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The Standing Bonfire DARTMOUTH CLASS OF 1992 January 2012 The Great Class of 1992, Class Officers President, Brant Rose I’ll update you on 4 events this quarter in depth, Vice President, Elissa McMillen Aten including my notes on Hanover trip for Class Offi- Secretary, Mike Mahoney Treasurer, Jason Grinnell cers Weekend with updates from current students. Co-Head Agents, Anne Blakely Continue to look for my short monthly President’s Hammer/Libby Peruchini Graham/ Emails about our upcoming events and progress Brett Scoll Perryman towards our goals for year ending June 30, 2012. Mini-Reunion, Brant Rose Alumni Council, Jill Goldberg Arnold ...president’s letter continued on pages 2-5... Webmasters, Tom Paganucci Newsletter Editors, Heej Ko/Cally Bybee Brant Rose Class Project Chairs, Bob Delise/Lynne Class President Schiffman Delise 20th Reunion Chair, Julie Cillo Class Steward, Jessie Levine Reunion Notes Executive Committee Did you watch the ball drop on New Years Eve? Did you join in the count Peter Aaron down? Well, make sure that you are joining in the countdown to our 20th Kate Aiken reunion. The reunion clock is ticking (literally if you check our website). Jennifer Bobalik Kim Fahey Brown Cally Shea Bybee ‘92 Class Reunion Mark A.B. Carlson Bettina Decker June 15-June 17 Todd Donovan Patricia Gagnon Some updates include: Jonathan Harrington Caroline Harris Friday night tunes with Noise Complaint (yup, those guys from the 92s, Dave Harrison 93s, 91s are getting back together just for us!) Howard Jeffries Kristin Knies Saturday afternoon wine tasting with Andy Peay (this will be a limited Allegra Kochman event - details to come) Paul Larson Nina Weber Neulight Also, be sure to contribute to our class slide show with pics from days go Jonathan Rettman by to the present. Kate Aiken is collecting digital pics starting now... you T. Woody Richman can send them to her at [email protected] Gary Rovner Cindy Hansel Sherlock Starting in January, we’ll be sending more logistic details about registra- Christopher Stahl Matt Wilson tion, housing, child care so you can be ready to hit the Green and starting Joni Wiredu reconnecting with classmates. Wendy Gruenberg Wray Until then, happy holidays and Happy New Year! www.dartmouth.org/classes/92 1 The Standing Bonfire January 2012 officio) all joined our 20th Reunion this June 15-17, Mini Reunions us for dinner Friday 2012. I had great fun presenting to night with President the Class Presidents Association on NYC MINIREUNION & BIG GREEN IN BOSTON DAY HOMECOMING & DARTMOUTH Jim Kim where the “Innovations In Class Leadership” AIRES VIEWING PARTY MINIREUNION NIGHT MINIREUNION Class was present- and moderating a Breakout session NOV 28, 2011 OCT 29, 2011 OCT 26-27, 2011 ed with our Award. of 90s Decade Classes. I’ve adopt- Jessie Levine, our ed the Class of ‘79 (one of the top Just days prior to my NYC trip, I This was going to be a big deal Dave Harrison was our City Cap- new Class Steward alumni classes) as our mentors and googled “NBC’s The Sing-Off view- for the College and classes for tain for Hanover for our joint mini- and the new Assis- they were gracious to host us Satur- ing party”; piggybacked us onto the minreunions (http://alumni.dart- reunion with the 89s and 90s. Cider, tant Town Manager day night for drinks and fellowship A Capella Society of NYC’s all-night mouth.edu/events/BGIB).....BUT hot chocolate, good weather and of Hanover was our at one of their homes near Occom happy hour at Slattery’s MidTown climate change continues to thwart skydivers delivering the ball - Con- guest-of-honor for dinner Saturday Pond. Pub as a D92 Minireunion for an us. sider coming up next year! night at the Canoe Club. Coming estimated 6 people; we opened it Dave Harrison @ HomecominG back from the soccer game I ran We’ve made a tradition of taking a to the Dartmouth Club of NYC and Dave Aznavorian who was our City into our ‘92 Heavyweight rowers couple students to breakfast Sun- DAEMA (Alums in Media & Enter- Captain on the ground that day, in- in town for Friends of Dartmouth day morning while we’re there to tainment); and.....we filled half that trepidly manning his post so that no Mini Reunions Rowing - Mike Stanitski with his connect us to the present day cam- bar (50?) outnumbering the A Ca- ‘92 would be left behind: Look for upcoming news and events While there were 9 Class Officers wife and 2 kids, Todd Millay & Amy pus and trends of new graduates. pella Society. Dave Miller & Debo- from your local mini-reunion chair. Nauss and