Mark J. Baldwin
103 Woods Road What’s your favorite Dartmouth Florence, MA 01062 memory? [email protected] The many friends I made; the calm- 413.584.7012 ing time I spent in the sculpture studio. Who’s at home? Do you have a “bucket list”? Wife: Mary Kay (Mimi) Baldwin – Mt. What are some of the things on Holyoke ‘87 it? Return to Ireland. Travel to Eng- Kids: Emilie, age 13; Abigael, age 11 land and see a Premier League game. Career Information: High School Knowing what you know now, Social Studies Teacher, Dept. Chair, what piece of advice would and varsity baseball coach Mark: older, not wiser. you give a freshman beginning Hobbies: watching (and sometimes college? Take advantage of all the coaching) my kids’ activities; I’m also president of opportunities presented to you; you may never the Massachusetts Baseball Coaches Association have some of those opportunities again. Freshman Dorm: Cohen, in the Choates What are your goals, dreams or plans for What’s been the biggest achievement of last the future? to help my kids achieve what they 25 years: having a happy and healthy family. want to do.
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Kathy Bannon, see Keith
Beth Barton, see Rondeau
22 Dartmouth Class of ’86 David Beach
375 Riverside Drive #12A with Pepe and Vicki/ EBA’s New York, NY 10025 chicken sandwich/Freshman [email protected] Cabaret/Swapping " oppy disks on my ! rst Mac/Drink- Who’s at home? ing too much coffee at Lou’s/ Spouse/Partner: Russell Granet Remembering how I ! rst met Kids: Sadie Kate Granet-Beach the great friends who are still Pets: Not yet my great friends today. Career Information: Actor, What’s been the biggest etc. surprise of last 25 years? How lucky I’ve been. Hobbies: Procrastination Do you have a “bucket Freshman Dorm: Butter! eld list”? Am putting off bucket What’s your favorite Dart- list until the 50th. mouth memory? Learning Knowing what you know the Salty Dog Rag/Getting now, what piece of advice pneumonia from kayaking in the Connecticut as would you give a freshman? Take everything Freshman PE requirement/Shakespeare Alley/Being pass/fail. excited about seeing Baker Library each time I came back to campus/Going to the Hop every day/ What are your goals, dreams or plans for the LSA Blois/Falling asleep in Sanborn/Taking class future? More of the same.
Kiewit, Now and Then
DartmouthDartmouth Cl Classass of ’8686 23 Natalie Bej, aka Tayi
1018 Edgemill Way What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 West Chester, PA 19382 years? The biggest surprise is probably how much [email protected] has happened and changed, but yet how much the important little things stay the same. Who’s at home? Knowing what you know now, what piece of Spouse/Partner: Andrew Bej advice would you give a freshman beginning Kids: Nina is a college freshman in Boston and Nick college? My daughter is a freshman in college. is a high school sophomore I tell her to study hard, explore her interests, and Pets: Scout the Beagle your dreams can be achieved with determination Career Information: Principal, The Vanguard and hard work. Group, Inc. in Valley Forge, PA. What are your goals, dreams or plans for the Freshman Dorm: North Mass future? Live life. What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? Beer pong and the stacks, not a synchronous memory, clearly.
Sharon Belanger, see Showalter
24 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Debbie Berke, see Hall Tom Berry
P.O. Box 99 reckless decisions of my life, but it Lake for at-risk New Hampshire boys, 212 Gordon Hill Road all worked out for the best. - e real which is followed by year round coun- New Hampton, NH 03256 estate experience was a stepping stone seling. I had spent summers there as an Home: 603-744-6927 to joining Merrill Lynch as a $ nancial undergrad working as a camp coun- Cell: 603-630-3925 advisor in Concord, NH three years selor. It is also where I met my wife later. for the $ rst time. We started an annual I feel that I have led a charmed life Emma came along in March ())! golf tournament (( years ago that to since leaving Dartmouth !" years ago. and is now a college freshman, also at date has raised over 0!%#,### for an For most of that time, I have been liv- St Lawrence University. She is an honor incredibly deserving organization. ing in the Lakes Region of New Hamp- student and joined her sister, Kelsey, as Jennifer and I love to travel and have shire—"# miles from Hanover. Before a starter on the $ eld hockey team. been to about half of the places on our fall term $ nished senior year, I was May ())&, Hayden is born and his “bucket list.” Highlights recently were engaged to Jennifer Shackett. Colby ’%&. $ rst word ever said is “ball.” He plays a two-week trip to Europe last sum- A' er graduation, I started with all sports and excels at baseball and mer with our kids before they were Procter & Gamble as a sales represen- golf. He will be a freshman at New all grown up. Playing golf in Scotland tative in the state of Maine. Moved to Hampton this fall. with my three brothers, as a gi' from New Hampshire for P & G a year later In ())&, I was asked to open the our mom, was almost as much fun. and have never le' . Hanover o. ce of Merrill Lynch and As a family, we like to ski, hike, play Jennifer and I were married in June did so without hesitation. Jennifer and golf and tennis and spend time on the of ()%& and moved to the New Hamp- I looked at houses, but we decided that nearby lakes. We are the proud owners ton School campus where she started my commute was short enough—one of two Labrador retrievers, yellow and her career as an English teacher and hour one way—for us not to rush to black, that keep us company when the coach. She is now the Director of Stud- buy or for her to change her teaching girls are away at college. ies and has had an impact on thou- job. - ree years later, and more than a I have always been grateful for what sands of students over her tenure. We few speeding tickets on Rte + and sev- my Dartmouth experience prepared lived in four di* erent homes over a eral near-miss collisions, I decided to me for in life. I am sorry that the fam- !