1982

1982

1979-1982

Congratulations to Danny Black, who began his four-year term on the College board of trustees on July 1. Gail Koziara Boudreaux and Jim Coulter both finished their terms as trustee in June. While Danny is thrilled to begin this new role serving Dartmouth, he is also sad that he has to resign as president of our class. Danny writes, “I will always treasure the opportunity to have served on the class executive committee and cannot thank the members enough for their hard work. It has also been enormously rewarding to get to know so many whom I did not know well during our undergraduate days.” We are grateful that Danny served as class president 12 times longer than William Henry Harrison served as president of the United States.

So who will now serve as president of the class for the next four years, i.e., until our 40th reunion? I hope that by now you have heard the good news that the class executive committee unanimously approved George Thompson as our new class president. A nominating committee consisting of Carol Davis, David Plekenpol, and Ralph McDevitt solicited nominations and then vetted candidates. In his statement of interest, George wrote, “I am flattered by the nomination by one of my classmates, and I am interested in serving our class. I have derived much from my Dartmouth experiences and the enduring relationships that have followed our graduation. I viewthe opportunity to serve as an opportunity to give back to the great class of 1982.” George previously served as class co-secretary with Phillipa Guthrie many years ago. Phillipa writes that George “was a wonderful partner in crime: reliable, responsive, imaginative, and inclusive with a very funny but kindly wit.” George has also served as the treasurer of the Dartmouth Club of Central Massachusetts. He is an attorney based in Westborough, Massachusetts, where he has been an active community member, including serving on the Westborough board of selectmen. One of George’s goals for the class is to continue developing a compassionate classmate program that matches volunteers with classmates who feel isolated or are having health challenges. Class Officers Weekend this year is September 20-21, and we look forward to meeting with our new president in Hanover.

As I write this column, Tee Lotson has one more week left as president of the Dartmouth Alumni Council. I hear there will be a class gathering at the Peninsula Hotel in Manhattan at the end of June to celebrate Tee’s accomplishments. Thanks, Tee, for all your service to our alma mater, especially this past year!

I hope that you have made plans to return to Hanover for Homecoming Weekend, October 11-12. Talks are underway with the Dickey Center for International Understanding for a panel discussion to mark the 10th anniversary of the Great Issues Scholars program. There will also be a pre-game mini-reunion on October 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Blunt Alumni Center. For more information, contact Mike Berg at mikeberg82@ gmail.com.

—David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net; Jenny Chandler Hauge, 3506Idaho Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20016; jchandlerhauge@gmail.com