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Remember to register separately for housing, and sign up now for kid programs and DOC activities.

This is it! We’re trapped in cyberspace and registration is available only online, not through snail mail.
But if you have any trouble or you are located on a remote planet with no Internet access,
you can contact our Registration Jedi Kim Donovan Henley at 413.567.6360.

The reunion committee is excited that so many classmates plan to be in Hanover for June 18th-21st.
Our biggest challenge will be time management, as we have a truly amazing program schedule for our 30th.

HOW MUCH FUN IS TOO MUCH FUN?

Click here to View the Official Reunion schedule

Here are some key highlights:

• Our class reunion tent will be pitched at the new McLaughlin Center, which is located behind Baker/Berry Library. McLaughlin has great indoor gathering spaces and the rooms are air conditioned, so dorm life for the weekend may bear little resemblance to your undergraduate experience. We hope this will not be too disorienting.
• It’s the 100th Anniversary of the Dartmouth Outing Club! (The DOC is even older than we are.) Sign up to spend Wednesday night at the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge and revisit your freshmen trip. Other DOC activities include day hikes, white water rafting, canoeing, a high ropes course, an Organic farm tour, and a bus ride to DOC’s spiffy new Harris ‘66 lodge on Moose Mountain.
• Naturally enough, the college is planning activities, including a College Admissions Workshop, a garden walk at the President’s home, academic open houses, Professional School receptions, AA meetings, stargazing, etc.
• Thursday evening: We launch our class festivities with a bash at 17 Rope Ferry Road, the gracious home of diehard Class VP Bill (Bags) Mitchell and his wife Bray.
• Friday morning Phil Odence plans to make everyone get up and run before breakfast at the tent. In keeping with tradition, Joe Henley and David Dowd III will oversee a round of golf.
• Friday box lunch and canoe outing to Gilman Island.
• Friday night dinner on the nostalgia-soaked lawn of Baker library, as scripted by Ken Beer, Nancy Schwartzman Malmquist, Libby Roberts and Nancy Wilder. 
• Saturday morning our fabulous Class President Laurie Laidlaw Roulston will preside over our Class Meeting and New Officer Elections at the tent over breakfast. Later in the day you might try hiking, biking, tennis, canoeing, kayaking, or Singles Twister. Less strenuous activities might include floating in an innertube, alumni shopping, or napping in a rocking chair on the porch of the Hanover Inn.
• Saturday lunch will be a family cook-out at the new baseball field named in honor of classmate Mike Biondi, who passed away too young. Prior to lunch, we will have a memorial service for all those classmates who are no longer with us.
• Saturday dinner (we must keep eating in order to keep up our strength) will be held at the Haldeman Patio, which is apparently some new hot-spot on campus.
• Sunday morning breakfast at—you guessed it—the tent. No long goodbyes… ok, maybe a few tears….
• Classmate Laurie Rosenfeld will moderate a panel discussion on Reinventing Yourself. 
• Whoever they are, this year’s speakers will have tough acts to follow given the irreverent lol performances of Gina Barreca, Louisa Guthrie and Buddy Teevens at past reunions. We may also have some fascinating words from a speaker or two who are not Dartmouth 79s. ]]> tag:dartmouth.org,2008:classes/79/index.php/site/index/1.14 2008-09-23T15:55:45Z 2010-08-23T04:32:46Z admin mark.tomalonis.79@alum.dartmouth.org August, 2010

  Dear Classmates,

  On behalf of the College and the great Class of ‘79, I would like to thank all of you who contributed this past year to the Dartmouth College Fund (DCF).  Our class continues to amaze!

  We set a Class record with 74% participation, handily beating our 70% goal, and beating our previous record of 71.1% by almost 300 basis points.  Our participation levels exceeded all Classes post-1961 and was 5th overall.  We won the Class of 1953 Award for the greatest number of donors for any class, an award we have won for 12 consecutive years.  Our 695 donors set a Dartmouth record for most cash donors of any class in the history of Dartmouth!  We had 136 more donors than the second place class (1984).  This is our 7th consecutive year with over 600 donors.  No other class has ever come close to hitting 600.

  We raised $798,825 for the DCF, beating our goal of $700,000, and we raised more money than all non-Reunion classes save the classes of ‘78 and ‘82.  We had the second highest number of 1769 Society members (gifts over $2,500), missing the top mark by only one donor.

  In addition to our agents making calls throughout the year, several anonymous classmates stepped up with challenge gifts that made a huge difference in getting to our participation numbers.  Without these challenge gifts, we would never have made it to the levels we achieved.  We are deeply indebted to these generous classmates.

  Finally, I would like to thank others in the class whose efforts surely contribute to our class giving records.  These efforts have proven vital in reconnecting with classmates, which has greatly contributed to our DCF participation efforts.

  Thanks again to all of you who contribute to the ability of today’s students to live the Dartmouth experience.

  Best personal regards,

  Jim Feuille (Head Agent)

  
  To put a gift on a credit card, please call the Dartmouth College Fund (1-800-228-1769), or go to Dartmouth’s website, https://www.dartmouthcollegefund.org/ALUM_give.htm . Payment by check should be made payable to Dartmouth College Fund and mailed to:

  Dartmouth College Fund
  c/o Gift Recording Office
  6066 Development Office
  Hanover, NH 03755-3555

  For a stock transfer, call the College Investment Office toll-free at 877-650-6956.

  Thank you!

  Jim Feuille (Head Agent)
  Peggy Epstein Tanner (Participation Co-Chair & Major Gifts)
  Dave Philhower (Participation Chair)

  ]]> tag:dartmouth.org,2010:classes/79/index.php/site/index/1.126 2010-06-28T01:15:00Z 2010-06-29T05:03:15Z admin mark.tomalonis.79@alum.dartmouth.org Class Officers: 

  President:  Laurie Laidlaw Roulston
  Vice President:  Bill Mitchell
  Head Agent:  Peggy Epstein Tanner
  Secretary:  Mark Winkler
  Treasurer:  Jim Boldt
  Historian:  John Currier
  Webmaster:  Walter Chick
  Mini-Reunion Chair:  Phil Odence
  Newsletter Editors:  Jim Feuille and Ben Riley

  July 2004-June 2005:  Buddy Teevens hired as Dartmouth Football Coach.  Peter Robinson elected as our second Dartmouth 1979 Trustee.  69% of the class gives to the alumni fund, raising $690,000, resulting in an award from the Dartmouth College Fund for “Outstanding Class More Than 15 Years Out.”  Wonderful 79th Day mini-reunions celebrated in Hanover, Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. 