+-year period before moving into our move back to the Concord, NH Mer- ily legacy did not continue when own home that we built last year. I have rill Lynch o. ce, cutting my commute Kelsey, valedictorian of her class, did never worked for the school, but it has in half. not get accepted four years ago, and been a wonderful place to raise a fam- I have a number of clients still in when Emma did not even apply; but ily and to be around an exciting and Hanover and always enjoy going back things seem to always work out for the interesting group of people. to town. What I will remember most best, as they have created their own First child Kelsey born May, ()%). from my three years working there legacy at St. Lawrence University. She is now !(, a college graduate this above the Nugget - eater will be the My $ rst cousin Patricia Berry ’%( spring and engaged to her boyfriend many opportunities to work with has a daughter, Meg Heisler, in the of the last two years (who she met at incredibly bright Dartmouth under- class of !#(+ in Hanover. - e advice I St. Lawrence University). Fortunately graduates that asked to intern in our would give to her and her classmates is for us, he grew up about !# miles away. o. ce. to make the most of their Dartmouth Wedding planned for summer !#(! A' er Bank of America bought experience by doing things they like, and I have been promised that I will Merrill Lynch in !##%, I was given the trying new things that may be dif- not become a grandfather for at least a opportunity to move my investment $ cult, and seeing as much of New few more years. practice to UBS, also in Concord, Hampshire as they can in their four I le' P & G a month before Kelsey where I work today. years. Meg and friends… if you are was born to work for a land develop- For the past (/ years, I have been a lucky enough, you might get to make ment company at (##, commission. trustee of the Mayhew Program: a sum- it your home. - is was probably one of the most mer camp experience on Newfound
Dartmouth Class of ’86 25 Tom “Biegs” Biegel
47 Black Brook Road What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 Gorham, ME 04038 years? Staying in Maine and staying at the same [email protected] company for 23 years. Who’s at home? Do you have a “bucket list”? What are some of the things on it? Just ! nished hiking the Grand Spouse: Kristine Biegel Canyon and prior to that hiked Mount Washington Kids: Son, Jamie age 15, daughter, Abby age 14 and Mount Katadin (highest peak in Maine) Career Information:1986-88 banking analyst, Knowing what you know now, what piece of 1988-present CFO, Shaw Brothers Construction, Inc. advice would you give a freshman? Join every- Hobbies: Soccer, Racket Ball, Hiking, Running thing you can! (Especially outing club which I Freshman Dorm: The Lodge didn’t do). What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? The What are your goals, dreams or plans for the outdoor grill, happy hours, and parties during future? Get my kids through high school and col- Sophomore Summer at Heorot lege, expand my bucket list, winter in the south where it’s warm, travel Europe again, go to the next World Cup, and learn the guitar.
Katie Blackburn (Brown)
5155 Stone Barn Rd Do you have a “bucket list”? What are some of Cincinnati, Ohio 45243 the things on it? Nothing in particular, just take [email protected]" .net advantage of opportunities that present themselves. That being said I do like gol! ng at nice courses. Who’s at home? Knowing what you know now, what piece of Spouse/Partner: Troy advice would you give a freshman? That is my Kids: Elizabeth (18) and Caroline (16) daughter, and I will be reading others’ responses Pets: 2 cats because I’m not sure I have the right advice. Right Career Information: Exec VP of Cincinnati Bengals now I keep telling myself she will have a great experience wherever she goes, but if there is more Hobbies: Golf, Tennis particular advice to make sure that happens, I’d Freshman Dorm: South Mass (I think that’s right love to pass that along to her! I think college is a but if I have North Mass and South Mass turned time and place for kids to learn how to make inde- around I was in the all girls one.) pendent good, decisions, have great experiences What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? Play- (maybe knock off a few of those bucket list items), ing ice hockey (including learning how to) expand their education, and make friends. What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 What are your goals, dreams or plans for the years? that it goes so fast future? Good health and happiness for my family, friends and especially my kids.
26 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Winter Carnival posters Courtesy of Dartmouth College Library.
