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It is always a pleasure to hear great news of fellow visual art majors from the class of' Bo. After all, there were only 21 of us and in the field of art, well, sometimes you feel like a "voice of one calling in the desert." As I was gathering notes of the goings-on of classmates, a special gift arrived in the mail from the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine—a debut novel by Victoria Redel.Loverboy has received rave reviews and earned the first S. Mariella Gable Prize from Graywolf Press. As Grace Paley writes in her review, "Only a poet could have written this prose. Only a storyteller could keep a reader turning these pages so greedily." Personally, I love the way Victoria "voices" her visual art talents so clearly.
Pam Robinson is showcasing her architectural strengths as an associate at Huntsman Architectural Group in San Francisco, California. Pam joined Huntsman in 1998 and is responsible for a variety of existing structures: office buildings, conference centers, athletic facilities, hotels and resorts. Occasionally the world does hear our "voice."
Though not a visual art major, Stacy Phillips is a true friend of the arts. Her firm Phillips, Lerner & Lauzon recently adopted Free Arts for Abused Children as a community outreach program. Free Arts for Abused Children helps abused children find self-expression through the arts. Stacy organized an art auction of the children's masterpieces and raised $17,000 to support the group.
Some of the greatest correspondence voiced lately has come from parents. Mr. and Mrs. Keefe (John Keefe '43) write that Alice Keefe is a professor of world religion at the University of Wisconsin. Alice and husband Joseph Waligore have two children, Timothy and Athena. Athena will be graduating this June with the class of '01.
President Merle Adelman would like her voice to be heard: "Do you like to plan parties? Would you like to see some old (hey! we're not old) friends from Dartmouth and maybe make some new ones? We have a job for you—the class is looking for a mini-reunion chair to help plan a couple of events. No experience required. Just creativity, energy and a little extra time. Please let me know—Homecoming is just around the corner."
Ross Jaffe put away his white coat and stethoscope to evangelize for health care through venture capital. In Ross's voice "I feel like we cant solve all the problems in the world as venture capitalists. We can't back all the technology we see. It's not a choice between good and evil. It's a choice between a lot of good things out there." Ross, would you like to plan some mini-reunions in your free time?
Recommended reading: Isaiah 40:3, John 1:23 and Lover boy.
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