Clubs & Groups

Clubs & Groups

There are just a few updates from our Dartmouth clubs and groups this issue. Stay tuned for the next issue—many will be celebrating and sending off new Dartmouth freshmen at the end of summer!

The Dartmouth Club of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, was one ofthe busy alumni organizations this spring. Tracey L. Taylor ’87 wrote in with news. On May 3 the club held a luncheon meeting at the Hyannis Yacht Club with guest speaker Gene Hornsby, Tu’73. Gene is the former president of the Orleans Firebirds baseball team, which is part of the preeminent Cape Cod Baseball League. Gene was a very entertaining speaker and well received by those in attendance. On May 4 the club held a volunteer activity for Dartmouth’s Annual Day of Service at the Family Pantry of Cape Cod in Harwich. Volunteers sorted donated food stuffs, stocked shelves, sorted redeemable bottles and cans, and assisted with unloading the truck when it returned from local grocery store pickups. Those who participated really enjoyed the project, and plans are in the works to put together a regular schedule of volunteer activities for the club’s members. On June 13 the club held the annual dinner meeting at the Hyannisport Club. Professor Robert Bonner, chair of the College’s history department, was the guest speaker and talked at length about the Dartmouth College case and howthe College celebrated its 250th anniversary this spring. The food, view, camaraderie, and speaker were all outstanding.

Rachel Abendroth ’13, president of the Dartmouth Club of Western Pennsylvania, shared an update from late last year for those who may not have seen it about an alum being honored by the University of Pittsburgh. The multi-million dollar renovation of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Sports Medicine Center, located in the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on Pittsburgh’s Southside, culminated in its renaming as the UPMC Freddie Fu Sports Medicine Center. It is named after Freddie Fu ’74, DMS’75. Dr. Fu is the David Silver Professor and chair of orthopedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. A pioneer in sports medicine and the diagnosis and treatment of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, Dr. Fu was a driving force behind the building ofthe UPMC sports complex in 2000. Given his innumerable contributions to sports medicine, the university, and the city of Pittsburgh, it was only fitting that the center bear his name. Fu is credited as the founder of UPMC’s sports medicine program in 1986.

Please send me updates about the great events that your club, association, or affiliated group have organized.

—Stina Brock ’01, P.O. Box 9274, Jackson, WY 83002; stina.brock@gmail.com