Class of 1971 Dec  2010 Final Classnotes

Greetings from Snowy Lake Tahoe (20 feet up to Christmas).  Plans are moving into high gear for our 40^th reunion under the capable leadership of Wayne Hobin.  Wayne writes that plans are going smoothly for the reunion on 10/20 - 10/24 (Homecoming Weekend). He will be looking for "Volunteers" to call fellow frat and team members, social and club affiliates, etc. from our class to try to get as many attendees as possible. Lodging is getting tight. Go to the class web site www.dartmouth.org/classes/71, click on the (very impressive) Reunion Logo at the top and then read down to click on a link for lodging options.  See you in October!

Russ Adams sent along this summary of the 40^th reunion of the baseball team.  Fifteen members of the 1970 Dartmouth Baseball Team, including eight 71’s, gathered together in Hanover over the June 18-20, 2010 weekend to celebrate the 40^th Anniversary of their championship season that included as 26-game winning streak and Dartmouth’s only appearance in the NCAA College World Series.  The occasion was a Dartmouth Baseball Alumni Game, organized by Coach Bob Whalen, who made the 40^th anniversary of the 1970 team as the theme for the weekend.  In addition to the alumni game, the 1970 team gathered together on Saturday night at Jesse’s Restaurant for a reception and dinner with Coach Whalen and his wife, Kim, and with Mrs. Millie Lupien, wife of the team’s coach, the late Ulysses J. “Tony” Lupien.  1971’s and spouses in attendance were: Russ and Mary Lou Adams, Eileen and Jim Bell, Craig Conklin, Mary and Tim Hannigan, Kirsten and Oz Griebel, Elke and Tom Hanna. Camille and John Prado, and Bill Saumsiegle.  

The 40^th 1970 Football team reunion was also held during homecoming weekend.  You’ll hear more about that in the next classnotes.

Bobby Schnabel is the Dean of the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University. He leads a multi-campus school of approximately 100 faculty members at the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses and is working on an ambitious program to build the largest Computer Engineering only school in the US.  When he has some free time he alternates between bike riding and running as well as travelling back to his home in Boulder, Colorado.

Michael Fay passed along an article in the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly that summarized an impressive undertaking by Andrew Urban.  Andy and another lawyer from Mintz, Levin, Cohn et al founded an organization (now) called Boston Lawyers group in 1986 to attract recently graduated lawyers of color to stay in the Boston area.  At that time Boston wasn’t perceived as an ideal place for a lawyer of color to start their career.  The group grown into a consortium of more than 45 members, including prominent law firms, corporate legal departments and government agencies in Boston that is still successfully recruiting lawyers and Andy is still on the Executive Committee.  Congratulations for taking the initiative and still following through 24 years later.

Keep the news coming.  Bob