  July 2005-June 2006:  Dedication of Corey Ford Rugby Clubhouse.  The class Newsletter publishes more amazing accounts from Bill Holmes, from Indonesia and Cambodia.  Bruce Arena, Laura Robertson, Bill Mitchell, Nancy Wilder and Carol Nietz serve as mentors for students externing with Dartmouth Partners in Community Service; the class donates $6,000 to this program.  Class raises $825,000 for the alumni fund with 634 classmates participating; we win awards for most number of donors and most dollars given by a non-reunion class.  We raise $7,000 for Dartmouth Partners in Community Service.  35+ classmates participate in mini-reunions in San Francisco, Hanover, Boston, Washington, D.C., and even Rhode Island (at which 17% of our Dartmouth ’79 Rhode Island population attend!).  Trustee Peter Robinson and Bill Mitchell exchange positions in the Newsletter about the proposed New Alumni Council Constitution (which ultimately loses).  Dartmouth’s 1978-79 #3-in-the-country hockey team, led by Captain Mark Culhane, is honored by the College.

  July 2006-June 2007:  With the leadership of Coach Teevens, the class provides more than $2,000 of initial funding for the Dartmouth Athletic Sponsors program.  Mark Winkler puts together a wonderful account of classmates living abroad for the March 2007 Newsletter.  Otho Kerr honored with the first Outstanding Dartmouth Alumni Award for a member of the Class of 1979.  Later this same year, Peggy Epstein Tanner (who had previously won the outstanding Young Alumni Award) also receives the Outstanding Alumni Award!  Wonderful turn outs at mini-reunions at homecoming and especially our 79th Day/“50th Birthday Parties” (including one in Crested Butte).  71% of the class gives to the alumni fund. 

  July 2007 – June 2008:  The Class adopts Dartmouth Baseball Head Coach Bob Whalen as an honorary ’79.  Buddy Teevens rides his bike across the U.S., raising $12,000 for charity.  The Newsletter publishes a special 50th Birthday Edition (September 2007), while later issues include articles on our Foley House classmates.  Fifteen ’79 “North Mass Madams” gather together in Scottsdale, Arizona to celebrate their 50th birthday, organized by Louisa Guthrie, Sue Cohen and Julie Hunter.  Bill Mitchell wins the Outstanding Alumni Award — the third ’79 to be so honored in one year!  Libby Roberts urges us to become “Grateful Dead” and put the College in our estate plan through the Bartlett Tower Society.  Well attended mini-reunions in Chicago, Boston, New York, Northern California, Washington, D.C., Southern California and Hanover.  Jim Wasz signs up to lead our 30th reunion, and the planning is underway!

  July 2008 – June 2009:  The class launches an all-new website, thanks to Webmaster Walter Chick and President Laurie!  Very cool.  Carol Frost receives the University of Wyoming’s Humphrey Award for outstanding teaching and scholarship.  Polly Ingraham is featured on National Public Radio taking on Sarah Palin’s remark about “hockey moms.”  Our deceased classmate, Mike Biondi, and his wife, Cindy Ginn Biondi (Class of 1980), donate $5 million to renovate Red Rolfe Field, now located in beautiful Biondi Park.  Dave Van Wie elected to the Maine House of Representatives.  Louisa Guthrie and Lisa Twyman Bessonne serve as mentors for Dartmouth Partners for Community Service.  Bill Holmes publishes a moving piece in the March 2009 Newsletter about a child injured and undergoing risky surgery in Cambodia, “Bambi’s Eyes.”  Jim Yong Kim named 17th President of Dartmouth.  Jim Feuille and Ben Riley produce their final Newsletter after 9 years:  a total of 22 Newsletter offering over 250 pages of news and photos.  Mark Winkler — Secretary Extraordinaire — completes five years of incredibly creative and entertaining Class Notes for the Alumni Magazine, each at exactly 600 words!  Hugely successful 79th Day of the Year mini-reunions held in Southern California, Chicago, Cleveland, Northern California (with Professor Don Pease), Washington, D.C., Boston, Seattle, Maine, and Hanover, attracting over 65 classmates!  The Class adopts Bray Mitchell as an honorary ’79. 

  Then we had our killer, unbelievable 30th reunion in June 2009.  207 classmates attend, plus another 156 spouses and kids, a record for 30th reunion attendance!  Thirty-three states were represented and five foreign countries; Jon Zehner traveled 8,000 miles from South Africa.  71% of the Class gives to the alumni fund, raising $3,505,147.  Perhaps most memorable were the beautiful remembrance service led by Rev. Van Venable King, shagging flies and batting practice at Biondi Field, the remarkable Reinvention Seminar led by Laurie Rosenfield and Michael Wilkinson, and the touching and witty tribute to “Hillwind Peggy” Epstein Tanner by Mark Winkler on Saturday night.  Reunion Chair Jim Wasz, President Laurie, and local bon vivant Bill Mitchell make the time joyous and ultimately way too short.  A wonderful time for all, cherishing old friends and making many new ones!

  2009 Class of the Year Award Citation

  

  “Oh, the places you’ll go!”—Dr. Seuss
  And oh, the places you went!

  The Class of 1979 sets lofty goals and puts in an “all hands on deck” effort to meet and exceed them. Its overall aim is nothing less than “to distinguish [itself] and to be an outstanding class in all respects . . . to have a positive impact on class activities and alumni relations in general, and to serve as a role model for younger classes.”

