Class Notes – Summer 2018 by Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

CLASS NOTES 60

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SUMMER 2018

PHOTO COURTESY OF JAMES BRO OMAN

Chenae White T’13, co-chair of the Tuck Association of Diverse Alumni (TADA), meets Bob Wallace T’84, president and CEO of BITHENERGY, at a recent alumni event in New York City. Wallace was the keynote speaker.

CL ASS NOTES ’55 Charles A. Morrison f_cmorrison@yahoo.com

When I looked at the most recent Tuck Today, the earliest class column was for the Class of 1957. Startled the devil out of me—whatever happened to those earlier folks? I wrote the last column for our class in 2011 and decided I’d give it another try just to prove at least the class of 1955 is still a viable entity. Caught up with Dick and Audrey Lewis at their home in Maine. They’ve been up there a good bit of the winter to address some health concerns of Audrey’s. The weather in Maine particularly recently has been unlike the sunny climes of Naples, Florida! Thankfully Audrey said she was feeling better. Dick said he had gathered Pete Kenyon and Bob Levine together with Andy Steele for a lunch at Dick’s golf club. He said Bob can look out his window of Moorings Park and look down on Dick’s golf course. Had a good visit with Bob Levine. He and Barbara live in Naples at a CCRC, Moorings Park. Unfortunately they are being “kicked out” on May 1 so that the damage done by Hurricane Irma can be repaired. They won’t be let back in until the first of 2019. Fortunately a friend in Bonita Springs offered their place “rent free” for the month of May, after which they’ll trek back to Vermont, attending a grandson’s graduation at Andover Academy on the way. Tuck had a recent gathering in Naples attended by the dean, Matt Slaughter, and Andy Steele, plus 15 Tuck graduates, including Pete Kenyon, who with wife Jill lives in Naples. The Levines see the Kenyons often, as well as Dick and Audrey Lewis when the Lewises are in town. Bob told me a story I hadn’t heard before about his participation, along with the late Eliot Robinson and Jerry Mitchell, in an effort to start a mutual fund a few years out of Tuck. All they needed was $80,000—BUT they were unsuccessful in raising the dollars. He mentioned it because I said our son Charlie has been with Fidelity for 30 years.

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Bob has been volunteering with Hospice, which he finds quite challenging. Dan McCarthy retired in 2016 from the board of Clean Harbors after 29 years and, on June 30, 2017, his professorship at Northeastern University after 52 years! He still goes in to Northeastern three days a week, working on a book, and also together with an associate on the Venture Mentoring Network, which mentors entrepreneurs on moving their ventures forward. The focus is on Northeastern students and alums. A pretty active retirement I’d say! His book, which comes out in June 2018, is entitled Hammer and Silicon. It is a treatise on the Soviet diaspora in the U.S. innovation economy. It results from 157 interviews in Boston, Cambridge, and the Silicon Valley and involves basic research with entrepreneurs and their interactions with universities, hospitals, and various business entities. Dan and Peggy live in Hamilton, Mass., and their 3 kids live “within shouting distance.” Life is good! Fellow retired Arthur Andersen & Co. partner Paul Wilson and longtime friend Krista live most of the year in Maryland but take breaks during the winter for a winter Caribbean cruise plus a month in Key West. Keeps in touch with Bob Levine periodically. Has kids in Manhattan, Chicago, and southern Virginia. Still has a 42-foot powerboat, which he uses for cruising on the Chesapeake—but no longer takes the boat on the trip to Florida. Paul says he is “enjoying the simple life on the Eastern shore of Maryland.” Sounds OK to me! Jerry and Nancy Mitchell haven’t strayed far from Tuck, living at the base of Balch Hill. When I caught up with him he was watching a TV show covering the memorial service for the late Dean John Hennessey. Jerry said he was feeling well, with only the normal maladies one who was approaching 89 might have! Nancy, a Hanover native as you may recall, chimed in that she was also well. Their two sons, Bill and Jim, are most attentive, with Bill assisting them with tax matters and Jim doing “everything else.” Jim and family are in Hanover. I’m forever indebted to Jerry as he volunteered to take over my waiter’s job in the Stell Hall dining room when I broke my hand and I in turn became the “head man.”

Frannie and I are in our 28th year at Harbour Ridge just outside Stuart, Florida. It’s been a great run, but there comes a time when it’s prudent to join the “CCRC Brigade.” We have reluctantly put our house on the market, with the intent of returning to the Boston area. We will be sad to leave our wonderful friends here, but we’re looking forward to a new adventure. We’re both well, all things considered. Frannie beats me soundly in golf, but it’s great fun anyway! Our summers in Sunapee, NH, are always fun, as we see our kids and grandkids often. As our daughter Suzanne and [husband] Matt live in Sudbury and Charlie’s family has a place in Boston, we’ll now see them during the winter (brrr!) season as well. Son Chris and wife Marie (just retired after 30 years with Eli Lilly) are in Indianapolis, and we see them as often as possible. Let’s finish with a few facts. According to the copy of our graduation program, Tuck graduated 48 men in 1955 and 10 men in the Tuck-Thayer program. Of the 48 graduates, 24 have passed on and 3 of the Tuck-Thayer graduates have passed. The Tuck Class of 2019 includes a total of 293 students, including both women and men. To those classmates not mentioned above, please send me info about you and “your doings” so I will have some stuff for the next time. Thanks!

’57 Editor’s note: The most excellent Dick Zock has retired after years and years of truly wonderful class secretary-ing. We thank him profusely for all that he has done for the T’57s and for Tuck. If you would like to volunteer to pick up the pen for the twice-yearly class notes for Tuck Today, please send an email to tuck.class.notes@ dartmouth.edu to let us know!

’58 Barry Rotman bsrotman@gmail.com

60TH REUNION OCTOBER 5-7, 2018

Save the Date: Our 60th Tuck Reunion will be October 5-7, 2018. A great time to reconnect with friends, the school, and enjoy New England’s beautiful fall foliage. Dave Cudlip and his wife Lee live in Tryon, North Carolina, a small town of 1,800 people nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Not only is the town small, the county, with only 20,000 people, is one of the smallest in the country. Yet Tryon, according to Dave, has a lot to offer. Many midwesterners who loved horses and culture built vacation homes here. There are lots of horse farms and cultural events, including a fine-arts center, for lovers of the arts. The Lanier Library Association— named for the poet Sidney Lanier, who died in 1881—is a “members only” library supported by $19 annual dues, donations, and endowments. No tax money! It is one of the few membership libraries in the country. The Tryon International Equestrian Center—a 1,400-acre facility with 1,000 permanent horse stalls and seating for 6,000—opened in June 2014. It will hold the World Equestrian Games later this year. At one time Tryon was home to F. Scott Fitzgerald. In addition to being active supporters of the library, Dave and Lee are on a number of committees to help preserve the rural nature of the town. Before moving to Tryon, Lee managed the famous Warwick’s bookstore in La Jolla, California. Together she and Dave vet books for new library acquisitions. Dave has had many interesting careers. After Tuck he was in Army Intelligence and gathered information that helped those in power to end the Vietnam War. That was followed by a Wall Street career, and then he became a writer of mystery novels. He now manages a website, www.readerswritersexpress.com. It’s really quite good and features Dave’s reviews of current books as well as information about

the novels that Dave wrote. His first book, Comprador, received a very favorable review in the New York Times. Reeling from its unmanageable debts, and now on the brink of financial collapse, America is plunged into an abyss. Tricked into coming to Washington to collect nine tons of gold owed him by the government, Rushton Culhane, a comprador nonpareil, eventually rights the debacle. Sounds like a great read. Several other books are described and available for downloads. Rod Du Bois speaks very fondly of a trip that he and his wife Carol took to Australia and New Zealand with Abercrombie & Kent. Rod was especially interested in the Aboriginal art in Australia. Several years earlier, when Brian Kennedy was director of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth, Rod was an active supporter. Kennedy, who promoted a global art focus at Dartmouth, made significant acquisitions of Australian Aboriginal art. Prior to coming to Dartmouth, Kennedy had been a director of the National Gallery of Australia. This encouraged Rod and Carol to undertake the trip to become more knowledgeable about the art and people in that part of the world. Recently heard from Chris Van Curan that he self-published an autobiography that he had been working on for the last 30 years. The title is In the Attic of My Mind. It is a collection of over 50 stories that cover his whole life from childhood through college, Tuck, business, and life after 80. There’s even a picture of Tuck on the cover. I read it from cover to cover and laughed and smiled a lot. It’s available on Amazon or you can send a check for $19 to Chris at PO Box 148, Prides Crossing, MA 01965 for an autographed copy. Chris lives on Boston’s North Shore, and this has been a very rough winter, with several nor’easters whipping through the East Coast. Fortunately he and Sandy live 87 feet above sea level and half a mile back from the ocean. In January 2018, Chris and Dick Perkins reunited with the current owners of Lincoln Canoe & Kayak company, which they and Bill Butler (now deceased) founded right out of Tuck School. Lincoln now makes high-end carbon fiber composite-material kayaks and canoes in Amesbury, Massachusetts.

and are working towards a master’s program. To graduate they will have had 700 hours of clinical work and 300 hours of classroom work, and—if not for his course—zero hours of setting up a practice. Now they’ll have to do a business plan and, as Dick said, “get a minimum type MBA.” Not to be outdone, Sandy still works for British Airways and has celebrated her 20th anniversary there. It is with sadness that I have to report the loss of two of our classmates. Bob Andrews of West Hartford, Connecticut, passed away after an extended illness on August 19, 2017. He leaves his wife Sue, 2 children, and 6 grandchildren. After Tuck and the army, Bob had a long career with Travelers Insurance Company. While he enjoyed skiing, hiking, and playing golf, he was an active volunteer with West Hartford Youth Football, United Way, and his Dartmouth Class of 1957. Services were private. On February 8, 2018, Dave Metz passed away in Chappaqua, New York. Dave grew up in New Britain, Connecticut, and attended the Loomis School and Dartmouth before entering the army, serving in Korea and Japan. Upon his return, he enrolled at Tuck and after graduation joined McGraw-Hill to create a network of trade magazines. Eventually he took the concept private and formed Media Marketing Associates, a network of 175 magazines still managed by his family. Dave loved both playing and watching sports. He coached and played until peripheral neuropathy denied him that pleasure. Then he converted his talent and energy to fund-raising for his alma maters and community needs. He leaves his wife Betsey, 4 children, and 7 grandchildren.

’59 Ben Reid gmibreidjr@aol.com

For the last 7 years, Chris has been teaching a course on Practice Development at the New England School of Acupuncture. The students almost all have a bachelor’s degree SUMMER 2018

CL ASS NOTES ’60 John Ferries [guest writer]

as newsletter editor for the Navy League, where he met his wife Alice. And Ed formed the Oliver S. Turner Society (named after Admiral Stansfield Turner’s father), a group of 12 members who meet and write papers on different issues of the day.

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From Ed Russell: “Dear classmates of T’60, “I’m delighted to learn that there will be continuity on the Tuck notes for our class. As someone who takes pride in my Tuck degree, and who deeply enjoys writing, it has been hard for me to accept the physical and time limitations that have forced me to renounce my treasured position as class secretary. Alice and I are moving to a facility that will make life somewhat easier on both of us. I am sure you join in expressing my gratitude to John Ferries and Dave Ward for stepping up to the plate. “Warmest regards, Ed.” Greetings, fellow Tuck ’60 classmates. It is a privilege to do this guest column for the summer issue of Tuck Today. Starting with the upcoming winter issue, classmate Dave Ward will become our official class secretary, replacing Ed Russell. First, I want to thank Ed for being our talented and resourceful class secretary all these years, keeping us connected to each other and to Tuck. Ed has been bashful about covering his own journey since Tuck, so I’d like to mention it here. After Tuck and brief stints at Procter & Gamble and Stanley Hardware, Ed decided he wanted to be a market analyst and applied statistician. He joined Campbell Soup in that capacity. A highly notable (and defining) achievement during Ed’s career there was his innovative statistical analysis that formed the core of Campbell’s successful defense of a Heinz lawsuit claiming Campbell’s alleged “unfair practices” had been the cause of Heinz’s massive business losses. They weren’t. Ed was an English major at Rochester and has always enjoyed writing. While at Campbell, as a sideline he was a speechwriter for the president. He now lives in Charlottesville, VA, and has served on a volunteer basis as newsletter editor for Red Cross Virginia and 64

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Now a few words about our new class editor, Dave Ward. You may recall that Dave was married when he entered Tuck. One daughter was born while he was at Tuck, and spouse Barbara was pregnant with another daughter when he graduated. Dave’s career has been in public accounting, principally with Touche Ross (becoming Deloitte Touche in 1989). One of his many clients was a real estate company owned by Al Taubman. It had just purchased Sotheby’s. Dave moved with his family to London (Sotheby’s HQ) to handle that account. Apparently, when he arrived there he was greeted by a Sotheby’s executive who said, skeptically, “You may know accounting, but what do you know about art?” Dave was on the Touche team for another client, Chrysler, for ten years during the fabulous Lee Iacocca era. For five of those years Dave was the lead partner, a responsibility that required extensive global travel. Yet another important client he led was Honeywell. Busy man! Since retirement, Dave lives in Enfield, NH and enjoys his beloved 1901 antique boat on Mascoma Lake. It is made out of double-plank African mahogany wood. Dave also serves on the board as treasurer of the historic Shaker Museum in Enfield. You may recall that classmate Randy Malin joined the glamorous, rapidly expanding airline industry after Tuck. He had a successful 31-year career at two airlines—20 years at American Airlines and 11 years at USAir, where he became senior vice president marketing and planning and vice chairman of the board. After leaving USAir, Randy became a consultant for the industry. Randy then joined a start-up hi-tech Silicon Valley company, The TravelNet, as CEO, then sold the company, and is now happily retired with spouse Connie in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. He has been busy on the board of the fire department (6 fire stations) there and teaching classical music appreciation at two senior centers. Most notably, in the first three months of each year Randy and some other volunteers do free tax returns for senior citizens and

people with low incomes. When I spoke with him in mid-March, he said they had done 175 tax returns, with 125 to go! Randy is also the leader of a luncheon group who keep their minds stimulated by regularly discussing current events. And he keeps his body in shape by walking three miles at 5:30 a.m. every day! Ray Becker was a Tuck/Thayer interloper. After graduation, he, Mike Williams, and Bucky O’Kane joined Warner & Swasey, the maker of machine tools in Cleveland. Then Ray had a four-year stint at RCA Astro-Electronics Division, working as business manager on government business involving earth satellites. Ray then joined Raytheon and moved to Littleton, MA. The Bedford Labs division sent Ray to MIT for a full year of advanced study. He worked on Raytheon’s sophisticated Sparrow missile defense system, and along the way Ray and wife Arlyss moved to Saudi Arabia for two memorable years. The final part of Ray’s career was with Keane, Inc., a small Boston-based software engineering company (revenue of $25 million) that grew with his help to $500 million by the time he retired. Hefty lifting! After retirement, Ray worked for 20 years as a volunteer with SCORE in Maine. SCORE is an organization that does consulting primarily for small or start-up companies, utilizing the experience of retired senior executives. Ray also loves skiing, and he goes on numerous trips to shoot ducks, geese, and pheasant. In fact, he is about to leave for Argentina to bag his limit of ducks! Jim Burner became a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army after Tuck, working in an intelligence unit. He then joined Northern Illinois Gas, where he remained for his entire business career. He started out working in various financial positions, then was asked to oversee all their coal, industrial, and preciousmineral mining operations in four states. After retiring in 1996, Jim and Linda embarked on multiple trips to six continents. A particularly memorable travel experience was, in 2007, an around-the-world trip that included two weeks on the Trans-Siberian Railway followed by two weeks cruising the Baltic Sea. Jim was very involved with the local Boy Scouts

council and Lions Club. He had double-bypass heart surgery five years ago but was out of the hospital in just three days. He still drives the 1929 Model A Ford he had at Tuck! A Renaissance man! That’s it from this erstwhile scribe. I’m still healthy and still very active, and hope you are too.

’61 Editor’s note: Would you like to volunteer to keep the great class of ’61 in touch as the new class secretary? If so, please email tuck.class. notes@dartmouth.edu to let us know. It’s only twice a year…and it’s fun!

’62 Editor’s note: The great class of ’62 has been without a class scribe for quite a while. If you’d like to volunteer to keep each other in touch through the twice-yearly class notes in Tuck Today, please email tuck.class.notes@dartmouth. edu to let us know.

Judy Holmes sent in this pic of Jim Progin at the Yellowstone Club, where they moved in March.

’63 Tom Keating keatingtf@comcast.net

Thankfully, we are “back in print,” and it will not be necessary to issue a back-to-back plea for 1963 news. Thank you for responding! Always there to set the pace, Stu MacKay wrote to say the MacKays had survived their first summer in Tucson, albeit by traveling out of town during the scorching months. Starting their travels in June, the first stop was Ithaca, NY, for a 60th Cornell reunion, and that was followed by several stops throughout the Northeast, including a few days in Hanover. Stu reports he spent some time with Andy Steele, who has done so much for Tuck in so many ways. In concert with my own observations, Stu came away feeling that Dartmouth and Tuck are much bigger and different than they were 55 years ago, and he is glad he is not trying to gain admission today. The “commercial” from Stu is that TAG regulars are again supporting the program this year and that his thanks are extended to all contributors for your continued support. New contributors are always welcome as well! Stu also indicated he will keep chairing TAG for ’63 as long as you keep being generous and keep informing us about your activities, travels, and what is on your mind these days (the last part is my commercial)!! Stu’s highlight news is that he and Tornie took their 8th trip with Dartmouth Alumni Travel last February, this time to Tanzania. The MacKays testify that their trips have been a great way for seniors to travel. As you can see in the nearby picture, “dressed to the nines” and looking very relaxed and natural for the region, the MacKays could be posing for either Dartmouth Travel or a beer commercial! I might also note that this is one of the few pictures I have seen of Stu not dressed in his signature kilts. All is not lost, however, as he reports that May holds another trip to the Scottish Isles and Norway. Stay tuned!! And speaking of Norway...I had a great message from Jens Roede in March bringing us up to date on his recent doings. Although feeling in great shape, Jens reports a right-knee operation

Tornie and Stu MacKay in Africa

has kept him temporarily out of order. And as you would expect, he says it is pretty bad to be locked indoors during this winter with the best skiing conditions ever!! Jens and Ingrid had some Tuck visitors in recent months in the persons of Chuck and Anneliese Simpson, and then John and Jill Schiffman paid a visit. I have to believe there are some news tidbits or pictures just waiting for a caption or intriguing lead-in sentence. Jens and Ingrid report their children are grown up and doing well. Their oldest started a fairly large microbrewery a couple of years back, and he is now producing a large variety of beer types, “200.000 litres last year.” AH HA!! That may be the hidden story with Simpson and Schiffman??!! Jens closed his message with a request: “Looking forward to hearing news from all of you, at least more than last year. Jens” Couldn’t say it any better than that. Be well! Send pictures! Keep us posted on your news!

’64 Rod Plimpton [guest writer] rodneyplimpton@gmail.com

Bill Ferguson has to be one of the strongest spirits in our class. That is a statement he would never make. But a few days ago he asked if I (Rod Plimpton) would pinch hit for him in pulling together these notes, after he had done the hard work of getting you to respond. SUMMER 2018

CL ASS NOTES Why? Because on top of beating cancer in the past, Bill had a major heart attack this fall that required surgery and stents, and then two more cardio events over the holidays that led to more surgery, and then, on top of all that, he took a nasty fall on the way into a rehab session and broke his left shoulder and his left humerus (upper arm) bone, so he is in a skilled nursing facility in California with more surgery and lots of rehab ahead. I say he is a strong spirit because in getting together on these notes, I’ve had the pleasure of talking to him a couple of times and he sounds as strong, chipper, and upbeat as ever. Hats off to you, Bill—you set a great example for all of us to follow when the insults of old age slow us down! Give him a call if you get a chance. Pete Lengyel is back at it again with Super Troopers 2, which hits 2,000 theaters on April 20th. Pete has apparently been completely consumed by getting this finished and distributed because he wrote of little else, except that he is taking his whole brood on a trip the end of March...presumably to celebrate. We hope the movie is as good as the poster!

On the other side of the pond, Jean-Pierre Naz congratulated Ferguson on being so obstinate in going after class notes, while admitting that, as treasurer for a club in Geneva, he, JeanPierre, was also obstinate in chasing down people for dues. With his usual good humor, Jean-Pierre noted that both he and his wife are still kicking, although now she has to use a wheelchair to keep up with him. We’d love to know more about that club, and maybe Barry Linsky will go skiing in Switzerland and visit it! From Florida, Bob Humboldt credited a hot putter for delivering a 79 on his local golf course after he thought that his days of playing under 80 might be over. Little does he know that some of us are still trying to break 100! Bob noted that the grandchildren are a joy but grow up fast; in addition to the one graduating from Princeton, they have two others in school at the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, in business and engineering, respectively. Their youngest daughter, who graduated from Colgate and got her MBA at Michigan, now has 10- and 12year-old children and is teaching math in New Jersey. Sounds like a very full, busy family! He and Joyce have considerable travel planned, including a trip this spring to see their grandson graduate from Princeton, then a visit to Art and Sandra Williams on the Jersey Shore, followed by a trip to Boston to see Jeff and Taffy Nothnagle before going to Dartmouth for Bob’s undergraduate 55th reunion. He and Joyce will have been married 54 years by the time these notes come out, and they will celebrate in Boston at the end of that trip. Congratulations! After a short summer break, they will be off in the fall for a Viking Baltic cruise including Scandinavia, St. Petersburg, and Berlin. Should be a great trip. Speaking of Art Williams, he apparently was hobnobbing with Andy Steele at a Tuck reception in Palm Beach, FL, and enjoying it as evidenced by the photo that was captured there.

Barry Linsky also checked in to report that he and Jane are in good health, still living in NYC with weekends on Long Island, and that he is still skiing pretty well, although Jane gave that up last year. Barry says that work has pretty much wound down for him at this point, but he has no problem keeping busy, is enjoying golf, and is supportive of the initiatives that Dean Slaughter is bringing to Tuck.

