Class Notes

1982

NOVEMBER 1999 Mark Soane, Rick Bercuvitz
Class Notes
1982
NOVEMBER 1999 Mark Soane, Rick Bercuvitz

Our saga continues with Streeter, erstwhile bastion of maledom (sorry, women!). Rich Nadworny, living in the United States after spending 14 years in Sweden, recently moved to a new city, got a new job, and welcomed his first child, all during the same week! Rich is back in Burlington, Vt, his hometown, with wife Bella and daughter Olivia. Here are the reports from the stalwart Streeterites who responded to our call:

Rob Graff: "My early work took me to 70 countries over three years. After earning an M.A. in public affairs/urban and regional planning at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School, I spent a year working in Egypt and have since been in Boston, doing environmental policy work. I'm currently working on an international initiative to develop standards for voluntary reporting by corporations on their environmental, social, and economic impact (www.globalreporting.org). I'm married. I ride my bike to work and generally try to get outside, always watching for interesting birds and edible wild mushrooms. Life's good. No suit, lots of freedom." (Do you eat the birds too, Rob?)

Steve McCarthy: "I am living and working in London with my wife, Sissel '84, and three bouncing boys, aged 8, 4, and 1. Imagine the chaos in our house at bathtime each night! We've been here five years and it feels like home. I am working for Tishman Speyer Properties and am responsible for our European property portfolio. Sissel is the anchorwoman for World Business Today, CNN's nighdy business show that is broadcast around the globe (except the USA). We see fellow alums as they pass through London. The latest transients were Woody Kingman and wife Elise, who were celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary."

Jim Froelich: "My wife (Chris Persson) and I are both on faculty at the University of Michigan Medical School, enjoying bucolic Ann Arbor. The siren song of New England is calling, however. Our two boys Ben 5 and Whit 7 are busy with piano lessons, computer games, tearing up the ball fields, and generally being sources of joy and entertainment." Whit is off to an inquisitive start, asking last week: 'What are breasts?' followed by 'Why do they come in so many different sizes?' And finally 'Can you make them bigger?"'

Bill Ragan: "I last saw Michael Rafter a few years ago in New York with his wife, Jeanine, who is also involved in theater. They have a daughter who must be about two. I believe they still live in Manhattan when they are not doing shows across the country and world. As for me, I've been married for 12 years to Betsy Crawford '86. Our three children are Jimmy 5, Sarah 4, and Joseph, born in 1999. I'm pastor of Hope United Church of Christ in Allentown, Pa. I still tell people that even though I was a biochemistry major, I really only learned how to play the guitar at Dartmouth on the Streeter fire escape."

Mark Davidson: I'm a Foreign Service officer, currently responsible for coordinating U.S. public diplomacy policy and programs in Japan and Korea. My career has included stints in Venezuela, Spain, and Japan, not to mention the exotic culture of Capitol Hill, where I served on the House International Relations Committee staff. After so much time abroad, I am enjoying my living in D.C. with my wife, Kuniko Ohashi, and our bilingual 3-year-old daughter Sumika ('pure and beautiful' in Japanese). 1 will always be grateful to Dartmouth for the chance to study abroad on both LSA and FSP programs, which showed me the world beyond Streeter Hall and led me to a public service career."

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