1983

1983

David Ellis organized a hugely successful class weekend in N.Y.C. in November. Forty-six classmates converged on the city with significant others and family members—a total of 96 people—to partake in multiple activities, including a football game between Dartmouth and Princeton at Yankee Stadium commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first college game, delicious meals at assorted venues, and a Tony Award-winning musical. On Friday night classmates attended Hadestown, a Broadway musical and winner of eight Tony Awards that was developed during the New York Theater Workshop’s 2014 summer residency at Dartmouth. Jessica Rosenberg Brown writes that the play was worth every penny. Having downloaded the original Broadway cast recording, she is continuing to enjoy the experience. Following the performance, Amber Grey, a star of the show and friend of actor Jim Sterling, treated classmates, including Gail Marcus, Patty Shepherd Green, and Wade Welch, to a backstage tour. Saturday’s activities commenced with a morning book event with Jamie Bernstein, daughter of composer/ conductor Leonard Bernstein and author of Famous Father Girl. On Saturday afternoon classmates traveled to Yankee Stadium for the historic game. Jessica Rosenberg Brown writes that by Hanover standards, the weather wasn’t all that frigid. Rick Baker flew in from Madison, Wisconsin, for the game, as did Lynn Johnson Kidder, from Palo Alto, California. As coach Buddy Teevens ’79 was quoted in The Dartmouth, “Dartmouth people, they’ll travel anywhere to watch. It was fun to see, to look at the sea of green.” Following the victory, the Dartmouth players turned to the rousing students and alums standing arm-overarm in the stands and joined them in singing the alma mater. Of course, there were several tailgate parties as well as post-victory celebrations at Billy’s Sports Bar in the Bronx. Amy Bloch has been practicing psychiatry for 23 years and is the author of a newly published book, The Power of the Heart. Amy never expected to write a book but felt compelled to share her discovery of the heart’s power in the midst of personal crisis. Amy’s daughter, Emily, was born with severe brain damage. Upon hearing the devastating news, Amy fell into a state of despair and fear, but tapping into her heart enabled her to find strength and courage. Amy believes our brains don’t know everything, and when our hearts step in, we’re stronger, smarter, authentic, and better able to live with uncertainty and know our true selves. Rick Eggleston recently joined Worcester Polytechnic Institute as professor and department head of civil and environmental engineering. His teaching interests focus on geochemistry, solar energy, and semiconductor electrochemistry, surface and interface chemistry, and thermodynamics. According to Rick, as we approach the problem of climate adaptation, we face nothing less than the redesign and reconstruction of the global infrastructure for new energy, transportation, food, water, and environmental systems—with a leading role for a new generation of civil, architectural, and environmental engineers able to work with novel materials, smart world design, systems thinking, and data science.

—Elliot Stultz, 421 West Melrose St., #8A, Chicago, IL 60657; elliotstultz@yahoo.com; Shanta Sullivan, 1541 North Sierra Bonita Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; shantaesullivan@gmail.com

Elliot Stultz