Class of '64 (May-June 2004 issue)


You will be reading this just before our 40th anniversary reunion in Hanover May 28-31. If you haven't registered, you can still participate. Check the Class Web pages for final details.

In mid-January I read with fascination an article in the New York Times Magazine about a woman in Indiana who was caught in an apparently endless cycle of poverty. It was a moving article, but I'm embarrassed to say I didn't notice who wrote it. A few days later I received an e-mail inquiry from someone in Connecticut who wanted to contact the writer, bringing to my attention that the piece was written by our own Dave Shipler. Dave was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1987 for his book Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land and his January essay has all the hallmarks of being nominated for a similar award.

At our 40th Reunion in late May, we will gather for a memorial service for our deceased classmates. One of the celebrants will be William (Bill) Teska. Bill is living in Tucson, where he serves as Chaplain to the Order of the Teachers of the Children of God (Episcopal nuns) and to their school. He is also guestmaster of the retreat house, which is a comfortable place for rest and reflection, and Bill would welcome classmates and their families.

At a May 14th ceremony in Boston, three classmates will be inducted into the honorary "Wearers off the Green" (see www.dartmouth.org/wearers/inductees.htm ). Bob Cahners (International and two-time National Masters Champion in Track and Field), Bill Madden (Football) and Geoff Pitchford (accomplishments as an Olympian skier for Great Britain) will be honored. Bill will also be receiving the Archibald Prize.

A New Canaan newspaper article about an upcoming talk by Dr. Steve Sharfstein provides some details about Steve's activities since leaving the Hanover plain; notable among his recent achievements is his current vice presidency of the American Psychiatric Association. Steve is CEO of the Sheppard Pratt Health System in Maryland and clinical professor and vice chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland. He writes a regular column for the Journal of Psychiatric Services on economic issues in psychiatric medicine.

Demonstrating that not all population moves between Canada and the US are in a southerly direction, Mike Krieger and Sheryl recently moved to Malahat, BC (Vancouver Island). After medical school, Mike worked as a Neurologist and Neurophysiologist specializing in Neurotrauma. He practiced in Ohio 1975-1989 and then spent the next three years in the Carson City/Reno area. In 1992 the Kriegers relocated to Las Vegas where Mike practiced until he "retired" in 2002. He writes, "My move to was motivated by my belief that Vancouver Island is one of the best places to live in the whole world. Most of the year I can garden, and the remaining time is spent at Whistler skiing. Despite my retirement I find myself still providing 'expert reports' to local attorneys through my BC Corporation, Michael Krieger Neurological Expert Ltd."

Gus Buchtel, 2861 Gladstone Avenue, Ann Arbor MI 48104-6432; gusb@umich.edu or http://happy.dartmouth.org/classes/64/news.html.