Class Note 1974
Issue
As the Dartmouth Fund draws to a close we need everyone’s help to extend our record-breaking streak. Participation co-chair Peter DeNatale is one of the leaders in our quest to exceed a 70 percent participation rate again. When he is not exhorting classmates to give, Peter is vice president and chief information officer at the Mentor Network, an organization in Boston that provides community-based services across the United States to children and adults with life challenges, especially developmental and intellectual disabilities. Earlier Peter worked as an information systems executive at the Gillette Co., the MathWorks, ISI Systems and Harvard-Pilgrim Health Care. Peter earned a law degree from George Washington University and an M.B.A. from Boston College. He lives with his wife, Sue, in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Their older son Eric attended Harvard (’06), but the family rejoiced when daughter Lauren ’09 graduated from Dartmouth. Their son Christopher is a freshman at Muhlenberg College. Peter has been an active alumni interviewer and captained a Dartmouth spelling bee team for 10 years with Lee Phillips ’73 and Dan Kenslea ’75 in the annual Wellesley Educational Foundation fundraiser.
By e-mail vote in March we confirmed Steve Geanacopoulos as our representative to the Dartmouth Alumni Council. He will be a committed and enthusiastic representative. Steve attended law school at Boston College, where he met his wife, Rebecca Wilson. Becky is a partner at Peabody & Arnold in Boston, while Steve is a partner at Adler Pollock & Sheehan in Providence/Boston. They have two daughters, Alexandra and Sophia. Sophia is a high school sophomore. Alexandra ’13 is a rising sophomore at Dartmouth. She also works in a chemistry lab as part of the new Women in Science program and plays women’s club soccer under coach Steve Severson.
Jonathan Hodgdon sent exciting news with his e-mail Alumni Council vote. An international disaster expert, Jonathan had recently returned from leading International Medical Corps’ response to two devastating earthquakes in Indonesia. He was also preparing for a trip to Yemen, the 53rd country he has visited. Jonathan earned a master’s in demography at the University of Michigan, rooming with Doug Shufelt and Steve McCormack who were students at the business school. After an early career in international consulting, Jonathan transitioned to overseas humanitarian work with CARE in Bangladesh, Kenya and Jerusalem. Later he joined Save the Children as country director for disaster response work in Kosovo, Georgia and the West Bank/Gaza. From 2005 to 2009 he managed the emergency unit of AmeriCares, headed by Curt Welling ’71, responding to natural disasters. Surprisingly, the only time Jonathan has feared for his own life was while working outside San Diego when he was nearly trapped behind raging wildfires. Jonathan and his wife, Jetlin, now live in Connecticut with their daughter Alana (15), a gifted musician, and son Justin (12). Jetlin formerly worked in financial services, but now she is a full-time mom and manager of Alana’s budding singing career.
—Rick Sample, Retreat Farm, 1137 Manakin Road, Manakin Sabot, VA 23103; samplejr@msn.com
July - Aug 2010
As the Dartmouth Fund draws to a close we need everyone’s help to extend our record-breaking streak. Participation co-chair Peter DeNatale is one of the leaders in our quest to exceed a 70 percent participation rate again. When he is not exhorting classmates to give, Peter is vice president and chief information officer at the Mentor Network, an organization in Boston that provides community-based services across the United States to children and adults with life challenges, especially developmental and intellectual disabilities. Earlier Peter worked as an information systems executive at the Gillette Co., the MathWorks, ISI Systems and Harvard-Pilgrim Health Care. Peter earned a law degree from George Washington University and an M.B.A. from Boston College. He lives with his wife, Sue, in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Their older son Eric attended Harvard (’06), but the family rejoiced when daughter Lauren ’09 graduated from Dartmouth. Their son Christopher is a freshman at Muhlenberg College. Peter has been an active alumni interviewer and captained a Dartmouth spelling bee team for 10 years with Lee Phillips ’73 and Dan Kenslea ’75 in the annual Wellesley Educational Foundation fundraiser.
By e-mail vote in March we confirmed Steve Geanacopoulos as our representative to the Dartmouth Alumni Council. He will be a committed and enthusiastic representative. Steve attended law school at Boston College, where he met his wife, Rebecca Wilson. Becky is a partner at Peabody & Arnold in Boston, while Steve is a partner at Adler Pollock & Sheehan in Providence/Boston. They have two daughters, Alexandra and Sophia. Sophia is a high school sophomore. Alexandra ’13 is a rising sophomore at Dartmouth. She also works in a chemistry lab as part of the new Women in Science program and plays women’s club soccer under coach Steve Severson.
Jonathan Hodgdon sent exciting news with his e-mail Alumni Council vote. An international disaster expert, Jonathan had recently returned from leading International Medical Corps’ response to two devastating earthquakes in Indonesia. He was also preparing for a trip to Yemen, the 53rd country he has visited. Jonathan earned a master’s in demography at the University of Michigan, rooming with Doug Shufelt and Steve McCormack who were students at the business school. After an early career in international consulting, Jonathan transitioned to overseas humanitarian work with CARE in Bangladesh, Kenya and Jerusalem. Later he joined Save the Children as country director for disaster response work in Kosovo, Georgia and the West Bank/Gaza. From 2005 to 2009 he managed the emergency unit of AmeriCares, headed by Curt Welling ’71, responding to natural disasters. Surprisingly, the only time Jonathan has feared for his own life was while working outside San Diego when he was nearly trapped behind raging wildfires. Jonathan and his wife, Jetlin, now live in Connecticut with their daughter Alana (15), a gifted musician, and son Justin (12). Jetlin formerly worked in financial services, but now she is a full-time mom and manager of Alana’s budding singing career.
—Rick Sample, Retreat Farm, 1137 Manakin Road, Manakin Sabot, VA 23103; samplejr@msn.com