1980
He started the race a long shot at 20 to 1. The Churchill Downs oddsmakers had no knowledge of his breeding and even less knowledge of his penchant for bourbon. But spurred on by the crowd of 141,327 and fueled by seven mint juleps, Dennis Geist stuck to the outside, passed the favorites El Baba and Air Forbes One on the backstretch, and took the lead for good at five and a halffurlongs. He paid $44.10. A distant relative of Secretariat, Dennis flew in from Oregon at the last minute when Gatto Del Sol pulled up lame. Denny is pursuing his geology master's at UFO . . . er . . . U. ofO. He reports that all is normal in Eugene 100 straight days of rain and that he lives, appropriately enough, at 3335 Onyx. On another roadtrip, Denny says he visited John Snyder, who was in top-level management (cook) at Alta, Utah, this winter.
"Me Tarzan, you Joni" Department (Dateline Senegal): Joni Von Herrmann writes from this African outpost that, following 18 months of aerogrammes, she visited Mickey Levitan '7B here in April. She says her trip made the world of public television in Cleveland look quite a bit different. I guess even a trip to Akron would make life in Cleveland look quite a bit different.
Onward, upward, and outward is Chris Sawch, who has left one Madison Avenue advertising slot for another one at Dancer-Fitzgerald (no relation to F. Scott). Chris has not yet officially changed his name to Guy Gadbois, but he's perfecting his French accent and is currently writing ad copy to promote a new line of designer watchbands.
The Dartmouth Night parade on Park Avenue South? In March? So it seemed when Kevin Boyle, Ed McNierney, Ron Chen, and Bonny and Clyde finished a fifth of Jameson's, mortgaged the rest of the bar bill, and proceeded to toast Eleazar all the way back to Kevin's apartment 20 blocks away. Incidentally, Kevin will be touring Ireland by bicycle during July and August and "would be happy to hoist a few pints with any alumni heading to the old sod in search of real Guinness." You may be pleased to know that I have forwarded to Kevin the number of the cirrhosis hotline in Dublin.
What do Daniel Webster, Perry Mason, and Jonathan Bye have in common? Give up? The answer will appear in the next issue A the second year law student at the university of Minnesota of the above group is a Killer in moot court. J. B. led the Goiden Gophers to a regional blue nbbon this spring aga.nst the likes of Northwestern and Notre Dame Addarently Notre Dame's moot court team is'as successful as its football and basketball squads The ments of the case involved a mythical country which practiced inhumanities, precipitating a flood of reugees to other mythical country Sound familiar? Jon's role: acting mavor of Miami.
"Five Speakers Denounce Their Law Careers in Front of a Panel of Greenpeace Members ran the headline in The Dartmouth, as the ann Law Alumni Day filled Collis Center with horn-rimmed glasses and tales of objections sustained. The featured speaker was none other than Barbara Briggs, who led a discussions corporate law. Barb has just signed on to work for Millbank Tweed this summer before hi - third year at Harvard.
When last we heard, Will Warm-Hale was ■securely situated 3,000 miles from here, awaiting the next cultural revolution from the surrounding southern California hills. Does he stay put? No-no-no-no. Does he accept an E. F. Hutton transfer to New York? Ya ya-ya-va. Does he find an apartment in Manhattan for Its than $975 per month? Ha-ha-ha-ha!
As the brides go tearing by: The critics said it couldn't be done. But then again, they thought M*A*S*H would never end. There no suspense now. John Colnoky and Am Cammann '7.7 have announced that come september 11, they will become husband and wife. While Tommy Smothers will not conduct th ceremony, it still .promises to be an enters ing event to say the least. Details at 11.00. October.
Elsewhere in sports, Cynny Shortell Bruce Peyser '79 will marry this July. Cynnand Bruce are both students at Cornell M School and will now become lab partners i life. I've also heard from various sources Tony Taliaferro and John Rich are both getting married this summer. Good luck to guys. I didn't know you were so close.
From rock and roll to classical, Jean row's resume reads like Casey Casern's American Top 40. Jean was WDCR's business then she went to work for the American tory Theater, and now she is the a phony Orchestra's chorus manager. ,are t0 work. Beautiful background music. than your average FM reception, problem is, you can never change station.
Weil this draws to a dose Tales From the fnPt Volume 2. I hope you all have had a year, and I look forward to October *„ I next have a chance to libel you and * R Incidentally, if your name hasn't appeared in print, perhaps it is because you have Written to me. If you have wrkten and you unpublished, try sending a larger u mA healthy summer!
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The class of 1980 was honored, with '35, as the 1982 "Class of the Year" during Class Officers' Weekend in May. The award citation noted the "shining example" 1980 has set for younger classes in its attendance at club functions. its news-filled newsletters, its active executive committee, an "exceptional" class notes columan, umn, successful mini-reunions, and a "phenomenal" 71.1 per cent participation rate in its first Alumni Fund campaign last year.
