Class Note 1977
Issue
Jan - Feb 2018
According to Max Anderson, you can acquire good taste. Max is featured in the October 5, 2017, “Style” section of The New York Times in an article titled “Is Good Taste Teachable?” He explains how in his book, The Quality Instinct. Based upon his long experience as the director of museums ranging from the Whitney in New York to the Dallas Museum of Art in Texas, Max sets forth guidelines for developing aesthetic judgment that even you can master. (Hey, can’t hurt, might help.)
Earlier this year Tom Russo received the Gabelli Prize from the Columbia School of Business “for his longstanding efforts as a ‘global value’ equity investor.” When pressed by your dedicated class secretaries for comment, Tom credited Gina Tugwell Russo, “my partner from day one for whatever success there may have been.” Gina’s passion for art history, inspired at Dartmouth by the great John Wilmerding, has led her back to Hanover; she has become a trustee of the Hood Museum of Art. A savvy investor herself, Gina delights in their “grandchild dividend,” Alexander.
Joanne Mather Conroy has also come full circle. She has been named CEO and president of Dartmouth-Hitchcock, New Hampshire’s largest private employer and its sole academic medical center. Trained as an anesthesiologist, she entered hospital administration almost a decade ago. Joanne believes that the most successful healthcare providers aren’t just medical professionals, but people who serve their patients in multiple ways and that D-H isn’t just a collection of individual facilities, but a healthcare system.
In January Rory Laughna became CFO at True North Ale Co., founded by Gary “Hoss” Rogers and his son, Jake. The company has just completed a state-of-the-art brewery in Ipswich, Massachusetts, with four 30-barrel brews in tanks. There’s a taproom on premises so plan to stop by for a (leisurely) visit or sample their products throughout Boston’s North Shore.
Don Givler writes, “If I had been able to design my ‘dream job,’ this would be it.” Don, like wife Amy, is a family physician. He teaches at Louisiana State University Medical School, cares for “salt-of-the-earth, working, poor patients” in northeast Louisiana and spends two months every year in Kenya running mobile medical clinics with LSU medical students. Don enjoys teaching and feels he’s pretty good at it. He loves his patients. He pushed the LSU administration for years to pursue the Kenya mission and is thrilled to have this annual opportunity in his “sunset years.”
Please send news. It’s hard to craft an engaging narrative out of nothing. The alumni magazine forwarded info about Tom and Joanne. Leslie Embs Bradford spotted Max in the Times. Rory and Gary provided artisanal beer at reunion so we knew to pester them. We prodded Don after he sent a nice note—about us. We value modesty and appreciate privacy, but we would like to hear from you. After all these years, we would still like to know how you are. Enjoy the holidays!
—Eric Edmondson, Signal Hill Capital LLC, 425 California St., Suite 19, San Francisco, CA 94104; eweedmondson@gmail.com; Robin Gosnell, 31 Elm Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540; robins.nest@icloud.com; Drew Kintzinger, 2400 M St. NW, Apt. 914, Washington, DC 20037; akintzinger@hunton.com
Earlier this year Tom Russo received the Gabelli Prize from the Columbia School of Business “for his longstanding efforts as a ‘global value’ equity investor.” When pressed by your dedicated class secretaries for comment, Tom credited Gina Tugwell Russo, “my partner from day one for whatever success there may have been.” Gina’s passion for art history, inspired at Dartmouth by the great John Wilmerding, has led her back to Hanover; she has become a trustee of the Hood Museum of Art. A savvy investor herself, Gina delights in their “grandchild dividend,” Alexander.
Joanne Mather Conroy has also come full circle. She has been named CEO and president of Dartmouth-Hitchcock, New Hampshire’s largest private employer and its sole academic medical center. Trained as an anesthesiologist, she entered hospital administration almost a decade ago. Joanne believes that the most successful healthcare providers aren’t just medical professionals, but people who serve their patients in multiple ways and that D-H isn’t just a collection of individual facilities, but a healthcare system.
In January Rory Laughna became CFO at True North Ale Co., founded by Gary “Hoss” Rogers and his son, Jake. The company has just completed a state-of-the-art brewery in Ipswich, Massachusetts, with four 30-barrel brews in tanks. There’s a taproom on premises so plan to stop by for a (leisurely) visit or sample their products throughout Boston’s North Shore.
Don Givler writes, “If I had been able to design my ‘dream job,’ this would be it.” Don, like wife Amy, is a family physician. He teaches at Louisiana State University Medical School, cares for “salt-of-the-earth, working, poor patients” in northeast Louisiana and spends two months every year in Kenya running mobile medical clinics with LSU medical students. Don enjoys teaching and feels he’s pretty good at it. He loves his patients. He pushed the LSU administration for years to pursue the Kenya mission and is thrilled to have this annual opportunity in his “sunset years.”
Please send news. It’s hard to craft an engaging narrative out of nothing. The alumni magazine forwarded info about Tom and Joanne. Leslie Embs Bradford spotted Max in the Times. Rory and Gary provided artisanal beer at reunion so we knew to pester them. We prodded Don after he sent a nice note—about us. We value modesty and appreciate privacy, but we would like to hear from you. After all these years, we would still like to know how you are. Enjoy the holidays!
—Eric Edmondson, Signal Hill Capital LLC, 425 California St., Suite 19, San Francisco, CA 94104; eweedmondson@gmail.com; Robin Gosnell, 31 Elm Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540; robins.nest@icloud.com; Drew Kintzinger, 2400 M St. NW, Apt. 914, Washington, DC 20037; akintzinger@hunton.com