Chris Robinson
Jonathan Demme was right, once you Vice President, culminating in over- start seeing movies for free, you can seeing a half-million-dollar reno- never go back. Or maybe it’s more like vation of Alpha ( eta in ),,-. I’m the old joke about the guy who works pleased to say that today’s students in the circus, following the elephants have moved beyond the frankly rac- with a pail and shovel. One day, his ist, sexist and homophobic attitudes brother comes to see him. He says, that made College so unpleasant for “Sam, I’ve got great news. I’ve got you a too many of us back in our day. On job in my o! ce. You’ll wear a suit and the other hand, I’m sorry to report tie, work regular hours, and start at a that the slam-pong skills of our cur- nice salary. How about it? Sam says, My wife Kate and I were married rent undergraduates are sadly lacking, “What? And give up show business? in $%%%, back in Hanover, (of course) being attuned as they are to bloated I’m still mostly in New York since where we # rst met back in $%%&. A" er lob-pong variations such as “Shrub” graduation and I have become one Kate’s graduation from law school , I or “Tree”. ( e next time you’re up in of those, as J. Russell Lynes wrote, went back to school to get my Ph.D. in Hanover, make it your duty to show “whose heart brims with sympathy # lm studies at the age of '%, eschew- those kids how the game ought to be for the millions of unfortunates who ing NYU for a fully paid fellowship at played! through misfortune, misguidedness the University of Kansas. ( is made Life changed drastically for my wife or pure stupidity live anywhere else in for a long commute, to say the least, Kate and I with the birth of our twins the world,” though it seems every year but a" er far too long the dissertation John and Milo in late ),,%. ( e little more time is spent in LA, Berkeley, is # nally nearing completion. nippers have been a handful but it has and Telluride. ( at and other commitments have certainly been worth it. John Robin A" er # ve years working in # lm le" little time to # nish some of the (named a" er his great-grandfather distribution, where I booked # lms in other short # lm and documentary Robin Robinson ’)&) loves music, movie theatres and designed news- projects I’m also involved in, but I’m being read to, and cuddles—and is paper ads for movies, I went to # lm still working for the Telluride Film quite the chatterbox with seemingly a school up at Columbia, moonlighting Festival a" er )* years and am now a new word every day. He is the “artis- distributing more art # lms (and editing curator there. Over the decades more tic one” who bangs on things. Milo reunion # lms for Cornell University!), and more of my Dartmouth cronies Brenner, on the other hand, is adven- # nally obtaining an MFA in directing, and fellow Film Society alumni have turous and active soul who was walk- and settled in to steady freelance work joined me on sta+ there, to the point ing before he was a year, and takes as a # lm editor and post production where we hold a Dartmouth mini- delight in # guring out how things supervisor. Besides music videos and reunion party every year over the work so he can break them. While commercials, there were numerous course of the festival. Last year, as anything under the height of four documentary # lms that aired on PBS, if that wasn’t enough, I also started feet in our apartment has been trans- the Discovery Channel, ESPN and working for Turner Classic Movies, formed into a kill zone, the young lads A&E, and I had the privilege of having helping them to run their Classic Film are sweet as sweet can be; as I write my work on the big screen a couple of Festival in Hollywood. this John has just taken his # rst steps. times at the Sundance Film Festival. A little too much time was also spent volunteering for Dartmouth over the past decade I have been on the Executive Committee of the Dart- mouth Club of New York (and still am), nine years as Area Enrollment Director for New York City, and three years on the Alumni Council. I’ve also had continuous service on the Alpha ( eta alumni board, where I’m now
216 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Nelson A. Rockefeller, Jr.
Spouse: Amy K. Taylor Kids: Barrett Taylor Rockefeller and Margo Taylor Rockefeller Career Information: Executive Vice President, Client and Business Development at Intrepid Learning Freshman Dorm: Streeter
Bill Rodgers
120 South! eld Drive. Belle Mead, NJ 08502 - Dartmouth Night bon! re as a 4–5 year old and [email protected] then as an Undergraduate Who’s at home? - Moving from coloring in my coloring book as a pre-schooler in the Baker Library tower to studying Spouse/Partner: Yana V. Rodgers (Cornell, ’87) for exams as an undergraduate Kids: Eliana (15), Billy (13), and Charlie (10) - The special feeling you get as you drive up I-89 Pets: Cats: Coco, Lola, and Kermit; Deceased Cats: and see Baker Tower peak up above the trees Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Grey; Deceased Dogs: Arnie What’s been the biggest surprise of 25 years? and Maggie - Fall of the Soviet Union Career Information: current: - Beginning spread of democracy in Middle East - Professor of Public Policy and Chief Economist of - Election of an African American president the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, What’s on your “bucket list”? Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, - Return to Kenya Rutgers University - Sabbatical in England, such that I can attend lots - Academic Mentor, Rutgers men’s basketball team of English Premier League and Dutch Eredivisie - U.S. Board of Trustees, United Way World Wide games - Board Member, Regional Operating Council, Tri- Knowing what you know now, what piece of State United Way advice would you give a freshman? - Board Member, Northern New Jersey United Way - Don’t be focused on a dream job, but establish a - Chair, Local Operating Board of Somerset County personal mission that you use to judge all of your United Way actions. You will be more ful! lled. - Frequent contributor to CNN, CNBC, NBC, Thom- - Be " exible and explore in your ! rst year, but son-Reuters, FBN, Nightly Business Report (PBS), quickly reestablish/af! rm or create new goals and The Takeaway (NPR), The Wall Street Journal and vision The New York Times - Live United and work to advance the common Past: good. - Former Chief Economist, U.S. Dept of Labor - Become a life-long learner, independent thinker - Frances L. and Edwin L. Cummings Professor of and a responsible citizen Economics, The College of William and Mary - Find people who will be advocates for your suc- - School Board Member, Williamsburg-James City cess County Public Schools What are your goals, dreams or plans for the Hobbies: Running, soccer, and coaching youth base- future? ball and soccer - Continue working to make young people become Freshman Dorm: Wheeler lifelong learners, independent thinkers, and Sophomore Summer Dorm: Richardson responsible citizens. - Empowering people and communities with eco- What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? nomics - Trip to Cape Cod with new AD brothers - Raise my children to be healthy, happy and pro- - Senior Day as a Dartmouth soccer player ductive citizens - Freshmen trip - Continue my wonderful journey with my wife, - Late night backgammon games with roommate Yana Ray Holtorf - Travelling on the Kenya FSP
Dartmouth Class of ’86 217 Kit O’Brien Rohn
62 Stephen Mather Rd. What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? Darien, CT 06820 There are many… climbing Mouselauke in the [email protected] middle of the night to watch the sun rise, spend- ing hours in the print making studio, rooming with Who’s at home? Katie and Carol (freshman year) Emily and Hilary Spouse/Partner: Rob Rohn ‘83 (sophomore year) Kate and Mindy (junior spring) Kids: Katie 19 (Dartmouth ’14), Galen 17, Nick 14 and Elisa (senior year), loving every art history Career Information: One of the founders of Con- class, taking runs along Rip Road and through servation International, and worked for National the golf course, LSA in Granada Spain, watching Audubon Society. Mostly I’ve had the pleasure of the night hawks " y around Baker Tower at night, being a full time mom. playing ice hockey, drinking mocha javas at Peter Christian’s, and spending weekends at Great Bear Hobbies: painting, pottery, ice hockey, and watch- Cabin, being with so many great people! ing my kids’ games and meets. What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 Freshman Dorm: New Hamp years? How fast it’s gone! Knowing what you know now, what piece of advice would you give a freshman? Every semester try or do something you’ve never done before. What are your goals, dreams or plans for the future? To stay healthy enough to climb Moosilauke on our 50th Reunion!
218 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Beth Barton Rondeau
36 Salisbury Road Barrington, RI 02806 [email protected]
I have lived in Barrington for 13 years with my husband, Anthony, my daughter Ali (18) who will be a freshman at Syracuse in September, and my sons Ben (14) and Nick (11). We have a three year old black lab named Cinder.
I have worked as the Director of Financial Administration at Research, Engineering & Manufacturing Inc. in Middletown, RI since late 1997. Prior to that, I worked for Salomon Brothers in NYC for 10 years in Financial & Management Reporting.
In my spare time, which I have little of, I like to play golf with my husband, ski with my children, go boating with my family and knit with my friends. We spend lots of time at our family’s vacation house in Quechee, VT and visit Hanover on a regular basis for lunch at Molly’s or a book from the good old Dartmouth Bookstore.
I lived in Bissell my freshman year and loved playing bridge with Wendy Reed, Mike Ramsey and Hank Gibson to get my mind off math formulas flying through my head late at night. I had a great freshman roommate Suzanne Hall King whom I hope to catch up with at reunion. Fortunately I was able to live in Delta Delta Delta for my last two years with the incredibly awesome Lucie Haswell Voves and all the other fun Tri-Delts. I loved my Dartmouth experience and all the people I met and friends I made while there. I look forward to catching up with all of you at our 25th reunion!
Anthony and Beth at Harpoon in VT Ben, Nick and Ali at Dartmouth
Ben, Ali and Nick Beth in Wilmington, NC
Dartmouth Class of ’86 219 Erik Roskes
2511 Hal Circle – it stayed pristine for days because nobody was Baltimore, MD 21209 around… Ski trip to Stowe. Bagel brunches at Hil- [email protected] lel. Movie series each semester. Who’s at home? What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 years? Changes in communication technology – Spouse/Partner: Ellen (Shulman) who’da thunk it? Kids: Heshy and Lani Knowing what you know now, what piece of Career Information: General and forensic psychia- advice would you give a freshman beginning trist (see http://mysite.verizon.net/eroskes college? Study and do what you like. The rest will Hobbies: softball, reading, carpooling take care of itself. And remember, you learn more Freshman Dorm: Brewster (does anyone remem- from your failures than your successes ber that dorm?) What are your goals, dreams or plans for the What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? Too future? Work toward the day when people with many to count. Spending senior thanksgiving in mental illness are no longer overrepresented in our Hanover, after a foot of snow on Wednesday night criminal justice system.
