1941

Our class has connections with so many women who have contributed to Dartmouth's continuing greatness. We can start with SallyFrechette Maynard, Hank Frechette's widow, who was the first female Trustee of the College. We can also salute long-active widows like Barbara Young, Miggie Kenworthy, and Margery Gotshall. Other ladies to be praised are hard-working wives like Lucy Winship, liaison with '41 widows, plus Jean Hotaling and Libby Hills, hospitable hostesses at mini reunions in Hanover, also Bobbie Schneider and Jane Hanks for their work on the big reunions.

We should also be proud of the 16 women, legacies of 1941, who attended Dartmouth in the earlier days of coeducation. They were undergraduate leaders, postgraduate achievers, and now wives and mothers in addition to managing their fulfilling careers. For example, Martha Hill Gaskill '82, daughter of Stacy and KayHill, overcame a leg amputation (cancer at age 17) to become a world-class disabled skier and instructor. She also participated in kayaking, rafting, and then scuba diving for an educational movie in which she starred. In 1991 Martha became the first above-the-knee amputee in the world to climb four Himalayan peaks (over 18,000 feet) on one leg and crutches. Now married and mother of a young son in Bellevue, Wash., she gives more than 50 motivational speeches a year.

Another busy young woman is Jody Hill Simpson '74, daughter of Dick and PollyHill. After Dartmouth, where she was president of the first woman's glee club and founder of the Dartmouth Distractions or Decibels, Jody earned a master's degree in choral conducting at the New England Conservatory of Music. For many years she has been building a children's performing arts program in Brookline, Mass., while raising three young boys.

Another example of these outstanding women is Tess Kelso Maentz '75, daughter of Jim and Dorothy Kelso. Tess has a Ph.D. from the University of Alaska and is currently a tenured professor of biology at Colorado College, specializing in boreal plants of Alaska. Kelly Dixon Cooper '82, daughter of General Bob and KellyDixon, speaks fondly of her years in Hanover and she continues to support the College as co-head agent for her class. She is product development manager for a clothing catalog company and lives with her husband and 18 month-old baby in Cohasset, Mass. Let's give a rousing Dartmouth yell for all these wonderful women and their 12 sisters, regrettably unnamed, whose exploits are being covered in the more spacious class newsletter.

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Stacy Hill's daughter Martha '82 became tke first akove the knee amputee to climk four Himalayan peaks. DICK JACHENs '41