1986

Good news from our class agent Sam Zales: The class of 1986 is at record levels for percentage of classmates donating to the class. We're above 40 percent and could truly put a stake in the "alumni zeal" ground by reaching 50 percent by the end of June. Sam and his team are reachable at szales@buyerzone.com. P.S.: As a "school rankings aficionado" I can add that high alumni participation rates, at even minimal levels, drive the U.S. News assessment of Dartmouth higher.

The long-distance contributor for this spring is long-distance runner and cyclist Keith Noyes, who writes from Hong Kong. "Good news and changes for me over here. My first child, Kaya, was born on February 20. She already has me completely wrapped around her finger! In order to pay for her diapers and Dartmouth education I reentered the world of finance last October as the Asia Pacific regional director for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. My ability to speak Chinese was a major reason for getting the job—thank you, Dartmouth Asian studies! I never imagined when I began Chinese at Dartmouth in September 1982 that one day I'd be using it in meetings with the Peoples Bank of China to discuss the benefits of legislation to Chinas financial market development. I'm still managing my sports event company as a hobby, but only have time for local events rather than multiday adventure races in exotic locations. The King of the Hills Mountain Marathon Series is our flagship event, www.seyonasia.com. Given Kaya's mothers sporting DNA I am hopeful that Kaya will be Queen of the Hills one day."

Dave Magner writes from Arizona: "I'm an SBU director at Rain Bird and have been in Tucson, Arizona, for the past six years with my wife, Letitia, and two kids Veronica (17) and Jum (7). The big news from us is that Veronica was just accepted early decision at Dartmouth and will become a '12 next fall! I now have a great reason to go back to Hanover more often and look forward to another vicarious four years at Dartmouth."

Green/Green/Greene weekend: Dave and the rest of us can save October 10-12 for a return to Hanover. We are planning an '86 family event highlighted by a set of facultyled seminars on sustainability and family outdoor activities in the Hanover area. This is often peak foliage weekend, and organizer Gary Greene has it coinciding with football (vs. Yale) and Columbus Day. (That should be fun; Yalies hate Columbus so much that they choose to go back to school that Monday.)

Liz Fanlo was one of many '86s in San Francisco to celebrate 35 years of coeducation at the school. She reports, "It was a terrific conference put on by the College and every breakout session and speaker seemed to reconfirm what I have known all along: What a great decision I made to attend Dartmouth. Our group was Jessica Cohn Healy, Alicia Macri Lindgren, Lynne TenHoopen Lear, Sally Goreman Fitzhugh and Gabrielle Whelan. While at the conference we ran into Lee Merkle-Raymond, Lynn Tracy Nerland, Joanne Lowry and Susan Weiner."

David Mott was named Executive of the Year for 2007 by Gazette magazine out of Maryland. David has been with Medlmmune since it was a 60-employee firm in 1992 (it's now more than 3,000) and has served as Medlmmune's CEO since October 2000. Pharma Voice named him one of the 100 Most Admired Executives in 2005. He, his wife, and four children live in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and he still is a fan of skiing, fishing and biking.

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