’86 Survey
How big a story was Katrina? No impact on me or my life. 5 1% 2 43 13% 3 99 29% 4 121 35% I still think about it. 75 22% Total 343 100%
’86 Survey How big a story was the Tsunami? No impact on me or my life. 1 19 6% 2 69 20% 3 91 27% 4 101 30% I still think about it. 58 17% Total 338 100%
220 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Annelie Rugg
7900 McLaren Ave. such a nice existence if you planned it better than I West Hills, CA 91304 have! [email protected] Do you have a “bucket list”? What are some Who’s at home? of the things on it? See James Taylor in concert (just did that last summer); row with my dad, my Spouse/Partner: Stuart Rugg sister, and my husband in a four; learn to play the Kids: Hanna (8 years old) guitar; come up with an idea for how I can lead Career Information: Not a straight line! Currently people to ! ll a need in my community or in the I’m the Director and Humanities Chief Information world. Of! cer at UCLA’s Center for Digital Humanities, Knowing what you know now, what piece of where I’ve worked since completing my Ph.D. in advice would you give a freshman? Take your 2001. studies seriously, because a solid Dartmouth educa- Hobbies: cycling, music (listening to it and playing tion is a reputable calling card in the world; but the piano), cooking (especially with my daughter), take advantage of the breadth of offerings (aca- learning to be in the moment demic and non-academic), especially in your ! rst Freshman Dorm: New Hampshire two years, to try new things (even things you don’t understand or are afraid of) before settling in on What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? those that you really want to associate your Dart- Together with 7 other crew teammates, slowly mouth experience with. lowering a rowing “eight” shell into the Connecticut River for practice, climbing in, and pushing off the What are your goals, dreams or plans for the dock into one of the most beautiful settings I can future? That I always have a close and positive think of (especially in fall and late spring). connection with my daughter, and opportunities to spend time with her, without getting in the way of What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 her dreams. And right now, I feel like this country years? That I can have gotten to the wonderful needs people to stand up and speak out in support existence I have today by such a winding path and of education as a top priority for every kid, no mat- in such an unpredictable way, not really ever feel- ter what the cost. So, I dream for that to happen, ing in control. It seems like you should only earn and maybe I have a part in making that happen.
Dartmouth Class of ’86 221 Bill Ruhl
4 Wellesley Rd., Montclair, NJ 07043 [email protected]
Here’s a couple thousand words of basic biographical info! Plans for the future? 1: Keep working at Verizon, which generously matches gifts to the Dartmouth Fund, until our Dartmouth ’19 and Dartmouth ’22 graduate. 2: Move to the Caribbean and teach high school physics. Go south for the winters to ski in Chile and Peru. 3: Retire from teaching, sell most worldly goods and explore our magni! cent country in an RV. Spoil grandchildren when they hitch a ride. 4: Trade-in the RV for a small Manhattan apartment. ! at’s the belly of a desk job! 5: Return to this world as an eagle soaring over Holt’s ledge.
Remove “heli-skiing” from the bucket list! Hiking and Sailing the Baja Peninsula!
A Caribbean sunset with my favorite ’"#! A skiing vacation….imagine that!
Mary Sabo, see Spatola
222 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Mimi Cotsen Saker
&&$. N.Seeley Ave What’s been the biggest surprise of Chicago, IL *,*). last !" years? I never thought I would [email protected] fall so crazy in love with my tall, dark, handsome Latin husband as I did $& My husband Mark and I have lived years ago and still do today. We (my here in Chicago for almost $. years kids and I) all # ght to sit next to him now. He is from Bogota,Colombia on the couch as we watch American and we met while residents in Radi- Idol! ology in Pittsburgh, PA. I work full time as a Pediatric Radiologist at Chil- Do you have a “bucket list”? What dren’s Memorial Hospital ( part of the are some of the things on it? Not Northwestern University system) and much of a bucket list but I have been Mark is an Interventional Radiologist playing the Megamillions. If I win, at Illinois Masonic Hospital. I will quit my job immediately and We have three children: Isabella ( ere were long runs to Norwich with come to reunion. My boss won’t give ($' years), Sebastian ($$ years) and my twin sister Sarah, Sarah Geithner me the time o+ !!! Sophia ($, years). ( ere has been a and Liz Musser. We even all ran the Yes, and I would seriously increase lot of whining and begging for a dog Boston Marathon together (though my contribution to the Dartmouth but that is never going to happen. A I think Sarah G passed on that one). Annual Fund. # sh tank is about all I can handle ( and Sophomore summer living o+ campus even that is generally taken care of by at & Dorrance Place (across the street Knowing what you know now, what Sebastian and Mark). from the trailer bank) with the two piece of advice would you give a Hobbies? Hmm… Does working Sarahs, Kim Spaulding, Kelly Keller, freshman? It was hard work but lots of out at .:$. am every day count? My Sue Smith and ( ea Cleminshaw. fun and I remember at the time think- daughters and I are currently “build- Lots of fun parties in that backyard!! ing that I never wanted those four ing” a dollhouse complete with mold- Studying in Taipei with Sarah Geith- years to end… ing, hard wood / oors, electricity etc… ner and traveling around Taiwan with Well, I am getting a “little’ help. Sarah, Ian Murray and his sister Eliza- What are your goals, dreams or plans Besides that Mark and I love to beth. Loved being a residential adviser for the future? Pretty much the same cook big meals and explore the great (mostly because it got me a single as I am doing now… but I would like restaurant scene in Chicago. in Butter# eld!). Working with Ted to travel more with my husband and Mitchell was great. Seemed to laugh a take yet another trip to Disney World What’s your favorite Dartmouth lot with ToddCanty and John Patter- (it was a really fun time). memory? Hard to pick just one mem- son senior year… ory from my & years at Dartmouth.
Dartmouth Class of ’86 223 KELLY (ROBERTSON) and CRAIG SALTZGABER 24 SUNSET DR WESTON, CT 06883 [email protected], [email protected]
We started dating freshman year. It was your typical storybook romance – girl plays field hockey, boy plays football, boy and girl play pong together in the Beta basement.
We headed to the Big Apple together after graduation, where business school and careers on Wall Street awaited. Kelly sold corporate bonds and Craig traded mortgage-backed securities. We moved out to the burbs (Weston, CT) in 1999, after the birth of our two children. Trammell (yes, named after the greatest shortstop in MLB history) is 14 and loves music and gaming. Charlotte (Charley) is 12 and enjoys sports and socializing with her friends.
Kelly recently traded the long commute to NYC to work for a small brokerage firm near home. Craig is channeling his inner Michael Keaton as Mr. Mom. Our family loves to travel and has been fortunate to have taken many fantastic trips abroad together (we are in the Galapagos in the picture below).
224 Dartmouth Class of ’86 9 Sanders
288 Animas View Drive #23 What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? Durango CO 81301 Locker room talk after winning hockey games. [email protected] Hiking in Costa Rican rainforest with FSP groupies. Walking across campus late at night through gentle Who’s at home? snow" akes. Spouse/Partner: bastard divorced me What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 Kids: 3 kids: 17, 14, 11 years? Relationships shatter like falling icicles. Pets: he got my home, my kids, and my pets. Do you have a “bucket list”? Yup, I have lots to Career Information: Doctor. Indian Health Service do… Watch walrus in the Bering Sea. Kayak around Surgical Service for 2 years in Alaska for excellent Glacier Bay. Hike the beaches of Nome. Visit Peru. trauma training. Family physician in Wasilla, AK Learn to listen more, talk less. and Ridgway, CO for many more years. Now work- Knowing what you know now, what piece of ing in an urgent care setting: splinting snowboard- advice would you give a freshman? Don’t take it ers, and sobering up college kids. seriously… no one will ever care if you got an A or But what I really want to be is a hockey referee!! a B in organic chemistry!!! And remember, none of Hobbies: raising kids and mischief, ice hockey, us are getting out of here alive, so enjoy every day. downhill skiing, hiking in San Juan Mountains, What are your goals, dreams or plans for the wild" ower seeking, “I ! nd my strength in the future? Unclear, recovering from divorce with help mountains”. from friends and family. Ask again in 2 years. Freshman Dorm: Topliff single – cheapest room I could ! nd.
Clockwise from above: Kay- aking in Colorado; At cabin in Alaska; With father Bob Sanders, ’$%; Solo snowshoe in blizzard on Molas Pass &&K feet: Amazing fun!
Dartmouth Class of ’86 225 DREAM !! DREAM LIVIN’ THE Laura Lindner Sankey Lindner Laura
226 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Sue Stoddard Santos Bethany, CT 06524 [email protected]
Past Present “Everytime that I look in the mirror All these lines on my face gettin' clearer” Aerosmith – Dream On
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Dartmouth Class of ’86 227 Michael Sayette
119 Westland Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 [email protected] Who’s at home? Wife: Lisa Cherok Kids: Alexander 6½ , Julia 5 Career Information: Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Director, Alcohol and Smoking Research Laboratory Hobbies: running after two young children, tennis, platform tennis, reading, did I mention running after two young chil- dren? Knowing what you know now, what piece of Freshman Dorm: Topliff advice would you give a freshman? Try some things outside your comfort zone. What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 years? How often I think about the four years spent in Hanover.
Debra Schaumberger, see Schlur
’86 Survey Late Nite Host Preference Jay Leno 28 10% David Letterman 54 18% Jimmy Fallon 25 9% Conan O'Brian 31 11% Jon Stewart 155 53% Total 293 100%
228 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Debra Schaumberger Schlur
4 Foxhall Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583 [email protected] Who’s at home? Spouse/Partner: Anthony Schlur Kids: Benjamin (12), Jennifer (9) Pets: Zalea Career Information: Debra Schaumberger, Counsel. Kaye Scholer LLP, 425 Park Avenue, NY, NY 10022, 212.836.8470, [email protected]
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Pro Baseball Team of choice Red Sox 131 40% Yankees 53 16% Mets 17 5% None of the above 130 39% Total 331 100%
Dartmouth Class of ’86 229 Tricia Augustin Schmid
$', Gaylord Street have a spare moment to myself, I try Denver CO -,),* to squeeze in reading all the books I schmidclan@hotmail. can, yoga and ballet, gardening, and com simply enjoying the quiet! I look for- ward to catching up with all my Dart- ). years later… career mouth friends at our ).th reunion! has progressed from investment banker to mom, from strategy consultant to PTA president. My days are # lled with mak- ing lunches, racing the kids to school and activities, laundry, and more laundry, endless years now and very much errands, teaching math at my kids’ enjoy raising our children school, cooking, PTA meetings and in Denver – skiing in the school budgets, more laundry and winters and biking/hik- snatching a quiet glass of wine with my ing in the summers. We husband at the end of each day. And, I return East once a year love it! Scott and I have three children: to spend a month at the Peter is $, years old, Patrick is - years beach (while Denver has old and Heidi is . years old. We have a lot going for it, it is a lived in Colorado for close to fourteen bit land locked!). When I
’86 Survey
How big a story was the shuttle Columbia disaster? I don't even remember it. Had no impact on me or my life. 23 7% 2 63 19% 3 111 33% 4 113 33% I still think about it. 28 8% Total 338 100%
230 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Leslie (Paulson) Schmidt
5060 Harbor Lane N, Plymouth, MN, 55446 I hope everyone has a blast at our 25th reunion. I [email protected] am truly bummed we will be missing out (due to a family event) and hope to make our next reunion Who’s at home? with all my “boys” in tow! Spouse/Partner: Dan Kids: Eli (9) and Torii (4) Pets: Mikko (schnoodle) Career Information: Self-employed clinical research consultant to medical device companies Hobbies: Not much time these days for hobbies, nonetheless, cooking, reading, travel, any outdoor activity, spending time with friends and family Freshman Dorm: Russell Sage What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? Too many to count, but high on the list is my LSA expe- rience in Lyons, France What are your goals, dreams or plans for the future? Enjoying my kids to the fullest; going back to school to train for/start a new career in alterna- tive/integrative medicine (possibly as a naturopath); lots of travel Comment: Clearly I’m doing my reunion page at the last minute (my MO these days) and not put- ting much thought or creativity toward the effort.
