Class Notes 1976

Hello, classmates. Since most of you are apparently too modest to send news of your current exploits, it’s time to generate a little fun content for this column. Two activities central to our College experience were what were then called freshman trips (now called first-year trips) and language study abroad (LSA). If you don’t want to divulge today how many rounds of golf you play each week or how often you watch your grandchildren, at least send remembrances of one of those experiences. Who did you go with? Who did you meet for the first time? Were you a freshman trip guide in later years? What was most memorable about your experience? What friendships did you make? Scott Simons and Jim Burns led two trips. Fern Bennett and Mike Feasel met on their trip.It’s good to reminisce, especially leading up to our 50th. Twenty-four classmates and 12 guests reminisced after traveling from across the country (including Arizona, California, Washington, Ohio, Florida, Wisconsin, Utah, New Mexico, Connecticut, Colorado, New York, and West Virginia) to enjoy the stunning beauty of Sedona, Arizona, during a fun-filled weekend at the end of February. The weather was bright and beautiful throughout, making it ideal for outdoor activities. The only exception was a cloudy night during a planned stargazing session at the Lowell Observatory. Kipp Barker reported that 10 of the 24 classmates in attendance (42 percent) were among the 177 female pioneers from Dartmouth’s first fully coeducational graduating class. These remarkable women included Adrienne Alexander, Carolyn Johnson Allenby, Brewer Doran, Kathy DeGioia Eastwood, Elise Erler, Gretchen Kent Kerr, Naomi Baline Kleinman, Betsy Rumely, Marian Shelton, and Annie Stockmar Upton. Attending as well were Rich Auletta, Brian Bachelder, Kirk Barker, George Chimiklis, Dave Dobson, Geoff Lamb, Steve Melikian, Michael Montgomery, Dan Pulvers, Tom Sorci, Ken Wright, Rick Zimmerman, andLaurie (Ganong) Jones, wife of classmate Dan Jones. Stay tuned for more mini-reunion destination trips in the future. Ted Scheu reports that he, Craig Stone,andDr. John Olsen spent four glorious days of skiing and storytelling, with extra catch up and laughs, in mid-March in Kalispell, Montana, at Whitefish Mountain. John and his wife, Kristie, moved there from the Seattle area following John’s retirement from his cardiology practice. “We skied on mid-winter snow and set records for vertical feet skied—at least records for me and John trying to keep up with Craig.” Next up for the trio, along with Nick Scheu ’78 and Craig’s brother, is an 11-day trek around Mont Blanc in the French, Italian, and Swiss Alps in early September—the Tour de Mont Blanc. “Our newest supporter and info source for this serious adventure is Martha Johnson Beattie,who did the same trek last year,” Ted wrote. A final note, if you are a Robert Frost fan, have a listen to Eric Copenhaver’s entertaining audiobook on the poet, via Spotify, The Rob I Knew. Ciao for now. Please send news of yourself or other classmates to steve@stevebellcommunications.com. If nothing else, the updates will serve as ice breakers at the 50th.

—Steve Bell, 15 Harbour Pointe, Buffalo, NY 14202; steve@stevebellcommunications.com

Hello, classmates. In case you didn’t receive the email, or it snagged in your spam, class-wide thanks to Nic Cols and Fern Bennett Phillips for taking on the chairs of our 50th reunion, June 12-14, 2026. They will need a lot of support and volunteerism from classmates. Let them know at dartmouthreunionteam@gmail.com if you can help. They noted, and a great point, “It is never too late to go to a first reunion. If you have missed previous reunions, this is the one to make.”

Our class’s most distinguished journalist, David Shribman,wrote a review in his former newspaper, The Boston Globe, of John Feinstein’s The Ancient Eight, about Ivy League football. Shribman wrote: “In the old days, Penn played Cornell at Thanksgiving with as many as 80,000 people attending one of the great gridiron rivalries of the age. In the nostalgia-tinged years, Brown fielded an ‘Iron Man’ team whose players were on the field, without substitution, for all 60 minutes of their game against Yale. In years within living memory, Dartmouth’s 11 played all its games against Princeton, Harvard, and Yale on the road, the better to accommodate the huge crowds of partisans its green-clad warriors attracted. Those glory days are long gone. I was at Dartmouth’s home opener this autumn and sat amid 3,573 fans—a far cry from the 60,820 I joined to see Dartmouth defeat Yale in 1970. This September’s game was against Fordham, its own glory days with the fabled ‘Seven Blocks of Granite’ (the linemen who included Vince Lombardi) nearly a century in the past.” We can enjoy our memories and the teams from 1972-76. The book, Shribman writes, focuses on the 2023 season, the tragedy and widespread impact of Coach Buddy Teevens’ bicycle accident.

Speaking of writers, Henry Hart,an endowed English professor at William & Mary, just published Seamus Heaney’s Gifts, about the Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet. The book “offers the first comprehensive examination of Heaney’s preoccupation with gifts and gift exchange. Drawing on extensive research in Heaney’s papers, as well as three decades of correspondence with the poet, Hart presents a richly detailed study of Heaney’s life and work that foregrounds the Irishman’s commitment to the vocation of poetry as a public art to be shared with audiences and readers around the world.” You may have seen notice of the passing November 15 in Hanover of former dean of the College Ralph Manuel ’58. You can google his obituary. As one classmate remarked, he kept a lot of us out of serious trouble. He was our dean of freshmen, and your class officers are looking into joining the College and perhaps other classes in an honor for his many contributions to Dartmouth and to many of us.

Ciao for now. Please send news of yourself and classmates to steve@stevebellcommunications.com and update those email addresses in the class listings.

—Steve Bell, 15 Harbour Pointe, Buffalo, NY 14202; steve@stevebellcommunications.com

Hello, classmates. As you read this, we are closing in on 2025 and about 20 months until our 50th reunion. Your class officers hope everyone who can will chip in and make June 12-14, 2026, memorable. Please contact Naomi Kleinman if you want to volunteer for a committee. It’s also a good time for a shout-out to our consistent and attentive social media chief, Joe Jasinski. He doesn’t receive enough credit, but if you check our class Facebook page, you’ll find all sorts of current news about the College and us. His volunteer work is the epitome of giving. From that Facebook page, you could have linked to a story in Wired about the revolutionary significance of BASIC. Quoting from the piece: “It was BASIC that really blew the lid off. It was created in 1964 by John George Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz, two math professors at Dartmouth College who figured—in a stance that presaged the ‘Learn to Code’ movement of the 2010s—that coding ought to be something any liberal arts student could learn. This transformed coding into a conversation with the machine. Programming was like thinking out loud.…This back-and-forth dance with the machine made the whole process of coding less forbidding. It felt less like doing very important design and more like just messing around. Many of the world’s most popular languages (like JavaScript and Python) are now interpreted on the fly, but BASIC was among the first.” Even we history and English majors share some pride around BASIC. On a similar laudatory note, The New York Times in June celebrated the life of John Wilmerding, an art history professor at the College, 1966-77, and someone I count as the major mentor who gave me the confidence to become a journalist and writer. “John Wilmerding, a towering figure in American art whose eclectic career as a scholar, museum curator, and collector was instrumental in elevating the cultural significance and market value of painters such as Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, and Fitz Henry Lane, died on June 6 in Manhattan. He was 86.…When Mr. Wilmerding began teaching in the 1960s, American art was underappreciated if not totally unknown. There were virtually no university survey courses in the subject, textbooks, or major exhibitions. ‘American art just didn’t hold the same sort of attention and respect that European art did and certainly the art of the Renaissance or the old masters,’ ” said Justin Wolff, chairman of the art history department at the University of Maine and a former student of Mr. Wilmerding’s. “ ‘It was behind culturally. It didn’t really have an identity.’ Mr. Wilmerding helped give it one.” Class treasurer Brewer Doran reported we had a good year. Total revenue for the fiscal year was up 8.2 percent and dues payments rose 9.3 percent. It’s never too early or too late to pay your $76 annual dues, which will in part help support our 50th. The link is easy to find if you Google our class. If you haven’t seen the Matt Damon-Casey Affleck farce The Instigators, you’ll approve of one of the props. Enjoy the holidays. Please send news of yourself and or classmate friends to steve@stevebellcommunications.com. Ciao for now.

—Steve Bell, 15 Harbour Pointe, Buffalo, NY 14202; steve@stevebellcommunications.com

Hello, classmates. As you read this, and as noted by class president Naomi Baline Kleinman,we are inside two years until our 50th reunion. If you have an out-of-date email address with the College, please update it. If you receive Jim Burns’ newsletter via snail mail, you probably need to update your email (and save the class some money.) Thanks to Ken Monteiro for agreeing to become our next class alumni councilor and to Sharon Ali for holding that responsibility for her term. We also welcome Brewer Doran, taking over as class treasurer after John Pancoast served distinctively for two years. In keeping with the theme of this issue of the magazine, Carl Little and his brother, David, have a new book out, Art of Penobscot Bay. The book is described as a visual celebration of the art and artists, past and present, inspired by that lovely body of water in Maine. Dr. Spencer Kubo jumped in to lead the connection between the class of ’26 and our own. He writes that he still runs in Minnesota with the ski cap he bought at the Co-op in December 1972. He says this demonstrates that things made and obtained at Dartmouth are durable and last a lifetime. Do you remember the special flowers that the class of 1926 sent to the women of our class as a personal welcome to the historic first women to matriculate at Dartmouth? To honor that special welcome, a group of our classmates meet regularly to host events and foster a special connection to the ’26ers. Judy Csatari is the fearless leader of this group—so reach out if you would like to participate in these fun activities. One new project of this group is to circulate a newsletter that would shine a light on things that have dramatically changed during 50 years and some things that have not changed. The newsletter will be short and ideally stimulate many responses of similar reflections; the goal is to strengthen the bond between our two classes. Although Jim Burnsshared Andy Gettinger’sreport on two winter mini-reunions, it’s worth noting the highlights here in case you missed them: In January an intrepid group of classmates went on an alumni travel cruise to Magdalena Bay in Mexico to see the migration of the gray whales. Carolyn “Lyn Johnson” Allenby was joined by Elise Erler, Kathy DeGioia, John Eastwood, Michael Alyward (and Debbie Ritter), and John Whistler (and Mary Lovejoy ’77). In February several classmates gathered in San Diego for what turned into a wonderful long weekend for President’s Day. Saturday was kicked off by a very special behind-the-scenes tour of the newly renovated and reopened San Diego Humane Society. The visit was arranged by classmate Ken Cohen,a former board chair and, along with wife Elena, major supporter of the institution. Others involved were Paul “Kim” Windrath and wife Mary Beth, Steve Melikian and wife Sylvia, Paul Cane, Michael Montgomery, Bill Sinclair, Dave Magnus, Jody Karp, Wayne MacDonald, Rick Phillips and friend Regina, and Neil Tarzy.Ciao for now. Please send news of yourself and classmates to steve@stevebellcommunications.com and update those email addresses.

—Steve Bell, 15 Harbour Pointe, Buffalo, NY 14202; steve@stevebellcommunications.com

Hello, classmates. In late November President Sian Beilock held an informative Zoom meeting for our class. About 75 people attended and Andy Gettinger, who arranged it,moderated a wide-ranging Q&A. Class president Naomi Baline Kleinman welcomed our adopted class member, and President Beilock easily demonstrated her firm grasp of Dartmouth’s past, present, and future. Among the topics addressed were sports—she’s an athlete, still runs, and believes winning teams and athletics are crucial to the College’s community, noting 30 percent of undergraduates are varsity athletes and 50 percent play club sports. She said Frat Row has been most welcoming, and she sees Greek life as part of building and maintaining a well-rounded community experience. President Beilock wants to see more data before considering changing the D-Plan; talked about upcoming programs to promote respectful free expression; affirmed the College’s commitment to diversity, especially in its Native American programs; and endorsed the contributions of off-campus learning. She also will study the College’s possible expansion, as it’s by far the smallest Ivy League member. She had an interesting take on the college-university dichotomy, saying that Dartmouth will always be a college, but that it’s also clearly already a university, and she doesn’t want to make it an either-or proposition but instead focus on the College’s unique offerings and strengths—small classes, direct access to full professors, and the sense of being part of a small learning community. President Beilock was confident, relaxed, engaging, and willing to take on tough issues. She never hid behind “I’m still new here, so…,” and if she didn’t know an answer or wasn’t sure of the right path at this point, she said so. Very impressive all around. If you have a spare hour, it would be worthwhile to go back and watch the session. The link is on our class website and Facebook page. Speaking of the Facebook page, good to see a mini-reunion at the Army-Navy game in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Bob and Nancy Friedl, John Gleason, John Reidy, Pete Dakin, Shoun T. Kerbaugh,and Dan Murphy,who facilitated the gathering. Next year Dartmouth plays Army at West Point. Ken Cohen sends greetings from La Jolla, California: “Elena and I were recently honored by the San Diego Humane Society, where we’ve served in a range of volunteer roles for many years. This is not your father’s local animal shelter: We are the principal animal welfare organization for most of San Diego County, relying on 650 employees and thousands of volunteers to care for more than 40,000 animals each year. Our dogs were unmoved—they still control our lives while consuming an endless supply of tennis balls.” You’ve likely followed the positive publicity Dartmouth earned in creating an open and respectful student and faculty dialogue around the Mideast war. Unlike some of our peer Ivy League schools, Dartmouth received positive reports for its efforts on CNN, The Boston Globe, 60 Minutes, NBC, and CBS national news, among others. Reassuring to see such leadership, which flows from the top and our adopted class member.

—Steve Bell, 15 Harbour Pointe, Buffalo, NY 14202; steve@stevebellcommunications.com

Hello, classmates. An important message from head class agent Jim Beattie. Before we get into the specifics let’s stipulate, with bias worn on our sleeves, that our class is the College’s most significant in the second half of the 20th century. Jim’s report is a call to action around that legacy—and these notes should reach you as you make year-end donation decisions. Our fundraising numbers are not great, especially as we look toward our 50th. Compared to all classes in the 1970s and 1980s, we’re at or near the bottom of most categories, including dollar goal, total dollars raised, and participation. We did meet our goal of 40 1769 Society members, but that doesn’t rank us very well either. Our total Bartlett Tower Society members does put us No. 1 among our peer classes. Jim says: “Our class has some challenges going into our 50th reunion but also opportunities for all of us to remember the impact that Dartmouth has had on our lives, professionally and personally, and to plan to give back. Martha and I are assembling a team of class agents who will reach out to as many folks as we can during the next three years to build momentum for June 2026. With opportunities to spread your reunion gift across a few years, we hope to break some more records as we did at our 30th reunion, when we had a participation rate of more than 60 percent, which was a record at that time!” Participation is the easiest category to boost quickly, so maybe we can start there. Also, huge thanks to our gift planning chair, Steffi Valar, who built on the foundation started by her predecessor, Brewer Doran.