Dartmouth Class of ’86 27 Karen Blodgett
San Francisco, CA gings – I still think of that class whenever I hear [email protected] Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye! • FSA abroad in Toulouse, and traveling with our Who’s at home? Just me and a few house plants! Eurail Passes over spring break with three Kar- Career Information: Director of Wealth Manage- en’s and Jan. By the end of the trip the three K’s ment and Principal at Aspiriant, a leading indepen- all had nicknames that have stuck in my mind to dent wealth management ! rm this day! Hobbies: triathlons, travel, golf • An English lit course on James Boswell junior Freshman Dorm: the MoLo! spring with only four students in it – we met in a board room in an upper level of Baker Library What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? that had dark paneling and old portraits on the It’s simply not possible to have just one favorite wall. One week in May on a particularly warm memory – here are a few that come to mind… day, three of the four of us skipped class – at the • The ! rst time we all got together as a class in next session the professor politely asked that we Webster Hall during orientation week coordinate our absences a bit better. • Crisp walks across campus Freshman winter to • Most embarrassing moment is probably per- get to my 8AM seminar held in a classroom in forming “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” with the Deci- the Thayer School (I lived in the MoLo – could it belles at a number of fraternity cocktail parties have been any further away?!) • The seemingly endless supply of Bachman pret- • Hours and hours spent in the piano practice zels and Jax in the Kappa social room (thanks, rooms way down in the bowels of the Hop Wini!) • Going out for a long run on Saturday afternoons • Singing Dartmouth songs with the Glee Club at in the fall, listening to the 2nd half of the foot- the bon! re on Homecoming night and so many ball game on my Walkman radio; midnight runs other occasions around Occom Pond • Montreal road trip senior year with the girls – • Taking aerobics in Collins taught by Elisa Rush and getting busted at the border for trying to dressed in my purple bring back too much Brador leotard, tights, and leg-
From le" : with nephew, Tom, in Yosemite; at Half Dome in January; Bizarre lava # eld outside Bend, OR.
28 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Karen Blodgett, continued
What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 ! nancial planning program years? How fast it went! What’s really hitting me • Being able to change a " at on the rear wheel of as this reunion approaches is that it was at my my bike – all by myself father’s 25 reunion in 1980 that for the ! rst time, • Play golf at Pebble Beach (and be reasonably I saw Dartmouth as a place that could be my own, worthy of it) and not just “where my dad went to college”. • Visit all of the National Parks in the U.S. Eighteen months later I was accepted early deci- • I’m seriously considering jumping out of an sion, and the rest is history. Dartmouth has been a airplane someday wonderful bond over the years between my father Knowing what you know now, what piece of and me. advice would you give a freshman? Keep an Do you have a “bucket list”? What are some open mind about what you want to do in your life of the things on it? – there’s more than one answer. It’s the twists and • Once I’m no longer working full time, I’d like to turns in life that help you discover who you really teach – either music classes to kids, or in a local are. And most of all, be true to yourself.
Clockwise from le" : My # rst Alcatraz triathlon; Patagonia; With a friend’s newly adopted son in Hanoi; With Dad (D’$$).
Dartmouth Class of ’86 29 Jack Bocock
1801 Westview Road What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 Charlottesville, VA 22903 years: My wife agreed to marry me. [email protected] Do you have a “bucket list”? What are some Who’s at home? of the things on it? Climb the Matterhorn. Pay Dartmouth tuition. Spouse/Partner: Nora Brook! eld Knowing what you know now, what piece of Kids: Willis (16), Molly (13), Nonie (7) advice would you give a freshman beginning Pets: Cats & Rabbits college? Work hard, have fun, don’t waste any Career Information: Founding partner of Invest- time! ment Management of Virginia, LLC. What are your goals, dreams or plans for the Hobbies: children, hiking/skiing/hunting/biking. future? Make it to 80. Freshman Dorm: Streeter (not an integral part of my favorite Dart- mouth memory) What’s your favor- ite Dartmouth memory? Seeing Baker Tower over the trees each time I drove back into town. Refreshments at Sachem after rugby practice.
30 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Dartmouth Class of ’86 31 Michelle Bonneau, see Broderick
Kirsten Calvert Brady
1 Colles Avenue • running the golf course to Occom Pond and up Morristown NJ 07960 Rip Road [email protected] • driving around the green in my white Toyota • FSA Toulouse, France Spouse: John Brady, Trinity ‘82 • reading in Sanborn My job title: Sales Collaboration Of! cer – Camp- • going to the Dartmouth football games with my bell Alliance/inVentiv Health Dad (class of ’57) My favorite activities are the Oscars, pilates, run- • all the reunions and friendships since college ning, skiing, and tennis My husband and I have renovated 5 historic homes My advice would be to be curious, and be coura- in 10 years, with 3 kids! On number 6 now (house, geous. not kid) I’d like to own a bakery and coffee shop, drive a We have three children; Calvert Ryan (12), Sara Prius, learn to surf, travel around the world, teach Dalton (8), Tucker Matthew (5), and one pet: my kids to take care of themselves and others, and Snoopy (guinea pig) have a beach house near the sea. My favorite Dartmouth memories: Here are some pics of my sweet family! See you in • meeting my best friends freshman year in mid- Hanover. Fayerweather • the seemingly endless parties
32 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Karin Bravin
322 West 72nd Street NY, NY 10023 ’86 [email protected] Survey Who’s at home? For whom did you Spouse/Partner: John Post Lee vote in 2008? Kids: Charlotte, 15 and Jackson, 12 Pets: soon? McCain / Palin 84 24% Career Information: BravinLee programs – (I Obama/Biden 241 70% co-own a contemporary art gallery in Chelsea Other 6 with my spouse) and I curate public art projects and installations 2% Freshman Dorm: Mid Mass I did not vote. 12 3% What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? Eating in Collis with friends, studying, well not really, in the ’02 room, Mass Row Carnival, sum- mer term, art history classes What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 years? That I haven’t kept in touch with as many classmates as I thought I would have Knowing what you know now, what piece of advice would you give a freshman? Take advan- tage of activities that college has to offer besides the academic courses.
