1965

If this year's freshman class were asked

to write its own class notes, readers would learn about Dartmouth's newest students and perhaps see a comment or two about their parents. While we '65s can never attempt to speak for the entire class of 1990, we do have ties with a few of its members and gladly offer our column as a means of recognizing the connection between our classes.

We will begin with freshman Katy Griffiths, who, during her final year at Kimball Union Academy, enjoyed the unique distinction of being both prom queen and captain of the girls' hockey team. Katy attended a summer program sponsored by the College French department and emerged, according to her father, JimGriffiths, "drooling for Dartmouth." As for his own background, Jim reports he taught for three years at Thetford Academy following our 1965 graduation and then became involved in the full-time management of Whaleback ski area in Enfield, N.H. He sold his interest in Whaleback in 1984 and has served subsequently as a part-time staff member of the New Hampshire State School Boards Association. Jim says he has become a pilot, is looking for work in the educational field, and by our date of publication will be married to Debbie Kelly, a graduate of Colby-Sawyer College.

Joel Sternman's son, Mark, a June graduate of Scarsdale, N.Y., high school, is described by his father as a "solid, all-around kid." He and his dad visited the campus together, discussed the controversies surrounding the College, and concluded the events of the last year might even have a long-range positive impact on the Dartmouth community. Joel, a 1968 graduate of Yale Law School, is a partner dealing in corporate litigation for a Manhattan law firm. His other children include a 16-year-old daughter, Cheryl, and a son, Matthew, who was born on New Year's Eve 1985. His wife, Barbara Shiers, has also practiced law as a New York City attorney.

Chuck Atkins' oldest daughter, Rachel, was a "straight A" student at her high school in Teaneck, N.J., and has interests in both the theater and skiing. Her father says he was as honored by her wanting to go to his College as he was by the fact that she was eventually accepted. Chuck's own educational background includes a master's degree in physics from Yale and additional graduate work in economics and political science at MIT. He has worked for the Secretary of Defense, the City of New York, and Citibank. Ten years ago, he relocated to Boston where he now serves as commissioner of public welfare for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Chuck is married to Kristin Demong, the Massachusetts commissioner of employment security, and says an obvious topic of conversation in their home is finding ways of uniting his welfare recipients with Kristen's job openings.

Peter Harvey, from Akron, Ohio, is the brother of Lars Harvey '87. Pete is a tackle on the freshman football team and at one point considered Princeton his first choice of schools. However, a visit to Hanover caused "shivers up his spine" and Dartmouth won his allegience. His dad, Mo Harvey, was a French major at the College who studied French literature on a Woodrow Wilson fellowship at Cornell. Mo was awarded a law degree by the University of Texas in 1969 and spent the next four years as an instructor in the Romance languages department at Dartmouth He returned to the legal profession by joining the New York firm of Donovan Leisure. Eight years ago, Mo accepted a position as chief international counsel for Firestone in Akron. He and his wife, Karin, have found Ohio to be a tremendous place to live and obviously well-suited for the production of a new generation of Dartmouth students.

Mark Sowa, a future medical student, is from Morristown, N.J., and became most familiar with Dartmouth through visits to his older brother, Mike Sowa '89. Mark says his father, Paul Sowa, "let me make my college decision on my own, although he did provide a lot of useful advice." Joan Sowa, who met her husband in their native Chicopee, Mass., says Paul graduated from Thayer School and worked for General Electric for more than five years in construction planning for both nuclear and conventional power plants. He then joined a small consulting firm in southern New Jersey and nine years ago established his own company, Construction Management Services, which specializes in planning and scheduling of power facilities as well as post-project audits.

Stacy Ritter of Minneapolis has been admitted to the class of 1990, but will defer matriculation one year to participate in a Rotary exchange program in Denmark. She says she selected Dartmouth because of her father's stories of life in Hanover, her own observations during three campus visits, and the enthusiasm she sensed from all those having ties to the College. Her father, Sandy Ritter, attended the University of Minnesota as an architectural student and is now a principal in the 70-person firm of Ritter, Suppes, and Plantz. Sandy met his wife, Daisy, during his student days at Minnesota and says she is responsible for introducing their entire family, including 13-year-old son Jonah, to the fascinating hobby of caring for such injured birds of prey as owls and hawks.

Another Minnesotan, Christy Crabb, is a June graduate of Minnetonka High School in Edina. Several of Christy's recent summer have centered around lengthy wilderness canoe trips, and she is looking forward to similar experiences with the DOC. Her father, Bob Crabb, graduated from Tuck School in 1967 and went to work for Dayton Hudson in Minneapolis. He is currently vice president of merchandise management for B. Dalton, a Dayton Hudson subsidiary operating more than 750 bookstores. Bob and his wife, Kathy, a transplant from the warm weather of Arizona, also include four younger daughters in their family.

As a class, we are proud of our affiliation with this sample of the class of 1990, but also remember that the majority of our children will probably not attend Dartmouth. Some may decide another school better fits their needs, some may not have the characteristics sought by the admissions office, and others may feel the financial burden is too difficult for their middle income families. Recognizing such diversity in our offspring, we would like to invite not only Dartmouth students but all of our children of college age to join us for Saturday evening dinner during the Harvard weekend of October 17-19, 1986. We would also encourage all of our class- mates to recall their memories of football bonfires and fall foliage and return to Hanover for the entire mini-reunion weekend.

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