David J. Schnabel
200 West 79th Street, #4J What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 New York, NY 10024 years? That I’ve worked, long-term, for an Episco- [email protected] pal Church-related agency. As the son and nephew of Episcopal priests, I thought I’d had too much Who’s at home? church growing up. I guess it turns out I didn’t. So Partner: James F. Minter much for the Art History degree. Career Information: Communications & Events Do you have a “bucket list”? What are some Coordinator, National Association of Episcopal of the things on it? Traveling through Scotland. Schools A photo-safari in Africa. Hobbies: NY Yankees, NY Giants, theater, garden- Knowing what you know now, what piece of ing, needlepoint, art collecting advice would you give a freshman? College is Freshman Dorm: Brown Hall not real life. Enjoy your time in Hanover, and make What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? FSP the most of it. Art History in Florence Italy, spring 1985. It was a What are your goals, dreams or plans for the magical place shared with fun, smart, and interest- future? Live life to the fullest with my partner, sur- ing people. rounded by family and good friends, while enjoy- ing and protecting the beauty all around us.
Dartmouth Class of ’86 231 Scott Schwenk
6 Moss Glen Lane classroom but in the ! eld, especially about what it South Burlington, VT means to be a scientist. Who’s at home? What do you like to do when you return to Spouse/Partner: Roxanne Bogart Dartmouth and New Hampshire? I’ve had a great time sharing Dartmouth experiences with my Kids: Katya (13), So! a (10, Indigo (2) children – the bon! re, football games, Mt. Moosi- Career Information: lauke, and lots of other things. The kids got a big current – Postdoctoral Research Associate, Univer- kick a couple years ago when I could still open my sity of Vermont old Hinman mail box. There’s much to see and do previous – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the area that I never tried when I was there, or that’s new since we graduated, so I learn some- Hobbies: birding, hiking, running thing each time I visit. The White Mountains are Freshman Dorm: Butter! eld awesome and a great place to explore. Which Dartmouth professor had the biggest Knowing what you know now, what piece of in! uence on you? Richard Holmes, Biology advice would you give a freshman? Don’t take Department. I answered his bulletin board post- life for granted, seize the day, and care for your fel- ing for a summer ! eld assistant to participate in low inhabitants of this small planet. bird research and it changed my life. I learned a tremendous amount from him, not just in the
’86 Survey
A perfect night these days… night out together, dinner, drinks, sex 137 45% night out together, dinner, drinks, sleep 68 23% night out together, movie, sleep 35 12% dvd, sleep 26 9% sleep 36 12% Total 302 100%
232 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Ted Sears
9308 Garden Ct. Hobbies: Laurie has Potomac, MD 20854 taught me a great deal [email protected] about volunteering and now I don’t know how to Who’s at home? stop raising my hand… Spouse/Partner: Laurie running a community swim Kids: Jack, he’s 16, and and tennis club, county Helen, she’s 13 council advisory committee Career Information: There on energy and air quality, was an idea I’d head into coaching two soccer teams, medicine, and then public two hockey teams, playing health, and then public health school for envi- hockey myself, school committees… and… 25th ronmental management, and then law school… reunion attendance chair worked for the Environmental Law Institute for sev- Freshman Dorm: Lord Hall, 407 eral years, then consulting with a small group on Knowing what you know now, what piece of hazardous waste, clean water, clean air issues, and advice would you give a freshman? There are then for a boutique environmental law ! rm before so many great opportunities at the school, its dif- switching gears to the renewable energy arena, ! cult as a young person to make good decisions— currently with the National Renewable Energy Lab spend time outdoors, and spend it with friends. working on policies and programs to get more alternative fueled vehicles on the road and alterna- tive fuel infrastructure in place…
Dartmouth Class of ’86 233 Davida Sherman, see Dinerman
Sharon Belanger Showalter
818 North Danville Street • I got interested in computer modeling after Arlington, Virginia 22201 taking a system dynamics course at Thayer [email protected] Engineering School. My ! rst job after gradua- tion involved energy modeling using a system Freshman Dorm: Hinman (River Cluster) dynamics model developed by my new boss Dartmouth Major: Computer Science (Roger Naill) as his PhD thesis at Dartmouth. Hometown: Laconia, New Hampshire I worked at the AES Corporation for 18 years Dartmouth Family: sister Sheila (Belanger) Spurr, (1986-2004). I took a leave of absence to earn class of ’88, Tuck ‘93 a Masters degree in Energy Management and Policy at the University of Pennsylvania in 1994. Marital Status: • Married to Paul Showalter since April 2000. We Best friend from Dartmouth: celebrated our 10th anniversary last year by rec- • Kathy Gussman Woods, class of ’85. Kathy was reating parts of our wedding and honeymoon, my maid of honor at my wedding, and her 2 including a week-long Caribbean cruise and a year old daughter is my godchild. She lives in renewal of our wedding vows at the same church Annapolis and we get together when we can. in Falls Church, Virginia. Hobbies: • Paul and I actually met at Dartmouth during my • Volunteer and fundraising activities with a vari- Freshman year. Paul had just graduated from ety of charitable organizations. Also spending RIT, and was living and working in White River time with friends and traveling when possible. Junction. He was also working as a professional My favorite trips have been in Europe and New clown on weekends. We dated brie" y, and then England. went our separate ways. Many years later, we ran into each other at an event with the Arling- ton Jaycees. We never knew that we were living a mile apart in Arlington. We gradually got to Paul and I enjoying the beautiful cherry blossoms know each other again, and the rest is “history”! in Washington, D.C. Career: • For the last 5 years, I have worked full-time as a senior analyst at OnLocation, Inc., a small consulting ! rm located in Vienna, Virginia. We do policy analysis on energy and environmental issues using a complex com- puter model of U.S. energy supply and demand. My co- worker and long-time friend is Frances Wood, Dartmouth class of ’81.
234 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Jonathan Singer
Who’s at home? Do you have a “bucket list”? I don’t. But one of Spouse/Partner: Dina Grinshpun the things on it would be to teach a class at Dart- mouth someday. I’m not a teacher but I wonder Kids: Three. Sophie (13), Benjamin (5), Moses (3) what it would be like to look out at an audience of Pets: Cats, Fish, occasional dog from neighbor. Dartmouth students and try to keep them inter- Career Information: IP Trial Lawyer at Fish & ested. Probably pretty darn dif! cult. Richardson, P.C. Knowing what you know now, what piece of Hobbies: Biking, Reading, Writing Fiction advice would you give a freshman? Try every- Freshman Dorm: Cohen thing. Don’t give in to your fears of things new. What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? What are your goals, dreams or plans for the I can’t remember! Seriously, the times with my future? To raise my children to be strong, indepen- friends. There are too many to separately delineate dent thinkers. To write a novel that people might or pick one as a favorite. Every time I see one of actually read. To travel the globe with my wife and them, or talk to one of them, we remember some- children. To change something of substance for the thing that makes us smile. better. What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 years? My life. Who could’ve imagined the things that happened?
’86 Survey How big a story was Oct 19, 1987? No impact on my life. 112 33% 2 86 26% 3 80 24% 4 43 13% I still think about it. 15 4% Total 336 100%
Dartmouth Class of ’86 235 Lawrence T. Siskind
&%$ Polk Street, Eugene, OR %0&,) and wondering why I wasn't getting what I wanted took so EL$)[email protected] much of my energy in college that I have been continually .&$-%.'-%0$0 surprised by how rich and diverse my life experiences could be once I le" the support of family and rigors of elite insti- I live with my partner Shoshannah in a little bungalow in tutions. I don't regret my education; it continues formally the hipster/Latino ghetto, ( e Whiteaker, in Eugene. We and informally every day, but you could not get me to relive live with an enlightened and very social kitty-cat. I have my childhood through college for anything. I get happier no children, but Shoshannah has two adult daughters; so each year I live. I acquired a fully grown family late in the game. We also Since college, I've lived primarily on the west coast. I'll are part of a nine person polyamorous family who all live always consider myself a voluntary exile of New York City. within a few miles of us. I've made photographic art, traveled the world, lived in a I'm a teacher in Eugene, and I don't # nd the work very cult, lived in intentional communities, organized the Net- satisfying, but it does pay the bills. I never imagined in col- work For A New Culture Summer Camp, hiked all over the lege that I would be so poor # nancially or so unful# lled country, indulged in psychedelics, and written and spoken professionally. And yet, I was so relatively unhappy in col- about polyamory. If I lived back east, I'd be there with you lege, I never imagined how much joy and pleasure it would for the reunion, but I'll be at the solstice celebration at Bre- be possible to experience in life. Studying, playing sports, itenbush Hotsprings in the Cascade Mountains. and worrying took so much of my energy in high school,
Trivia! Then and Now Topic 1980s 2011 World Series St. Louis Cardinals San Francisco Giants New York Mets Advertising “Where’s The Beef?” Lawsuit against Taco Bell (1984, Wendy’s) for less than 50% beef in ‘meat tacos’ Male Hotties Arnold Scwarzenegger Harrison Ford Bruce Willis (They are all still around, and one, at least, is even governor!) T.V. Fame debuts on NBC Reality TV: Introduction of Cable/MTV Jersey Shore; Survivor; Bachelor; Lost; Mad Men Gizmos Ms. Pacman Youtube; Facebook; Google Technology Peoples Express (1981–1987) iphone; ipad; itouch Camcorders Kindle; Twitter
236 DartmouthDartmouth ClassClass ofof ’8’866 Nicholas T. Skipitaris, MD / “Niko”
110 East 87th Street, Apartment 4C New York, NY 10128 [email protected] Who’s at home? Spouse: Lisa Kids: Loukas (almost 3 years old) Career Information: Physician – Cardiac Electrophysiologist Hobbies: Backcountry Hiking/Camping, Music, Movies, Travel, COD Zombies Freshman Dorm: Lord Hall What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? There are so many but here are a few: the ! rst snow in Hanover Freshman year, singing with the Aires at the Hanover Inn Brunches, swimming in the river at night during Summer term after running the Norwich loop, being a UGA, telling my Dad I wanted to be a Religion major What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 years? I never thought that being a Dad would be SO COOL! Do you have a “bucket list”? What are some of the things on it? I want to do a Thru-Hike of the Appalachian trail and learn to sail. Knowing what you know now, what piece of advice would you give a freshman? Life goes by quickly – take advantage of the resources and opportunities that Dartmouth has to offer during the relatively “brief” time you have at the College: Work hard and experience as much as possible.