Trivia! Sports Then and Now Topic 1986 2011 World Series New York Mets San Francisco Giants Super Bowl Chicago Bears New Orleans Saints Wimbledon Becker/Navratilova Rafael Nadal/Serena Williams US Open Tennis Lendl/Navratilova Rafael Nadal/Kim Clijsters Kentucky Derby Ferdinand Super Saver NBA Boston Celtics Lakers Stanley Cup Montreal Canadiens Chicago Blackhawks US Open Golf Ray Floyd Graeme McDowell NCAA Football Penn State Auburn Tigers NCAA Basketball Louisville! Duke over Butler World Cup Soccer Argentina Spain
DartmouthDartmouth CClasslass ooff ’86 33 Michelle (Bonneau) Broderick
Broad Sound Lane What’s your favorite Dartmouth Freeport Maine memory? Most memorable was [email protected] probably falling into the Charles River while on the sailing team fresh- Who’s at home? man year, and having to throw those Husband: Dan clothes away because the smell would Kids: Daughters, Meredith 15 and not come out even after multiple Courtney 13 washings. Pets: English Springer Spaniel, Madison Do you have a “bucket list”? Career Information: Maine Optome- What are some of the things on try with 4 locations in southern Maine; it? I love living in Maine, but like to I practice out of Freeport and Bruns- travel as often as possible. I want to wick. General practice, with specialty in children’s visit more of Europe, Australia and New Zealand, vision and Vision Therapy. and more of the US, especially out west Hobbies: Cycling, and some recent sprint triath- What are your plans for the future? Leaving lons, getting braver in the kitchen, love to travel, for family trip to Europe on the same day as our busy watching kids’ sports events (soccer, Nordic reunion, so will not be able to attend. Will be in skiing, lacrosse). Paris area for a week and then Tuscany for the second week. Freshman Dorm: River Cluster
home sweet home
last race of the season
what I look at all day 34 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Beau Brown
187 Rinconada Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301 [email protected] Who’s at home? Spouse/Partner: Adria Brown Kids: Alinna (15) and Thomas (12) Pets: Fred (Havanese dog) Career Information: California Casualty (Insurance) for 22 years Hobbies: AAU Basketball Coach Freshman Dorm: Mid-Mass
Cece Conway Browne
587 West Hawthorne Place Caroline (8) – travel, adventure and career Chicago, IL 60657 Pets: Buddy, the dog changes. After seeing many close friends face serious illness this cece@chicagoallergyandhealth. Career Information: Commer- past year, staying healthy and com cial Real Estate Broker/Developer enjoying every day is my priority. Who’s at home? – Alternative Health Care Practice Knowing what you know Spouse/Partner: Greg Browne Hobbies: I exercise and practice now, what piece of advice yoga but my time is limited with Kids: Patrick (13), Margot (11), would you give a freshman kids and work. beginning college? Try to Freshman Dorm: Russell embrace the experience of learn- Sage ing – don’t just go through the What’s your favorite motions. Take a year or two off Dartmouth memory? before college and work – you Sitting in our dorm room will appreciate the experience with friends ! ltering in much more. and out recounting stories What are your goals, dreams of the past weekend esca- or plans for the future? Other pades and laughing until than raising healthy, happy kids, my stomach hurt. I don’t have speci! c plans. I have What’s been the big- found that life happens despite gest surprise of last 25 the plans you have made so I am years? The challenge and much less focused on goals and joy of parenthood. plans than I once was. Do you have a “bucket list”? What are some of the things on it? I will take what comes my way
Kendall Burney, see Wilson
Susan Burnley, see Moynihan
Dartmouth Class of ’86 35 Mike Cahn c/o Carraig Dúlra, Glenealy Landscape Centre Glenealy, Co Wicklow, IRELAND [email protected] Who’s at home? Spouse/Partner: Suzie Kids: 4 Career Information: For the past 5 years I've been self-employed in two different worlds: I develop websites and do some IT work, mainly for charities and com- munity groups, and I also run Carraig Dúlra and the OOOOBY Community Food Store with my wife. Carraig Dúlra is our organic & permaculture teaching farm, and OOOOBY (Out Of Our Own Back Yard) is a volunteer/non-pro! t social enterprise In 2004-5 we took the kids and traveled in Europe which focuses on creating and supporting local in our VW hippie van, volunteering in organic food networks farms and visiting Italy, Croatia and France. Our Hobbies: I'm a beekeeper complete diary of the trip is online at http://mei- Freshman Dorm: Mid Mass theal.net/6plusWwoofVanClan/ What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? Ice skating on Occom pond in the moonlight Knowing what you know now, what piece of advice would you give a freshman? Take at least a year after high school before you go to college and go DO SOMETHING, particularly something that is outside your comfort zone. What are your goals, dreams or plans for the future? I'm lucky that I've created my “day jobs” to match pretty closely with what I actually want to be doing day to day. I prefer to work locally, which I do in both my computer work and community food work. I’m currently trying to bring the col- laborative approach I've learned in community work into the IT business as well, which (surprisingly) seems to be meeting less resis- In 2006 we were lucky enough to ! nd a beautiful tance than I expected. I love working on our farm, wild natural piece of land, we named Carraig Dúlra and get a lot out of sharing it with visitors, whether (carraig = rock, dulra = nature or elements) course participants, volunteers or friends.
