September/October 2016

Dartmouth Alumni Magazine

SOUND BITES

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“As with any law, you can read the ACA as compromised.” —ALLISON K. HOFFMAN ’98

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“My fondest memory [of the Nugget Theater] is camping out to see Star Wars in the spring of 1999.” —JOE SCOTT '00

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“Just looking out your window at a tree makes you healthier, lowers your blood pressure and improves your resiliency.” —SARA HOBEL 76

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“We stood at [her] grave as parents with children of the very age and time of life as when her life ended.” —SHARON MARKHAM GEAGHAN '80

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42 King of the Hill
Tiger Shaw ’85, head of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, seeks to revolutionize the way teenagers become Winter Olympians. BY JAMES ZUG ’91

46 Dramatically Different
Niegel Smith ’02 leads the award-winning Flea Theater, founded two decades ago to create “a joyful hell in a small space.” BY HEATHER SALERNO

48 In a League of His Own
Best known as Deputy Sheriff Clem on Bonanza, character actor Bing Russell ’47, Tu’48, became notorious in his real-life role as owner of a team of minor league misfits, BY TY BURR ’8O

52 THE DAM INTERVIEW Phil Hanlon ’77
After three years in office, Dartmouth’s president offers his take on student life, the future of the College, and what it’s like to live on Frat Row. BY C.J. HUGHES ’9 2

DEPARTMENTS
12 YOUR TURN Letters

Notebook

20 CAMPUS News and notes from the College

30 RETROSPECTIVE
In its 100-year history, Hanover’s only movie theater has occasionally produced more drama and comedy in the seats than on screen. BY JESSICA FEDIN ’17

34 ARTIFACT
Here’s much ado about the First Folio, the College’s nearly 400-year-old published collection of Shakespeare’s plays. BY AYLIN WOODWARD ’15

37 MEDICINE
Bioethicist Anne Drapkin Lyerly ’91 fights to include pregnant women in research studies of the Zika virus, BY KAITLIN BELL BARNETT ’05

41 PERSONAL HISTORY
A Homecoming journey sparks a different kind of reunion, BY SHARON MARKHAM GEAGHAN ’80

Pursuits
59 VOICES IN THE WILDERNESS Under the direction of Sara Hobel ’76, the Horticultural Society of New York blossoms with new urban outreach. Also: Robert Evans ’79, Hank Rogerson ’89 & Jilann Spitzmiller ’89, Bill Burgess ’01, Th’02, Bob Mighell ’85, Th’86, Suzanne Lehrer Dumaine ’09

Class Notes

68 THE CLASSES

100 CLUBS & GROUPS

101 DEATHS

104 CONTINUING ED

Legal scholar Allison K. Hoffman ’98 on the Affordable Care Act BY LISA FURLONG

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