1985

Do you ever wonder where you’ll be in ten years? If you’re like me, putting one foot in front of the other and seeing where it leads you, probably not. On the other hand, many of our classmates seem to be on trajectories with obvious destinations. In this column, we go out on a limb and predict where some of us will be in ten years. Of course, we could be wrong, but ten years from now some other columnist can write a whole piece on just how wrong we were. To keep it honest, we have not consulted the individu- als to determine their aspirations—this is just our best guess.

Let’s start with Eric Kearney. We received a press release on Eric forwarded by the Alum- ni Magazine, widi his resume attached. Let’s see,., after Dartmouth he returned to Cincin- nati and got a journalism degree at Ohio State and a law degree at the University of Cincin- nati. He is an associate at Strauss and Troy, a prestigious law firm, where his practice seems to focus on civic cases. He has also been appointed to the committee revising the char- ter of the city of Cincinnati. Eric serves on the boards of numerous organizations—pri- vate schools, Planned Parenthood, civic orga- nizations, etc. He writes a bi-weekly column for the Cincinnati Herald on community issues and hosts a public-access cable show called “IT EX U.”

Okay, here’s our guess for where Eric will be in ten years: Lieutenant Governor of Ohio. (In 14 years, Governor!)

Next, I was sent an article from the Syra- cuse paper on Joe Caldwell IV, president of the Caldwell Galleries in Manlius. His dad, Joe 111 ’5l, starred the business in ’73, and Joe IV has worked there since graduation. From the article, it appears that they concentrate on American art in the $l,OOO-550,000 price range, serving museums, corporations, and pri- vate collectors. They also have a Remington valued at $l.B million.

Okay, here’s our next guess: By 2003, Joe will be director of acquisitions for the Whit- ney Museum of American Art in New York City (Although he will largely work out of his home base upstate).

We received another clipping about Stephanie Casale, who was recently named associate director of communications at Phillips Exeter. She is responsible for publi- cations, public relations, etc. Our guess? Steph comes home to the Big Green and becomes director of communications for the College.

In related Hanover Plain news, my co-edi- tor Mark reports a recent conversation with John Scott, who is back at Dartmouth teach-ing. John earned a Ph.D. in politics or gov- ernment or something, and is now teaching ‘shmen in Rockefeller Center. As I heard it, John told his class he sat in that very classroom himself as a senior.

Our ten-year-from-now guess for John: Tenured professor of government at Dart- mouth, and holder of the Stern Chair of Pol- itics and Art (The chair was graciously endowed by movie mogul Mark Stem, from the proceeds of his 1999 opus “The End of die World As We Know It,” which broke box office records in 47 countries and earned Mark the Legion of Honor in France, bestowed by none other than Jerry Lewis himself).

As for me, about the only thing I know with certainty is that in ten years I’ll be 40, and I’ll have two daughters aged 14 and 11, so I’ll be pretty busy chasing guys who look like Beav- is and Butdtead off our front porch.

More of this fun in upcoming columns. In closing, a request for input. The April ’94 Alumni Mag will be a special issue devoted to cataloguing and celebrating “Dartmouth’s Gifts to the World.” (For example, Twister, medical X-rays, Dr. Seuss ’25, and Bob Reich ’6B). Class columnists are urged to dis- cover what unique contributions their class- mates have made. So please write and tell us about people in our class who have con- tributed great ideas, inventions, leadership, books, or progress of any sort which deserves notice.

c V Cincinnati Herald columnist Eric Kearney hosts a public-access cable show called “IT FX U ” W-Rick Joyce ’B5

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