1980

Thomas Wolfe had it wrong. You can go home again. During reunion weekend in June, 240 classmates went home to Hanover. They brought along 454 others, for a total of 694 people attending the class of 80 20th reunion. The class of' 77 held the previous record for a 20th reunion: 234 classmates and a total of only 547 peopie pie in attendance. Apparently, the class of 80 has been more fruitful than other classes and is more willing to put the fruit on display. Many thanks to Marty Peterson for all her hard work as reunion chair. Thanks to the hard work of Merle Adelman as head agent, ably assisted by Mike McClintoek and Cindy Biondi, the class of '80 broke giving records as well. On behalf of the class, Merle, Mike and Cindy presented President Wright with a check in the amount of $2.2 million for the Alumni Fund. When not working hard for Dartmouth, Merle is working hard in her new position as director of marketing for the electromedical division of Siemens Medical Systems Inc. Merle succeeds Meg Couglin LePage as class president, and Mike moves up to head agent. Grant Bogle has agreed to help with leadership giving. Jeff Citrin volunteered to serve as vice president for class projects. The class will continue to help incoming undergraduates participate in first year trips, but should also identify other ways to serve the College. Classmates are encouraged to share with Jeff any ideas for service projects. Carol Morrison Willard, who designed the 20th reunion logo, and Wade Herring were returned to office to share the duties of class secretary. When asked how he came up with a 600 word column every other month, Herring commented, "It's not really, really hard, but I do have to be very, very, very creative. Ever since the settlement, I try never, never to make stuff up." Any classmate willing to assist the class in any capacity should contact Merle. The class has always operated on the principle of a Quaker meeting, relying upon people moved by the spirit to step forward.

Reunions are about remembering, but they are also about the here and now.

Beth Baron is still at NYU, focusing on the study of the Middle East, women and gender. ("Gender" is broader than "women.") Brent and Cami Crone Bilger are enjoying the good life in California; Brent takes the prize for most unchanged. Barbara Briggs is a partner at Milbank in New York. Other class lawyers in attendance—there were many—included Carol Burns Duke, who is in-house with Bechtel, Jonathan Bye, who is in private practice in Minneapolis, and Rob Daisley, a litigator in Tampa. Dr. Dave Campbell sounded like a lawyer when he gave an impassioned plea to preserve the fraternities during President Wright's question-and-answer session. President Wright sounded like the "Great Communicator" when he replied that his comments were not inconsistent with Daves, but that he had challenged the fraternities to live up to their ideals.

Tom Chapin is director of marketing for Vanguard Mutual Funds, where he has been since 1985. Curtis Chase struggles with the problems of the New York City subway system. Tench Coxe helped bring Jerry Jeff Walker back to Dartmouth for the first time since 1977. Mike Carothers is our most quoted classmate: "You go to any other college for four years. You go to Dartmouth for the rest of your life."

Signing off for now. Send in your news or Herring will be required to write for the next five years about reunion.

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