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  • Nicholas Steffen '66

    July 29, 2016

    After graduating, Nicholas was commissioned in the Navy and began flight training, getting his wings in February 1968. Nicholas spent much of his time in the western Pacific with tours in Vietnam,Okinawa, and the Philippines. During that time Nicholas got to fly into Korea, Japan, Twaiwan,Hong Kong,Singapore and Thailand. He also spent some time in the Indian Ocean as well as Iran. After retiring in 1988, Nicholas flew for the airlines until he retired for good in 2004.

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  • Charlie Grant '11

    July 29, 2016

    After a brief stint working for an education technology company in Boston, in 2013 Charlie joined into business with his father pursuing the development of commercial and utility scale solar arrays in the State of Vermont, and today the company, Essex Capital Partners, owns and operates facilities around the state with a combined generation capacity of 5megawatts.     As an undergraduate, Charlie took Geography courses in GIS,Political Ecology, and Economic Geography.   This background has direct relevance to his current work, which includes selecting appropriate sites for solar development

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  • Isaiah Berg '11

    July 29, 2016

    After graduation Isaiah rode his bicycle from Alaska to Argentina for a year. Upon his return to my home in North Dakota he joined the Marine Corps. Isaiah is currently serving in the Marines as an infantry officer, stationed in Quantico, Virginia. Isaih believesDartmouth's Geography Department always pushed him towards a better understanding of place and space. He believes this has made him a better Marine and citizen, especially in a world riven by borders, segregation, and war. Isaiah informs us he will always be grateful for this perspective.    

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  • Genevieve O'Mara '11

    July 13, 2016

    For the past few years Genevieve was working for a Boston-based urban economic development organization founded by Michael Porter called ICIC (Initiative for a Competitive Inner City). At ICIC she was conducting research and advisory work on entrepreneurship- and cluster-driven urban economic development in the U.S. Genevieve just started a dual degree grad program -- Wharton MBA plus an MA in international studies from the Lauder Institute at Penn. 

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  • Laurie Gill '91

    July 13, 2016

    After graduating from Dartmouth with her Geography degree, Laurie worked for several years in consulting in Washington DC before returning to school to obtain her M.A. in Demography from Georgetown. She worked as the County Demographer in the GIS Department of Prince William County, VA for several years. Laurie was so well prepared for that job thanks to her Geography studies at Dartmouth! In 2004, she moved back to her hometown (Columbus, Ohio) to enter her family business. Along with her husband, they have operated her family's Chevrolet automobile dealership ever since.

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