Class Note 1954
Issue
Sep - Oct 2017
Plan ahead! Our 65th reunion (2019) falls in the same year as the 250th anniversary of Dartmouth College. We have all aged gracefully. Don’t forget your Alumni Fund contribution. One of the most important legacies our class has is the interns we support. Here are two of them. Future columns will complete the group of four.
Théry Badin ’18, 2017 Jonathan Moore Dickey Center intern, writes: “At a glance, Build Health International (BHI) is a Boston-based construction firm that is classified as a nongovernmental organization. As an engineering major, I had the opportunity to work as project engineer intern as well as an assistant site supervisor. The internship also provided the opportunity to fully immerse in Haitian lifestyle and culture on a daily basis. The most important aspect of the work is the dynamisms and willingness to work outside of one’s comfort zone. With the organizational structure of a startup, it is easy to access anyone within the company from direct supervisors all the way up to the executive director. BHI can be a challenging place to work due to the versatility required for each role. Working abroad in Haiti requires patience to acclimate to an environment that is noticeably different from Hanover. My role in particular involved a significant amount of learning on the job and helping to maintain projects on schedule.”
From Charlotte Kamin ’18, 2017 Peter F. Geithner Rockefeller Center intern: “I will be interning at the Institute for the Study of War (Washington, D.C.) as a research analyst for its Iraq project, conducting open-source Arabic and English research on political and military developments in Iraq with an eye toward the movements of ISIS. Working with other interns and analysts I will contribute to ISW’s mission of providing nuanced and highly precise research of conflicts and security threats on the ground in order to educate the public and to influence U.S. strategy and policy in the region.”
Richard Montgomery Deaner passed away on April 8.
—Wayne Weil, 246 Ridge Road, Rutherford, NJ 07070; (201) 933-4102; wayne@dartmouthgraphics.com
Théry Badin ’18, 2017 Jonathan Moore Dickey Center intern, writes: “At a glance, Build Health International (BHI) is a Boston-based construction firm that is classified as a nongovernmental organization. As an engineering major, I had the opportunity to work as project engineer intern as well as an assistant site supervisor. The internship also provided the opportunity to fully immerse in Haitian lifestyle and culture on a daily basis. The most important aspect of the work is the dynamisms and willingness to work outside of one’s comfort zone. With the organizational structure of a startup, it is easy to access anyone within the company from direct supervisors all the way up to the executive director. BHI can be a challenging place to work due to the versatility required for each role. Working abroad in Haiti requires patience to acclimate to an environment that is noticeably different from Hanover. My role in particular involved a significant amount of learning on the job and helping to maintain projects on schedule.”
From Charlotte Kamin ’18, 2017 Peter F. Geithner Rockefeller Center intern: “I will be interning at the Institute for the Study of War (Washington, D.C.) as a research analyst for its Iraq project, conducting open-source Arabic and English research on political and military developments in Iraq with an eye toward the movements of ISIS. Working with other interns and analysts I will contribute to ISW’s mission of providing nuanced and highly precise research of conflicts and security threats on the ground in order to educate the public and to influence U.S. strategy and policy in the region.”
Richard Montgomery Deaner passed away on April 8.
—Wayne Weil, 246 Ridge Road, Rutherford, NJ 07070; (201) 933-4102; wayne@dartmouthgraphics.com