1979

4625 Windom Place, NW Washington, DC 20016

Yeah, it's been a good fall generally. Went through a couple of brutal weekends. Take the Navy-Dartmouth game for example. Navy has this nasty habit of firing a cannon every time that they score. They also have the names of some of the more famous naval battles in big letters around the top of the stadium. Between the cannons firing all the time and the memories evoked by seeing "Midway," "Guadalcanal," etc., one began to feel as though Dartmouth were at the center of some great carnage. And we were, of course. Ah but there were some interesting people there. John Carson and his financée came down from New York. Mike Teneriello and his wife, Karen, were there although it won't be long before the navy ships them off to medical duty somewhere. John Dolan was down briefly from his studies at Wharton. The Baltimore crew was well represented by the C. Vieths and the T. O'Neils. GarySimmonds, along with his wife, Cindy, and son Sean, suffered the noise and smoke. It sounds as though life with the Simmonds is no picnic, socially speaking, that is. First we read that they're spending a weekend at the mansion of Wendyand Loring Anderson (plus son Kirby), probably indulging in that evergrowing sport of baby wrestling. It's really just a miniature version of sumo wrestling, for you neophytes. Then the Simmonds are seen speaking with Steve Manacek (who Gary reports, looks affluent as ever. Good, good, it's getting to be that time of year again when I look for someone to average my donation with.) Gary then mentions his efforts to get Tim Sykes and Ed Mcquirk '78, to head up to Hanover for a game. Next, Gary is seen looking anxiously at the Navy game for either Kevin James (from Chicago) or RogerSullivan, who just bought a new house in Virginia. At any rate, as most of you can tell, Gary and Cindy's socializing is building to a crescendo and here it comes lunch at the White House with Peter Robinson, speechwriter for the President. Anybody else exhausted by all this? And yet somehow Gary still finds time to dabble in neurosurgery at the Walter Reed Army Hospital. As you've probably guessed, that pursuit is purely for the conversational value.

Steve Daniell has come a long way from those Winter Carnival posters. (They were very good, Steve, but some of us spent lonely hours trying to sell those things.) His "Ginko Chair," made of maple and ash, won an Award of Excellence at the recent American Contemporary Works in Wood exhibition held in Athens, Ohio. Steve designed the chair to resemble the flowing, graceful lines of the ginko leaf but also included a blue velvet cushion and fashioned the front legs to remind one of Art Deco furnishings. Steve included two other works at the exhibition, "Art Techo Demi-Lune Table" and "Nemo Chair."

Elsewhere in the world of art, SteveGordon was recently hired by the U. of Alaska at Anchorage as a temporary drawing instructor. This, in addition to his one man show in October and his two group show this fall, kept Steve pretty busy. Now regarding Dartmouth Grads Who Have Considered Teaching When The Gold At The End Of The Rainbow Is Not Enough, Steve says that he loves teaching and that he has learned more preparing for his classes than in all of his years in grad school.

Next I bring news of our classmate in training for kids. Gerry Cox mentioned that he and his wife, Catherine, have no children yet but are practicing with their spoiled golden retriever, "Bear." (Have to be careful there; nothing worse that a retriever gone bad.) The Coxes actually haven't had time for kids with their trips to Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, the Phillippines, Panama, and Bolivia in the past 12 months. At the moment, they have come to rest at the Marine Corps Station in Cherry Point, N.C., but expect that one last burst of energy will bring them to D.C. for Gerry's residency.

Linda Sullivan Watson is doubtful that she'll be able to handle the Colorado winter, not having seen snow for the last three years. The palm trees on her address label must be to emphasize that fact. Her husband, Andy, has been doing his best to distract her with tales of skiing and, in a show of desperation for an even greater diversion, by presenting her with their second child due this January. Linda, with all that and Alan (two years old), you won't even notice the cold.

Elizabeth Proctor-Gray is another expectant mother also due this January. (May I suggest "Philip" if it's a boy?) Elizabeth and Wayne '77 lent their support to the Dartmouth Marching Band over Homecoming, but not in their usual style, as Liz couldn't fit into the uniform.

The Harvard game produced a good turnout, with Ben Riley from S.F., DuffHorton from Chicago, Nancy Wilder from Boston, Clark Weymouth from D.C., Dave Van Wie from the area, the Henley's from New York, and the usual ragged crowd that has always shown up and always will.

Stephen Daniell '79, of Hartford, Conn., is pictured with his award-winning "Ginko Chair", ondisplay at the American Contemporary Works in Wood Exhibition at the Dairy Barn SoutheasternOhio Cultural Arts Center in Athens, Ohio. In the background is his "Art-Techo Demi-Lune Table."