36 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Mike Cahn, continued
In 2009 we launched the OOOOBY Store (Out Of Our Own Back Yard), a volunteer run non-pro! t community food centre.
In 2009 our family moved into gers (yurts) on our farm for half a year with no electricity or running water (but we did rent a hot tub for a week in the winter!)
The whole Cahn clan
Dartmouth Class of ’86 37 Kathryn Gord Callahan
Alexandria, VA pack) on the "wild coast" northeast of accomplishments, and I'm delighted Cape Town. by your stories. As for me… I can't say Married Tom Callahan ’%+ in ())". Here we are (the group below) I've le' a blazing professional trail (I Didn't know each other well at Dart- last summer, when Grace was (/ and le' magazine publishing many years mouth, but ran into him walking Claire was (#, and we took a spectacu- ago to spend time with the pack), but my dog on Capitol Hill. Two amaz- lar/hilarious RV trip around Oregon: I sure do love my life. I think my Dart- ing kids, seven dogs, and a cat later I dune buggies, giant redwoods, horse- mouth experience plays an enormous couldn’t be happier! back on the beach, boating past bears role in the richness and joy I feel in all We moved to South Africa right and seals… Can't get enough of that of the small wonders that now make a' er we got married, and had an kind of travel. up my everyday life. (Her spell on me incredible two-year adventure. Our I know that many of you have used remains!) daughter Grace was born there, and your Dartmouth education as a foun- here she is (protected as always by her dation for absolutely phenomenal
Kirsten Calvert, see Brady
38 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Kimberly Wills Campbell
31 Fort Hill Drive quickly, before he sees my face, grab Connecticut to spend a couple of days Lloyd Harbor, NY 11743 my friends and exit. Several months together. [email protected] later, that same fellow asks me out Do you have a “bucket list”? My Who’s at home? on a date (he does not know I am the bucket list includes: a trip to Venice Spouse: Gregory Campbell ‘%" smasher but I know he is the sma- with my husband; taking the whole Kids: Alexandra (NYU Tisch/CAP !( shee). We have a lovely time, I confess family to Lake Louise (and hopefully ’(/); William ((&), Victoria (("), Char- (a' er he pays for dinner) and !% years meeting the Osmans there); having all lotte ((!) and Zachary ((() later we are still very happily married! my kids $ nd the college that’s best for Pets: Sarastro (Black Lab) and Orson What’s been the biggest surprise of them; seeing my oldest on the Broad- (New Foundland) last !" years? Before we graduated, way stage; having my youngest daugh- Career Information: Started out as we started having some Dartmouth ter recruited to play D-( lacrosse. a corporate attorney, then had " kids. friends out for a weekend every sum- Knowing what you know now, what Became a yacht broker - lots of fun, mer. When folks didn’t have kids and piece of advice would you give a many cool business trips. Now a TV most lived on the east coast, it was freshman? Have no regrets. Work shoot location manager. fairly easy for them to make the trip. your hardest so there are no “what ifs”, Hobbies: Coaching my kids in so' - We have been able to keep up the tradi- but take time along the way to enjoy ball, lacrosse, $ eld hockey and soccer. tion and, notwithstanding many kids the extras. Skiing with the family. and many miles, every year Greg and What are your goals, dreams or plans Freshman Dorm: THE River Cluster I are blown away that people take time for the future? To see my kids happy (S. Hinman) out of their crazy lives and still man- in their adult lives. Have time to travel What’s your favorite Dartmouth age to come visit us the second week- with my husband before we are too old memory? In the dining hall with my end of August. We are blessed that the to enjoy it. Cluster mates Deb McCollum and Colons (Deb McCollum ’%2 and John Martha Molumpy – I’m bored because ‘%!), Hincks (Martha Molumphy ’%2), one or both of them is 1 irting with Adams (Sarah Moore$ eld ’%2), Bohn some fellows whom I don’t know, (Suzy Dunseath ’%2 and Jack ’%&), when all of a sudden a thrown tomato Osman (Andy ’%" and Frances Gmur rolls by (intended for one of the 1 irta- ’%"), Fields (Elwyn ’%"), Martin (Phil tious fellows). I pick it up looking for ’%") and sometimes Kliber (Brad ’%") the responsible party $ guring he must have travelled each and every year be more fun than the crowd I’m with. from places such as Moscow, Mexico, Upon returning it to him, surprisingly, Milan, London, New Orleans, Fin- he is very rude and pretends I am not land, Tokyo, Seattle, Texas, Minnesota, there. Without hesitation, I drop it South Carolina, Cleveland, Baltimore, down his back and smash it. I turn Maine, Nantucket, Massachusetts and
DartmouthDartmouth ClClasslass off ’86 39 Dawn Carey