Dartmouth Class of ’86 237 Margaret Taylor Skriloff
6 Deer Creek Lane Knowing what you know now, what piece of Mt. Kisco, NY 10549 advice would you give a freshman? Pick a major [email protected] that truly thrills you regardless of its “marketabil- ity,” you’ll never regret it. Who’s at home? What are your goals, dreams or plans for the Spouse/Partner: David future? Return to work full time with a nonpro! t Kids: Sam (14), Olivia (10) enterprise or foundation, or go back to school for Pets: dogs, Charley and Stella a culinary degree and open a bakery in a ski town. Career Information: Started in wine business, Longer vacations (see bucket list...). followed by entrepreneurial venture, then a few years off with family and pro bono work on sustain- ability, social equity and environmental issues. Now looking to return to work full time doing market- ing communications in nonpro! t sector. Pls. email leads or contacts! Hobbies: horseback riding, skiing, cooking Freshman Dorm: Choate What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? Jumping off the bridge @ midnight October of Freshman year What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 years? Being a real grown up is cool. Do you have a “bucket list”? What are some of the things on it? Peru, Istanbul, Central Asia, pretty much any place I haven’t been yet.... Build a house with an awesome view from the ground up.
Whistler '((% Anne Skvorak, see Giersch
Cindy Snyder, see Acree
’86 Survey
How big a story was Mars landing? No impact on me or my life. 104 31% 2 115 34% 3 85 25% 4 34 10% I still think about it. 1 0%
238 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Steve Soble
4735 S. Ellis Chicago, IL 60615 [email protected] Who’s at home? Spouse/Partner: Kendall Kids: Matthew 18, Isabel 16 Sam 11 Career Information: Founder of Spare Time Inc. Restaurant and real estate com- pany Freshman Dorm: New Hamp What’s your favorite Dartmouth mem- ory? Watching Raoul Socher run off into the dessert in Morelia—LSA Mexico
Natalie Sokil, see Bej
Holly Sorensen
[email protected] belief to ! nd my partner in crime, Kevin Maclean, Who’s at home? about ! ve years ago and to give birth to our son, Goose, two years ago. I am a seriously late bloomer Spouse/Partner: Kevin Maclean. When he’s not out but I ! gure it beats the hell out of midlife crisis. hunting zombies. Still smile over Dartmouth memories and had a Kids: Angus (Goose) Maclean, 2 great opportunity to recreate a relationship with Pets: Rottweiler – Condeleeza Rice the college by serving for many years on the board Career Information: Creator/Writer/Exec Prod/ of the Alumni Magazine. That gave me the excuse Showrunner various features, the TV series MAKE to visit dear friends from Dartmouth who still live IT OR BREAK IT up that way, Emily Allen Eckles, Paul Pasquerellla, and Chris and Craig Byrne. Sadly Craig passed this Hobbies: scheming to ! nd enough time for hob- summer after a horrible battle with cancer, leav- bies, reading John Patterson’s FB updates ing a fantastic wife and three amazing children. It’s Freshman Dorm: Hitchcock hard for me to remember college these days at all I have had an amazing adventure since my time in without remembering Craig’s electric smile, incred- Hanover – which was a pretty incredible adventure ible curiosity, and way with a song. itself. Mostly running around the country doing My family still lives in Montana, and in two days cool things, and meeting fascinating people, spend- I’m roadtripping up that way. Am going to give the ing the bulk of the time in NY as a magazine editor college try to getting up there this June depend- and LA as a writer, producer, and ! lm executive. ing on where I am in production. Hope you all are I’m currently the Exec Prod on my ! rst TV series digging life and the wisdom the 40’s give you. MIOBI (ask your daughters about it); it’s used every Faltering memory is a big fat plus. Eyesight, not so skill I’ve developed over the years and challenges much. Love to all of you. h me on every level. Have been blessed beyond
Dartmouth Class of ’86 239 Mary (Sabo) Spatola
I am Mary Frances Sabo (nee Spatola). I live at &, Buckbee years, I worked in locales as diverse as Washington, DC Road, Troy, New York $)$-, outside of Albany. My email and Birmingham, Alabama before settling in upstate New is [email protected]. ( e biggest surprise of the last ). York. I currently work as an attorney for the New York State years is that I thought I would always live in or near a big Insurance Department, where I help regulate health insur- city and now I live in the country near a small city. ers. We are now implementing the new federal healthcare My husband is Joshua Sabo, Wesleyan ‘%,, Georgetown law, which is a massive task. University Law Center ‘%*. He has his own legal practice My hobbies are reading, keeping up with my French (my in our town of North Greenbush, where he specializes in major) and scrap booking. My freshman dorm was Mas- energy issues. He also serves as our town justice for the sachusetts Hall. My favorite Dartmouth memory by far was local criminal and civil court. My children are Adam, $', FSP France, fall of $%-'. I was one of two sophomores and Maria $$, and Nadia, %. As of the reunion, Adam will have got to meet the nicest bunch of upperclassmen. had his bar mitzvah. All our children play soccer, tennis ( e one thing I want to do is visit Africa, preferably sub- and various musical instruments. I also have a multitude of Saharan Africa. pets: two dogs, one cat, a hamster and a long-living gold- I would advise a freshman in college to be daring about # sh. Our most signi# cant event of the past # ve years was a choosing courses:take something that seems interesting family trip to Paris, France in ),$,. even if it is not in your # eld. A" er graduation, I moved to New Haven, where I My goal for the future is to get my ' children through worked as a real estate consultant, and then on to DC for college without having to declare bankruptcy (hint: # nan- law school at George Washington University. Over the cial aid o! ce).
Kim Spaulding, see Grimes
240 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Julie Spiegleman
10056 E. Berry Drive Career Information: Banking, Lawyer, Teacher Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Hobbies: Knitting [email protected] Freshman Dorm: Lord Who’s at home? What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? All Spouse/Partner: Mike Shomo of it, it was fabulous! Kids: Taite (14), Devon (12), and Quinn (10) Pets: 2 dogs, 1 cat, 3 rats
Anne Honan Stabnick
$0 Laurel Avenue settled now that we have teenagers Wellesley, MA ,)&-$ and I’m planning to resume part-time astabnick0,@comcast.net marketing work. We vacation near Hanover in the summer and, to this I am married to Joe Stabnick (T ’%$), day, my heart beats faster as Baker whom I met at Tuck. We have ' chil- Tower comes into view. My children dren, ages $*, $& & $$, and a Golden wouldn’t let a summer pass without Retriever named Lucy. I was in prod- updating their Dartmouth wardrobe at uct management and new product my children. We lived in Tokyo for ) the Co-op, browsing at the Bookstore, development until my youngest son years when the kids were young and lunching at EBA’s and relaxing on the was born in $%%%. Since then, I have explored Toronto when Joe “com- Green. So many wonderful memories had the luxury of being at home with muted” there for ) years. We’re quite that I get to relive every July.
Christine Staley, see Goss
’86 Survey
How big a story was the Unabomber? No impact on me or my life. 72 21% 2 149 44% 3 93 27% 4 22 6% I still think about it. 6 2% Total 342 100%
Dartmouth Class of ’86 241 Mary Armstrong Stanley
Shelburne VT since $%%- and worked for a couple of years while Andy did a vascular [email protected] fellowship at BU. Kyle was born in $%%*, # lling a void we never knew we had. Family: Andy (husband, Holy Cross ‘-0) Kyle ($.) Scott In $%%-, we settled in Burlington VT and worked at ($$) Brody (dog getting old) UVM. In ),,,, Scott was born and we were complete. I Career: Surgeon, Private Practice (specializing in Breast have been lucky to work a little less than full time to fully Surgery/Oncology) enjoy the guys that make up my home. Hobbies: Running, Biking, Reading, dodging nerf bullets, In ),$$, we celebrated our ),th anniversary (some of watching kid’s sports, playing at the beach, grocery shop- you remember that hot May day in Chicago), Kyle’s # rst ping (just kidding!) year in HS successfully completed and Scott to start Middle School. We keep busy with work, homework, and fun. We It’s hard to believe that it has been ). years. A lot has hap- are recreational skiers, the kind that real skiers fear, and pened to all of us. ( ough I have kept in touch with a few of enjoy Lake Champlain and Cape Cod in the summer. My you, life has been full. ( ere is my excuse for being quiet all mom lives in Lyme, NH on her own now a" er Dad (’.-) these years. I look forward to rekindling and visiting with passed in ),,'. I enjoy my visits there and always make a old friends. point of driving past the green. Sometimes I look up to see A" er graduating in $%-*, I went down the street to DMS if the light is on in that corner room on the 'rd / oor of New for ) years and graduated from Brown ) years a" er that. Hamp. ( e best part of Med School was meeting Andy who has We’ve been blessed with health and happiness and hope been my rock and best friend ever since. We both did our that you all have found a good dose of both in the past ). surgery residency at UMASS (though I was a year ahead years. and a year older which he still reminds me of). I stayed on
Above: Zip lining in Hawai’i (Mary, Scott, Andy, Kyle) Right: Hawai’i Volcano National Park
Nancy Stein, see Woolf
242 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Annette Faubion Stephens
5215 Bayou Glen Road Houston, Texas 77056 [email protected]; [email protected] Who’s at home? Spouse: Rand Stephens (Dartmouth 82) Kids: Annie (17), Sam (15), Louise (13) Pets: two year old white lab (Blanco); and a really old cat (Valentine)a Career Information: Lawyer; worked up until I had my third child, then took a 10-year sabbatical to stay home with kids! Recently went back to work with the same ! rm/group working part-time Hobbies: Besides watching kids’ sporting events, I love to play tennis or golf when I have the time. I Do you have a “bucket list”? What are some of also enjoy running. the things on it? Skiing in Europe… ! nally went Freshman Dorm: Lord this year for my 20th wedding anniversary! What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? So Knowing what you know now, what piece of many… hanging out in the 3rd " oor of Sigma advice would you give a freshman? Go some- Kappa with Jenn, Sue, Lucy, Ashley, Pammy, Caro- where you don’t know anyone, meet new people line and Meg; sitting on the bench on the green from all over the country, go study abroad and do talking to friends; playing golf with Suzi Dunseath; something new and different!! leading a freshman trip with Beau Gianini; ski What are your goals, dreams or plans for patrol and having hot buttered rums at Lyme Inn; the future? To raise my kids to be happy well- junior year winter term skiing with Sue, Allie, Suzy, adjusted, thoughtful, respectful adults, and for my Kate and Martha; sophomore study abroad in husband and I to be healthy and fortunate enough Mexico with Robin, Sue and Terry to be able to enjoy their families! What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 years? Not having seen my college friends as often as I thought. And time passing so quickly!!!
