1979

The Dartmouth presidential search committee was announced in June. Classmates Pam Joyner and Peter Robinson will be on that committee to select the 17th president of Dartmouth College.

In June several classmates met in Hanover for the graduation of their children. Classmates seen during the weekend included Jim Boldt, Elizabeth Deming Dauten, Custis Spencer Glover, Holly Clark Grainger, Deborah Jennings, Etta Pisano Kylstra and Jan Kylstra, Rich Pircon, Julie Sudikoff Weisman and Mark Winkler. Libby Roberts was also reported to be in town for the graduation of her niece.

Phil Odence requests everyone to come back for a Hanover mini-reunion Saturday, September 27 (football game vs. UNH). Phil also wrote in June that he had just returned from "a delightful weekend fishing in the Second College Grant with Guy Van Wie, Bill Conway, Norm Richter, Dave Klinges and a few others. This was year 16 for Guy and me. Bill, Norm and 'Klingon' have been with us for the last 12. Bill (who recently made partner at Skadden Arps) didn't do any dishes, but he's such a terrific conversationalist that he's always invited. Guy is running for a seat in the Maine House of Representatives. Dave is on holiday from Bear Stearns. As head of tax for Textron, Norm has built a reputation as one of the best tax experts in corporate America. Our annual sojourn is such an incredible escape from civilization."

Steve Blackmer has left the Northern Forest Center in April after 11 years. Starting in September Steve will be a Bullard Fellow with the Harvard Forest at Harvard University for a year.

Jim Wasz, our 30th reunion committee leader, invites anyone willing to help pull together our reunion to contact him at jwasz1979@aol.com. Make your travel plans now to return to Hanover June 18-21, 2009, for your once-in-a-lifetime 30th reunion. Make new friends. Reconnect with old ones.

Skip Maples writes: "On Saturday, May 24, I was with my family at home relaxing. The next thing I remember was the following Monday being in the hospital and being visited by relatives. I'm told (since I don't remember anything) that I had been cooking Saturday dinner when I collapsed with a heart attack. I have no personal nor family history of heart disease. I exercise and have low cholesterol. Nonetheless, I suffered from an electrical problem and went into ventricular fibrillation. I was unbelievably lucky because not only did I not end up setting myself on fire on the stove but my wife, Carolyn, was right there and remembered her CPR from long ago when she was a summer camp counselor. I had already stopped breathing. Without CPR my case of sudden cardiac arrest would have quickly progressed to sudden cardiac death, as is the case nine out of 10 times. A few days later I had a Medtronic implantable cardioverter defibrillator put in me to prevent this from happening again. I have been home recuperating since. My biggest problem now is that when they put the breathing tube in me they bruised my vocal cords so my voice is extremely weak. I am told that I should be able to resume all my prior activities without restriction. The moral of the story is learn CPR! I owe my life to Carolyn knowing CPR. Without it, the odds are overwhelming that I would be dead. How would you feel if you saw your spouse or kid or co-worker collapse and face start turning a weird color and you didn't know CPR? Take that CPR class."

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