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Bill and Ann Zani and Rodney and Geri Plimpton are also in Florida, in The Villages, and occasionally get together there with Povl and Barbara Jorgensen. Bill writes that  last April he entered his first competitive swimming event since 1960 in The Villages Senior Games. He did very well in the 500 freestyle well and qualified for the Florida Senior Games in the 75-79 age group. The Florida Senior Games

Art Williams and Andy Steele in Palm Beach

were held this last December, and Bill won four medals in the 75-79 age group: gold in the 500 free, silver in the 100 yard breaststroke, and bronze in the 50 and 200 free. Very impressive! Bill’s time in the breaststroke is currently 6th in the Masters’ Top 10 Times for his age group. Bill plans to focus on breaststroke and will enter the Pan American Games this summer and the 2019 U.S. Nationals in Albuquerque. He will then be swimming in the 80-84 age group, and being just new in the age group should give him a competitive boost. Bill reports that having a goal and a plan is keeping him busy and happy, and he is glad to be competitive again. Geri and I are not nearly as competitive as Bill, but we are loving life in The Villages, and both volunteer at The Villages hospital emergency room, along with Bill’s wife, Ann. Not a bad thing to know the ins and outs of the emergency room at this stage of life! From Houston Jim Cutler reported that his “still practicing trophy wife,” Debbie, is taking him for a week of fly fishing in Belize in April as his 80th birthday present. Jim is working out every day, trying to get in shape, and just obtained his amateur radio license (call letters KG5WWW) to keep his brain in shape. He is still doing project-development work in the energy and petrochemical sector but is trying to wind down. Jim and Debbie have a son who is now a junior at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL, studying technical theatre, and they are trying to remodel their house. Although their subdivision in Houston was not inundated by the hurricane, good contractors are scarce because of all the other damage

’65 Editor’s note: You might remember John Bruno’s farewell in the last issue of Tuck Today after 50 (50!!!) years of class secretary-dom. If you’d like to volunteer to help keep all your fellow T’65s in touch through class notes, please email tuck.class.notes@dartmouth.edu to let us know.

Dan Morrison promoting his new book

in the area. Jim reports an occasional phone call with Dave Dickert, and a fast “Howdy” with Pete Lengyel, but little contact with classmates other than that. He can be reached at 713-977-1282. Finally, Dan Morrison wins the award for enthusiastic picture of the year, as he promotes his recent book on the U.S. Enfield bayonet. Dan amusingly noted the distinguished high brow that he has developed since Tuck days. Dan says that the book, The U.S. Enfield Bayonet, remains a highly targeted resource, but that it has sold/shipped to fifteen countries so far (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, United Kingdom, and U.S.). Dan modestly claims that in spite of the book’s success, he is still only a household name at 11 Maple Ave, Demarest, NJ. That’s it for this issue. Endless thanks to Bill Ferguson, who coaxed all this out of you reticent old codgers. Bill has requested a chance to step down as class secretary to concentrate on his rehab, so here’s hoping that one of you will step forward to take his place. You can do so by contacting Cathy at Tuck, tuck.class.notes@tuck.dartmouth.edu, or emailing Bill at bferguson@ix.netcom.com or me at rodneyplimpton@gmail.com. Happy summer!

’66 Stu Keiller keiller@toad.net

In case you haven’t seen it yet, Bill Busker put together some interesting information on the Tuck Class of 1966 for our 50th Reunion:

In January, SCORE Austin recognized Bill Hawkins with the Distinguished Service Award 2017. The award recognized Bill’s contributions in mentoring small business entrepreneurs as well as organizational services. SCORE (Service Corps Of Retired Executives) is a nationwide nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow, and achieve their goals through mentorship and education. SCORE is supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration and has fostered small businesses for 55 years. Bill and his wife Esther live in Austin, Texas. Bill had a long career with IBM before “retiring” and joining Dallasbased OpenConnect Systems. In 1997 he joined BMC Software and moved to Austin. After retiring a second time, he went back to school to study photography. A lifelong passion has turned into an integral part of Bill’s work with the City of Lakeway’s Heritage Commission and other volunteer activities, including the aforementioned SCORE.

–We matriculated 115 in the September 1964. We represented 46 colleges and universities, with Dartmouth accounting for 36.5% of the class. Twenty-nine of us were members of the Dartmouth Class of 1965 or “3/2’s.” –On the first day, Dean Hill explained the “curve” grading system and we were told to expect only the top 80% to graduate. In fact 95, or 82.6%, graduated in June 1966. –Tuition for the class of 1966 was $1,800, compared to $66,390 for the class of 2016, an increase of 3,688%. That is five times the increase in the Consumer Price Index over the same period. –Bill reports the average starting salary for the class of 1966 was estimated at $9,500. The average starting salary for the class of 2016 was $124,000, plus a signing bonus of $29,000, for a total of $153,000. That is about two times the increase in the CPI. The eastern North Carolina contingent checked in over the winter, with Bam Alling reporting. Bam and Eileen, Dick and Charlotte Macartney, Doug and Nancy MacDonald, and Peter and Pru Meehan all enjoy low-country living along that beautiful coastline.

Bill Hawkins (right) receiving the SCORE Austin 2017 Distinguished Service Award

David Chase’s “career path followed multiple areas of interest, the most important of which has been private equity financing.” Beginning in the fall of 1966 and through 1978, David was a professor of finance at Northern Arizona University. Along the way he earned a PhD from Arizona State University. From the early 1960s through 1997, the Chases were involved with a family ranching enterprise located in Hillside and Flagstaff, Arizona. Beginning in the early 1980s, David was the managing partner for a pledge fund and fully funded partnership focusing on understandable smalland medium-sized manufacturing and service companies. He is a trustee and chair of the audit committee for Thornburg Mutual Funds. “Participating in and supporting cultural, educational, scientific, and environmental

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CL ASS NOTES nonprofit organizations have been a central part of our lives. These organizations are part of the fabric of the communities we have lived in and make these towns very special holistic places to live and work.” Steven Clayman was raised in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and made his career in the Boston area, developing residential real estate. A forty-year handshake partnership with his brother flourished and continues, with his sons-in-law managing the business. Steve’s brother passed recently, “but when he was alive and we were both working, we had a belly laugh every day for forty years.” Steve lives in the Back Bay area of Boston and meets five days a week with a breakfast group he rejoined 23 years ago. The group formed 40 years ago and is clearly a big part of Steve’s life. Steve met Nancy second year at Tuck. Nancy was a nurse at Mary Hitchcock and they celebrate their golden anniversary this year. Stephen Demeritt joined General Mills in 1969 in product management and retired thirty-six later in 2005 as vice chairman. Along the way he had seven- and six-year tours in Toronto and Lausanne, Switzerland. Steve and Gabriella live in Palm Beach, Florida, and recently celebrated their 50th anniversary. Speaking of his Tuck experience, Steve said: “‘First Year’ was something else! As a 3-2 guy from Dartmouth, I was a 20-year-old kid from Vermont who had never seen that many smart guys in one place at one time. I spent the first three weeks of the first semester in Mary Hitchcock Hospital with mono. First class back was Bower with Economics...he could have been speaking Latin.” One can’t help but reflect on the two Steves— one a city boy from Chelsea, and the other from rural Vermont—coming together at Tuck, taking completely divergent career paths, and ending up in the same place again in successful marriages looking back at very different but satisfying careers. William D’Olier had perhaps the most unconventional career in the class of 1966. Bill was a ski patroller and Alaska pipeline worker. His specialty in both professions was handling explosives. Avalanche control at ski areas and construction blasting on the pipeline, alternating with the seasons, kept Bill outdoors where he loved to be. After traveling and skiing all over the world, Bill settled in Sandpoint, Idaho. He married Susan, a Sandpoint artist,

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twenty years ago, and together they enjoy whitewater rafting and tai chi. Bill remembers, “I was lucky to have Dave Konowitz D’65 (deceased 1971), who I’d known from high school on and Ed Higgins D’65, from freshman year in Gile and then DKE, to check in with and see if I was on the right track.” Daniel Donaldson returned to Buffalo, New York, after graduating and began his career working at Smith Metal Arts, a family-owned business that made distinctive desk accessories out of bronze, aluminum, and stainless steel. Dan and his wife Holly were involved in a head-on automobile accident in 1968. The drunk driver who crossed the line was killed instantly. For Dan and Holly, it was a lifechanging experience. After recovering from their injuries, Dan and Holly changed their priorities to “live every day as if it were our last because life can be very ephemeral...our bucket list was moved to the front burner.” The business was sold in 1995, and Dan worked in sales for a company that sold equipment to do temperature profiling of continuous oven and furnace processes. Dan continues to work part-time selling roof trusses manufactured by a local company. While enjoying semiretirement, Dan and Holly travel extensively. Dan closes with, “Our prayers go out to the families of our classmates who have departed far too early. Godspeed!”

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Sam Wakeman sent his life history—which is excellent reading. Currently he continues to be involved in sailing (chair New York Yacht Club race committee), local sailing, and cruising, although his worldwide racing has diminished substantially. Sam still has his “God bless free enterprise” T-shirt, and, by the way, so do I!

Borthwicks and Heggies (and an Antiques Roadshow expert) at the Saint Andrew’s Society

Jim Heggie sent the nearby picture from the Saint Andrew’s Society 261st Annual Banquet held on November 17, 2017. Jim is the 101st president of the society. Shown in the photo, from left to right, are Alastair Borthwick T’93; Jeanine Borthwick T’94; Alasdair Nichol, chairman, Freeman’s; Helen Heggie PHT’67; and Jim. Dick Bankart has turned into our class statistician. According to Dick, our class started with 114, with 100 graduating in 1967. Records show that 14 have died, leaving 86 hearty souls as of March 20, 2018. That is the news. Best to all of us!

Robert Buchanan bobbuchanan@att.net

First post-50 Reunion column! Received many comments—all positive—that the 50th at Tuck was a great success. The dilemma is, should we celebrate 55? No decision yet, but something to contemplate. Send your thoughts! All is well with the Roadarmels and the Holleys and Art Peabody (our most loyal contributors to the column). Allie Quinn passed away on February 21, surrounded by her family. It was great that she and Brad were able to attend our 50th to watch Bill Hart present our class recognition, making Brian Quinn an honorary member of our class.

’68 John Moynihan moynihan_john@hotmail.com

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I am sorrowed to report the death of George Owens in February. George worked in the investment field for many years and ended his career as manager of Smith Barney in

Boston. He leaves his wife of 52 years, Diana; 4 children; and 5 grandchildren. The mailbag was a bit skimpy this time, but everyone is excited by the upcoming October reunion. Russ Engle writes from the deck of the Queen Victoria (near the Azores): “Our daughter Lissa (D’95) lives in London. Rather than just fly to meet her, we decided to take a two-week cruise from Fort Lauderdale on the Queen Victoria. It is lovely! Hope to see you in October.” Barkley says: “Still traveling. We finally reached a total country count (bucket-list item) of 100. Minako loves this stuff. I got a book out last year and have been trying to market it. Not much competition—like 73,000 other books came out last year. Marketing on Twitter and Facebook has been eye opening. Really looking forward to our 50th reunion come October.” This message was extracted from Bill Seaver’s annual Christmas letter: “In 2017 my son got married, and Sherry and I remodeled our home to make it totally handicapped accessible. I am focusing on enjoying meaningful interactions, getting daily exercise, and healthy eating. I also vacation more than a third of the year, lead the weekly local Tibetan Buddhist group, and continue to learn more about myself by practicing Buddhism and participating in a weekly men’s group. Maintaining friendships helps keep me vital. I am hoping you will come to this year’s Reunion so we can catch up on the last 50 years.”

’69 Robert M. Cohn robertmarkcohn@gmail.com

Greetings classmates! Hoping you all survived the winter intact! John Pearson is the founder, president & CEO of a company called Saltine Warrior in Fall River, MA, which he founded 3 years ago after retiring from the Massachusetts Coastal Railroad. In December, he imported 55,000 U.S. tons of salt by ship—that is 110 million pounds of salt—which he distributed to customers

across New England. This was the first time in recent memory that salt has been brought in by ship to Fall River. He has applied for state grants to build a rail spur next to his company. “Once I get a rail connection, I could move salt by rail to Cape Cod,” Pearson told the local Herald News newspaper. “There is no place on the Cape to pile salt and the Cape needs salt.” In general, Fall River has been a pleasure, Pearson said. He leases land on the 7-acre port run by McAllister Towing, a tugboat company. He said he feels at home in Fall River. “It is a great place to work,” he said. “The people are welcoming, and government officials are diligent but cooperative. I’m extremely happy here.” Rudy Creteur still enjoys skiing, which he first learned while at Tuck. In February, he enjoyed a skiing vacation in Steamboat Springs with his middle and youngest daughters. (See picture nearby.)

John Stahler ran into Dabney and Dick Schmitt unexpectedly in Washington, DC

Players in New York City, a historic mansion on Gramercy Park that Stanford White redesigned as a private club in 1888 for noted actor Edwin Booth. Bob and I are both members of the club, and I was pleased to attend. The guest of honor was accomplished novelist and screenwriter Paul Auster, who discussed his new novel, 4 3 2 1. The book is outstanding and particularly relevant to those of us who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s. Sally interviewed Auster, who shared insights into his writing techniques and background.

Rudolph Creteur skiing at Steamboat Springs, CO, with his middle and youngest daughters

In the “small world” department, Dabney & Dick Schmitt were dining with some friends at the Washington [DC] Golf and Country Club in December when they ran into John Stahler, who was in town for a memorial service for a close friend. (Picture nearby.) They were both surprised to learn that Bob Harrell was attending a wedding reception at the same club on the same night one floor above them. In March, the Schmitts spent 3 weeks in Vietnam, followed by a visit to Sri Lanka. They celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary in Colombo, Sri Lanka, enjoying excellent Sri Lankan food at the Shangri-La Hotel. (Look on the 1969 class notes pages at mytuck.dartmouth.edu to see a picture!) In March, Sally & Bob Huxley hosted a benefit fund-raising dinner for PEN America at The

Sally and Bob Huxley hosted novelist Paul Auster at a PEN America Authors Evening benefit at The Players in NYC

Paul Johnson writes, “This year has been a full one in our family: Linda and I celebrated our 40th with an extended trip in southern France and a November escape to Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands. I’m winding down business, finishing my last affordable housing project in Medford, and I’ve sworn to Linda that I will NEVER start another one. I’m starting a new chapter in life—more travel, recreation, French and piano lessons are in the cards.” He added additional information about his daughter’s recent wedding: “My eldest daughter Kate was married at the beginning of September to Jason Boynton, also a resident of the Bay Area. Jason was racing in the Masters

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CL ASS NOTES World Cycling Championships in Albi, France, at that time, so it sounded like a good idea to have a destination wedding, and it turned out to be a truly delightful and memorable occasion. Their celebration was held at the Château de Fajac la Relenque near Marquein in French Tuscany, about 50k southeast of Toulouse. Kate retired from her rowing career after the 2004 Olympics and has since been involved in marketing, first with IMG and then Visa, so the wedding included quite an eclectic gathering, including friends wearing turbans, English millinery, and top hats; six members of the Peet’s Coffee Racing team; and my midwestern relatives—all of whom partied ’til dawn. “The photo of the extended family in front of the château [see picture] includes my son Mike, who, at 29, consults for PWC in Seattle and lives with Alyssa, who we think (read hope) will be part of his future for a very long time. Then comes Jason’s mom Glenda, son Alex by his first marriage, and Jason & Kate. Next in line are me and Linda, and finally my middle daughter Haley, now studying for her physician’s assistant degree, husband Kevin, and children Madden and Spencer.”

irreconcilable differences and needs a conflict resolution coach.”Diane & Steve Roehm went to South Africa in March. They spent 2½ weeks seeing different parts of the country—Cape Town and vineyards, the southern Kalahari area, and up near Kruger National Park. Steve adds, “Bob Huxley and his wife Sally were a huge help in putting our trip together. We did a toast to Tuck while visiting the vineyards there!!” With great sadness, we inform you that our classmate Alan Webster died Saturday, May 5th, from complications following surgery in early April for esophageal cancer at Johns Hopkins Medical Center. Al was a great husband, father, lawyer, and loyal friend to all of us. He is survived by his wife Marti, a son (Jonathan) and his wife (Laura), a daughter (Sarah), and a grandson (Ethan). If any of you would like to write to Marti, her address is Ms. Marti Webster, 143 Old Schoolhouse Road, South Burlington, VT 05403. That’s all the news I have for this issue. Please send me notes about what you have been up to for inclusion in the next issue!

’70 George Fulton georgerfulton@gmail.com

Gap Kovach g.kovach.jr@gmail.com

Linda and Paul Johnson and their extended family at a French château

Paul & Linda plan on traveling in northern Italy in the fall. He concluded, “I find this the best time of life yet—watching my children grow in their careers and family while I take the pressure off, and (god willing) have the time to enjoy it all. Be sure to try to connect if you are out this way. We’d love to see you.” Al Ritter has expanded his business leadership coaching business to “address the increasing polarization in the world, both locally and globally.” He adds, “My target market is any group or organization that has seemingly 70

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Now our days are short / We’re in the autumn of our years / We think of our lives as vintage wine from fine old kegs / From the brim to the dregs / It pours sweet and pure.... Good morning all, and thanks Frank. (You remember this song, don’t you?) Hope you all enjoy the blessings of good health, extra time for some introspection, a few hours for volunteer work (it lengthens your life), and, of course, a nice 1970 Jordan Cab from Napa. Here are a few items from folks you may still remember: Mr. Tanner (Craig—my best man 47 years ago this August) claims to be semiretired from his consulting business (strategic business

planning, communications planning and research) and has parlayed that into world traveling, both via biz and fun. (Last year: Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, India, and the UAE. Canadian Rockies this summer. Hey Craig, stop in Jasper, and play their resort course—3rd best resort course in Canada. Linda and I did for our 25th. Feeling particularly impressed by the beautiful surroundings, I carded a smooth 73—a score that I haven’t been within 10 strokes of since.) CT now lives in Seattle within walking distance of Pike Place Market—after suffering through 35 years in San Diego living on a golf course—too bad Craig! Craig and Jollyne will also be celebrating their 47th this year—Nov. Daughter Natalie with husband and two grandchildren (10 and 8) live in Bend. James Dwinell is on the move again. Having had enough of the good life in Key West, James is pulling up stakes and taking the Big Tent back to Randolph, VT—just a few miles from our inn in Stowe, which we sold in Dec of 2016. Jim is still (1) skiing in Colorado, and (2) doing some political writing and consulting. Jim recently visited Bob Bonnemort and says that Bob is in good health, has 20 grandchildren (congratulations Bob!), and is living between a home in St. George, UT, and Salt Lake City. Jim reports that Bob is a man of faith and in excellent spirits. (I was unable to reach Bob by phone). Always on the move, James also recently visited with Randy Baxter, who apparently has retired from real estate development in Colorado and moved from Ft. Collins to San Diego with wife Nancy and is considering some golf—despite the hefty green fees in SD. Randy: Craig Tanner can fill you in on where to play! Good to hear from Bruce Rossiter. For those who haven’t been able to follow him: Bruce is a cofounder and CEO of HEAL. He has served on 34 boards of directors. He has been a lead hospital administrator, a corporate financial advisor for Morgan Stanley, a senior officer with two national VC funds, and a consultant with McKinsey & Company. Bruce and Dr. Eric Westman founded Heal Diabetes Clinics in 2014, dedicated to helping those with type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, and obesity find remission using a low-carbohydrate, high-fat eating protocol. The focus is on veggies (healthy carbs), protein, and fat. Bruce explains: With fat you feel satiated quickly; plain carbs converted to blood sugar just create cravings. (I think we covered that in our Production course). Bruce expects to have

10 clinics operating by the end of the quarter and 20-30 by year end—and he loves the work! Want to join up with Bruce—call him, he’d be interested. (bruce.rossiter@healthclinics.com) Gap is alive and well despite officially not working as of March 2016. Mr. Kovach said, as only Gap can: “40 years was enough!” The citrus industry has fallen on hard times—as we have reported before. Gap says production volume compared to what it was in his early days has fallen close to 75%—in many cases because of disease. Gap is still involved in board work and 501(c)3 companies; wife Karen is still involved with marketing consulting and also some board work. They have taken up permanent residence in Boca Grande, Florida, and find tons of fun with their eight grandchildren. Gap, as always, is still capable of firing friendly verbal stingers across anyone’s bow—his way of saying he loves you. Charlie Parker! Haven’t talked with Chas for...well, decades! Chas is well and basically retired (early 2000s). It seems that Charlie got his PhD in business and taught college in Northern Ariz—primarily computer courses. Somewhere he noted that the author of one of his textbooks was making $3/book, and when Charlie checked, he found that over 1m books had been sold. And, as he stated to me, “Some quick math suggested that there might be a better road than making $30k/yr teaching.” So, he wrote his own book on Understanding Computers. Yes! And now he’s writing his 16th edition of this book. Thus he retired. But not from writing. He’s a trivia expert—especially about college basketball. He and a good friend wrote a book that described 40 of the best teams of all time. He tried to get it published to no avail. So he talked with the Dick Vitale’s agent. Thus the book was renamed Dickie V’s Top 40: All Everything Teams, with Dickie V’s picture on the cover, and of course it WAS PUBLISHED! (We covered that borrowed equity idea in Fred’s marketing course, didn’t we?) Charlie never married and is now in Santa Fe. Fun visiting with Charlie. Charlie stays in touch with (1) Frank McCarthy and Sam Swisher—who seem to be fine despite the fact that the two of them recently drove thousands of miles from Canada to Florida together; and (2) John Strasenburgh, who now lives in Alaska—north of Anchorage with his family (where it gets Alaskan cold). John and his wife love the outdoors (what else is there?) and, you’ll love this—guess what their most favorite pastime is?? Sled-dog racing! This is actually a very fun sport—as we learned when we were in