  And what an inspiration it is! This year, the class strove to create a 30th Reunion that would be outstanding and achieve high participation in terms of both attendance and contributions to the Dartmouth College Fund. And not only did the class set a new 30th Reunion attendance record, it also broke the record for DCF participation (71 percent) and donations, at $3.5 million!

  How did they do it? For starters, the foundation for all Class of 1979 activities is a strong and commonly felt set of values: community, engagement, and excellence.  This class bond, already powerful, was enhanced by an excellent and integrated communications plan focused on Reunion and participation: three 12-page newsletters, emailed in color to over 700 classmates and posted on the class Web site; six columns in the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine celebrating individual accomplishments and beating the Reunion drum; 26 letters—some sent by mail but most by email; a phone tree; and, last but not least, a redesign of the class Web site to give it a fresh look, new features, and easy online Reunion registration.  The DCF drive was especially innovative and effective, with personalized notes, catchy cartoon emails, tireless phone calls, and a short video with Reunion photos and music as part of a last-minute appeal.

  Special outreach efforts were created to increase class engagement opportunities. The class vice president held a series of supper clubs at his home for legacy students; a class steward was appointed to send classmates both congratulatory notes and condolence cards, increasing class connections; and the ’79s hosted a singles event at Reunion—the first ever and a model for future classes.

  Leading up to their 30th Reunion, the ‘79s organized eight mini-reunions, one of which, held in conjunction with the celebration of the 1978 Dartmouth Ivy League Championship football team, raised $100,000 for FRIENDS OF FOOTBALL???  Stealing a page from another successful class, the ‘79s hosted “79th Day of the Year” mini-reunions in nine cities. A strong class dues program, in which 46 percent of the class participated, enabled the ’79s to contribute $9,000 to its number one project, Dartmouth Partners in Community Service. 

  Undergirding all of these efforts were a strong and active president and a team of hard-working officers.  The executive committee held meetings by phone seven times over ten months, keeping each member on task and focused on the Reunion.

  And boy, did it pay off.  With record attendance and within budget, the Class of 1979 Reunion featured a classmate panel titled “Reinvention,” with open discussion about personal and professional transformations, and an emotional memorial service on Biondi Field at Red Rolfe Park. “It was wonderful to catch up with old friends, and magical to get to know people who we didn’t know then and will now be lifelong friends,” say members of the class.

  Community, engagement, and excellence. This says it all about this distinguished class, and is much more than reason enough to bestow the 2009 Class of the Year Award on the great Class of 1979.

  ]]> tag:dartmouth.org,2010:classes/79/index.php/site/index/1.124 2010-03-23T05:16:01Z 2010-06-01T19:26:47Z admin mark.tomalonis.79@alum.dartmouth.org From Ben Riley, Class Historian, March 25, 2010

  I regret to inform you of the death of our classmate, Angela Arrington Bentley. Angela, who lived in Barrington Hills, Illinois, passed away unexpectedly on March 11, 2010 from a heart attack. She is survived by her husband, Peter Bentley, her 12-year-old daughter, Francesca, her step-daughter, Rebecca, and many other loving family members. After Dartmouth, Angela received a Ph.D. from UCLA, then practiced and taught clinical psychology and later moved into marketing and promotion for Mattel and McDonald’s. With the birth of her daughter, Angela became a full time wife and mother.

  At age 43, Angela suffered a life-threatening aortic dissection, resulting in an emergency heart transplant. Angela submitted a beautiful entry detailing her surgeries and her spiritual journey for our 25th Reunion Book. Angela wrote in part: “I don’t view life, people, nature, or God the same way that I did before. I hope I never get over the sense of awe from being on the receiving end of so much love and kindness from medical care personnel, family, friends, strangers, and from a bereaved family I don’t even know. I hope I never get over not having enough strength to open a container of orange juice; I’ll never take for granted the ability to do those kinds of mundane tasks again.”

  I met and worked with Angela when we were both Education 1 Teaching Assistants in the Spring of our senior year.  She was one of the most impressive people I met at Dartmouth:  unbelievably articulate, commanding and brilliant.  Angie brought everyone up to a higher level with her discourse and ideas.  It was clear she was going to have an important and influential career in psychology and education. She will be missed. 
  There will be a memorial service for Angela this Saturday, March 27, at 2 pm at Willow Creek Community Church, 67 East Algonquin Road, South Barrington, Illinois.

  If you have any memories or photos you would like to share about Angela (or any of our deceased classmates) for inclusion on the class website, please contact me.

  Take care, and may every member of the Class of 1979 cherish each day!

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  From the Chicago Suburban Daily Herald, March 21, 2010
  Angela Arrington Bentley of Barrington Hills, unexpectedly passed away at home in the early hours of March 11, 2010. Born August 24, 1957, in Philadelphia, she is survived by her beloved husband, Peter J.H. Bentley; daughter, Francesca Bentley, and stepdaughter, Rebecca Bentley; dear sister, Marie Baker; cherished nephew, Ty (Nicole) Baker; and loving nieces, Jyl (Julian) Dedier and Vanessa (Chunky) Ezekiel. She was preceded in death by her parents, Richard and Emily Arrington; and brother-in-law, Tyrone Baker Sr. There will be a memorial service celebrating the life of Angela from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 27, at Willow Creek Community Church, 67 East Algonquin Road, South Barrington. The service will begin at 2 p.m. in the Chapel, and immediately following the service there will be light desserts and refreshments at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Smile Train, 28th Floor, 41 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10010 in Angela’s honor.

