1977

Lots of good news from harrier coach Barry Harwick: “I am now in my 24th year of coaching track and cross-country at Dartmouth. Two of the students on this year’s team are the daughters of former athletes of mine; I am not sure why I am surprised by that, but it is an interesting stat. My own two children are thriving. My older son, Ben, works for a Major League Soccer team in N.Y.C., is engaged and will be married this fall. My younger son, Chris, graduated in May from St. Mary’s College in Maryland. He captained the varsity soccer team last fall. He is starting his job search. My wife, Marcia ’77a, continues to work with the board of trustees and now has friends in a variety of classes. A treat at reunion last spring had several guys from my first team at Dartmouth, 1992, come back to visit and go for a run. If you are in Hanover during the year or Harwich, Massachusetts, during the summer, be sure and look me up!”

Jeff Gimble sent a lengthy missive from New Orleans: “I was just typing three interviews I just held from high school students who applied to the College. I continue to be amazed by what today’s kids are capable of doing, and even more amazed that I was lucky enough to go to Dartmouth. I would not bet on my acceptance in today’s competitive environment. My wife and I are running a biotech business in the New Orleans BioInnovationCenter focusing on stem cell applications. We moved here four years ago. With our son graduating from high school we are preparing to become empty-nesters. Despite all my efforts to interest him in Dartmouth, the College did not make it on his application sheet. Tuition payments are sure to be high wherever my son goes.

We have an active alumni club that keeps us in touch with the campus. I enjoyed reading that Jay Swain, Mike McLaughlin, Jan Lee and others in Manchester, New Hampshire, are meeting regularly. If New Orleans were not so far downstream, I’d try to make it to meetings like that.”

Not every class has a poet laureate, but we do. The redoubtable Ann Duffy is accepting original poetry relevant to our Dartmouth experience. Dr. David Cutler and Christine Morris did great work appearing in the class newsletter. Ann can be reached at apduffy@optonline.net.

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