Table of Contents

SOUND BITES

40 Crisis Management

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner ’83 talks about fixing a financial mess that arose from too much optimism and a system operating “with no cops and no rules.” By Matthew Mosk ’92

46 Par for the Course

Fore! Where else but at Hanover Country Club must golfers dodge everything from yapping dogs to cross-country champions? Welcome to the College’s largest and wildest playground, a.k.a. “the Freak show.” By Rick Shefchik ’74

52 Sea of Dreams

Eager to purge himself of “the wanderlust,” Brue Potter ’38 set out for a life of grand adventure. His aspirations ended right where they started: on an ill-fated voyage with the famous playboy explorer Richard Halliburton. By James Zug ’91

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10 | Your Turn Readers react.

Notebook

16 | Campus

News and notes from around the Green

26 | Sports

Opposing Ivy coaches weigh in on visiting Hanover. By Minae Seog ’14

28 | ALUMNI OPINION

The College should prepare more students for careers in agriculture. By Lissa Goldstein ’06

31 | RetrospectiVe

How an innovative summer program helped minority students. By Charles Dey ’52

34 | Personal history

An undergrad discovered her inner “sporty girl” more than 30 years ago. By Lynn hollenbeck ’83

38 | Classroom

Students revisit the lives of alumni veterans who died in the Vietnam War. BY LISA FURLONG

Pursuits

57 | Voices in the WILDERNESS

Playground designer Dan Schreibman ’86 knows what kids want. Also: Energy policy expert Caroline Choi ’90, White House reporter Sam Stein ’04, tech writer Liz Gannes ’04, Episcopal Relief and Development CEO Esther Cohen ’79, Tesla VP Diarmuid O’Connell ’86

62 | Alumni Books

Class Notes

66 | The classes

92 | Clubs 93 | Alumni

Council 93 | Deaths

96 | Continuing Ed

Oil and gas geologist Hal Macartney ’75 defends fracking. BY LISA FURLONG

ON THE COVER: Illustration by Barry Blitt

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“The aftershocks of the crisis were pretty challenging.” —timothy geithner ’83

“I get to live in a world of ideas.” —liz gannes ’04

“I probably missed my calling, but at least I found it later in life.” —dan schreibman ’86

“Doesn’t my entire persona scream, ‘I really belong at Wesleyan?’” —lynn hollenbeck ’83