Most of us were not government majors, but surely many remember professor Roger Masters. He died last summer in Hanover, and it’s worth your time to google him. As an early riser and resident of Psi U, I often saw him ride his bike up the big hill from Norwich, Vermont, his long Lincolnesque beard leading and his two Dalmatians trotting beside him. He was the quintessential College professor for me: iconoclastic and individualistic and setting an example that the world need not force you into a proscribed or pre-ordained role.

If you didn’t see it, it’s worth sharing part of admissions dean Lee Coffin’s statement in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Harvard and UNC affirmative-action case: “Dartmouth remains unwavering in its ‘fundamental commitment to building a diverse and welcoming community of faculty, students, and staff, as articulated in our core values.’ Those words were shared by Sian Leah Beilock, the new president of Dartmouth, in her message to the College community.…That fundamental principle endures.” He continued: “That means we will continue to consider someone’s academic achievements as well as academic passions and curiosity. We will value a student’s accomplishments inside as well as outside the classroom, and we will note evidence of challenges someone may have overcome. Creativity, leadership, an impulse toward collaboration, independence, determination, and kindness, among many other attributes that shape a person’s narrative and identity, all ‘count.’ ” As the first class where these principles found traction with the admission of women, his affirmation rings true today. Please don’t be bashful and send news of yourself or your classmates to steve@stevebellcommunications.com. You may send longer accounts and pictures to Jim Burns for his much-anticipated newsletter. Ciao for now.

—Steve Bell, 15 Harbour Pointe, Buffalo, NY 14202; steve@stevebellcommunications.com

Hello, ’76 classmates. A little business up front, before we get to the people news. Our class executive committee voted to adopt a nondiscrimination clause for our social media, website, and pretty much all we do: “Dartmouth class of 1976 does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, ethnic origin, familial status, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable law in its education program or activity.” Steffi Valar sent along this update: “Late last year Ed and I sold our home of 34 years and purchased a ‘life interest’ in a beautiful carriage house in the new Warwick Woodland section of Moravian Manor Communities in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Our new abode is only 10 miles north of our former home and has more livable space than our prior residence. We now have a lifestyle somewhat akin to college living: A meal is just a short walk away and all we own is our ‘stuff’ (everything else is someone else’s problem). Happily, we also continue to enjoy the friendships, beauty, rich cultural scene, wonderful restaurants, and other aspects of life in Lancaster County that we have treasured for decades. A number of trips are being scheduled to celebrate our new freedom.” Dick Monkman writes: “I’ve been attending the Dartmouth Lawyers’ Association winter meetings for about 30 years now, not every year but pretty close. The meetings are held at ski resorts around the West. This year’s was at Whistler, British Columbia (next year is at Snowbird), and they are great fun, with ski adventures and social events masquerading as continuing legal education. Chris Davis and I were the ’76ers attending this year. Chris has retired a second time, after a failed first attempt, and says this round is going much better—he’s getting the hang of it. Chris and Jayne live in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and seem to be doing quite well. My spouse, Tina, came along this year and our sons met us at Whistler for a mini family reunion. This mostly involved buying many meals and lift tickets for the boys. Both are in grad school working on Ph.D.s; Forest at University of British Columbia Vancouver in math and Tatsu at University of Chicago in geophysics. I’m still practicing law in Juneau, Alaska, representing Native American tribes in Alaska and the West. Tina and I split our time between Alaska and our place in Honolulu, depending on the season and my work schedule. Tina, being the brains of the family, is fully retired and spends more time in the islands than I do, at least for now!” Caroline Vanderlip is an honorary member of our class and was an exchange student for two summers from Vassar. Her first summer she roomed with Martha Hennessey, whom she’d known from Vassar. Caroline is CEO and founder of Brooklyn-based Re:Dish, a company accelerating the transition to a circular economy. When she found out just how much waste food service packaging accounts for, and the huge environmental toll it takes, she knew it was a problem she wanted to help solve. That’s why she founded Re:Dish, a reusable container program that helps organizations eliminate single-use waste by taking the biggest obstacle (having the necessary washing infrastructure) off their hands. If you didn’t see David Shribman’s piece about Lou’s Restaurant in The Wall Street Journal, you should google it. Please stop in from time to time and see what’s happening on our class Facebook page, facebook.com/groups/Dartmouth1976. We have 251 classmates as members. If your news is more extensive, and comes with pictures, don’t forget Jim Burns’class newsletter. Ciao for now.

—Steve Bell, 15 Harbour Pointe, Buffalo, NY 14202; steve@stevebellcommunications.com

Hello, ’76 classmates. Sara Hoagland Hunter writes that she had the treat of running into our former class VP of communications, Dana Rowan, and his wife, Janice, at the recent Life Magazine retrospective at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She writes, “I noticed a familiar face studying a photo of Life’s pioneer editorial team laying out photos. Who knew Dana’s mom, Helen Rounds Rowan, was one of the magazine’s first female photo editors?! She met Dana’s dad, Roy ’41, a longtime Life journalist, when he was covering Mao’s revolution in China. He also covered the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the fall of Vietnam. Following Dana through the exhibit was a gift, as he pointed out the close-knit group of journalists and photographers who were all family friends, including my hero, photojournalist Gordon Parks. Thank you, Dana!”

Craig Stone, his son Ben, and a guide climbed 20,949-foot-high Chimborazo in the Ecuadorian Andes in December, an amazing achievement at any age. Worsening weather stopped them just short of the summit as clear heads determined they’d climbed high enough. Those of us fortunate enough to join a recent Zoom sponsored by the Dartmouth Alumni Club of Maryland were treated to a presentation titled “African American Women Trailblazers at Dartmouth from the Classes of ’71, ’76, ’77, and ’78.”

Our classmate J.B. “Judi” Redding eloquently addressed not only what she gained from the challenges of her pioneering experience, but also shared sobering accounts of professors’ racism in the classroom and violence suffered by women during our era. J.B. has been a courageous, caring Dartmouth voice since our undergraduate days when she, Eileen Cave, and Monica Hargrove wrote the landmark report, “Institutional Racism at Dartmouth” in 1974. Monica spoke next and with her trademark humor talked about the adjustment of coming from Atlanta to the northern clime and culture of Hanover. Like others, she stressed the importance of lifelong friendships and deep bonds with her “sisters and brothers” on campus. Both Judi, founder of Caring Hands of Maryland, and Monica, vice president and secretary of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, are active in their respective faith practices. J.B. is on the ministerial staff at her church and involved in overseas missions. Monica is on the board of governors and executive committee at Wesley Theological seminary in Washington, D.C. The wide range of responses of the seven powerhouse speakers who spoke openly and generously of their individual experiences was a reminder in this 50th year of coeducation that, although there were abundant commonalities for women of the 1970s, Dartmouth was experienced individually not as a monolith. It was inspiring to hear every story that contributed to the strength and triumphs of these superstars. Other attendees included Rob Saltzman, Sharon Ali, Andrea Lewis, and Viola Allen.

Please send news of yourself or classmates to steve@stevebellcommunications.com.

—Steve Bell, 15 Harbour Pointe, Buffalo, NY 14202; steve@stevebellcommunications.com

Classmates: With the big news that Sian Leah Beilock will be the College’s new president, our class president Naomi Baline Kleinman rapidly went to work to be sure that our class could adopt the new president. This is a formal College process and a rare one. Naomi wrote to President-elect Beilock, noting that we are, of course, the first Dartmouth class to have admitted women as freshmen. She will be Dartmouth’s first female president. Classmate Ann Fritz Hackett served as Dartmouth’s first alumna trustee, Martha Johnson Beattie was the first female vice president for alumni relations, and the president-elect was born in 1976. The great result is that President-elect Beilock agreed and our special relationship will be formalized by the time you read this. She will always be known as President Beilock ’76A. Also in progress is how we will welcome the members of the class of 2026, who will be graduating when we have our 50th reunion. The connection program between the classes who graduate 50 years apart has long been a special tradition. Please see Judy Burrows Csatari’s letter in Jim Burns’ latest class newsletter, and it’s worth reiterating part of that here: “The class of ’76 holds a unique position in all of Dartmouth College history. Our arrival on the Hanover Plain in the fall of 1972 marked the first time women matriculated to the College. Through the years, we have experienced other firsts, but there can be no denying that our arrival in 1972 was auspicious and audacious. At the time of our matriculation, members of the class of 1926 reached out to the women of the class of ’76, presenting each with a flower and letter of welcome. Four years later, at the time of our graduation from the College, some women of the class of ’76 reached out to the 50-years-older class members who were in Hanover celebrating their 50th reunion and presented them with flowers in gratitude for their support and encouragement at the outset of our historic arrival. Now it is our turn to reach out to our 50-years-younger counterparts in the class of 2026.” All of this takes on greater emphasis with our new connection with President-elect Beilock. Rich Horan is spending a lot of time these days in Winnetka, Illinois, helping care for his first grandchildren—twins, a boy and a girl—born to his son and daughter-in-law, who are both Dartmouth grads. Our first double-double legacy among the grandchildren of ’76 perhaps? The class of ’97 paid tribute in its spring newsletter to the pioneering women of our class. Editor Rebecca Siegel Baron ’97 interviewed Sara Hoagland Hunter and Martha Johnson Beattie about their choice of Dartmouth in 1971-72, their College experience, their lives since, and what it all meant to them. It was a lovely tribute, through their experiences, to all the women of ’76. Please send news of you, yours, or ours, to steve@stevebellcommunications.com.

—Steve Bell, 15 Harbour Pointe, Buffalo, NY 14202; steve@stevebellcommunications.com

Dear classmates, by the time you read this reunion will be a glowing memory thanks to the creative and inclusive efforts of our heroes: reunion co-chairs Rick Zimmerman and Stephen Melikian. You will also have a new slate of class officers, including my successor, determined by your votes. My friend Steve Bell, a former AP and Buffalo News editor, graciously agreed to co-write this issue’s column. Steve was squash team captain, a member of Psi Upsilon, and continues, going on 30 years, to reunite for annual pilgrimages with nine of our classmates, the self-christened, fun-loving “Boys of Summer.” (Yes, and the Eagles are still touring.) The class owes much to outgoing president Stephen Melikian for his intrepid leadership during the past five years. His gracious style, attention to detail, and devoted stewardship of the class have strengthened our bonds and ensured a successful march toward our 50th. The ever-faithful Paul “Kim” Windrath has kept up with class dues and correspondences as our patient, caring treasurer, having served as our webmaster prior to that. Thanks to his watchful eye, the class is in great financial shape. Dana Rowan will step down as vice president of communications but will, I hope, continue connecting us through his generous outreach. They will all be missed. Jenny Kemeny treated the Dartmouth Club of Suburban New Jersey and all of us who gratefully zoomed into its spring seminar to up-close and personal reminiscences of our historic era at Dartmouth and the role of her father, President John Kemeny. Jenny brought treasured memories to life through engaging anecdotes and humor as viewed from her front row seat. As I write, there are welcome plans for her to share this terrific talk with our class pre-reunion, thanks to Jim Beattie, our mini-reunion chair. Rob Saltzman writes that Gerry Rosenberg returned to Dartmouth last fall to teach a government seminar and enjoyed seeing the College “from the other side of the desk.” Currently teaching at the University of Chicago Law School, Gerry has also taught at Yale and Northwestern and in India and China (more news of Gerry in Jim Burns’next newsletter). Thank you for the privilege of serving as your class secretary and Class Notes scribe. I loved making new friends and pestering all my old ones for news. Our group of 900-plus peers came together 50 years ago this fall. A wide range of individual experiences during our fleeting time on campus engraved Dartmouth on our hearts. For each of us, the experience was different but for me, like many of you, it included precious, lifelong friendships, devoted professors who influenced my path, and indelible memories of youth and New England in every season—including mud. Our class is a force: a continuing source of friendship, mutual support, and affection. Lucky me to have been given the job of connecting with all of you during these past six years and 36 issues.

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; sarahunter76@gmail.com

Fifty springs ago our class made history when letters of acceptance were mailed to women for the first time. I asked a few Dartmouth sisters what they remember about that day. Pat McClendon writes, “When my acceptance letter came, my mother, who did not drive, got the lady across the lane to drive her to high school to find me. She found me in the lunch line. The look of sheer joy and pride on her face touches me even now.” Judy Burrows Csatari applied from Northfield-Mount Herman boarding school, which had become coeducational her senior year. “We students played a role in the merger and were making it through with grace and grit. I wanted to be part of that process at Dartmouth!” Anne White Katlic, one of many alumni daughters in our class, writes, “My father never expected any of his seven children—all girls—to attend his alma mater. Sharing lots of happy Hanover memories with him was a special treat.” Lois Gadway Tow was on her first trip abroad with her high school French class. “My parents sent me the only telegram I have ever received. I have it memorized still: ‘Dartmouth yes, nice offer. Yale no, nice letter.’ I was really excited to be admitted to the first class with women!” Kay Reimann of California writes, “My parents’ plan for their seven kids was to first go to the local community college and then transfer to the nearby state college. When I received my acceptance—plus an excellent financial aid package—I was floored. I was even more floored when my parents said that the family could make it work! While it has taken me years to make my peace with the culture shock of a formerly all-male Ivy League school in the middle of the 1970s, Dartmouth provided me with the best education I could have received, both academic and personal. As a result of my acceptance, an older sibling transferred to Williams College, a younger one followed me to Dartmouth, and another sibling went to Mills College.” Robin Lambert Graham was accepted at her parents’ alma maters, Princeton and Smith.She writes, “At the Princeton acceptance party, the alums put me off with their talk of New York City and tennis. The acceptees seemed too urbane and not like me. My parents flew me to Hanover from Chicago. I remember watching the students playing out on the Green and thinking I was plenty studious, but I needed to learn how to play and be adventurous. Dartmouth looked like it would supply those needs (and it did). I dropped my acceptance letter in a mailbox on the Dartmouth Green.” Brewer Doran, whose dad and two uncles were Dartmouth graduates, told her parents it was the only place she wanted to go. Now in her 22nd year as a business school dean, she writes, “For me, Dartmouth just fit. I thrived and I’ve never looked back. It’s probably the reason I continue to counsel families about the importance of fit.” Thanks to all. Apologies to my Dartmouth brothers for this column being self-indulgently sister-slanted. I promise better balance next issue, which will be my last as your secretary. Hope to catch a glimpse of each of you at our 45th, June 16-19!

