Class Note 1974
Issue
Jul - Aug 2018
First, let me mention a few housekeeping items. The deadline for contributions to the Dartmouth College Fund is June 30. If you haven’t made your annual gift, please grab your credit card and go to www.dartmouthcollegefund.org. Every contribution helps the College and boosts our class participation rate. Also, mark your calendars for our upcoming 45th reunion from Thursday, June 13, 2019, through Sunday, June 16, 2019. Next year also marks the 250th celebration of the founding of Dartmouth. Watch for special celebrations the College is planning for the anniversary.
Rob Stone kindly wrote recently with an update. Rob and his wife, Karen, live in Bloomington, Indiana. Rob is the state coordinator for Physicians for a National Health Program, an organization working to move the United States toward universal healthcare using expanded and improved Medicare as the model. After three years of undergraduate work at the College, Rob went to Dartmouth Medical School for two years and then transferred to the University of Colorado Medical School in Denver. He completed a family practice residency and then practiced in the barrio on the city’s west side. After three years Rob moved back to his home state of Indiana, where he has been ever since, working for 28 years as an emergency room physician and practicing palliative medicine since 2011. Rob and Karen have three children and two grandchildren. Rob notes that the grandchildren, aged 9 and 12, are both unusually smart and cute.
Dan O’Haire sent news in March that he and Dick Spellman, freshman-year roommates, had enjoyed a day skiing together in Breckenridge, Colorado. The meeting was their first since graduation. This past winter was the 59th consecutive year of skiing for Dan and the 63rd consecutive year for Dick. Dan lives in Aurora, Colorado. After Dartmouth he earned an M.S. in geology from Montana State University in Bozeman. In his first career he worked as a geologist in oil and gas, soil and water testing, mapping, gold exploration, and lead-zinc-silver exploration, mostly in the North Country of New Hampshire, Montana, and Alaska. After nearly 20 years he moved back to Colorado in 1993, changed careers, and married his wife, Jeannie, in 1995. Along the way he earned a B.S. in computer science from the University of Alaska in Anchorage and then a B.S. in mathematics from Metropolitan State University in Denver. In 2013 Dan retired from his second career of 20 years as a math and science teacher in Denver-area public schools. He continues to teach math and science (chemistry, physics) as a substitute teacher and tutor. For fun Dan has been a trip leader with the Colorado Mountain Club for 25 years. After a serious illness eight years ago, Dan resumed his Colorado Fourteener Quest, eventually completing 52 of the 56 summits at elevations above 14,000 feet.
Be safe and send news.
—Rick Sample, Retreat Farm, 1137 Manakin Road, Manakin Sabot, VA 23103; samplejr@msn.com
Rob Stone kindly wrote recently with an update. Rob and his wife, Karen, live in Bloomington, Indiana. Rob is the state coordinator for Physicians for a National Health Program, an organization working to move the United States toward universal healthcare using expanded and improved Medicare as the model. After three years of undergraduate work at the College, Rob went to Dartmouth Medical School for two years and then transferred to the University of Colorado Medical School in Denver. He completed a family practice residency and then practiced in the barrio on the city’s west side. After three years Rob moved back to his home state of Indiana, where he has been ever since, working for 28 years as an emergency room physician and practicing palliative medicine since 2011. Rob and Karen have three children and two grandchildren. Rob notes that the grandchildren, aged 9 and 12, are both unusually smart and cute.
Dan O’Haire sent news in March that he and Dick Spellman, freshman-year roommates, had enjoyed a day skiing together in Breckenridge, Colorado. The meeting was their first since graduation. This past winter was the 59th consecutive year of skiing for Dan and the 63rd consecutive year for Dick. Dan lives in Aurora, Colorado. After Dartmouth he earned an M.S. in geology from Montana State University in Bozeman. In his first career he worked as a geologist in oil and gas, soil and water testing, mapping, gold exploration, and lead-zinc-silver exploration, mostly in the North Country of New Hampshire, Montana, and Alaska. After nearly 20 years he moved back to Colorado in 1993, changed careers, and married his wife, Jeannie, in 1995. Along the way he earned a B.S. in computer science from the University of Alaska in Anchorage and then a B.S. in mathematics from Metropolitan State University in Denver. In 2013 Dan retired from his second career of 20 years as a math and science teacher in Denver-area public schools. He continues to teach math and science (chemistry, physics) as a substitute teacher and tutor. For fun Dan has been a trip leader with the Colorado Mountain Club for 25 years. After a serious illness eight years ago, Dan resumed his Colorado Fourteener Quest, eventually completing 52 of the 56 summits at elevations above 14,000 feet.
Be safe and send news.
—Rick Sample, Retreat Farm, 1137 Manakin Road, Manakin Sabot, VA 23103; samplejr@msn.com