Summer 2001
35th
Reunion A Success
One hundred forty-two
classmates, wives, friends and children attended a successful 35th
reunion on the Hanover Plain from June 11-14.
Ably organized by Reunion Chair Al Keiller,
with assistance from Reunion Treasurer Jim Weiskopf, Program Chair Gary Broughton, Hanover Liaison Robin Carpenter, Publicity Chair Jim Lustenader, and Favors Chair Chuck Sherman, the festivities included dinners at the Dartmouth Skiway's new McLane
Lodge and the Hanover Inn, dancing to the beat of "The Flames",
and a special exhibit of works by Class of 1966 authors at the new Rauner
Special Collections Library at Webster Hall.
Doug Hill
led a hike of several classmates to the top of Mount Moosilauke on Sunday,
June 10; the only anecdote relayed to us non-hikers was that Judy
Abraham shared a bedroom with among others Graeme
Bell, John Oberdorfer, Bob Cowden, and presumably Rich Abraham. The less athletic joined
with Tennis Chair Steve Lanfer
for a couple of hours of hitting the yellow ball; the awards ceremony, during
one of "The Flames" breaks, was somewhat confusing but we gather
that Tom Lips blew away most
of the competition and that Debbie Kaiser won an award for some undisclosed accomplishment.
Rich Kaiser
led the most fit and athletically accomplished among us in a round of golf
at the "under renovation" Hanover Country Club. Neal Zimmerman
beat Steve Warhover in a matching
of cards for low gross and Jack Calhoun won the "Most Honest Golfer" award.
Chris Burkholder and Jon Colby were other winners for "Longest
Drive" and "Closest to the Pin" competitions. Chris
also led an outstanding ladies" foursome of Jane Higgins,
Jo Keiller, and Anne
Warhover with low gross and low net.
Peter Prichard
led an excellent panel "2001 Trends: The Routes Ahead" with the
assistance of Rich Abraham on medical trends, Budge Gere on morality and spiritual trends, and Chuck Sherman
on technology trends. The Class of 1966 Survey conducted before the reunion
(referred to later) provided grist for some of the material presented.
I was ably assisted
by Tom Lips and Alan Rottenberg on the second panel "Top 10 List of Financial
Planning Ideas". Tom started
the program with a humorous look at investing and Alan closed the program
with the benefits, both financial and altruistic, to charitable giving. Copies of the "List" and Tom"s
"Investment Guidelines" are available at the class website at www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/66.
A highlight of
the reunion was a tour of the new Berry Library by classmate George
Berry. The
application of new technology to the Baker Library complex was incredibly
impressive.
Reunion Head Co-agents
Bob Spence and Rick Reiss, representing the class, presented President James
Wright with a check for $1,111,966 from the Class at the Hanover Inn dinner.
For all who participated, a big thank you.
The best part of any reunion is, of course, the opportunity to chat with old friends and touch base with new ones. Special recognition goes to Rock Ley (Hawaii) and John Barbieri (England) for traveling the farthest to join us in Hanover.
New Class Officers Elected
At the Class Meeting
held during the reunion, Bill Higgins
and Steve Warhover were elected co-Presidents of the class for the next five
years. Also elected were Chuck Sherman as Vice President, Larry
Geiger as Secretary, and Jim Weiskopf
as Treasurer.
Bill and Steve
then announced the following appointments: Al Keiller Mini-Reunion Chair,
Rich Daly, Alan Rottenberg, and Tom
Lips Bequest Chairmen, Bob Spence Alumni
Fund Head Agent, Chuck Sherman Webmaster, and Bob Serenbetz Newsletter Editor. Steve and Bill are currently recruiting the balance of the
Class Executive Committee.
Other News
Among those unable
to make the reunion was Bill Roberts, who celebrated the 91st birthday of his
father, Joseph Roberts "32. Bill
will definitely be back in Hanover for the mini-reunion October 19-20.
Jim and
Betsy Nutt, unable to make the reunion
because of Betsy"s teaching commitments, will again be sponsoring a picnic
at their home in Blue Bell, PA August 12 for the Alumni Club of Philadelphia
to meet members of the Dartmouth Class of 2005.
Jim Tent
missed the reunion because of a commitment to participate in a conference
at the University of Heidelberg, but made a commitment to attend the 40th
or 50th (how about the 45th as well, Jim?).
Steve Coles,
another of our Hawaii residents and Research Zoologist at the Bishop Museum,
missed the reunion due to a 30th anniversary trip with Renuka to Australia and New Zealand, but sent along his self-published
book "Corals of Oman", based on his three years of living in the
Middle East, for our "Class Authors" exhibit.
Frank Blod
will be shortly joining the small, but growing group of class retirees. Frank plans to stay in New Canaan, CT
and put up a shingle for marketing consulting. He has been a Partner in the consulting side of PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Ted Thompson
and Ann Crory planned to "tie
the knot" in the Upper Valley in mid-July. Those of us who participated on the Canoe Trip last August
will recall Ann"s parasol!
