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Location: Hanover, NH

When: Friday, October 23, 2009 and Saturday, October 24, 2009

Email: Lynne Gaudet '81 - Lynne.A.Gaudet@Dartmouth.edu

Email: Patsy Fisher '81 - Patricia.Fisher@Dartmouth.edu

Email: Debbie Williamson '81 - d16will@aol.com

Registration: Closed

Please send us your preferred address in an email here: 81email@oakblue.com

We have reserved the Hinman Forum in the Rockefeller Center for our reception and dinner. We have it all day so look forward to using this spot at the back of Silsby by Webster Avenue (Frat Row) as a central hub for this mini-reunion.

Homecoming Weekend is October 23 and 24. Some of the events the College has had available to alumni have been:

This is the FINAL Schedule as of September 21, 2009

Friday, October 23rd

10:30 AMAdmissions Info Session, McNutt Hall

11:15 AMAdmissions Campus Tour, Leaves from McNutt Hall

12:30 PMAdmissions Student Forum

1:30 - 4 PM: Navigating College Admissions: A Workshop for Alumni

http://alumni.dartmouth.edu/default.aspx?id=1155 EARLY REGISTRATION REQUIRED

for this special workshop

1:30 PMAdmissions Info Session, McNutt Hall

2:15 PMAdmissions Campus Tour, Leaves from McNutt Hall

3-6 PM: Visit the Baker Bell Tower, Baker Library Tower Tours

4 PM: Women’s Hockey vs. McGill (scrimmage)

5:30 PM: Dartmouth Night Oasis: Pre-Parade Party for students and alumni, Tent on Alumni Gym Lawn

7 PM:Gather at Class of 1981 Float on Crosby Street (Bring the family and ride in the parade. We have lights, an inflatable 50th birthday cake, glow in the dark necklaces for alumni and kids).

7:30 PM: Dartmouth Night Parade: Come ride the float with the Great Class of 1981

8 PM: Dartmouth Night Ceremonies in front of Dartmouth Hall

8:30 PM: Bonfire on the Green

8:30 PM: Post-parade alumni tent in front of the Blunt Alumni Center

Saturday, October 24th

9 AM: Saturday Morning Playbook: Football Coach Buddy Teevens '79, Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center

10 AM: Faculty Chalk Talk Lecture, Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center: Chris Jernstedt, Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences. The title of the one-hour lecture is “Changing the Brain: Dynamite, Ghostwriters, and Zen” A description is “The capabilities of the human brain are not what we have thought. As some of the mysteries of the brain unfold, brain science has enabled the discovery of powerful ways for us to change the brain, and the art of Zen. What is the nature of human consciousness, and to what degree do we know what our brain is doing?” This will be a great lecture for alumni, their guests, and their children.

11:15 AMAdmissions Info Session McNutt Hall

NoonAdmissions Campus Tour, Leaves from McNutt Hall

11:30 AM: 1981 Legacy Student Panel, Room 008, Kemeny Hall (Location of former

Bradley Hall/”shower towers” building). Come hear about “Dartmouth

Today” from the children of our classmates!

11:30 AMDartmouth Underground Steam Tunnel Tour: Meet at north side entrance

of heating plant facing New Hampshire Hall. 45 minute tour, limited to

35 participants.

11:30 AMDartmouth Then and Now: Campus Walking Tour, Meet in front of Hopkins Center.

NoonField Hockey vs. Columbia

1:30 PM: Football vs. Columbia, Look for the sign where the “Class of 1981” will

be seated together.

4:00 PM: Men’s Soccer vs. Columbia

5:30 PM: Plan to arrive early for the Class Reception below

6:00 PM: Class Reception (family invited) at the Hinman Forum in Rockefeller Center (6-6:30 PM: President Kim will join us), Pre-registration required - sold out.

6:30 PM: Women’s Soccer vs. Columbia

7:00 PM: Class dinner (family invited) at the Hinman Forum in Rockefeller Center,

Sold out.

Speaker: Professor Don Pease, "Faculty Member of the Year" in 1981, and current English professor at Dartmouth. He has offered to speak a little about his upcoming book about Dartmouth's own Dr. Seuss.

7:00 PM: Men’s Hockey vs. McGill (exhibition)

Sunday, October 25

4:00 PM: Men’s Hockey vs. Yale (scrimmage)

As you can see, it's a great opportunity for you to bring your family back to campus. There are educational, sporting, and social events available throughout the weekend.

Dartmouth President Kim has confirmed that he will join us for a short while on a very busy weekend, as he, too, will be turning 50 this year. Arrive at our reception early to make sure you have a chance to say hello.

This should be a great -large- mini reunion, and we hope that all of you can put this on your calendar and plan on attending.

Lodging

In a normal, major reunion, the College would supply dorms, sheets, bedding and meal plans. The 50th Birthday Celebration is a mini-reunion, and those arrangements are left to you.

The College has a number of resources for lodging, which you can find easily by Google searching "Dartmouth College Lodging." That search will turn up these results:

The Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce

http://www.hanoverchamber.org/view.members.php?c=cat_stay

For the romantic:

Woodstock & Quechee Area Lodging

http://www.linkvermont.com/townsvill/woodstock_quechee/lodging.htm

and the Greater Lebanon Chamber of Commerce

http://www.lebanonchamber.com/lodging.cfm

I prefer the listing which tells you how far to campus each location is:

http://www.trails.com/all-hotels/points-of-interest.aspx?poi=61352

And perhaps the best (though without photos):

http://www.dartmouth.edu/apply/visiting/lodging.html

Registration and Payment

Registration is now closed.

Pictured (from left to right) are Cathy (Haley) Rost, Becky (Nyren) Shepherdson, Lynne (Hamel) Gaudet, Barbie (Anderson) Gogan, Suzy (Sudikoff) Weixel, and Anne Minnich.

