Class Note 1963
Basketball star and educator Steve Spahn received the Lewis Hine Distinguished Service Award for Service to Children & Youth, joining Andre Agassi, Elaine Wynn, Hillary Clinton, Tipper Gore and Charles Schultz. Lewis Hine was a photographer who documented early 20th-century exploitation of children. The award is given by the National Child Labor Committee. Steve, chancellor of the Dwight School and the longest serving headmaster in New York City, brought the international baccalaureate to Dwight, which educates students from 40 countries and provides $1.6 million in scholarships. At Bill King’s invitation Steve helps recruit top Asian basketball scholars to Dartmouth. Hats off to Bill Breetz, winner of the Distinguished Service Award from the University of Connecticut Law School Alumni Association, and to Peter Rollins, recipient of the 2011 Oklahoma Humanities Award.
John Merrow launched his new book, The Influence of Teachers, at a party hosted by former New York City Public Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and lawyer Richard Beattie ’61. University of South Carolina Press just released Kevin Lowther’s The African American Odyssey of John Kizell. Bruce Berman, political science professor at Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, advised Kevin. Chuck Pfeifer celebrated his 70th birthday party at Elaine’s, legendary New York City celebrity haunt. He will appear in Border Crosses, a new film by Sam Shepard. Gabriel Macht, son of Stephen Macht, is featured in the hit movie Love and Other Drugs.
A future Lewis Hine winner could be Hannah Younger ’13 of Rochester, New York, our ’63 class-sponsored student intern who worked eight hours a day, five days or more a week last winter with children at Brookdale University Hospital in Brooklyn. The program is managed by Dartmouth Partners for Community Service, a partnership of the Tucker Foundation and Dartmouth alumni. Bob Chavey asked me to be the program mentor for Hannah, an eager and motivated psych major, who was quickly drawn in and moved by the opportunity to give comfort to children frightened and bewildered by the seemingly impersonal nature of a large treatment center. Hannah was exposed for the first time to challenges of families with many different backgrounds and issues. My role was to listen to Hannah’s experiences, provide advice and help her understand and articulate her goals and accomplishments. The experience helped me appreciate what our undergraduates do and how our class is helping to make a difference by financing student internships and serving as mentors.
Ed and Charlene Mazer trained disabled land-mine victims to use computers and get jobs in Vientiane, Laos. Prior to the recent turn of events in Egypt, Psi U’s Sam Cabot, Chris Wiedenmayer, John Hicks, Dave Halstead, George Sullivan and Theta Delt Gordy Weir and wives visited Cairo, Alexandria, Giza, Luxor, Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens on a Dartmouth travel tour. Steve and Sharon Brenner relaxed in Cancun and Tom Perry was spotted snorkeling in Belize.
I regret to report the deaths of Mike Letis, William Riley, Cotter Rainey and Michael Marantz. Obituary articles will appear at http://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obituaries.
—Harry Zlokower, 60 Madison Ave., Suite 910, New York City, NY 10010; (212) 447-9292; harry @zlokower.com