Vermont. The dogs actually love running; can’t wait to get started on the trail. Mad Dog Seigel. Richie retired in 1997. What a story. Right out of Tuck Richie wanted to be in CA (not fond of NH cold) and took a job with Pac Telephone (lineman—Richie being good at one-liners—apparently not a lot of MBA jobs in CA in 1970). While there he got a call from his boss at Continental Coffee, for whom he worked during the summer between Tuck years 1 & 2. Rich moved immediately and started as a marketing guy but within 11 years was the CEO of CFS Continental. His boss was concerned that as Continental Coffee began to execute their growth strategy of acquiring small food manufacturers, he would need more talent to make these acquired companies perform better. Rich made the move, and CC became the second-largest food service company in the U.S., behind SYSCO. Rich took over one of the small food companies—turned it around and then keep moving up in the company. Once CEO he stayed on for a number of years—always on the West Coast—but when he was 47 found he had prostate cancer. Not good. He got excellent treatment at UCLA’s cancer center and now is OK. Richie, being Richie, decided to become the board chair of that cancer center. So rather than continuing to carry trunks of cash to the bank each week as CEO, he retired. When he was at the Tuck 25th reunion, he was with Carrie—his fiancée. Carrie apparently was impressed with Tuck, relented, and married our Mad Dog! They now are supremely happy, play golf, and have a daughter. Tomorrow they will celebrate the first birthday of their first granddaughter. Golf: Rich says he’s a 10.6 but claims Carrie is better. Such a treat to talk with Mad Dog, who now lives in La Quinta, CA! Jim Fish is also winding down. Jim having built a formidable list of clients throughout his years as an investment/stock advisor, began the process of bringing on a partner last July, and will continue working with her until July 2018, when she will assume ownership of Jim’s business. Jim and wife Annie will remain in the Sacramento area, and James will show up a few days a week to meet with a few clients and provide support, perhaps for the next couple of years. Jim has done some board work, has been actively involved in his church, and is now beginning to be involved with the Young Life group in Sacramento. Son James is in NYC and for several years has done a ton of traveling for a private equity fund and loves it. Annie has been involved with a healing prayer ministry for the

past six years and reports that this process has produced results that are definitely in the “Wow” category. A blessing for all concerned. Jim, now uncoupled from the investment business, will return to his back 40 to put some serious time in on his neglected rows of grapes and his basement wine-processing system. Watch out, Chateau Montelena! Morgan Nields is still working in the medical arena. Morgan says: “I’m still engaged with some start-up medical ventures that keep me focused on how fast technology is changing in the medical landscape as in all businesses. Who would have foreseen some of the amazing business successes as we’ve seen in the last 10 years or so?” Morgan and wife Belinda are splitting time between Vail and Key Largo skiing and biking and trying to keep playing tennis. Morgan says: “In spite of 7 knee surgeries, I am lucky I can still run after a tennis ball (that’s the running part—actually hitting the ball is another matter!).” From Columbus, the heart of John Kasich country, Doug Smith notes that he continues on the trail of finding ways to help others see their life more clearly and find new paths of promise and faith. Recently Doug finished leading “Encore: Flourishing in the Second Half of Life,” a one-week program at a Canyon Ranch. Doug also just started a new business—Positive Foundry—with two other folks whose mission is bringing the insights of the emerging science of positive psychology to corporations. The theme of Positive Foundry is “When Individuals Flourish, Organizations Flourish.” (https://www.positivefoundry. com) If you have lost track of Doug since Tuck graduation: he has served as CEO of three separate food companies (Kraft Canada, Borden Foods, and Best Brands Corporation). He is an adjunct professor at DePauw University, where he teaches a course on the science and skills of happiness. He is the author of Happiness: The Art of Living with Peace, Confidence and Joy and has a BA and honorary doctorate from DePauw University. Doug and Phyllis are very happy and have been in Columbus for some time. Their youngest son lives in Philly with wife Nicole and baby girl Elaine—8 months old. Doug is leaving today for Boca Grande to hook up with Gap, who may have a couple of one-liners about living with Peace, Confidence and Joy. God bless them both! Aye, these have been very good years. — Blessings, George. SUMMER 2018

CL ASS NOTES near-Olympic-size swimming pool—a safe and comfortable place to enjoy some quiet and long walks and bike rides.

’71 Caleb Loring cloringiii@1911trust.com

Thanks to the few of you who sent me news for this issue. In reading these updates from classmates, I am struck by how many of us remain pretty active professionally, as volunteers, in outdoor/indoor activities, and/ or with family, etc. in spite of “retirement” age. Those of us who are active are fortunate in many cases to be in such a position. So, on with the news.

Gordon and Catherine, Bald Head Island, NC, summer 2017

A.T. has substantially reduced his commitments and activities postretirement, focusing now on directorships in a few nonprofits and one for-profit as follows:

Gordon Taylor left his 33-year career in finance and investment banking for higher education, working first at Dartmouth as associate dean & executive officer, then as an associate dean for finance & administration at the University of Oregon, and, since the middle of 2016, as executive dean at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University in Washington, DC. He likes being engaged with the world, and has no intention of retiring anytime soon. Outside of work, he currently serves as a director of 13th Avenue Funding, a nonprofit that champions income-based college-tuition financing programs. So far, 13th Avenue has worked with several institutions, including Purdue; Harvard Business School has written two case studies on the program. In addition, between Dartmouth and Oregon, Gordon spent a year as executive director of the Farms for City Kids Foundation, hosting living and learning programs for 800 inner-city children on a 1,000-acre Vermont dairy farm in the summer, milking cows and making worldprize–winning cheese. On the personal side, he has been happily married to his wife Catherine ever since meeting on a ski lift in Vermont in 1997 and marrying in 2000. Their family includes his two daughters, Jennifer and Connie, and her three sons, Tim, Henry, and Brooks. So far there are five grandchildren, all of whom are loved enormously. As empty nesters, they live with their dogs, Buster and Sam, in Alexandria, Virginia. Catherine works

They completed their lakefront home in 2006 after deciding to be near grandchildren (should sound familiar to some of us) versus other global choices. Their son and his wife, along with five grandchildren, live a little less than two hours away in Maryland. This offers the opportunity to visit as often as schedules allow. Their daughter and her husband, with a 21-month-year-old, live in a more distant Tulsa, OK. Again, visits occur in Spotsylvania several times a year. Above all A.T. and P.T. are thankful for God’s gracious hand in their lives and for His so many blessings.

Happy pupil Gordon, Skip Barber Racing School, Road Atlanta, GA, October 2016

part-time as a nurse. Lately they have been traveling more, most recently to Europe to rekindle Gordon’s interest in automobile endurance racing and rethinking what their next steps in life might be and where. What he feels most is gratitude for a very diverse—all unplanned—set of life experiences made much richer by the ability to explore them to the fullest that he learned at Tuck. A couple of great pictures were forwarded, which hopefully make it into this issue. Another very busy and engaged classmate (no surprise here) is A.T. Tshibaka, who started off his email with a “you asked for it,” so here it is. After wishing me and my family well, he reported that he and Priscilla (P.T.) continue to live in Spotsylvania, VA, in a very nice gated community boasting an 18-hole Arnold Palmer–designed golf course (A.T. does not play golf), 12 tennis courts, and one

– Eleazar Wheelock Society (EWS): a studentled Christian organization whose mission is about integrating faith, reason, and vocation. This gives him a chance to visit Hanover several times a year. He will be back there (April 19-21) this year for the annual Conference on April 21, usually attended by circa 300 students, alumni, members of the Dartmouth faculty and administration, as well as the Hanover community. – Africa New Day (educating, training, and equipping men, women, and youth in DR Congo). Africa New Day (AND) works through a local organization based out of Goma in eastern Congo. Due to the wars and rebellions that saw more than five million dead between 1998 and 2003 and the continuing suffering being experienced by the local populations in eastern Congo, Priscilla and A.T. were moved to get involved with AND–Un Jour Nouveau since 2005. They are encouraged by the results and impact on the ground of the missionary couple who founded and are leading Un Jour Nouveau, Camille and Esther Ntoto, and the team of colaborers who are with them. With very little resources, they are achieving much. – Opportunity International (supporting people’s efforts to lift themselves out of poverty with microfinance products such as loans, savings accounts, training, and insurance

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policies tailored like to the needs of the poor). A.T. served on the U.S. and global boards of Opportunity International (OI) for six years starting in 2008, with one of these years involving the added role of president and CEO (pro bono) while OI was looking for a more permanent executive. This has been another of the most satisfying personal experiences following retirement, especially when going on sight trips to see the impact of OI’s work in Africa, Asia, and Central and Latin America. Today, A.T. continues to serve on OI’s global advisory board and, along with Priscilla on the board of governors, advocating for poverty alleviation whenever possible and supporting OI as well as other organizations in a small way (VisionFund/World Vision, FINCA). – Ecobank Transnational Inc. As of June 2017, A.T. completed a three-year contractual arrangement as nominee director of the International Finance Corporation, chairing the risk committee of the board and serving on the group’s audit committee, as well as its social, ethics, and reputation committee. Prior to this service he was on the boards of Citibank entities in Cameroon and DR Congo. Today he serves only on the board of Citibank Kazakhstan. He also has led the effort in opening and developing Citibank entities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and still feels drawn to contributing whenever possible, working with younger executives, learning, and contributing from his own banking experience—it’s another way to give back. Last summer A.T. and P.T. were thrilled to join a minireunion arranged by Alan and Amy Stedman at their Ocean City seashore house. They enjoyed their hospitality along with the Viards, Simpsons, McGuckians, and Jean Rozwadowski (Ana was unable to join due to prior commitments in Brazil). All in all, a memorable experience. Following that reunion, they joined another minireunion in Nairobi, Kenya, of exCitibankers who had worked together in the Middle East–Africa Division. This was a great opportunity to reconnect with friends and colleagues not seen for a long time, including Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who was just weeks away from stepping down as president of the Republic of Liberia after two exemplary terms of leadership, especially for the African continent! The transfer of power was subsequently smoothly executed, something all should be proud of.

A.T. sent this lengthy report to catch us all up since his last writing. Certainly a picture of continuing engagement even in retirement! His contact information: email kaditatshibakaD70@gmail.com and cell 1-540-958-9190. He would love to reconnect at any time. Grey Emmons, our indefatigable class agent (yes, do support TAG!), like a number of us is still not fully retired. People still call to ask if he can do a small- or medium-size project (e.g., a basement remodel or bathroom renovation). Gone are the days when he would bulldoze down a house and build a new one. That being said, he still finds the lumber and compressor get heavier and heavier with each job; four 2x4s are as much of a burden as carrying 6 or 8 in the past. Still, he feels just as strong as he did 20 years ago. Lurie and he are not traveling much these days, other than back and forth to their place in North Naples. About 28 years ago they built a 3,800 square foot addition onto their house for Lurie’s parents to move into and enjoy. Lurie’s father passed away in 2002 at the age of 101. Her mother is now 103 and has vascular dementia. Lurie is basically her caregiver, and Grey is the support staff. If and when Lurie’s mother passes away, they hope to downsize and have a home in the DC area, where their children live, and go between there and Naples. But since they are all on God’s time, there are no firm plans or schedules. Given everything, he has picked up the golf clubs after a 35-year hiatus, and the 42-foot sail boat is up for sale because of not being able to really carve out the time to use it. His golf game stinks, but he does enjoy it. I will try to connect with them in Naples because we are on Marco until the middle of April, avoiding the N.E. winter. Interesting report from Jim Rapport, who, with wife Millie, recently relocated to Boston after 40 years in Ridgewood, NJ. They first met years ago in Boston and are delighted to be living in the Back Bay area. They describe the Boston sports fans as genuinely insane, but they remain firm, staunch Yankee fans. Maintaining their roots, they still get the NY Times and New Yorker, so things are still good. Biggest decision of the day is where to have morning coffee. Likes being closer to Tuck and skiing. The Loring family is well with the six grandchildren ages 17 to 5 moving through the education pipeline, six young ladies and

a 5-year-old male caboose who lives next door with his two older sisters (ages 17 and 13)—my daughter Caitlyn’s family. He has figured numerous ways to get into our house and raid my ginger-cookie stash. As many of you know, we have a practice of traveling with each grandchild out west (Flagstaff area) when they are 12 or 13 to see a different part of our country; Bonny has this route well worked out, having done this already with the first two granddaughters—rodeos, the Grand Canyon, a meteor crater, lava fields, Indian cliff dwellings and pueblos, etc.; want any tips, drop us an email. We try to follow that up at a later age with each grandchild with a trip to Europe. So this June we are off to the West with my son and his oldest child Blair; he asked to come along, which is not our usual practice, but we made an exception. So in my retirement, keeping up with my son’s and daughter’s families is a priority before the grandchildren grow away from us. I am still pretty active professionally, serving on two corporate boards related to Fidelity Investments, as managing trustee on a large Boston-based charitable foundation (review over 160 grant requests a year related to medical research, historic preservation, affordable housing, etc. in MA), and two family trust/corporate entities outside my own family office, from which I am still moving toward retirement. Still have a desk at the family office (The 1911 Trust Company) but really have only a few of the more challenging family members as my charge, plus I have a lot of the history, having worked with these relatives over 35 years. I am on the 1911 Trust Investment Committee (but not the board) and a trustee on a handful of trust, but am not the primary contact for the same. Still settling two estates. Nonprofit commitments still include The Salvation Army—local advisory and MA advisory boards—great windows on local challenges, including hunger, housing, and homelessness. Also assisted in local capital campaigns to support the resurrection of a downtown Beverly cinema (The Cabot) and the expansion of a local YMCA, both multimilliondollar projects. Maintain roles on local investment and planned giving committees. Also, continue on the board of GordonConwell Theological Seminary as chair of the audit and planned giving committees and a member of the investment committee. Bonny is very supportive of me in all of this, particularly chasing the grandchildren. She

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CL ASS NOTES owns eight weeks of time share in the same unit on Marco Island, Florida, and has repeatedly come here (where we are now) for over 30 years to escape the N.E. winters. She has also accumulated other time-share weeks in the same complex to accommodate spring vacation schedules of children and grandchildren. Our daughter, son-in-law, and two of their three children (17-year-old had to return to school earlier) just departed after an active week of swimming, sailing, and just enjoying the beach. Our son’s family shows up in another week, so a brief respite for us both. Bonny has joined the board of a global peace movement, Global Unites, based in Sri Lanka and founded a number of years ago by a Gordon College graduate, a college from which she graduated later in life and where she has served as a trustee for well over 20 years. Watching her organize the local support base for the Global Unites founder’s upcoming visit in June is a wonder and a marvel—I am glad she is on that team as well as mine. So, best wishes to you all. Thanks to those who dropped me email updates, and I encourage you all to do the same on future rounds. Thanks for the reports of minireunions, and pictures are always welcome. Those of us fortunate to have made it this far in life are each in unique and different chapters, which I hope we can share as willing with one another through this newsletter. Certainly my education at Tuck took this history major, CIA undercover employee into a world of business and finance that was somewhat possible but certainly not anticipated directionally. Eventually ending in the same town (Prides Crossing) I grew up in and ultimately going to work for my family (after 10 years as a commercial lending officer at Bank of Boston) has given me unique opportunities to serve others in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. The Tuck education was certainly brought to bear in all these opportunities, enhanced by the Bank of Boston experience/training— something I will always be thankful for. I hope you all feel the same! Let’s count and be aware of our many blessings. Finally, give to TAG. It’s participation that counts (not amounts given) and is a tangible witness of gratitude for the education we all received. —Caleb

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’72 John South johnsouth@mac.com

Here are the updates received for this edition of Tuck Today. I continue to hope to hear from more classmates and to catch up on your “doings.” Doug Morton writes: “I am happy to announce that I have retired from the Bobrick Corporation effective May 1st—which coincidentally was my 25th anniversary with the company. Paige-Elizabeth and I—along with our kids John (13) and Lily (11)—are in the midst of relocating to Sevierville, Tennessee. We have enjoyed the Los Angeles area, but in today’s climate we simply can’t risk retiring there. I will continue to do a bit of consulting while Paige manages some commercial real estate investments in the Gatlinburg-Sevierville area.

“Maine’s Mount Desert Island has been home ever since Tuck. Some classmates knew Judy well, who sadly passed away only a few years after Tuck. For many years I have been married to Dianna Kilby. I am blessed with three fine adult children and five grandsons. We sail, hike, cross-country ski, row, and stand-up paddleboard every minute possible, trying to stay as active as we can. We are lucky to live right next to Acadia National Park and enjoy this spectacular locale. “All the best to you and every other classmate.”

Ben Emory

Doug Morton

Ben Emory checked in with some exciting news—he writes, “I have long been out of contact with Tuck and classmates, but the publication of my new book seems a good time to reconnect. Seapoint Books will publish in early May Sailor for the Wild: On Maine, Conservation and Boats. All the years since Tuck I have been engaged in land conservation, both professionally and as a volunteer, primarily in Maine but also for a time on the national scene. I have continued to spend a great deal of time afloat pursuing my passion for boats and the sea. My book ties these threads together, hopefully in a way that readers will find informative, entertaining, and inspiring.

Bill Jaffe in Las Vegas

Bill Jaffe sent a photo from his recent trip to Vegas to celebrate the Year of the Dog. Looking good, Bill!! Bill Moyes wrote to tell of an honor he received in November. He was listed by

Radio Ink among the 25 people who have made the biggest impact on the radio industry over the past 25 years. The article cites the Transtar Radio Network (which he and classmate Terry Robinson founded) that served over 1,000 radio stations, the ownership of 35 radio stations, and also the introduction of perceptual audience research by The Research Group, which he founded. The Radio Ink article can be found at https://radioink.com/2017/11/28/ made-biggest-impact-radio-past-25-years/.

Bill Moyes

Glenn Mehltretter and I had a nice conversation recently. He is in the process of turning his business, PeopleFit®, over to his daughter, Heidi, who has worked with him for years, and Glenn III, who will head up sales and marketing for the organization. Glenn founded the business in 1981. He has become one of the world’s experts in Requisite Organization and Stratified Systems Theory. The tools he developed around Requisite theory help CEOs apply its principles, greatly facilitating the advancement of their strategic goals.

Glenn Mehltretter, at left

Glenn and Betsy-Jo make their home in Raleigh, NC. Outdoor lovers, Glenn enjoys the bike trails and Betsy-Jo does extensive gardening. They are also active in their church, Catch the Fire, and are on the board of Stand Out Ministries, a group active in the jungles of Brazil. They are proud grandparents to six grandkids, who, not surprisingly, are growing up much too fast.

and project managers in North and South Carolina (I reinvented myself from innkeeper to commercial real estate investor after selling the Highlander complex in 2010). Next, Joan and I are going to Italy for the month of May. We will be part of a Road Scholar (formerly Elderhostel) tour in Rome, Florence, and Venice, covering about 13 days. Should be a fun jaunt.

Jeff Rosen checked in with some updates from San Diego! “After years and years and years of total failure, I had my first hole-in-one. Uphill 160 yards over a ravine to a ‘tucked’ pin. One less item on my bucket list! But Pete Hoffman will only remember how I always chunked my tee-ball on the short 4th hole at Hanover CC.” (Thanks, Jeff. It is great to have a golf story to prove that mine was not an idle threat!)

“We will then return to New Boston, New Hampshire, for the summer months (my contacts confirm that all the snow will be gone by June 1st, and I am holding them to that promise).” Peter promises to share some photos of the travel in a future Tuck Today.

Jeff is very active in real estate development and real estate investment funds. “We recently purchased a prime waterfront property along Cannery Row on Monterey Bay that is approved for condominiums, restaurant/retail space, and a public parking structure. And in April we are launching a national value-add multifamily acquisition/repositioning investment fund. We will be launching an Opportunity Fund later in the year.

Nitzi Rabin chimed in: “This will be season 42 for my wife and me as the force behind Chillingsworth Restaurant in Brewster on Cape Cod. Seasonally operated from early May through the Thanksgiving weekend. The focus includes elegant fine dining in the antiquesappointed sea captain’s home dating from 1689 (served from the original kitchen installed in 1952), as well as the newer Chill’s Bistro: casual à la carte dining in a greenhouse setting with a casual bar/lounge, as well as al fresco dining in the summer and a small plates menu at the bar (served from a second newer kitchen).

“Perhaps others of our classmates would like to learn more about our activities in financial literacy for youngsters from 12-20. We have some keen momentum going into 2018 and some exciting ideas about expanding the program into future years.

“Chillingsworth has been one of the most highly regarded restaurants on the Cape and has often been included in the same rating in New England for many years. Currently the more casual bistro is most popular with new dining trends. We’d love to entertain Tuck and Dartmouth guests any time! The property also includes three inn guest rooms upstairs in the ‘Old House.’ Here’s a random photo of me sitting at the corner of the bar with a few friends and Pat (she’s the lady to my left in the white shirt). If there’s any space, we’d be happy to offer a deal for Tuck/ Dartmouth visitors. Say 25% off à la carte dining at the bistro (can’t include alcoholic beverages in any deal; it’s illegal in MA).” (Look on the 1972 class notes pages at mytuck.dartmouth.edu for some great photos!)

“Joan and I are now in Venice, Florida, where I have been wintering these past 11 years (and what a relief not to still be shoveling snow in New Hampshire; they have had quite a winter). We are headed to Costa Rica with my daughter, Paige, and her family on 23 March for about 10 days. You see, sometimes, Florida is just not hot enough!!! We will then be on a road trip to see my investment properties

Many T’72 classmates will remember Professor John Bassler, who taught the introductory Quantitative Analysis course during our first year. I got a call from him after his visit to Hanover for Dean John Hennessey’s memorial. We had a nice conversation, exchanging tales about both our trajectories since our days on the Hanover plain. His includes a number of teaching positions, ranging from Yale to

“Son Jeremy (who was born at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital while we were at Tuck) is a noted appellate lawyer and potential judgeship nominee.” Peter Morgan writes: “It was great to see everyone again last October at our 45th Reunion. A fun and exciting time back in Hanover and very satisfying to introduce my new partner, Joan Bechtel, to our returning classmates.

