The following was sent by Robin Barber, a high school friend of Kari’s.
Karl Walter Prager, Oct 21, 1947 – November 14th, 2010
The quotes in italics are Kari’s own words from an autobiographical letter written in 2010. The full text can be found on the FaceBook page created in Kari’s memory.
Stephen A. Davies died November 8, 2010 in Pelham, New York. While in high school Steve’s family moved to Beirut, Lebanon where he attended the American Community School. His experiences there would have lifetime influence on him. Following graduation from Dartmouth he studied Arabic at Princeton then served two years with the U.S. Army. He later received a Master’s degree in both Middle Eastern Studies and Journalism from the University of Michigan. In 1975 Steve returned to Beirut where he reported on the outbreak of civil war.
Carlos Antonio Miller died suddenly last October 21 in the Lima, Peru, airport on his way to Cuba with his wife, Cecelia. Many of us remember him from our recent reunion. His good friend, and our adopted classmate, Dona Heller, provided the following summary of Tonio’s life:
2010-2011: Project Right Choice (PRC) $10,000 grant
This originally was printed in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune.
“John Husted passed away March 1, 2010 at his home in Treasure Island, Florida, from heart failure. He was the eldest son of Harold H. and Barbara R. Husted. John grew up in North Plainfield, NJ where he was valedictorian of his graduating class and a champion pole vaulter. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Sigma Nu Delta fraternity and he sang in the Glee Club. At the age of 23, while in graduate school, John developed chronic schizophrenia. This disease devastated his brain and thought processes, destroying his early promise.
In April of 2009, we learned through a letter to the Dartmouth D, that our Pioneering Nine was not a complete accounting. Dona Heller, who had taken Dartmouth classes while a Hanover High student, returned to campus during a leave from Bryn Mawr. Here is the letter:
"I am writing about the article about the "Pioneering Nine" -- Dartmouth's first coeds ("College welcomes back the 'Pioneering Nine,'" April 2). The nine women were drama students who enrolled for the 1968-1969 year to act in theater productions.
2009-2010: Dartmouth For Clean Water (DCW) Initial grant of $9,000 with a follow-up of $1,900 in 2012 in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake and cholera epidemic.
Backstory
Bruce Thomas Cameron of Brattleboro, Vermont, died at home on March 20, 2007 after a long struggle with lung cancer. Bruce grew up in Hanover, the son of Donald W. Cameron ’35, who worked for many years at the College, and Elizabeth C. Cameron. He attended Hanover schools and entered Dartmouth as a sophomore. Bruce majored in Religion and graduated cum laude. He was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and the Newman Club. After graduation, he received a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Germany and was also awarded a James B.