Class History

30th Reunion

REUNION REGISTRATION IS STILL AVAILABLE ONLINE!
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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.

Class Fundraising

June, 2011

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 raised $1,223,523.52 from 699 donors, with a participation rate of 74.44%.

We had 73 1769 Society Members who donated $2,500+, with a participation rate of 7.77%.

We had 10 Bartlett Tower Society Members (named Dartmouth as a beneficiary in a will, revocable trust, life insurance policy, retirement plan, or a life income plan), with a participation rate of 1.06%.

We were one of only four classes to set both a new year-out [32 years] participation record and a new year-out dollar record [NR].

The ONLY class to set both of those records while also breaking our own class records for participation and NR dollars [the Grand Slam of DCF fundraising].

The Class of 1979 won the RAYMOND J. RASENBERGER ‘49 AWARD for the greatest non-reunion number of donors of any class.

We had the 2nd highest total of 1769 Society members (missing 1st by only TWO!) of all non-reunion classes, and the 5th highest overall.

Our 699 donors from the Class of ’79 is not only the most in Dartmouth history, breaking our own all-time record of 695 donors that we set last year, it is:

 
• At LEAST the 13th year in a row that we have had more donors than any other class, 113 more than the next closest class, and 121 more than the reunion class with the most donors
 
• The 8th consecutive year that we’ve had OVER 600 donors, and no other class has ever come close to 600
 
• The 12th year out of the last  13 that we’ve had OVER 500 donors (we missed by just 9 donors in 2002)
 
• The 4th year out of the last 5  that we’ve had OVER 70% participation
 
• The 9th consecutive year that we’ve had OVER 60% participation
 
• The 15th consecutive year that we’ve had OVER 50% participation
 
• We exceeded the participation % of all post-1961 classes, and all classes except  ’34 (80%, FOUR donors), ’54 (90.4%, 394 donors), ’60 (82.6%, 539 donors), and ’61 (88.4%, 501 donors for their 40th Reunion)
 
• We exceeded the participation % of all classes except four, and all classes post-1961:

 
1. We exceeded the participation % of ALL REUNION classes, except the Class of 1961 (88%)
 
2. We exceeded the participation % of all classes except ’34 (80%, FOUR donors), ’54 (90.4%, 394 donors), ’60 (82.6%, 539 donors), and ’61 (88.4%, 501 donors for their 40th Reunion)we exceeded the number of donors of ALL REUNION classes (naturally)

 
• We RAISED MORE MONEY for the DCF than all but 6 other classes overall:

   
1. We RAISED MORE MONEY for the DCF than the REUNION classes of ’41, ’46, ’51, ’56, ’66, ’71, ’76, ‘00/’01/’02, and ’06, more than all except three reunion classes: ’61, 81, and ‘86
   
2. We RAISED MORE MONEY than all non-reunion classes except three: ’77, ‘78 & ’80  [the ‘80s clipped us by just $4K, the ‘77s by $22K]   **we should beat everyone except ‘78**

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 Wolff (Participation Co-Chair)
Dave Philhower (Participation Co-Chair)

2012 Winter Carnival Mini-Reunion

Friday
4:00PM: Meet the DPCS Kids (at 17 Rope Ferry)...and hear how they have been able to serve communities because of our class project sponsorship of Dartmouth Partners in Community Service
7:00PM: Hockey v Union and annual photo opp w/Dean Ralph. We should be able to sit together, assigned seats notwithstanding.

Saturday
10:00AM: Meet up at McLane Lodge for skiing
3:00PM: Alumni Hockey Game at Thomson
4:00PM: Exhibition Hockey
6:00PM: '79 Reception at the Clubhouse, 17 Rope Ferry Road (there will be food, so do let .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) know if you are coming)
...and myriad other Carnival events.

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Dartmouth Aires at Lincoln Center

Launched in 1946 as an adjunct of the College Glee Club, the Aires are Dartmouth College's oldest singing group. In the late 1970s, the group broke away from the Glee Club and have since earned a reputation for their musical excellence and high-energy performances. Comprised entirely of undergraduates, the Aires are now one of the nation's most recognized and acclaimed all-male collegiate groups. This past fall, they competed against a wide range of a cappella groups on NBC’s Sing-Off.

Mini-Reunion:  in Hanover VS Princeton

11:30 tailgate In front of the Gym. Call Bill Mitchell at 603.996.1420 for the exact location.  Bring your woolies.  Game starts at 1:30PM.

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Mini-Reunion:  in Hanover VS Cornell

11:30 Tailgate in front of gym. Call Mitchell’s cell 603.996.1420 on game day for exact location.  Game starts at 1:30PM.

Email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for more details or to let him know that you’ll be participating.  Or call Bill Mitchell at 603.996.1420 on this day to find out exactly where the tailgate party is.

Mini-Reunion at Harvard

4:00PM - Maroon tailgatemobile in special parking area next to stadium.