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; sarahunter76@gmail.com

Once again, news of your challenges and victories fills me with hope and admiration. Nessa Flax reports from her “piece of heaven in the Vermont woods” that having survived a subarachnoid hemorrhage in 2019, she wakes up every morning “grateful to be alive, able to go into my own kitchen and make my own cup of tea.” The ever-creative Nessa is doing a lot more than that. After a 25-year gig as a weekly columnist for the Journal Opinion newspaper, she still contributes a biweekly column and is busier than ever with freelance editing work. She writes, “I currently have three clients: a doctor writing his first novel, an 82-year-old woman writing her memoir, and a Ph.D. candidate completing her dissertation. It feels like a natural extension of the 16-year teaching career I left in 1993.” Bill Duke serves his small town of Andes, New York, as a yoga teacher and emergency services volunteer. He adds, “I go down to the city every four months where [periodontist] Matt Neary helps me keep my teeth in my head.” Jack Horak graduated from Notre Dame Law School in 1980 and spent 36 years in private practice in Hartford, Connecticut, as a specialist in tax exempt organizations. He “retired” in 2016 to help develop The Alliance for Nonprofit Growth and Opportunity (TANGO), creating partnerships between nonprofit and for-profit organizations to help nonprofit organizations thrive. Jack wrote TANGO’s training manual and continues to teach its methods in professional development settings. Jeff Zesiger’s career as a “family doc” has morphed into hospice work and palliative care. He writes, “It allows me to use my love of science, interpersonal skills, teaching (including some tricks learned from professor John Rassias), and yearning to bring some relief and even joy to those going through their toughest times.” Jeff and his artist wife, Dorien, who, Jeff says, “brings such beauty into my life,” worked for two years in a Seattle hospice residence before returning to their home base of Northampton, Massachusetts. Thanks to a class newsletter article from Jack Bothwell,Jeff was able to reconnect with Jack in Seattle. To read more inspiring news from both Nessa and Jeff, please check our website 1976.dartmouth.org and class newsletter. For your own reconnections, gather with us June 16-19, 2022. The growing group of enthusiastic planners led by Rick Zimmerman and Steve Melikian now includes Sharon Ali, Mary Kay Beach, Martha and Jim Beattie, Jim Burns, Judy Csatari, Rick Hill, Rich Horan, Joe Jasinski, Naomi Baline Kleinman, Andrea Lewis, Ann Paulson, Jeff Reed, Cindy Shannon, Tom Reinhart, Dana Rowan, Andy Shaw, John Sherman, Steffi Valar, Bruce York, and Randy White. Arrive early for a June 15 Moosilauke Ravine Lodge kickoff with hikes, food, friends, and all that lodge manager Margaret Nichols ’20, daughter of our very fun classmate Larry Nichols, can stir up.

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; sarahunter76@gmail.com

In our first ever mini-reunion Zoom, Reggie Williams inspired us with his life story chronicled in his book Resilient by Nature: Reflections from a Life of Winning On and Off the Football Field. His rendition of “Invictus,” his poetic battle cry since Dartmouth days, was a highlight. Pulitzer Prize-winner David Shribman moderated the discussion with his customary sensitivity. Jim Beattie,our brainstorming mini-reunion chair, served as enthusiastic host. Most dazzling was the array of close to 50 classmates gracing all those tiny squares, including Elise Erler, Jack Fidler, Cindy Shannon, Rick Clark, Carolyn Johnson Allenby, Paul Robinson, Mary Dougal, Lee Englebardt, Brewer Doran, Emily Geoghegan, Nancy Kepes Jeton, Bob Casey, Judy Burrows Csatari, Jeff Long, Bill Kobokovich, Naomi Baline Kleinman, Ken Mickens, Michael Feasel, Wendy Simila Snickenberger, Austin Whitehill, Kipp Barker, Carl Little, Meri Miller Lowry, Alan Jones, Andy Shaw, George Smith, John Eldredge, David Fisher, Bruce Kelley, Warren Dell, Ken Cohen, Gordie Nye, Thomas Miller, Julie Schuetz Lowe, David Bandfield, and Parker MacDonell.In attendance were many we haven’t heard from recently. Warren Cassidy wrote that Reggie’s stories brought back memories of sitting with Chase Hall friends at Harvard Stadium in 1973 and “watching Reggie lead Dartmouth to an upset win with 20 tackles.” Warren and his wife, Anne, are retired and living in Teaneck, New Jersey, after his 34-year career in education, most of it with the New York City Department of Education (DOE), where he served as a teacher, principal, and network leader for the DOE. Charlie Potts continues his longtime service in higher education as director of the student union at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute—having previously built strong student unions at Marquette, Southern Methodist University, and Indiana State. He loves being closer to Hanover and shared a moving story about a Dartmouth dinner (pre-Covid) where he stood to introduce himself as an alum, adding, “compliments of my mother and father, neither of whom finished high school.” The spontaneous applause honoring his parents was one of the happiest moments in his life. As always, Louise Erdrich has done us proud, this time winning the Aspen Words Literary Prize for The Night Watchman, a story inspired by her grandfather, a leader of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. She will donate her prize to “assist in the revitalization of the Ojibwe language,” her grandfather’s first language. In remarks for National Public Radio, she said, “I reread his letters every so often to get a grip on why I’m doing this writing…and what I think I absorbed was his sense of decency and his commitment to his family and his people.” Accolades also to Karen Marie Turner, broadcast journalism professor and recipient of Temple University’s highest teaching award. In addition to a stipend, Karen will have her name permanently engraved on the Great Teachers Wall in Temple’s Founder’s Garden. Gratitude and congratulations to Andrea Lewis and Tom Reinhart, our newest class executive committee members, and to Sharon Ali, our new Alumni Council representative.

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; sarahunter76@gmail.com

Despite diminished interactions and blanker calendars during the past year, classmates continue to demonstrate a high level of activity and productivity. Julie Schuetz Lowe continues her excellent work for the Make-a-Wish Foundation of eastern North Carolina, where she is vice president of mission delivery. The challenge of the past year has been the inability to grant travel wishes to many families. She plans to retire in March, explaining, “My husband has waited patiently for me to finish my professional career so we can travel. We’re coming up on our 40th anniversary, so it seems like it’s time.” George Keagle and his wife, Ronna, who moved from suburban Washington, D.C., to Texas upon George’s retirement six years ago, have been doing a ton of hiking and biking. He finds this a welcome shift from his 30-year career strategizing employee benefits and compensation for Lockheed. He looks forward to resuming road trips exploring the West and visits to children and grandchildren on the East Coast and writes, “Among our extended family, there are many teachers and healthcare workers. The roll out of vaccines is a great relief.” Doug Kimball has published his second novel, Virga Joy, or the Adventures of El Colonel De Corona, available as an ebook at Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo, Scribd, and Smashwords. Fern Bennett Phillips is making more than lemonade out of Covid lemons; she has established her Maine company, Little Big Farm Foods, as a force in bake-at-home foods. The company’s premium baking mixes, free from artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives, are delicious and idiot-proof (as I am your witness). For you, my classmates, I placed a massive order and donned stretch pants to fulfill my editorial verification responsibilities. I am midway through testing sugar cookies, white chocolate coconut brownies, chocolate chip blondies, banana bread, peppermint-flavored chocolate molten lava cake, and pumpkin latte and can report utter bliss other than the fact that I may need to be cut out of these stretch pants. Paul Lazarus has launched a spoken-word album of 10 short stories by Russian writer Alexander Tsypkin read by heavy-hitters Stacy Keach, Vanessa Williams, Tim Daly, Jason Alexander, and Rachel Dratch ’88, among others. Paul being Paul, it wasn’t enough to produce the project, he translated the stories with the author and is learning Russian in the process. He says, “It’s an amazingly hard language and starting a language learning process at an advanced age is not for the faint of heart.” Class communications vice president Dana Rowan, Ralph Damiano, Scott Fraser,and their wives gathered for a fall weekend in Woodstock, Vermont, venturing to Hanover to indulge in nostalgia and fall colors. Techno-wizard and webmeister Joe Jasinski has made sure our class website, 1976.dartmouth.org, is chock-full of great ways to stay in touch with Dartmouth and each other including live campus webcams, class project info, and…wait for it…easy online dues payment!

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, 72 Mount Vernon St., Unit 4B, Boston, MA 02108; sarahunter76@gmail.com

Hi, buddies! As I savor the last sea breezes of a Cape Cod, Massachusetts, summer, it’s hard to project to November, when you will be reading this. Honestly, it’s hard to project to tomorrow at this point. Being more present and less “calendared” has been a benefit of Covid but has also caused me to miss my share of deadlines. I’m getting this in under the wire! Thank you to class cross-country chronicler, Pete Dakin, whose photos on our Dartmouth class of 1976 Facebook page feature classmates he’s seen from coast to coast, including John Gleason, Bob Tibolt, and Skip Cummins. Also out and about is Kipp Barker, whose West Coast cycling photos make retirement look awesome! From the photos it looks as though brother Kirk has been along for some of the ride. The appreciation of nature and outdoor activity that led so many of us to Dartmouth has sure deepened this year. Just as vital as outdoor activity is the connection with others during a time when many of us feel the daily stress of restriction and uncertainty. It’s not a time to feel isolated. I am grateful our class Caring Connections volunteers are at the ready for supportive listening and conversation in the strictest of confidence. Contact our class coordinator Cindy Shannon (cshannonvt@gmail.com) for a listening ear. A shoutout to Cha’Mia Rothwell ’20, winner (for the second time!) of our Class of 1976 Award as top female student-athlete. A star of women’s track and field, she ran a season best 8.31 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships. She dedicated her title to the memory of her personal sprints coach, Sandy Ford-Centonze, who led Dartmouth’s women’s track and field program for three decades. Helping as ever on the international front is Bai Mass Taal, who has served as executive secretary of the African Ministers’ Council on Water, coordinating the water ministers of 54 African countries for the purpose of cleaner water and better sanitation. He is currently special advisor to the national organizing committee of the World Water Forum, the world’s largest gathering of water experts, scheduled to take place in Dakar, Senegal, in March 2021. Monica Hargrove—who began her legal career as a trial lawyer in the honors law program in the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice, later serving as an attorney for USAir, then as general counsel of Airports Council International North America, and most recently as deputy general counsel of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA)—is currently vice president and secretary of the MWAA. The MWAA is responsible for the safe operation of Reagan National and Dulles International airports. Congrats to class authors Tom Ruegger (Will You Wear a Mask I Ask?), Skip Cummins (Mastering You from the Inside Out), and Reggie Williams (Resilient by Nature). We extend special hugs of condolence to Wendy Simila Snickenberger, whose husband, Walt, our formidable Princeton football and hockey rival, brother of Tom ’75, passed away in August.

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, 72 Mount Vernon St., Unit 4B, Boston, MA 02108; sarahunter76@gmail.com

I know I say this every time but never have I valued the bonds formed around a beautiful New Hampshire college Green more than during the past several months. From precious laughter with gal pals on Zoom to connecting with classmates for this column, our four-decade friendships shine bright with certainty to dissipate the doubts. Andy Goldberg retired from a full-time career in neuroradiology but continues with his part-time practice of both hospital-based and outpatient teleradiology in Cleveland. He writes, “Like everyone, I am awed by and supremely grateful for my medical, nursing, and technologist colleagues who are serving on the frontlines of the Covid pandemic. With the recent hold on non-emergency procedures, my workload has diminished markedly.” Andy foresees “significant restructuring” in his as well as other medical specialties. Andy follows classmate activities on our Facebook page and Jim Burns’ newsletter. He’s also enjoyed several Dartmouth alumni trips. Jeff Hillebrand, former chief operating officer of NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, Illinois, which includes four hospitals and 10,000 employees, reports that his former colleagues say they have “never worked with such intensity.” Retired and living with wife Nini in La Quinta, California, Jeff serves on the healthcare advisory board of a Chicago private equity firm and as president of PGA West. Nini, a retired ICU and hospice nurse, has organized a group to sew personal protective gowns for the local hospital and looks forward to resuming visits to the Alzheimer’s facility with the Hillebrands’ therapy dog Wally. Tony Gomes, for many years a top executive at one of New England’s supermarket chains, praises supermarket workers for serving on the frontlines. He says that, unlike restaurants and other retailers, supermarkets have seen “a huge spike in business,” but predicts that sadly many small restaurants won’t survive. He and his wife, Karen, live “on top of a mountain” in western Massachusetts. Their son lives nearby and “has assumed the grocery shopping for both families.” I asked our two pro athletes what it would be like to play without spectators. Reggie Williams played for the Cincinnati Bengals in the coldest game in NFL history, the 1982 AFC Championship with a wind chill of 59 below zero. He writes, “We won the game against San Diego to go to our first Super Bowl in franchise history, but the joy for me ended when three fans died from hypothermia. If there is a possibility that a fan could risk death to watch a game, I would gladly play to an empty house. Having never played on TV at Dartmouth, that medium would be all I’d need to play with the passion to succeed.” Jim Beattie spent decades in packed Major League Baseball parks as a player, a general manager, and a scout. He agrees that fan safety is paramount. “It’s hard to imagine playing without spectators. As an athlete, a crowd adds tremendously to the competition. The ballpark is not a ballpark without fans and noise.” Neither are the Class Notes, so write me soon!

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, 72 Mount Vernon St., Unit 4B, Boston, MA 02108; sarahunter76@gmail.com

Dartmouth’s 250th Charter Day celebration in Boston still glows as brightly in the minds of all who attended as the iconic locations lit green that December week from Niagara Falls, New York, to Lima, Peru. Eileen Cave attended from her home in Hyattsville, Maryland, where she consults for the Prince George’s County Gateway Arts District art council and exhibits her artwork. Her most recent commissioned painting was presented as a prize to Hyattsville’s volunteer of the year. I asked Eileen and a few other contributors this month to reminisce about their favorite campus locations as undergraduates. Not surprisingly, the talented artist answered “anywhere where the arts dominated. After art classes I would often relax at the Top of the Hop. I also enjoyed Florian Jenkins’ murals in Cutter Hall, a.k.a. the Afro Am, and in Baker Library I studied José Clemente Orozco’s work. These places of inspiration were always a reminder of the importance of building a creative legacy!” Dan Tagatac also cited the Orozco murals, then addedthe top of Bartlett Tower, “always so quiet and peaceful. It was amazing to think of all those students who came before me, some of whom left their initials carved into the wood.” Dan has retired from a 32-year career at Bell/AT&T Labs. He and his wife, Anne Mayer, live in Freehold, New Jersey. Their three children work in London, San Francisco, and Brooklyn, New York. Tom Swartz cited Dartmouth Hall as central to his Dartmouth memories. Tom has retired after 28 years managing municipal investments at Chubb and spends his time between his home in Osprey, Florida, the ski slopes of Utah, and summers in New Jersey. Last fall he attended the 70th reunion of his father, Tom Swartz Jr. ’49, along with about 15 members of the class of 1949 and their families. Andrea Quaid enjoys serving on the state staff for U.S. Sen. Angus King Jr. ’66 of Maine. They both had Professor Starzinger for “Government 5” and agree he was “one of the all-time best professors.” Andrea has continued her love of French and drama kindled at Dartmouth. In addition to having worked in a heavily French-speaking congressional district, she uses her French on the board of the Franco Collection at the University of Southern Maine, Lewiston-Auburn. She is active in community theater both as an actress, which she says satisfies her “hammy side,” and on the board. Beth (Howard) and Bruce Wilkens welcome their sixth grandchild in March, necessitating a happy stay in Colorado for skiing and childcare. Rob “Swennie” Swenson sends greetings from Alaska, where he is still flying and managing his hangar business. He and Deb spend winters in Florida, where, he says, “I get to meet up with Wolfman (Bob Hurst).” Finally, Stuart Weeks wrote as thoughtfully as ever about things on his mind, including the hope that as we turn the corner on Dartmouth’s 250th, we will rededicate ourselves to welcoming and supporting Native American students. Stuart is a writer, educator, and the founder of the Center for American Studies in Concord, Massachusetts.