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  Submitted to our 25th reunion “Rekindle the Spirit” book by Angela Arrington Bentley

  Angela Arrington Bentley 23 Oakdene Road, Barrington Hills, IL 60010, (847) 381-7413, «angelabentley@comcast.net» Secondary School: Ravenhill Academy, Philadelphia, PA Dartmouth Major: Psychology Dartmouth Activities: Afro-Am Society Graduate Study: PhD, Clinical Psychology, UCLA, 1987 Occupation: Homeschooling Mom/Household CEO Interests: Christianity/Theology, History of Western Civilization Spouse/Partner: Peter J.H. Bentley, Cambridge University, England (Attorney, international business law) 2004:  Angela with her daughter, Francesca, 5 My life since Dartmouth has been everything different than I imagined. For one thing, it’s been a lot more eventful (and not in all good ways) than I would have expected. I can’t exactly complain about my life being dull!!  After graduation from Dartmouth, I went to graduate school at UCLA, and after seven challenging, interesting, but agonizing years, I received a PhD in clinical psychology. That was the end of the predictable phase of my life.  After working as a clinical psychologist (therapy, research, and teaching), I found myself doing consulting work for the entertainment industry and eventually underwent a career change from clinical psychology to the field of market research, and eventually, to marketing. I worked for many years with Mattel Toys, eventually becoming marketing director for Disney Toys by Mattel. In the process I became more familiar than anyone should ever be with Mickey Mouse, his friends, theme parks, films, and other endeavors. All in all, it was really hard work, lots of fun, and not anywhere close to where I expected my future to lead me on graduation day.  Then after 15 years in the cultural and moral wasteland (i.e., L.A.), I moved to Chicago to head up the worldwide McDonald’s account for a promotions and marketing firm. In the process, I met my modern-day knight, in the form of a true English gentleman and international business attorney named Peter Bentley, got married in Florence, Italy, and settled into Barrington Hills (a horse-country suburb of Chicago). A year later, at the ripe old age of 41, I gave birth to my first child, a little girl named Francesca. I promptly left my job, determined to enjoy a life of bliss as a wife and mother.  Except that nothing ever goes as expected—at least not in my life!  Soon after my daughter turned two, my husband, my daughter and I were away visiting relatives for Thanksgiving in New Jersey. After a long day of traveling through airports, as we drove to our hotel, I felt sudden pain, first in my left arm, then in my back, and finally across my chest. At first I thought I had pulled a muscle, but I discarded that hypothesis once I became breathless. After being rushed to the local emergency room, it became clear that I was suffering from a massive coronary, although even the doctors were shocked since I didn’t have any risk factors. When the usual drugs administered to stop a heart attack didn’t work, the doctors started to panic.  Specialists were called in, I was moved to yet another hospital and, with more tests, the source of the problem became clear, and the news wasn’t good.  I was suffering from an aortic dissection (the left main artery to the heart splits apart spontaneously, depriving the heart of oxygen).  The brutal facts were these: (1) No one knows what causes aortic dissections, as they’re incredibly rare. (2) Most people who have coronary dissections (around 80%) are dead within 24 hours. My husband was told that a cardiac surgeon would be called in to see if he thought I could withstand surgery. If he did, I had a 50-50 chance of living through the surgery. If he didn’t, I’d be dead by morning. As I said, the news wasn’t good.  The doctor did operate, and I did survive the night— barely, and not without waking up three times during open-heart surgery (but that’s another story).  During the next few days my family was convinced that I was getting stronger each time they visited.  In the meantime, my mind used this “vacation” period (no to-do lists, no books to read, no potty-training or bedtime stories) to wrestle with the overriding big questions of life like, Why am I here? Is there a God? —the significant issues that, ironically, I had been too busy to take the time to reflect upon. Now, I had nothing but time.  It didn’t take me too long or too much effort to realize that, yes, my life did have a purpose and, yes, there was a God and He was there for me, despite everything that had happened. Two days of lying flat on my back, as well as having been a finger-snap away from death, showed me that, over the years, I had lapsed into the illusion that I had control over my life. The elaborate five-year plans, the daily to-do lists, the PDA— all of them were calculated to support the reassuring fairy tale that I had control over the uncontrollable. But my plans certainly didn’t include dying at age 43.  Yet here I was, unable to pick up a cup of water, to walk across a room, or to even get my heart to beat right.  What I could do was to entrust myself to the care of the One who was in control.  And so I did.  I prayed; I relaxed in the knowledge that others in at least three countries were praying for me, too.  The revival of my childhood faith was timely because in the next few hours I would need it.  That’s when the doctors broke it to me that medication had been keeping me alive.  My heart was so profoundly damaged by the dissection that I could never be weaned from the heart-lung machine.  Absurd as it seemed (I mean, three days before, I had been lugging my carry-all bag through O’Hare on my way out of town for Thanksgiving), I would need a heart transplant, and quick, to have any hope of surviving.  Unfortunately, getting a “quick” donor heart out of the blue, especially when you have a rare blood type, is no mean feat!  But then again, there was that faith and all those prayers.  To make a long, complicated story a little shorter, eight days and four more open-heart surgeries later, I had a transplanted heart in my chest!  Thankfully, I have made a full recovery from my ordeal— that is, a full physical recovery.  I hope I never make a full recovery from the impact of being so close to death— I don’t view life, people, nature, or God the same way that I did before.  I hope I never get over the sense of awe from being on the receiving end of so much love and kindness from medical care personnel, family, friends, strangers, and from a bereaved family I don’t even know.  I hope I never get over not having enough strength to open a container of orange juice; I’ll never take for granted the ability to do those kinds of mundane tasks again.  So what about today? It’s been three years since my transplant and all’s well. There are issues and struggles at times (susceptibility to illnesses, lots of medications, and some side effects), but if you saw me, you’d never know I was a heart transplant recipient.  I’ve continued my spiritual journey and have become a Christian; I devote a lot of time to participating in church activities, and to studying the Bible and theology. I’m still happily married to my British gentleman. And lastly, I’m a homeschooling mom— the most fulfilling work I’ve ever done and my secret way of going to school all over again (definitely better the second time around!).

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  In memory of Angela Arrington Bentley, the Class of 1979 has purchased the following book for Baker Library: Greek Revival America by Roger G. Kennedy, Rizzoli/Universe International Publications, 2010 ]]> tag:dartmouth.org,2010:classes/79/index.php/site/index/1.123 2010-03-22T01:10:13Z 2010-08-09T02:37:14Z admin mark.tomalonis.79@alum.dartmouth.org 2010 79th Day Mini-Reunion Photos!
   