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CL ASS NOTES Southern Methodist University. John and his wife are now based in the Hudson Valley (Saugerties, NY), where they are supporting their nearby daughter and special-needs grandson. John keep his hand in the academy, volunteering to teach statistics in local adultlearning programs. As for me, I continue to be a hyperactive traveler and volunteer, though this year all travels will be domestic. From Seattle to south Florida, and many points in between. I am learning the ropes in the publishing business, as the volunteer who manages the process and layout for our residents’ newsletter. I am enjoying the role as a financial mentor to two students participating in Peter Morgan’s program, described above. I am continuing rating golf courses for the USGA and organizing a reunion for my Rio de Janeiro high school. And, can you believe it, acting as the resident “expert” on Apple devices because even my rudimentary skills exceed those of our aging fellow retirement-community residents (in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king!). Looking forward to hearing from more classmates for the winter edition!

Pat also tells me that he heard from Ev Schenk, who is building a new house. Pat also let me have Jim Kavney’s contact info and noted that Jim’s new winter home is in Florida. Come on Jim, update needed!! Don Wilson is on the move. After many years in Greenwich, Connecticut, Don is now a permanent resident of beautiful Vero Beach, Florida—another escapee from the ravages of the winters in the Northeast and the high taxes!! Don has just published his seventh limited edition golf book, Selections from an Edwardian Golf Library, 1900–1914. Ever ambitious, Don plans to publish three additional limited-edition golf publications later this year. Great work, Don.

out there should watch out for these intrepid roadsters. Cliff and Anette visited Dick a couple of summers ago, and Anette fell in love with Missy’s 560SL and demanded that Cliff buy her one. Sooo Cliff blames it all on Dick. Hope to see the 560SLs at the reunion. Leo Welsh loves to see Austin showing up on all the lists of best places to live and work in the U.S. All this attention is great for the Austin (and Leo’s) real estate business, which is booming. Leo keeps busy with the real estate business. In his “spare” time he is getting ready for his volunteer job as division chair of on-course services for the Dell Technologies Match Play golf tournament that runs from March 21 to 25 at the Austin Country Club. The top 64 golfers in the world will be competing. Leo leads an organization of about 500 volunteers who handle marshaling, player shuttles, player evacuation, practice areas, and on-course shuttles. Lots of fun and long hours to raise money for five local charities. With a bit of luck, you may even see our telegenic Leo on TV. Just in case you miss it, nearby is a photograph from the end of last year’s event, won by Dustin Johnson.

Don notes that their youngest child, Robert, is planning to attend the Tuck Business Bridge Program this coming June-July, shortly after graduating from Indiana University.

’73 Barry Hotchkies bhotchkies@aol.com

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Hi to all T’73s, and thanks for the letters, emails and calls—lots of news. In summary, there are a few more retirements and a few moves. Glad to hear all is well out there. As seems to be usual, I am writing this on a trip. We are in the UK for two weeks with my wife, Eleanor, visiting her sister in Battle, Sussex, and me up in York visiting my brother. Then 5 days in Newquay, Cornwall, for some Scottish dancing and sightseeing. For all you Brit TV fans, we visited the Doc Martin village (Port Isaac) and various Poldark sights—lovely scenery and great pubs. Weather is typically Cornish for late March!! 76

Had a nice update from Pat Morgan in Georgia, who notes that his sons have been painfully slow about getting married. Younger son Mike is engaged and has been for a long time but still no wedding date set. There is talk of late summer or fall—Pat, you will be the last to know!! Nothing on the horizon that Pat knows of for older son Casey. Casey and Pat work together (which is a blessing and a challenge) at First Street Builders. Mostly it’s good, says Pat, and gives him a reason to keep on keeping on.

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“No real news from me,” writes Dick Curran. “I am continuing to work at least full-time. I’ve stepped back from being president of Spinnaker Trust but remain chair.” Dick notes that Ralph Harding retired from Spinnaker a couple of years ago but he and Ralph see each other fairly regularly. Dick and his wife, Missy, plan to join Cliff Lewis and his wife, Anette, for an old car tour in New Hampshire and Vermont before the class reunion. Dick confirms my not-so-good memory that Cliff participated in the London to Brighton Classic a few years back with Noreen Doyle. Cliff wore a classic outfit—and drove his 1903 Curved Dash Olds. Dick notes that both Missy and Anette own Mercedes-Benz 560SLs from the mid to late ’80s. Those are the iconic roadsters that Mercedes-Benz made for almost two decades. Both families will be taking their respective 560SLs on the old car tour—so any Tuckies

Dustin Johnson, winner of the Dell Technologies Match Play tournament (for which Leo Welsh volunteers as a division chair!)

Leo also notes that Jack Tankersley T’74 is the chairman of one of his friend’s companies, Sherpa Broadband, in Austin.  Janet Wadsworth Ganson finally joined the grandparent club, with a Christmas grandson living in the next town—born to youngest son, Jay. Janet expects more involvement as awakebut-not feeding time grows beyond a couple of hours. She notes that she is finally seeing more of her 38-year-old son, Adam, who is a chef in Cambridge, MA, but not too much with his 5 p.m.–2 a.m. regular work schedule. He moved home last fall when his base rent rose from $800/month to $2,400, before utilities,

etc.—all due to the housing shortage caused by the Cambridge area’s booming high-tech and biotech growth. Wow, worse than rents in San Francisco!! Active involvement in plant conservation with several nonprofits has been Janet’s passion since retirement from salaried jobs—the last 13 years of which were as nonprofit CFOs. Janet finds relaxation in puttering around in the garden and a town park. The Ganson family photo business of 39 years has closed, although Janet’s responsibilities were limited to the accounting for the last 26 years. It was husband John’s occupation, and recently their daughterin-law was involved in its Internet marketing. Janet is proud of the company’s reputation and transformation from film to digital photo media but glad its issues will no longer be part of family dinnertime conversations. Janet and John continue to spend a lot of time in the Hanover area at their Hartland, Vermont, farm, which is two exits south of Hanover on I-91—perfect for the reunion. Janet hopes to see all you T’73s there. “I dropped my work schedule down to three days a week for a year, and then I fully retired last June. I am now truly a man of leisure. My wife and I are still adjusting to this new schedule, but so far so good,” writes Reed Lowry. “Who is retired?” Question posed by our hardworking Frank Pusateri, who started a new business, CTA Expo/Emerging Manager Forum, eleven years ago to stay busy and is still running it. The company runs conferences for financial professionals in the alternative investment arena. Like many T’73s, Frank travels a lot—too much, claims wife of 46 years Rosemary, who says they traveled between 110 and 120 days last year. Frank and Rosemary just spent three and one half weeks in the Cook Islands (prize to those who know where the Cook Islands are). Last summer they went to Zermatt, Switzerland, and hiked for eight days. Frank has two wonderful grandchildren: Quinn (a girl), who is six going on eleven, and Greyson, who is three going on three. “2018 is my last year at Haartz,” writes Charlie Quimby, who is CFO at Haartz. Charlie and his wife, Nancy, are transitioning to winters in La Quinta, California. They are in love with La Quinta (what is not to love—it is California!)

and it is also a big attraction to their kids and grandies. Golf is probably much better there than in the Northeast in January, Charlie!! Harry Pfohl is spending a lot of time on behalf of Roger Berliner D’73, past Montgomery County Council president now running for county executive–Montgomery County, Maryland. Harry is very supportive of Roger, who is running for a large job with a $5.5 billion budget and one million population in the county. It is apparently a huge year for local politics in Montgomery County (to say nothing of national and international politics!). Term limits are newly imposed in the county, and many offices are up for election with a veritable mob of candidates. Harry is learning a lot about how the local political system works— write a book, Harry, when it is all over. News from Andy Baxter, who is another traveling T’73. Andy is just back from a trip and comments, “Hard to believe that we have seen 45 years go by since Hanover. Most of our lives for most of us”—good point, Andy. So much has happened in Andy’s life that it doesn’t share well without something to wash it down, says Andy. The past 10-15 years have all been about not-for-profit work for Andy, with a couple of big meaningful commitments. In addition, the usual museum and trust/local organizations that seem to need attention to one degree or another. Andy notes a few noncritical health issues, a lot of fly fishing trips, and as much time with close friends as possible. From Andy: “One thing is clear at this stage—if we want to re-une, we shouldn’t miss a big one— it’s getting riskier in the actuarial table, so I will be there for sure. And looking forward to seeing so many classmates whom I have not seen in years and years. Really look forward to seeing everybody and I hope we have a great turnout !!” We all second that, Andy. I reached out to Jack Garand to make sure he was doing well with the awful fires in the Santa Barbara area last year, only to find out that Jack had sold out in Santa Barbara and moved to Maui. “Perfect weather and no fires!” notes Jack. Got to agree Jack—love Maui. It is always nice to report on the award of the Class of 1973 Memorial Scholarship. This year, the scholarship was awarded to Simon Paulin T’18, who is from Heidelberg, Germany, and has spent time in various international environments while growing up in Africa.

From Simon: “I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support of the Class of 1973 Memorial Fund Scholarship. Your support is amazing, and for that I cannot thank you enough! The passion of those in the greater Tuck community, such as yourselves, to give back was a big driver of why I came to Tuck.” Simon graduated from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, with a bachelor of arts, majoring in biology. He is currently in Boston pursuing a concurrent master’s in public administration at the Harvard Kennedy School and looks forward to a career in consulting to gain a stronger overview of, and to make a meaningful contribution to, the US health care industry. No news from John Berger, but John apparently continues his race-car driver aspirations. Seehttps://www.scda1.com/john-rberger/. Very impressive, John. To fund the race cars, John continues as chairman of the board at StockShield. Jan Opsahl is a difficult T’73 to connect with, but luckily I found some info on the web. Jan is still living in Lugano, Switzerland, and active with TASIS, The American School In Switzerland, from where Jan graduated in 1968. He recently sponsored a new program (Global Service Learning) there. “This would be a program to set TASIS apart,” Jan says, “where all students get to experience something life-changing, at the same time helping others.” Jan’s bio is at https://tasis. ch/page.cfm?p=1549&newsid=780&nm_ keywords=jan%20 opsahl&ncat=13. On the home front, all is well chez Hotchkies. Traveling is, as always, an almost full-time passion. Nearby are two pics from Cornwall— Port Isaac, the home of Doc Martin, and Port Gaverne on one our few sunny days. I am still running but have downsized from marathons to half-marathons and trail runs. Eleanor continues volunteer activities and her Scottish country dancing with a demonstration group—I also dance but not at those lofty heights (blame that on two left feet). Our son, Blair Hotchkies T’06, continues at Amazon and has three sons—all getting older and wiser. Our daughter Lindsey has just returned to Apple after her maternity leave and has two daughters.

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Barry and Eleanor at the Doc Martin house

Barry at the Port Gaverne Hotel

Take this as an early plug, but I believe that we have a big reunion coming up in 2018—45 years already—so hopefully we will see everyone back in Hanover. Best wishes to all. Please keep the calls, postcards, photographs and emails coming. — Barry Hotchkies T’73

at the Harvard Club of NYC. Joining Brian and Steve were Bill Bohrer, Noreen Doyle, Danny Eng, Rick Goldberg, HJ Markley, Pat Martin, T’75 John Murphy, Brad Stirn, Jack Tankersley, and Stuart Pinski. It was great to see so many “out of towners” make the effort to join the festivities! Brian kicked off the event with an emotional, heartfelt toast remembering our friend and classmate, Pinhead. Among the news shared over lunch...Ducky has sold her home in London and is returning to live full time in the States, starting in June. Danny Eng announced his retirement; no more jetting to and from Singapore to lunch with us. Jim Spanos could not join us but sent regards as he recovers from some health issues. Good to hear he is on the mend! Bill Bohrer is now living in Boise and still criss-crossing the western US, managing his commercial-flooring business. Sandy and Pat Martin (finally) completed renovations on their winter home at Seminole, which has also become the winter HQ of Martin Investments. There is the added benefit of being close to their 4 grandchildren, all living in the North Palm Beach/Jupiter area. Pat was an early registrant for Barron’s March Investors Conference in Orlando and was lobbying Bates to join him there. Bohrer, Tank (accompanied by his wife Jennifer), and Brad extended their stays in New York following lunch and dined at the Palm Too under Mike Lorig’s portrait. There should be a photo nearby. After Christmas in NYC, Tank and Jennifer headed to Paris in April to celebrate their birthdays. I think there is an appropriate song title in there somewhere....

’74 Paul Stupinski pstupinski@aol.com

Hi everyone! Hope you enjoyed the last issue of class notes! Great that so many of you sent in news—thanks! Kudos to Steve Bates and Brian Landry for organizing another memorable holiday lunch

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Bill Bohrer, Brad Stirn, and Jack Tankersley enjoying dinner at the Palm Too in NYC, beneath Mike Lorig’s portrait

SAVE THE DATE! Over dessert, it was decided that the 2018 lunch will be held on 12/13, at a NYC location TBD. Now that you have this much advance notice, plan your schedule accordingly—why not join us for

this great event to catch up with classmates AND take in the Big Apple in all of its holiday finery! Email Brian at bflandry86@gmail. com, and he’ll send you all of the details closer to the date. Another holiday tradition was dinner in Providence, where Diane and Todd Keiller, Mary and Dave Potter, Kathy and Bob Twomey, and Angie and I dined at Mill’s Tavern. Most of the conversation around the table centered on wedding planning, as the Twomeys and Keillers were both in the midst of preparing for their daughters’ upcoming nuptials. Congratulations to Steve Graves, who was elected to the National Academy of Engineering and formally inducted at a ceremony in Washington, DC, in September. Steve was recognized for his accomplishments in the modeling and analysis of manufacturing and supply chain systems. Fellow inductees in his class included Mary Barra, chairman and CEO of General Motors, and Jeff Bezos, president, chairman, and CEO of Amazon, so he is in pretty elite company! Steve is the Abraham J. Siegel Professor of Management at MIT. Congratulations too to John Bello, who just received a renewed appointment to the Tufts University Board of Trustees. He joins T’80 Peter Dolan, who is chairman of the board of trustees at Tufts. Bello and Nancy recently celebrated Nancy’s xxth birthday with a trip to New Zealand, where they took in the sights on both the North and South Islands and learned the Māori haka dance. Rugby enthusiasts will recognize the haka as the All Blacks’ traditional pregame ritual, meant to energize the team and intimidate opponents. Bello was so impressed that he now uses it to open every meeting he holds at Reed’s beverages, where he serves as chairman and daughter Lindsay (T’07) is VP marketing. Bello also wrote something about “bunny jumping” while in NZ, but I suspect the autocorrect on his computer kicked in and he really meant “bungee jumping.” Maureen and Bob Buhrmaster took a break from golf to check in and say hi. When not on the links, Bob is logging lots of hours piloting his Citation V. You may remember from the last column that Twig MacArthur was suffering from a balky knee and debating replacement surgery. Twig opted instead to have the knee “scoped” while he waits for science to come up with a bionic solution for bad knees that lasts indefinitely and requires no rehab.

Nancy and John Bello about to take off in a helicopter to try bungee jumping in New Zealand

Great to hear from T’74 Poet Laureate Nick North! Nick recently celebrated his 70th birthday and takes great delight when people pick him as no more than 60! He credits that to a rigorous workout regimen that includes hand splitting his own firewood (does that mean he doesn’t use an ax??). Semiretired from the real estate business, Nick now stays active with volunteer work, community theater, and travel. To wit, he is a direct care volunteer at Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, a lay minister with the United Church of Christ, and teaches GED prep. This spring, Nick appeared as “Charley” in a local production of Death of a Salesman. He and his son Keeler recently traveled to Morocco and Ecuador, and he and Susan are planning a trip this summer to visit their two grandchildren (10 and 8) in upstate New York. From there, it’s off to Quebec. Nick closed his update by sending greetings and best wishes to all ’74s. HJ Markley was at his home in Hawaii when “The Donald” and “little Rocket Man” were engaged in their sabre rattling this fall and winter. It became all too real for HJ and Denice when the (false) alarms started going off on the island, but he and his friends opted to hit the golf course as the alarms sounded, thinking that if he was going to go, he’d just as soon be golfing than doing anything else. On a more normal level, HJ and Denice are awaiting the birth of their 4th grandchild (2nd grandson) as I prepare this column. Betty and Vandy Van Wagener’s home-remodeling project is a prime example of what Vandy terms “scope creep.” What started as replacing hail-damaged siding and windows evolved into a total remodeling of the two main floors of the house. Vandy and Betty have been living in the basement while the renovations are underway, 8 months and counting! Beyond that, Vandy has been consulting with Clorox and Burt’s Bees and working with several nonprofits, including Swim With Mike. Vandy has also squeezed in some skiing with son Brian and grandson Oliver. Oliver has

graduated to making black-diamond runs, so Vandy predicts that by next ski season, he’ll be last man down the mountain! Also nice to hear from our other Denver-based ’74, Tom Hardy! Tom spends as much as 6 hours a day honing his craft as a writer of fiction; check out his work at tghardy.net. Pam still travels around the country, conducting parenting workshops. Tom and Pam are avid users of social media, and Tom uses Facebook to keep in touch with fellow ’74s Rich Andrews, Jon Greene, John Bello, Bob Far, Dan Clark, Hilary Miller, Bill Garfield, Jack Pansegrau, Menno van Wyk, Todd Keiller, Jim Coakley, Pat Martin, Jake Jacobsen, Noreen Doyle, and Vandy Van Wagener. Tom also sent some reading suggestions for the Class of 74 Book Club—see below. Dave Wilhoite and wife Lyn have been doing lots of traveling, visiting their growing brood of grandchildren, now 5 in total. Dave also sent book recommendations for your perusal. Now retired for 2½ years, Phil Spokowski and Nancy are staying busy with golf, biking, kayaking, trips to the gym and exploring the area around Sarasota. Fortunately, Hurricane Irma did minimal damage to their home and neighborhood back in September, and Phil has been watching the recent spate of nor’easters blowing through the Boston area, not missing New England at all. If Debbie Elcock asks you to join her and Sy on a cruise, you might want to think twice about accepting the invitation. For the second time in as many voyages, their original cruise itinerary was thwarted due to bad weather. What was supposed to include ports of call in Tunis and Algiers ended up with visits to Pompeii (ugh! windy and cold), the Amalfi Coast (ditto), Rome (20 degrees and snow), 2 canceled ports due to weather issues, getting seasick in port (40-mph winds blowing the ship around so hard they needed 3 tugs to stabilize it!), 1 port-call cancelation due to security issues ashore, and, finally, getting stuck in Barcelona in the midst of the International Women’s Day marches and demonstrations, which were the largest in any city in Europe. Despite all of this, Deb-O and Sy had a great time, appreciating the history, architecture, culture, cuisine, and fashion (!) of Rome and Barcelona. Larry Edgar continues to stay busy with consulting and volunteer work in the LA area and sees Jack Harrington when Jack is in the San Diego area visiting his daughter. Larry also stays close to Rita and John McQuiston, who recently spent some time on the golf

Debbie Elcock and husband Sy during their recent visit to Barcelona

course in Florida with Red Sox pitcher David Price during spring training. In the smallworld department, Larry met Roger Brown’s second-year Tuck roommate, John Doherty, at a BC reunion. John was completing a graduate degree in geology at Dartmouth while he roomed with Roger in Woodbury. Jake Jacobsen reports that the rebuilding/recovery efforts on their home in the Keys are making steady progress. The roof is almost done, the electricity is back on, most of the local roads are clear of debris, and repainting the house is underway. Next on the priority list will be landscaping, gardening, and getting the exterior lights working again. Jake notes with some concern that the Atlantic Ocean in the immediate area remains murky, probably due to an algae bloom caused by freshwater runoff from the Everglades. That’s not stopping Jake from getting out on the boat whenever the work schedule allows. Blaine Gunther and wife Linda are still in Cyprus on their mission with the Latter-day Saints. Blaine reports they are enjoying the great weather and the satisfaction of helping those in need. Their volunteer work includes helping out a refugee camp several times a week, which they find particularly rewarding. Deb and Dan Clark celebrated the sale of their ca. 1850 farmhouse and a smooth move into their new home, with a trip to the Turks and Caicos. This winter, they stayed close to home, visiting friends and checking out restaurants around Eliot, ME, and Portsmouth, NH. Jean and John Stinebaugh have lived in the greater Atlanta area since 1994 and have operated their own residential real estate business since 2002. Outside of work, both maintain an active lifestyle with golf, tennis, running, gardening, and volunteer work. John and Jean have 2 daughters, Lindsay and Whitney. Bob Jannino continues as managing director of Cambridge Hanover Value Added Funds, a real estate firm that specializes in investing in bulk-distribution and lightassembly manufacturing properties.

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CL ASS NOTES An update from the Stupinski household: I continue to enjoy a relaxing retirement, with a little volunteer work, biking, kayaking, yard work, reading, and gardening keeping me busy. During the summer, I also stay challenged as Jake Jacobsen tries to teach me how to sail— thus far, he is proving to be a better teacher than I am a student! Our son Jack is in Tucson as a 1st-year surgical resident. He recently got engaged, but he and his fiancée have some logistics to work out before setting a wedding date—she is a veterinarian in Taos, NM. Angie and our daughter Clare recently returned from a safari in Africa. Stops included camping in the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and numerous game preserves in Tanzania. Don’t ask to see their pictures—they “only” took 12,000 of them! Here are some reading recommendations, courtesy of your classmates: Paris in the Present Tense (a novel) and The Pacific (a collection of short stories), both by Mark Helprin (suggested by Tom and Pam Hardy); Hillbilly Elegy, by J.D. Vance (from Dave Wilhoite); Grant, by Ron Chernow (also from Dave); American Treasures, by Stephen Puleo (Dave Wilhoite describes this as not only history, but how people in every walk of life can make a difference in the world through their commitment to their job, our country, and values); Robicheaux, by James Lee Burke (from yours truly); Before We Were Yours, by Lisa Wingate (a novel based on the true story of children being kidnapped and sold by a Tennessee adoption agency, also my recommendation). Finally, some sad news—Allie Quinn, Brian’s lovely wife, passed away in March. Many of us enjoyed Brian and Allie’s hospitality for home-cooked meals during our second year, and Allie was always a welcoming and gracious hostess. She will be greatly missed by the Tuck community.

’75 Bill Kelly bkelly@snet.net

John McGeachie reports that he and Emma sold their apartment in Woburn last October and are planning to take possession of their new home in Canaan, NH (on Goose Pond), July 1. Meanwhile, through the end of April, they are enjoying their annual winter avoidance in the town of La Cumbre, province of Córdoba, Argentina.

