Class Notes
Fellow, ’78s: We had a record-breaking 35th reunion in June, with 262 alumni (plus guests) returning to Hanover. That demolished the record for a 35th set by the class of ’77, with a mere 171 alumni attending.
Most important! Mark your calendars: Our 35th reunion will be June 14-16, 2013. In Hanover. Be there.
Now that I am back inside the Beltway, I am reconnecting with friends old and new. Watched the Washington Nationals trounce the Florida Marlins on a beautiful Sunday in early May with Gerry Widdicombe and his brother Toby.
It has been a quiet summer here in northern Virginia—earthquakes, hurricanes, and that’s not even counting what happened in Congress.
Dear classmates, this will reach you in late April. I hope, wherever you are, the birds are singing, the flowers are in bloom, trees are budding out and your favorite baseball team is beating the pants off the competition.
Alessandra Gelmi writes: “Just wanted to alert you to my most recently published book, Amazing Graces: An Anthology of Washington Women Fiction Writers, release date January 8.
Jim Friedlich and Rob Portman, who met as ’shmen in Butterfield Hall, got together for breakfast in New York City in December.
Planning continues for our 35th reunion—“The Tapestry of Our Lives”—June 13-16.
The Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center dedication and mini-reunion November 4-6, 2011, was a huge success. Classmates have already received the special newsletter full of pictures and people from the event.
Dear classmates, this will reach you in late June Here’s hoping you had a great time at our 35th reunion. And whether you did or not, it’s never too soon to start sending in vignettes of yourself, your family and your Dartmouth friends.