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, 72 Mount Vernon St., Unit 4B, Boston, MA 02108; sarahunter76@gmail.com

Just in time for holiday giving arrives the fabulous coffee table book Dartmouth Undying, coedited by our own David Shribman. In addition to stunning design and beautiful photographs, the 272-page tome is graced with Shribman magic as he personalizes the Dartmouth experience while capturing its spirit and history. One excerpt: “What does it mean to be part of an institution that has survived, then thrived, and then arrived at its 250th birthday? That you are part of a parade of men and women who were educated, not trained. That you have a reverence for the deep woods and for some of the highest peaks in the Northeast. That you are rooted in a specific place and yet have a global outlook….” (It is available at www.dartmouthundying.com.) I had the good fortune of running into Coleman Andrews at a New England wedding, even though he is currently based in California and Virginia. The last few decades of his life adventure included a chapter running South African Airways with the help of Ann Fritz Hackett. He shared highlights, including the life-changing opportunity for his family to spend time with South Africa President Nelson Mandela. Coleman continues as a board member of Achungo Children’s Center in western Kenya, where he participates in teaching, tutoring, and mentoring the vulnerable children of Achungo. Cynthia “Inky” Ford is wrapping up her last semester after close to three decades as a favorite professor at University of Montana School of Law. Craig Reininger recently retired from his 38-year career as a financial advisor and is looking forward to more time for all his projects and outdoor activities and, best of all, his new job as grandad. Bill Hutchinson is still selling wine and definitely not retired with his youngest still in college. I missed a few classmates who have Dartmouth siblings in my last column: Carolyn Johnson Allenby, Steve Routhier, Andy Shaw, Gordie Miles, Brita Sardella Reed, Jack Nicholson, and Ann Waugh Page. Thanks for emailing! I second David Shribman’s observation in Dartmouth Undying that “student friendships…remain the cement of the Dartmouth experience.” Check out Peter Dakin’sjoyous postings on our class Facebook page as he reconnects with classmates across the country or read about our recent record-breaking mini-reunion of 50 classmates plus spouses and partners. I’m moved by the countless instances of classmates helping each other. Julie Miller Shepherd, Denver school principal extraordinaire, is recovering from a broken femur and reports that friend Jamie Bergford traveled from Seattle to help her manage the early days of recovery. Julie herself spent years crossing the country to cheer her freshman roommate and lifelong best friend Marion Mustard,who waged a valiant battle with multiple sclerosis until her passing in 2008. We can all cite similar examples of classmate caring in the spirit of lifelong friendships formed at Dartmouth and President Kemeny’s Commencement exhortation: “Men and women of Dartmouth, all of mankind is your brother, and you are your brother’s keeper.”

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, 72 Mount Vernon St., Unit 4B, Boston, MA 02108; sarahunter76@gmail.com

Responses continue to pour in for our Southwest “major mini-reunion” led by Jim Beattie in incredible Santa Fe, New Mexico, the weekend of September 6-8. Jim reports that many plan to come early, stay late, or both. We’ll celebrate our 65th birthdays at a special Saturday night dinner, the 250th day of the 250th year of Dartmouth College. If you’re not registered in our class block at La Posada Hotel, reunion headquarters, be sure to email Jim your plans to attend at jbeattie45@gmail.com. He needs a head count for the dinner asap and wants to be able to reach you with all the fun activities planned throughout the weekend, including golf with Andy Shaw, cycling with Rick Hill, guided city tour coordinated by Naomi Baline Kleinman, shopping, walks, hikes,and early morning farmer’s market. You’ll be greeted by bear-huggers Carolyn Allenby, Martha Beattie, Jamie Bergford, Cathy Joyce Brennan, Jack Brennan, Kathy DeGioia Eastwood, Inky Ford, Nancy Steward Freidl, Bob Freidl, Amanda Green, Donna Humphrey, Joe Jasinski, Andrea Lewis, Julie Miner, Tom Souza, Annie Stockmar Upton, Steffi Valar, Randy White,and me! Others planning to attend are Sharon Ali, Viola Allen, Chris Davis, Brewer Doran, Amy Gillenson, Deborah Hope, Debby Humphrey, Jody Karp, Gretchen Kent Kerr, Bob Lee, Jeff Long, Dave Magnus, Gary Love, Steve Melikian, Jim Naylor, Dave Robbins, Ken Wright, Lynne Brooks, Bill Saubert, Melanie Renchner,and Rick Zimmerman. For the ever-growing list of attendees, check 1976.dartmouth.org, our class website, or email Jim Beattie. In other news, we congratulate Kim Staggers Blanchard, this year’s honoree at the American Indian College Fund’s 30th anniversary celebration in New York City. A renowned lawyer, Kim was cited for her commitment to the education of American Indian students through her nine years as a trustee, her funding of scholarships for nearly 500 students, and her support of tribal college and university faculty. We also want to recognize David Shribman,former executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and his associates, this year’s recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for their compassionate, in-depth reporting of the shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue, three blocks from David’s home. David led the team and set the tone for the paper’s deeply moving coverage, which included running the Jewish mourner’s prayer in Hebrew across the banner. David, who won his first Pulitzer Prize in 1995 for his body of work for The Boston Globe, is coeditor of a new book on the college, Dartmouth Undying, and plans to move to Montreal this summer to teach at McGill University. We mourn the passing of our classmate Edna Darden, star of her Richmond, California, high school class and a pioneering female statistics major at Dartmouth. After a short stint as an actuarial, she pursued her passion for books and politics, managing a bookstore in Atlanta and campaigning avidly and articulately for her favorite candidates. Her generous spirit and wide-reaching embrace of humanity continue to inspire.

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, 72 Mount Vernon St., Unit 4B, Boston, MA 02108; sarahunter76@gmail.com

Happy birthday to us! Come celebrate our 65th birthdays and the 250th day of Dartmouth’s 250th year in Santa Fe, New Mexico, September 6-8! Thanks to the efforts of mini-reunion chair Jim Beattie and a growing committee of planners, we’re moving the party west this year to one of the most enchanting cities in the country. Jim is securing a block of rooms in town and keeping the cost as reasonable as possible during high season. With the help of local classmates on the ground, including Jody Karp, Dave Magnus, and Bill Saubert, plans are in the works for a welcome reception Friday night along with a dinner Saturday night and lots of time for catch-ups and conversations. Our Minneapolis art expert Carol Vaughan Bemis (former Hood and Walker Art Museum trustee) is helping with an art tour. Rick Hill,who led our successful 40th-reunion bike ride, will do the same on Santa Fe streets and trails. I’m hoping Julie Miner will join me in recapping our Thelma-and-Louise-style New Mexico adventure (but with a Hallmark ending), when we interviewed the Navajo Code Talkers. Long-serving class volunteer Naomi Baline Kleinman will coordinate a locally guided history walk. The list of volunteers and attendees grows daily. Recent additions: Gary Love, Steve Melikian, Jamie Bergford, Martha Johnson Beattie,and Lynne Brooks.You’ll be receiving more info but do let Jim (jbeattie45@gmail.com) know of your interest in attending. I begged veteran school principal Tom Sorci to join us in Santa Fe to share his experiences as principal of St. Michael Indian School on the Navajo Reservation, but his new duties as principal of Holy Family School in his native New York state preclude it. Tom’s passion for teaching, kindled at Dartmouth when he student-taught on a Native American reservation in Montana, resulted in a distinguished career in Catholic education. Journalist Karen Turner, whom I managed to track down during finals at Temple University, where she teaches in the broadcast journalism program, is still the ever-achieving classmate I remember, with no rest in sight. The former lawyer, TV talk show host, reporter, and mayoral press secretary is committed to the success of her students as well as to the well-being of others. She was certified with her golden retriever therapy dog Brutus last June and has been in demand ever since. Brewer Doran accepted her fourth deanship in 19 years at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire College of Business. She calls being a business dean one of the best jobs on campus. Despite the major challenges she perceives in the funding of higher education nationwide, she says, “To see the transformation of students from first-year students feeling their way away from home to polished young men and women at commencement is a true joy.” Scott Simons recently racked up a third American Institute of Architects award for his firm’s breathtaking design of the Brattleboro, Vermont, Music Center.

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, 72 Mount Vernon St., Unit 4B, Boston, MA 02108; sarahunter76@gmail.com

Do you realize what a fascinating cast of characters (emphasis on characters) makes up our class from puppeteer Betsy Tobin (nowornevertheatre.com) to painter-farmer-hay house dweller David Brown (davidbrownpaintings.com) to entrepreneur-hometown revitalizer Rich Horan?

In an attempt to touch on the activities of as many of our amazing 918 classmates as possible, I’ve enlisted our tech guru Joe Jasinski to track names mentioned in these columns, so I cover as many as possible during my tenure. Thanks to the following bold (in every way) classmates for responding to my nosey emails! Jennifer Kintzing Cadoff has made a seemingly seamless transition from an illustrious journalism career to the art world. Jen’s joyous artwork (jennifercadoff.com) has already been featured in high-profile shows such as the Art of the Northeast. Having worked in biology, archaeology, and law, Michael Arwe will conclude his favorite career chapter as a high school Latin teacher in 2019. He will then embark on a dream he says “has been with me since that freshman trip in 1972: hiking the Appalachian Trail, Georgia to Maine, with my best friend since seventh grade.”

Adrienne Alexander is also rewarding others through teaching. In her Los Angeles class called “Transformation Tuesdays” she teaches “six fundamental components of human behavior, along with tools for life to aid in the transformation” her clients seek. Remembering Adi’s shining stage presence, we are not surprised she is also teaching acting and, with husband Russ Foreman, a weekly meditation class. Look for her book, The More Love Club, advertised in this issue!I was thrilled to catch another Angeleno, golden-voiced Dartmouth Aire Paul Lazarus,on America’s Got Talent singing with the amazing Angel City Chorale in a moving performance that, as of September, had catapulted the group into the show’s semifinal live performances viewed by more than 15 million worldwide.

Co-class historian and Interfraternity Play Contest winner Tom Souza debuted his play Ghosts of Appomattox, chronicling the entangled relationships during the final days of the Civil War,at Mass Music and Arts Society in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Neurologist David Urion has earned more titles and achievements at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School than I can fit here. I knew he was superhuman when he was dubbed “Zeus” by our adopted class member professor John Rassias freshman year. He is the director of the hospital’s residency training programs in child neurology and neurodevelopmental disabilities and has an endowed chair devoted to medical education. He is also cochair of the hospital’s ethics advisory committee. At the national level, he is the immediate past president of Professors of Child Neurology.

Congrats to Sharon Ali, the new CEO of the formidable company Prime Wellness of Pennsylvania, which was awarded one of the first grow-process licenses for the state’s new medical marijuana industry and committed to processing the highest-quality medical marijuana products. We mourn the passing of world citizen Chris Sega:international banker, lawyer, professor, cyclist, multi-marathoner, and devoted husband (1976.dartmouth.org).

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, 72 Mount Vernon St., Unit 4B, Boston, MA 02108; sarahunter76@gmail.com

The spirit of ’76 is alive and kicking. Our class, which first defied easy definition and laws of gravity on the Moosilauke square dance floor 46 falls ago, is still tough to pin down and rein in. That makes tracking your news a challenge, but I’m on it! Here’s the scoop from those I stalked and nagged this month. College prof emeritus Bert Ifill and wife Gisele are enjoying more time to make music. Bert is writing poetry for a commissioned piece for the choral group Gisele conducts. This summer they will travel to England to attend music festivals and explore the North Sea coastal roots of Benjamin Britten. In addition, Bert’s close harmony group recently placed in the finals of a regional competition. He is still busy accepting tributes on behalf of his beloved sister, journalist Gwen Ifill, and calls David Shribman’sreunion tribute last year “perhaps the most meaningful.” Jim Naylor reports downsizing his house and private equity business in Ohio, freeing up time for travel including heli-skiing with his youngest son last winter in British Columbia, which he describes as “hours of enjoyment punctuated by moments of sheer terror!” When I reached him, he and wife Dale were taking in the highlights of Highway 1, including Hearst Castle and golf in Carmel, California. Gretchen Kent Kerr, retired from an extensive career with the U.S. Army, has settled with husband Pat in Arizona as well as at their remote vacation home in Hillsboro, New Mexico. She has jumped into the role of gardener and fire department volunteer in Hillsboro, canning their organically grown fruits and berries and serving as emergency support planner for the fire department. She recently floated the idea of hosting a mini-reunion in this scenic, mountain community that is home to artists, writers, and retirees seeking starry nights, bright friends, and a minimum of technology. Accommodations would include private casitas. She suggests “wine and beer tastings, lots of Hatch chili and great barbecue, music, mountain hikes, and walking tours.” You had me at private casitas! I caught Shoun Kerbaugh between business flights. He’s been in the aluminum and steel industry since graduating from Thayer School, but hopes to retire as soon as his youngest heads to college in a couple of years. Lucky for Julie Miner and me, Shoun is the most devoted grandfather of five we know, single-handedly raising the Amazon rank of our kids’ books every time the grandkids celebrate a birthday or holiday. Shoun reported a fabulous dinner hosted by the Shribmans at Pittsburgh’s renowned Jozsa Corner restaurant when celebrities Tom and Judy Csatari came to town. Any dinner in Judy’s honor is well-deserved. We thank her for her amazingly newsy newsletters and her demonstrated devotion to our class as she continues on the executive committee but takes a break from newsletter deadlines. Thank you, Judy! Thank you, Andy Shaw, for your faithful service on the Alumni Council, and welcome Tom Reinhart, our new council rep!

We mourn the loss of Scott Steele,loved by all of us who had the privilege of knowing him through drama department productions and his distinguished theater career. His selflessness and miraculous sense of delight live in our hearts.

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, 72 Mount Vernon St., Unit 4B, Boston, MA 02108; sarahunter76@gmail.com

Our class is impossible. Just when I make a pact not to repeat any names that have appeared in this column within a year, our dang superstars are overachieving again. Louise Erdrich, who graced our reunion women’s breakfast with a fabulous recommended reading list (posted on our class Facebook page), has a new book that is, per usual, slaying reviewers. Future Home of the Living God is being praised as a tense, dystopian thriller that “stands shoulder-to-braced-shoulder right alongside The Handmaid’s Tale,” according to NPR. Don’t miss David Shribman’s New York Timesop-ed from December 11, a heartfelt, characteristically articulate appeal to our best selves about why truth matters. But my favorite piece of writing I’ve read in a long time is David’s address to his late father’s 70th Dartmouth reunion class last June: a tender tribute to the nobility of his father, his friends and a time gone by. Then there’s larger-than-life Reggie Williams honored in November at halftime at Cincinnati’s Paul Brown Stadium for his record-breaking Bengals linebacker years as well as his devotion to community as a Cincinnati city councilman.