248 Hogback Road Knowing what you know now, what piece of Norwich, VT 05055 advice would you give a freshman? Take it easy [email protected] on yourself – everyone else is freaked out too, even if they don’t look like it. Who’s at home? What are your goals, dreams or plans for the Spouse: Christopher Smith, my trophy husband. future? Pretty damn happy with the present. I am Kids: Hillary (in NYC!), Althea (just graduated excited to see more of the world. More speci! cally, Georgetown SFS), Tyler (just graduated Hanover I am excited to meet more people of the world! High), and Hellie (in 6th grade this fall) Pets: Scout, the wonder dog Career Information: working at the new Dart- mouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science – LOVE it! Hobbies: Crew, tennis, lazy knitting, skiing… Freshman Dorm: Wild Woodward Woman! What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? Hmm… Perhaps the frenetic hilarity of the energy swell in an all-women’s dorm as news of the Col- lis snacks truck parking out back made its way through the halls? Or the lovely surprise of coming home to all the furniture from Deb Smith’s and my room completely moved out – thanks, Jonathan and Dave! Or the “readings” the upperclass women of Woodward let us in on as naïve freshman! What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 years? The song “Men/We of Dartmouth” still makes me cry. I know – dork. Do you have a “bucket list”? Nope. Maybe at the 50th?
40 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Tom Carhart
745 Windsor Drive Knowing what you know now, what piece of Menlo Park, CA 94025 advice would you give a freshman beginning [email protected] college? Who’s at home? “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to Spouse/Partner: Lisa Carhart earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure Kids: Will (14), Stephen (12), and Elisabeth (9) the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, Pets: Cali(fornia), our mini labradoodle to ! nd the best in others; to leave the world a little Career Information: VP, Marketing and Business better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Development, Hewlett Packard Visual Collaboration or a redeemed social condition; to know even one – we’re making video calling as common as the life has breathed easier because you have lived. telephone for businesses This is the meaning of success." Hobbies: Skiing, Cycling, Backpacking —Ralph Waldo Emerson Freshman Dorm: Smith “Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glori- ous triumphs even though checkered by failure, What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? than to rank with those poor spirits who neither There are many with friends from AXA and Smith enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the ray dorm! I always enjoyed the late-afternoon all-AXA twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.” bridge jumps during the summer semester. It was hot, the water was refreshing, the friendships were —Theodore Roosevelt true, and it was an energizing way to start the eve- What are your goals, dreams or plans for the ning parties. future? Do you have a “bucket list”? What are What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 some of the things on it? years? One of the biggest surprises, like the • Taking our children to the National Parks song says, is that Dartmouth stays in your in your • More time at Lake Tahoe heart, muscles, and brains. We met up for an AXA • Cycling reunion in South Padre Island a few years ago… After almost 25 years had passed, it seemed as if barely a day had gone by. Our lives have changed, but our hearts remained as close as when we lived together 25 years ago.
Dartmouth Class of ’86 41 Lalla Carothers
270 Main Street Cumberland ME 04021 [email protected] Basic biographical info: Spouse/Partner: Jonathan Labaree Kids: Olivia (8) and Benny (4-1/2) Pets: English Setter named Bella (12) Career Information: Taught English and coached middle school sports. I’m currently a stay-at-home mom and perpetual volunteer. Hobbies: yoga, knitting, sewing, gardening, cook- ing, teaching about being green. Freshman Dorm: Gile What are some of your favorite Dartmouth • seeing other Dartmouth friends traveling through memories? France during an FSP. • going on rugby road trips to Harvard or Holyoke • stomping snow on the snow sculpture senior or hitching a ride to Sachem Field when I was year. too late (or too lazy) to run. • watching people play Frisbee on the Green on • taking a Sunday afternoon hike instead of facing the ! rst warm spring day. homework. • ! nding someone to talk to in the wee hours • sitting through multiple seatings of Sunday when I had a paper due. brunch at Thayer. How would you advise a freshman beginning • hanging out with other 86s in a sea of green at college? Take risks: try a class outside your comfort football games — “86! 86! 86!” — or forming zone, a new sport or activity. Be open to people a huge 806 on the ! eld. different from you. Take advantage of the seasons • taking a run along the Connecticut on a fall in Hanover by getting outside. Get to know profes- afternoon. sors – there are some amazing teachers at Dart- mouth. What are your goals, dreams or plans for the future? I hope to nurture a loving marriage. I hope ’86 to raise healthy, compassionate children who like Survey who they are and care about giving back to others. I want to keep learning and growing and meeting Are you…? people who challenge me to keep an open mind. I hope to be a good friend. I hope ease a burden, to Currently married 303 88% shine a light in a corner. Like Miss Rumphius, “the Currently divorced 18 5% lupine lady” in Barbara Cooney’s book, I would like Never married 22 6% to do something to make the world more beautiful. Widowed 0 0% Total 343 100%
42 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Harry J. Carrel
