1981

Jenny Toolin McAuliffe wrote to say that she was "amused" to read in the 25 th reunion book that her profession was "computer sciences." Somehow, her biographical information got mangled by the gremlins in the College archives. While Jenny assures us that she is "probably the least technologically proficient member of our class," she must use some computer skills in her role as co-head of the fixed income division for Fidelity Investments International in London. Jenny came to London five years ago to help build Fidelity's fixed income team there and expand it to Hong Kong and Tokyo. She and her husband, Tony, have two daughters, Casey (12) and Lindsay (11), "whose fully developed senses of humor make life fun." Jenny did fly in for a few hours of our 25th reunion, long enough to climb Moosilauke, but flew back to London to watch Casey perform in a play Saturday night. "I wanted to make the effort for Dartmouth '81s and be a good mother!" says Jenny. Speaking of world travelers, I finally caught up with Linda Gill, who was working in one of her two offices, both in cities where she doesn't live. As general manager of Kimani Press, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Limited, Linda travels between offices in New York and Toronto, but lives in noithern Virginia. "I have the most dynamic life ever!" admits Linda, who has been featured in Black Enterprise Magazine, Black Issues Book Review and other media during the past few months following her recent successful launch of Kimani TRU, a line of multi-cultural fiction books targeted at African-American teens and written by emerging authors. Linda's particularly excited about this latest of her "intrapreneurial" ventures within Kimani Press because she sees her mission and her legacy as "publishing the literary voices of tomorrow" while emphasizing positive life experiences through the books' characters. In addition to Kimani TRU, Linda says her "greatest success of the past few months" has been publishing Friends:A Love Story, a memoir of Angela Bassett and Courtney Vance, co-written with Hilary Beard, which was featured on Oprah this past Valentine's Day! Like Linda, Winnifred Levy is a former Topliff resident who now makes her home in the Washington, D.C., area. Winni is nonprofit communications manager at the Aspen Institute, where she edits books, awards grants, facilitates convenings and does outreach. She's often called upon to translate technical research findings into more accessible documents. "I enjoy making things readable, and I feel like I'm giving back by helping nonprofits," says Winni. Spending so much time writing and editing for others has made her long to focus on the four novels she's got in the works, so stay tuned! Winni's also been battling multiple sclerosis during the past few years, but feels fortunate to have the relapsing/remitting form of the disease and embraces a positive attitude despite the uncertainty it brings to her life. As Winni says, "I've done everything I've wanted to do. I have no regrets!" She's "happily divorced for now" and enjoys spending time with her son David Robertson Jr., a freshman at Virginia State whom she describes as "a great kid." Finally, kudos to Patsy Fisher, who was recently promoted to director of class activities at the College, where she's worked tirelessly in alumni relations since 1988. Patsy's latest project is organizing the upcoming Celebrations of 35 Years of Coeducation, November 9-11 in Hanover and spring 2008 in the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information, please contact Patsy at patricia.fisher@ dartmouth.edu. Also, if you haven't received an '81 e-mail recently, you have missed '81 news and the color newsletter. E-mail: gregory@ clow.com.

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