Class Note 1970
Issue
First, a few leftover notes from our 40th reunion. At the class dinner Wednesday evening the following slate of class officers was approved by acclimation: Jeff Demareth, president; Mark Heller, vice president; David Noyes, treasurer; Bill Wilson, secretary; Wayne Bardsley and Al Mulley, head agents; and Jeff Dahlman, who will do double duty as our Alumni Council representative and gift planning officer. Congratulations to all.
Following the dinner we were treated to some old-time rock and roll thanks to the reunion of Tracks/The Night Watchmen, arguably the best campus bands of our undergraduate era. Believe me, folks, these guys can still play, especially our own Russ Pinkston on lead guitar and Peter Logan on drums. Heck, they may be able to still fit into those Nehru jackets featured in their publicity photo of 40-plus years ago.
Jim Nachtwey extended his reunion stay in Hanover by arriving a few days in advance to accept a well-deserved honorary doctor of arts from the College. His citation reads in part, “Since (graduation) you have traveled the world capturing images that reveal the pain and suffering caused by war, disease, starvation and other unbearable events. ‘I have been a witness and these pictures are my testimony,’ you wrote in explaining your objective. ‘The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated.’ ” If you did not catch Jim’s piece on Haiti in the February 8 edition of Time magazine I urge you to find it online or, failing that, get over to your dentist’s office and rummage through the outdated periodicals in the waiting room until you come up with it. Accompanying the gripping images of this catastrophe is Jim’s written essay. Unfortunately space constraints don’t allow its reprint here but I commend it to you as a thought-provoking piece of writing.
I recently ran into Alan Tuck at a YMCA of Greater Boston event. Alan has been an active board member there for the past decade. He is currently a partner at the Bridgespan Group, a consulting firm that, according to its website, “helps nonprofit and philanthropic leaders in the hard work of developing strategies and building organizations that inspire and accelerate social change.” Prior to joining Bridgespan in 2001 Alan had a distinguished business career in the industrial and biotech sectors as well as a stint at Bain & Co. He received his M.B.A., appropriately enough, from Tuck School, where he was, not surprisingly, a Tuck Scholar.
As I write this column in mid-August most of the country is still in the grips of a seemingly endless heat wave. By the time you read this, crisp autumn air will have taken over (I hope) in New England. That means it’s football season and, we hope, the Big Green’s fortunes will have improved after some “lean” seasons. Whatever the record Star Johnson assures me that there will be a mini-reunion at the Princeton game in Princeton on November 20. Time and place TBA. Hope to see you there.
—Bill Wilson, 85 Blueberry Lane, Concord, MA 01742; wilson8689@aol.com
Nov - Dec 2010
First, a few leftover notes from our 40th reunion. At the class dinner Wednesday evening the following slate of class officers was approved by acclimation: Jeff Demareth, president; Mark Heller, vice president; David Noyes, treasurer; Bill Wilson, secretary; Wayne Bardsley and Al Mulley, head agents; and Jeff Dahlman, who will do double duty as our Alumni Council representative and gift planning officer. Congratulations to all.
Following the dinner we were treated to some old-time rock and roll thanks to the reunion of Tracks/The Night Watchmen, arguably the best campus bands of our undergraduate era. Believe me, folks, these guys can still play, especially our own Russ Pinkston on lead guitar and Peter Logan on drums. Heck, they may be able to still fit into those Nehru jackets featured in their publicity photo of 40-plus years ago.
Jim Nachtwey extended his reunion stay in Hanover by arriving a few days in advance to accept a well-deserved honorary doctor of arts from the College. His citation reads in part, “Since (graduation) you have traveled the world capturing images that reveal the pain and suffering caused by war, disease, starvation and other unbearable events. ‘I have been a witness and these pictures are my testimony,’ you wrote in explaining your objective. ‘The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated.’ ” If you did not catch Jim’s piece on Haiti in the February 8 edition of Time magazine I urge you to find it online or, failing that, get over to your dentist’s office and rummage through the outdated periodicals in the waiting room until you come up with it. Accompanying the gripping images of this catastrophe is Jim’s written essay. Unfortunately space constraints don’t allow its reprint here but I commend it to you as a thought-provoking piece of writing.
I recently ran into Alan Tuck at a YMCA of Greater Boston event. Alan has been an active board member there for the past decade. He is currently a partner at the Bridgespan Group, a consulting firm that, according to its website, “helps nonprofit and philanthropic leaders in the hard work of developing strategies and building organizations that inspire and accelerate social change.” Prior to joining Bridgespan in 2001 Alan had a distinguished business career in the industrial and biotech sectors as well as a stint at Bain & Co. He received his M.B.A., appropriately enough, from Tuck School, where he was, not surprisingly, a Tuck Scholar.
As I write this column in mid-August most of the country is still in the grips of a seemingly endless heat wave. By the time you read this, crisp autumn air will have taken over (I hope) in New England. That means it’s football season and, we hope, the Big Green’s fortunes will have improved after some “lean” seasons. Whatever the record Star Johnson assures me that there will be a mini-reunion at the Princeton game in Princeton on November 20. Time and place TBA. Hope to see you there.
—Bill Wilson, 85 Blueberry Lane, Concord, MA 01742; wilson8689@aol.com