Class Note 1983
Issue
Class Officers Weekend occurred in September and several of your loyal officers convened in Hanover. I’m happy to report that the campus looks pretty much the same as it did for our reunion, Theta Delt has at least three pong tables in the basement and Beta smells like leather couches. TriKap was hosting a dance party and was very popular with the undergrads. Becky Wolcott Ankeny and I managed to push thru the hordes of people into the house, where one young coed greeted us with “Geez, they must be at least 40!” We took that as a compliment. Former class secretary Debbie Michel Rosch tells me she heard (thanks to Facebook) that Stuart Grider recently moved back to London from Hong Kong. She believes Stuart is a lawyer. Stuart, care to comment? Jean Hanff Korelitz has a new book out, Admission, which takes place partly at our lovely alma mater. Jean writes: “Admission is mainly set at present-day Princeton University, but there are a few key chapters that take place at Dartmouth in the 1980s. Class of ’83s may or may not recognize a few of our classmates, but the settings should be familiar to all: the bonfire, the frats and above all the clothes. (Surely there have never been such universally unflattering clothes as down vests, Fair Isle sweaters, Docksiders and turtlenecks with tiny little strawberries all over them. What on earth were we thinking?)” I have read the book and thankfully did not recognize myself in it. (I am wearing a down vest right now however!) I decided to discover which other classmates have authored a book, and I know there are quite a few. One of the less well-publicized authors is Sally Kahler Phillips. Sally lives in L.A. and writes children’s books. Sally has authored Cake Cake Cake Pie and another titled Nonesense. I unfortunately have not read either of Sally’s books, but I will have to ask my 5-year-old nephew. He’ll know. Matt Liddle, professor in the School of Art and Design at Western Carolina University, received the Board of Governors’ College of Fine and Performing Arts Teaching Award. “Most of the time you are on your own in the classroom, and it can feel like your work goes unnoticed,” Liddle said. “It’s nice to have someone tell you that you are doing a good job.” The award recognizes a faculty member for outstanding teaching. Students and colleagues alike may nominate faculty members, and selection committee members visit finalists as part of the selection process.
Up the street from me in my little town lives a woman named Maren. Two Marens in one small town is a lot. The more interesting part is that she is married to a man with the last name of Grainger. I wanted to call her husband Dave and we finally put two and two together—her brother in law is our classmate Dave Grainger. I e-mailed Dave and got an update on his life. He holds an endowed professorship chair in the nation’s No. 2 academic pharmaceutical chemistry graduate program, is chairperson of this department and is a full professor of bioengineering at the University of Utah. He and his wife, Holly ’79, enjoy living in Salt Lake City, Utah, and backcountry skiing, biking, fly-fishing, etc. Dave has a son who graduated from Dartmouth in 2008, majoring in music.
Homecoming was last weekend and our beleaguered football team finally won its first game in two-plus years! Congratulations! Numerous ’83s were apparently in attendance: Charlie Morrison, Hilleary Hoskinson, Bob Dell Isola and Jessica Rosenberg Brown, among others. Forever green!
—Maren Christensen, 166 Sausal Drive, Portola Valley, CA 94028; (650) 529-2396; marenjc@ yahoo.com
Jan - Feb 2010
Class Officers Weekend occurred in September and several of your loyal officers convened in Hanover. I’m happy to report that the campus looks pretty much the same as it did for our reunion, Theta Delt has at least three pong tables in the basement and Beta smells like leather couches. TriKap was hosting a dance party and was very popular with the undergrads. Becky Wolcott Ankeny and I managed to push thru the hordes of people into the house, where one young coed greeted us with “Geez, they must be at least 40!” We took that as a compliment. Former class secretary Debbie Michel Rosch tells me she heard (thanks to Facebook) that Stuart Grider recently moved back to London from Hong Kong. She believes Stuart is a lawyer. Stuart, care to comment? Jean Hanff Korelitz has a new book out, Admission, which takes place partly at our lovely alma mater. Jean writes: “Admission is mainly set at present-day Princeton University, but there are a few key chapters that take place at Dartmouth in the 1980s. Class of ’83s may or may not recognize a few of our classmates, but the settings should be familiar to all: the bonfire, the frats and above all the clothes. (Surely there have never been such universally unflattering clothes as down vests, Fair Isle sweaters, Docksiders and turtlenecks with tiny little strawberries all over them. What on earth were we thinking?)” I have read the book and thankfully did not recognize myself in it. (I am wearing a down vest right now however!) I decided to discover which other classmates have authored a book, and I know there are quite a few. One of the less well-publicized authors is Sally Kahler Phillips. Sally lives in L.A. and writes children’s books. Sally has authored Cake Cake Cake Pie and another titled Nonesense. I unfortunately have not read either of Sally’s books, but I will have to ask my 5-year-old nephew. He’ll know. Matt Liddle, professor in the School of Art and Design at Western Carolina University, received the Board of Governors’ College of Fine and Performing Arts Teaching Award. “Most of the time you are on your own in the classroom, and it can feel like your work goes unnoticed,” Liddle said. “It’s nice to have someone tell you that you are doing a good job.” The award recognizes a faculty member for outstanding teaching. Students and colleagues alike may nominate faculty members, and selection committee members visit finalists as part of the selection process.
Up the street from me in my little town lives a woman named Maren. Two Marens in one small town is a lot. The more interesting part is that she is married to a man with the last name of Grainger. I wanted to call her husband Dave and we finally put two and two together—her brother in law is our classmate Dave Grainger. I e-mailed Dave and got an update on his life. He holds an endowed professorship chair in the nation’s No. 2 academic pharmaceutical chemistry graduate program, is chairperson of this department and is a full professor of bioengineering at the University of Utah. He and his wife, Holly ’79, enjoy living in Salt Lake City, Utah, and backcountry skiing, biking, fly-fishing, etc. Dave has a son who graduated from Dartmouth in 2008, majoring in music.
Homecoming was last weekend and our beleaguered football team finally won its first game in two-plus years! Congratulations! Numerous ’83s were apparently in attendance: Charlie Morrison, Hilleary Hoskinson, Bob Dell Isola and Jessica Rosenberg Brown, among others. Forever green!
—Maren Christensen, 166 Sausal Drive, Portola Valley, CA 94028; (650) 529-2396; marenjc@ yahoo.com