Table of Contents

FEATURES

34 Being There

Whom better to ask for travel tips than Dartmouth's smart and worldly wise professors? Here they show you how to travel off the beaten path. If you love adventure and hate getting caught in a crowd, prepare for takeoff. BY CAROLYN KYLSTRA '08

42 Stage Presence

The life of a busy actor isn't always easy, but for Sharon Washington '81, it's the only one she wants. BY JENNIFER WULFF '96

46 The Last Dance

Fifty long years ago a deep team with only two seniors overcame a shaky start, severe snowstorms and even a ban on "French pastry" to capture Dartmouth's last Ivy League basketball crown. BY RALPH WIMBISH

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DEPARTMENTS

12 LETTERS

Notebook

18 CAMPUS

Around the Green in sixty seconds.

22 INTERVIEW

Professor Bernie Gert talks about philosophy as a calling and spending five decades at Dartmouth. BY LEANNE MIRANDILLA '10

24 HISTORY

When a small plane went missing in the White Mountains, the ensuing search changed forever the lives of Outing Club members. BY KAREN IORIO '10

26 PERSONAL HISTORY

A lapsed physics major returns to her calling. BY LOUISA GILDER '00

30 ON THE JOB

David Hosp '90 has made it as an author without abandoning his day job. BY MARIA KARAGIANIS

Alumni News

54 SEEN & HEARD

58 SHELF LIFE

60 THE CLASSES

92 CLUBS

93 ALUMNI COUNCIL

93 OBITUARIES

Continuing Ed 104

Richard F. miller ’62 on life as imam Muhammad Abdur-Razzaq BY LISA FURLONG

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Arms Race Captain Rudy LaRusso '59 (35) drives to the basket in the 1959 Ivy League playoff victory over Princeton.