140 N. Old Stone Bridge Road Other unforgettable memories include: listening to Cos Cob, CT 06807 Robert Oden’s Religion 1 lectures (now available [email protected] from Amazon!); taking Intro to Computer Science from John Kemeny; studying liberation theology Basic biographical info: I live with my wife, with Charles Stinson in Edinburgh, Scotland; play- Nadia A. Dombrowski ’83, and two daughters, ing Shostakovich’s Symphony #5 with Efrain Guigui Alina (16), and Pascale (13). Nadia is SVP, Group and the Dartmouth Symphony; and Freshman Head and Lead Region Counsel for the U.S. for seminar with Walter Arndt. Sadly, except for Oden MasterCard International in Purchase, NY. Alina is a and Stinson, all of these people who so in" uenced junior at Greenwich High School who is a cellist in my years at Dartmouth, have already passed away. the Norwalk Youth Symphony. Pascale is in Grade 8 at Central Middle School and is a violinist in the What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 Norwalk Youth Sympony. years? How fast the years have " own by! Who could imagine that 25 years would pass by so Currently, I am VP and Senior Mortgage Advisor, quickly. It seems like only yesterday that we were JPMorgan Private Bank in New York City. Previ- eating green eggs and learning how to dance the ously, I worked for Chase, Washington Mutual, AIG Salty Dog rag. Capital Partners, M&T Bank, and NBI/Datapro. Knowing what you know now, what piece of I enjoy listening and playing classical music, opera, advice would you give a freshman beginning squash, and philately. I spent my ! rst two years at college? Choose every course very carefully. Once Dartmouth on the fourth " oor of Topliff. you graduate, you will have a list of courses that What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? you wish you would have taken. Try to keep that list Walking up to collect my ! rst Math 5 test from as short as possible by choosing wisely while you’re Slesnick. As I got close to the front of the room, at Dartmouth. (What was I thinking taking those he lowered his head, ! xed his gaze, and threw Policy Studies courses?!!!) the blue exam booklet back at me while yell- ing: “CARREL! You can do better than this!” That one moment sent me to the stacks for four years and was the start of a great friendship with one of Dartmouth’s most iconic, and misunderstood professors, Bill Slesnick, who was in his own words: “the only Jewish Rhodes scholar from Oklahoma to study at Jesus College, Oxford!”
Dartmouth Class of ’86 43 Stephen “Fester” Carter
Hayward, California is much the same as [email protected] how I perceive them today… sometimes Who’s at home? positively, sometimes Partner: non-cohabitating 15-year partner not so much. Kids: NO WAY…but I fully support any gay part- Do you have a ners or straight couples who can tolerate them and “bucket list”? What care for them properly (-; are some of the Pets: 2 cats – another living with my partner things on it? Exten- Career: IT/Mobility Messaging support sive travel comprises my list of things to do Hobbies: swimming, walking, live theatre before I am unable. Freshman Dorm: The New Hamp triple (ugh) in I would like to visit my ! rst freshman fall doesn’t count—that was a Thailand, Egypt, and nightmare. The River Cluster single in 1983 when I India for sure, but also am interested in returning returned to the College for my second time around to Turkey and visit parts of the Middle East and was what I consider to be my REAL “freshman Asia for a more thorough view of those countries. dorm.” Perhaps bungee-jumping, hang-gliding and other What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? That such thrills should be included on the list – I’ve would have to be the Tri-Kap fraternity debacle already skydived several times, which gave me the and the ensuing ! ght for LGBT student respect, taste for further adventure… which began with my appearance and expulsion Knowing what you know now, what piece of from that house’s party c.1984 and resulted in the advice would you give a freshman? Don’t pass homophobic witch-hunt and subsequent depledg- up opportunities – take advantage of being young, ing of several gay Tri-Kap members. There is no open-minded, and having the time to explore the more enduring memory for me than this period of world and the people in it. And plan for the future time in the mid-80’s when traditional thinking at – not how much you are going to make or where the College was being challenged and the human you are going to live, but how you want to make a rights movement picked up momentum, spear- signi! cant impact on the world with how you want headed by a core group of young activists. to really live your life as it progresses. What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 What are your goals, dreams or plans for the years? That people, for the most part, don’t really future? To be comfortable and content in life, and change from how we knew them 25 years ago… to enjoy the years ahead as best possible. More- in some cases individuals just become a more over, I wish to continually strive to make a positive intensi! ed version of that person. I believe our core and lasting impression on others and the world values were forged or solidi! ed during our years at I live in, so that those who follow will hopefully the College, and that we have carried those values bene! t from positive change and better endure into our future lives. With a couple notable excep- future challenges… that is what, to me, makes for a tions, the way I remember peers from years ago ful! lling life.
