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.