1982
It is only natural that the class of '82, which has distinguished itself in all relevant fields of endeavor academic, social, economic, and leisure add yet further laurels in athletics. Martha Hill, a member of the U.S. Handicapped Olympic Team, which. traveled to Innsbruck, Austria, this past January to compete in the Handicapped Olympics, finished fifth overall in the combined downhill, slalom, and giant slalom ski events. With over 400 competitors from 22 nations competing for the top spots, we all can be very proud of Martha's achievements. Rumor has it that Martha fell for a Canadian downhiller and that she plans to return to Winter Park, Colo., where she will continue to train and race for the remainder of the year. By the time of publication, Landis Arnold may have earned some precious metal for the U.S. in the winter Olympic games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Landis made the U.S. Olympic ski jumping team this past winter after many years of willfully hurling his body off of the Vail of Tempe ski jump located on the Dartmouth golf course. Contrary to popular belief, that is not Landis shown honing his jumping skills on NBC's "Thrill of Victory, Agony of Defeat" sports clip.
While few of us are participating in the winter Olympics this year, we are still keeping busy. Rusty May is taking over his grandfather's manufacturing business in Cleveland, where he is hard at work computerizing the operation.
Ken Elias passes on the news that he is now in Los Angeles, basking in the sun "75 degrees on New Year's Day!" Leslie Fleming reports that she, Dick Pinkham, and SarahHutchison are running "Hotel California" out in Palo Alto for wayward Big Greeners. Also in the Palo Alto area, at Stanford Law School, are Amelia Craig and Lisa Campney, who have teamed up in doubles intramural tennis. Moving up north to San Francisco, Erik Hamerschlag writes, "I have been traveling hard for a year and a half now, so I've decided to find some work and rest for a while before I push off again."
On the subject of traveling, it seems like the '82s are racking up the miles. Craig Bradley reports he has returned from a wonderful year in Edinburgh and is now working in brand management with Procter and Gamble in Cincinnati. Edith Newton is getting her Ph.D. in geology at Johns Hopkins and. will be traveling to Italy to do "acid work" in the Dolomite mountains. Old habits are hard to break, eh, Edith? In Alaska, where they are very attuned to the environment, they speak of traveling as "migration." Nancy Pease writes, "I've migrated south for the winter from Anchorage to balmy Juneau, where I'm working as a legislative analyst for the House of Representatives." Though Nancy did not elaborate, we assume she will find a mate, return to Anchorage, and raise a flock before next year's travels. Ah, timeless patterns.
Studying the ebb and flow of life, particuarly marine life, is Margaret Spring at the Marine Biology Lab in Florida. Margaret writes, "I am data manager coordinator of two water quality studies : one for wasteload allocation (yuck!) and another for freshwater flow into spring-fed estuaries. No mermaids have been spotted yet." We are glad to hear that Dartmouth grads are wisely spending their time tracking down rare specimens of unknown animals. Kyle Ann Moran has wasted very little time lately. She was graduated ahead of her class by a bit (in 1980) and this past June was graduated from Harvard Law School. She is now an associate with the New York firm of Cravath, Swaine and Moore in the Chase Manhattan Plaza. She would really like it if everyone she knew at Dartmouth would please drop by with noisemakers and beers during peak client hours. If you can't do that, her address is 65 East 54th Street, New York, NY 10022.
Dinah Hamilton submitted an official letter of complaint protesting recent accusations in this column that she "was still complaining." She also mentioned that Peter Moran is engaged to Brenda Lee Rumphumpler. Peter is working at a small computer firm in New Hampshire, where "I goof up and generally make a nusiance of myself."
The last bit of news received was a pagelong confession by Davin Mackenzie, who now resides in Taipei, Taiwan. No, he is not hiding out from the law there. He is working for the Bank of Boston, learning the nittygritty of banking; he has aspirations of doing development work after graduate work. He urges world travelers to stop off and pay him a visit if they ever happen to be passing through Taipei.
That wraps up the news for this month. Special thanks go to Sandy Kelsey, who in a very creative and somewhat speculative manner wrote nearly this entire column. Other aspiring "guest authors" are encouraged to submit their entries. Sandy himself is applying to med schools across the country he wants to donate his brain and body to science.
One final note: This is the 70th anniversary year of the Alumni Fund, and the goal that has been set is very ambitious. As a result of the Reagan administration's cutbacks in educational funds, Dartmouth depends on us even more. Please do what you can to help. Thanks.
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