1988

1988

CLASS NOTES

This column comes from Geoffrey Hyatt, guest columnist, with many thanks from class secretary Tory Woodin Chavey.

I am delighted to write this column, which will theme on classmates from the Dartmouth Outing Club. Paul Blackburn was elected to his fourth term as mayor of Hood River, Oregon. During the days he rides the local ambulance helping save lives. Paul is president of the nonprofit cross-country ski area on Mount Hood and gets there most weeks in season. Karen Wood DiBari of Missoula, Montana, recently left the National Forest Foundation after 16 years to spend more time outside and less at a desk (irony!). Karen now facilitates community engagement in the management of federal public lands. Her family enjoys hiking, winter sports, and rafting, and just bought a camper van. Karen saw her cousin Rebecca Wood Albright last summer in Anchorage, Alaska, and recently hiked with Cathy Knapp Aspinwall in Tucson, Arizona.

Tough news from Bainbridge Island near Seattle. First, Steve Prentice continues to recover from a bad fall in 2011 that resulted in incomplete paralysis in his legs. He has gradually regained enough function to walk with the assistance of trekking poles. And you may have heard that Mike Derzon lost his son in an accidental drowning. “It has been an awful time for us since Graham died. We have found it helpful to remain open about the process, about our grief, and about our lives as they slowly shape themselves around this hole we now carry. Catherine Craighead Briggs, Keating Coffey, Steve Cook, Kelly Mortell Prime, Cathy Knapp Aspinwall, Steve Prentice, and Paul Blackburn and his wife, Kristen Dillon ’89, came to the gathering to honor Graham. I am thankful for all the support from our extended Dartmouth family.” Mike, we love you.

Julia Fulwyler Brunner and Steve Brunner have lived in the Denver area for 30 years. Steve is an engineer specializing in renewable energy projects. Julia works for the National Park Service, managing the mining, abandoned mineral lands, and oil and gas programs. They recently skied with Maura O’Neill Spangler and Paul Steinwald; hiked in Jackson, Wyoming, with Mich Dupre and Emily Brew ’89; and hiked the Omondi Obura Peak Bag with Bart Miller, Elizabeth Pike, and Tom and CeCe Jablow Bloomfield. Scotty McGee trains ski instructors at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and does backcountry guiding in Grand Teton National Park and kayak paddle guiding around Tetons and Yellowstone. (My wife and I climbed Grand Teton with Scotty. He is an amazing guide—call him.)

Heidi Stowell returned to her roots by the family lake in Maine after raising her three kids outside Boston. Heidi is a massage therapist, and enjoys hiking, mountain biking, and star gazing by paddleboard. Sean Murphy lives in Portland, Maine and helps people navigate the environmental regulatory world of renewable energy projects. He has permitted multiple solar and transmission projects to connect “stranded” generation to cities. He also enjoys Maine’s hiking, kayaking, and skiing, and visits Dave McConnell’s Three of Strong distillery in Portland.

—Tory Woodin Chavey, 128 Steele Road, West Hartford, CT 06119; dartmouth88classnotes@ gmail.com

Tory Woodin Chavey