1982

Thank you to Steve Whiteley, Corinne Heyes and Brook Tolley Contort for their contributions to this column during the last five years. Now its up to David Eichman and me to fill you in on our class news. (How exactly were we elected? Quite frankly, we are both scratching our heads and suspect we've missed the opportunity for a recount.) Truly, we look forward to hearing from you all.

Before updating you on our reunion records (and, yes, 420 of us attended, surpassing the earlier record of 350), I wish to thank Mary Conway for serving as our past class president. While running her investor relations firm and raising her adorable 5-year-old son Owen, Mary organized a tireless group to ensure our reunions success. Congratulations to our reunion giving committee chairs Betsy Leggat and John Nicholson for winning the Harvey P. Hood 'lB Award for Outstanding Class Leadership 15-25 years out. Through their successful leadership, or should we call it advanced nudging, our class raised $6,017,726 for the College and won this years Class of 1938 Award for the largest reunion total. Many of you reported serious withdrawal symptoms after leaving the Dartmouth Green in June. Tee Lotson from New York City sought class help, requesting an area chapter of reunions anonymous. Pete Folger continued to sport his green wristband to attract classmates and was shocked when a less-than-green individual questioned his cause. Amelia Craig Cramer recalled how much fun daughter Margaret had playing human foosball at the reunion carnival with Karen Cassidy-Thompsons and Paul Brosnahan's children. Sherri Carroll Oberg reminisced about spotting reunion co-or-ganizer Eric Miller dancing under the tent with an enormous smile (of pride and probable relief). Jim McKenzie, who regrettably missed reunion, received (frustrating) phone updates throughout the weekend from Dale Janik, Steve Chandless and Jack Oakes. Steve Douty captured his memories on a silver Canon Elph digital camera, but left it on a table under the tent Saturday night. He knows we are thinking, "How could he.have misplaced a camera when he was in such full possession of his faculties?" Steve readily admits, "it is a mystery." Let us know if you can help Steve find his camera and preserve a Kodak moment.

Steve Faber got his post-reunion wish with a mini-reunion in the Twin Cities. Jay Miller, Becky Ankeny' 83 and Steve had dinner with Kwab GyasiTwum, who was in Minnesota on business. Kwab, who once worked for Pitney Bowes, is now with Cerebus. Earlier in the summer Alex Blumrosen, who lives in France, received similar Midwestern hospitality. Woody Kingman gave Alex a private tour of Minneapolis when Alex was in town to teach an arbitration class at a Minnesota law school. While Alex toured stateside, Matt Yee performed on the Celebrity Millennium around the Baltic and later visited Sean Burke and his spouse, Alberto, in Paris. More locally my family and I bumped into Jim Morrisons lovely wife, Sally, in Nantucket on July 4th. We missed Jim, who was getting their boat ready to (no doubt) escape tourists like us. Loftier news? Eric Cline, an associate professor of archaeology and ancient history at George Washington University, challenges academics to take on scientific studies of the Bible in his new book, From Eden to Exile: Unmveling Mysteries of the Bible. Peter Schafer, Perelman Professor of Judaic Studies at Princeton University, justifies the Palestinian and Babylonian Talmud texts as historical sources for Jesus' life in his newly published Jesusin the Talmud. These class authors seem ready made to deliver a mini-reunion symposium. Stay tuned!

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