Dartmouth Class of ’86 243 April Stempien-Otero, M.D.
April Stempien-Otero, M.D. 2521 Westmont Way West Seattle WA 98199 [email protected] Spouse: Henry Otero, M.D. Kids: Carlos (11) and Rafael (8) Job Description: heartfailuretransplantcardiologist/scientist/motheroftwo Actual Job Title: Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology Craig and Julie Tall Endowed Professor in Heart Failure Research
What I do: My job is a split personality. 30-50% of my time is spent caring for patients with end-stage heart failure or status post cardiac transplant in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. 50-70% of my time is spent as a translational scientist performing and directing studies on cardiac repair. My laboratory studies both mouse models of human disease and tissue from human hearts to understand how excess scar tissue develops in response to injury. In addition, under my own FDA-Investigational New Drug application (IND) I am performing a Phase 1 clinical trial injecting bone marrow cells into the hearts of patients with end-stage heart disease. We are testing whether this strategy will improve repair in patients who are undergoing surgical placement of left ventricular assist devices (ie that machine that is keeping Dick Cheney alive) as a bridge to cardiac transplantation. Because of every sixth night and weekend call and numerous grant deadlines (for your tax dollars!) the above job percentages frequently add up to 120%.
Hobbies: Cooking (see picture of double pig roast), farming oysters at our cabin in the San Juan Islands, running, hiking, camping.
Biggest Surprise of last 25 years: Getting side job as a “spokesmodel” to raise awareness on woman and heart disease (see picture of billboard-I am at center).
Effect of Dartmouth on my life: Although I enjoy science, I was an English Literature major. This turned out to be critical in several ways. First, it made me unafraid of grant and paper writing early in my scientific career. Second, it introduced me to characters that I would meet in real life as a physician. My focus was in modernism, Joyce and Faulkner. Who would have imagined I would end up doing residency in Charlottesville, Virginia taking care of folks that walked straight out of “Go Down Moses.” Studying his books gave me much more compassion for the trials and tribulations of these patients. The combination of studying this literature and learning to relate to people completely unlike myself has made me the human being I am today.
My goal for the future is the same that I advise my children and the students who come to work in my lab: to continue to follow my passions and not second guess yourself, EVER!!!
244 Dartmouth Class of ’86 April Stempien-Otero, continued
Sue Stoddard, See Santos
’86 Survey
How big a story was the '04 Red Sox win? No impact on me or my life. 146 43% 2 40 12% 3 43 13% 4 53 15% I still think about it. 60 18% Total 342 100%
Dartmouth Class of ’86 245 Janeen Stone
7829 Laurel Leaf Drive, Potomac, MD 20854 [email protected] Kids: Daughter – Taylor (14), Son – Brendan (15) Relationship: Dating a wonderful man, Jeff Slezak Current Job: Business Manager for Richard Leggin Architects Hobbies: Traveling as often as possible; biking, hiking and taking advantages of all the great things there are in the DC area; architecture and interior design
Freshman Dorm: The Motor Lodge Je* and Janeen, NYC, Winter '(&&. Favorite Dartmouth Memory: Bon! res on the Green, Dartmouth Football Games, Topside at 11 Below: Daughter, Taylor, in her ) rst regatta on the Potomac, pm for a Ben and Jerry’s ice cream run Spring '(&&; Son, Brendan, playing goalie, Spring '(&&; Aus- tralia, Summer '(&(; Snippets about me: I’ve loved Dartmouth from the moment I set foot on campus my senior year in high school. Each year brought new experiences, friendships and intellectual development, none of which I’d trade for the world. My only regret was not taking a semester abroad in Spain – so I’m trying to catch up on seeing the world now! I really enjoy taking my kids to travel to other countries. In the past several years we have gone to Costa Rica, Japan, Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore; on my own I have visited Belize, China and Italy. This summer will include a trip to London, as my daughter is into All Things British; and New Zea- land is on the radar for 2012 to celebrate Jeff’s 50th birthday. I’m very excited to have my kids accompany me back to Hanover in June. Taylor is very interested in attending Dartmouth since both her parents are alumni (dad Bill Daly is also an ’86). I think it would be really cool for either or both the kids to attend Dartmouth and start our own little legacy. Things are really good right now – I’m really digging this mellow mid-life period with its rela- tively minor ups and downs. I’ve been living in the DC area for the past four and a half years, and I think it’s such a great place to be – I got my MBA from Georgetown in the late 80s and always wanted to return because it always felt like the right place for me. Indeed, I will often ! nd myself driving along the GW Parkway at night, looking over at the lighted monuments, Kennedy Center and Capitol building across the river and a smile will just spread across my face because I am really happy here.
246 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Allison Linneman Strawn
Houston, TX I # rst came to Houston to attend the Gord Callahan (and hubby Tom Cal- wedding of Annette Faubion (Ste- lahan '-&), who always has several ( ank you so much to all of the people phens) and ended up meeting my hus- dogs, as well as two daughters, Grace who are working so hard on this book, band, John, an '-), who was the best and Claire, whom Ellie adores. So the and on the reunion! I am truly having man to Rand Stephens, also a "Dart- dog can also be traced to Dartmouth a / ashback to late night college paper mouth guy." So, I would not have met too. We also seem to collect wayward writing, as I sit to dra" this the night my husband without meeting Annette cats from neighbors who no longer of the deadline. Lots of other dead- that # rst week in our freshman fall want them. So right now, we have Tig- lines seem to have intervened before I seminar on F. Scott Fitzgerald. We ger and Bullet. ( e kids also love rid- got to this one. I am looking forward enjoy seeing a lot of Annette and Rand ing horses. It took a long time to adjust to coming to reunion in June, but can- and their three beautiful children. to living in Texas, but overall, it's a not believe that it can possibly be ). My family consists of John, Emory great place to have a family. We try to years since we le" . Time has / own. ($*), Peter ($&), Ellie ($'), and Eric get out of the heat in the summer by As I sit here, I am realizing how (almost %). We are busy with the usual going to Florida to visit with my par- many important things would not sports and other activities, and kids' ents. It can be cooler there because of have occurred but for my Dartmouth social lives. All very fun. ( e most the sea breeze! Come to think of it, experiences and friends. I grew up on recent addition to our family was a my parents # rst found their place to Long Island and, although I spent a black lab named Yogi Bear. Ellie had retire from the classi# ed section of the few years each in Washington, Boston, been talking non-stop about dogs alumni magazine, so there is another and New York, I now live in Houston. since our visit to DC to see Kathy connection.
Dartmouth Class of ’86 247 Allison Linneman Strawn, continued
Another Houston '-* I see a lot of is Florence Zoes Lewis, who lives here with her husband John and four wonderful children. Florence is also a displaced New Yorker I bumped into at alumni interviews here, and it's been great seeing her kids grow up with mine. Florence and I were on the same freshman trip. Our trip hiked a mountain (Mount Cube?) on the # rst day, only to realize that we had gone in the wrong direction getting o+ the bus. I can still picture Stephanie Sem- previvo's hiking boots in front of me the whole way! Other -*'s I have seen fairly recently are Krista ( omas Corr (with two fun and energetic daughters who clearly favor their mom), Bruce Chafee (with amazing sailing and Gruzen brie/ y lived here too); and commercial trial lawyer here as well. travel stories), and Patricia Hannon of course being a ( eta made school He started his own # rm and works Donaghue (I can still hear the chuckle special. downtown. We are both involved with in the OBX co+ ee shop...I think your In terms of my career, I stopped Dartmouth Alumni interviews, and girls have your giggle); Kenny Klemm practicing law in ),,), when Eric was that keeps us a little more connected. (have not seen since Katrina hit New born. I had been working at a litiga- I wish I had more thoughtful com- Orleans, but will see you there). I tion # rm, and decided to take a break ments, but it's getting late, and I need have so many fond memories of those that has lasted for awhile. I hope to to push the send button. I look forward short four years: Channing Cox sum- go back to work at some point. I was to seeing everyone and all the changes mer dinner outings; freezing noses licensed in New York and Texas, but on campus since the ),th reunion! while crossing the Green; travelling only practiced in New York for a short and being in LSA in Lyon (Karen Voss time before moving here. John is a
’86 Survey
How big a story was OJ? No impact on my life. 77 23% 2 142 42% 3 74 22% 4 39 11% I still think about it. 8 2% Total 340 100%
248 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Brian Stretch
San Francisco, CA Do you have a “bucket list”? do. I would like [email protected] to best Chip Mellon at golf just once before we are 50. Who’s at home? Me Knowing what you know now, what piece of Career: Assistant United States Attorney advice would you give a freshman? Whatever Hobbies: General Aviation amount of warm winter clothes you plan on bring- Freshman Dorm: South Fayerweather ing, double it. What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? What are your goals, dreams or plans for the Sophomore Summer. future? Still dreaming. . . What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 years? That Greg Hulbert’s many attempts at plas- tic surgery to straighten his nose have not taken.
