QUOTE/UNQUOTE "My comedy is very guy-friendly. I'm like a tiny white guy tucked into a giant black woman's body." AISHA TYLER '92, NEW HOST OF TALK SOUP
Insisting that his track record, leadership ability and credibility surpass that of New York Gov. George Pataki, state Controller Carl McCall '58 announced in February that he is ready to run against the two-term governor. To gain the nomination in 2002, McCall must get past rival Democrat Andrew Cuomo, son of Pataki's predecessor, Mario Cuomo. Party insiders suggested to the New York Daily News that the younger Cuomo is betting McCall is a "chicken" who can be scared out of the race by a well-financed opponent. McCall responded by brushing his hands on his sides, smiling and saying, "I have no feathers."...Marty Vona '99 prefers bass to birds. The MIT grad student will teach you how to reprogram one of those popular Boogie Bass singing fish toys so it sings and speaks in your voice. Find Vona's programming details at www.ai.mit.edu/~vona/bass.html. His bass hacking has caught more attention than his award-winning work in robotics at Dartmouth did: The New YorkTimes, National Public Radio and Slashdot, an e-'zine for techies, have all featured Vona....Don Drakeman '75 is using technology to fight disease. Drakeman heads Medarex, which owns some of the most advanced antigen technology in the world—technology that may someday produce medicines capable of training the human body to fight off all kinds of diseases. He and wife Lisa, who met while he was pursuing a religion major at Dartmouth, were recently inducted into the New Jersey High-Tech Hall of Fame.... Third-year Harvard Law School student Jessica Ellsworth '98 has won fame for her ability to argue. She earned top honors for her oral arguments pitting First Amendment rights against the right to privacy before Supreme Court Justice David Souter during the 89th Annual Moot Court Competition. Ellsworth says she likes mock debates because "there isn't really anyone who's hanging in the balance or who will be going to jail if you do something wrong."...William T. Wolf '43 bought and restored the elegant, 11-story Yorktowne Hotel in York, Pennsylvania, preserving part of Americas political past as well. Eleanor Roosevelt and Bill Clinton are just two of the luminaries who have danced on the Yorktowne's polished oak floors. Now Wolf's son Tom '71 is the Yorktowne's new owner, and he is ensuring that it maintains its place on the National Historic Registry....Acclaimed photojournalist James Nachtwey '70 continues to expose the realities of war. Covering the resurgence of the Palestinian Intifada in Israel, he appeared in a photograph (right) in the February issue of the media-watchdog magazine Brill'sContent....The plight of poor farmers prompted Joaquin Aguirre '44 to design a ship-loading pier on a river in land-locked Bolivia—placing the country on the global soybean map. The pier gave landlocked Bolivia a gateway to the sea and created an industry that generates a third of the country's exports. Now he's predicting a second boom at the port that bears his name, one that could benefit soybean processors. Aguirre sees a natural gas pipeline built nearby giving rise to an industrial complex in the Pantanal, one of the worlds biggest swamps. A vast city is hard to imagine around Puerto Aguirre, a region known for little more than smuggling, cocaine trafficking, yellow fever and poverty. But a decade ago few believed the novelist and politician could build the port. "I guess you get to the point in life when you want to leave something behind," he says....Lester S. Long '93 would agree. "Everyone has a part of them that wants to make a real difference," says Long, explaining why he's taking a $170,000 pay cut to teach math and music to fourth-graders in one of New York City's most troubled public schools. A former vice president of an international investment bank, Long recently finished orientation for the city's teaching fellows program, an effort by the country's largest school system to certify more teachers and place them in low-performing schools. Long says he hopes to find a sense of purpose. "It's a moral decision," he explains. "I didn't want to do something just profit-based anymore.".... Stacey Wooley '91 has roared back after two years out of international skiing competition. She was the top United States finisher—in 51st place—in the women's 15K individual event at the Biathlon World Championships in Slovenia in February. She was cheered on by Roger Hartley '6l, the U.S.A. teams sports massage therapist, and Max Cobb '87, director of the United States Biathlon Program. "Stacey has shown during these championships that she can perform at this level again," says Cobb. "Although she had hoped for better results, she is back and will definitely be better next season."