Becky Gillan reports that Randy and Ellen Lunn were in NYC last November to celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary. Becky acted as their tour guide for a few days. The photo nearby was taken at the Baccarat Hotel at tea time, which included a fashion show. Becky (foreground of the photo) says that while many think of tea at the Plaza as the classic, the Baccarat has the best mixture of tea bites, variety of teas, and, of course, Baccarat champagne. Becky says she’s not sure whether Randy liked the tea or the fashion models better! Earlier that day Ellen and Randy had visited the 9/11 Memorial Museum, which they said is also a worthwhile experience. (Randy had just returned from a trip to pan for gold, hence the beard.)

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Nancy Bello (left) in New Zealand

John retired from Oracle at the end of October 2015 and has managed to keep occupied with various activities, including the maintenance of the replica of the original Dartmouth Time-Sharing System that he worked on as a Dartmouth undergraduate. The replica runs on Amazon Web Services, at www.dtss.org/dtss/. It’s open to everyone—you just have to register.

That’s it for now—thanks again to all for staying in touch!

Our friend Paul Stupinski reports that Nancy and John Bello were in New Zealand recently celebrating her birthday. That’s Nancy on the left in the photo nearby.

David and Doreen Chemerow with Stephanie and Dick Melrose in Palm Beach

’76 Joel Barad joelibarad@gmail.com

I first want to thank Stu Fishler for his many years of witty service as class secretary. He will be a hard act to follow. I have agreed once again to be class scribe, since you all elected me such upon our graduation 42 years ago. Yikes, that’s long ago! Kathy Schofield writes that she was widowed in 2014 (our condolences), retired in 2015, and moved last July to Asheville, NC, after living 30 years in Baltimore suburbs. She loves her downtown condo; keeping company with her cat; walking everywhere, including to the Y for strength training twice a week; and rarely uses

her car more than once a week. Kathy is taking classes at UNC Asheville and volunteering at the food bank serving western NC, in the Y’s nutrition center, and with AARP Volunteer Network of western NC, teaching on 50+ finances and fraud prevention. Joanne (Martin) Walden writes to thank Stu Fishler for his many years as class secretary. She sent us the nearby photo of her three grandchildren (left to right in the photo: Lily, Luke, and Ava—and yes, Lily and Ava are identical twins). Joanne goes on to write that “they (and their parents) live in the Houston area. If there isn’t a hurricane going on, it’s only a 4-hour drive for us, so we’ve been heading down there a lot. Do have to say—taking care of triplets has taken scheduling and inventory management skills to a whole new level!”

to move to a 55+ community near Freeport, Maine, I have been decluttering my house in Hanover, which has lots of storage space and we all know what that means.... I enjoyed making all the decisions for the house I am building in Maine; it turns out making those decisions was harder than making the ones for the Tuck buildings I worked on. “In mid-March, after a wonderful weekend at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe with my daughter, I fell down the stairs in my garage and broke my pelvis and wrist. By June I ought to be driving again, just in time to move to Maine and head off on a trip to Europe. My advice to everyone is to exercise regularly (it helps tremendously with healing) and move to a one-story house.”

Penny Paquette in Wyoming for August’s total eclipse Joanne Martin Walden’s three grandchildren

Mary Sexton is semiretired. She and Kevin are still primarily located in Silver Spring, MD, and occasionally located in Kiawah Island, SC. [She says], “It would be wonderful to reconnect with members of our class.” She will write more for our next column. Diane “Kope” VerSchure is now spending more time working on the renovation of her house on Johns Pond in Mashpee (Cape Cod). She says she thinks “that may mean I am officially retired.” And she has turned the family packaging business over to her daughter. Speaking of houses, Penny Paquette will be moving to a new one in Maine in June! Penny reports: “Retired from Tuck at the end of June last year (thanks to Mark Lindberg and Miriam Luce for attending my farewell party!), played golf and relaxed for a while, and then in August went on a trip to Wyoming to see the total eclipse and explore the Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. Having decided

Penny with daughter Devon T’12

Alicia Cooney is still working full time at Monument Group. They have 4 offices now—Boston, London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. I remember Alicia’s visits to Hong Kong when I was living and working there in the early ’90s. Alicia writes that she is “... not ready to call it quits yet, too much to do with the company, plus my golf is worse than ever.” Her boys are only 15 and 19, so she still needs to keep the cash flow coming in. She is

still on the Tuck Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship board, where she gets to know Tuckies from other classes involved in the same industry. Alicia sees Gail Hegarty Fell a lot of each other, mostly during the summer in Rhode Island. Alicia went to the Dartmouth-Brown game at Fenway this fall with Stephen and Greg; Alicia writes, “Gail stayed at our house in front of the fireplace. What a wimp! Turns out it was bitter cold, and as usual she made the right decision. She has some other news, but chase after her for it...hint: she’s a grandmother!” Alicia had lunch recently with Stu Cable, who “hasn’t changed a bit and is doing great.” Alicia and Stephen see Connie and Rob Walkingshaw for dinner once in awhile: “Connie and I are on a charter-school board together. It’s a great cause, and anyone in Boston who wants to get involved, please reach out to one of us! Alan Leventhal and his wife have also been involved at this school, Neighborhood House Charter School.” Lindy and Rick Brownell say it would be a very big understatement to say that they are enjoying retirement. They spend the summer months on the Maine coast sailing, gardening, and partying with friends both old and new. During winter, Rick is painting quite a lot of watercolors, something he always wanted to do but never had the time for. He is still in an advisory role with Virginia Dare Extract Company—but only an hour or so each day. “Just right,’ he says. Three grandchildren and counting—all boys so far. Professor Bob Jarrow is “still fully engaged and enjoying myself, doing research and teaching at Cornell. I have a new book in finance coming out this year with Springer-Verlag, entitled Continuous-Time Asset Pricing Theory: A Martingale-Based Approach.” Bob says that “It is not for the faint of heart. It is a PhD-level book in applied mathematics about finance.” Bob’s company, Kamakura Corporation, made the world finance top 100 companies for 2017 (https://www.worldfinance100.com/2017/ featured.html). Bob does not intend to retire any time soon: “professors just seem to fade away, and I am just having too much fun.” His three children are happy with their lives. His oldest son, Kyle, has a musical on Broadway, SpongeBob SquarePants, and he just had a TV show finish its first season on The CW entitled Valor, which can be seen on Netflix. His wife,

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CL ASS NOTES Gail, continues to write children’s books (http://www.gailjarrow.com/). And Bob now has a granddaughter named Oona, 1 year 9 months old. Jerry Bowe writes that Tina and Bob Ashton retired to Saratoga a few years ago and have a couple of grandkids. For the past ten years, Eleanor and Jerry have been living in Oakland in the winter and on Newfound Lake in NH in the summer. Jerry only retired a year ago as CEO of Vi-Jon, Inc., a St. Louis–based provider of private-label personal care products. He reports that “I was commuting to St. Louis weekly. It really did not matter which coast I was on as the commute time is the same.” His bicoastal living lets him enjoy the best weather in the world (not too hot, not too cold). And lets him be near his kids and grandkids (5) in CA and siblings and parents in NH. Jerry is still chairman of the board for Vi-Jon and does some work on a PE executive advisory board. He is president of his Dartmouth class. Rick Routhier is president of his.

Anthony Simpson with his daughter Sky Muir Simpson

Anthony Simpson sends us a photo of his 8 1/2-year-old daughter, Sky Muir Simpson. His older kids are 30 and 25. Anthony has lived in London for the last 32 years, working in investment banking, the hedge fund industry, and, most recently, the institutional asset management business. He has stayed in close touch with a few of our class members, and we

From left to right: Goodloe Suttler at a bar, Leckie Rives in limbo, and George Schwartz at the Del Mar racetrack

have enjoyed using the Internet to keep each other up to date. Goodloe Suttler sent us a recent phone picture of himself in some local bar at Happy Hour. Except for the gray, he still looks like the old Goodloe. He writes: “I really, really hope I am not the singleton dope sending you a head shot...if I am the only one foolish enough to accord to the request, please don’t run it...like all photographers, I HATE pictures of myself. Please make it very very very tiny tiny tiny... like a photo of a shrunken head might appear.” Goodloe goes on to say “...as far as an update on life goes, I have been having weekday fun watching a trading algorithm I developed take on the recent volatility and do a much better job than I hoped for when I built it two years ago. Based on how recent price action has changed market conditions, I now have another algo that is begging to escape from my grayed head...and to think I once most swallowed the strong form of the Efficient Market Hypothesis...what a silly boy!!!” Leckie Rives says that at age 72, he is “trying to defy father time by launching a new career as a realtor with Sotheby’s International Realty, focusing on high-end properties in the mountains of western North Carolina around Highlands and Cashiers.” He thought that he was retired in 2011, but all “I was doing was playing golf a couple of days a week and racquetball a couple of days a week and my prowess at both sports was steadily declining.” A high school classmate of Leckie’s from Atlanta controls the Sotheby’s franchise locally, and they invited him to join their team. In addition to selling real estate, he is using his

M&A skills to help clients who may want to wind up their business interests in conjunction with buying high-end real estate. Leckie and Vicki have lived in Etowah, NC (halfway between Hendersonville and Brevard), since 2006. They have two sons, one daughter, 4 granddaughters, and 1 grandson. Nearby is a recent photo. George Schwartz is still very actively involved in getting early-stage companies off the ground. He says he is having lots of fun “staying in touch with youthful energy.” If anybody knows of one just starting, he would love to hear from you! He was in Hanover for Dartmouth’s homecoming and went to the football game with none other than Dennis Logue, whose guidance he says is “was the greatest influence on my life since college.” Joel Barad. I retired in 2016, after 40 years in advertising and marketing. I spent my last 15 years at WPP, the global marketing communications conglomerate. I must confess that I do not miss taking the train to Manhattan every day. When I do go to the City, I go “off peak,” using a half-price senior ticket. I use the Yale Club gym to try to stay no fatter than I am already and usually arrange to see friends for lunch two days a week. My wife, Tobe, and I are downsizing again and just bought a condo one town over in New Rochelle, NY. You might recall that Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke lived in New Rochelle. My son, Gordon, is in his third year as a history major at McGill. If you think it is cold in Hanover, try a winter in Montreal. In nice weather I golf, sometime with Paul Perlin, Rick Routhier, Arthur Lindenauer Tuck ’59, and

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’77 Martha Luehrmann marthaluehrmann@comcast.net

Dear folks,

Joel Barad (right) with Prestwick GC friend Mark Tulloch in Scotland

Paul Whiting Jr. Tuck ’97. Once a year Dave Celone comes down to visit, and we golf as well. I spent 4 weeks last September in Scotland, golfing and seeing friends. Seventeen rounds of golf and only got rained on once. I would say “luck of the Irish” but that would be a lie. So that Goodloe does not feel alone, I publish a very bad photo of me on the windswept links of the Machrihanish Golf Club on the remote Mull of Kintyre, made famous by the Kintyre resident Paul McCartney. On a clear day you can see Antrim, Northern Ireland, as well as Ailsa Craig, just off the coast from Turnberry. I am the one on the right in the photo nearby. My old pal from Prestwick GC, Mark Tulloch, is on the left. At our 40th reunion, we elected Dave Celone an honorary member of our class. Dave was for many years the director of Tuck Annual Giving. He now runs and owns Long River Gallery & Gifts, just relocated from Lyme, NH, to White River Junction, VT. You might remember that we had our reunion cocktail party in his Lyme gallery two years ago. His wife, Lisa, still works at Dartmouth College, and they are now living in Post Mills, VT. They have two kids: Camille in Chicago, about to graduate from DePaul University, and their son Lane is a sophomore at St. Lawrence University. Dave completed a manuscript for a work of nonfiction. If any of you happen to know a good publisher or agent, please let Dave know (djcelone@gmail.com).

Dave Rousse reports, “I’m probably in the minority of the class in that I am still working full-time and loving the position I have heading up INDA, the trade association of the industry I was in for several years: nonwoven engineered materials. They give me a pulpit and people actually listen! And I no longer report to a capricious board! Ann and I are enjoying life as empty nesters here in Cary, North Carolina, adjacent to Raleigh. Sorry I missed the reunion, but I did get to see Plimpton and Daniels last year. And I still have those pants.” Can anyone tell me what the “pants” reference is about?? Mike Sulaver checks in with, “As I expect most or all of our classmates are doing—Rosemary and I have to be even better at juggling competing needs for our time than earlier in our life. We have chosen to continue working because we enjoy it, but at a reduced level of effort. We help our son and daughter-in-law take care of their kids one afternoon & evening a week so my son or his wife don’t have to get home by 5:30 p.m. (Thus, I am getting better at helping grandkids with 4th- and 1st-grade homework and back into taking kids to their haircuts, dental appointments, practices, or games.) Rosemary flies down to LA once a quarter for a week to take care of our 4-year-old grandson when my daughter and her husband both have significant business commitments. I am dealing with the needs of my parents in the Midwest, who are stubbornly fighting to maintain their independence v. declining capabilities. Of course, Rosemary and I continue to carve out time each week to hike San Jose and California foothill trails for our health. And now I am working through the impact of the new tax laws. When does senior life slow down?” Mike Montgomery says that he has work mostly under control; that is, he’s not doing a lot. He’s on 5 boards but teaching the MBAs at Anderson about technology and media has turned out to be his most enjoyable time—that and working on a series of cases. He and Nicole

Nicole and Mike Montgomery

spent much of the summer in France, where son Colyn married a lovely French woman. Mike says, “I love modern communications. I can be anywhere.” Carl Treleaven just got back from Ghana, where he’s been working on a project to change how water and sanitation projects in the developing world are financed. They’re trying to get away from the traditional “let’s give people water, wells, and toilets” and move toward a more entrepreneurial model. Carl and Lina are going with a group to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in July. So while the rest of us will be baking in the summer sun, they’ll be freezing their butts off in the Southern Hemisphere’s winter at up to 19,000 feet above sea level. Arthur and I are very happy at our new retirement home. It’s kind of like Kendal but with better weather. The people here are fabulous—both the other residents and the staff. One of our fellow residents is Ralph Noyce of IBM, brother to Robert Noyce (who cofounded Intel) and uncle to Bill Noyce, whom Arthur taught at Dartmouth. Another is Bruce Ames, who was in biochemistry at UC Berkeley and has long been a hero of mine from the days when he debunked many of the methods the state and the country were using to determine what was a carcinogen. Anyway, I urge you to do likewise and find yourselves a compatible community and to do it before it is too late for you to make friends in your new habitat. We have seen many examples of why living in your own home is not a good option, and living with your children can be lonely and isolated and hard on the kids as well. Plus we’ve got an extra bedroom for guests and a couple of guest suites in the building as well, so come and check it out.

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CL ASS NOTES much on the line, shouldn’t we all be there in solidarity?

’78 Jim Scardino jim.scardino@amtrustgroup.com

40TH REUNION OCTOBER 5-7, 2018

So here we are again, and as you are reading this we are less than five months from our reunion October 5th-7th. For the benefit of our less quantitatively gifted classmates, this one marks FORTY years! You’ll be hearing soon from the alumni office, so please look for the packet and SIGN UP! Julie Hinman, who is assistant director, alumni engagement, is the specific individual helping herd our particular group of kittens, and you can reach out to her with any questions at julie.hinman@tuck. dartmouth.edu. A good time is guaranteed for all! As for the news: Anne Sincerbeaux writes that she and Charlie sold their home in Weston, MA, last fall and moved full time to their home outside Woodstock, VT. “We are only about 1/2-hour from Hanover and would love to see Tuck friends when we are all together at Reunion.” And here’s a postcard from Tanna Moore: “I write this from Cape Town, South Africa, where I am for business and a bit of pleasure. After the business part, I head with my husband Craig to Sabi Sabi for that ‘bucket list’ safari. I must say that Cape Town is at the top of my list of great places in all of my international travels as CEO of Meritas over the past decade. I look forward to seeing everyone at our reunion this fall.” The fortieth reunion should be on all of our bucket lists! A conspiracy of sorts took place last December 27 at Del Frisco’s in New York. Reportedly led by the power couple Janet and Peter Lebovitz, a cabal consisting of Charles Johnston, Robert Lindberg, John Ryder, and Russell Robertson met over lunch and apparently beverages to solve various domestic and international economic and political problems, but principally to express their eager anticipation for the upcoming reunion. Each pledged to attend, with the understanding that failure to so perform would result in an unspeakable consequence. If these guys are willing to put so 84

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Jon Baer is pledging: “Never expected to teach a class in venture capital at Berkeley’s Haas School in the fall 2017. Am now back in the corporate VC arena, helping a large local corporation with its work and investment in start-ups. This summer I travel to Belgrade, Serbia, to be an EIR for a month, working with local incubators and entrepreneurs. Meanwhile my daughter is working in a local start-up, and we will see where my son (still 2 years to go in college) winds up. While at Tuck they never told us life would be quite so interesting. No complaints. And yes, I do plan to show up in Hanover in October.” I knew Jon would not let us down! And I know no one who comes to Reunion will be let down, either! I hope to see you all....

off Auckland. Later this spring, I’m racing with a crew to Bermuda in the Newport Bermuda Race on our boat Meridian and then returning two-handed with my daughter Hillary. All is well with us and our family; it’s fun getting to be an empty nester.” Darrell Brown and I are jealous, having done a couple of challenging hikes (well, challenging for me) on the South Island of New Zealand in February 2015. Anyone interested in viewing our hundreds of photos should contact Darrell or me. Ben Butcher, always a man of few words, sent the following gloating photograph of his lovely wife and himself at the 2018 AFC Championship Game in Foxborough. As a Colts fan, I was tempted to withhold this update.

’79 Dick Bowden richard.k.bowden@gmail.com

Andy Steele starts off this update with a photo of Annabelle and himself trying to stay warm in the Grey Glacier in Torres del Paine National Park...a Dartmouth/Tuck trip to Patagonia. A most welcome entry in the exotic vacations category.

Ben Butcher and his wife in Foxborough in 2018

Jean Serenbetz submits the nearby photo of her and her previously reported golfchallenged husband, Stuart, vacationing at Kiawah with John and Custis Glover. It sounds as if Jean and Stuart may be spending all their winters there, so you should contact them for accommodations whenever you need a break from winter weather!

Annabelle and Andy Steele in Patagonia

Not to be outdone, Murray Beach reports that he and his wife, Pat Palocz (T’84), are “headed off to New Zealand for our 25th anniversary celebration. We have four weeks there touring both islands, and we’ll get a chance to sail a chartered boat for 10 days in the Hauraki Gulf,

The Serenbetzes and Glovers at Kiawah

José Rosa, a past contributor to this column (yes, I now call myself a “writer,” soon to be in a class with my brother, Mark) points out that he no longer receives Tuck Today...a situation that I believe he shares with Buzz Reynolds as I have not yet received any “cease and desist” letters. Anyway, back to José: he’s enjoying playing catch and kicking a soccer ball with his grandchildren. Cathy Stephenson (a very loyal contributor— you should all be as communicative!) reports that she “just had a wonderful evening with Mary Owens Neal aka MO while in Minneapolis, which yes, had snow on the 1st day of spring. She and David are awaiting grandparenthood, expected to happen in mid-July, thanks to eldest daughter Sarah and her husband Mitch, who live in Denver. Middle daughter Emil lives in Vail and will assist any ailing Tucker with their failing joints/bones from escapades on the slopes of Vail. Youngest daughter Laura is on her way from Denver to San Francisco for a new job. Mo’s mom and siblings are in Minneapolis, which makes life extra sweet.

eventually learn English as a second language as is typical in the area. There are lots of farms here and, as you might expect, horses or mules are often used to work the land. Still, in thirty minutes I can be in Lancaster, a nice city with great restaurants and cultural attractions. Philly is about an hour to the east. And yes, I like it a lot.” Darrell Brown, having retired as class notes secretary reporter, now torments me with verbose updates that he expects me to compile. Correcting his grammar alone is a task. Anyway, Royden Goodson visited Darrell and Suzanne McNitt (T’78) at their home in the Rockies. I would say that the nearby photograph of Royden and Suzanne working on a jigsaw puzzle seems an awful waste of time while visiting the Rocky Mountains, except that I’ve done it myself, and it beats freezing your a— off. Close inspection of the arrangement of the unplaced pieces speaks volumes about Suzanne’s personality. Just sayin’—pick up after yourself when staying at Darrell’s.

“I just returned from Aruba, where, beyond tourism, the island businesses are making aloe products and Balashi beer. I can vouch for both.” Cathy then proceeds to praise my amazing work here at Tuck Today, which your humble reporter will not, due to an excess of humility, include.

Darrell and Suzanne’s new grandbaby, with her mom and dad

John Taylor wants to remind everyone to block their calendars for our upcoming 40th reunion on October 4th-6th, 2019, in Hanover. “This includes Bill Aven, whom we expect to see there whether Duke plays at home that weekend or not! That one only works once....” John is still active in Tuck’s Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship but has scaled back his venture capital activities.

Michael Stern submitted another non-report report. Thanks, Michael. Paul Brooks Cutright sent in a report, sans photographs, as he reports that he has no grandchildren. Cute or otherwise. He reports that “my first year as a full-time furniture-making student at Thaddeus Stevens (Dartmouth class of 1814) College will end in about six weeks. Unlike my classmates I will not spend the following few months interning at a furniture factory or cabinet shop. Instead I’ll spend the time building things for my kids or myself here in extremely rural Narvon, PA. Most of the community is either Amish or Mennonite, and people prefer to travel by bicycle or horse and buggy. My neighbors across the street have three preschoolers who only speak Pennsylvania Dutch. They will

Suzanne McNitt and Royden Goodson at the BrownMcNitt home in the Rockies Barbara and Larry Findeiss in Sonoma Royden was in Colorado to visit his son Charlie, who in in his first year of law school at CU. Darrell reports that he is off on a new ski adventure. (He’s not saying where, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was in Antarctica or someplace south of where Andy and Annabelle were standing.) In addition, Darrell and Suzanne are now grandparents! She passes the cuteness screening.