  NYC
  
  Twenty classmates from seven states!
  FRONT: Megan Thomas (NJ), Michelle Kane O'Donnell (VA). Michelle Lavigne (CT), Tracey Harden (NYC), Peggy Epstein Tanner (NYC), Beth Blatt (NYC), Gail Granowitz (NJ), Lisa Friel (NYC), Bray Mitchell (NH)
  BACK: Kathy Tomalonis (CA), Erin Tomalonis '14 (CA), Mark Winkler (NY), Cindy Marder Calder(NYC), Bill Mitchell (NH), Rich Conn (NY), Mark Tomalonis (CA), Otho Kerr (NYC), David Kelley (NJ), Laurie Rosenfield (CT). Joe Nastri (NYC), Deborak Jennings (NJ), Jim Wasz (CT)
  
  

  Atlanta front: Steve Dorvee, Julian Schmoke back: Michael Wilkinson, Glen Colville	Boston Seated: Gary Dmytryk and hostess Libby Roberts. Standing: Fearless leader Phil Odence, Jenny Purnell, Judi Brier Donnelly, Sandy Pooler, Linda Button, Dave Schweizer, Walter Chick, Ames Abbot, Rob Brace and Ben White.
  Chicago The gang: Nancy Wilder Frazee, Peter Greulich, George Stone, Dr. Dave Springer, Jon Peabody - looks like a four to one ratio but Nancy put up with the guys (don't want to mess with a hockey player!)	Cleveland Laurie Laidlaw Roulston and Louisa Guthrie closing the place.  Again...
  Hanover Front row: Sherri Oberg, Baily Hoar, Lisa Mendelson Friel, Liz Fleming, Hostess Bray Mitchell, Cheryl Bascomb Middle row: Sam Hoar, Eve Pratt Hoar, Bill Fleming, Bill Mitchell, Tom Tomai, David Van Wie Back row: Curt Oberg, Charlie Carr	Maine David “Guy” Van Wie, Steve Huber and Bill Zildjian
  NorCal Bill Newell and Thayer Wendell Adams reconnect.	Seattle Tim Higgins, Suzanne and Dave Thomas, Pat Crowell, Carol Anderson Shaw, Nancy (Higgins) Reichley, Margo (Schaaf) Barker
  SoCal L-to-R: Stephen O'Neil, Phil Olson, Lily Ellis (daughter of Albert Ellis class of 1980), Ted Winterer, Rob Evans, Bob Foster, Rich Pugh, Colleen Sullivan Bartlett and Larry Mills.	Wash. DC Seated L-to-R: Da’aga Hill Bowman, Chris O’Brien, Roger Sullivan, Emily Johnson (’12), Andrea Fazzone (daughter of Marshall Fazzone), Sara Weeks (’10) (daughter of ‘79s Brad and Laura (Salzman) Weeks), T Weymouth, Proctor Reid, Gordon Daisley Standing L-to-R: Burr Gray and Bill Conway.

  
  

  2010 79th Day Micro-Reunion Photos!

  
  

  Ernie Parizeau Shopping in a fishing/hunting store in Montana.	Ernie Parizeau (Don't remember seeing a sign like this one recently.)
  Peggy Epstein Tanner Peggy gets friendly with a stranger (Dartmouth MA High School student).	Mike Jackson Mike and Jane relaxing in the Bahamas.
  Jeff Boylan "Just hanging with our dear, old friend Zeke...Soaking in that micro-reunion vibe, oh yeah!"	Phil Odence "Here's me running down Farrar Rd. I started the day with a Chia-seed smoothie, took a big run to the dump, cleaned the barn, raked pine cones, and then took a run. Shortly, I'm off to a barefoot running clinic in Harvard Sq with the Metro Boston Barefoot Runners and featuring Dr. Daniel Lieberman, whose recently released study triggered the flurry of barefoot running interest in the media. Chez Henri tonight with Beth and Bookie for a Mojito and a killer Cubano sandwich."; Learn more here.
  Tracey Harden "I'm walking my dog in one of my favorite places, a formerly decrepit pier on the edge of Manhattan's West Village, a block from where I live, now part of a fabulous waterside park.(A big thank you to Diana Taylor '77, Chair of the Hudson River Trust.)"	Tom Tomai "It was suppose to be a quiet B-Day with me and my kids, but it ended-up being a surprise B-Day Party." L-R: Bob Jahrling ’79, Dan Holmes ’80, Ellen Gerrity (Greg Johnson’s fiancé) Greg Johnson ’79, Tom Tomai '79, Dave Costello ’79, and my children Katie (UVM ’10) and John (Suffolk University’s New England Art Institute ’12).
  Tom Tomai "The next day a group of us went skiing at Mt Sunapee in NH." L-R: Katie and Dave Costello ’79, Tom Tomai '79, Greg Johson ’79, Cathy Jahrling (Bob Jahrling’s wife) and Dan & Beth Holmes ’80.	Anna Burack Wilson "Greetings to all the '79s from the top of the world (or close to it)."
  Helen Davis Picher Vince Marriott and Helen Davis Picher, along with their spouses and friends, spent the 79th day in a skit take-off of the Newlywed Game. Vince, in front, gave an award-winning performance as the game show host (unfortunately his powder blue tux didn’t arrive in time). His wife Jeanne is the “pregnant” one behind him. Helen, the “blond” on the right, and her husband Ver, are the sleazy couple in the pleather vests.	Sue Benjamin Felch Mark Tomalonis & Sue Benjamin Felch

  
  ]]> tag:dartmouth.org,2009:classes/79/index.php/site/index/1.108 2009-12-14T07:46:00Z 2010-06-29T03:10:45Z admin mark.tomalonis.79@alum.dartmouth.org June 2000:  President Gray becomes Head Agent in a Reunion promotion. Nobody steps up for the Presidency, and Billy Bags Mitchell, totally hungover, shamelessly takes the con when everyone else looks for coffee. It is the last time there is no Nominating Committee for Class Officers. Laurie Laidlaw Roulston volunteers for Treasury on the back steps of Bones Gate at dawn, Tim Ehrsam and Chip Debelius sign on as Secretaries, with Jim Feuille and Ben Riley as Newsletter Editors. Mike McCoy becomes the first Webmeister. Phil Odence continues his reign as Mini Reunion Chair for Life, and Elyse Benson Allan volunteers to help Burr.  The Class agrees to begin supporting Dartmouth Partners in Community Service and Mitchell is named to that Board.