Those of us not honored in a halftime show or appearing in the Times had time for coffee with our old pal Copa Cavanagh, who has recently moved to Boston with wife Madelynn after raising great kids in San Diego followed by a stint in New York, all the while keeping his French drill instructor worthy with business and pleasure travels to France. He kept Julie Miner and me laughing with reminiscences of their term in Toulouse as well as the story of the look on Professor Jamie Angell’sface when he realized Copa’s son was in his theater class at Occidental College. Ted Scheu is still loving his work as a poetry and writing teacher visiting elementary schools (100-plus days last year) but says the “r” word is whispering in his ear. “Robin and I want to volunteer more locally in Vermont and also travel.” He checks in with our class Patch Adams, Dr. Peter Gergely, beloved pediatrician and noted painter, whenever he’s in the Hudson Valley, for doses of laughter and reality. “Pete’s self-effacing brilliance keeps me sane.” Ted invites classmates to visit Middlebury anytime. Peter Gilbert and his wife, Cindy Char, enjoy living in Montpelier, Vermont, where for the last 15 years he’s been the executive director of the Vermont Humanities Council. It’s a treat to catch him on Vermont Public Radio discussing everything from Robert Frost to the importance of optimism. Having worked for 10 years as senior assistant to President James Freedman, Peter stays in close contact with many Hanover area classmates, including Sean Gorman. He and Cindy miss Jan Sorice, “a dear and inspiring friend.” We honor the memory and contributions of Christopher “Kip” Hall, our class Rhodes scholar, Masters circuit ski racer, international sailing racer, brilliant lawyer and adoring and adored father and husband (more at dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obits).

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, 72 Mount Vernon St., Unit 4B, Boston, MA 02108; sarahunter76@gmail.com

Welcome to our new class officers, executive committee and dedicated volunteers, some of whom are continuing their service, others joining the ranks for the first time: Stephen Melikian, president; Naomi Baline Kleinman, vice president of operations; Dana Rowan, vice president of communications; Paul Windrath, treasurer; Judy Csatari, newsletter editor; Stefanie Valar, gift planning (bequest) chair; Andy Shaw, giving co-chair; J.T. Knight, co-head agent; Cindy Shannon, Caring Connections chair; Joe Jasinski, webmaster; Jim Beattie, Martha Beattie, Gary Love, Patricia McClendon, John Sherman, David Spalding, Randy White, executive committee.

Shout-outs to longtime fearless leader Andy Gettinger and to previous executive committee members for their dedication: Martha Hennessey, N.H. stateswoman; Jay Josselyn, my esteemed predecessor; Bob Wetzel, strategy guru; M.K. Beach, nature appreciator supreme; Brewer Doran, dean of Concordia College; Marty Doyle, class tunes historian and international man of mystery.

Hats off to Judy Csatari for the juicy, packed newsletters available at our website: 1976.dartmouth.org.

Also now on our website are newsletters from the past 41 years, thanks to the herculean efforts of retiring webmaster Paul Windrath. We’ve come a long way from those early pre-kid, post-grad days! Fun reading! Thanks to Paul for his continued service as treasurer and prior service as webmaster. Joe Jasinski’s ability to upload our entire Freshman Book to our Facebook page made him the immediate choice as Paul’s successor. Please do check the webpage for mini-reunion news, updates and the continuing classmate outreach efforts of Caring Connections, chaired by Cindy Shannon.

For those who missed Rob Saltzman’s eloquent toast to President Kemeny during our festive Saturday night reunion crowd scene, enjoy these excerpts. Rob, a former Los Angeles police commissioner and University of Southern California law school dean, was handpicked as President Kemeny’s intern our senior year. We were lucky enough to have our classmate Jennifer Kemeny, her husband and two sons with us that special evening.

“[President Kemeny] was not two or three plays ahead of the rest of us…he was 50 or 100 plays ahead….He patiently explained that at some point there will be one device that serves a variety of functions for us on a regular basis. It will be your newspaper, your communication device…and using it you will be able to control the physical things around you….He suggested I think about my watch with those abilities. It didn’t make any sense to me. After all, in my dorm, there was one pay phone two floors away….

“[W]e have been gone from here for over 40 years—which is less time than President Kemeny spent here at Dartmouth….At his retirement there was a bit of a guessing game about where he would choose…Harvard? Cal Tech? MIT?….He said, and I quote, ‘My commitment to Dartmouth is the same as to my wife: ’til death do us part.’ It is a commitment for which we are all grateful—and one to which we might also aspire….”

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, 72 Mount Vernon St., Unit 4B, Boston, MA 02108; sarahunter76@gmail.com

By the time you read this our reunion may have faded into the afterglow, but as I write, a week after leaving Hanover, the kindness, humor, talent, and mutual affection of our classmates still dazzle. I had such a flashback to my departure 40 years ago—the sky as achingly blue, the hills on I-89 as promisingly green and the missing of my classmates just as wrenching. The saving grace was our reunion’s proof that not only have friendships endured, but new ones have formed and we are closer than ever. In addition to all the bear hugs and belly laughs, the beauty of being 41 years out may best be summed up by Bill Murray’s famous words from Meatballs, “It just doesn’t matter!” No one cared about fast-track careers or genius kids. We were just grateful to be together. Rather than list the myriad events of our magical weekend, I thought I’d announce the winners of the reunion’s Name That Classmatecontest: Mel Treadway, Inky Ford, Ann Fritz Hackett and Brian Bachelder. Eachtracked down an impressive 18 out of 20 answers to the following questions:

Who drove a camper more than 2,500 miles to reunion? (Inky Ford)

Who harvests lake ice in winter? (Art Howe)

Who initiated the “Salty Dog Rag” as a freshman trip institution? (Mary Heller Osgood)

Who wrote Golfonomics and Super Golfonomics? (Steve Shmanske)

Who earned 11 varsity letters? (Sandy Helve)

Which rush chair was forced to give two thumbs up to every candidate because his thumbs had been broken in a ski race? (Tom Reinhart)

Who spent a decade in Indonesia and plays guitar in a Florida rock band? (Steve Askey)

Who ran for public office in Pennsylvania? (Nick Aponte)

Who has been dubbed a knight? (Credit is given for either Chris Bjelland in Finland or Ken Cohen in France. Who knew we had two—even if they’re honorary?!)

Whose daughter is a Broadway star? (Joan Tyler Marable)

Who has summited Mount Rainer 113 times? (Craig Reininger)

Who arrived in a leg cast freshman year only to find it didn’t matter because roommate Jim Burns imported all the fun people and parties to their dorm room? (Andy Shaw)

Who owns an inn on an island in Maine? (Dick Prentice)

Who introduced Nancy Kepes Jeton and Peter Jeton? (Jeff Reed)

What Coast Guard member chased cocaine smugglers in the Caribbean, served on a destroyer in the Persian Gulf and performed search-and-rescue missions off Florida? (Bob Hurst)

Who has summited the highest peak in all 50 states? (Bruce York)

Who did Colman Andrews hire to turn South African Airways around? (Ann Fritz Hackett)

Whose first job after graduation was apple picking in Seattle? (Betsy Tobin)

What joyful Twin Cities resident is an arts fanatic and PBS exec? (Amanda Green)

Whose first job was building guitars and second was dancing on The Tonight Show? (Jamey Hampton)

Congrats to our super-sleuths who won weekends in Hanover and on Cape Cod!

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, 72 Mount Vernon St., Unit 4B, Boston, MA 02108; sarahunter76@gmail.com

Reunion approaches! Online registration has gone live and the more than 70 classmates lassoed into volunteering await your June 15-18 participation! Should be a fun and restorative four-day weekend, beginning with tent greetings, a welcome party at Martha and Jim Beattie’s on Thursday night; incredible weekend menus planned by Dick Prentice, Todd Mosenthal and Neil Van Dyke; 30 tent greeters (a.k.a. bear huggers or, in the case of the demure King Poor, hand shakers). Recent greeter recruits are Fred Jaccarino, Bill Hutchinson, my Cape Cod buddy Ben Ayres, Joe Jasinski, Cesar Munoz,and the ever-inspiring Rev. Emily Geoghegan, who will also help Cindy Shannon and Melanie Renchner Kaminetsky with our class memorial service.

Your responses via postcard proved we are well on our way to breaking all 40th reunion attendance records. Let’s do it! Best of all, several who have never been to a reunion will return, thanks to the efforts of our registration and recruitment team: Lynne Brooks, Nick Aponte and John Sherman. Come one, come all. We are all in!

We’ve prepared a range of ways to connect with friends new and old beginning with Friday hikes, bikes, golf and a fun class lunch, followed by an afternoon all-star panel you won’t want to miss. Our class has won a National Book Award, a Pulitzer Prize, 15 Emmy awards, a Super Bowl and a World Series (and during reunion I say we all get to claim the victory). Our award winners will be on hand for a light-hearted and brilliantly M.C.’ed roundtable discussion: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Awards.”

Saturday includes great offerings from the College, including teacher talks, President Hanlon’s address, fireworks and an ice cream party. We’ll have lunch on Baker lawn with the youngsters of ’77 and ’78 and an afternoon animation fest of 40 years of our country’s best cartoons from Hanna-Barbera to Warner Bros. to Disney—all honoring the work of Tom Ruegger, who is responsible for 14 of the 15 Emmys our class is claiming. (Brilliant choreographer Jamey Hampton danced his way to our 15th.)

Most important, there will be lots of tent time for talking, eating and reconnecting. Those who are still rocking out will enjoy the playlist choices of Tom Souza, Marty Doyle and Cathy Joyce Brennan as well as some other musical surprises we have planned. Thank heavens Parker “Speedy” MacDonell is coming back.

Rich Nichols made us all proud on 60 Minutes representing the U.S. women’s national soccer team in its battle for equal pay. We remember him as a two-time NCAA Division I All-American and member of the U.S. track and field team. Turns out he’s an even more daunting competitor in the legal arena of sports.

We mourn the loss of radiant classmate Judy Yablong. Any encounter with that warm, enthusiastic soul made you feel better about your day, yourself and your world. Please see the obituary at dartmouthalumnimagazine.com.

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, 72 Mount Vernon St., Unit 4B, Boston, MA 02108; sarahunter76@gmail.com

Good news! The list of classmates joining our 40th reunion team continues to grow. To the original 40 recruits, we’ve added Nancy and Bob Freidl, John Sherman, Todd Mosenthal and Tom Reinhart. Our theme for next June is “All In!” and we mean it! Please let us know if you’d like to serve for an hour as a greeter or help with entertainment, food, etc., by emailing co-chairs Cathy and Jack Brennan, Martha and Jim Beattie and Andy and Sara Hunter at sarahunter76@gmail.com.

Most important, save June 15-18, 2017. It’s going to be a fun one!

It seems only fair to begin this column by giving formidable former class secretary Jay Josselyn a dose of his own medicine. I am pleased to report that he and Pat recently celebrated their 37th anniversary (and because my style is a bit more Hallmark than Jay’s, I will insert that Wendy Simila Snickenberger had the foresight to introduce them). They live contentedly close to their daughters and granddaughters in North Carolina and retreat to what Jay describes as a “very small camp on Lake Gaston—too small to even call a cottage.” Is it just me or does his pointed repetition of the word “small” sound like he’s trying to fend off a mini-reunion?

In national news Rob Saltzman has finished a nine-year stint as one of five members of the Los Angeles Police Commission overseeing the city’s police department. As in college, Rob was respected for both his acumen and his principled stands as he fought for more transparency and less bias within the LAPD. Louise Erdrich’s newest, highly acclaimed novel, LaRose, continues to mine and illuminate the dark, treasure trove of life on an Indian reservation reflective of where she grew up.

In addition to LaRose, I’m eager to read Vanity Fair writer Michael Shnayerson’s biography of Andrew Cuomo, The Contender, and Peter Stark’s harrowing account of two perilous 19th century expeditions, Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire. I’ve also ordered Joe Sutton’s play Complicit, directed by Kevin Spacey at the Old Vic in London. I proudly recommend two gems I’ve read from cover to cover: Carl Little’sbreathtaking new coffee table book Art of Acadia and an essay collection by our man of letters, Peter Gilbert, executive director of the Vermont Council of Humanities. I Was Thinking, comprised of Gilbert’s Vermont Public Radio commentaries, includes observations on all my favorite subjects from fireflies to Robert Frost. If you don’t have time to read a classmate’s book, at least treat yourself to our Pulitzer Prize-winner David Shribman’scontinually astute observations in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, where he serves as executive editor (post-gazette.com/david-shribman.more).

Finally, we honor the life of compassionate, elegant, barrier-busting classmate Craig Triplett, whose loyalty as alumni interviewer, Alumni Council member, president of the Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association and president of the Dartmouth Club of Georgia deeply benefitted and quietly transformed our College (complete obituary at dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/class-1976).

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, 72 Mount Vernon St., Unit 4B, Boston, MA 02108; sarahunter76@gmail.com

Greetings! We all know that Judy Csatari does a terrific job with our class of ’76 newsletter, but it’s nice to know that her work is appreciated by others. She was recently recognized by the Class Newsletter Editors Association for her outstanding work. “Judy Csatari ’76 took the spotlight this month. Her newsletter shows remarkable talent blending all best practices together. She includes a note from herself, many exciting and interesting stories from fellow classmates, an in-memory section and additional photos and fun memories.” Congratulations to Judy. President Andy Gettinger passed along what I’d refer to as a “three for one.” He sent me a flyer noting the panel of speakers for the Norma Marks Shribman Memorial Town Hall “Religion in the Public Square” held in Marblehead, Massachusetts, on April 14. It is sponsored by the children of Ms. Shribman, one of whom is our own David Shribman, executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. One of the panelists was the Rev. Dr. Jim Antal, husband of Cindy Shannon.Cindy is the coordinator of our class’ “Caring and Sharing” initiative. This was started to give class members an opportunity to share resources for various situations on a confidential basis. Cindy facilitates matching classmates with other classmates who may have shared similar life situations that challenge us from time to time. These issues could have to do with care of elderly parents, dealing with medical issues, aging in general or anything else that may crop up. This is not a professional service, but more of an opportunity for someone to lend an ear or offer suggestions, having gone through similar experiences. Know that it’s out there and available to classmates and, again, it is confidential. Cindy can be reached at cms4cms@aol.com.

During the weekend of April 9 a number of ’76s joined in Hanover for the celebration of “150 Years of Baseball at Dartmouth.” Joining in the festivities were Dr. Mark Mullan, Todd Morris, Greg Cronin, Jim Beattie and Jay Josselyn.Jim and Martha Beattie were gracious (and trusting) hosts of many alums through the course of the weekend. Also in attendance was our former dean of freshmen and dean of the College Ralph Manuel. It was cold, but a lot of fun was had by all at Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park, a state-of-the-art facility. We were fortunate to be able to share stories with members of all the classes we played with from 1973 to 1979.

This will be my last column. I asked Andy to find someone who would be willing to take on the class secretary’s role. While I’ve enjoyed my time as secretary, it’s time for a new voice and a new perspective. I’m happy to say that Sara Hoagland Hunter has agreed to take over the duties and we all know that she’ll do a terrific job. I know I’ll look forward to her columns. Make sure you give her plenty of news to share. Thanks for the opportunity to let me serve the class of ’76.

