1981

Bob and I had dinner with Bill Proom and his wife, Mary '83, last night. Bill is vice president of Brinson Research Investments and they live in Hanover with their three children (Zoe, Lily and Zachary). Bill and Mary have their own secret recipe of "green machines" they mixed up that were enjoyed by all. Bill is preparing for his annual reunion with Jim Degenhardt, Lenny Jardine, Bob Dale, Tom Nee, Al Siegel and Steve Horwitz. This impressive group has gathered each year since 1982 with festivities centering around an ongoing card game. This year's reunion will take place on the Jersey shore. I whined enough about lack of classmate information for this months column to get Bill to provide some current updates on the card sharks. Jim Dagenhart works for Nueberger Berman and lives in Tampa, Florida, with his wife, Chris, and their two children. Look for Lenny Jardine on Wall Street, where he handles institutional bond sales. He and his wife, Kathy, live in Rye Brook, New York, with their four children. Bob Dale is a self-employed real-estate developer living in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, with his wife, Brenda, and their three children.

More and more '81s are returning to the Hanover plain. Paul Gardner was mentioned in the Valley News this weekend. Living in Fairlee, Vermont, Paul organized the Third International Open Mic Music Festival at the Bema, featuring three days of entertainment by musicians from up and down the East Coast. I also learned that Debbie Williamson moved to Hanover earlier this week. I called her to catch up on the last 25 years (she instantly accused me of trying to fill up column space—can you imagine?) and Debbie reports that she has worked as a middle school math and science teacher on Long Island and outside Philadelphia since graduation. She also tutors and plans to continue teaching and tutoring in the Hanover area.

I just received a news release announcing that Yvonne Howell would make the first public presentation of the Russia Semester at Missouri Southern State University. Yvonne studied at Leningrad State University and in the graduate program in Slavic literature and linguistics at the University of Michigan. While in graduate school she learned the Czech language and spent 15 months studying literature in Prague. In 1987 she returned to Dartmouth as a visiting instructor teaching Russian language and literature. She has been on the faculty at the University of Richmond since 1991 and is the author of a book on Soviet science fiction.

On the business front, two classmates were recently featured in the news. Anthony DiSilvestro has been appointed vice president-controller of Campbell Soup Cos. He has been managing director of Campbell International since 2002. Austin Medical Technologies Inc. announced the appointment of Eugene Gabianelli, M.D., as the company's medical director. Gino is currently chief of the division of ophthalmology at St. Josephs Hospital in Atlanta.

Don McNaughton has returned to upstate New York with his wife, Alison, and two children after five years in Asia. He is a senior vice president at Corning. He adds, "My 15th reunion from Tuck is this fall...and I'm looking forward to our 25th in two years!" Do I hear somebody volunteering for the reunion committee?

Our president, Chip Bettencourt, hopes to organize some regional class mini-reunions this year. He ran into Kirk (Eveleth) Arnold the other day and Kirk volunteered (okay, Chip volunteered her) to coordinate a Boston one this fall. E-mail Chip at ronald bettencourt@ raytheon.com if you're interested in organizing a regional mini-reunion.

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