1977
Hello, summer, hello, madness. How many of you can relate to the following from Howard Fielding: "Ho hum - yet another birth announcement in this babyboomer generation. Jeffrey James Fielding made his appearance March 7 a couple minutes late for 8 a.m. class - much like his father in that respect. Mom Barbara Hampton (St. Lawrence College '76) and son both doing fine - she's even easing part-time back into her solo law practice. Dad takes the day shift with the kid and the night shift as a copy editor for the TheVJaterbury Republican, a daily in Waterbury, Conn."
Kevin and Ann Van Curan Johnson are up in Calgary, Alberta, doing their part for the future of the Canadian Olympic Hockey Team. Peter was born in July 1984 while Nicholas followed on Christmas Eve this past December. Kevin notes: "I can see the hockey programs already; 'Nick and Pete Johnson, Defense Pair.' What better Canadian hockey names can one ask for?" Kevin and Ann recently spent a week skiing with Rika Pierson Clement and husband Waldo '79 in Whitefish, Mont.
From John Hart comes the following succinct but poignant message: "Almost nine years at Baxter Travenol Laboratories. Almost five years at 900 Greenwood Avenue, Swedish Cottage in Winnetka. Almost four years of marriage to Margaret Boarini. Plenty of golf and platform tennis. Awaiting first days of fatherhood."
Diane Arsenault writes that she and her husband, Peter Pirnie, are busy with their first child, Stephan. Diane is a fulltime family practitioner in Albion, N. Y., a rural farming community near Rochester and Buffalo, while Peter is working on a master's degree in nurse anesthesia.
A pregnant epistle from Frank and LisaMcNamara (Lisa is a '78) crossed this desk recently. They are the ecstatic parents of Carolyn Miles, who arrived last January. Frank also noted that he and Lisa attended the wedding of Mark Robinson and Clare Savage (Williams '80) last July in lovely Wayzata, Minn., on the romantic shores of Lake Minnetonka. Frank was in the wedding party along with Scott Farr and Bart Gear. Other Dartmouth folks included John Robinson '45, Don Sisson '45, Bill Cash '37, TomSuprenant and Linda Baird Suprenant '78, David Donnelly, and Jane Kirstetter '78. The couple has settled in Wellesley, Mass.
Frank went on to say that Rocky andWendy Geyer are living in Woods Hole, Mass., where Rocky is supposedly an oceanographer. They have added a new member to their clan, Charles, whom the stork deposited this past January. Lastly, Frank noted that Scott and Laurie Farr became the proud parents of their second son, Corey, this past October.
A rather kind letter arrived from Marybeth Lindenthal Jones, announcing the birth of George Davenport Jones IV this past year. Reportedly he is already receiving tips on hockey goalie techniques from grandfather Walter Lindenthal '50. Marybeth notes that she has her hands full minding the Georges and managing the corporate gift division of Codneys-Marco Polo, a group of china, glassware, and gift stores.
Also on the corporate scene, EllenClose of Pomfret, Vt., has been named an assistant vice president of the First New Hampshire Bank of Lebanon, N. H. She has been with the bank since 1981. That is the news, as well as the final issue for this school calendar year. One year to go for this secretary's tour of duty. Get your names in early, those of you who are just dying to get your hands on this column for the next five years. It's, ah, a wonderful job. Just think, one year from now we will be standing, perhaps leaning, under a tent in Hanover gawking at each other's offspring, bald . spots, and paunches as well as telling tales that could not possibly have happened. Start gearing up for the tenth. Under the directorship of Gretchen HellerFarmer and Sandy Wood, and in conjunction with the classes of '76 and '78, it should be a weekend not easily forgotten. See you in September..
The success of Love Medicine, a novel byNorth Dakota native Louise Erdrich '76,prompted a front-page feature in the localpaper in Dickinson, N.D. It was accompanied by this picture of one of Erdrich'sgrade-school teachers, Fran Werre, holdingthe March 1985 issue of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine which featured a coverstory on Erdrich. Werre remembers Erdrichas an unassuming and diligent student.Erdrich's second novel, Beet Queen, isscheduled for publication in September ofthis year.
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