—Jay Josselyn, 2006 Golden Belt Parkway, Durham, NC 27703; (919) 452-3928; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com

Happy New Year! I hope that everyone enjoyed the holidays with their families and friends despite the lack of what we think of as holiday weather. Here in the Carolinas we were in the high 70s and I know in New England it was warmer than usual, as well.

Sad news came across this fall of the passing of Professor John Rassias. He was loved by so many of our class and his methods had a profound effect on us as we learned our various languages. There weren’t many of us who didn’t have to go through the drill sessions that were such an integral part of the Rassias Method. Finger snapping, pointing, looking for rapid-fire responses became a way of life as we made our way through our language studies in preparation for terms abroad. He was one of a kind and will be missed.

The College forwarded news about John Hagelin, Ph.D., that was published in The Huffington Post. It was actually an interview following an open letter to “Presidents Obama, Hollande and Putin—and to the leaders of all nations—proposing a scientific alternative to the conventional approach of creating peace through violence” (International New York Times, December 3, 2015) sent by the Global Union of Scientists for Peace, of which John is president. John received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and conducted pioneering research at the European Center for Particle Physics and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. He is responsible for the development of a highly successful grand unified field theory based on the superstring, and his scientific contributions include some of the most cited references in the physical sciences.

The College is celebrating Dartmouth football’s Ivy League Championship, its first since the 1990s. Coach Buddy Teevens credits the activity of the Friends of Dartmouth Football with being one of the key factors in giving the program the tools to create one of the premier educational-athletic experiences in the country. The friends have generated donations for the improvement of facilities, integration of alumni in identifying prospects that fit within the admission standards and developing programs to help members of the program prepare for life after Dartmouth. Byron Anderson has been a key member of the directorate of the Friends of Dartmouth Football. With the pieces that have been put in place, the outlook for the program is bright.

As a heads-up, Dartmouth baseball coach Bob Whalen has put out word that on April 7 there will be a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Dartmouth baseball program. He’s invited members of all teams back to the College for a Dartmouth-Penn double-header. Survivors of our era’s “Lupe’s Legions” are encouraged to return for a day of celebration, reuniting with teammates and alumni of other eras and share stories (“The guy’s dyin’!,” etc.) and meet the current members of the program. Hope to see you there.

I just received word that Robert Bresticker has recently passed away. An obituary should now be on DAM’s website.

I hope your 2016 has started out well and will be back with more news in another eight weeks.

—Jay Josselyn, 2006 Golden Belt Parkway, Durham, NC 27703; (919) 452-3928; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com

Greetings! Timing is everything. Brian Bachelder sent an email the day after my last deadline, so it had to sit about eight weeks to make it to the next issue. But here is news received on June 29. Pardon the delay. Bach sent so much news that I’m going to just let it flow in his own words. “Big news for me was the recent election to president-elect of the Ohio State Medical Association, where next year I will be heading the 9,000-physician state organization. I did a similar stint for the family physicians about 10 years ago. Next year will be busy with the president’s position and the marriage of my son in June. After working as a solo rural family physician for 25 years, I’ve been teaching family medicine in a residency for the past six years. Still active in a local softball league and a full court basketball league for ‘grayhairs.’ The skills haven’t diminished much, but when you start with a low bar I guess that isn’t saying a lot. Married 17 years now to a gal I met on a road trip to the Rafters with three other Alpha Chi Alpha brothers in our senior year. Funny how a two-hour road trip with a half keg to Saratoga Springs, New York, could have such far-reaching results. We went on a four-day yacht trip with Tom Sokoloski and his wife, Rit, last summer; were treated like royalty and lifetime memories were created. Like my kids, I keep up with other friends on Facebook. Just saw a notice that Brewer Doran has become dean of Bertolon School of Business. Congrats to her! Jeff Kirchoff has a taste for fast cars and fast (sled) dogs. Would love to hear from some people who have fallen off the face of the earth: Rob Swenson, Kim Nyberg, Peter Demarest and med school alumni Stu Watson and Mike Gabel.” Thanks for your help, Bach. Maybe after you finish your stint with the Ohio State Medical Association you’d want to fill my seat.

The College forwarded news about Dan Forsyth. Dan is an attorney and the managing member of Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, in Buffalo, New York. He was named Best Lawyers 2016 Buffalo litigation-labor and employment “Lawyer of the Year.” Dan has extensive experience in labor arbitration, collective bargaining, jurisdictional disputes, strikes, picketing and injunction proceedings. Congratulations to Dan!

Making it in just under the wire this morning, David Slade has taken umbrage with my comments about growing ranks of grandchildren and my relaying the news about Dave Clark’s and John Hafffenreffer’s growing families. Dave wanted them to know that he has an edge, as he just found out that he’ll have No. 4 arriving in 2016.

If I make my calculations correctly, in the January issue I should have news of the goings on at the September 17 golf tournament to benefit the Michael Brigham (’77) Fund for Kidney Cancer Research. The event is scheduled at Merrimack Golf Club in Methuen, Massachusetts. While there will be lots of classes represented, I know we’re planning on seeing Todd Morris, Mark Mullan, Paul McCarthy (check your Freshman Book) and me, who will be representing the class of ’76. I hope we’ll have news of other stragglers that made it to this event honoring a friend of many in the class of ’76 and fighting this disease that has affected so many of us either directly or indirectly.

Thanks for the news. Don’t be bashful about writing or emailing. Best to you and your families into the fall.

—Jay Josselyn, 2006 Golden Belt Parkway, Durham, NC 27703; (919) 452-3928; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com

Greetings! So much for global warming. I hope everyone managed to weather the winter and enjoy themselves accordingly. Watching different parts of the country through the season made us appreciate the fact that we didn’t have to shovel much here in North Carolina.


Fortunately some classmates have passed along information, as has the College, so I’m not scrounging for news. Brad Agry sent an email explaining that while he’s been in N.Y.C. managing his own career and executive coaching and leadership practice, he’s added a niche to the business working with clergy across several denominations. In the fall of 2014 he was appointed for a three-year term by the Episcopal bishop of the diocese of New York to serve on the commission on ministry. “This body works closely with aspirants seeking ordination in advisory and evaluative capacities.” He finds it “fascinating work and a real honor to have such a strong influence on major career choices for these people.” Best wishes to Brad as he continues with this work.


Congratulations to Scott Simons. Maine magazine has named him one of “50 People Shaping our State.” Scott Simons Architects has been the passion behind the creation of buildings in the region that reflect the nature and character of the local environment and spirit of the community. They have built the Portland Public Library, Casco Bay Ferry Terminal and Waynflete Arts Center and are currently working on the Portland Museum of Art master plan. His peers have awarded the firm 12 American Institute of Architects design awards. I know it must be rewarding to know that he’s created structures that will be admired and enjoyed for years. 


On April 15 Parker MacDonell became the managing director of Ohio TechAngel Funds (OTAF). He is now a full-time employee of Rev1Ventures, a Columbus, Ohio-based venture development organization that the members of OTAF have elected to manage their funds. Rev1Ventures has, in turn, hired Parker to lead OTAF. OTAF invests in Ohio-based high-growth technology companies in the information technology, life sciences and advanced materials industries. OTAF has gathered 340 members, raised four funds and invested $20 million in 48 companies since its founding. Parker has been a member of each of the four OTAF funds and a member of the OTAF executive committee since its formation. Congrats, Speedy.


Timing is everything. Just before this deadline I received a call from Dr. Mark Mullan, who did what I wish more of you would do (pick up the phone, email, etc.). He let me know that he and his family are still in the Springfield, Massachusetts, area, where he is still practicing. He’s cut down to some degree, but still stays active coaching high school sports. At different times he’s coached soccer, women’s basketball and baseball in both private and public schools. His wife, Sally, is also a physician and is practicing in Chicopee, Massachusetts, there in the Pioneer Valley. They’ve been in the greater Springfield area since the early 1980s and it sounds like they’ll be there for a while. Mark didn’t say if they make him wear a baseball hat on the diamond or if he gets a special exemption due to material shortages. (Sorry, Mark.) Best of luck in work and avocation, and thanks for calling.


Best wishes to all for the summer of 2015. Don’t hesitate to send news of yourself or classmates.


—Jay Josselyn, 2006 Golden Belt Parkway, Durham, NC 27703; (919) 452-3928; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com 


Greetings! I hope everyone had the opportunity to enjoy the holidays with family and friends. We were happy to be back in North Carolina with family again and were able to spend Christmas with one-and-a-half granddaughters. 


Andy Gettinger passed along an article from the Valley News outlining the contributions of Tim Reiser, longtime aide to Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, in the brokering of the release of Alan Gross, the U.S. Agency for International Development worker accused of espionage and held prisoner by Cuban authorities since 2009. During a period of 18 months Tim worked behind the scenes in Vatican-brokered talks between U.S. and Cuban diplomats. Congratulations to Tim and the rest of the team that helped bring this American home. 


Last week I was surprised to turn on Jeopardy to see Bert Ifill, “a semi-retired educator from Washington, D.C.” Bert performed well, but was unfortunately bested at the end. 


Let’s hope that 2015 treats you and your families well; 2014 has been a tough year for the class of 1976. We have received notice of the deaths of several classmates, most recently Melanie Fisher Matte, Jan Sorice, Sandy Fitchet, David Conner and Pamela Gile. These are added to the long list of classmates already noted in 2014. Obituaries will be available by way of the alumni section of DAM’s website. As you view the notices, you have the opportunity to contribute remembrances that will help others share in the good times that you may have spent with those classmates that have left way too early. While not all of them suffered from the scourge of cancer, most did. Please do whatever you can to help eradicate this awful disease, whether it is through a local, regional or national charity. With everyone’s help we can get closer to eventually eradicating cancer once and for all.


Best wishes to you and your families for a safe and healthy 2015. Please send news.


—Jay Josselyn, 2006 Golden Belt Parkway, Durham, NC 27703; (919) 452-3928; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com 


Greetings! James Taylor said, “I’m going to Carolina in my mind,” but the Josselyns are taking it a step further. After a year and a half of enjoying the Midwest on the shores of Morse Reservoir just north of Indianapolis, Indiana, we’re heading back to the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina, area. I’ve taken a job with a general insurance agency in Melbourne, Florida, working remotely from Raleigh, where I’ll maintain an office. Where we’ll land exactly we’re not sure, but we know it will be close to all three of our daughters and granddaughter; No. 1 who should be here by the time you’re reading this and grandchild No. 2 who should be arriving next spring. We’re looking forward to being back in the Triangle, although we enjoyed the time in Indiana.


News from classmates has been thin (understatement), but I’m sure there’s plenty available on a more current basis via the class of ’76 Facebook page. You can also start thinking about our next reunion, which will be grouped with the classes of ’77 and ’78 in 2017, so if that gives you more incentive to return to Hanover, start making your contacts now as it will be here before we know it. I know I look forward to being able to spend time with friends from classes behind us and I know the College is hoping that others will feel that way, too.


The College has notified me that we have lost two more classmates in Geoff Bolton and Robert Fisher. Our thoughts and prayers go out to their families and loved ones. Obituaries will be available on the DAM website.


Once we settle in North Carolina I’ll have more concrete contact information, but for now, should anyone feel the urge to share information about themself or classmates, please use my email address. Please don’t hesitate to send news. 


Enjoy the fall and cherish the time spent with family.


—Jay Josselyn, 304 Sussex Circle, Noblesville, IN 46062; (919) 452-3928; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com 


I know that by the time everyone is reading this that spring will almost be over and summer will be here, but I think it still deserves mentioning how ready everyone must be to have the winter of 2013-14 behind us. I know here in Indianapolis, Indiana, we saw one of the worst winters in many years and that paled in comparison to what you folks in the Northeast dealt with, although it was good news for the skiers and people that depend on the winter weather for their business. I’m sure Neil Van Dyke and his wife, Carol, owners of the Golden Eagle Resort in Stowe, Vermont, enjoyed the extended winter as they served the skiers and travelers in the Stowe area. Neil is also search and rescue coordinator for the state of Vermont’s Department of Public Safety.


Former Dartmouth and NFL great Reggie Williams was interviewed by onetime Big Green quarterback Brian Mann during the Fox Sports broadcast of this year’s Yale game. I missed it, but I’m sure that the perspectives of two different eras of Dartmouth football was interesting.


On Sunday, April 20, Andy Gettinger shared the news that David Shribman was a guest on that days NBC’s Meet the Press. David has been executive editor of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette since 2003. I’m sorry I missed the edition but hope other classmates were able to catch the broadcast.


I know the class executive committee has been working to find ways to maximize the benefits of class min-reunions and will be analyzing the responses to the poll that was sent out by Bob Wetzel. Committee members have a lot of options to explore and will do the best they can to give the class options to meet during the off-reunion years. 


On March 24 the Phoenix Cos. announced that Naomi Baline Kleinman, charted life underwriter, has been named treasurer, in addition to her current responsibilities as vice president of investor relations. Naomi has served the Phoenix in a variety of finance positions, including chief of staff to the CEO. She has managed rating agency relations since 2001 and investor relations since 2009.


Peter Stark has written Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire, which was reviewed recently in The New York Times books section. He wrote this in addition to his duties as a correspondent for Outside magazine. The Times called it a “delightful narrative.” From what I understand, John Ledyard’s travels and involvement in exploration are mentioned in the book.


Finally, I’d like to thank Martha Hennessey, who is stepping down as class newsletter editor. Martha has done a terrific job through several class administrations and taken the newsletter from print to electronic medium. We appreciate the work she’s put in and how her efforts have helped strengthen the class of ’76. Judy Csatari will be succeeding Martha and I’m sure will do a fine job in the latest of her positions serving the class.


Thanks to those who sent news. Don’t hesitate to join them. Enjoy your summer.


—Jay Josselyn, 304 Sussex Circle, Indianapolis, IN 46062; (919) 452-3928; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com 


Greetings! We go from famine to feast. I have much to relay and limited space. First, congratulations to Louise Erdrich, who is one of seven honorary degree recipients at Commencement at the College this year. She also delivered the main address. While she has been a successful author, her most recent acclaim has come from her recent novel The Plague of Doves, for which she was a finalist for this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Also on the College level, Nancy Kepes Jeton has been chosen to receive the prestigious Dartmouth Alumni Award, honoring her for longstanding and meritorious service to Dartmouth as well as individual achievement and community service. There are usually four to six of these awards given annually.


On the national level, Paul Stockton has been nominated by President Obama to be assistant secretary of defense. Paul had been a senior researcher at the Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation. I’m sure Paul’s undergraduate experiences in the bowels of Heorot prepared him well for his new duties. Congrats to Paul, as well.