Speaking of the
canoe trip, Tim and Toni Urban"s son Jonathan, an alumnus of the Canoe Trip, will become a member
of the Class of 2005 at Dartmouth.
Halsey
and Isabel Bullen were in Italy
during the reunion, visiting their daughter who is a student in Florence. Activities included a Walking Tour in Tuscany, exactly a week
after Karen and I had taken
the same trip.
Elizabeth Lustenader
will be retiring from TimeLife (or I guess I should say AOL/TimeWarner) after
many years as senior editor at Time Magazine. Liz plans to audit courses at Princeton while Jim continues offering marketing solutions to his clients
at Dugan, Valva, Contess.
From the return address on his questionnaire, I learned that Don and Lin Ries have left Japan and are now at the American School of Bucharest in Romania. Sorry, Don, for having missed that piece of news.
Keep Those Cards and Letters
Coming
Mike Bromley writes that son Chris just graduated from Gonzaga Law and promptly announced his engagement. Daughter Pamela, already at Princeton on an NSF grant getting a PhD in political science, got another grant to spend the summer at the University of Geneva. Rebecca has been promoted to the District Court Bench in Colorado Springs, the highest level trial court. With all this success around him, Mike is merely "plugging away" at the practice of law. Mike can be reached at MbromleyPC@aol.com.
My old Hitchcock dorm mate Bruce Drake writes, "Since I have never appeared in the Alumni News, let me go back a bit. I took the Stanford MBA route after college and after three years in D.C. returned to Seattle for a University of Washington PhD in Business. I taught at a couple of schools and now am a professor at the University of Portland teaching organizational behavior. I have been married thirty years to a wonderful wife, Eileen, who is a labor and employment attorney. We have two boys: Kevin, a sophomore in engineering at Santa Clara, and Patrick, who will be a freshman at the University of Portland. Free time is spent at Willapa Bay on the Washington coast, working on an old wood trawler, skiing at Mt. Hood, looking for antiques, planting rhodies, or taking our third westie for a walk. Life is good in the Northwest." Bruce can be reached at Drake@up.edu.
Bob Baldwin writes, "Finally, I find I"m spending less time with my small CPA practice and more time with my hobbies. This winter I"m working on learning to telemark ski and it is an incredible amount of work! All that up and down business certainly provides a challenge to these old thighs. Once the skis go into storage, the sailboat comes out. We have to take extended trips with family and friends gunkholing (?) up and down the Maine coast. When I"m not busy with these sports or the inevitable house projects, I"ve been busy studying the Italian language and culture and helping out with our Rotary Club"s Youth Exchange Program. With all these wonderful passions it"s sometimes difficult to find time for work." Bob and Jan missed the reunion to put Bob"s language skills to work during a trip to Italy. Did you see the Bullens, Bob? Sounds like we may have had enough folks in Italy for a mini-reunion!!
A recent article
in California"s "Contra Costa Times" described the job Skip
Battle is doing to revive ASK JEEVES, the internet search engine. An alumnus of Stanford Business School
and Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), Skip took on his first CEO job in
December after having served as a member of the Company"s Board. First quarter results, according to the
article, showed an improving revenue trend to $19.1 million, although losses
still amounted to $39 million, down from $47 million a year ago. The article describes Skip"s successful
efforts to relate to his young employee group and his sayings (e.g. "even
a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once in a while") that have become
part of the corporate lexicon. Skip"s wife Hilary is Chief Philanthropy Officer at the Foundation for
National Progress; son Dan graduated from Dartmouth in June and daughter Emily
will join Jonathan Urban in the Class of 2005. For those who wish to track Skip"s progress, look up ASKJ
on the Nasdaq.
Mini-Reunions
Speaking
of mini-reunions, our next one will be in Hanover for the Homecoming game on
October 19-20. Al Keiller has prepared
a schedule and sign-up sheet on Page 7 of this Class Newsletter.You will also find on Page 6 a survey to be used by Al in planning future mini-reunions. While the survey was handed out at the reunion and emailed to classmates, Al would like as many responses as possible, so please respond if you haven"t already.
Future Newsletters and Class Communication
I would like to plan at least four newsletters a year and take advantage of new technology that allows the use of color and pictures at reasonably affordable prices. So"please help by sending in family or classmate photos (particularly any 35th Reunion shots you may have taken) and any news, by mail to me at PO Box 1127, Newtown, PA 18940, by fax at 215-598-0770, by phone at 215-598-0262, or by email at bobserenbetz@prodigy.net.
Please also check out our class website at www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/66; you will see the results of our Class Reunion Survey, which I will discuss in future issues, as well as mini-reunion schedules from Al, reports from the winners of our John Sloan Dickey Foundation Class of 1966 Fellowships, email addresses for classmates, and photos of class activities. If you have not yet added your email address, please contact Chuck Sherman at the website. Please also ensure that your email address is up-to-date.
