1973

10TH REUNION

Brilliant sun. A sparkling campus. Old friends. Fond memories. Cool evenings. Lots of laughs. A great time. Our Dartmouth tenth reunion.

The turnout was spectacular. From the other side of the Atlantic, Craig Colberg sailed in from London where he is working for Goldman, Sachs. Andy Caffrey came up the pike from Andover, Mass., with his baby daughter (Allison Winslow, born February 29) and his wife Elise who is vice president of the Shawmut Bank. From the opposite side of the continent, Lou Kartsonis left his medical practice in La Jolla, Calif., for some New Hampshire sunshine and tennis with our adopted classmate, Professor William Slesnick. Florida was represented by Pete Simth along with Martha and children Brian and Sarah. Pete is now vice president of Gate Oil Company in Jacksonville. Brad Little, president of Executorte of New Hampshire, arrived from Dartmouth's backyard in Stratham. Phil and Sue Maloney had a longer trip from Lake Tahoe, Calif., where Phil is an orthopedic surgeon. For Phil's former roommate, Russ Kelley, a radiology residency in Boston allowed for a shorter ride to the reunion as he and his wife Pat and three children (Eric, Jessica, and Gregory) are now residing in Sudbury, Mass. Kevin O'Shea left his law practice, the Republican Party, and his three-week-old daughter (number two) back in Elmira, N.Y., in order to make the trip. Chuck Thomas, a plastic surgeon in Chicago, cancelled a few "tummy tucks" and caught a flight out of O'Hare. Likewise, Chip Reese dropped his cards and shuffled out of Las Vegas just in time to make the starting gun On the first tee of the Hanover Country Club. J. Wright organized his own "reunion open" at the Hanover Course, and the boys from Beta Theta Pi carved up some real estate for 18 holes. George Kidder informs me that he was the low scorer (by far) on the links.

Bruce Ling, who is now a top executive with Citibank in Toronto, ventured southeast from Canada as did Dave Walkum, who is a partner in an insurance adjusting firm in Windsor, Ontario. Jake Johnston, another North Country neighbor, took a brief leave from his high school teaching and counseling in the Toronto area to take a snooze and a tumble from the terrace wall of Tri-Kap. Jim Ryan stopped by Bones Gate just long enough to get some grief about his "leisure belly." John Hauge escaped from the world of oil and gas in Oklahoma City and Trevor Reese-Jones is moving from law into exactly that, oil and gas, but not before he had us all roaring about his initial handshake at matriculation. Bill Hollander traveled from Chicago with his tennis racket in hand, and Don Fowls, now a psychiatrist in California, left the Pepsi Generation to get some fresh air and renew old acquaintances in Hanover. Clark Judge looked lean and mean during the reunion run." Clark is on his way to San Diego where he'll be a journalist with one of the San Diego newspapers. At our class dinner, Jim Sullivan provided us with a sentimental journey, punctuated with hysterical historical anecdotes, and Thad King gave us a vision of the College's future. Tom Slick left his "Rocky Mountain High" in Denver to travel eastward, and master counting noses and dollars.

Russ Mack is happily pursuing his writing and publishing career in New York City, and Bruce Stuart doesn't look a day older obviously the law and California sunshine agree with him. George Middendorf is now a professor at Howard University and was yet another member of the old Woodward Hall contingent who returned. Dave Wender is now practicing medicine in Mississippi, so Hanover was a cool respite for both him and Marie. Rick Wild, M.D., took a break from his ongoing studies, as he is now working on his second professional degree at George Washington Law School. George Wolohojan headed north from Maryland for the reunion; he is now doing research and teaching at the University of Maryland. The financial world was well represented by Larry Roberts, who is now a vice president at the Bank of New England, and by Hilary Miller, who is an investment banker in New York City. Additional alumni from the world of medicine were Bob Norton (all the way from Oregon) and Walt Sustek, who is a dentist in private practice in South Carolina.

As usual, the legal profession was well represented. Bob Conway, an attorney and major in the Marine Corps, is a southern neighbor of Walt Sustek, as Bob is based in North Carolina. Nick Chamousis is an attorney in the Big Apple, specializing in advertising. Ted Daiber is a tax lawyer and general practitioner in Boston. Nils Johnson is an attorney in Youngstown, Ohio, and has also moved into the oil business. Jim Fleischer and Valerie Armento were two more members of the bar in attendance.

And finally, Mike Hanitchek, Warren Jurovaty, and Tom Beckmann were instrumental in organizing and running the reunion. Kudos, of course, to Steve Quigley for his superior effort as reunion chairman. (Anyone interested in purchasing a cookbook/class directory for $5 or a reunion t-shirt for $10 should write Steve at 4350 West Lake, #107A, Glenview, IL 60025 or call him at 312/298-9215.) And our best wishes to Wayne Davis who now carries the torch as our class president.

I'm out of room for now. Stay tuned next month for more reunion and class news. To all of you who were able to make it, thanks for making our tenth reunion such a memorable experience and such a great time.

The class of 1973's reunion chairman, Steve Quigley, and his wife Suzanne chose a distinctive conveyance for themselves and the class banner in the alumni parade.

The DOC provided buses to carry intrepid '73s, '74s, and '7ss and guests to Mt. Moosilauke for a morning climb. Some just went along for the ride.

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