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Martin Weinstein '81 hosted the DC gathering at his home in Chevy Chase, just across the DC line to the north. Although Martin reports a good time was had by a large number of '81s, there were no photographs taken to illustrate the event!

Lynne (Hamel) Gaudet reports that “There was lots of sun, fun and Coronas throughout... “Girls Weekend” on Cape Cod last September when Barbie (Anderson) Gogan hosted a mini-reunion for us at her summer home.” You don’t have to wait for a formal arrangement – You can form your own mini reunion!

Left to right: Matt Shannon, Glenn Eide, Ann Carr, Nick Carr, Larry Dunn, Lisa Sanders (seated), Julie Koeninger, Julie’s son Matt, Greg Clow, Andy Churchill, Sara Minor with son, Liz Keating with son Andrew, Jeff & Susan Johnson, & Jeff Ganem.

Fellow ’81s gathered in October at Liz Keating’s home to hear from tech trends guru Nick Carr. Jeff Johnson: “The number of respondents was perfect and allowed my wife and me to come away from the event feeling like we’d met some new friends. Very enjoyable. Liz and her two boys were very nice hosts.” Glenn Eide: “I reconnected with some old pals: Greg Clow, Larry Dunn and his charming wife, Andy Churchill and Matt Shannon. I hadn’t seen most of these gents in 20 years. Elizabeth was a splendid hostess. It was very gracious of her to open her house to us.” Rich Barlow: “Everything about the mini-reunion was great

– catching up with folks, especially Liz, whom I hadn’t seen in 25 years, the food, talk, etc.”

Classmates in the photo (L to R) are Jonathan Prager, Etienne Boillot, Robert Goldbloom, Jennifer Hoadley, Jon Lenchner and Angela Nesbitt. In the front are Robert's sons Andy and Joseph.

Classmates got together in September 2007 at Angela Nesbitt’s home in Larchmont, northeast of Manhattan. Angela reports "We had drinks and dinner al fresco and, as the temperature dropped, we repaired to the house to stay warm and engage in spirited conversation around non-safe topics... Age got the better of us and as midnight threatened we said good night and so managed to stay off the subjects of religion, politics, and sex."

The Class of 1981 joined a number of other classes in sponsoring a mini-reunion Music-Fest during the Homecoming Weekend.

The Class of 1981 joined the '79s and '80s in sponsoring a mini-reunion during the Dartmouth UNH football game. The event celebrated the 30th anniversary of the 1978 Ivy League Championship season.

The Class of 1981 joined the CarniVAIL crowd in Vail for this three-day event. Classmates were welcomed to Dartmouth dinner, cocktail and speaking events, as well as special treatment on the slopes.

What: 50 States - 50 Celebrations - Seattle Mini-Reunion

When: Saturday, November 7 from 6 to 9 pm

Who: Chuck Nordhoff, Hallidie Grant Haid, Tracy Bennett

Where: Chuck's house - 9424 Northeast 26th Street, Bellevue WA 98004

What to Bring: A dessert

Invited: Classmates + adult partners

RSVP: Mrhoff@aol.com or 206-604-7531 (Hallidie’s phone) by November 3rd please

A recent mini-reunion at Winnifred Levy’s home in Washington, DC, brought together eight classmates who shared “Hill” stories and reminisced about our time at Dartmouth. Everyone got to partake of some tasty full-tilt Jamaican food.

81’s on the couch: John Mott, Anne Putney Swire, Beth Shapiro Lewyckji, Paul Yelder, Jerry Pierce; front: Juliette Rossant. Not pictured: Jonathan Perezous and host, Winnifred Levy

What: 50 States - 50 Celebrations - Mini-Reunion

Palm Beach Cruise complete with dinner and drinks

When: November 7th, 6:30 to 8:30 pm

Who: B.G.Sykes ‘81

Where: Aboard the yacht “Ya Baby,” Palm Beach, FL

RSVP: bg@sykesmarine.com

What: 50 States - 50 Celebrations - Mini-Reunion

When:

Who:

Where: Massachusetts - More details to come

RSVP:

What: 50 States - 50 Celebrations - Mini-Reunion

When:

Who:

Where: New York - More details to come

RSVP:

Greg Clow ‘81, Steve Godchaux ’81, Lisa Sanders ‘81, Cindy Winebaum, Jake Winebaum ‘81, Van Spurgeon ‘81, Jeff Healy ‘81, Chris Cook.

In the northern hills overlooking Brentwood and Los Angeles, Cindy and Jake Winebaum ‘81 hosted a terrific meal, complete with outdoor seating and an ice cream Class 50th Birthday Cake. The evening was spent catching up with old friends and making new friends. As the Class 50th Celebration continues across the United States, and we try to hit all 50 states, let Alex Doty ‘81, or Greg Clow ‘81 know, and they will help you collect a list of near by 81’s, as well as send invitations and provide some financial reimbursement for the Class function.

Back row: Dave Pine ‘81, Greg Clow ‘81, Chris Dowd, Susan Tenney ’81, Brett Herr, Chris Badger ‘81, Chuck Battey ‘81, John Moragne ‘79, Front row: Dawn Decker ‘81, Kathleen Clow, Cindy Greco Herr ‘81, Kim Young ‘81, Scott Bucey ‘81, Jennifer Bucey, Wendy Whitlock Cornish ‘81, Seated: Marilyn Battey.

Thanks to the Marilyn and Chuck Battey ‘81 for hosting a warm afternoon mini-reunion by their pool in Burlingame, just south of San Francisco. Although not pictured, a hoard of rugrats swarmed nearby playing badminton and swimming and having a terrific time. Check out the 50th Birthday cake!