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2010 Class of the Year Award
Dave Wolff, Phil Odence, Bill Mitchell, Brendan Cameron, Mark Tomalonis, Mark Winkler, Jim Wasz, Deborah (Krieger) Jennings, Nancy Schwartzman Malmquist, Jim Feuille
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IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE
Dartmouth College
Recognizes with Deep Appreciation
The Extraordinary Achievements of
Class of 1979
2010 Class of the Year
26 Years Out and Older
They say that history repeats itself and this is more than true with the Class of 1979. It is with great pride and admiration that we honor the Class of 1979 as the 2010 Class of the Year. Their annual report is a textbook example of sustaining major reunion momentum and using it successfully for an increased numbers of events, communications, fundraising successes and overall classmate involvement in the year that follows.
President Jim Wasz and the 1979 Executive Committee used their 31st year to duplicate their award-winning ways of last year as well as to redouble their efforts achieving results that reflect the class’ spirit for collaboration, innovation and caring.
Communication was the key to the 1979 efforts over the past year. The carefully strategized combination of regular Dartmouth Alumni Magazine columns, coffee-table quality class newsletters, an exciting class website, and active Facebook and Linked-In accounts mixed to create a strong cocktail that found more classmates than ever before featured in, commenting on and participating in 1979 activities.
Financially, the Class set records both for themselves and for the College. The Class had 695 cash donors to the DCF – a record 74% of the Class participated. There were 65 official class agents during the year. A strong 44.77% gave to Class dues and supported the Class’s commitment to the Dartmouth Partners in Community Service project.
The Class had 229 classmates attend mini-reunions in 2010 – an increase of more than 50%. There were 26 separate events with 20 different organizers. These ranged from a regular gathering in New York to a 79th Day Micro Reunion which was a virtual get together for which classmates sent pictures and captions documenting wherever they were and what they were doing on the 79th day of the year for use on the website.
Class Historians are documenting the Class of 1979 story on the Class website. All at Dartmouth look forward to reading further great installments in the Class of 1979 history as they roll from success to success through their inspirational hard work, cooperation and vision.
(signed by)
Acting Vice President, Alumni Relations
President, Class Presidents Association |
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