Class Note 1977
Issue
Jul - Aug 2019
The class has commissioned a song, “The Lone Pine Prayer,” in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of Dartmouth College. Composed by Will Raymer ’09, the song evokes Dartmouth’s sense of place in the form of a benediction for all children of Dartmouth. The Decibelles and the Aires, Dartmouth’s original a cappella groups, performed the premier at 5:45 p.m. on May 16 at the opening session of the Alumni Council in Hanover. A video of the performance was posted on our Facebook page.
Aimee Kent Ballantyne received an award from her hometown of Wilton Manors, Florida, for a community quilt. It was created with fabric rescued from discards and brought to Aimee’s home by generous, caring, and eco-conscious friends. The fabric was given a new life by reassembly into a practical, reusable, warmth-giving heirloom quilt sewn in the great New England tradition of the quilting bee. By banding together and using every scrap of available fabric, American colonists survived the harsh New England winters. Today, the community quilt demonstrates again what a community can accomplish when it works together. Aimee is the CEO of Friends in Stitches Recovery Bee LLC.
We have belatedly learned that Rodney L. Cubbie died at home of cancer in 2016. He was active in the Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association, which celebrates the diversity of the black experience at Dartmouth and the achievements of black alumni near and far. Rodney was a longtime prosecutor who eventually became a defense attorney. Colleagues admired him as “a force of nature in the courtroom.”
Twenty-five classmates gathered in New York City for the 77th Day of the Year celebration. Ted Wingate came down from Newfields, New Hampshire, to join the festivities. He and Kathy Phillips had a great visit. Kathy thinks they are the only two psychiatrists in the class. (If you know of another, please let us know.) Ted practices child and adolescent psychiatry in a community mental health center. “The work remains quite consuming; social media and electronic gaming present new challenges for this age group.” Ted is trying to cut back his hours, but finds that the demand keeps growing. Meanwhile, his wife, Gabriele, is introducing him to birdwatching. It would be great to gather 77 classmates at this event next year, when the 77th Day falls on a green day—St. Patrick’s Day. Start planning now; classmates would love to see you.
—Robin Gosnell, 31 Elm Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540; robins.nest@icloud.com; Eric Edmondson, Signal Hill Capital LLC, 425 California St., Suite 19, San Francisco, CA 94104; eweedmondson@gmail.com; Drew Kintzinger, 2400 M St. NW, Apt. 914, Washington, DC 20037; akintzinger@hunton.com
Aimee Kent Ballantyne received an award from her hometown of Wilton Manors, Florida, for a community quilt. It was created with fabric rescued from discards and brought to Aimee’s home by generous, caring, and eco-conscious friends. The fabric was given a new life by reassembly into a practical, reusable, warmth-giving heirloom quilt sewn in the great New England tradition of the quilting bee. By banding together and using every scrap of available fabric, American colonists survived the harsh New England winters. Today, the community quilt demonstrates again what a community can accomplish when it works together. Aimee is the CEO of Friends in Stitches Recovery Bee LLC.
We have belatedly learned that Rodney L. Cubbie died at home of cancer in 2016. He was active in the Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association, which celebrates the diversity of the black experience at Dartmouth and the achievements of black alumni near and far. Rodney was a longtime prosecutor who eventually became a defense attorney. Colleagues admired him as “a force of nature in the courtroom.”
Twenty-five classmates gathered in New York City for the 77th Day of the Year celebration. Ted Wingate came down from Newfields, New Hampshire, to join the festivities. He and Kathy Phillips had a great visit. Kathy thinks they are the only two psychiatrists in the class. (If you know of another, please let us know.) Ted practices child and adolescent psychiatry in a community mental health center. “The work remains quite consuming; social media and electronic gaming present new challenges for this age group.” Ted is trying to cut back his hours, but finds that the demand keeps growing. Meanwhile, his wife, Gabriele, is introducing him to birdwatching. It would be great to gather 77 classmates at this event next year, when the 77th Day falls on a green day—St. Patrick’s Day. Start planning now; classmates would love to see you.
—Robin Gosnell, 31 Elm Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540; robins.nest@icloud.com; Eric Edmondson, Signal Hill Capital LLC, 425 California St., Suite 19, San Francisco, CA 94104; eweedmondson@gmail.com; Drew Kintzinger, 2400 M St. NW, Apt. 914, Washington, DC 20037; akintzinger@hunton.com