Class Note 1983
It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring…hell has clearly frozen over since its pouring rain in California in June and the Giants have scored 13 runs on 18 hits against the Cubbies today. Thanks for this month’s news goes to the alumni relations office, which forwards me news that you people submit to them! Without them, this column would be very short and I’d probably just write about myself and all the gossip that I find on Facebook. Anyway, on to the “real” news. On May 24 InsideCounsel magazine honored seven women general counsel and law firm partners who demonstrated a commitment to advancing the empowerment of women in corporate law. Nadia Dombrowski, senior vice president, group head and lead region counsel of U.S. markets for MasterCard Worldwide, received the Pamela L. Carter Award, which recognizes a woman whose vision, values and philosophy of using her achievements are critical to her success. Nadia was quoted as saying, “The importance of being global citizens and developing international leadership skills has never been greater.” Congratulations, Nadia!
Greg Curhan was living in Los Angeles in 1991 during the Rodney King riots. While he suffered no harm or property damage, the surreal experience of urban warfare in a major city left an indelible impression on him. Almost 17 years later, during a break from his two and a half decade career as an investment banker, he decided to write a novel set during the riots. Ten months later he had completed the first draft of the novel. A year and a half after that he is publishing it. The novel is titled Indomitable Spirit and features a main character, Max Dinger, a Dartmouth graduate, as a hedge fund manager who uses his martial arts prowess in an attempt to rescue his kidnapped fiancée during the Rodney King riots. The book should be out this fall. Look for it on Amazon!
Kathy Stoughton is also a published author. Her latest book is Simple Machines Make Work Easier,and an accompanying lab book with experiments titled Simple Machines Lab Notebook. Kathy and her co-author Simone Robinson, a first-grade teacher at Sunapee (New Hampshire) Central Elementary School, put their ideas into a finished product in only five months. Kathy’s goal was to create less-expensive materials for schools to help their students excel. “These kids are so bright and they will need to compete for jobs in a pretty competitive marketplace. We need to give them as much of an edge as possible and do it in a way that lets as many schools as possible participate.” More about both books can be found on Kathy’s website, empoweringlearners.com, and the books are available on Amazon.
Look for information about mini-reunions in your areas as well as more details about our 50th birthday party in Hanover over Homecoming Weekend. If you aren’t getting e-mails from us, please let us know your e-mail address! Forever green!
—Maren Christensen, 166 Sausal Drive, Portola Valley, CA 94028; (650) 529-2396; marenjc@yahoo.com
