1965
"This College's role has never been to train, but rather to educate, nurture, and stimulate. We learn to think and appreciate on our own."
The above observation by Mike Carothers '80 in his address to the College on Class Day, June 1980, certainly was borne out by the evidence from our reunion a week later. The College more than did its part and comments from classmates indicated they are involved in careers and activities which show they have carried on thoughtfully and well since graduation in 1965.
Dick Durrance, now living at Dolphin Ledge, Rockport, Maine, brought evidence of his accomplishments with him in the form of photographs which were displayed in the Hopkins Center gallery for all to enjoy. Dick has traveled widely and his photographs clearly express his sense of the natural beauty of the outdoors. Anyone who wants to make one of his photographs one of theirs should contact Dick directly.
Coffee, tea, or ... is a slogan Bob Ernst has learned to live with quite well by all reports. Bob, who started out with United Airlines after Dartmouth, still is with that company doing his best to ensure that the skies indeed are friendly! He now is in a position to influence the care and feeding of every passenger carried by United, I understand, since he is responsible for hiring and training all of United's flight attendants.
Another classmate who is always up in the air on his job is Ken Jukes, in Hanover with his wife Shiela and baby daughter. Ken has parlayed his love of flying into a career as a pilot with one of Bob's major competitors, American Airlines. While he enjoys his journeys to all parts- of the U.S., Ken is especially happy to be with his family at their home on Cape Cod.
Among the several doctors at the reunion were Rick Davey and Herb Boerstling. Rick, joined by friend Andrea, is a hematologist in Washington, D.C., where he also enjoys participating in the activities of the Dartmouth Club of Washington. Herb, accompanied by his wife Elizabeth, had to travel only from the Boston area where he is on the staff of the Harvard Community Health Plan. He is looking forward to involvement in H.C.H.P's soon-to- be-opened new facility in Wellesley.
The health field has another participant in Russ Newhall who with his wife Meg is back in the Hanover area after several years spent 'way down east. In fact, they still have a home in Machiasport, Maine, where Russ worked with a health-service organization. They now have established their own data-service company with Dartmouth Medical School contracts providing the major part of their business. Since they also dabble in real estate on the side, I'm sure they would be glad to talk with any of us who might be thinking of moving back to the Hanover plain early retirement, anyone?
Among those not in Hanover in June, Steve Horvath and Mike Flannery could cite recent business promotions as possible reasons.
Steve, who also has a degree from the Tuck School, has been named president of Butterworth Publishers, Inc., Woburn, Mass. He had joined this international publishing company in 1977 as business manager and controller with responsibility for financial, administrative, and fulfillment operations. Prior to this he was manager of budgets and financial analysis at Ginn and Co.
Mike, who received both B.S. and B.E. degrees from Dartmouth and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School, has been appointed general manager of St. Regis Paper Company's lumber and plywood division, Tacoma, Wash. After joining St. Regis in 1974 as manager of special products, allied timber operations, Jackson- ville, Fla., he became successively assistant to the executive vice president of operations and administrative assistant to the president and chief executive officer. He transferred to Tacoma in November 1979 as general manager of operations for the lumber and plywood division. Prior to joining St. Regis, Mike was a financial analyst with the Weyerhauser Co. and a naval aviator with the rank of lieutenant.
At this point I'll try to atone for my lack of communication with previous secretaries and tell you some of the highlights of my own life since leaving the security of our undergraduate existence. My N.R.O.T.C. training took me to the South Pacific for two years (homeported in Hawaii) before I came back to the Tuck School. After a year I decided the pasture was greener in the working world and so I joined the personnel staff at M.l.T.'s Lincoln Laboratory, hiring and working with the professional staff and handling college recruiting. In 1970 I became assistant to the vice president and secretary of M.1.T., working with the develop- ment staff and supporting the trustees and their various committees. After being named special assistant later on, I joined the M.I.T. Alumni Association in 1976 as a regional director, first for New England and, for the last year, for the West. In this capacity I travel to the major western cities to work with alumni in fund-rais- ing, club, and general alumni-relations activities. My wife Sharon and I were married four years ago and we presently are trying out our home-improvement skills by adding on to a home in Wellesley, Mass. Sharon is personnel manager for WCVB-TV, the A.B.C. affiliate in Boston. I've kept active with the naval reserve and was recently promoted to commander. On October 1 I became selected reserve coor- dinator of the reserve crew of the U.S.S. Edson, a destroyer based in Newport, R.I. So much for modesty!
Now that I've had my say, I'd like to let you have yours. We get press releases and other information from time to time, but what is needed is more of the personal information that only you can provide. I hope to see many of you during the next five years, either in Hanover, Boston, or during my travels throughout the west. But whether or not we meet, use the above address to send some news of yourself and/or other classmates you run into. I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
Keep the faith and enjoy a happy, healthy year!
M.I.T. Room #10-122 Cambridge, Mass. 02139