kids, Ed Smith and Hen- This year we met two more impres- rah Bernstein (‘93), Peter Aaron, “So, the day was truly a disastrous Interested in becoming a mini-re- in town (Brant Rose, Elissa Aten, Anne Hammer, Libby Graham, Ju- ry Spindler. sive students sophomores Anoush Nancy De Sa, Allegra Kochman, one here -- 38 degrees, 30 mph union chair in your area? Contact Arakelian ‘14 and Josh Hall ‘14. I James Brodbelt Harris, Carina wind gusts, an early-season snow- Brant Rose at: lie Cillo, Heej Ko, Tom Paganucci, Kristy Wiwczar), I counted no less We had an excellent 2 days of train- asked each of them to give us some Wong and Heej Ko were among the storm that settled in and dropped [email protected]. ings, sharing our experiences and updates throughout the year and ‘92s. 4” of snow around Boston. I wish I than 20 ‘92s in Hanover that week- end. Jason Cillo (of course!), Cyn- listening to the lessons of other pics for our newsletter: aires Watch Party were making this all up.” mini reunions by city: thia Hansel Sherlock (exec com- classes, President Kim and the Next year.... San Francisco, Kate Aiken Blunt Leadership team as well as Anoush Arakelian ‘14: Washington, D.C, Patricia Gagnon mittee), Christine Vanden Beukel, Anita Reithoffer (president ex- student leaders as we gear up for Coming back sophomore fall was Boston , Kristin Knies/Matt Wilson such an incredible feeling. I felt like NYC, Allegra Kochman/Peter Aaron I finally had a place at Dartmouth Atlanta, Mark A.B. Carlson and knew who I was going to hang Seattle, Howard Jeffries out with and where I wanted to go. Houston, Jonathan Harrington However, I learned that Dartmouth Chicago, Gary Rovner continues to change ALL the time. Los Angeles, Brant Rose Dartmouth, for me, is all about the CLASS OFFICERS WEEKEND community and each year there is SEPT 23-24, 2011 a new class of new people, and I got to experience this for the first The headlines of course were 1) the time. I lead a Harder Hiking trip for now Great Class of 1992 winning a DOC trips and got to experience the Special Recognition Award for our passion that all the upperclassmen ‘relentless pursuit of excellence’ share for Dartmouth. My trip hiked and our 92nd Day (Virtual) Mini- three of the Presidentials - Madi- Reunion program, and 2) Mike Ma- son, Adams, and Jefferson, and Mt. honey winning Best Class Secretary. Moosilauke in four days! www.dartmouth.org/classes/92 3 The Standing Bonfire January 2012 I also got to experience auditions cannot wait to travel ”outside” Baker while peering in to change. Rip visited President Kim Treasurer’s Report for a cappella from the other side, to Europe for the first through the old windows; and told him that he had “shaken which was so strange and oddly time, but I am also •Hearing of students’ John Sloane the hand of a man who had shaken Greetings from your Class Treasurer! more stressful than when I audi- sad to be leaving Dart- Dickey-inspired leadership in the hand of a man who had shaken tioned! I am continuing to sing/ mouth so soon! attacking problems around the the hand of a member of the Class In connection with our return to beatbox with the Rockapellas and globe whether it was Japan or the of 1769”. Shake Jim Kim’s hand in the Hanover Plain for our 20th Re- am currently the Tour Manager for Josh Hall ‘14 Upper Valley floods; June and you’ll keep the chain and union June 15 through 17, we have our upcoming New England tour. Josh Hall ‘14: •Seeing IModules beta version- a our history alive; set an audacious, yet reachable, I’ve been much busier powerful new software platform •Recording 2 minutes of crickets goal of having 40% of our class par- The nice addition to my regular than I anticipated. that will simplify many of the & bullfrogs at Occom Pond at ticipate in paying Class Dues. Right midnight, texting it back to the Club commitments, was joining the Just over a week ago, Classes organization & coordination now, we are at 22%. Our fiscal year of LA Board members, and receiving rugby team which has been such was rush weekend. with the College; ends June 30, so let’s reach our goal texts back minutes later about the a great athletic outlet for me. The So now, I’m an official •Leo Caproni and the Class of ‘42, before Reunion! team is an amazing new circle of pledge for SAE which our 50-year partners who greeted ‘memories it sparked...recording is holding our annual Homecoming friends and some of the most reli- was my first choice and one that us at graduation, will publish a book onto kids sleep machines...very www.dartmouth.org/classes/92 event on Friday.