1982

As this column goes to print I have just returned from a cold and snowy Hanover, where I attended Club and Affiliated Group Officers Weekend (CAGOW). Other '82s in attendance included Bernie Thompson and Rachel Froman-Bettencourt. Bernie serves as first vice president of the Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association. He lives outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with spouse Karen Cassidy-Thompson and their two children. Rachel is the treasurer of the Dartmouth Club of Central Massachusetts and has also served as its president, vice president and secretary. Rachel is a lawyer who spends most days in juvenile court as a court-appointed attorney for indigent parents or children in child abuse and neglect cases. I attended CAGOW as a board member of the Dartmouth Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Alumni/ae Association.

I am sure that most of you have heard the news that our classmate John Donahoe is now president and CEO of eBay. I must admit that I do not really know how eßay works, but I do know that it is a big company.John also serves on the Colleges board of trustees.

Jeff Newman of Concord, New Hampshire, testified in January before the New Hampshire state legislature in favor of a bill that would repeal a 2003 law that allowed the College to amend its charter without the states involvement. Jeff is president of Gamma Delta Chi Corp.

I managed to talk to Scott Appleby last fall after the wildfires that raged throughout southern California. Scott lives in Rancho Santa Fe with his family. They were evacuated and were fortunate to return to a home covered with ash but still standing. About 20 homes in their neighborhood were destroyed and the fire came within a half mile of their house.

Nancy Kricorian is at work on her third novel, tentatively the Light There Was. You should check out her second novel, Dreams ofBread & Fire, which has some scenes at an unnamed New England college you might recognize. Nancyis the New York City coordinator of Codepink Women for Peace, a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement with more than 100 chapters around the country.

Dan Kamin lives outside Chicago with his family and teaches courses on American multiculturalism, the "war on terrorism" and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at DePaul University. He often thinks fondly of our 25 th reunion and all the classmates with whom he connected and reconnected.

Mark Kamin teaches German in Arroyo Grande, California. Mark and I were on German FSP together in Berlin 27 years ago this winter. Wir sind sehr alt! (We are very old!)

Nathan Longan sent us a wonderful sonnet filled with news of his adventures in St. Petersburg, Russia. Nathan also wrote some fabulous verses in our 25th reunion book. Check them out. He is also savoring his fond memories from the reunion and proudly reports that he caught a yellowfin tuna (and several other fish) in the Indian Ocean in December.

Robin Shaffert recently started a new job as the senior director of corporate social responsibility at the American Association of People with Disabilities in Washington, D.C.

Fred Konopka is a senior associate with MDT Advisors, a quantitative equity investment shop in Boston. Fred just got engaged to Dr. Monika Walczak—congratulations, Fred!

William Koslo Jr. was recently appointed managing director and group head of CIT Capital Markets in New York City.

Jim Froehlich is now a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Vascular Surgery. Any classmates interested in doing a review of this journal? Happy spring!

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