1980
"Live, from New Hampshire, it's Sunday Night!" When Dartmouth hosted the first presidential talk-show debate, it showed several million PBS viewers a new side of our alma mater. With Ted Koppel and Phil Donahue as ringmasters, it was a unique blend of Hollywood and Capitol Hill at the Big Green. For more than just its students, Hanover is a big drawing card. "Donahue at Dartmouth" may signal a trend. On the following Tuesday, for example, Jimmy the Greek laid 10-to-1 odds that Spaulding Auditorium would be the site of the next Bobby Fisher-Boris Spassky confrontation. Apparently, Sugar Ray Leonard came out of retirement on the condition that he could take on Marvelous Marvin Hagler in Thompson Arena. Even Bruce Allyn, dauntless leader of undergraduates everywhere, is responding to this political publicity at Dartmouth. Apparently Bruce is filing the appropriate forms to add his name to the ballot for the New Hampshire primary.
On another front, Mimi Ellis, who once entertained the football team by streaking through Davis, is now a thrill-seeker in the stock market. Mimi started as a broker with Merrill Lynch in Albuquerque,.N.M., but has now relocated east of the Pecos. She works for Tucker Anthony in Boston, where she is closer to her finance, Scott Swanezy (Brown '78). An August wedding is planned. Mimi is quick to credit the bear market for her current specialty. "My clients never invest in oil wells or other conventional tax shelters. Because some of my recommended stocks have gone south, I've created outstanding tax losses all by myself."
"Dear Mike Some months ago BobHedges showed up on time for his wedding to Christie Patenaude (Wellesley '83). Brian Litscher '79 sang at the wedding on a steamy summer evening in Glastonbury, Conn., Bob and Christie's hometown. Also present were best man Jay Mahoney, Mike Shor, PaulSusca, Mike Chellman '81, W. Scott Axford '78, Steve Ball '77, Eric Remole '78, and a large Wellesley contingent. Important lessons from the reception were that you have to leave early to drive back to Wellesley from Hartford, and that the bars close early in Connecticut. Bob is in his second year at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Christie is entering the loan officer training program at Bank of Boston. No photos, Mike. You'll have to take my word for it. Sincerely, Paul Susca."
As the Brides Go Tearing By: Last November, Karen Baraniak married Richard DiMartino in her hometown, Manchester, N.H. She is an environmental scientist at Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, while he is a marketing representative with Prime Computer Inc. Both Karen and her husband are also studying for their M.B.A.'s at Northeastern University.
Congratulations to Todd Taylor. The only man born with gills and webbed feet, Toby is a virtual clone of Johnny Weismuller. On December 17, he married Jane Wieloch in Cincinnati. The ceremony was a mini-reunion for some of the Dartmouth swim team's former men-fish. The wedding party included Joel Getzendanner, Bill Potter '79, Hal Frazier '79, Vince Pollard '8l, and Bob Specers '8l. Susan Perkins Getzendanner sang a solo as well as a duet with Joel. The Boss and the Big Man accompanied them with guitar and sax. However, the real hits of the party were certainly the 'BO crew, including Dan Holmes, Steve Kim, and Gingie Taylor. How do I know? They told me . . .
Steve Kim put aside the case method long enough to write a splendid 74-page letter about Harvard Business School and life after IBM. Steve mentioned that Carol Burns is a lawyer in South Jersey. Ed Rowland, who earned his M.B.A. at Chicago and is now working there with Sears World Trade, is engaged to marry this June. Mike Wall is a consultant with Booz Allen in San Francisco, but he hitched east for the Harvard game last fall. Now that's a long-distance dedication.
Steve has seen quite a bit of Steve Rutan,Dan Holmes, and Gingie Taylor in the Boston area. "Roots" is living in a fabulous house on the cliffs of Marblehead, Mass., while working for General Electric and perfecting his James Taylor impersonation. Dan passed his bar examination and is working for the Boston firm of Hale and Dorr. Gingie has just been promoted to some management position with Coopers and Lybrand in Boston. Details at 11:00.
What issue is complete without some mention of the irradicable Merle Adelman? Certainly not this one, for Merle is now engaged to marry Doug Everett, currently of Nashua, N.H., and formerly of Riverside, Calif. They made it official during a visit to Doug's parents at Thanksgiving. They also stayed with Laurel Smith, who is finishing her master's in chemical engineering at Stanford. Merle also sent word that Hope Picker, complete with Amos Tuck M.8.A., is a product manager with a New York bank.
"Give Me a 'D' " Department: 1984 is a significant year for the Dartmouth Alumni Fund. The Alumni Council recently approved goals of $10.3 million and 70 percent participation. That is $928,000 more than we raised last year and three percentage points higher for participation. Last year the Alumni Fund failed to meet its goal. This has never happened two years in a row. We cannot let it happen in 1984.
We all can help. Please send along a donation today. Or send along a few shares of IBM stock. Or send along a voucher for a few bushels of grain. The PIK program is alive and well at the Dartmouth Alumni Fund, Blunt Alumni Center, Hanover, NH 03755. Thank you.
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