  July 2000-June 2001:  The Class of 1979 receives its second Class of the Year award (although we don’t receive it until September 2002 and no fruitcakes are distributed to voters!). Over 50% of the Class pays dues, more than 52% contribute to the DCF, and our website has over 600 email addresses (secured by the question of what word was on President Kemeny’s license plate). We are the second largest class contributor to DPCS. John Hoeven becomes a Governator (North Dakota) and Scott Blackmun starts his first stint with the USOC.

  July 2001-June 2002:  We lose our dear friend Woody Woodwell in Tower 2. Pam Joyner named the first ‘79 Trustee. John Wetenhall appointed Executive Director of the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida. The Class supports the creation of a hockey exhibit at Thompson Arena. Jim Feuille creates a class challenge to obtain email addresses. Polly Ingraham is our Alumni Council representative. Buddy Teevens named as head football coach at Stanford University.

  As recognition for a superb year, Bill Mitchell is recognized as 2002 Class President of the Year, Feuille and Riley receive Newsletter Editors of the Year, and Mike McCoy was named the first President of Webmeisters.  Meanwhile, the Class was recognized as runner-up for the 2002 Class of the Year Award.

  July 2002-June 2003:  We host a Midi Reunion with the 54’s and 04’s during their Sophomore Summer.  Classmates mentor at least seven Tucker DPCS interns; as always, we hold several killer mini-reunions. Adopted classmate Dave Celone helps rescue two boys and a woman whose car plunged into a river in Thetford. We are again recognized as runner-up to the Class of the Year Award, in part because we achieve the highest percentage of classmates paying class dues for graduating classes since 1960, and 61% of the class gives to the alumni fund, a new Dartmouth participation record.  Deb Sortor Parnon volunteers to run the 25th reunion, and puts the planning into high gear.

  July 2003-June 2004:  Bill Holmes publishes first of many incredible articles in the Newsletter concerning his surgery stints around the world, this time about Thanksgiving in Afghanistan. Phil Odence comes up with another brilliant first:  79th Day of the Year Mini-Reunions!  Over 50 classmates attend in Boston, New York, Hanover, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington D.C.  Dartmouth builds Kemeny Hall.

  Led by Deb Sortor Parnon, the 25th reunion in June 2004 is an awesome, record-breaking success!  347 classmates attend, we raise $4.6 million for the College from 627 classmates (led by Mike Biondi, Peggy Epstein Tanner, Lizanne Galbraith Megrue and Ernesto Perizoo of the AXA zoos), 90% of dues-paying classmates make an additional contribution to the class DPCS project, and Linda Button puts together an unbelievable 400-page “Rekindle the Spirit” Reunion Yearbook, all of which are recapped and celebrated in our October 2004 Newsletter Extravaganza!  Dean Manual speaks at our reunion and chugs a beer with Bags at the podium. He points out that when he served as Dean, he was younger than we are at this reunion. Buddy Teevens and Louisa Guthrie speak in a windstorm. Ken Beer oversees the Nominating Committee which selects Laurie Laidlaw Roulston as President.

  News Flash from Hanover…!  For the third time in seven years, the Class of 1979 has been named Class of the Year! Led by ex-President Bill Mitchell, former Webmaster Mike McCoy, current Webmaster Walter Chick, Head Agent Peggy Epstein Tanner, Secretary Mark Winkler, Treasurer Jim Boldt, Historian John Currier, and Newsletter Co-Editor Ben Riley were honored, on your behalf, to accept this annual award to the most outstanding class 25 years out and younger, at the Saturday, September 18, lunch program concluding Class Officers Weekend. See our proud mugs below! The citation from the College begins with these (truly deserved) words: “If Dartmouth were to clone a class, the great class of 1979 would be near the top (make that at the top, please) of the list of nominees.” The weekend featured our own Bill Mitchell as President of the entire Class Officers Association, making several stirring speeches about team work and the fact that there are no “I”s in “team” or in “College” but lots of them in “University.” Even ole Mitchell has a touch of profundity sometime! Our participation levels in dues payments and the Dartmouth College Fund, our great Mini-reunion schedule last year, generous contributions to Dartmouth Partners in Community Service and SEAD, as well as our record-breaking 25th reunion led to the unanimous citation by the Class Officers Executive Committee. Also, our Webmaster Emeritus, Mike McCoy, who also served as President of the College’s Webmaster Association, was named the College’s Webmaster of the Year!

  

  ]]> tag:dartmouth.org,2009:classes/79/index.php/site/index/1.71 2009-12-13T15:15:00Z 2010-06-29T03:27:27Z admin mark.tomalonis.79@alum.dartmouth.org 1995-1996

  • Class Home Page begins by paying $150 to Hanover High School student. 87 class e-mail addresses received by May and processed onto Home Page by Adam Samuels - Home Pagemeister.
  • Fundraising - 48% participation / $111,136 donated to Alumni Fund (win Green Derby Award for most improvement over previous year - great rejoicing in home of Dave Costello (Head Agent).)
  • Class costs reduced by sending one Alumni Mag. per Dartmouth couple.
  • Dartmouth Bound - Class Project begins with $1000 gift from Class Treasury. (Concept first suggested by Michelle Kane O’Donnell (Alumni Council Rep.). Bill Mitchell (Class Treasurer) drops efforts to rally support for a large Grateful Dead mural after Phil Odence (Mini-Reunionmeister) points out that one already exists in Baker Reserve Room.
  • Class letter read at Dartmouth 100th Homecoming. (The Letter)
  • College decides to end tradition of reading a letter.