44 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Alan Cattier
1245 Briar Hills Drive has been sur! ng at Mavericks! Atlanta, GA 30306 Do you have a “bucket list”? What are some [email protected] of the things on it? Back to Venice, for an Who’s at home? extended stay; Bone ! shing at Christmas Island, Getting Back to Teaching, Getting Back to Writing, Spouse/Partner: Carole Meyers Owning an Apple Orchard Pets: Tolstoi, Turtle, LaBamba, and Dinah Knowing what you know now, what piece of Career Information: Director, Academic Comput- advice would you give a freshman? Drink from ing, Emory University the ! re hydrant of College: unlike the keg, you’ll Hobbies: Fly Fishing, Writing, Wine, not necessar- never be able to tap it again. ily in that order! What are your goals, dreams or plans for the Freshman Dorm: Little Hall future? Living in place, loving my wife, and maybe What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? Too making some Calvados, Teaching Stories of the many to list: Year abroad at UCL, Road trips to see American Land. And de! nitely more time for ! sh- the Dead, Fishing the Wells River, Impromptu Hot ing and friends. Tub assembly in Little Hall, Athol Fugard, Jamie and Jane in Norwich, Harvard Game Freshman Year, Raphael’s Cucina, Fun in Eastman and Con- necticut, including the art of getting stuck; so many great people who shaped my life, way too many to name, Saccio on Shakespeare, surviving some really stupid behavior! What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 years? For a guy who did graduate work in the Renaissance, how much technology has changed our lives and everything we do. Our life, as a class,
Dartmouth Class of ’86 45 John Cestar
48 Kennedy Road, #15E Monticello Building Hong Kong, S.A.R, People’s Republic of China [email protected] Who’s at home? Spouse: Kerry Cestar Kids: Sophia, Kaia Career Information: 15+ years working in China; Business owner, Shenzhen, China-Information Tech- nology / Asset Management
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46 DartmouthDartmouth CClasslass ooff ’’868866 Winter Carnival posters Courtesy of Dartmouth College Library.
Dartmouth Class of ’86 47 Bruce Chafee
79 Marlborough Street • Sailing practice: The competition, the cama- Boston, MA 02116 raderie. The day Kim and I won nearly every [email protected] race. The many days we didn’t win any; but still learned and enjoyed. The beauty of Lake Mas- Homes Along the Way: Rhode Island. New coma. Hampshire. France. Colorado. Pennsylvania. • Summer party: Sophomore-summer roommates North Carolina. Massachusetts. Michael Sayette, David Geller, Jonathan Housum, Current Career Stop: Biogen Idec, a Massachu- and I started the term by hosting a party at our setts-based bio-pharmaceutical researcher, devel- River Cluster dorm. The key: we moved all our oper, and manufacturer. The company combines living room furniture outside—to take advantage science and business—as I like to do myself. I have of the warm weather, of course! led science/manufacturing-based projects, and cur- • Creating in the Dartmouth Wood Shop. rently lead an operations team. LSA in Lyon, France: Learning French. Making Previous Career Stops: Business-process– life-long friends. Finding new perspectives on the improvement consulting. Strategy consulting. world and on myself—and learning to keep doing Elementary school teaching. Hospital-software so. training and support. Advice I Would Give a Dartmouth Freshman: Favorite Title: “Uncle Bruce” The same I received (!): When you ! nd yourself Second-favorite Title: “Yngling World Champion” comfortable, kick yourself in the butt and try some- (sailboat racing; Lelystad, the Netherlands, July thing new—it’s the best way to learn, and that’s 2010; with John Ingalls and Torey Pellegrini). why you came to Dartmouth. Best Vacation Trip (So Far!): Ski-touring the Hopes for the Future: Keep my health so I can “Haute Route” from Chamonix, France to Zermatt, continue to ! nd adventures around the world. Switzerland. Be productive always. Leave a legacy of having Favorite Dartmouth Memories: Too many to improved the world around me. Sail across an count (!), but some are: ocean. Continue learning. Share stories with my • David Scott’s Greek and Roman drama class. Dartmouth classmates—at our 50th Reunion! Jere Daniell’s New England History class. David Deepen my dear friendships. Love. Kastan’s Shakespeare class. Barry Richmond’s Do it with a smile! System Dynamics class. Plus many more!
48 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Bruce Chafee, continued
’*+ boys skiing %&&, (l to r): Mike Moody, Bruce Chafee, Jim O'Shaughnessy, Scott Rabschnuk, Joe Berman.
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DartmouthDDartmouth ClClassass off ’86’86 49 Name: Laurence J Chang Address: 737 Detroit Street, Denver, Colorado 80206 Email: [email protected] Basic biographical info: Who’s at home? Spouse/Partner: Michele Jacques Chang (’86) Kids: Stephen, 15; Harrison, 14 Pets: Piper (dog) Career Information: for many years, in fund management; now a private investor Hobbies: Just finished writing a family history (“The Zhangs from Nanxun,”) Freshman Dorm: McLane
1 graduate degree 2 kids 3 cities (Washington, Palo Alto, Denver) 4 employers 7 different apartments/houses 12 pounds 25 years 9348 digital photos 943.000 United frequent flyer miles
50 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Annelie Chapman, see Rugg Jim Cisneros