Larry Findeiss reports that he and his wife, Barbara, are “winding things up in my home state of Oklahoma after 25+ years in the fly-over state. Have managed to get two out into the economy, with one granddaughter plus another on the way—currently in Indianapolis. This photo from last year’s trip to Sonoma,

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CL ASS NOTES where my daughter is working at a local wine operation—32 Winds in Healdsburg, CA. “We look forward to a move back to the East Coast, probably ME/NH/VT, for the next phase of a good life. Best to all of ’79.”

’80 Rick Kilbride kilbride@optonline.net

Shan Burchenal reports that her sister Kim and Kim’s husband, Buzz Reynolds, are visiting her and Caleb Burchenal (T’80) over Easter for some skiing at Vail. (I suggest purchasing a jigsaw puzzle...something with about 25 pieces, so Buzz can contribute.) Clark Johnson reports that “I have gone ahead and done what everyone advises against: I’ve quit my day job in order to play music! Actually, I sold my portion of my company and retired, which gives me time to do more gigging. In SW Florida during the winter, every restaurant needs to offer live music, and a reasonably good bass player can keep busy. Kathryn and I live in Fort Myers in the winter and near Boston in the summer. Now that we’re both retired, we’re looking forward to doing all the usual retirement stuff: traveling, being with the grandkids, volunteering, rooting for the Red Sox, etc. We also want to explore bike trails around the country on our recumbent trikes. Life is good. Best wishes to all.” Some sad news. Andy Steele informs me that Peter Tarnoff, widower of Donna Driscoll, passed away on March 29th at his home on Cape Cod. Peter was struggling with lung cancer. And although he was not a T’79, he was a most welcomed member of our group. Peter began Tuck’s memorial scholarship fund. Sorry to hear. You can read the obituary at http://www.legacy.com/ obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=petertarnoff&pid=188613094&fhid=4989 (or search for Peter Tarnoff Obituary). Also, on a positive note, Peter and Donna’s son, Alexander, will be starting at Tuck in the fall.

Nothing written here is as good as the emails sent out by our always-leader, Charlie Kreter. Charlie is our faithful TAG rep, has been and by acclamation will forever be. He not only shepherds us to outstanding TAG participation but solicits photos and quips and whatnots in real time and without publishing delays. He got us all a photo of John Reeve hanging on his oar at the Head of the Schuylkill plus a reply from Sara McNeil, which I’ve never accomplished. Sara was silent on this, but we all assume that Rich McNeil remains both introverted and brilliant. Also remaining brilliant is our graduation speaker, Rob Morris, who has launched a $3 billion private equity fund. While many of us might be redirecting our energies, Rob raised his seventh fund, taking only two months to do it. He is described as “smart, thoughtful, disciplined and creative” according to hands at the Virginia Retirement System, as reported in the Stamford [CT] Advocate. I expect that he is also still quick witted and entertaining. Rob has been guest teaching a course at Tuck for ~20 years. Since his firm, Olympus Partners, doesn’t follow the stereotype PE model (“lots of debt, a short hold, rip lots of money out as fast as you can, and kill employment”)— specifically, Rob says they do the opposite—I expect the classes he teaches are pretty instructive and enlightening.

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Jamie and Jack Rubin

Scott Sillars checked in with the nearby photo including Sheldon Roesch and Ned Brooks. Scott reported that they were snowshoeing not far from Hanover. “We had a great night in an old log hut with a wood stove.” The smiles indicate that they did pretty well on all accounts.

Scott Sillars, Sheldon Roesch, and Ned Brooks

Sheldon also reports a new venture. Kalm & On is a stress- and energy-management product available in powder and ready-to-drink shot formats. There is a Kickstarter preorder funding campaign for this remarkable herbal product. And Melanie swears by it! Check out the e-commerce site www.kalm-on.com and help keep them busy filling orders.

That’s it. Keep taking exotic vacations, taking on new life challenges, and spoiling your grandchildren! And remember your humble reporter.

Thirty-eight years ago, I introduced myself in one of those “I’m in my first job” meetings with our bankers, and the guy says, “you’re Killer.” I didn’t even know that they knew Jack Rubin, who had supplied the fun intelligence. Jack remains full of wit, wisdom, and the best sort of wiles. We all hope the good citizens of Utah realize this. Charlie has alerted us to utahjack. com—whatever happens in the state senate primary, I hope the site stays “up.” Jamie looks great and who doesn’t like a brown dog?

Carol Krauss looks forward to spending more time in the Hanover area. She is completing a home renovation in Enfield on Crystal Lake. After 5 years being there part-time, she expects

polite, and as always willing to offer a helping hand and a friendly smile. His survivors include Janice and stepchildren Kenneth and Anne. We will miss you, Rick. Our condolences to the family and friends.

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to be there permanently soon. The scull in the pic nearby is mahogany—super cool.

’81 Tony Ettinger

Perhaps as a balancing, happier bookend to the sad news about Rick, there may be nothing better than news from our unfailingly upbeat correspondent Fran Allen. Fran outdid himself this time, so we’ll only lightly mutilate edit his words: “I sit here in Wilmslow, Cheshire, watching golf on TV whilst reading the Saturday edition of The Telegraph [for any younger people reading this, The Telegraph is sort of a collection of large sheets of paper in which news stories from, like, CNN or TMZ, are printed. It’s an “artisanal” thing, like microbrews].”

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[Wait up: WHILST? My gosh, he’s gone native... probably drinking Bovril with Marmite.]

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Greetings. We hope you are all well. We have just two major items this time, and then a selection of shorter notes. First, however, we must turn to the worst part of the job of class notes writer.... Richard P. “Rick” White, 67, passed away on January 23, after a difficult battle with cancer. He is survived by his loving wife of 37 years, Janice. Rick graduated from Lawrence Academy, attended Andover Academy, graduated from Harvard and from the LSE, and then the Tuck School of Business. At Harvard he lettered on the sailing team, racing his own “Lazer.” He also loved fishing Nantucket Sound in his Whaler. He regularly accomplished the “Cape Cod Trifecta,” catching striped bass, albacore, and bluefish. His love of the water continued through his life: he was a member of the Wianno Yacht Club, serving both as treasurer and commodore at different times. Professionally, he worked in the financial arena, and as part of that career served as CFO for various schools (Portledge, Derryfield, and Weiss). He always enjoyed helping schools build solid foundations for their futures. He also ran Inspire, a program for helping match students to schools and universities to which they might apply. He will be remembered as unfailingly gracious and

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“I am waiting for Cindy to fly home tomorrow morning from Cocoa Beach. It’s not fair that I have to face the dreariness of March in Europe as she is lounging around the pool drinking G&Ts and listening to some classic rock and roll. But I digress. We are now well into our fifth year over in the UK and have enjoyed it thoroughly. We are in the home stretch, planning on returning the end of September this year. I will continue to run New Balance’s EMEA business, only from Boston instead. Looking forward to reacquainting myself with kids, grandkids, dogs, siblings, other relatives

and friends—although not in that order necessarily. [Fran provided a photo of himself with all five grandchildren. He appears to be auctioning them off, holding one late-model grandchild up for bidders to get a better look. We may be wrong about this....] “Cindy was promised (as a central part of the deal when she agreed to live in England) that we would travel and see Europe. Well, we certainly did that! We have visited nearly every corner of the UK and Ireland and enjoyed (errr one of us did) football matches in person (Liverpool and Manchester) and on TV. There isn’t much else on for sports unless you count snooker and darts. [Darts...brutal workout regimen for that one....] Have had numerous, wonderful trips to Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Paris [Paris, FRANCE, Sean!], Normandy, Amsterdam, Berlin, Budapest, Milan, Tuscany (Cindy’s favorite), Verona (mine), Amalfi (both!), Naples, Sicily, Barcelona, Porto, Vigo, Santiago de Compostela, Bolzano, Austria, Grindelwald, Zurich, Bern, and Guernsey. Of course, I had to travel to other places on business when she didn’t accompany me, like Moscow a few times, Warsaw, Tel Aviv, Kiev, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Aalborg, Krakow, Munich, Istanbul, Athens, Seville, Madrid, Lisbon, Faro, Rotterdam, The Hague, Frankfurt, etc. It’s been every bit as adventurous as we had hoped. And it was always a big plus that business has been good: we’ve grown from a little more than $200 million in the year prior to my coming over, to nearly $1 billion this year. [We hope Fran is being paid on a per-shoe commission. We think his best innovation was the “Buy a Third Shoe” campaign, so you always have spare laces in case some break.] The brand is very healthy, which makes me feel better about leaving. “So what did we miss other than our family and dogs and friends? [Well, who is that canine interloper in the photos?] The little things that go with being nearby to those we love and hold dear. First (and second and third and fourth and fifth) birthdays; Thanksgiving(!) for 5 years straight; golf games with stateside friends [dammit, golf got back in the column!], camping and hunting and fishing with relatives and friends. “Also, we prefer four seasons of weather, at least one of which is warm, instead of four seasons of varying amounts of cool temperatures and rain. [But Fran, how about the recent Beast From the East snowstorm, which brought the

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CL ASS NOTES UK to a standstill, with its two or in some cases FOUR inches of snow! Apocalypse!] “What did we enjoy besides the travel? We made great friends (well, Cindy did, I have trouble doing that). [“Hey barman, can you turn the pub TV to football? No, no, I mean REAL football, ya dope! Hey, wait, no need for you guys to get angry...whoa, put down those darts!”] We visited many castles and places of great historical interest. Everything is so old over here! [Oddly enough, Fran actually did well in HS History....] And while everyone told me how mediocre the food would be, this was not our experience. Every town has Italian, Indian, Thai, Middle Eastern, and French restaurants, as well as pubs serving really good old-fashioned English fare. [Mercer Theory: The Brits created an empire mostly in search of better fare. Evidence: (1) haggis, (2) toad-inthe-hole, (3) baked beans for breakfast.] But the fact is Cindy and I seldom go out for dinner because she is such an awesome cook! [NICE save, Fran!]” Well, that was truly wonderful, and I thank you very much, Mr. Allen. Congratulations on having a great commercial success and a rewarding personal sojourn in the Green and Pleasant Land! (But as for that four-seasons thing, please note that Boston is preparing some really special nor’easters for your return....) So we have had in this column one story about the end of the journey of life, and another touching upon the start, with Fran and Cindy’s grandkids. I will leave both stories there. And now let’s finish with a few assorted tidbits, from an assortment of friends...and let’s say, um, they represent a “wide variety” of communication styles: Bill Moylan wrote in, and his info-packed missive was so detailed that we will reprint it in its entirety here: “Hope all is well. No news from the quiet corner of Connecticut.” Not sure where the noisy corner of Connecticut is, but no worries. Thanks Bill, and I hope all those projects and travel you wrote about work out! (Seriously, we appreciate any input, so thank you!) Now let’s move on to our class outlier (on any scale you wish to choose), Sean Austin: “Empty Nesters? What’s that? We have a ‘Still 88

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Here Millennial.’ No basements in Floodland, Texas, so he’s in the attic—except when it’s time to eat.” Then there was some stuff about Sean’s medications, which we’re going to omit here, lest there be some sort of RICO action in the offing. From the more stable end of the spectrum, Susan and Leigh Cruess wrote in from the Great White North (sorry about that upset in the Olympics...curling...heh heh): “We’re offering sanctuary here to you Americans, if things get too weird.” (If??) Also, good news: Susan has bounced back from severe back and knee pain, thanks to very successful surgeries (and possible medications shipped north from Sean). As a result (since Sue can now shovel snow and mow the lawn again), Leigh is entering retirement after 18 years at Enbridge—with “no fixed plans” as of yet. Congrats to both! Also, there was a wedding of oldest son Jim to fiancée Kate; congratulations on that front, too. Jim is an assistant crown prosecutor, which in America we think is some sort of dental technician, but Leigh says that is not accurate. There we are. I’ll repeat the usual plea: send in news. Bill M. showed you the way: it is not very hard. Of the next 100 emails we get (okay, more realistically, the next 3), we’ll choose a winner who will get her or his very own souvenir Tuck pencil. FYI, this can be used to write with, which is something we used to do back when phones still had dials and you had to walk over to the TV to change the channel. Okay, back to binge-watching The Love Boat. (Now that I think of it, despite my grouchy nostalgia, TV really was pretty bad back in the day....) Take care, live well.

bacon” in the Midwest. About his start-up from 10 years ago, “SugarCreek is a private label bacon manufacturer that delivered over 3 billion strips of bacon last year—so you might say Hams is bringing home the bacon.” (Always the quick-witted jokester!) Over the last 10 years, SugarCreek has grown 700%!!! Following on SugarCreek’s success, Bill and some of his colleagues created have created SugarCreekU, a leadership-development organization, to share the secrets of their success. Since news is sparse, I’ll share a Corn Dog update: Having failed retirement for the second time, I thought I would explore some interesting opportunities for the “next chapter.” Three things were important: (1) Keep things intellectually and professionally challenging; (2) Gain some operations/ manufacturing “chops” after a career in sales, marketing, biz dev, and finance; (3) “Be inspired.” Believe it or not, all those came together when a consulting project for a DePauw friend of mine morphed into the opportunity to turn around a corrugated box– making operation in Indianapolis. I’m still a rookie, but it’s been a fascinating challenge. Many opportunities to “think outside the box.” (I’ll never keep up with Hams!) Hope this finds you all well, and I want to hear from anyone who had Loyola–Chicago in their Final Four bracket! Happy spring!

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’82 Andy Rieth brieth11@gmail.com

With memories of our 35th reunion still lingering, I come to you with “Mud Season” in full swing both in New Hampshire and Michigan! It’s been a slow news quarter, so I have just a few things to report. From the man who taught us all to drive the Big Rigs—Bill Cunningham—he’s “makin’

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The class of 1983 will be gathering October 5-7 in Hanover to celebrate our 35th reunion!!!! Wow—it is hard to believe that 35 years have elapsed since we were sitting through classes in Murdough, dining in Stell Hall, and forming “Dow 1200” ice sculptures in front of Tuck.

The above paragraph was almost the full extent of our column this issue. A very special thanks to those who yielded to my [Chris’s] persistent inquiries and have shared the news items below. Guillermo Salas wrote to tell us of his family’s 14-room boutique hotel, the Guaycura Hotel (guaycura.com), which is located in Todos Santos, Mexico. Todos Santos is a town on the Pacific coast of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, backed by the Sierra de la Laguna mountain range. Due to its natural beauty and cultural riches, the Mexican government has designated Todos Santos as a Magic Town (Pueblo Mágico). The Guaycura Hotel offers a scenic ocean-view restaurant that looks toward the Pacific, as well as a beach club on the secluded beach that is closest to the town. Guillermo writes: “The Salas (my brother Fernando, my sons Fernando and Josefina, and of course my wife, Fina, and I) would be delighted to have any alum from Tuck visit us this year. Whenever you would like to make plans for traveling here, please write to me personally at gdsalas@gmail.com.” Guillermo promises to help you plan and enjoy a most enjoyable trip. Jim Levison reports that a move to New Hampshire potentially looms ahead. “After working on my Redwood City home for three months, I was able to sell the house, having received 13 offers, with the accepted offer at 25% over the asking price (crazy California real estate).” With Margie and Roger Prevot’s help and introduction to the builder who built their home, Jim is negotiating an offer to purchase this builder’s current home in Lyman, NH. Jim will not leave California for the Northeast Kingdom for a year or more. The builder/seller will be completing a kitchen remodeling and then begin work on the addition of a 1770s barn/house that will become a new master bedroom/bath (upstairs), plus great room downstairs. Jim reports that “...if all goes well we hope our first stay in the house will be around the reunion.”

Bob is completing his year as the master of his local Masonic Lodge—which has been both a busy and rewarding experience. “Our focus at home, of course, is our schnauzer mutt, Oscar, who really is the boss of the household. We look forward to both the end of this winter and, more importantly, seeing many classmates at our 35th reunion in October.” Kudos to Mike Lauber, who Washington High School in Massillon, Ohio, selected as a distinguished citizen. This is an annual award presented since 1988. Mike joins a list that that includes actor David Canary (Bonanza and All My Children) and Paul Brown, co-founder of the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals. Mike noted that his becoming a grandparent in 2017 likely put him over the top. Mike Lauber, along with Sue Kahn and Dan Kirschner, shared photos (expertly Photoshopped by Dan to include early departees) of this year’s annual December gathering in Kennebunkport, Maine. [Look nearby for a photo, showing Brent West, Clint Marshall, Sue Kahn, Skip Irving, Scott Pattullo, Mike Lauber, Tom Roose, Bob MacIntosh, Jane Mullen, plus family members.] Elizabeth and Mike Lauber have been staying at the Captain Lord Mansion in Kennebunkport, Maine, since their honeymoon in 1983. For the last 25-30 of those years, Jenny and Scott Pattullo have joined them in a winter weekend getaway, which also includes a Friday night dinner with Tuck friends.

Annual December Tuck gathering, Kennebunkport, Linda and Bob MacIntosh continue to adjust Maine to being “empty nesters” by traveling. Recent jaunts have taken them down the Danube River, Doug Ross and his family traveled to and to New York City and Portland, Maine. Copenhagen last fall to visit their daughter Per Bob: “Our daughter, Allison, works and Jane, who was spending a semester abroad lives in Manhattan, while our son, Andrew, is through Villanova’s overseas studies program. in Portland, so visiting their respective cities “A few days in Copenhagen with our host is both easy and fun.” In addition to travels,

The Laubers and Pattullos, Maine 2017

tour guide Jane, then off to Amsterdam by train, with a stop in the German port city of Hamburg to experience German culture. Our son Ray, by the way, was able to join us on this trip—but not our other daughter, Catherine, who had just graduated in June from the University of Oregon and was unable to get away from her first post-collegiate job. (It is OK—she now has this missed family adventure to hold over her parents for the rest of their lives.) In Amsterdam, we were fortunate enough to stay with our wonderful classmate Louise van Deth and her family. We had the pleasure of home-cooked meals, a personal guided tour of Amsterdam’s canals (complete with champagne and caviar—see attached photo), and spirited discussions of their lives in Europe and our lives in the U.S. Louise and her husband Sander could not have been more hospitable—it was truly a pleasure to be shown the ins and outs of such a wonderful city by such proud inhabitants. Thank you Louise! Please visit us in San Francisco!”

Doug Ross and Louise van Deth with their families, touring the Amsterdam canals

Roger Prevot and wife Margie, who moved to a hilltop in northern Vermont in 2015, report building 13 kilometers of cross-country ski trails with the design help of former Dartmouth Ski Team Head Coach John

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CL ASS NOTES Morton. The project brought to bear every imaginable type of heavy equipment and now allows Roger to split his time between skiing and driving his trail-grooming machine, both of which he reports as being really challenging and fun. Classmates are invited to visit and try out the trails. Doug McLean sent the following reminiscences in advance of our reunion: “If you actually remember when the Dow ‘soared’ to 1,200, you NEED to come to Reunion. Then again, if you ascribe to the theory that if you claim to remember the ’80s, you probably weren’t there, you really need to come to Reunion.” “See some of your oldest friends, reminisce about how much fun you had, debate which professors taught you the most (that mattered to you), show the family the fall colors, but above all come to Hanover this October. You’ll be glad you did, and we’ll miss you if you don’t. Don’t make us miss you.”

’84 Janet Rhodes Friedman jrhodesfriedman@comcast.net

What a winter this has been—frigid cold for several weeks in January, a relatively mild February teasing that spring could be just around the corner, then BAM—back to back to back nor’easters in March! Despite having lived in New England for more than 30 years, I must admit that southern climates are calling louder and louder each year! *smile*

Rob Arnold and Kim Borden Arnold have lived in Singapore the past six years and continue working on their Asia travel bucket list. Rob runs DRG Consulting in APAC and chairs a fashion software start-up. Kim does charity work (primarily textile-focused) for the Singapore museums and associated groups. In common with many classmates, they spend time with aging parents (both mothers). Their children are both doing great—one is a practicing lawyer in London, and the other heads to NYC after graduation from Harvard Law this May. They look forward to seeing Al and Michele LaPointe Bembenek in Boston this spring. Kim Collins Parizeau and Ernie Parizeau report their son, Doug, and future daughterin-law, Kara Shurmantine, are both members of Tuck Class of 2020. Doug and Kara are returning from jobs overseas, getting married in June, and then heading to Hanover. Kim and Ernie just finished a year-long program at Harvard that helps people think about the next chapters in their lives. “We had about 50 people in our class, and it often brought back fond memories of Tuck.... We sat together in the sky deck and passed notes. Some things never change.” Kim continues as chair of the Middlebury board of trustees. Ernie has been teaching at Middlebury: Entrepreneurship each fall and in the MiddCORE leadership and innovation program. For fun, they recently biked around Cambodia and Vietnam. Tom Black writes, “This may be my first ever class of 1984 update, but now that 3+ decades have elapsed, I think it’s time to log a status for me and my family. After graduation I worked nine years with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), followed by 20 years at Fidelity Investments, both based in Boston. Since 2014 I have been an independent consultant working on various projects for U.S. financial services companies. My current client is in Denver (too bad I’m not a skier). My wife, Laurel Baumer, works for MathWorks in Natick, Mass. Laurel and I are celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary with a trip to Rome, Florence, and London this year. Our son, Ryan, graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 2014 with a degree in physics and now teaches high school physics. Our daughter, Rebecca, graduated from Johns Hopkins in 2017 with a degree in molecular & cellular biology and is now a PhD student at MIT in biological engineering. My highlight

each week is delivering food in our local Meals on Wheels chapter. I also fill the ‘empty-nester’ void as a backyard beekeeper: easy pets to care for—they feed and groom themselves!” Kevin Stone reports, “I will retire from Dartmouth-Hitchcock in June. I plan to continue consulting at Helms & Company (as one of 5 partners) for another year and be fully retired by next summer and move full time to the Cape. I am reserving just a little ‘fun’ ongoing consulting to keep from being bored. My wife retired after teaching at UNH for 35 years, so this makes my decision easier. We sold our Bow, NH, house and currently split time between our city apartment in Concord, NH, and our Cape Cod home. We’ve enjoyed city living and walking everywhere, which helps get us into ‘Cape shape,’ where we typically walk or bike to town and beaches. I had to give up golf—sold my country club membership on my 30th member anniversary after my 6th back surgery. Biking is now my ‘go to’ activity: I ride a recumbent bike—much easier on my back so can do longer rides without pain. I recently spoke with Bill Schneiderman about health care–related work he is involved with. His youngest son lives in D.C. and [Bill is] expecting a grandchild. My oldest son also lives in D.C. so we hope to catch up there in person.” David Crowley and his wife, Merry, just completed an expansion to their house. “It was quite an adventure, but the result is great. Merry still works miracles as a special-needs reading teacher in a Medford middle school. She diagnoses the issues, puts a plan in place, executes the plan, and the kids move on to high school doing much better than they would have otherwise. A former student recently stopped by to thank Merry for her support. This student now works as a biologist for a big pharma company—this is what keeps Merry going. Their son, David, is 28 and changing career direction. After working as a field engineer and assistant superintendent for a highly respected construction management company, he is now trying to combine his serious photography hobby with something where he can earn a living.” Dave has been working for 9 years work with strategic accounts for a division of Dassault Systèmes helping pharma and biotech companies design better drugs. “This role combines my biochemistry degree, MBA, and years of strategic alliance experience to ‘do

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good and do well.’ The science is fascinating, and seeing new drugs make a difference in people’s lives, in part because of the solutions we provided, is rewarding.” Dave shared a memory of classmate Mac Watanabe, who passed away in 2016. “We bonded at Tuck while preparing for the Technology & Policy 2-hour oral exam with Professor Quinn. During a business trip to Japan with a colleague, Mac took us out for dinner at his favorite local hole-in-the-wall sushi place. When we entered, the greeting was MUCH more than the traditional Japanese welcome. It was more like an over-exuberant welcome of Norm entering Cheers. Everyone was yelling ‘Mac’ and applauding. Only Mac could connect like that with a generally reserved Japanese community. They seated us at the table of highest honor—farthest from the door so ‘enemies’ would need to kill everyone else in the room to get to us. We enjoyed a 7-hour feast of 3 giant sushi boats, accompanied by large quantities of Scotch, beer and sake...Mac liked to imbibe a bit...truly a night to remember.” In other news, by now everyone knows our remarkable classmate Tina Flint Smith is the newest U.S. senator from Minnesota, replacing Al Franken. Mere congratulations are not enough to commend her appointment! (See page xx in this Tuck Today for more information.) Bill McAdams and his wife, Kristin, moved to Sarasota, FL, in late 2015. He still manages money for a few clients and they enjoy Florida living, especially the “winter” months. Meanwhile, Stuart Cornew sent a two-word update: “still kicking.”