  1996-1997

  • 40th Birthday Mini-reunions (prompted and coordinated by Phil Odence) attended by over 200 people across the Country. Photos posted on Home Page.
  • Fundraising - 50% partic. (highest among recent classes)/ $127,555 donations (Win Class of 1953 Award for Greatest Number of Donors from a Class, due in large part to efforts of Elyse Benson Allan (Participation Chair).)
  • Dartmouth Bound - 80% of dues-payers (truly amazing number) provide extra $3000 in addition to $1000 contributed by Class Treasury.
  • Class e-mail list reaches 240. “Class Honor Role” started on Home Page to list classmates’ efforts on behalf of Class and Dartmouth. “Class History” section also begun, noting significant events occurring during our four years in Hanover (e.g. visit of Grateful Dead in 77-78).

  1997-1998

  IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE

  Dartmouth College
  Recognizes With Deep Appreciation
  The Extraordinary Achievements of
  The Class of 1979

  1998 Class of the Year

  

  Burr Gray and Phil Odence accept on behalf of the Class of ‘79 and classmates around the world,
  the Dartmouth College 1998 Class of the Year Award.
  John Stearns, head of the Dartmouth Class Presidents Association, makes the presentation.

  
  
  “The Class of 1979 will soon return to Hanover for its 20th reunion. It will be a gala event in every way and will add luster to a class that has distinguished itself in many ways. In the 20 years since graduation it has established a remarkable record and led the way among Dartmouth classes in its generous contributions to and support of the College.

  One such contribution is the class’s funding of the Dartmouth Bound program—a program that recruits qualified minority students from a number of urban areas and covers the costs of their travel to visit the campus. More than 80 percent of the dues-paying members of the class have contributed to this exceptional program. It remains one of the most thoughtful and innovative programs among its kind among Dartmouth classes.

  In the realms of communication—that vital part of any class’s activity and a key to its solidarity—1979 has sought out e-mail addresses for more than a quarter of the class. Presently, 1979 is also establishing a class history that will be expanded and updated regularly through this medium.

  The class is a generous contributor to the Alumni Fund and proudly boasts of having established a record in the past two years. Sixty-eight percent of its members gave generously.

  For all that the Class of 1979 has done and continues to do for Dartmouth, and for all its many achievements, the College is delighted to single it out for this richly-deserved honor: 1998 Class of the Year.”

  James Wright, President of the College
  
  
  Other noteworthy events during this period:

  • Scheme by Burr Gray (Class President) to redeem reputation of fruitcakes has derivative effect of recognizing classmates’ support of Class and College.
  • Fundraising - 51% partic. (ties for lead among recent classes)/ $145,546 donations.
  • Dartmouth Bound - Classmates (once again, about 80% of duespayers) contribute $4,410, Class Treasury contributes $1000.
  • Jim Wasz and Jeff Boylan (occasionally using James Joyce-like writing style) continue unprecedented streak of never having missed an Alumni Mag. Column.

  
  1998-1999

  • Fundraising - 55% partic./$218,880 donations (Win Green Derby for most improvement. Participation level is 3% points above any other recent class.)
  • Dartmouth Bound - Classmates send $4420; Class Treasury sends $1000. (Thank-you Letter from President Wright to Class of 1979)
  • Bonfire at Bill Conway’s recreates Dartmouth Homecoming scenario for nostalgic D.C. area alums.
  • Dick O’Brien and Sue Goodman Cohen (Newsletter Editors) continue to crank out average of three newsletters per year, providing consistent reliable vehicle for news and important messages to class.

  1999-2000

  • Home Page updated by Michael McCoy. Material for “In Memory” section obtained by Ed Heilbron. Other new features include class scrapbook, E-yearbook, an online version of the class newsletter, reunion information, and class history.
  • Goal of 550 email addresses achieved May 15, 2000.
  • Fundraising - 56.3% - a new participation record for 20th Reunion Classes; $1,436,017 raised, of which $1,360,817 was unrestricted, setting a new 20th Reunion record for unrestricted revenue.  (Mike Biondi, Lizanne Galbreath Megrue, and Burr Gray present big check) | (Class Donation Statistics 1980-2000)
  • Total expenditures on chocolate fruitcakes approaching $1000 level, finally prompting note of caution from Bill Mitchell.
  • Internet comes to Reunions with live Tent Cams & email delivery, as conceived and implemented by Adam Samuels, Mike McCoy, Jim Cioban, Phil Odence, and supported by Dartmouth Kiewit Computing personnel.
  • With help from Head Reconnecter Britta Hurley Knight and others, Ben Riley (Reunion Participation Chair) makes good on promise to induce over 200 classmates to attend (approx. 240 classmates attended).
  • 20th Reunion is wildly successful. Jerry Jeff Walker plays at the Bema. Daniel L. DeFazio, Robert O. Schultze, Da’aga Hill Bowman win raffle for Dartmouth chairs for timely pledge or donation to the Alumni Fund. Bill Mitchell, promising to investigate fruticake expenditures of previous administration, is unanimously voted in as class president.
  • Dartmouth Class of 1979 votes to support the Tucker Foundation’s Dartmouth Partners in Community Service program, which sponsors public service internships. (Tucker Foundation Press Release) ]]> tag:dartmouth.org,2009:classes/79/index.php/site/index/1.107 2009-12-12T04:49:00Z 2010-01-05T18:52:36Z admin mark.tomalonis.79@alum.dartmouth.org From Ben Riley, Class Historian, December 2009

    Dear Classmates: 
    I regret to inform you of the death of our classmate, Gary Wayne Davis.  Gary, who lived in Exton, Pennsylvania, passed away on July 17, 2009.  We received this note from his wife Deborah:  “My beloved husband Gary Davis ‘79 passed away 7/17/09 from a brief struggle with Leukemia.  He loved going to and supporting Dartmouth.  He is grateful for the blessing of his Ivy League education, and used his gift of teaching his whole life.”
    Gary was a high school principal at Delaware County Christian School where he had also served as a teacher and football coach for many years.  He is survived by his wife Deborah, two sons, two daughters, and a daughter-in-law.  At Dartmouth, Gary was involved in intramural athletics, the Inter-dormitory Council and the Classics Club.
    

