1980

Last week, while browsing in a bicycle shop in Palo Alto, I noticed a freshfaced young man in a Dartmouth sailing T-shirt. Being the weirdo that I am, I introduced myself and asked if he was an undergrad. "Yap," he said, "I'm a '90." ("A '90?!," I gasped to myself. "Can it really be a decade since we were that fresh-faced? Were we ever that freshfaced?") Turns out he lives in my old single in Russell Sage, laughs at the obsessive behavior havior of alumni, and loves Dartmouth dearly. Our conversation was fun; he was, in general, an impressive kid. What, then, caught me off guard? The realization that, in his eyes, I was not a "young alum" but rather a plain old "alum alum."

And I guess we are. We're 30-or-so and approaching a DECADE, count 'em TEN years of being alumni. We are veterans, and deserve to celebrate. And we will: our 10th Reunion in Hanover is scheduled for Friday, June 15 through Sunday, June 17, 1990. To warm up for the event, we will gather the weekend of October 13 in Hanover we've already booked the DOC House for a Saturday night party with the '81s (who, you remember, have always looked to us for guidance and inspiration). Katie and Parker Small have selflessly agreed to be our reunion chair-couple, and are eager to recruit others who are interested in helping with the event. Contact them at 220 East 72nd Street, Apartment 24A, New York, NY 10021. (Parker is also eager to receive your slides for the "Day in the Life of an '80" slide show.)

Peter Manus and his recent bride, Deborah Touhey, are lawyers in Boston. Both studied for the barrister's profession at Cornell (but, as with most attorneys, probably did not learn all that stuff until they took the crash course prior to the bar exam). Peter is with Godwin, Procter, and Hoar; Deborah, a Bates grad, is an associate with Nutter, McClennen and Fish,

Another legal guru, Martin Boles, tied the knot with Julia Warriner in Washington, D.C., over the 4th of July-weekend.

Rumor has it that two key members of the eligible bachelor club will soon become members of the I-can't-believe-weddings-can-be-so-expensive club. Who be they? Mike Lynch and Mike Barrett.

Rich Ryerson works for Whitman Press in Lebanon, N.H., and stays lean and mean playing with his kids (who are still too young for hockey skates —or are they?). Susan Fagerstrom, who lives in Boston, recently joined the R.R. Donnelley Company, and John Cholnoky, in Darien, continues to bring home the bacon from his position at General Reinsurance. (Why do they re-in-sure? Do they make mistakes the first time?) Toni Hull is a fundraiser with the Aloha Foundation in Fairlee, Vt.

Some additional housekeeping details: With our reunion comes a change in class officers. If you're interested in keeping track of our money, or our lack of it, or writing the class newsletter or this column, or coordinating mini-reunions, please nominate yourself! Or, if you're particularly devious, nominate the friend who you know wants to be class president but is too modest to nominate him/herself.

And finally, congratulations to US and particularly to our head class agents, MegCoughlin LePage and Mark Alperin. We broke the Dartmouth record for a class nine years out by raising a hair literally, a skinny hair less than $75,000. Our participation rate was a strong 60.6 percent, which is our second-highest rate ever. Kudos!

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