Above:Ab Mark M k Sachleben S hl b '"+ hiking hiki Dana D Plateau Pl t in Yosemite National Park Le, : Le, to right, Pat Welch ‘"+, John Doherty ‘"+, Scott Isherwood ‘"+, Brian Stretch ‘"+, Greg Hulbert ‘"+ Below: Greg Hulbert ‘"+ and Pat Welch ‘"+
Andrea Strimling, see Yodsampa
Irene Suchta, see Masterson
Dartmouth Class of ’86 249 Shane Swift
533 Lansdowne What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? First Westmount QC H3Y 2V4 Canada all-nighter was on top of Baker Tower... [email protected] Everybody at EBA’s at the Rope Swing into the Who’s at home? White River… Spouse/Partner: Virginia Mylander Swift What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 years? Keith Richards is still alive. Kids: Severn (Sevy) Swift 14; & Annabelle (Belle) Swift Do you have a “bucket list”? What are some of the things on it? Climb Mt McKinley; Skate Pets: Maggie Mae “Wake up Maggie, I think I got the Rideau Canal in Ottawa; Watch my son ski something to say to you….” faster than Dad; Watch my daughter speak French Career Information: ThyssenKrupp Aerospace, in Paris; Learn to play " amenco guitar; Ride a stage Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue QC of the Tour de France; Climb Mt. Fuji Japan. I Manage an Aerospace Raw Materials Distribu- Knowing what you know now, what piece of tion and Processing Center (how did this happen to advice would you give a freshman? Best advice a Religion major?) I was ever given was not to let my schooling get in Hobbies: Skiing, Cycling, Mountain Climbing, the way of my education. Eating What are your goals, dreams, or plans for the Freshman Dorm: Hinman (River Raouls) future? Grow old gracefully (?) with my wife…
Margaret Taylor, see Skriloff Krista Thomas, see Corr
Lynne TenHoopen, see Lear
Geanine Thompson
I’m Founder and CEO of MBA God- study with Doreen Virtue and Judith [email protected] dess, a company that inspires smart, Lukomski. successful, self-made women to be I’m still a girly-girl who likes quirky who they are. A" er graduating from # lms, rare books and pretty dresses. In Dartmouth, I earned an MBA in mar- my spare time, I managed to become keting from Duke University (Fuqua) a Strasberg-trained actor. My heroes and have been a Wall Street market- are Bette Davis, Joseph Campbell, ing executive and consultant. I’m co- Marion Zimmer Bradley and Richard author of ! e Conscious Entrepreneur: Branson. A Radical Approach to Purpose, Pas- My motto is: “I’ve been absolutely sion and Pro) t. terri# ed every moment of my life and I love helping women who’ve been I’ve never let it keep me from doing a following the rules, to refocus and single thing I wanted to do.” [~ Geor- start following their dreams. I’m an gia O'Keefe] insatiable teacher and researcher and certi# ed in scienti# c hand analysis, Contact Information: (But not for crystal therapy and angelology. ( at long, I’m moving to North Carolina!) means I read hands, works with crys- %,, West $%,th St., Apt 0R tals and believe in angels! I’m fortu- New York, NY $,,&, nate to have had an opportunity to %$0--&0-**-&
250 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Leslie Thompson, see Hall Rob Thomson
$-) Hopkins Green Road old man’s hockey on Sunday nights. As a family, we ski Hopkinton, NH ,'))% Cannon Mountain in the winter and hike the Whites in [email protected] summer. August is spent in Bar Harbor hiking, sailing and communing with family. We escape to our cabin in Fran- As I begin this short biography, I / ashback to all night- conia, and feel a huge sigh of relaxation spread through ers in the Aquinas House with limitless peanut butter and our bones as we head through the notch. It’s a fairly blissful jelly sandwiches. ( ere is a 0 AM deadline with the typist existence. (remember them) so that my paper will be ready for the My wife is a lawyer, and practices in health care, so we noontime seminar. Here I sit at the $$th hour trying to cap- have much to discuss – albeit no time to discuss it. Com- ture my life in a paragraph and not knowing where to start. munication improves if we manage to end up in the hot tub My how things have changed and yet not so much. at the same time on a winter evening, or snowshoeing with I still feel ), years old with unbounded optimism and our labs. Our jobs leave little time for general maintenance, some sense of invincibility. My list of things to try contin- so we are usually bumping along at a fairly rapid rate, just ues to grow: helicopter skiing, biking across Iowa, sailing on the edge of control. However, living in Hopkinton, New around the world and getting a motorcycle. My creaking Hampshire takes much of the edge o+ . joints and our looming college tuitions tell me to wait just a I still love to read, and my latest obsession has been little longer, if the body will let me. books on the economic crisis. Maybe it’s because I spend I am happily married with two amazing teenagers all day asking about patient’s digestive problems, and nights (Andrew age $. and Becca age $') and as content with life dealing with their emergencies, that the mechanics of the as I ever could have hoped. As with many classmates, the markets is a fascinating escape. I lost my perfect vision, immediate post-Dartmouth years were # lled with roaming however, about a year ago, and can’t read without glasses, the girdled earth. ( ere were stints in Minneapolis, Chi- which are tucked away in drawers throughout the house. cago, New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans before One of the best aspects of living in New Hampshire is settling in the Granite State where her spell on me remains. the daily contacts I have with classmates and other alumni. Along the way I went to medical school in Chicago and fell It reminds me that the people I went to school with are in love in New Orleans. I returned to the Hanover plain what make Dartmouth such a specialp place.p for residency and GI fellowship, dragging my new wife begrudgingly from San Francisco, and we have remained in New Hampshire ever since. My life is full of work, family and kids activities. Shut- tling between gymnastics meets and soccer practices, I carve out some time for coaching kids’ lacrosse and playing
Dartmouth Class of ’86 251 252 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Werner Tillinger
Santa Fe, New Mexico Luxembourg, I met Peter, a South School of Global Management, [email protected] African, who joined me in the States serving as a graduate teaching assis- "Dare to reach out your hand into the in $%%$. We amicably separated in tant in Accounting and Finance, and darkness, to pull another hand into the $%%- and, in ),,., he returned to earned an MBA. light.” —Norman Rice. South Africa. We are still very close • I accepted a position as a corpo- friends. rate banking analyst with a major Twenty-# ve years already? Wow…and • My # rst job was with a major deluxe Canadian bank and moved to San what an adventure it’s been! I currently tour company, where I directed Francisco in $%%'. My # rst apart- am single and live alone in gorgeous tours worldwide. Within $ year, I ment, on Telegraph Hill, had / oor- and peaceful (and liberal and progres- had visited * continents, including to-ceiling windows looking straight sive!) Santa Fe, New Mexico with my most of communist Eastern Europe, at the Transamerica Pyramid… a two rescued cats, Rama, a $,-year old Papua New Guinea, Turkey, India, dream-come-true. male Russian Blue and Sable, a '-year Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana, • In $%%*, I bought a home in San old female Siamese mix. ( e road Tanzania, ( ailand, Malaysia, Singa- Francisco’s Corona Heights (near leading to Santa Fe has been wind- pore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Austra- the Castro!). Peter and I, while visit- ing, challenging, exciting, diverse, lia, Nepal, much of Western Europe, ing SF in $%%$, agreed we wanted to and blessed. I am a very fortunate and Georgia, Brazil (for Carnival), Uru- live in Corona Heights someday… grateful man: guay, Argentina… and I got to / y another dream realized. • One month a" er graduation from Concorde from New York to Paris! • ( at same year, I was promoted to Dartmouth (July $%-*), I found • In early $%-%, I joined the world’s Director of Corporate Banking, spe- out that I was HIV positive… talk largest incentive travel company and cializing in the technology indus- about changing my perspective on was responsible for inspecting top try… during the tech boom and the future! Knowing that HIV (and Caribbean resorts… life was sweet! very exciting. I remember when one being gay) eliminated my options in • In late $%-%, I rejoined the tour com- of my clients developed the # rst $G the Foreign Service, I decided to ride pany and managed their worldwide hard drive…surely hard drives had the trains in Europe for ' months travel sta+ . reached their maximum capacity….. and ponder life. On that journey in • In $%%), I enrolled at ( underbird NOT!
Dartmouth Class of ’86 253 Werner Tillinger, continued
• $%%%. I was selected as Mr. San Fran- cisco Leather (yep… you read that correctly) and placed *th in the International Mr. Leather Competi- tion in Chicago… I’ll let you # ll in the blanks. ;) • During my year as Mr. SF Leather, I helped raise thousands of dollars for HIV/AIDS and GLBT organizations. • I also served on the Board of the AIDS Emergency Fund, during which time we founded its sister organization, the Breast Cancer Emergency Fund. around the world through ( ailand, ( ey had been at my side for ), • In ),,), I le" the corporate world Laos, Cambodia, Bhutan, India, years and ) months, through & cit- to focus on my health and a more Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania (includ- ies, 0 homes, and ) relationships. heart-based, spiritual path. I trav- ing Zanzibar), United Arab Emir- Losing them was the saddest day in elled a lot, skydived from $.,,,, feet ates, New Zealand, and Malta (yes, my life. ( ey crossed over peacefully above Queenstown, New Zealand, in that order). together. and bought what I thought would • Arriving in Santa Fe, I attended mas- • ( is September, I will be leading a be my retirement home in Arrow- sage school and became licensed as safari to Kenya… returning to my town, New Zealand. I’ve since sold a massage therapist. spiritual home…yes! the house. • I am very active with the Unitarian • I’m looking forward to a future • A" er several years of self-discovery, Universalist Congregation of Santa # lled with more travel, art, spiritual I decided it was time to leave my Fe, where I currently serve on their growth, serving those in need, work- beloved San Francisco and extended Board of Trustees and as a Worship ing towards social justice world- San Francisco family… this was the Associate. wide, and exploring sustainable and most di! cult decision of my life. But • I am actively engaged in social jus- conscious business concepts. something deeper, more grounded, tice and environmental issues and • I wish I had been kinder and more and spiritual was calling. In ),,0, continue on an intentional spiritual compassionate at times. Otherwise, that call took me to Santa Fe. discovery. I have no regrets. • A" er leaving San Francisco in ),,*, • In ),,%, I lost my two beloved • Blessings to you. I went on a spiritual walkabout Tonkinese cats, Ching and Chiang.
