1971

Give a (major) rouse for Robert

Cordy, once an aide to former Massachusetts Gov. William F. Weld and a former federal prosecutor (and, not incidentally, co-chair of our 25th reunion!), who was nominated in January by current Gov. Cellucci to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and approved by unanimous vote of the Governor's Council. According to the Boston Herald, "Cordy, 51, favors a woman's right to choose and capital punishment, but has pledged to put personal feelings aside.... Cordy replaces Judge Ruth I. Abrams, who reached the mandatory retirement age of 70." Congratulations, Bob!

Bob Austin is still living in Northampton (Massachusetts) and continues to practice radiology at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. "I knew I was getting older when the residents and medical students refused to call me by my first name despite my insistence. This year my wife, Elinor Lipman, and I celebrated our 25 th anniversary. Ellie has had a wonderful career as a novelist and is having her seventh book published this spring by Random House. We are new empty nesters with our son in his freshman year at Columbia. I guess I couldn't convince him of the charms of Dartmouth."

Don Sweeney and wife Chris "have become first-time grandparents! Our granddaughter Austen Sweeney Rogers (Dartmouth '22) was born on October 14 to our daughter and new mom Julie '93 and her husband, Kevin Rogers 95. My God—grandparents! It's been bad enough watching the '71 Class Notes march inexorably further away from the back cover of the AlumniMag, but grandparents? I swear it was just a few years ago we were in Hanover for our fifth reunion with 3-year-old Julie in tow. See you at our 30th!"

Michael Fay and wife Christine "are delighted to report that our oldest, Matthew, has been admitted (early decision) to the class of 2005. We look forward to the reunion in June."

Charles Collier has joined the board of directors of Asset Stream Corp., a provider of Webbased asset transfer tools for charitable giving. Charlie, a senior philanthropic advisor at Harvard, will help shape Asset Stream's stock donation tool, OptiGift, which provides donors with the ability to give stocks or mutual funds to charity via the Internet.

John Marshall was elected board chairman of the Vermont Community Foundation, a statewide public charity created in 1986 to attract and manage charitable funds. VCF pools donors' funds for investment purposes but makes grants based on criteria articulated by each donor.

And Nels Armstrong "had the fortune to spend some time with Garrett Orazem and his wife Nancy at the Cape Cod Alumni Club annual dinner. Garrett was recognized for his outstanding work as the district enrollment director for Marthas Vineyard. A fine example of the Dartmouth loyal alum, Garrett held his post on the Vineyard for some 25-plus years. Kudos to you, Garrett! And while I've not seen him yet, I owe some words about Saverios Vrahimis, who has visited my office twice, each time with me out of town. Don't give up on me, Saverios!"

Looking forward to seeing many of you at our big 30th reunion in Hanover June 14- 17. If you haven't yet firmed up your plans to attend, it's still not too late! (Check out the '71 Web site or contact Pete Webster or Greg Fell for more information.)

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REUNIONJune 14-17 2001