1987

I can now breathe a sigh of relief. My plea for news from the class has been answered. Some among us heard my vox clamantis in deserto and responded ad hoc from terra incognita in the name of our alma mater to keep me from becoming non compos mentis in toto and rambling on ad nauseam ipso facto in my modus operandi and E pluribus unum at tu Brute ... OK, enough of the dead language motif. Mea culpa.

As survivors of the computerization of Dartmouth (a.k.a. the Mac invasion), our class can perhaps best appreciate the importance of computers in business and education. Many of us have pursued careers in the field, and the results are already impressive. Stephanie Losee is an assistant editor in charge of computer stories at PC Magazine, an IBM-standard personal computing magazine in New York. She was featured in the magazine's introductory column in November smiling knowingly across a table cluttered with computer innards. Stephanie determines which makes and models of machines merit inclusion in the magazine's new-product reviews.

In Boston, Lisa Horowitz is a production editor for a weekly computer newspaper called Digital Review. Her stint as copy editor for the Aegis undoubtedly prepared her for the grueling, dog-eat-dog world of publishing. Alex Cuthbert also appears to be headed for a career in computers. His odyssey began with an international consulting firm in New York after graduation. He lived in the West Village with an ever-changing cast of characters that included two psychologists, a play wright/accordian player, a rastafarian bus driver, and some Christmas tree salesmen who moved out after their truck was stolen while they were taking a coffee break. Obviously bored with his humdrum lifestyle, Alex is considering computer-related job opportunities in San Francisco and Sydney. I vote for Sydney.

I received a letter from Drew Desky, also in New York, who took the time to type a terrific narrative on life in the Big Apple. (You remember the typewriter that thing with a keyboard but no screen.) Drew left his position in the Capital Markets Banking Group Credit Department at Irving Trust to find a job that is easier to pronounce. He is now a credit analyst with Citicorp. He lives in Normandie Court, an enormous apartment complex that has been home to Andy Youmans, Clare Killeen, Ken Hedley, John Street, and Stephanie Taylor in recent months. Drew has brought his Dartmouth Glee Club experience to no fewer than three singing groups in the city and had the chance to perform in Carnegie Hall last year. Not comfortable with the "yuppie" label, Drew considers himself a "puppie," or poor urban professional.

Nancy Davis is another busy New Yorker. She currently writes and researches questions for the Stanley Kaplan standardized tests while applying to veterinary school and singing in Uptown Sound, a vocal jazz ensemble. As if this weren't enough, Nancy was the very first female skating guard at Central Park's Wollman Rink. Donald Trump would be proud.

Switching venues once again to Hanover, members of the class have established an endowed fund in the name of Marc Fragge at the Thayer School along with Marc's parents and Dr. Erland Schulson, his advisor. The income earned by the Marc G. Fragge '87 Thayer 1988 Fund will help finance a Dartmouth student engaged in the study of materials, Marc's area of research.

Contributions may be sent to the Thayer Engineering School, Hanover, NH 03755.

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