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Between the time I write this and the time you read this we will have had an unprecedented 17 mini-reunions around the country in tandem with the classes of ’80 and ’79. The number of our classmates who volunteered to make these mini-reunions hap- pen is truly impressive. Many of them have never hosted or helped organize a mini-reunion before. Take Tom and Anne McGonagle, for instance. They volunteered to host a mini-reunion at their house in spite of its dual function as a Dartmouth skiing lodge. Bob Van Wetter and Betsy Brew offered to lend a hand. (They also recently joined the McGonagles at CarniVail along with Tim Itin.) Chris Toll pitched in too. By the way, Chris and Howard Morse were spotted at the Dartmouth Lawyers Association (DLA) midwinter meeting (in Telluride, Colo- rado—sounds very serious!). Howard, who heads Cooley’s antitrust practice in D.C., just assumed the DLA presidency (earlier held by Chris).
Jerry ’80 and Gay Macomber Bird flew in from Boston to visit the McGonagles a couple weeks earlier—the skiing foursome heading up to Beaver Creek to watch the world championships, with Gay “hanging around afterward for a bit of knee surgery.” (Hmm, perhaps my knee could use a little touch-up, too.) The Birds likewise signed on to help put a mini-reunion together in Boston.
It was good to hear from Kevin Kerin after he was corralled into promoting the mini-reunion at the DOC house. Living in a parallel universe (on the other side of Vermont) is Peter Weller, who just like Kevin is a doctor at Central Vermont Hospital, married to a doctor, a hobby farmer who enjoys mountain hikes and (most importantly!) volun- teered to help promote a local mini-reunion (in Burlington, Vermont).
In case you’re wondering what all the mini- reunion hype was about, the master plan is to inspire you to make it to Hanover in June for our joint 35th reunion. This is the last notes column you’ll get before reunion. For those of you who are already planning to be there, I am really look- ing forward to seeing you. For those of you who haven’t yet decided to go, what is your problem!? Our nests are emptying and our careers are start- ing to wind down. How are you going to spend some of that emerging extra time? Shouldn’t a big part of the answer be “with friends”? Reunion is the perfect time to reestablish friendships and to create new ones. Surely by now you must appreci- ate how rare it is to find people who are not only bright, well-rounded, talented and energetic, but who also share the values of integrity and trust that Dartmouth instilled in us. Perhaps the best thing Dartmouth offered us was each other. For all you who wish you’d gotten to know more classmates at Dartmouth, it’s not too late! Come to reunion and you just might be amazed.
P.S.: Susan Spencer rocks: multiple New Eng- land Newspaper & Press Association award-win- ner, including New England Newspaper Reporter of the Year! Congratulations!
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