The Partycipatory Class of 1979 is having its Third Mini Reunion of the fall Saturday at Hahvahd Stadium (the pinheads there call it Memorial Field I think). Aided by a parking pass courtesy of Coach and Ms. Teevens we will be inside the velvet rope creating all kinds of mayhem. Please join “L. Fillup” (Phil) Odence, Bray Mitchell and Bill “Bags” Mitchell for the festivities as we get ready to beat Hahvahd for the first time this century!

Please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) if you will be attending so we have a good headcount for food/beverage and we have an email list to ping when we determine exactly where we will be. The other alternative will be calling Bill’s cell phone at 603-996-1420 and bringing something to the tailgate if you decide to come at the last minute.

Hope to see you Saturday!

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Mini-Reunion:  Homecoming VS Columbia

Friday
4:30: Parade prep. at 79 Club, 17 Rope Ferry Road (Bill Mitchell’s residence).
6:00: Parade line-up by south end of football field.
Post bonfire drinks at 17 Rope Ferry Road.

Saturday
10:30: Rugby v. Harvard.
11:00: Tailgate in front of Gym w/ the ‘80s. Call Bill Mitchell at 603.996.1420.
4:00: Exhibition Hockey

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Dartmouth Presidential Event in New Haven, CT

Let’s Rally!

The Office of Alumni Relations invites you to join President Jim Yong Kim ‘82a for breakfast before the Dartmouth-Yale football game.

Saturday, October 8, 2011
9-10 am, Complimentary Breakfast
10-11 am, Program

Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale
155 Temple Street
New Haven, CT

President Kim and Director of Athletics and Recreation Harry Sheehy ‘55a will welcome and address alumni and their guests.

If you would like to attend but have not yet registered, RSVP before September 30.  We will reserve a table for Class of 1979 attendees.  Please notify the Alumni Relations that you are a member of our class, so that enough seats are reserved for our group.

Map and driving directions.

Football game tickets can be purchased through the Dartmouth College Athletic Ticket Office at (603) 646-2466.

We hope that you can join us.  (This event is being held on Yom Kippur and that our class will understand if those observing cannot attend.  We’ll miss you!)

Regards,

Phil Odence
Class Mini-Reunion Chair for Life

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Slade, Ronald I. (7/30/2011)

From Ben Riley, Class Historian, September 2011

Dear Classmates

I regret to inform you of the death of our classmate, Ronald Irving Slade.  Ron, who lived in Andover, Massachusetts, passed away from liver disease on July 30, 2011. He is survived by his wife, Gail Ann Slade, and two children, Rachel and Elliott.  Ron was a psychology major at Dartmouth, a member of the gymnastics team and Kappa Sigma, went to Germany on LSA, and was a member of the Nathan Smith Society.  He worked for many years in the Environmental Health and Safety Department at Boston University.  Ron’s brother, David (’77), also attended Dartmouth.  The obituary from the August 11 edition of the North Andover Eagle Tribune is reprinted below.

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

Ben Riley
Class Historian

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from the August 11 edition of the North Andover Eagle Tribune

ANDOVER — Mr. Ronald I. Slade, a resident of Andover and beloved husband of Gail A. (Sempsrote) Slade, passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2011, at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a long and courageous battle with liver disease. He was 53-years-old.

He was born in Melrose, on Sept. 29, 1957, to John and Faith (Fairman) Slade. Following graduation from Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. in 1979, Ron spent most of his career at Boston University in Environmental Health & Safety. He loved spending time with his family at Jolly Island on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire and attending the Boston Church of Christ.

Besides his wife, Gail, Ron will be greatly missed by his two young children, Rachel and Elliott; his brother and sister-in-law, David and Marilyn Slade; his father and stepmother, John and Gail Slade; a large and loving extended family, and many, many friends. He was predeceased by his sister, Heidi (Slade) Westhoven, in 1987; his mother, Faith, in 2006; and his stepfather, Frank Conrad, in 2010.

ARRANGEMENTS: A memorial service celebrating Ron will be held on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, at 2 p.m. in Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church, 188 Elliott St., Danvers. Reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, an education fund for his children will be established. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Burke-Magliozzi Funeral Home of Andover. For additional information, please visit, http://www.burkemagliozzi.com.

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In memory of Ronald I. Slade, the Class of 1979 has purchased the following book for Baker Library:
The Great American Hall of Wonders: Art, Science, and Invention in the Nineteenth Century by Claire Perry
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2011

2011 79th Day Mini-Reunion:  Hanover

4:00 Derby Day Drink
79 Club North, 17 Rope Ferry Road, Hanover

2011 79th Day Mini-Reunion:  New York

6:30-8:30
Peggy Epstein Tanner’s, 1120 Park Ave. 90th twixt Park & Madison.

2011 79th Day Mini-Reunion:  Seattle

6:00 Best mini-ever, no foolin’!
Tim and Nancy Higgins’, 1722 Nob Hill, N. Seattle, 206.283.0866