Soon after the first weekend in May I received a bulging envelope in the mail from Pam Gile. The envelope contained all the articles from Monday’s Valley News recap of Dartmouth baseball’s winning of the Ivy League Championship. Par for the course, the Big Green overcame Cornell and the typical chilly New Hampshire spring to make their first trip to the NCAA regional tournament since 1987. I later received a report that in attendance at the winning game were Marty Doyle, Jim Beattie and Peter Jeton. They enjoyed the outcome and had a good time. I had a pleasant surprise when the baseball team was assigned to the Chapel Hill regional tournament bracket. Coach Bob Whalen brought the team here to play against the overall No. 4 seed UNC, Coastal Carolina and the University of Kansas. They represented themselves well against UNC, losing 5-2 and then ran into a Kansas buzz saw the next day. The five runs that UNC scored were the fewest they scored in two weekends of NCAA play and the 5-2 score was their closest game before earning their spot in Omaha. An added benefit to the Chapel Hill tournament location was the chance to see John Gleason. “Goose” has enjoyed following the Dartmouth baseball team and couldn’t miss their trip to the tournament. Goose is splitting time between the coasts and the greater Oneonta area, but manages to get to see a lot of the Big Green nine. 


On May 16 in Boston Dartmouth held the 2009 edition of the Wearers of the Green. More than 160 athletes and coaches were inducted into Dartmouth’s version of a hall of fame. Inducted from our class were Tom Fleming for football, hockey and track; William Nutt for kayaking; and Paul Windrath for swimming. Congratulations to all.


On a sad note, we’ve received word of the passing of Paul J. “P.J.” Gill. An obituary appears in this issue.


Please send news.


—Jay Josselyn, 106 Yukon Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; (919) 493-7814; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com


Greetings! I hope all is well with you and your families. I’m sure Jeff Reed would not have told me, but my sources have revealed that he has been coaching the Hanover High School boys lacrosse team for the last four seasons. This past season the team won its second New Hampshire state lacrosse championship in the last three years, and during his career there they have compiled a 63-16 record, while winning the last three state Sportsmanship Awards. Through the years Jeff has coached close to 30 sons of Dartmouth alums, including four on this year’s team. In 2007 Jeff was voted N.H. Coach of the Year and has two Hanover lacrosse alums currently playing on the Dartmouth varsity lacrosse team. Jeff’s two state championships were the first for the program, which was started in 1975 by Dartmouth lacrosse managers Mike Varley ’75 and Marty Doyle. I hope there is no truth to the rumor that those two were using that as a way to get Carnival dates. From another source I understand that Jeff has created the ideal feeder system in his 16 years working with youth lacrosse in the area. Congratulations, Ceeps.


Martha Hennessy has sent news that her oldest daughter, K.J., had her wedding in the Bema in June and our own Parker “Speedy” MacDonell sang at the wedding, just as he did at Martha and Steve Severson’s 1974 wedding in the Bema 33 years ago. Martha’s daughter is in her final year at DMS and will be an ob-gyn. Martha’s youngest daughter, Lizzy, just graduated from Dartmouth, but not before claiming the College pong championship with Cindy Wolcott’s daughter Molly Scott ’11, representing KDE sorority. Molly also holds the No. 1 spot on the Dartmouth women’s tennis team.


An unexpected pleasure was reconnecting with Paul H. “Sandy” Sanders at the suggestion of class president Andy Gettinger. Sandy has been on St. Simon’s Island, Georgia, where he’s had a mortgage brokerage company for the past 10 years. He’s been in the mortgage business for the past 25 years. Sandy has a 17-year-old son who’s a high school quarterback and hard-throwing left-handed pitcher. I wonder if he’s as handy with power tools as his dad.


Also through Facebook, Reggie Williams helped me reconnect with Harrison B. Wilson III ’77, whose son Russell was last year’s All-ACC quarterback as a freshman. Like his dad, Harry B., Russell plays both football and baseball—though at NC State. I’m looking forward to following him this year in both sports. Harry B. says he’d love to hear from friends from Dartmouth. Reggie relayed that he, himself, is doing well, recovering from knee replacement surgery. Those who remember watching him play during our years know that that right knee was given gladly by an alum who “loved his alma mater so much, he gave his only right knee to contribute to the lore of the ‘granite’ of New Hampshire…as teammates and classmates fight their own battles of resilience and determination.” 


Send news!


—Jay Josselyn, 106 Yukon Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; (919) 493-7814; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com 


Greetings! Hope all are well and enjoying a decent spring after putting up with what seems to have been one of the worst winters in recent memory. Somehow dealing with winters now doesn’t seem as easy as it was back in Hanover from 1972 to 1976. As promised, more news from before Christmas from Martha Beattie. Sandy Fichet has taken over for J.T. Knight as our class alumni councilor. J.T. did a wonderful job communicating with the class and we hope Sandy will do the same. Martha also reported that she bumped into Rob Saltzman on campus in the fall. Rob is busy in L.A. on an advisory board for the L.A. Police Department. Carol Vaughan Bemis is serving on the advisory board for the Hood Museum, putting her professional and volunteer career in the arts to good use. Martha also reports that Julie Miller Shepherd is the principal of a school in Denver. Martha said Jim Burns and Art Howe arranged a hike over Mount Dickey and Mount Welch this fall. They were joined by Sean Gorman, Rick Hill, Dave Balderston and spouses, as well as the Beatties and “kindergarten friends.” Rich Hayes and his wife were in Hanover for the Homecoming football game. They were amazed by the changes on campus. After the Homecoming game this past fall almost 50 classmates and families gathered in the Tindle Lounge at the soon to be renamed Thayer Hall. Jim Beattie and Craig Stone found a pong table in the basement and probably dominated. The room has already been reserved for the class of ’76 for next fall after the Homecoming game so make your plans now.


Speaking of making plans, don’t forget that 2011 will be a reunion year for us. I’m sure that during the year we’ll start to get news of dates, times and activities. Keep an eye open for news from the class and the College. Co-presidents Judy Csatari and Andy Gettinger will make sure that everything is in order and we’ll have the added advantage of having them both close by to keep an eye on things.


Also in the vein of making plans, if anyone is looking for a quaint coastal experience not far from Portland, Maine, Dick Prentice, an attorney in Portland, wrote that he and his wife, Gerri, purchased the Chebeague Inn (www.chebeagueinn.com) on Chebeague Island, a 15-minute ferry ride from Yarmouth, Maine (home of the Yarmouth Clamfest). Dick will keep his day job, but his wife and son Casey (Middlebury ’09) will be the innkeepers. The inn has 21 rooms and the restaurant seats 75 and is perfect for group gatherings. They’ll be hosting a Dartmouth alum’s fraternity reunion soon, so keep things like that in mind. The inn is open from mid-May to mid-October and the island has plenty of activities from golf to tennis, biking and swimming. (Dick, the advertising bill will come later.) 


Remember the reunion next year and enjoy your time over the summer with your friends and family.


—Jay Josselyn, 106 Yukon Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; (919) 493-7814; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com 


Greetings! I hope you are all enjoying the summer and being able to spend time with your families. I was fortunate enough to make it to Hanover a couple of times in the past few weeks. During my first visit the Alumni Council was in town and I was able to spend some time talking to Bill Hutchinson, now in Duxbury, Massachusetts. While I was talking to Hutch, President Kim’s new chief of staff, David Spalding, walked by and we were able to talk quickly before he was off in another direction. After seeing the two of them I was able to spend some time with Pam Gile and her husband, Peter Gamble, in Lyme, New Hampshire. Pam has been able to slow down her schedule, which gives her more down time so that she can enjoy working in her garden and spending time with grandchildren.


Another trip to New England on a sadder note was for the funeral of Wendy Simila Snickenberger’s brother-in-law in Ashburnham, Massachusetts. Not the kind of trip you want to take, but it was good to see Wendy, who’s still with Harvard Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts.


My second trip to Hanover was a last-minute trip to the alumni baseball game hosted by Coach Whalen, who has done a terrific job during his tenure as coach, including trips to the NCAA Regional Tournament each of the last two years. The new facility, Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park, is unbelievable. The game was actually set up as an opportunity to celebrate the 1970 team’s trip to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. Lots of eras were represented, but the only players from our time in Hanover were Todd Morris, Jim Beattie and me. No sign of Dave Clark, Greg Cronin, Mark Mullan, Gordie Nye, Russ Bartlett, Tom Potter or Brian Graf. Also in attendance was Martha Beattie, before she headed off to the class teleconference. Todd was the iron man of the day, putting the younger players to shame, catching both ends of all innings as no one else would catch. They didn’t let Todd hit as there were too many people on the adjacent tennis courts and none of them had helmets. Todd had a chance to show his 16-year-old son Alec around the campus and Todd and I were actually in Baker for the first time. 


On my way home from Hanover I ran into Paul McCarthy, whom you may remember from our Freshman Book, who was also a friend of both Gordie Miles and Chris Hodgson in Winnipeg, Canada. Paul was on his way to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, taking his daughter to orientation at Coastal Carolina University. Paul is living in Bedford, New Hampshire, and is the electronics business.


I’m sure you’ll be hearing more from Andy Gettinger and Judy Csatari about our upcoming reunion in 2011. Again, I can’t write it if you don’t send it.


—Jay Josselyn, 106 Yukon Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; (919) 493-7814; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com 


Greetings! I hope that by the time this reaches you all that the winter of 2014 is well behind us and warmer weather is on the way. 


News comes from Stefani Valar that she and husband Ed Hauck celebrated their 25th anniversary in October with a trip to Siena, Italy, with Smithsonian Journeys. She’s worked in fundraising for Franklin & Marshall in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for the past 18 years. In addition she has been our class link with the Bartlett Tower Society, linking estate planning with the benefit of the College in alums’ plans. Thanks to Steffi for all she’s done over the many years she’s served the class in this and other capacities.


Brita Sardella Reed writes that she’s been working at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Hampton, Virginia, where she’s been able to blend her background in gynecology with her work in mental healthcare to focus on healthcare for female vets with post-traumatic stress disorder and military sexual trauma. She says that it’s a great environment to work in and it addresses an important need that isn’t necessarily in the forefront of the news. She said that she stays in contact with Carolyn Allenby, who is living in Phoenix. Brita said that they met in the Bema in the fall of 1972 and that it’s been wonderful having her friendship through all of these years. 


Andy Gettinger forwarded a piece from Lewiston Auburn (Maine) Magazine. The magazine article was about Andrea Quaid, who is on the staff of Congressman Michael Michaud, who represents the Maine counties of Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford. She joined his staff after having worked in New York and then in France with La Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, the finance arm of the French government, where fluency in French was required. She returned to the United States, where she took a temp job within the Maine House of Representatives majority office at the statehouse in Augusta. She worked with the congressman on a number of projects and when he campaigned for the House seat she joined him. In addition to working with a number of civic and economic development groups on behalf of the congressman she can be found performing on stage at area theaters. She recently played the character of Aunt Abby in Community Little Theatre’s October production of Arsenic and Old Lace.


I’m writing this as the Sochi Olympics are wrapping up. If anyone hasn’t made the connection between Mikaela Shiffrin and Jeff Shiffrin, you can get it now. She is Jeff’s 18-year-old daughter, World Cup slalom champion and Olympic gold medalist. Congrats to both Mikaela and the entire family. 


Anyone that knew Harry B. Wilson ’77 had to be pulling for the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl. Harry’s son Russell QB’d the team with the same perseverance, dedication, grace and humility that Harry did on campus, the football field and the baseball field. The class act continues. Congrats to Russell, his family, and team. Harry, we miss you.


—Jay Josselyn, 304 Sussex Circle, Noblesville, IN 46062; (317) 804-2349; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com


Hello from Hoosierland. By the time you get this it will be cool most places, including Hanover, but right now here in Indiana we’re getting some heat after having a very mild summer. I’m sure that I’ll have some stories of the Dartmouth-Butler football game and people that managed to make the trek to the Circle City, but any stories I have will have to be read in December. So much for the electronic age.


I could tell you about folks from other classes, but as of right now, the well is empty. I’m again at the point where I may have to start making things up, so if you don’t start pulling your weight and sending me some information, you don’t know what may show up in the future columns.


I don’t know where everyone else stands, but despite the fact that our column sits closer to the middle of the Class Notes I don’t feel as old as we probably appear to the current crop of students. We have some classmates who have been retired for a few years (some several) and there are some of us who will be working for a while longer. For those of us who are still fortunate enough to have our parents around, there is a whole different set of circumstances to consider that are light years away from what we were thinking about in 1976. It’s hard to believe that it was 41 years ago this fall that we arrived in Hanover thinking that there wasn’t much we didn’t know everything about. Four years later we were ready to take on the world, only to find that we still had a lot to learn and have kept on learning the whole time. It actually doesn’t seem that long ago.


Let’s hope that President Hanlon ’77 is ready to take on the challenges of the changes facing the College as things move forward into the 21st century. I know that he’s already had a full late summer and I hope his fall will be less “interesting” than the summer has been. The student body may continue to be intelligent, but it doesn’t mean that they’re necessarily loaded with common sense. I’m just glad we didn’t do anything foolish (hah)!


Send me some news. As I’ve said before, what you may think is mundane will be interesting to someone else. Inquiring minds want to know! I should have news when I send in my notes in October for the December column having, I hope, seen many classmates in the crossroads of America. Or, as I said, fiction may be more entertaining than truth.


—Jay Josselyn, 304 Sussex Circle, Noblesville, IN 46062; (919) 452-3928; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com


Greetings! Short and sweet this month. First, the College has passed along news of another classmate’s writing efforts. Steve Shmanske co-edited two different volumes of work published by the Oxford University Press; the first is The Oxford Handbook of Sports Economics, Volume 1: The Economics of Sports, which he co-edited with Leo Kahane. The second is The Oxford Handbook of Sports Economics, Volume 2: Economics through Sports. They flip-flopped their authorship in the interest of fairness so they each could be listed first. Steve is a professor emeritus at California State University, East Bay, in Hayward, California, where he is director of the Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies at the College of Business and Economics at Cal State East Bay.


Dana Rowen is the class’ newest representative for the Alumni Council. Look for e-mailings from him or messages on the class of ’76 Facebook page. Andy Gettinger will also keep us up to date with news from the College. Prior to President Kim’s leaving, Andy posted an update as to the initiatives President Kim put in place to deal with current issues concerning hazing, binge drinking and other pressing campus issues. There will be other items posted from time to time so it will be important to catch it when you can. As David Fuller posted, “Why aren’t more people using this?” Take a look.


Martha Hennessey has relayed that she has completed teaching her first Dartmouth undergraduate class, “Educational Psychology.” She was also asked by Peter Hackett ’75 to be involved in 2011 Dartmouth Dance Theater Ensemble’s performance of Undue Influence. She and Peter were the alums in the cast and the balance was undergrads. The performance was a compilation of a cross section of students’ perspectives on social situations at the College as part of April’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Martha found the experience rewarding and enlightening. She also indicated that there is more information available through the College on this and other safety issues at www.securityoncampus.org. Martha had lots more, which I’m sure she’ll be glad to share on the Facebook site. Also, look for more timely news from Martha in the class of ’76 newsletter. She’s able to relay much more in close to real time. My deadline is six weeks prior to the DAM issue date, so don’t count on me for the breaking news.


That’s it for now. Enjoy your summer.


