1953

Howard Koonce, Waterville, Maine, came to Dartmouth from Grand Junction, Colo. He freely acknowledges that his decision to enter Dartmouth was strongly influenced by hometown friend and classmate, H. Dan Webster. Howard earned the distinction of Phi Beta Kappa, senior fellow, and cum laude graduate—what a gain for Dartmouth! Most classmates will recall that he became a stalwart in the Dartmouth Players with lead roles in "The Merchant of Venice" and in Henry Williams's "Book of Job," among others. His interest in theater predated college and he did not expect to find quality in Dartmouth theater. The theater still is Howard's life. In fact, at Colby College in Maine, where he is professor of English, he also is director of the performing arts a program which he instituted and has led for ten years. When he arrived at Colby 25 years ago, he had completed five years as a naval aviator. Five years of graduate training earned him a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. During the summer he becomes part of an acting company called Theater at Monmouth, recognized by the state of Maine as a cultural resource. Howard's spouse, Dorothy, chairs the classics department at Colby. Their oldest son Sandy followed his father's footsteps to a point attended Dartmouth and earned a doctorate in topology. Daughters Myrna and Kirsten followed their mother's footsteps and graduated from Cornell. Jennifer is at Oral Roberts University and Daniel is headed for Oberlin.

David Marian, Kalamazoo, Mich., had an aversion to chemistry during high school because he felt it required memorization rather than reason. Prof. Wolfenden's Chemistry I changed his perception and his future. He graduated a chemistry major, Phi Beta Kappa, and earned a doctorate at the University of Wisconsin. A career in research began at the Upjohn Company as a natural product chemist a field Dave terms "challenging and fascinating." His work involves the isolation and structure determination of minute quantities of natural substances and their potential use as antitumor agents. The results of his work mean more effective chemotherapy. In one of his present projects he isolated a substance that demonstrates success against many forms of mouth cancer. Dave has over 60 publications and presentations to his credit. He and spouse Ann, a registered nurse, have four offspring who are, respectively, a Methodist minister, an insurance adjustor, a high school English teacher, and a recent college graduate. They are both deeply involved in their Methodist church Dave in social programs and Ann in the food pantry. The Dartmouth influences in our lives are subtle, most often not traceable or acknowledged. However, in David Martin's case, the Dartmouth experience had a marked and clearly attributable effect.

As a class we have done well. Why we have done well is a puzzle. Our undergraduate performance did not portend excellence. Yet we have become a leadership class. The profiles appearing in this column, now over one hundred, have demonstrated our class has extraordinary strength. And they have documented classmates making significant contributions to their communities, churches, professions, and society at large. Recent columns have been devoted to our Ph.Ds. Now we have exhausted that source. The odds are that we will continue to find, in another area, the same excellence and leadership.

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Class of the Year 1974 & 1985 LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP 53 35™ June 12-15, 1989