... Howard Greene '50 and son Matthew '90 are scoring in the college admissions field. A former admissions officer at Princeton, Greene is the co-author, with his son, of several college guides, including Making It Into a Top College (Cliff Street Books). Howard, whose consulting company has helped more than 25,000 students market themselves to colleges across the country, recently shared his advice for prospective students with People magazine....Luke Mclnnis '93 also propounds strategy—investing private equity capital at a leveraged buyout firm. The personal payoff comes at night, when he plays guitar for The Buckners, a popular Boston-area band. The lawyer gig helped finance the band's first CD, an eponymously titled, minimalist compilation of three original songs, which can be heard at www.thebuckners.com. "Make no mistake," says McInnis, "the suit is only a disguise."...Aspiring politicians, take heed: A dinner invitation from Jake Tapper '91 could fuel more than your appetite. In November 1999 the Salon columnist downed calamari and beer with alumni congressmen Don Sherwood '63, Michael Capuano '73, Charlie Bass '74 and Rob Portman '78 as part of an AlumniMagazine assignment. One year later all four were returned to Congress. Washington Senator Slade Gorton '49 didn't accept the pundit's invitation to dinner—and was defeated in November.... Other alumni gathered to eat in December—this time with studentsat the third annual Native American Alumni Association dinner. The event, organized by Lloyd Lee '94 at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, drew eight alums and seven students and opened with a Native prayer by the mother of LaWanda Johnson '97.
Marty Vona '99 and his Talking bass
James Nachtwey '70 (in white shirt) on the job in Israel.
Matthew Greene '90 and father Howard '50
Roger Hartley '61. Stacey Wooley '91 and Max Cobb '87
Quote/Unquote "IBM chief executive Louis Gerstner ['63] took home a compensation package last year that could be worth more than $100 million—including the first stock options he's received since 1997." USA TODAY, MARCH 13, 2001
about the artist Kate Augenblick '79 takes the elements of painting that she learned as a studio art major—color, line, composttion—and tries to make them converge, to see what happens when col ors come up against other colors. She considers Pushing the Envelope #1 (previous page) a breakthrough piece because she abandoned figurative painting for a bolder, graphic style. Augenblick lives arid works in Brooklyn, New York.
alumni awards The Alumni Council recently honored four alumni by presenting them with Alumni Awards for exceptional service to the College. As a general partner, Robert Downey '5B led Goldman Sachs to preeminence in municipal bonds before turning his talents to Dartmouth's fundraising efforts, serving as national co-chair of the major gifts committee of the Will to Excel campaign, on four class reunion giving committees, as a member of the President's Advisory Committee and, most recently, on the President's Leadership Council. Gregory Yadley '72 worked in Washington, D.C., for the Securities and Exchange Commission and two law firms before returning to Florida as a managing partner in the law firm of Shumaker Loop and Kendrick. His commitment to the College has spanned both regions, as officer and president of clubs in D.C. and Tampa, enrollment worker and class president, head agent and treasurer. With the structural eye of an engineer, Thad King '73 oversaw the restructuring of the alumni club system in 1983 and the Alumni Council in the late 1980s. He has served as class president and treasurer, vice president and president of the Georgia club and on the Alumni Magazine editorial board and the Alumni Council nominating committee. Richard McDonough '52 has traveled 'round the girdled earth, from Mexico working for General Electric to England and Scotland for the Singer Cos., all the while dedicated to the College by heading fundraising efforts for two reunions and serving as class president, head agent and chair of the mini-reunion program and treasurer of the Fairfield County, Connecticut, club.
Contributors: Julia Peoples '01, Randy Stebbins '01and Kevin Whitcher '99
