Table of Contents

FEATURES

36 100 Years of the Dartmouth Outing Club

Seasons come, seasons go, but for a century the Dartmouth Outing Club has demonstrated how the great outdoors can be a defining element of a liberal arts education. By Jim Collins ’84

44 Mileposts

The Outing Club has honed its legend for a century, as this timeline highlights. BY LEE MICHAELIDES

46 Rising from the Ruins

Students set out to design and build a new cabin. The result? A majestic showcase of the DOC spirit. By Jim Collins ’84

50 Peak Experience

A different time, a different place: The joy and ecstasy of working at the Moosilauke Summit Camp in 1941. By Richard H. Backus ’44

DEPARTMENTS

10 LETTERS

Notebook

22 CAMPUS

Around the Green in sixty seconds.

24 HISTORY

Gay and lesbian alums have Ed hermance ’62 to thank for DGALA. By Karen Iorio ’10

26 PERSONAL HISTORY

On the eve of her son’s departure for college, an alumna and her son switch roles. By Kate Silberman Balaban ’81

28 ON THE JOB

As media bureaus abroad retrench, videographer Jason maloney ’91 steps in to deliver the news. By Bonnie Barber

32 TRIBUTE

A novelist looks back on the English professor who changed his life: James Cox. By Tom Maremaa ’67

Alumni News

56 SEEN & HEARD

57 SHELF LIFE

58 THE CLASSES

91 CLUBS

91 OBITUARIES

Continuing Ed 96

C. Everett “Chick”

Koop ’37 on making America healthier. BY LISA FURLONG

ON THE COVER Photo illustration by Jon Valk

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