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    From the Delaware County Christian School Keynoter

    Gary Davis, High School Principal, went to be with the Lord on July 17, after fighting Leukemia.  Gary will be greatly missed by his wife Deborah, Matt (‘02) and his wife Stephanie (who are expecting their first child in November), Josh (‘04), Alisha (‘07) and Hanna (entering 5th grade).

    Gary joined the DC faculty twelve years ago as DC’s first full-time Bible teacher and was appointed High School Principal in 2006.  A native of New England, Gary graduated from Dartmouth College and began teaching and coaching football at several New England prep schools.  He earned a Master’s in Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.  During his 12 years at DC, Gary had a significant impact on the lives of many students and colleagues.  As Bible department chair, Gary was the chief architect of the high school Bible curriculum, and taught most of the courses in the department during his tenure.  Gary loved to teach, and was always concerned when he had to miss a class.  His natural administrative abilities drew him into leadership roles and Gary was widely known as a wise and respected leader.  Gary loved and served his Lord and cared deeply for his students, who he affectionately referred to as his “cherubs.”  He was a passionate teacher of the Word of God.  He was a gifted chapel speaker as well as a gifted classroom teacher.  His infectious and booming laughter will be missed in the hallways, the high school office, in faculty meetings and on the football field.

    While Gary is with His Lord and is now completely healed, his presence will be missed by the DC community.  “When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:  Death is swallowed up in victory.  O death, where is your victory?  O death, where is your sting?”  I Corinthians 15:54

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    From Phil Odence, December 2009
    Gary was a “say Hi to walking across the Green” sorta friend of mine. Although news of his death was a great blow, the mention of his involvement in intramural athletes brought back to me the memory of one of the greatest moments ever in amateur sport.
    Both Gary and I had been recruited during the pre-freshman summer by our zealous dorm Athletic Chair to play football for the Cohen Hall Raiders (or whatever we were called). On the strength of a number of freshman, we had a very competitive team. Gary, always built low to the ground, was our sturdy Center.  A quirk in the rules of football allows the Center to be eligible to receive a pass under certain conditions. Richard Hooker, in his book Mash, exploited this loophole, and perhaps invented the “Center Eligible” play which gave the 4077 MASH unit their big win. Always intrigued by the play, I shared it with the team and we enthusiastically included it in our playbook, Gary, of course being especially behind it.
    In the dwindling minutes of the dorm finals, needing a touchdown, we found ourselves 3rd and long on the other team’s 15 yard line. The lineman all set up to Gary’s right save for a wide receiver to his left. Just before the snap the wide receiver took a step back (that’s the trick).  The QB rolled right and receivers went the same way.  As the defense followed the play to our right side of the field and after a half-hearted block, Gary sauntered off towards the left unobtrusively. Of course, the QB flipped the ball into the left corner, and Gary (no one within 15 yard of him) plucked it from the air and became the hero of the day.
    I may not have seen Gary since graduation, but from what I gather of his activities since then, he’s remained a hero to his family and the kids of the Delaware County Christian School.

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    From Scott Foster, January 2010
    I knew Gary best during our sophomore year.  All of the upper classmen in our dormitory had moved out or moved on, so the realm was ruled by us wise fools.  In fact we ended up with a tight-knit group of a few sophomores and many frosh for the better part of the year.  Our endeavors in the intramural sports competition moved Cohen Hall (re-baptized in our year from the Cohen Crabs to the Cohen Cox) to 2nd place by the end of the year.  We might have done better had the fraternity rush near the end not gutted our teams of the best young performers!
    None of that seems to be about Gary specifically, yet he was a core if not the core of that group.  He actively participated in all of the activities and succeeded in motivating various combinations onto the fields of play.
    The best anecdote in fact comes from the winter, when Cohen and Bissell got into a major dormitory-wide snowball fight that lasted until the early hours of the morning.  The “conflict” turned as much into a water fight as a snow fight, and the dormitories were….. trashed.  Once a ceasefire was declared, Gary marshaled the troops into getting out the bucket and mop brigades to clean the place up.  By 1 or 2 am the place was spotless.  When the guardian showed up the next morning, she had no indication of anything amiss.  Bissell, on the other hand, was basically a frozen waterfall.
    A silly anecdote, perhaps, but it captures for me the essence of Gary:  an engine for fun, team dynamics, leadership, and responsibility.  He demonstrated those traits throughout his Dartmouth years (and I imagine beyond).
    The Dartmouth Plan moved us all in different directions after that year, and each quarter had its own personality – no full school year had the cohesiveness of that one.  After graduation I did not stay in contact with Gary and did not have news of him until your email.
    It is with sad but fond memory that we say goodbye to Gary Davis.

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    In memory of Gary W. Davis, the Class of 1979 has purchased the following book for Baker Library:
    Tullio Lombardo and Venetian High Renaissance Sculpture by Alison Luchs, Yale University Press, 2009

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  • Peggy Epstein Tanner ‘79 selected to receive first Young Alumni Leadership Award.

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• Dartmouth football team, captained by Buddy Teevens ‘79 and Joe Nastri ‘79, wins Ivy League Title.
• Dartmouth ice hockey team, captained by Mark Culhane ‘79, wins Ivy League Title and finishes third at NCAA tournament.
• Dartmouth men’s varsity soccer team had a winning season which led the NCAA national tournament (where they lost their first game).
• First time in Dartmouth History that hockey and football teams win Ivy League championships in the same school year.
• First Dartmouth woman valedictorian—Elizabeth Procter-Gray ‘79.
• First Dartmouth woman Rhodes Scholar—Mary Cleary Kiely ‘79.
• At Commencement, President Kemeny acknowledges College debt to Class of 1979 on three issues:
  • Trustees vote in 1979 to move toward equal male/female admissions,
  • Restoration of student government,
  • Opening of Collis College Center.