Lynn Tracy, see Nerland
254 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Walter Tsui
Wellesley, MA ber when our teenagers are a little older…) [email protected] • Found myself at American Express in strategic planning (aka the home for wayward consul- Who's at home? tants) after b-school. Realized shortly thereafter • Leslie – met August 18th, 1986 (started on same that we couldn’t possibly afford to stay in NYC day at Bain – aww); married June 9,1990 (two and pay off all the accumulated student debt days after b-school graduation); can't believe (never mind raise a family), and so cast about for how lucky I am that she hasn’t traded me in for a different plan. a new and improved model! • Moved back to Boston at the end of 1991 (after • Daniel (15), Caroline (13 1/2) – Daniel loves trying to be responsible for a change and job- squash (playing, not eating) and Stephen Col- hunting in Minneapolis). Leslie wound up in bert. Caroline’s into creative writing and karate. advertising, and I wound up at Fidelity Invest- Both are introverts (my genes are strong!) ments – where I’ve been for the last 20 years • Julia (Siberian cat, 10) – the most outgoing of (how'd that happen??!!). the whole bunch (will do anything for attention • I (only) half-jokingly say that I’ve never been – or food) quali! ed for a job I’ve started while at Fidelity Random musings on the past 25 years: (everything from marketing, product manage- • After graduation, traveled around Asia for the ment and development, systems/e-commerce, summer, then moved to Boston to start “real life” and now investment operations), though hope- • Met Leslie, and we moved in together 3 weeks fully I’ve been able to ! gure things out once later (will need to remember that when our kids there. (Oh, and don’t worry, none my roles have pull these kinds of stunts in a few short years) involved anything related to actually managing • Muddled through 2 years of consulting (quite customer assets...) a change after being pre-med and majoring in • Since moving back to Boston, we’ve managed computer science/math), then off to b-school to gradually, step by step, slide into the “full” • Career has been entirely unplanned and acciden- suburban dream tal but has worked out ok (also good to remem- • Our two kids were born 19 months apart (Leslie’s
Le, : Our ) rst trip together – Cap- tiva Island, Florida (&%"#) Below: Tienanmen Square, Beijing ('((-)
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idea, not mine); their proximity in age and lack we’ve been blessed that these past 6 years have of willingness to sleep through the night at the included some of our best times together same time (or be left with babysitters) nearly did • My small contribution to the cancer ! ght has us in early on, but it’s great now been to ride the Pan Mass Challenge (www.pmc. • The station wagon, the cat, and (Money Pit-style) org) since 2006 – it’s a 2-day, 180-mile charity house renovation appeared on cue somewhere bicycle ride that raises funds for the Dana Farber along the line… Cancer Institute, where Leslie was treated • I have managed to hold onto some of the hob- • We’re also getting a taste of the “sandwich gen- bies from my youth, in particular photography eration” experience: there have been health and – I even started shooting portraits and weddings other struggles at various times among both sets on the side a few years ago (see www.waltert- of in-laws – we’re crossing our ! ngers that not photo.com) all of them will be looking to move in with us at • Decidedly not part of the suburban dream were the same time… a few health scares over the years Overall, it’s been quite a ride, and we feel thankful • Leslie had four rounds of kidney surgery about -- things have turned out far better (if very differ- 10 years ago, one of which almost ended really ent) than I would have ever dared to dream in June badly… of '86! • In 2005, Leslie was diagnosed with breast cancer, and had the full comple- ment of surgery (twice), chemo and radiation. She just passed her 6-year checkup a couple of weeks ago (hooray), and
Clockwise from above: Setting o* on my ) rst Pan Mass Challenge ride ('((+) Waiting patiently for Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park ('((%) On safari with Ranger Anton and Tracker Jorum in South Africa ('(&()
256 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Jon Underwood
1600 College Road, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709 What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 [email protected] years? Discovering that being a parent is the cool- est thing ever. Who’s at home? Do you have a “bucket list”? What are some Married to Johnna for 25 years this year of the things on it? Riding all of the Interna- Sons Mark, 13, and Luke, 10 tional Mountain Bike Association’s “Epic” trails Career Information: In 2006, I began a trail worldwide. design and construction business that has taken me What are your goals, dreams or plans for the all over Alaska to build trails. It is the best job in future? I would love to see more of my Dart- the world and I am still astonished that it is some- mouth classmates visit me in Alaska. times pro! table. Freshman Dorm: Choates! What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? Hanging with my buds on the ski team and sipping G & Ts with the BP at C & G.
’86 Survey How big a story was Clinton's impeachment scandal? I don't even remember it. Had no impact on me or my life. 42 12% 2 84 25% 3 123 36% 4 82 24% I still think about it. 11 3% Total 342 100%
Dartmouth Class of ’86 257 D. Valentine
Been in San Francisco Bay area since very dramatic and pink household. a non-pro# t, a+ ordable housing devel- graduation with a three year stint in I met Shannon through Scott & oper based in San Francisco. New York and a two year sojourn in Allison Rabschnuk and we actually For fun I ski in the winter (mostly Hong Kong. I now live in San Fran- won the pong tourney at their wed- back country), windsurf in the sum- cisco with my wife Shannon and ding before we got married. mer and cycle year round. daughters Lucy (0) and Gwen (.)—a I am the CFO for BRIDGE Housing,
Suzanne Virnelli, see Grevelink
Trivia! Top Movies Then and Now Early ’80s 1986 2011 ET Top Gun Crazy Heart Tootsie Crocodile Dundee Blindside An Offi cer and A Gentleman Platoon Inglorious Bastards Rocky III Star Trek IV: The Voyage Precious Porky’s Home Avatar Revenge of the Nerds (1984) Aliens Back to the Future (1985) Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
258 DartmouthDartmouth ClassClass ofof ’8’866 Stephen Von Oehsen
7600 W. Cypresshead Dr., Parkland, FL 33067 Do you have a “bucket list”? I don’t have a [email protected] formal “bucket list”, but some things I want to do before it’s all over include travel with my wife to Who’s at home? wine-producing areas on the following four conti- Spouse/Partner: Cynthia (“Cindy”) Von Oehsen nents for wine, culture, food, history and physical Kids: Stender (“Sten”; 13), Evan (11) and Lucas (6) beauty… Pets: Phoebe (dog; 3) (1) Africa - South Africa (2) Australasia - New Zealand and Australia Career Information: SVP-Strategy & Business (3) Europe - France, Italy and Spain Development, Southern Wine & Spirits of America, (4) South America - Chile and Argentina Inc., the world’s largest wine and spirits wholesaler Knowing what you know now, what piece Hobbies: Coaching three sons in various sports, of advice would you give a freshman? As the cooking, collecting wine, and collecting airmail Christopher Walken character said in the SNL “More stamps and related ephemera. Cowbell!” skit, “Explore the space!” Dartmouth Freshman Dorm: Russell Sage has a tremendous number of options to offer in What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? Too so many areas. Take some chances in academics, many to name! Here are several: sports, extracurricular activities and socially. Study 1. Working with a group of very capable fellow abroad, take that elective (e.g., ! lm making, ! ne students and the John Sloan Dickey Foundation arts class, etc.) that you never thought you might, to get World Outlook (a Dartmouth journal of join a team or club (e.g., Dartmouth Outing Club), international affairs) up and running. use the Dartmouth assets (e.g., Skiway, Land Grant, 2. LSA in Mainz, Germany etc.). Don’t feel compelled to follow the herd by 3. Filmmaking with Jeff Hendricks and Sue Prentice joining a fraternity or sorority—and don’t worry 4. Participating in and running the Dartmouth if you don’t meet the love of your life in college. Dialectic Society There’s plenty of time for that later… 5. Playing football and running track freshman What are your goals, dreams or plans for the year; playing a few seasons of rugby thereafter. future? I ! nd few things more enjoyable than trav- What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 eling to and experiencing new places with my wife years? How much I enjoy being married to an and sons. Seeing the world through a child’s eyes amazing woman and raising three wonderful sons. is in many ways more exciting and interesting than Also, how well my college friends—Bill Bosch, Phil through my own… Marchal, Charlie Markwalter and Wolf-Dietrich Weber—and I have remained in touch.
Karen Voss, see Gruzen
’86 Survey How big a story was Y2K to you? Had no impact on me or my life. 88 26% 2 131 39% 3 75 22% 4 43 13% I still think about it. 3 1% Total 340 100%
Dartmouth Class of ’86 259 Erik Warga
Washington, DC What’s been the biggest sur- [email protected] prise of last 25 years: That I Who’s at home? would work for myself instead of for “the man.” Quite satisfying. Spouse/Partner: Emmanuelle Do you have a “bucket list”? Kids: Marguerite (12), Lucie (10), Visiting the Cote d’Ivoire, where Juliette (6) I almost moved for a job (to do); Pets: damn guinea pigs! reading Moby Dick (done!). Career Information: freelance Knowing what you know now, international trade consultant, what piece of advice would you specializing in antidumping (unfair give a freshman beginning col- international trading practices) lege? Don’t procrastinate. You’ll Hobbies: jogging, hiking, theater, be amazed how time " ies when hockey (as a spectator), travel you get older. Freshman Dorm: Umm… not sure. What are your goals, dreams or McLane? I’ve tried to block it from plans for the future? Thinking my memory. about a beer and then turning in for the night… What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? oh, and maybe returning to government later in Well, of course, friends. But, to be a little off beat my career, hopeful that my experience can be of —swimming across the Connecticut River for no use to the public. particular reason, Tally rallies, using the Vox bulle- tin board in Baker Library to ! nd obscure informa- tion (the paleo-Google search).
’86 Survey How big a story was Princess Diana's death? I don't even remember it. Had no impact on me or my life. 67 20% 2 105 31% 3 93 27% 4 59 17% I still think about it. 17 5% Total 341 100%
260 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Susan Wayne
4031 19th Street What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 San Francisco, CA 94114 years? The biggest one is that I’ve ended up [email protected] spending the past 18 years with a woman! I didn’t see that coming back in the day… Also, that I Who’s at home? My life partner, Diane, and me ended up in a seminary and becoming a chaplain. Career Information: In a nutshell, my work is Do you have a “bucket list”? What are some focused on helping people and organizations of the things on it? I had the enormous gift of transform. I co-own a business called, Change- taking off the entire year in 2007 and travelling to Cast. We’re a consulting ! rm that helps leaders many countries that were on my list. Yet there are and organizations thrive through change and still many more on there: Australia, New Zea- build their capacity to excel at change. I also serve land, Argentina, Chile, Yugoslavia, Bali, Laos, and individuals in their growth in two different roles: I more…. was ordained as an interfaith chaplain in 2009, and I’ve been leading groups in their spiritual growth Off the travel topic, I really want to learn a mar- for the past couple of years. I’m also a shamanic tial art. Maybe Aikido – seems up my alley. energy healer – how’s that for being “very Cali- fornia”??!! I didn’t even know what a shaman was when I graduated from Dartmouth…. Hobbies: Yoga; cooking (and eating, of course!); travelling; spiritual exploration Freshman Dorm: Lord What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? I don’t just have one that stands out, but I had many fun nights at Sigma Kappa, many beautiful runs in the hills around Hanover, and lots of great friends who made the four years incredibly rich in so many ways.
