1986

In the true spirit of Pooh: And nowwe are six...Tara, Ryan, Kinsale and Mabelle (Drake) and John Hueston happily announced the arrival of Shea Brennan Hueston on January 19. (In Navajo her name is Asdzaa Jooba, meaning "the lady who is gentle/Kind or with the nice disposition." This name is given to Navajo babies who enter the world quickly and gently.) John was named Outstanding Young Alumnae for 2000. Mabelle is on extended leave (read 1.5 years and counting) as the director of the Native American program at Cal State Long Beach. Jo Buford Siegfried, and her husband, Tray, welcomed twin sons, Bob and Ray, on September 29, 2001. Raymond Henry Siegfried IV and Charles Robert Buford decided to make an early exit, and Tray, an F-16 Air Force pilot, had just returned home from a deployment in Kuwait flying the southern no-fly zone over Iraq. Alan Cattier got married last May and he and wife Carol live in Atlanta, where he works at Emory University. On November 12 Michael Rieger and his wife, Kai, welcomed Zachary Philip Cabell Rieger. Herman Narcho and wife Gracie welcomed their third child (first son), Daniel Manuel Narcho, on May 17,2001. Ray Burns has retired from public life and now is seen frequenting the Midnight Rodeo in Albuquerque, and does advanced taibo training in front of his big-screen TV. Finding no takers for his offer to play professional basketball, Ray has been forced into a life of service to the Native community, having worked at a variety of educational programs serving American Indians and is currently the chair of Dartmouth's Native American visiting committee. Ray has two children, Aurora and Devon. Dawn Gourneau-Allen and husband Bob '82 live in Window Rock, Arizona, with their two sons and daughter. Julie Russ is working for the Northern Circle Indian Housing Authority. While there she has helped establish a revolving loan fund for mortgage down payment assistance and small renovation and repair expenses for Native American families from five northern California counties. In January Dartmouth presented its first Social Justice Awards as part of the Colleges Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. Honorees included Ongoing Commitment Award recipient Beth Robinson. Along with her colleagues, Beth represented the three plaintiffs in Vermont's groundbreaking freedom-to-marry case, Bakerv. State.This led to the passage of Vermont's landmark civil union law. In January Ted Eliopoulos was named deputy treasurer for the State of California. Since 1996 Ted was president of Actium Development Corp. He served at the U.S. Department of Energy as special assistant to the Office of Environmental Management. What does one do with engineering and business degrees? At least for Tom Carhart it was to become the president and CEO of a company that develops digital audio technologies. Before going to QDesign Corp., Tom was senior VP of services and corporate development and VP of marketing at ReplayTV/SonicBlue Corp. The 1986 class officers and executive committee members are focusing on the development and implementation of strategies for reaching out and involving more classmates. The group is also considering our class's role in how it provides services to classmates. A result of this will be to offer a directory of services to boost communications among classmates in such areas as networking and sharing news. Check out the class Web site for details and updates. One way to get involved is by running a mini-reunion. Feel free to contact treasurer Ann McShea for details on how to fund such an event. Your class dues go toward your subscription to the AlumniMagazine, as well as our class projects—thesis work scholarships and the Native American Pow Wow—and away to keep our class liquid for major events.

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