New York City gathering in honor of Sabina Wu

pancreatic cancer, a diagnosis that struck her by surprise late last spring. She had recently been training for her second NYC Marathon and was otherwise the picture of health and fitness. She had told me that she was determined to beat her prior marathon finish time and seemed on track to do it! This is an absolutely heart-wrenching loss that I knew was inevitable but was still unprepared for. So it has me struggling for the right words. I stayed in close touch with Sabina over the years and remained so after her diagnosis—mostly via weekly emails, cards, and letters when she was unable to receive visitors or manage phone calls, though I was able to spend some time with her last fall when she had stabilized enough for a visit. She was incredibly brave and resilient and maintained her wry sense of humor throughout the long months after her diagnosis. Thankfully, and amazingly, as her husband Rob confirmed, she never experienced pain. And despite the emotional suffering of what was happening to her, she kept a positive attitude. While my weekly notes and cards were intended to help keep Sabina’s spirits up— in a small way—she did more to boost me by being her warm, funny, generous, and caring self than anything of my cards could possibly have done to help her. She taught me more about life in those months than I have learned in my lifetime.

memorial service that honored her Chinese heritage and celebrated the breadth and depth of her life and devotion to family, friends, and Tuck. It was quite a fitting tribute to an impressive woman whom Tuck should be proud to call a graduate. More than 20 Tuck classmates and other Tuck friends, including the president of the NY Tuck Club, attended the packed service and lovely reception at Sabina and Rob’s NY home. Sabina loved her Tuck experience and made the most of it. She spoke so highly of it that her sister Salina followed her there and her daughter attended the Bridge program. She was a dedicated and active member of the NY Tuck Club and TAG. Please keep Sabina, Rob, their kids, and her other family in your thoughts and prayers and appreciate every day as Sabina would. Life is so precious.” (See page 18 for the Tuck Today tribute to Sabina.) Hope to see everyone at our Tuck reunion in fall 2019. Stay tuned for details!

’85 Laura Fitzgibbons lbfitzgibbons1@mac.com

Tina Flint Smith

In closing, I am sharing this poignant note from Nancy Corsiglia. “With profound sadness, I am devastated to report what many classmates already know—our dear friend Sabina Wu recently lost her fight with

“As my first friend at Tuck, a study-group partner throughout, and a housemate secondyear, Sabina became a surrogate sister and my closest and most enduring adult friendship. I will miss her greatly for her warmth, kindness, generosity, honesty, frankness, wit, wisdom, humor, and intelligence. She never took herself or any situation too seriously and was down to earth and humble. She was an unshakable rock of a person who could always be relied upon and could always find humor in adversity. I am often reminded of a sign that she had in her kitchen—Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much! That was Sabina to a T! Sabina’s family arranged a most thoughtful and beautiful

One wonderful thing about writing these class notes is the salutations: “Big hugs!” “Hope you are well,” “Thinking of you,” and then there is “I feel obligated.” The last from Judy Holmes, who writes, “I feel obligated to give you news since I’m no longer writing the column with you! Jim and I are selling our Beaver Creek home after 32 great winters here. Time for a slower pace and completely uncrowded ski trails. We bought a cabin on a couple ski-in and ski-out acres at the Yellowstone Club in Big Sky Montana and plan to finish out this ski season there. All skiers welcome, just give a heads SUMMER 2018

CL ASS NOTES up and fly into Bozeman. I’m still snowshoe racing 10Ks on Maine wooden snowshoes and running gates when the need arises. So inspirational watching the Olympics!” From one of our international classmates, Giles Chance tersely tells us: “Not much to report. Still teaching at Tuck, which is fun for me. Otherwise doing things to our French château.” More loquacious was Tore Rynning-Nielsen. “A big hug from Oslo, where we finally have Tore Rynning-Nielsen and Grant Davis at the Tuck had a cold and nice traditional winter with Private Equity Conference lots of snow………..and yes skiing! That makes all Norwegians very happy. This week I have And let’s end with the ever-entertaining and 5 Tuck first-year students here in Oslo, as interesting Kevin Wenck (Kevin, I honestly part of the FYPGO consulting projects. They look forward to receiving your emails more are doing a market study on the potential for than any others!). “My wandering around Nordic skiing in the U.S. and in particular how Europe last summer has now turned into a Dartmouth and the Upper Valley can develop new business—wine importing! I pretty much their position further with 14 students at the visited every meaningful wine-producing Olympics and formidable performances by the region in Europe and continually found great U.S. Women’s Ski Team this season with Jessie wineries that didn’t export their wines to Diggins, Sophie Caldwell, Kikkan Randall, and the U.S., and so I applied for an importing Sadie Bjornsen. They have been immersed here, license after I returned. It is unfortunately a staying with all athletes during the weeklong long process, however, as regulatory approvals Holmenkollen Ski Festival. Had a good catch take about six months before any wine can be up with Grant Davis at the annual Tuck PE shipped, but in May around 600 cases of wine conference early February. Family is doing will arrive that I will then have to attempt to well, still a bit behind my classmates with two sell (it was much more fun buying it!). I look at boys, Philip at 14 and Felix at 9, both happy it as a win/win, as if none of it sells, I can then at school and competing in biathlon on their have a big party! free winter time. They are both going back to Camp Deerwood at Squam Lake for four weeks “On another wine-related theme, I also had every summer; have to keep them tuned in an interesting grape-picking experience last to NH. Herkules Capital is still treating me fall during the terrible fires in Northern well; completed a generation shift at the firm California. I have a house in Napa Valley, and last year to bring up the younger partners, a neighbor who is a grape grower knocked on more time for me to assist the family CEO, my door early on a Saturday morning during Silja, on the home front. Also active assisting the fires and said that he didn’t have a full Tuck in reaching out to admitted students to picking crew that day and asked if I would like increase the yield and convince them about the to help. And so I had a great time for two days best choice. Talked to a potential student in while picking grapes in his vineyards (his 110Frankfurt this winter, turns out that she was Uli Michel’s (Tuck ’86) daughter. Unfortunately, year-old zinfandel vines had very delicious grapes—much better tasting than his 25-yearlost her to Stanford....” old zinfandel I picked the previous day). And you even get a picture of me hiding in the Grant Davis sent me the photo of the two grape vines.” of them (see nearby), from the Tuck Private Equity Conference they both attended. So, short but sweet column! Next time you even think about it, send me an email with news and Pat Maloney “was recently was back in LA; you could also have your name in bold! I was appointed to the Cal State University, Northridge (CSUN), my alma mater, Foundation board.” While there, she said, she met someone from Kansas City who knew us—I love “small world” stories.

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’86 Tony Ehinger tonyehinger@gmail.com

Julia Rabkin juliamrabkin@gmail.com

The class of ’86 shows no signs of slowing down, as career changes, restless retirements, and entrepreneurial spirits abound. Christi Strauss retired from General Mills at the end of 2013, having worked at the company since graduating from Tuck. Her illustrious career included an eleven-year stint as president of General Mills Canada, CEO of the company’s Swiss-based Nestlé joint venture, and trips to 95 countries to oversee the company’s sprawling operation. Now sharing time between Minneapolis and her lake house in Muskoka, Canada, Christi serves on the board of George Weston Limited, Canada’s largest food retailer, and she is active with Social Venture Partners, a charitable entity that provides skilled advice to a variety of nonprofits. Christi reports that retired living is not without its challenges. Training her three-year-old Portuguese water dog Buster has proven to be “the hardest management challenge I have encountered.” Apparently smart, hyperalert

enjoyed it. I traveled quite a bit—maybe too much—mainly in the U.S. and Canada but also to Japan typically twice a year. “And then about 3 years ago I retired and am now living the dream in God’s Country (which is central Oregon). I think Oregon is one of the most beautiful states in the country, and central Oregon is one of the most beautiful spots in the state. For outdoors-oriented people, this is kind of the ideal place.

Buster, Christi’s biggest management challenge yet

dogs are tough to train, constantly pushing back on authority and questioning the merits of their owner’s requests. That sounds a lot like a Tuck student. John Casesa shifted gears professionally, having “left Ford after three years of commuting to Detroit. On a blissful sabbatical but hoping there’s still a market for someone who knows a lot about cars.” John’s kids are 16 and 20, and their clarinet capabilities are unknown as of this publication.

“One of my hobbies, now that I have the time, is to roam some of the more remote areas of eastern Oregon just to look around. I’m working at getting better at photography, and that gives me an excuse to go to some unusual places. “I bought a place out in the country with a few acres and live here with my horses and Australian shepherd. You can’t live out here and not be busy. In fact, pretty soon it will be irrigation and hay season. I doubt a lot of our classmates can relate to that, which reminds me...didn’t I see that Gordon Nelson was reading a tractor manual? For those who don’t know, there really is a lot to know about running a farm tractor (or any heavy equipment). Hope all is well with everyone.”

News from Dave Dumouchel that he “sold the company [his pharmacy chain] to CVS and I’m working for them now. They liked our business model and they have big plans for it. Trying to make the transition from entrepreneur to corporate minion. I finally understand JB Quinn now—the mindset is very different.” Dave’s oldest, Amy, is 35 with a one-yearold, and Matt, born at Mary Hitchcock, is 32. Pulling up the rear are Luke and Jocelyn, 13 and 11, respectively. Dave has “been working in the family pharmacy business since I was ten, with only a brief respite right out of Tuck. Stay tuned. Old pharmacists never die, they just get refilled.” Here’s a quick summary of what’s been happening with Rich Wininger for the last few years.“My entire post-Tuck career has been with Weyerhaeuser Company, a large forest products company. For roughly the last 10 years of my career I was the vice president in charge of our timberlands operations in the Pacific Northwest (2 million acres) and Canada (14 million acres). It was a great job; I really

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John Ticer lives in Vienna, Virginia, and he is “having a blast working in several companies where I am also an investor. Stepped in as COO of an insuretech start-up called Xagent this January when we closed our seed round. “Also excited to be working with my sons in our family business, where we are building a franchise network for online distribution.” In addition to helping steer the family enterprise, “older son Park is selling for a hot cybersecurity software start-up and getting married in May. Younger son Zack is recruiting for high-end cleared professionals in the

defense-contracting space. Love to hear from and catch up with any Tuckies who get to the DC area!” Alex Paine’s news from the South Shore of the Boston area is that “Cathie and I are grandparents to Antonia (Annie) Willow Spies, born November 28, 2017, to Cassandra (born in our first semester at Tuck) and Rob Spies, Tuck class of 2012.” The Chandlers continue the Tuck Today update tradition. John wrote “our boys are now out of the nest and onto their careers, leaving us to wallow our way through unlimited date nights, 24/7 access to the remote control, and no tuition bills to pay. “Pam continues her focus leading strategic planning on the board of Four Plus Corporation, a private real estate corporation. For anyone familiar with recent changes along the Hudson in Manhattan, the dynamic new Durst ‘pyramid’ building called ‘Via’ and the huge new 1,028-unit TF Cornerstone apartment building across the street at 606 West 57th Street called ‘The Max’ are developments sitting on some of her firm’s property. “The big news for me was my decision to retire as chief marketing officer of MassMutual in October of 2016, after a decade in the role. My decision was actually inspired by a conversation that I had with Marc Johnson while cycling on a great trip to Italy that Pam and I enjoyed with Marc, Janice, and group of their friends. As Marc and I rode through that amazing (and HILLY!) setting, we talked about how long we wanted to stay in our current careers and what we might want to do next. As Pam knew, I was already playing around with a ‘re-wirement’ of my career focus—leaving full-time corporate work and setting out on my own, giving keynote talks on digital transformation, joining a corporate board or two, and maybe doing some consulting work. So, when we returned from the trip, I decided that the time had come to actually give it a shot. After retiring from MassMutual, I gave myself all of 2017 to test that vision against reality. “By the time the year was done, I had been retained to give keynote talks at company conferences, venture capital roundtables, board retreats, and strategic-planning meetings in places like New York, Boston, Seattle, Houston, and Chicago in the U.S. and London and SUMMER 2018

CL ASS NOTES Tuscany in Europe. From those talks and the relationships they helped me form, I was recruited onto the board of a U.S. insurance company and a Canadian consumer-services company, and I was hired as a strategic advisor to the leadership team of a health-care system in Indiana. Staying true to my Tuck roots, I also became a Tuck executive fellow with the Center for Digital Strategies, working with the professors, staff and student teams, and even helping to develop and discuss a case study with a class.” Taking on a new gig in the U.K. is Charlie Honea, who is joining the management office “for a mega Chevron/Exxon project in Kazakhstan. Should be interesting; I rather like fish and chips and warm beer (okay, not warm beer, but they have cold beer here too). My son Alex is a senior in high school, waiting on college responses. Savannah is a ninth grader. I’m working in Farnborough, about 40 miles southwest of London, and taking the train to work from Guildford. I do miss the family, as they are not with me, but I’ll go home every six or eight weeks and they’ll come over for the summer. So we’ll manage and have a little fun while we’re at it.” Chris and Linda McInerney had an enjoyable get together in November with Court and Collette Chilton for Irish hurling at Fenway Park. “None of us had seen hurling before, which I’d say is best described as a cross between lacrosse and rugby. All four hurling spectators are members of the Tom Brady fan club, but we learned that Collette is the most ardent Patriots fan. She has a number of pregame rituals that must be performed before every Pats game. And she has an in-game ritual that involves chanting Tommy, Tommy... (four times) every time Brady takes a snap when they are attempting a gamewinning comeback. It didn’t work for the Super Bowl, but it usually does.” Remaining incredibly active is J.P. Matthews, who writes “after 20 years at Drexel/Merrill/ Morgan Stanley, I moved to the buy side in 2009, and I was lucky enough to pick up the pieces from the ‘Great Recession’ and start my own emerging-markets investment shop, the Benchmark Group, in 2015. I am living in Connecticut, raising two kids with my wife,

commuting to NYC...and still trying to ski, sail, and travel as much as possible! Anyone wishing to talk ‘EM’ please stop by and visit us in NY!!” We heard from Mark Floyd, who felt “the photo of the Tuck scholars trying to run a tractor is a classic. My news is lack of news. I’m still at Citi! 32 years now. I believe that now I officially take the prize in our class for longest tenure with original company after graduation. [Secretaries’ note: Julia Rabkin is also in the hunt for the coveted “Longest Contiguous Corporate Career Award.”] “I recently got a couple of increases in my creditapproval authority that would make my Tuck accounting tutor Beverly Keyes [Donovan] roll her eyes in dismay. Anyway, it’s a decent sign I’m still not ready to be discarded. Ellen and I signed our 3rd-year lease renewal in New York City. I’m loving not commuting but we still enjoy a small condo in CT. “We enjoy lots of theatre in NYC, though Ellen makes me go to operas mainly by myself, claiming her slight appreciation is not worth the money. Funny however that the one opera she liked the most was the most avant garde of the season. Probably something to do with also being one of the shortest. I found a place to play tennis in the city, which is a nice facility with a lot of great people. It’s near Times Square, so I feel a bit odd in my tennis gear walking through that crowd, but I figure people might mistake me for one of the cartoon characters offering to pose with tourists. So far nobody has asked.” Julia and I share Mark’s paranoia, fearing that we’ll be singled out for failing to produce a proper Tuck Today column. That’s why we pester all of you for updates. We’re grateful that you came through again, providing yet another data point that the class of ’86 is just hitting its stride. Many thanks, and until next time, stay well.

’87 Felicia Pfeiffer Angus angusfm@optimum.net

Steven Lubrano steven.lubrano@tuck.dartmouth.edu

Some of us are already there, but this is the year when many of us turn 60. I [Steve] have a photograph of me sitting on my grandfather’s knee when he was sixty. I was three. Just this morning I awoke with a start, thinking “OMG, I’m my grandfather.” Somehow I skipped right past the “OMG, I’m my father.” I know it’s a “state of mind” in many ways, but the stark reality is that some things just wear out and we need to alter some of our behaviors to adapt to our changing circumstances. Have you discovered the extra fiber boost of psyllium husk? And yet, reading these notes, I’m convinced that our class is adapting to these life changes quite well, and we’re shoring up against the years ahead. Wolfy (Wolfgang Schobesberger) chimed in from Brussels with a song and dance about missing our 30th but for good reason—he had his 40th high school graduation to attend in Colombia. Wolfy writes, “I’d not been there for over thirty-five years. I liked it so much that I will go again this year for the 40 years high school graduation anniversary of my class in the American School in Colombia.” [Author’s note: How many high school degrees did it take to get into Tuck? Apparently two for some of us.] Wolfy explains, “At the time the British School had 5 years primary and 6 years secondary, and the American School had 6 years primary and 6 years secondary; I changed schools when I was eleven, so I did 5th grade primary in the British and 6th grade primary in the American School. I’m looking forward to a trip with my wife and daughter to California next week; it is the first time that both will be there. We will watch a game of the Giants and one of the Lakers. We plan to be a week in San Francisco, fly to Las Vegas for the

