General Managers of Dartmouth Broadcasting
Note: Dartmouth Broadcasting has been run by a student “directorate” of four to ten members, appointed by their predecessors. I am attempting to assemble a list of all station office-holders over the years, both directorate and executive staff, with an indication of the careers they later pursued (an interesting study of what careers radio alumni actually go into). This is difficult as such a list has never existed, and records at the station are sketchy. If you were a member of the station and can add to this list your input is welcome. Following are the General Managers as I currently have them. A more detailed historical list of station staff can be found in my book College Radio Days, which is highly recommended.
Directorate #:
| 1. 1941-42: | William Mitchel, Jr. ’42 (d. 6/12/03) – public relations (Ford). |
| 2. 1942: | John Shaw ’43 (d. 3/14/92) – sales, textile industry. |
| 3. 1942-43: | William R. Davies ’44 (d. 2/9/10) – radio-TV broadcasting, non-profit fundraising. |
| 4. 1946: | Robert Varney ’43 (d. 5/19/82) – public relations (Sperry Rand, Honeywell). |
| 5. 1946-47: | George Barr ’45 (d. 12/26/98) – publishing, marketing. |
| 6. 1947-48: | Robert Shade ’46 (d. 2/13/75) – insurance executive. |
| 7. 1948-49: | Emil “Bud” Popke ‘49 (d.5/24/12) – radio station owner, sales. |
| 8. 1949-50: | Dick Hollands ’50 (co-manager) – finance, broadcasting. Robert Sisk ’50 (co-manager, d. 8/8/04) – chairman, law firm. |
| 9. 1950-51: | John A. Gambling ’51 (d. 1/8/04) – New York radio personality. |
| 10. 1951-52: | William H. Terry ’51 (d. 8/31/18) – movie production (Warner Bros.), production manager. |
| 11. 1952-53: | Kent C. Robinson ’53 (d. 6/30/03) – Apparel industry (Chairman, Buster Brown). |
| 12. 1953-54: | Peter E. Roos ‘54 (d. 7/17/16) – manufacturing (H.K. Porter), consulting. |
| 13. 1954-55: | Peter von S. Stevens ‘55 – finance; analyst, writer, money manager. |
| 14. 1955-56: | John K. Van de Kamp ’56 (d. 3/14/17) – California attorney general, candidate for governor. |
| 15. 1956-57: | Frank A. Sauter ’57 (d. 12/6/94) – advertising writer. |
| 16. 1957-58: | Richard M. Harris ’58 (d. 2/25/15) – marketing, sales (P&G, General Mills). |
| 17. 1958-59: | Ronald F. Kehoe ’59 (d.9/25/15) – attorney, assistant attorney general (Mass.) |
| 18. 1959-60: | Allan W. Cameron ’60 (d.6/10/11) – information technology. |
| 19. 1960-61: | George R. Whitehead ’61 – engineering, financial planning. |
| 20. 1961-62: | George “Ted” Mascott ’62 – marketing executive (Merck), environmentalism. |
| 21. 1962-63: | Sturges D. Dorrance ’63 – television station management, consulting. |
| 22. 1963-64: | Alan R. McKee ’64 – foreign service, U.S. ambassador to Swaziland. |
| 23. 1964-65: | Robert L. Hartford ’65 – manufacturing, president. |
| 24. 1965-66: | Allan A. Ryan Jr. ’66 – attorney, intellectual property officer (Harvard). |
| 25. 1966-67: | Owen G. Leach III ’67 – broadcasting, research consultant. |
| 26. 1967-68: | John R. Hopke Jr. ’68 – radio, music industry. |
| 27. 1968-69: | Jeffrey S. Kelley ’69 – public relations (DuPont, U.S. government). |
| 28. 1969-70: | Paul Gambaccini ’70 (Chairman) – BBC radio personality, author. Stuart G. Zuckerman ’70 (President) – public television executive. |
| 29. 1970-71: | John H. Marshall ’71 – attorney. |
| 30. 1971-72: | William D. Downall ’72 – journalist, IT consultant, author of IT books. |
| 31. 1972-73: | Alfred “Fred” Frawley ’73 – attorney. |
| 32. 1973-74: | Carter H. Yates ’74 – marketing. |
| 33. 1974-75: | David E. Hunt ’75 (d. 7/31/18) – attorney. Carey E. Heckman ’76 (summer ’74) – law, computer sciences, professor (Dartmouth). |
| 34. 1975-76: | Christopher C. Davidson ’76 – CBS-TV programming executive. |
| 35. 1976-77: | Richard W. Mark ’77 – attorney, business litigation. |
| 36. 1977-78: | Jordan M. Roderick ’78 – wireless executive, president (AT&T, Cingular). |
| 37. 1978-79: | John C. Bussey ’79 – journalist, author (Wall Street Journal bureau chief). |
| 38. 1979: | Joseph R. Mannes ’80 – corporate finance, investment management. |
| 39. 1980: | Jeffrey M. Zimmerman ’81 – attorney, radio-television (Time-Warner). |
