Class Note 1979
Adam Samuels lives in Capitola, California, with his partner, Frank. Adam worked in technology, including 15 years at Apple and Intuit, and is now retired from that world, deciding what to do next. He lives on a bluff, a block from the Pacific Ocean, attends the theater, organizes a book club and enjoys walking their dog. Adam also plays Words with Friends on his iPhone with Kathy Harper, who lives in Chicago with her husband, John Gilbertson; with Etta Pisano, who lives in North Carolina with her husband, Jan Kylstra; and with Jim Feuille, who lives in the San Francisco area. Adam sees Burr Gray when he visits Washington, D.C.
Brendan Cameron lives in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, with his wife, Terry. Their son Matt is 23 and works in importing, and their daughter Julia, 20, is a junior at Villanova. Brendan has been working in asset management for 18 years, most recently at J.P. Morgan in New York. At a mini-reunion in July he saw Carl Briscoe, Lisa Friel, Sue Goodman, Dave Klinges, Bill Mitchell and Mark Winkler. Brendon keeps in touch with Ken Beer, who lives in New Orleans where he is CFO of Stone Energy, and with Rich Pender, who lives in northern Virginia and works on the investment portfolio at Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Brent Clayton ’08 let me know that his mom, Meg Morrow Clayton, lives in Vermont and teaches fifth and sixth grades in Barnet. His dad, Greg Clayton, lives in New Hampshire, where he is an attorney in Littleton. Greg rowed with Alistair Jessiman and Sam Seymour, who both had children in Brent’s class at Dartmouth.
Ben Riley joined a new law firm, Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant & Miller in San Francisco. His son Keith is a junior at San Francisco State and his daughter Jamie is a senior in high school. He and his wife, Janet, live in Orinda, California, just outside San Francisco, and keep busy with their two golden retrievers. Ben reports that Chip Vetter, who lives just north of San Francisco and teaches history at a private high school, has a son who is in his first year at Dartmouth. Ben also keeps up with Bill Holmes, who was in Haiti this past spring but has returned to Afghanistan.
Colleen Sullivan Bartlett lives in Claremont, California, with her husband, Peter, and her daughter Maizie, who is in first grade. Colleen is a senior institute relations officer in the office of development at Claremont McKenna College. Peter is the academic dean at the Webb Schools, where Colleen is an advisor and also does dorm duty.
Congratulations to Martha Pollack, who is now the vice provost for academic and budgetary affairs at the University of Michigan.
I am so sorry to report that Angela Arrington Bentley died on March 11 of a heart attack. She had earned her Ph.D. from UCLA, and 11 years ago had a heart transplant. We send our condolences to her husband, Peter, and to the rest of Angela’s family.
—Deborah Krieger Jennings, 34 Godfrey Road, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043; (973) 744-2582; djennings@mka.org