Dartmouth Class of ’86 261 Wolf-Dietrich Weber
262 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Jeff A. Weiss
6 Ashford Lane, Andover, MA 01810 [email protected] Of! ce: (617) 354-6090 Cell: (617) 510-5917
I have great memories of four years in Wheeler – our annual water # ght, freezing cold nights watering down our ice sculpture for Winter Carnival, antics with Rich- ardson, many great friends, and countless hours of late night debates. I have almost forgiven those who defaced the picture of Ronald Regan that hung outside my door, and which I literally had to change weekly. Twenty-# ve years later, I # nd myself a bit more balanced in my politics and hopefully a lot broader in my thinking. I have learned the most from my family. My wife, Gerri, with whom I just celebrated the ',th anniversary of our # rst date, raised two wonderful boys and in the past few years switched from the practice of law and business to becoming a nurse practitioner. My eldest son, Sam, who graduated from Andover two years ago, is a musician in Northern California. My youngest son, Alec, who just graduated from Andover, is o+ to Rice in the Fall. Gerri has taught me that you are never too old to reinvent yourself, Sam has taught me the hard work and joy of following one’s dreams, and Alec has taught me the power of determination and doing things simply for the joy of doing them. All three have taught me about getting out of one’s comfort zone, and truly challenging oneself. I also have learned a great deal from my partners, clients, students, and players. With # ve of my closest friends with whom I have worked for over ), years, I run a mid-size, global consulting # rm that helps the F.,,/G$,,, improve the way they negotiate and manage relationships with their most strategic customers, suppliers, and alliance partners. Beyond our work at Vantage Partners, many years back, we also founded Con/ ict Management Group (now part of Mercy Corps), a not-for-pro# t # rm that works on governmental negotiations and con/ icts in hot spots throughout the world. I also have the privilege of being in my eighth year of teaching at Tuck, and the true honor of doing the same at West Point. Over the past fews years, we have founded the West Point Negotiation Project devoted to improving the way small unit combat leaders negotiate in theater. On top of this, I still coach high school baseball players. I feel very blessed to have the ability to interact with executives in the “morning”, graduate and college students in the “a" ernoon”, and high school players in the “evening”. ( e work is exciting, and hugely rewarding. When I work with any of these folks, but especially when I am working with a cadet or current o! cer, I feel the impact of so many of my teachers at Dartmouth. While I could point to most of the Government Department, I could also point to much of the English and other departments, not to mention very speci# cally to John Hennessey (who inspired me and put me on the path described above), Vincent Starzinger (who taught me how to think), and Rob Oden (who, although I only had him for a term, demonstrated for me the passion that a truly gi" ed teacher brings to his work and his students). I look forward to the next ). years… ones that I hope are # lled with good laughs, inspiring challenges, and sweet music for us all.
Dartmouth Class of ’86 263 Debbie Weitzman
2070 Cacique St. San Juan, PR 00911 [email protected] Who’s at home? Spouse/Partner: Gilberto Cabré Kids: Marco (11) and Sarah (10) Pets: Luna Career Information: SVP/GM Cardi- nal Health Hobbies: Yoga Freshman Dorm: Topliff What’s your favorite Dartmouth memory? Freshman Trip, Dart- mouth Skiway, Sophmore Summer tubing, Running around Frat Row at 10 below without a coat, the day we all got our ! rst Macintosh comput- Gilberto Cabré, Cabré Sarah, Sarah Marco, Marco Debbie – December '(&( ers, Bon! res, LSA Blois… all 4 years were my favorite! What’s been the biggest surprise of last 25 Knowing what you know now, what piece of years? That Dartmouth friendships are the easi- advice would you give a freshman beginning est to maintain; many years can pass and you pick college? Academic advice: Find 1 or 2 professors right up wherever you left off. who you really admire and make the effort to get to know them outside of class. Keep up that rela- tionship. Social advice: Diversify your choice of activities, the College has so many options. What are your goals, dreams or plans for the future? Have we reached the future???
Karen Clarke (’"#), Sarah Page & Debbie Weitzman – summer of '(("
Wini Welch, see Fuster
264 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Patrick Welch
237 Thibodeaux Drive What have been the biggest surprises of last Lafayette LA 70503 25 years? See Kids above. All 4 of them. Living in [email protected] Louisiana. And liking it. Who’s at home? Do you have a “bucket list”? What are some of the things on it? Hmm. Dove hunting in Spouse: Charlotte Abendroth Welch Argentina. Hiking the Kalalau trail on Kuwai. Kids: Briggs (18), Holden (14), Dylan (13), Spending another summer in Hanover… Kinsley (8) Pets: See Kids Career Information: Doctor-Cardiac Electrophysi- ologist Hobbies: Hunting, photography Freshman Dorm: Smith Hall What are your favorite Dartmouth memories? Sink night Freshman year. The morning after- Per Furmark and Jeff Brighton with shaved heads. Sophomore summer. The whole thing. Jeff Fergu- son losing (and ! nding) his squash. Phi Delt Room 4 Roommates Cam Johnson and Rob Thomson. Jerry Jeff Walker at the Lodge. Senior year.
Dartmouth Class of ’86 265 Peter M. Westley
&& Via Los Altos ( ree years a" er college gradua- over the Golden Gate Bridge every Tiburon, CA %&%), tion, I went to business school at Stan- day on our way into the city, and it [email protected] ford. Amazingly, out of a class of '', or never gets old. I prefer the winters so students, $$ of my classmates there out here, where being in the snow is Upon graduation from Dartmouth, I were from Dartmouth, including eight totally optional. We make it up to Lake joined the investment banking analyst other ‘-*’s. It was a great experience, Tahoe regularly. ( is winter was pretty program at E.F. Hutton (remember but the best aspect, by far, was meet- humbling, as both of my daughters are them?). ( at two-year job turned into ing my wife Lisa. A" er several years now better skiers than me. I seem to a twenty year career on Wall Street, of dating, we got married in Carmel spend most of my free time these days which included three years in Man- in $%%.. driving the family all around North- hattan, three years in Los Angeles, and We have two daughters, Sydney ern California to watch my girls play fourteen years in San Francisco. ( e ($)) and Alexandra ($,), and a dog competitive soccer. We have also been highlight was the six years I spent at (Nobu, a shiba inu). We’ve lived Salomon Brothers and Salomon Smith in Tiburon for the past twelve Barney, where I ran the # rm’s Internet years, just ), minutes north of investment banking practice. San Francisco. We get to drive
266 Dartmouth Class of ’86 Peter M. Westley, continued fortunate enough to travel to Hawaii, youth hostels), then worked in NYC government major from Dartmouth, Europe, and Asia, now that the girls for the summer. it has been a pleasant surprise to see are old enough to enjoy it. ( anks to a good career in banking, that the bene# ts of a liberal arts edu- I have lots of great memories of and a successful and amazingly under- cation really do pay o+ in the end. I’m Dartmouth, beginning with my fresh- standing wife, I am now pursuing my sorry to say that I won’t be at reunion man year in Brewster Hall. If I had dream “second career” as a writer. It due to a family con/ ict. It’s been a long to pick a single high point from col- couldn’t be much more di+ erent than time since I was last in Hanover, but lege, though, it would probably be my the world of corporate # nance, but I’m I hope to return soon. Given how fast junior year in Europe: fall term in a enjoying the challenge of it, and the time seems to / y these days, that will government program at the London ability to spend lots of time with my probably be in a few years when I’m School of Economics, winter term kids. I have published one non-# ction taking my daughters around to look at LSA in Granada, Spain, followed by book (under my pen/middle name colleges. Have fun at reunion and stay spring and summer terms o+ . I used – Miles Westley), and have recently in touch. the time o+ to travel around Europe completed my # rst novel. Now, I just with a Eurail pass, a backpack, and need to see if I can get it published. about 1), to my name (oh, the joy of While I haven’t really used my
Dartmouth Class of ’86 267 Gabrielle Whelan
2315 Divisadero Street, Unit C San Francisco, CA 94115 [email protected] Freshman Dorm: Russell Sage It’s hard for me to write about myself, so I’ve interviewed a few people: My USTA tennis teammates: “We’re glad Gabrielle agreed to captain our team for a few years. We’re still not sure how she got out of it this year….” Bicycle tour company operators: “Gabrielle is our best customer fun drawing and painting classes at colleges and ever. We need more customers who want to travel museums.” to far-" ung bicycling locales like France, Italy, Peru, My nieces and nephew: “We like Gabrielle a lot. Bali, and New Zealand.” Except she’s too strict. And she needs to stop wear- My boss (a city attorney): “Thank goodness Gabri- ing so much black.” elle covers all those night-time Planning Commis- My adopted retired racing greyhound, Jake (RIP), sion meetings!” the best dog ever: “Gabrielle is the best—she res- My boyfriend (a part-time yoga instructor): “Gabri- cued me from the racetrack—I love her so much!” elle is getting better at yoga. Hard to believe she’s My mom: “Gabrielle is perfect! (I wish she would been practicing yoga for 15 years!” wear more lipstick.)” My sister-in-law (a painter): “Gabrielle and I have a great time painting together. She takes some really
Jill Whitcomb, see Donahue
Trivia! TV Then and Now 1982 1986 2011 Fame debuts on NBC Dallas (prior season revealed to REALITY TV: Jersey Shore; Late night with David Letter- be a dream when Bobby Ew- Survivor; Bachelor, etc. man debuts ing came out of shower alive) Lost; Mad Men; Breaking Bad Lawrence Welk Show ends Dexter; Curb Your Enthusiasm INTRO OF CABLE/MTV Colbert Report; Daily Show Glee; Modern Family Two and a Half Men
268 DartmouthDartmouth ClassClass ofof ’8’866