CLASS OF 1989 FALL 2018 ‘89CLASS ACTS President’s Corner Happy Fall ‘89s! It is a busy time for our class and the college, as we are busily planning our 30th Reunion in June, and the college is turning 250! These are big numbers which signify a rich history and also the great passage of time. As the college is a different place today than it was 250, 150, and yes, 30 years ago, so too are we different than we were when we left Hanover in June of 1989. 30 years of life, experiences, charted courses and uncharted courses have brought us to where we are today. Did you expect to be doing what you are doing right now? Could you have predicted where you are at this moment? For me, I would say in some ways the answer is yes and in some ways the answer is no. I would expect that might be the answer for many of us. Wherever life has taken you, we hope to share and celebrate who we are individually and collectively throughout this year. I hope you will take a moment and let us know what’s happening in your life right now. I hope you will join us for our annual Virtual Reunion via Stay Connected: facebook and by email to our Dartmouth mailbox, which will take place in early winter. And Visit our website: I sincerely hope that you will make plans to join us in Hanover in June. There is something 1989.dartmouth.org about stepping onto campus and seeing Baker Tower which brings you back in place and Send news to: time. For me, it reminds me of when I was a bright-eyed 18 year old from New York, the [email protected] first in my family to go to college, armed with 8 Billy Joel cassettes, a Rob Lowe poster and the afghan my grandmother crocheted for me. It reminds me of climbing the stairs to the Join our “Dartmouth second floor of Cohen and meeting Katie and Carol and Amy and Linda and Martha and Class of 1989” groups on Chris when I first arrived. It reminds me of eating the most delicious donut I had ever had Facebook and LinkedIn at the Dartmouth Skiway. It reminds me that four years of ups and downs on the Hanover plain, with all of you, our ’89 class, helped make me who I am today. From the Editor Antonia Rutigliano Nedder I’ve been reminiscing lately about my start to Dartmouth. I was (and will always be) a Choatie. It wasn’t a pretty dorm, but it did have its benefits. The habitrail structure of the cluster brought us close as a commu- nity. The cinder-block walls were warmed by our companionship. My roommate Shannon was wonderful and tolerant. My other freshman hallmates: Dionne, Tressa, Tracy, and KJ were all startling and amazing individuals who I am so glad were part of my freshman year experience. I was really looking forward to reunion this coming June. Unfortunately, I have a conflicting family commit- ment. What a fun time we had at our last reunion, even though the weather was mostly cold and wet. I will miss you all, but I’m sure that we will be in touch on Facebook! Linda Salzhauer Swenberg Save the Date!!! Friday 1/11/2019 - Annual VIRTUAL REUNION on Facebook Details Inside In This Edition Introducing In Memory of... Upcoming Your Mini Reunion Marvin Masterson Reunions Committee! and Chesley Adler CLASS OF 1989 FALL 2018 Mini Reunions Greater Hartford Mike Blechner, Julia Powell O’Brien, Jason Lobo, Russell Wolff, Kerry Kisiel Jones, Catherine Baggia Duwan Boston Martha Wadleigh, Betsy Johnston Scheffel, Cynthia Peterson Hamblett, Amy Beard Vachris, Lisa Rabbe and Francis Power, Steve Blank, Antonia Nedder, Joe Nedder, Mary Beth Basile Chopas, Min Kocher and Michele Dupre ‘88, Kathy Bender Patton and Jim Patton, Lindsey Brace Martinez and Peter Martinez, Ken Horton, Maryann Murphy and Tim Murphy, Karin Wilinski, Brian Freyermuth, Amy Holden, Katie Sawrey, Tracy Coleman. Missing from picture: Rebecca Slisz ‘95, Walter Colsman and Christy O’Brien. Page 2 CLASS OF 1989 FALL 2018 Upcoming Mini-Reunion Details: There are just a few min reunions left before our big reunion in Hanover in June! New York: Mini Reunion Holiday Party during the first week of December in Manhattan, stay tuned for details! Los Angeles: Mini Reunion in March 2019 at the Reilly home, details coming in the new year! Virtual Reunion: Our FIFTH annual Virtual Reunion will take place on January 11th, 2019. This event has grown bigger every year and we hope to have even more people participate this year. On that date, all ‘89s will receive a reminder email to post something about their day or share some news on either our ’89 Facebook group, or if you prefer, via email to [email protected]. If you are not a member of facebook and/or our ’89 facebook group, consider joining just for Virtual Reunion Day! It’s a lot of fun to read hundreds of posts from fellow ‘89s across the world. According to Ellie Mahoney Loughlin, Tim Burdick did an amazing presentation on Dartmouth’s history with the outdoors at the new Moosilauke Lodge. He is so perfect for his new job as Director of Outdoor Programs at Dartmouth. The Lodge is beautiful-if you haven’t been, definitely make the trip!! I was so proud to be his classmate. Truly impressive. Andres Maldonado: Mini-mini reunion in Milwaukee with Mark and Michael Cranna. Fun times. Yes SWAG is still a “thing.” Please keep your fun swag pictures coming! Post to Facebook or email pictures directly to [email protected] Swag Carolyne Allen: Still Life: Swag and Pooped Teenager after Hike. Echo Lake Cat Baggia Duwan: Swag at Half Moon Siobhan Wescott: At the Silver Shell Beach, Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Bay, California Beach, Marion, MA Island, Maine. Let’s Find the 89s! We are missing a number of emails for our class. We are striving for a COMPLETE email list of our class! Can you help? If you are listed below, or if you know of anyone listed below, they are missing from our email list. Please send an updated email address to: [email protected] to stay informed about our class! Darryl Weatherspoon Jory Johnson Rich Wendel Steven Cohen Chris Groll Scott Garber Robert Fisher Ross O’Brien Florian Miedel Kit Wilson Estelle Bowman Nancy McKee Chris Bean Maria Youle Lee Hwang Robert Goulet Anita Hamilton Doug Mobley Richard Kang Sanjeev Punjabi Chad Tyranski Xen Lang Emily Brew Anthony Hartshorn Laura Wheeler Page 3 CLASS OF 1989 Reunion: Hanover Calls! June 13-16 FALL 2018 There are few more pleasant places to spend a long weekend than New Hampshire in early sum- mer – especially when you can spend the time reconnecting with classmates, seeing old friends, making new ones, and taking advantage of great programs designed just for our class and the extended family of Dartmouth alums. We hope you’ve started making plans to come to reunion June 13-16 of 2019 – we are so excited to see you and have been hard at work planning a great 30th reunion. As a class, we’ve pursued so many different paths, followed or discovered many passions, learned a lot along the way and have so much to share. And so much fun to have – we deserve it! While Dartmouth and Hanover have a lot of new things to see and explore, the enduring wonders of the campus – those “soft and misty mornings,” the “sparkling noons,” the “twilight glow” are all still there to be soaked in and savored. Registration for reunion will open in March, but in the meantime please mark these days on your calendar and encourage your classmates to do the same. As we work on planning our class’s 30th reunion, here are some favorite reunion moments from your re- union co-chairs: Ken: Reunions have Shannon: Our 25th created many, many reunion class dinner on positive memories for the Green Saturday was me over the years. pretty special. Some- Meg: Racing up There are two experi- thing about it was to our 25th via ences that recur each magical. The setting, the buzz and I89, I distinctly reunion that cap the glow of friends, being surrounded by remember my con- event. One is the joy coming iconic buildings like Baker Tower and sciousness snapped back in from reconnection--looking Dartmouth Hall, the perfect evening time upon seeing the DART- up and seeing a friend for MOUTH COLLEGE exit the first time in 5 or 10 or 30 weather as the sun set over the cam- sign. Stomach tightening, years--and laughing heartily pus. There were a lot of great mo- about shared experiences of ments, but that one sticks in my mind. heartbeat accelerating I am LSA travel, ski team workouts, relieved it is our 25th and time outdoors, or our studi- not freshman fall. It is strange how we manage memories; like a ous and less studious time in movie reel we are instantly transported back in time -- pain and Hanover. The second is striking joy, dark and light. As a student I was fully focused on the pre-med up a really engaging conver- science classes and managing a nutty basketball coach. As an adult I sation with someone I didn’t look toward the people. Back to 5 years ago: Although alone, turn- know that well in College, but ing into the parking lot behind Thayer I am excited to trek down to find deeply interesting, witty the river to find so many of you.