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New school year: Jake Johnston retired from being the principal of McCrimmon Middle School in the Toronto, Canada, area and has been on an educational administrative fellowship in Abu Dhabi.

Kent Trachte is dean of the College at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Kent holds a doctorate in political science and was a faculty member prior to his 2003 appointment as dean. He served as chair of the National Academic Advising Associations Commission on Small Colleges and Universities from 1999 through 2002. Kent also serves on the Ephrata Community Hospital board of directors.

George Leach is at Analog Devices Inc. in Wilmington, Massachusetts, where he specializes in management and leadership training. Prior to joining Analog Devices George worked in various administrative capacities for Harvard Business School.

David Clark left Charlotte, North Carolina, where he was practicing with a law firm, and moved to the Big Apple to join the office of general counsel for the hedge fund Deerfield Associates.

Stuart Pechter has been actively engaged in periodontics and dental implant surgery in Palm Beach County, Forida. His passion is improving the quality of people's lives by helping to restore their ability to chew and smile with confidence. Stuart regularly volunteers his time at the Caridad Health Clinic in Boynton Beach, where dentists donate services to provide dental care to migrant farm workers and their families. A masters swimmer, Stuart swims daily with the Palm Beach County masters program. He also is an avid bicycle rider and enjoys seakayaking off Delray Beach.

Jan Kirschner maintains a busy chiropractic practice in Boulder, Colorado, where he seems to have found his second calling as the auction eer for charity events. Jan has been involved with Nevei Kodesh (Oasis of Holiness), the Jewish renewal community of Boulder, a spiri tual community for those seeking to discover the modern meaning of Judaism as a spiritual practice.

In June Trevor D. Rees-Jones became a College trustee. Trevor, who lives in Dallas, Texas, is the founder and president of Chief Oil & Gas, an independent oil and natural gas company. He formerly served as president and on the boards of the Dallas Petroleum Club and the Dallas Wildcat Committee. Prior to entering the energy business, he was a partner at the Thompson & Knight law firm. Trevor and his wife, Jan, established the Rees-Jones Foundation, which provides support and funding for programs to improve medical care, housing, hunger, education and basic human services for the poor and underserved in north Texas. As a Dartmouth volunteer he has served as a fraternity/sorority coordinator, co-chair of the class reunion giving committee and member of the Presidents Leadership Council. "Dartmouth and my Dartmouth education have meant a great deal to me and I have witnessed the tremendous impact the College continues to have on students' lives today. I am thankful and humbled to have the opportunity to serve on the board of trustees and to continue giving back to Dartmouth and supporting its new president, Jim Yong Kim."

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