1974

As I write this, preliminary results of this years Dartmouth College Fund are coming in. Under the fantastic leadership of Bruce Miller, participation chair, and Tom Ludlow, head agent, our giving participation rate exceeded 60 percent and broke three records: best '74 non-re- union year (50 percent participation); best '74 year ever, including reunions (54 percent); and the Dartmouth all-time, 32-year-out record (57 percent). What a wonderful display of class spirit and support for the College!

Dartmouth will name one of the new residence halls in the McLaughlin Residential Cluster in honor of the Thomas family. Jack Thomas and his wife, Debbie, are longtime supporters of the College. The honor recognizes their dedication and generosity to Dartmouth. In 1996 they endowed a fellowship to support faculty salaries and to provide research stipends. Jack served as co-chair of the '74 giving committee for our 25 th and 30th reunion years and is a past president of the Dartmouth Club of St. Louis.

Morris "Rocky" Whitaker sen: a terrific picture of the Hanover Partners Group from its inaugural gathering for fun and fellowship in Las Vegas. Other members include Mark Ayers '73, Arnold Henson '73. Al Kemp, Greg Hannah, Sedrick Tydus, Jeff Hunter'75, Jessie "White'75, FrankNelms'75, Lawrence Ivy '75, Mickey Watts '75, Calvin Thomas '75, George Garrow '75, Lenny Branche '75 and Rick Jones '75. The members formed the group to maintain camaraderie forged during their shared Dartmouth experience. The group is planning service projects in partnership with the College. Rocky also sent news that his daughter Manya Whitaker '06 graduated in June and is headed off to Vanderbilt for graduate studies this fall.

The Seabury Group in New York announced that Mark Schulte had joined the firm as a managing director and head of investment banking. In connection with his move Mark merged his transportation investment advisory business, Taurus F.C., into Seabury. Prior to founding Taurus Mark was a managing director and co-head of the worldwide transportation practice in investment banking at Merrill Lynch.

Mike Fonner wrote from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mike and his wife, Leslie, a social worker in health care and development, have three children. Sophie is a high school senior in Kuala Lumpur. Jess is a student at Southern Vermont College. Zach is a Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia. Mike has been a Lutheran pastor for nearly 26 years and currently serves as the Lutheran Church's regional representative for Asia Pacific. Mike's experience in Asia includes the Peace Corps in the Philippines and church service in Thailand and Korea. During the period 1995-2002 Mike served the Lutheran church behind Leverone and was the Lutheran campus pastor at Dartmouth, while at the same time earning a doctor of theology degree from Harvard. Mike's current position takes him all over Asia and the Pacific. He meets with Lutheran church companions and partners and develops sympathetic, constructive relationships among the various Lutheran churches and the Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and folk and traditional religionists throughout the region. Please send news!

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