| 40. 1981: | Mark J. Belmonte ’82 – government, system network analyst. |
| 41. 1982: | Jeffrey D. Shapiro ’83 – radio station group owner. |
| 42. 1983: | Daniel L. Daniels ’84 – attorney, finance, estate planning |
| 43. 1984: | Kathleen “Katie” Mulligan ’85 – school administrator. |
| 44. 1985: | William B. Furlong Jr. ’86 – information technology, CEO. David S. Wachen ’87 (fall ’85) – attorney, media litigation. |
| 45. 1986: | David S. Wachen ‘87 George E. Bingham ’87 (spring ’86) – banking, real estate. |
| 46. 1987: | Andrew J. Shapiro ’88 – communications, mobile media. |
| 47. 1987-88: | Seth M. Skolnik ’89 – digital media, administration, marketing. |
| 48. 1988-89: | Seth A. Rosenblatt ’89 – technology, marketing. Robert L. Striker ’88 (spring ’88) – attorney. Thomas Stone ’90 (summer ’88) – physician. |
| 49. 1989-90: | Tim Reynolds ’91 (d. 2/17/19) – broadcasting, interactive media. |
| 50. 1990-91: | Neel Chatterjee ’91 – attorney, intellectual property, technology. Eric C. Peterson ’91 (summer ’90) – administration (Del Monte), sports announcer. |
| 51. 1991-92: | Beth Krakower ’93 (d. 9/5/18) – entertainment promotion, publicity. |
| 52. 1992-93: | Sally A. Huntoon (Vitali) ’93 – physician. Barry Cole ’93? (summer ’92) – music supervisor. |
| 53. 1993-94: | Amy Ertel ’94 – manager, non-profit rehabilitation organizations. Brian K. Sward ’95 (summer ’93) – engineering, physical scientist. |
| 54. 1994-95: | Philip S. Augur ’95 – insurance executive. John M. Strayer ’96 (summer ’94) – attorney, public defender. |
| 55. 1995-96: | April K. Whitescarver ’96 – attorney. Henry R. “Hank” Broaddus ’97 (summer ’95) – dean of admissions (College of William & Mary). |
| 56. 1996-97: | Vivian J. Lee ’97 – marketing, interactive media. Michael C. “Mike” Henry ’98 (summer ’96) – sales (Google). |
| 57. 1997-98: | Brent W. Laffoon ’98 – writer, yoga instructor (L.A.). Chadd Kline ’99 (spring ’97) – talent booking agent. Dhruv Prasad ’99 (summer ’97) – finance, radio group management. |
| 58. 1998-99: | Jonathan H. Flynn ’00 – attorney. Brent W. Laffoon ’98 (spring ’98) |
| 59. 1999-00: | Sean N. Byrnes ’00 – information technology, CTO. Abigail B. Nova ’01 (summer ’99) – publishing, public relations. |
| 60. 2000-01: | Dan S. King ’02 – educator, high school teacher. |
| 61. 2001-02: | Dan S. King ’02 (spring ’01) Mike F. O’Donnell ’02 – educator, associate dean. |
| 62. 2002-03: | Eric S. McDonald ’04 – radio station program director. |
| 63. 2003-04: | Kerrin B. Egalka ’04 – manager, spirits industry. ?Danielle Ricci ’05 (summer ’03) – marketing. |
| 64. 2004-05: | Noah Kekane Yuen ‘05 – physician. |
| 65. 2005-06: | Nikhil V. Gore ’06 – attorney. |
| 66. 2006-07: | Susannah Thompson ’08 (spring, summer ’06)– public relations, communications. Deborah Wassel ’07 (fall ‘06, winter ‘07) – attorney, Assistant D.A. |
| 67. 2007-08: | Susannah Thompson ‘08 |
| 68. 2008-09: | Pavel Sotskov ‘09 – professional skiier. |
| 69. 2009-10: | Schuyler “Sketch” Evans ‘10 – TV production, literary manager. |
| 70. 2010-11: | Madison Rezaei ’12 (spring ’10) – management consulting analyst. Shirine Sajjadi ’11 (summer ’10) – Internet analyst (Facebook) Charles “Tony” Quincy ’11 (fall ‘10) – business development (IBM), software, mobile. |
| 71. 2011-12: | Ryan Zehner ’12 – Internet marketing. Chris Zhao ’13 (summer ’11) – financial analyst. |
| 72. 2012-13: | Chris Zhao ’13 Shane O’Neal ’14 (summer ’12) |
| 73. 2013-14: | Shane O’Neal ’14 Kathryn MacNaughton ’15 (summer ’13) |
| 74. 2014-15: | Kathryn MacNaughton ’15 Bridget-Kate McNulty ’16 (summer ’14) |
| 75. 2015-16: | Bridget-Kate McNulty ’16 (spring, fall ’15) Kevin M. Patterson ’17 (summer ’15) Nicholas Duva ’16 (winter ’16) |
| 76. 2016-17: | Kevin M. Patterson ’17 |
| 77. 2017-18: | Gina L. Campanelli ’18 Ryan B. Hall ’19 (summer ’17) |
| 78. 2018-19: | Leanna Arjune ’19 Connor Turner ’20 (summer ’18) |
| 79. 2019-20: | Connor Turner ’20 Chris Cartwright ’21 (summer ’19) |
| 80. 2020-21: | Ray Crist ’22 |
| 81. 2021-22: | Ray Crist ’22 |
| 82. 2022-23: | Tabitha Klein ’24 (co-GM) Veronica Quidore ’24 (co-GM) |