—Jay Josselyn, 106 Yukon Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; (919) 493-7814; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com 


Greetings! Thank you for those of you who did send news. The College has provided a couple of pieces about classmates and I appreciate that very much. The first piece was notice of a release party and book signing for Peter Gilbert’snewly published book, I was Thinking…: Travels in the World of Ideas. The book is a collection of more than 60 essays adapted from some of his Vermont Public Radio commentaries. The book is published by Wind Ridge Publishing. Peter is the executive director of the Vermont Humanities Council.


Other news on the publishing front comes from the College that Douglas Kimball has authored his first novel, Thicke & Thin. To quote the synopsis on Smashwords.com, “Thicke & Thin is a darkly comic novel about friendship and sacrifice. Within the frenetic world of an upstart public company, executive titles often mask an underlying incompetence and corruption. Amid the struggle, a burnt-out CFO is faced with making the ultimate choice: resign in disgrace or watch his friend be sacked. Courage and loyalty were never his strong suits. How will he choose?” 


David Benedict, another Richardson freshman-year resident, sent along an e-mail with news of himself and classmates. David and his wife, Kristi, live in Tualatin, Oregon. They have two children, both of whom graduated from Oregon State. David is a CPA and for the past 15 years has worked in private industry as the vice president of tax and risk for Knowledge Universe Education LLC, the parent corporation of KinderCare Learning Centers, a national chain of early childhood education centers. He also has responsibilities in the risk management area and works with another VP to ensure the safety of the staff and children. He’s managed to stay in touch with Kevin Gartner, who’s been working for high-tech companies in Corvallis, Oregon, and pursuing other projects. He also manages to see John Nairn ’77, who is on the faculty at Oregon State in the department of forestry. David also stays in touch with Greg Halsey and Chris Sega. Greg is living in Colorado and is a CPA. Chris is an attorney practicing in Washington, D.C., and also is an adjunct professor in one of the area’s major law schools—David thinks it’s Georgetown. 


Now, for the rest of you, follow David’s lead and just take a minute to send me an e-mail. It’s painless and people do want to know where you are and what you’re doing. Austin Whitehill, send news. Inquiring minds want to know what you’ve been up to.


Pat and I just celebrated the wedding of our youngest daughter, Pam, 24, to a young man she’s know since the fifth grade. A far cry from our wedding 33 years ago after knowing each other for six months (no shotguns). We were joined by Todd Morris, his brother Chris ’78, Fred Kramer ’77 and Mark Berthiaume ’77. 


Best to all of you, and keep the news coming.


—Jay Josselyn, 106 Yukon Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; (919) 493-7814; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com


Greetings! As I’m writing this, those of you in New England are dealing with another storm and are probably ready for something better. The good news is that by the time you read this, it will be mid-April and I hope things are greening up. No news of classmates, but thankfully, Jeff Shiffrin’sdaughter Mikaela, 17, has caused some buzz in the ski community and has given me something to pass along. She became the youngest world champion in the slalom in 28 years. She came from behind in the world championships in Schladming, Austria. She was third after the first run and was able to put together an unbelievable second run to win by .22 seconds. Mikaela is a student at Burke Mountain Academy in East Burke in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom (home of Nessa Flax). The academy has become a significant feeder of the U.S. ski team and is located at the foot of Burke Mountain, one of the lesser-known gems of Vermont skiing.


In other news, I’ve taken a job in Indianapolis, Indiana, having started on February 18. Pat and I will become Midwesterners. It will be an adjustment, but we’re looking forward to the change. After 15 years of watching various shades of blue during basketball season, we’ll have to get used to looking at candy-striped red warm-ups if we like watching the games on TV. We also hope that by the time you’re reading this, our house will have sold in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In any event, my contact information will remain the same until we move for good. In the meantime, I’m keeping bachelor’s quarters in northeast Indianapolis. The Dartmouth football team will be playing Butler University here in Indianapolis on September 21. I’m sure that will give a lot of Midwestern classmates a chance to get together. 


Best to all, and send news!


—Jay Josselyn, 106 Yukon Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; (919) 452-3928; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com 


Greetings! As you read this, our 35th reunion will be just under two months away. You’ve probably already received e-mails from Bob Wetzel and his reunion committee with preliminary information and probably printed material as well. It looks like Bob and his committee have done a lot of work to make the experience fun and informative, and the weekend timing should work better for most involved.


After reading something about a Maura Mulroy at Duke, I sent Rick Mulroy an e-mail asking if she was a relative. It turns out Maura is the middle of Rick’s three daughters. She is a senior at Duke majoring in engineering—mechanical and biomedical. Rick and wife Sheila’s oldest daughter, Katie, graduated from the University of Richmond and is teaching English in Japan. Their youngest daughter, Sarah, is a freshman at Villanova and is an arts and sciences major. Rick has been in programming since 1980 and is currently working for American Council for International Studies after having worked at Harvard for 21 years. He and Sheila have lived in Reading, Massachusetts, for about 25 years. Rick recently had lunch with Kipp Barker, whom he hadn’t seen since college. 


One of the benefits of being class secretary is that the College will send me works published by classmates. Recently I received a copy of Carl Little’slatest book, The Art of Dahlov Ipcar, which is quite interesting. Ipcar is a 90-plus-year-old lifelong painter and author and recipient of numerous honorary degrees. She still paints daily at her home in Georgetown, Maine. Carl and his family live in Somesville, Maine, where he is the director of communications and marketing for the Maine Community Foundation. Carl has written several art books and is a regular contributor to Art in America, Art New England, Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors and Ornament magazines and has written catalog essays for exhibitions by several artists. He was formerly the director of the Blum Gallery at the College of the Atlantic. In 2000 he was awarded the Acadia Arts Achievement Award for his contributions to the arts on Mount Desert Island, Maine.


That’s it for now. Please send news. I will have plenty to write about after the reunion, but you won’t read about that until August. I hope to see many of you at the reunion. Please come and help make it a success. Bob, his committee and class co-presidents Judy Csatari and Andy Gettinger have put in a lot of effort to make this a success. The biggest success will be to see as many of you as possible at the reunion so you can reunite with old friends, make new friends and share experiences with classmates, as well as see all the physical changes at the College. If you haven’t been to a reunion before, all the more reason to go to Hanover and reconnect!


Enjoy your spring and we’ll see you in Hanover June 17-19.


—Jay Josselyn, 106 Yukon Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, 919-493-7814, jayjosselyn@hotmail.com 


Greetings! I hope you were all able to enjoy the holidays with family and friends.


This time I actually received news from classmates that I can pass along. Mark Gamell sent a note that aired on the class Facebook page, “My daughter Jenny was married on Sunday, December 18, at the Water Club in Manhattan. She’s also the ‘centerfold’ of the current Forbes Investment Guide article on the 20 new rules for the economy. And she’s a yoga instructor!” Keep in mind that this was received heading into the home stretch of the fall and he’s referring to a prior issue of Forbes. 


By the time you receive this, the class will have already had a mini-reunion at the home of Rip and Noreen Quinn Fisher in Stuart, Florida. I’m sure people were able to enjoy what they had planned.


I know that heading into the holidays, many of us were following the Dartmouth Aires in The Sing-Off. I heard from Paul Lazarus and Martha Johnson Beattie urging people to vote for the Aires and afterwards received a YouTube video from Charlie Brumback showing one of the Aires’ performances. Congratulations to the Aires on their fantastic showing on the national stage. What great representatives of the College!


Thinking of the Aires’ experience at Dartmouth made me wonder to what extent Dartmouth’s wonderful opportunities for extracurriculars affected each of our lives. I know a lot of my experiences were outside the classroom. Whether it was faculty ’tails with professors or dinners at Professor Erdman’s house to sample Indian food during a term taking Indian history, working in either the woodworking shop, the metal shop or the jewelry shop at the Hop, I know that all of those experiences went into rounding out my experience at Dartmouth. All those and learning about “life” from baseball coach Ulysses “Tony” Lupien helped round the edges to help make me who I am and how I approach things. 


I’m sure others who played sports spent time in the basement of Davis House with the true originators of logoed apparel, “Duke” Duclos and Carl Whitney of Duke and Carl Athletic Clothing fame, came away with experiences to remember. They were always famous for their “single orb suspensory devices” and always could be counted on for some Upper Valley wisdom. Quite an introduction and initiation for freshmen!


Whether your experiences involved the DOC, Band, Glee Club, Aires, athletic teams, the Aquinas House, foreign study, travel on projects with professors, fraternity friendships, WDCR or some other group, I’m sure you’ll agree that those other times helped make the Dartmouth experience complete. Please do me a favor and think back to some of those times and send me some of the things that you remember that are printable and share them with the class either through this column or in Martha’s class newsletter.


Best wishes to you and your families for a healthy, happy 2012.


—Jay Josselyn, 106 Yukon Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; (919) 452-3928; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com 


Greetings! I’m sure you’re all well into summer by now and enjoying time with families. By now you will have received the last issue of DAM that included the feature highlighting artwork by alumni artists. It included a painting by Julia Miner of a house in Stonington, Maine. For those of you who didn’t catch it on the class of ’76 Facebook page, it turns out that unbeknownst to her while she was painting it, it is actually now owned by classmate Tim Rieser.


I don’t have the count now of how many class of ’76 legacies graduated this year, but I’m sure everyone was well entertained at the annual celebration at the home of Judy and Tom Csatari.


News comes again from N.Y.C., via the Facebook page, where David Fuller and Judith Jurosz are producing artistic directors of Theater 2020. They were preparing for May’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. David, playing Bottom, had his ears done for the performance.


Once again news was slow (being generous here) so I tried to get a few classmates to reach out to their circles of friends. Nessa Flax offered to reach out to Grant Huber and Nils Rosenquist,but they chose to remain incommunicado. 


I asked Dave Clark what was going on in St. Louis, Missouri. He and his wife, Margaret, had dinner with John and Laurie Haffenreffer recently. John and Laurie are among the ranks of classmates with grandchildren (I know there are many) with two. According to Clarkie, one of John’s gifts to his grandson was a white demolition car with green stripes on it, somewhat similar to equipment that was used to clear snow piles on Webster Avenue close to 40 years ago and was not owned by B&G. Clarkie is looking forward to becoming a grandfather for the first time this October. At the risk of shutting down a future source of news, I won’t give Clarkie any suggestions for grandchild gifts. He and John were asking about tracking down Greg Cronin, so, Greg, don’t be surprised if you get a call. 


As I’m sitting here writing this I’m watching the end of the original Longest Yard, which made me think of Dave Gillin wearing his “Mean Machine” prop shirt from the actual set of the movie. Dave, give me an update of what’s going on.


It looks like the Josselyns will be settling in Noblesville, Indiana, just north of Indianapolis. If you’re passing through, look us up using either the cell number below or the e-mail address. We’re hoping to see all the folks coming to the Big Green football team’s season opener here at Butler in Indianapolis on September 21 at 6 p.m. 


Ending on a sad note, I have to pass on news of Jonathan Deevy’spassing. There is an obituary on the DAM website prepared by his brother Will ’74. Jon played tennis, squash and rugby and graduated with honors and will be missed by those who knew him.


Send news.


—Jay Josselyn, 106 Yukon Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; (919) 452-3928; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com 


Greetings! By the time you read this you’ll either be getting ready to head off to our 35th Reunion or will have just returned. If you were there, it was great seeing you, if you weren’t we’re sorry we missed you. As usual, I haven’t received much (any) news from classmates. If Carl Little didn’t keep writing books, I wouldn’t have much to write about. Carl has recently released Edward Hopper’s New England. Edward Hopper (1882-1967) was one of the most recognized painters of the 20th century, spending most summers in New England. The book presents paintings of the New England coast and more and Carl has provided insight into how New England affected Hopper’s art and paintings. Thanks, Carl, for keeping the column going.


On a sad note, not having to do with our class, I recently attended the funeral of Mike Brigham ’77, who passed away in March after a long illness. Although it was a somber occasion, there were many ’77s, ’78s and ’79s in attendance. It is rumored that the elusive Greg Cronin was at the wake and I’m sorry I missed him.


I also heard a rumor that Paul Fritzson may have retired in Maine. Last I had heard was that Fritz was with Hannaford in Maine. If that’s where he finished his career, he had 30-plus years with the company. If it’s true I hope you’re enjoying your leisure time. If it’s not true, drop me a line or an email and let me know what you’re up to.


Take care and enjoy your summer. At least for the next column I should have the reunion info to keep me going.


—Jay Josselyn, 106 Yukon Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; (919) 493-7814; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com


Greetings! I know that by the time you’re reading this it should be more like “happy holidays.” Fall is hitting the Carolinas so things must be crisp in Hanover. Andy Gettinger has posted some Homecoming pictures of the bonfire on the night of October 21 on the class of 1976 Facebook page. I’m sure there will be news of the mini-reunion/class meeting following the football game at Judy and Tom ’74 Csatari’shouse. Andy also posted pictures of classmates, although he’s left it up to me to do my best to identify them. My apologies to those I don’t recognize and may leave out, but I believe there are pictures of Sandy Fitchet, David Spalding, Bill Sinclair, Steve Melikian, Rich Zimmerman, Willis J. Gnorf, Fred Fahonska, Noreen Quinn Fisher and Bob Fisher. Again, my apologies to those I left out, but you’ll need to go check out the Homecoming pictures as well as pictures from other events. The class is also taking advantage of technological advancements by placing the class newsletter on the Internet. Great work by Martha Hennessey for her continuing efforts on the newsletter. There are fewer excuses than ever for getting news to her via the link on the site.


I had an opportunity to visit with Jim Beattie at a Dana-Farber golf tournament fundraiser in memory of Mike Brigham ’77. Jim has said that between his work as a scout for the Toronto Blue Jays organization and Martha Beattie’sduties as VP of alumni affairs at the College, they’re constantly on the move. Earlier in the day I had a chance to visit with Greg Cronin,who is now working with Coldwell Banker in Newton Center, Massachusetts. Even though he’s working in real estate, he’s still heavily involved with his advertising business. He’s told me that he’ll put your logo on anything and his motto is “We Deliver the Goods.” Good luck to Greg.


I had a chance to visit with Todd Morris and his wife, Sue, in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (also the hometown of Charlie Potts), and got to play nine holes of golf with Todd before heading back to North Carolina. At the time Milwaukee was in the midst of Brewer Fever. David C. Clark is probably now in his glory that the Cardinals are in the World Series. By the time you read this we’ll know if he’s still excited or if he’s in the dumps based on how the series ends up. As for the Red Sox, if I may paraphrase the late, great Ulysses J. “Tony” Lupien, they appear to have “Drank themselves into a horse---- year!” not unlike a particular classmate back in 1975. 


As usual, send news. Bill Charters, Bob Piela, Dave Dobson, Don Colacchio, Mark Mullan—where are you? Grant Huber, Adrienne Mally, you promised you’d write! Anyway, I’ll try to work with what I can come up with and, if necessary, make up. Until next time, happy trails to you.


—Jay Josselyn, 106 Yukon Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; (919) 493-7814; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com