always brightens my day to hear from classmates. Thanks for keeping in touch, but we need more of you to come on board! Now you have two options, as Bob Leach is now writing our class newsletter; he can be reached via e-mail: rleach@manulifeusa.com.
Life is great for our class newlyweds Nancy Bird and Vin Pellegrini. They were recently in Florida where Vin was installed as president of the American Orthopaedic Association. They will be traveling throughout Europe this fall with Vin’s new position. Nancy reported that Cindy and John Douglas will be spending the month of July in England—now is the time to get across the pond!
Jackie Ackerman is proud to join those of us who have had children matriculate at Dartmouth! Her daughter Torrey will be a member of the class of 2013. Jackie looks forward to seeing other ’77 parents on campus this fall.
Peter Mills checked in from Los Altos, California, where he has resided for 28 years. Peter is “happily working” in the product design business for Speck Design in Palo Alto, and his wife, Mary, is a human resources consultant. Bicycling is a passion and he manages 100 miles a week! Two nearby ’77s whom Peter is in contact with are Kip Sides and Bob Williams.
The Eastern Association of Women’s Rowing Colleges recently held an alumni event in Camden, New Jersey. Dartmouth’s boat contained nine alumni from varying years, including a few Olympians. Representing 1977 on our alumni boat was Nancy Parssinen Vespoli.
Dr. Jonathan Bagger was recently elected to the board of directors for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. He is the vice provost for graduate and postdoctoral programs and special projects and a professor of physics and astronomy at Johns Hopkins University. Since graduating from Dartmouth John’s career path included a year at Cambridge University, earning a master’s and doctoral degree at Princeton, time spent at Stanford and on the faculty at Harvard before moving to Johns Hopkins.
Bambi Wood had some exciting news about her husband. Sandy Wood, head coach of the University of Rhode Island women’s tennis team for the last five years, was named A-10 Coach of the Year, after leading his team to a 15-4 overall record, including a 4-0 victory over St. Bonaventure in the A-10 Championship. URI entered the championship as the No. 4 seed, it’s highest in program history! Sandy plans to go out on top and retire after this great accomplishment.
Recently I saw my Dartmouth roommate Daryl O’Brien Palmer for the college graduation of her oldest daughter Jessica. I’ll never forget walking into 109 North Mass in September of 1973 to meet Daryl for the first time, and we have been close friends ever since. Anyone else out there still close to his or her freshman roommate? I’d love to hear from you!
—Kelley Cimina, 6 Martins Road, Newtown Square, PA 19073; (610) 356-4685; cohasset73@ comcast.net
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Sept - Oct 2009
I hope wherever you are you have been enjoying summer! In the East it’s been a bit of a washout—lots of rain and clouds. But it always brightens my day to hear from classmates. Thanks for keeping in touch, but we need more of you to come on board! Now you have two options, as Bob Leach is now writing our class newsletter; he can be reached via e-mail: rleach@manulifeusa.com.
Life is great for our class newlyweds Nancy Bird and Vin Pellegrini. They were recently in Florida where Vin was installed as president of the American Orthopaedic Association. They will be traveling throughout Europe this fall with Vin’s new position. Nancy reported that Cindy and John Douglas will be spending the month of July in England—now is the time to get across the pond!
Jackie Ackerman is proud to join those of us who have had children matriculate at Dartmouth! Her daughter Torrey will be a member of the class of 2013. Jackie looks forward to seeing other ’77 parents on campus this fall.
Peter Mills checked in from Los Altos, California, where he has resided for 28 years. Peter is “happily working” in the product design business for Speck Design in Palo Alto, and his wife, Mary, is a human resources consultant. Bicycling is a passion and he manages 100 miles a week! Two nearby ’77s whom Peter is in contact with are Kip Sides and Bob Williams.
The Eastern Association of Women’s Rowing Colleges recently held an alumni event in Camden, New Jersey. Dartmouth’s boat contained nine alumni from varying years, including a few Olympians. Representing 1977 on our alumni boat was Nancy Parssinen Vespoli.
Dr. Jonathan Bagger was recently elected to the board of directors for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. He is the vice provost for graduate and postdoctoral programs and special projects and a professor of physics and astronomy at Johns Hopkins University. Since graduating from Dartmouth John’s career path included a year at Cambridge University, earning a master’s and doctoral degree at Princeton, time spent at Stanford and on the faculty at Harvard before moving to Johns Hopkins.
Bambi Wood had some exciting news about her husband. Sandy Wood, head coach of the University of Rhode Island women’s tennis team for the last five years, was named A-10 Coach of the Year, after leading his team to a 15-4 overall record, including a 4-0 victory over St. Bonaventure in the A-10 Championship. URI entered the championship as the No. 4 seed, it’s highest in program history! Sandy plans to go out on top and retire after this great accomplishment.
Recently I saw my Dartmouth roommate Daryl O’Brien Palmer for the college graduation of her oldest daughter Jessica. I’ll never forget walking into 109 North Mass in September of 1973 to meet Daryl for the first time, and we have been close friends ever since. Anyone else out there still close to his or her freshman roommate? I’d love to hear from you!
—Kelley Cimina, 6 Martins Road, Newtown Square, PA 19073; (610) 356-4685; cohasset73@ comcast.net