1979

Where are our Foley House classmates?

Jonathan Poor writes: "I live in Maplewood, New Jersey, with wife Jane and two children, Henry (fifth grade) and Maisie (first grade). Jane develops educational gardening programs for schools. I've asmall company specializing in software for blood bank testing laboratories. Jim Moisson Eric Shultz and I got a room in Foley House because we couldn't get a dorm room together. The house had little going on then. We started inviting people we knew to live there. Foley developed into a left-political haven and an alternative to the frat ethos. We had a food coop and cooked meals on a rotation. The administration was hostile toward us and we had to fight to keep the house. They needed the house for asorority;we said we were a humanity."

Skip Maples writes: "I work at Wells Fargo's headquarters in San Francisco. I'm an investment manager helping high net-worth people increase their wealth. I've been married 15 years to Carolyn Weigell. I got involved in Foley House because some of my friends, including Martha Spiers, moved there from the Co-op House. I heard Martha was in Portland, Oregon."

Mark Weltner writes: "I teach music and movement at Lincoln (Massachusetts) Nursery School, a cooperative, where I also teach 3-year-olds. There is no typical day at nursery school, which makes it stimulating. We laugh, create, problem-solve and approach challenges in different ways. Foley House was full of individuals who also laughed, created, problem-solved and approached challenges in different ways."

Alan Berolzheimer writes: "I've lived mostly in the Upper Valley since graduation. I earned my Ph.D. (U.S. history) at the University of Virginia. I've taught U.S. history at Colby-Sawyer College and Norwich University and now direct the Vermont Historical Society's book-publishing program. I have three daughters (20,19,16) and a son (9). My wife, Nancy Cressman, recently bought Left Bank Books, the used-book store in Hanover, above the Dirt Cowboy Cafe. Come visit!"

Michael Miller writes: "Foley House is where I found my community. Coffee house music evenings, potluck suppers for 40, nights spent on the roof are what I remember best. It was full of people caring passionately about politics, what was right and wrong and how to make the world a better place. I'man educational software developer and married with two daughters (15,11). I still carry around many of the ideals and dreams that Foles taught me, and still believe in the transformative power of a welcoming progressive community."

Judy Ornstein writes: "Foley House saved me at Dartmouth. We were an advocacy home base for women's equal admissions and South African divestment. Foley was a safe haven in what often felt like a hostile environment. I miss it! I now live on Long Island and teach high school U.S. history, psychology and child development. I married Joel Pesk off in 1990 and have three sons (15,9.7)"

Ken Winber called from Des Moines, lowa, to say that he was working on filming a three-part documentary about the lowa State Fair and the families and values involved in its agricultural activities. Watch for it on PBS. "The variety of independent-thinking people at Foley House was wonderful," said Ken.

Peter Kurz writes: "I've been in Taiwan for 20 years covering local stock markets for foreign institutional investors. I've been here so long they call me 'Mr. Taiwan.' I've seen some fascinating changes as Taiwan emerged from an authoritarian government to an unfettered democracy. Aside from typhoons, earthquakes, Chinese missile tests, assassination attempts and periodic stock market crashes, it's great here."

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