Class Note 1978
It has been a quiet summer here in northern Virginia—earthquakes, hurricanes, and that’s not even counting what happened in Congress. But by the time you read this it will be mid October and that means that the class mini-reunion in Hanover on the weekend of November 5 is just around the corner.
The highlight of the weekend will be the 10 a.m. Saturday dedication of the 1978 Life Sciences Building, along with events the night before, lunch on Saturday, a half-time presentation during the Cornell game, a class dinner Saturday evening and another get-together Sunday morning. If you haven’t already made plans to attend, there is still time. Check out the class website, www.dartmouth.org/classes/78, for more details about the events, housing arrangements and who else will be attending.
Well some of the best stuff comes when you ask, as Brooks Clark did by asking classmates on the Dartmouth class of 1978 Facebook page to send me news scoops for my birthday. Anne Barschall promptly sent in this update: “My older son, David, just completed his sophomore year at RPI, where he has been doing extremely well. My younger son, Joseph, has just graduated high school and is looking to spend a gap year in the Dominican Republic with Foundation for Peace, a Presbyterian group, building schools. I am still looking for work and a love life. The cat and parrot are still driving me nuts. Taxes in Westchester County, New York, are still the highest in the nation. Am caught in the throes of a Josh Groban obsession. Recently read David Foster’s autobiography and purchased an unauthorized biography of Oprah. Hoping to go to the mini-reunion in November.”
And Diane Boyer chimed in with, “The snow has finally melted in Vail, Colorado. Still on the high peaks, though!” This was in late July, so by now Vail should be veiled in snow again.
In case you didn’t see it elsewhere, here is Dave Deitz’s report on our class fundraising efforts for the past year: “Congratulations and thank you! Our class raised $1,819,913 for the Dartmouth College Fund with 47.1-percent participation. We surpassed our cash revenue goal and set a year-out record for our class; raised the most money for the Dartmouth College Fund by a non-reunion class, winning the John H. Davis ’25 Award; and inspired 67 classmates to make 1769 Society-level gifts ($2,500 or more).” Great work, everyone, and an especial thanks to all the class agents who helped make this possible!
My next deadline for submitting Class Notes to the Alumni Magazine is October 28, so if you get this before then, please send an interesting tidbit or two. The late October deadline, unfortunately, means that news of the mini-reunion must wait until the following issue (the March-April issue won’t arrive in your mailbox until mid February).
So my recommendation is to come to Hanover on November 5 and get a first-hand account!
—Dave Hov, 6742 Towne Lane Road, McLean, VA 22101; (571) 643-8040; davidthov@gmail.com