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weekend to [get out to] see the Grand Canyon, and then we will spend 5 days in LA.” Andrea and Noel just returned from Japan and had a mini reunion with Yoshi, Ken, and Kenji. Yoshi has organized it: “We spent a weekend with Yoshi, visiting his mother in Kanazawa, and then traveled with him to Kyoto to see the sites. This was written before the trip. Our oldest son, Conor, will be traveling with us (finally a good use for all those frequent-flyer miles Noel accumulates!). And later that week, Yoshi’s wife Emi will join us.” Mary Strickland reports that some of the Tuck ’87 ladies had a fantastic reunion in Charleston, South Carolina, last March. Roaming through Charleston were Cynthia Frost, Gail Goodman, Gail Sullivan, Felicia Angus, Melissa Zales Koller, Mary Barcus, Mary Rumowicz Strickland, and the elusive but always entertaining Lourdes Dingman. They tore up the town with carriage rides, gorging themselves on local ribs, hot sauce, and shrimp and grits, and wandering the plantations. Not surprisingly, a Lubrano is showing a Gagnon a thing or two. My daughter (Sophie) has been teaching Chris Gagnon’s son (Drew) how to win at the pong table. She’s a junior at Bowdoin. He’s a sophomore. While our kids were playing pong, Chris and I chowed down the farmer’s breakfast at Lou’s. Chris and Donna have moved from NJ to Austin, TX. He continues to travel the world for McKinsey. His daughter (Sarah) just graduated from Dartmouth and is off to Parthenon. Connor O’Brien, the king of the international drop-by, cruised by the house with some Montreal bagels and a six-pack. We opened the six-pack and saved the bagels for the morning. Connor told us about Beanstox—an online investing portal hoping to get young folks interested in investing. We signed the girls up and seeded their portfolios. It’s changed the conversation around the house, and that’s a good thing, because when four women get together in our house the conversation is decidedly different than the conversation that takes place around among the 4 men sitting around the dinner table at the Heidt house. Signs of aging—I decided to step away from Gillette and go with either Harry’s or Dollar Shave Club. I started a free trial with Dollar Shave and then we’ll try one with Harry’s before committing. I’ve not gotten used to this

millennial five-day-shadow look, and I still like a clean shave in the morning. Thinking about asking Harry Bedell what he thinks. He must be a client of Harry’s, right? Keith Oberg continues to teach history and coach wrestling and rugby at Landon School in Bethesda. I logged onto Rate My Professors, but they don’t list high schools. The son of a gun is in better shape now than he was when he walked the halls of Hanover. Keith reports that to make life easier on mom and dad’s travel itinerary, the “3 Oberg offspring have all elected to convene in NYC this summer...Tim (rising senior at Colgate) interning at Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), Colleen (rising second-year at Darden) at Pepsi in brand marketing, and Curtis (3rd year at GS).” Thoughtful children.” Leeny tells me she has to hide the Girl Scout cookies so Obes doesn’t break down and eat a whole sleeve of Samoas in one sitting. I like reading Leeny’s name in Barron’s and other financial rags and suspect she might as well. Even for people who shy away from the press, there’s kind of a simple thrill seeing your name in print, at least when it’s respectful. John Chapman is preparing to teach a short course of finance up at Bates. Rick von Gnechten was in Hawaii on vacation. He writes, “Denice and I are still working and balancing our schedules to visit married daughters in Palo Alto, CA; Arlington, VA; and Hawkinsville, GA, and waiting on grandchildren in the hopper (oldest daughter is expecting twins by June).” It’s not surprising that smart people want to help younger folks get smarter. Let’s not forget the professional professor among the group, Dr. Gary Moskowitz, the associate dean for strategic planning and accreditation as well as the professor of practice of strategy, entrepreneurship and business economics at Southern Methodist University. Holding onto credentials a little less glorious (but we all have to start someplace) is Jed Simmons, who is in his third year teaching a couple of classes down at UNC. He is the local authority on entrepreneurship at the College of Arts & Sciences, but the best class is his Media, Entertainment and Technology class. He invites both UNC and Duke undergrads to partake, and you can just imagine how much fun he has with that, especially during March Madness. Jed uses VG’s The Three-Box Solution...and if you’ve not read his book,

get to Amazon posthaste. As far as I could tell, Jed is not rated in RMP either, but Gary is and he scores very well. I especially liked this comment: “Professor Moskowitz is very qualified and knowledgeable about business. At first I found him intimidating (typical Wall Street banker). Overall, I really enjoyed this class and I think every business major should take it!” I’d take a course taught by Gary. Heck, I think many of us can point to Gary for taking the time to make things a bit clearer back in the late 1980s. Jed reflects that it seems a long way from the rarified air of the Sky Deck with Wilcock, Heidt, and O’Brien straining to look at each other’s notes without making it look they like were looking at each other’s notes. He also remembers that Art and Kitchel were always in the front row, and none of us can quite figure that out. Bill Kitchel traveled up from Baltimore on his collegiate trip with his wickedly accomplished daughter, Isabelle, a current senior at St George’s down in RI. As we were waiting for Diana Uhrig (daughter of Jennifer and Jonathan) to take Isabelle for a class visit, we ran into Sarah Gagnon en route to the library. Back in our day I think we might have run into prospects on the way to 5 Olde Nugget and less so on the steps of Baker Library. In some ways, things have changed for the good. Kitch and Isabelle caught a Dartmouth hockey game, the final of Dartmouth Idol, and, on the following day, Alexa Santry took her on a tour. I’m told there might have been a visit to the Lodge later in the evening. Kitch still owns the sugar shack up in the Norwich hills overlooking the CT river valley, and if things work out for Isabelle, he may just go off the grid and move up here for four years. Isabelle is thrilled at the concept. Elizabeth, not so much. Doug Heidt has been seen on campus visiting his freshman son Jimmy, a standout on the Dartmouth lacrosse team. Rick Yu correctly called out a big huzzah with Bill Stromberg at the helm of T. Rowe Price, which boasts a portfolio of funds that is doing quite well. Peter Saulnier reports that he and Chris Landsberg went see Robert Plant at the Beacon Theatre on Valentine’s Day. Somehow, those two seem like the ones I would’ve voted “most likely to leave their grandchildren behind

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Software engineer now in Menlo. Conspiring to take over the world, of course.” Bitt is a member of 2 local ski groups out west in Jackson Hole. A group of ladies gets up early, wolfs down some granola and kale shakes, and then heads out for the tram run #1 with first tracks in fresh powder. Bitt writes, “I’m also playing with CJ in Jackson, our 14-yearold dog who keeps trotting along with us on walks, and visiting three kids in new cities and on vacations.” Chansoo says—Anybody who comes to Jackson in the winter or Nantucket in the summer better call!! Now, I’m no attorney (was Hoover the only attorney in our class?) but I do know that what he said ain’t the same as “come to our house with your three kids and two dogs and plan on staying the week,” but maybe that’s exactly what they’re looking for ’cause Hendy

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Peter also notes that our former TAG agent coordinator (Caroline Kendall, now at Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs) dropped by Chez Saulnier during Christmas week. Caroline, it seems, is Pete’s connection to the world of millennials. I still wear a tie to work. I think I’m the only one doing so at Tuck. Sign of old age? And from Chansoo and Bitt, “Malcolm is a proud graduate of Bridge and will be back on campus in spring after doing winter at Brown, interning in the investment office. Greta works at EF (Education First) in Boston and is having a rocking good experience in her first year. Developing new travel education product all over the place. Nick is still at Facebook.

and Jon Dayton visited, Wendy Brown and her daughter Lissa stopped by, Sarah Hotchkis [Ketterer] and family paid their respects, and Steve Costello and Suzanne made the trip. I had another tooth pulled out last week. I’m down to 20 natural teeth. My dentist says we naturally have 20 teeth when we’re 6 years old. He advises me against pulling any more. I remind him it’s not an elective thing. I also remind him it only costs $300 to pull the tooth but $5,000 to put one back in. If he balanced that out a bit, I’d go right back to a full mouth of choppers. I’ve not heard from Catherine Frye in over 10 years and was thus pleasantly surprised when a note came in. Catherine is in California, and

she has launched two daughters into the world, thus the tuition payments are over. One went to Williams and is now working in venture at Mayfield, and the other is paying her dues at Sony Pictures after a collegiate career at USC. Catherine is still working in software and has been racing triathlons for the past 8 years. Indeed, a little digging reveals a litany of races, including Cozumel, Auckland, and, most recently, Rotterdam. I don’t recall Catherine being a long-distance athlete, but I do recall some aerobics courses. I took inventory last week and counted five Lubranos and 6 cars with a combined odometer reading of 1,372,956 miles (though the dial on the ’77 Ford pickup stopped turning at ~233K, but it might be more than that). I’m told old people accumulate things. Sigh. Art Santry was spotted in Hanover, but he laid low. The good news is that the final offspring of the twin towers (that’s Trina and Art), Richie Santry, will be the 3rd Santry child to attend Dartmouth, following Artie and Alexa. The Big Green recruited Richie to join the class of 2022 and to row heavyweight. Had I had known being a heavyweight was the key to Dartmouth Admissions success, I would chowed down the burgers a lot earlier. Kitch, note to Isabelle. I almost connected with Jeff Coleman out in Park City, but we both were way overprogrammed and our spouses (well, mine) wouldn’t let us mess up the schedule. Good effort though. We’re carrying Jeff’s product at Tuck. The whole PROBAR line of healthy snacks. Steve Socolof graced us with a couple of hours for the Emerging Markets Conference. We chatted up for 15 minutes or so, and Socco never stopped smiling. I love that guy. Rick Yu reports that he and Sarah (Hotchkis) Ketterer and her immensely successful team at Causeway Capital in Los Angeles had a fabulous lunch. Rick’s firm, CLSA Americas, hosted Sarah in Asia last year, paid for lunch, and then Rick ran out to the street to hail them all a cab. Rick is a full-service kind of guy. Rick also reports that it was a pleasant surprise running into Ollie at the most recent Hasty Pudding (HP) show. For those of you who

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are forgetting your Harvard history, the Hasty Pudding Club started in 1795 and has continued unabated, ’cept for a couple of years during the 2 world wars. What started as a club to “cultivate the social affections and cherish the feelings of friendship and patriotism” has evolved into a modern, no-holds burlesque, with men playing both the male and female roles, and a tradition of naming a man and woman of the year. In 1987 these winners were Bernadette Peters and Mikhail Baryshnikov. But I digress. At the time of this submission, Steve Frary reported from an extended sailing trip in the Caribbean with the family. In January, they were in Antigua. Then they went to Les Saintes, Guadeloupe. Steve writes, “We plan to keep sailing for the next several months, homeschooling the kids. Elizabeth is 12 and Nathaniel is 10. The kids have really stepped up as crew of our boat, named the Arrluck, out of Jamestown, RI. She’s a Herreshoff ketch, which is 66 feet long and weighs 50,000 lbs. Lots of snorkeling, paddle boarding, and kayaking. Exploring ashore and learning about local history. Countless sea turtles, dolphin, flying fish, etc. Classmates who want to join us should send me an email at stevefrary@gmail.com. If they clean dishes, cook, or wash boat bottoms, their applications will be considered. A blog will be up soon.” [Look on the ’87 class notes pages on mytuck.dartmouth.edu for Frary sailing pics!] I don’t even know where to begin. That sounds super exciting and challenging. Santry wrote in and said...“Why is Frary sailing around the Caribbean in a dinghy?” John Meaney wanted to know what Steve’s qualifications were to teach his kids, and Carl Haessler is still having a tough time saying the word “Herreshoff.” Allegra and I are navigating the empty nest. So far, so good. We’ve not disappeared into a bottle of pinot gris every night, nor are we simply working harder. We miss the girls like mad but have remembered what it was like when we were first married. It’s quite nice, actually. Speaking of Carl, I sent around some questions, and Carl was kind enough to answer them all. So in a sprint, here is Carl’s update.... For breakfast this morning, Carl had leftover meatloaf, using a recipe from a cooking class Mary Rumowicz signed him up for a long time

ago; he’s driving a Nissan Leaf but is about to upgrade to his dad’s restored 1972 MercedesBenz 600 SWB limousine. His last vacation was to attend our reunion (you da’ man). According to some standard of measure, he’s retired 4 times, he’s amazingly busy keeping a watchful eye open for the next cool thing, teaching chess, managing money for some people, and consulting to 3 local businesses. Thinking about Carl simply makes me smile! Sarah Wilkinson Bird is the CEO of a company called Bhakti. This is a cool company founded in 2002 by Brook Eddy. After a very inspiring trip to India, Eddy started brewing and then decided to build a company around the idea. Sarah came on board to lead the troops to the next level. The company had this to say about OUR Sarah: “Sarah not only has the expertise, intelligence, wisdom, and industry knowledge, she has the heart and soul needed to continue our brand mission of being a strong B corporation and doing more than just creating interesting sips and drinks.” She is already adding value; last September Bhakti announced it has secured a $5.1 million Series B round of funding led by strategic investment firm Cleveland Avenue. The company even has a little electric tuk-tuk...for its Tuck CEO? It was very gratifying to attend the 20th anniversary for Duncan McDougall’s outfit, Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF). They fitted out the Montshire Museum for a fabulous reception. Since 1988, CLiF has provided some 200,000 kids with 5 million books throughout 400 rural towns. It’s a compelling story. Check them out. Tom McGonagle is not retired, not even close. He has been snow skiing and shot skiing and “just hanging in our new place in Edwards. Loving mountain life. Morgan’s senior spring coming up with high national ranking in rugby, Dodec concerts, and will take an engineering fifth year with Thayer just like Greta Joung did. Oldest Erin finishing her third year of med school with a bang in pediatrics. Middle Caitlin doing well as a child life specialist at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Anne on the board of and running fundraisers for a couple nonprofits. Industrial warehouse business doing well.” I know the picture nearby looks like a bunch of folks you cannot recognize in colored clothing with helmets on so you cannot see

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their faces, so, Lubrano, why did you include it? Because I’m trying to get my word count up to 3,500. Frankly, that picture could be anybody: (from left to right), Vladimir Putin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jennifer Aniston…No…really (left to right) Derek, Jerry (D’80, T’86), Gay (D’81) Bird; Anne (D’81), Erin (Williams ’12) Tom (D’81, T’87) McGonagle; Ian Macomber (D’14); Michelle, Bud (D’79) Stacy; Bob (D’81), Betsy (D’81, Geisel) Van Wetter. Blake Crews and Cynthia and Millie Tan get together regularly. “Brian Nash, our class artist, was visiting from Nashville. We are trying to convince him to relocate to NC!” Millie also notes that she had a great visit with Bob and Beth Sharbaugh and Gail Sullivan as they embarked on a college trip—smart kids look at colleges in the South, so the parents can retire here!

Cynthia Frost, Blake Crews, Brian Nash, and Millie Tan

After visiting CJ and Bitt, Hendy and Jon Dayton drove to Sun Valley to ski a few days here. “It has been really fun, love road trips and being really tired at the end of the day.” Hendy is still working way too hard (news there?) yet the clients are interesting and that’s kept her fired up. Sons Tucker and Jackson are in Uganda working for Balloon Ventures, a nonprofit microlending organization. Skyler is in SF working in construction management.

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CL ASS NOTES On the Lubrano front, Georgia graduated from Colby last year and is now at Morgan Stanley in NYC. She has her sights on Tuck. Sophie is a junior at Bowdoin and playing lacrosse against her sister, who is a freshman at Colby. Sophie will intern at Liberty Mutual this summer and is looking for a happening apartment in Boston. Allegra continues to outshine me in every facet of life, but I made peace with that a long time ago. For REAL Tuck news, I encourage you to friend us on Instagram and Facebook and subscribe to the email newsletter, Today at Tuck, and go to every alumni event within a three-hour driving distance of where you live. Okay, I gotta fly outa’s here—off to hot Pilates with Allegra and some of the local knuckleheads. Our wives made fun of the fact that none of us could do a burpee. Yeah it sounds easy, but YOU give it a try. NOT YOU, Catherine Frye, I know YOU can do a burpee. I want to see Spiegel do a burpee. Send me a video!

Hope to see a full house in Hanover in October. Ted and Virginie will be hosting us Saturday night at their home. Best, Laurie and Jill.

’89 Betsy Robertson betsyrobertson@hotmail.com

Sara Spivey sspiveyus@yahoo.com

Hope and David Helsper Hello everyone! I [Betsy] have received a few pieces of news from folks, which is outstanding! News can be a bit slow, so your co-secretaries have made a pact. Sara Spivey and I will send each other a quick update for each column. This means there will always be a column and all of you will know what’s up with the two of us. Maybe no one else, but that’s how it goes.... If you get tired of reading about Sara and me, please send info! *smile*

’88 Laurie Marshall laurieamarshall@gmail.com

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Jill Ward jwcalif@yahoo.com

30TH REUNION OCTOBER 5-7, 2018

Class of 1988, It is hard to believe that our 30th reunion is around the corner. It seems like just yesterday we were hanging out on the front steps or in class together. We hope you will all consider joining us on campus for Reunion in October. You are the people who make it special. Please make plans to come back and ask your close friends to join you. In addition, sometime soon we will have a more user-friendly way to update the class on our

activities. Stay tuned for updates in the coming months. In the meantime, a few of us shared stories and pics. Thanks, Jamie and Dan! Chris and Natalie Rich and their adorable daughters, Emily (11) and Julie (8), hosted Jamie Jeffers, David Helsper and their daughter, Hope (15), for a delicious reunion dinner and fun night of stories and conversation at their home in Wellesley. Hope was visiting Boston and Providence to tour colleges and get a feel for New England winters during the back-toback northeasters. It was Hope’s first time to the Northeast and she loved all the snow. Dan Cornew writes that...“Nothing really exciting in my sector, but I did get a picture while visiting my daughter at Tuck. Argenti led a fascinating class analyzing the Super Bowl ads. Really fun and good memories of his exuberant style and passion for corporate comms. We had a good laugh afterwards!”

Here’s the latest from Sara Spivey: “Spent a weekend in San Francisco and met up with Dennis Williams T’88, who reminded me he is attending his 30th reunion this fall... which can only mean one thing—we are next! Can confirm the epic T’89 slide show with accompanying ’80s soundtrack (now completely digitized) may make another appearance. Look forward to seeing you in fall of 2019!” As for the other class secretary, Betsy Robertson, “I too am looking forward to the 30th reunion. When I was a kid I was appalled that my parents would say things like ‘I have a 30th reunion coming up” or ‘We’ve been friends for over 25 years.’ I couldn’t really imagine that. Now, it is the story of my life. And my friends from Tuck are in that group— yikes! I’m still busy with lots of volunteering with the schools, but that will come to an end soon, as our second daughter is graduating this year and our son will graduate in 2019. I’m looking forward to having more free time and being able to travel to see all my ‘friends who I have known for over 25 years!’ Good times ahead....”

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Many of you are in similar situations—life is changing—jobs, kids moving on, etc. Billy Odell, under a weight of guilt for receiving the “please send in your update” emails and deleting them, has submitted an update. Here’s his story: “After 5 years at Dell Software, leading marketing for a few of the companies they acquired, I left. After that I helped them spin out the SonicWall network security business, which was a truly fantastic experience and happened to be quite successful despite many ways we might have screwed it up! Following the spinout, I was fortunate to be able to take a package and try to figure out what I want to be when I grow up—and decided growing up is not exactly what I want to do! “So, I took my time off to (1) to remodel my house, (2) play lots of golf, (3) enjoy an extended visit with my 88-year-old mom, (4) plan a ski trip to Telluride (fantastic by the way—see photo (hopefully this is in the photo section) with Clarisa—28 years married and going strong), and (5) plan a trip to Scotland with the family. Tip of the hat to Greg Rosen for pointing me to where to play golf while in Scotland.

Keith Rosten wrote in with his job change and excitement for the next reunion—I’m thinking it’s a theme.... “Another class notes and another job. I just joined Berliner Corcoran & Rowe, a law firm specializing in export controls and sanctions. I represent small businesses, government contractors in general business transactions and mergers and acquisitions. I am going back to Kazakhstan next month to teach a short seminar to law students. And my oldest of three goes off to college in the fall. I hope to make it to the reunions.” Jon Adams sent in a quick update on his biotech firm, BioVie. A quick refresher—BioVie is pioneering an innovative approach to address the side effects of advanced cirrhosis of the liver. Here’s Jon’s update—and, if any of you are interested in learning more, please contact Jon. “BioVie is in the midst of a small Series C raise and we would love to share our story. It’s getting more exciting at my emerging biotech company lately, as we just enrolled our first patient in a midstage (Phase 2a) clinical trial. As I mentioned, Jim Lang and Cuong Do are directors and significant investors (as am I), and Jed Aber and more recently Jack Zollinger own stock—that’s a lot of class of ’89 Tuckies!” I read about Tuck on Facebook or look at the Instagram posts and I have several thoughts: (1) So happy I’m not applying now, as I’d NEVER get in; (2) So thankful I had the opportunity to attend Tuck; and (3) So excited to see everyone at Reunion. Hope to see you all soon!

Clarisa and Billy in Telluride

“It’s been great to have Tuckie visitors over the last few years—Lou Usarzewicz, Greg Rosen, John Ventura, and Lora Louise and Bob Broady—well, we were out of town but they did reach out. Lee and Melissa Caswell are local and we see them when we can. Oh, and Dennis Williams Tuck ’88 and I still carouse a lot, playing golf, skiing, and watching Cal football. “More seriously on the career front, I am starting to lecture in marketing, speaking at entrepreneurship events, and spinning up a consulting business. If anyone is in need of some advice on how to get a start-up off the ground, or scale a new business, let me know. 28 years working with Silicon Valley start-ups should count for something.”

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We had a great sampling of responses from our classmates. Starting in the upper corner of the country, near our beloved Upper Valley, Sam Medalie spearheaded a group of Tuckies for a bowling party just before the holidays. See the photo nearby: quite a good-looking group, and I heard gutter balls were few and far between. The Boston contingent promises to be more active with a spring/early-summer event TBD. Way to go, Sam, for organizing. Speaking of Sam, he reports that he is still doing some work in executive recruitment and has expanded into a new venture: “I still have my hand in executive search and am helping a classmate find a top job. My other business does business development for a company that goes into companies to reduce the cost of wireless devices. The Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Jets are clients. See you at the next Reunion!” Sam, I hope to see you sooner, if at all possible. Another entrepreneurial spirit in our class is Charlie Garland. In the vein of real news from Charlie, he reports that he “got married (2nd time around) in 2016 to Ms. Pauline Turley, vice chair of the Irish Arts Center in NYC. Not sure if that’s recent enough to make it into the updates, but, there you are....” And apparently, since he actually sent it in for the 2018 update in the notes, the couple remains happy even two years in.

Hello Tuck ’90s— When you hear the ’90s, it seems like a time way back in history. And that is what Tuck ’90s are doing every day, making history (as you are about to find out in the notes update). We are in fact a really happening and switched-on group of Tuck grads. And in the spirit of “retro is the new black,” we are back updating each other in black and white. The return of the class notes.

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CL ASS NOTES Maarten Kelder chimes in that “Life is good in Singapore, where we have lived for 15 years. No snowstorms, earthquakes, tsunamis, crime or traffic jams, but yes a lot of tropical heat. Workwise, spending a lot of time on digital transformation and the health-tech space, which is great fun. The Tuck community in the Far East is growing steadily—catching up at different events.” It’s great to see that we continue to have a global impact, even when it all began so long ago in Hanover. Gary Jacobus has a career update. “After spending the majority of my career in the sports marketing world, most recently overseeing business development for Aramark’s sports & entertainment division, I have made a career change into the airport food & beverage business. I joined SSP America, a subsidiary of SSP Group out of London. I run business development for North America, which includes securing new and renewing existing airport partnerships.” All of us are either sports fans or travelers, so Gary has been touching our lives by keeping us well fed and liquified these past few years. Thanks, Gary. So here is where technology helps, even when it may not be supposed to. When I sent out the calling-all-cars email, I got back from Pam Ellis, “Hello and thanks for your email. I’m visiting campuses and have limited access to email. Please be patient with my delayed response. I do value your communication and look forward to returning your message. Take care and all the best, Dr. Pamela.” Wow, we have to hear about the visits next time. We know that Tuck ’90s are quite the purveyor of high-test liquids. Todd Stevenson shares this: “Post the Lagunitas sale to Heineken, Todd Stevenson retired and I got demoted from CFO to “Mayor” J. Actually all is good, and I am helping with transition but retiring at year-end and heading out to pasture...with my sheep and Alpaca!” And yes, we got a hugely great update from the one and only, our beloved Rashad Jaeger. “All is well in San Francisco. Leo and I have discovered Palm Springs as a place to go recharge that is warm and sunny. We have been there three times in the last four months to escape winter in San Francisco and other places. I have just finished several videos for the diaTribe Foundation and had the hard task of covering the northern CA wildfires

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for a division of CBS. I have never been in the middle of such devastation as it was happening and the immediate aftermath. I am almost done with my first feature-length screenplay, which uses the music of John Denver to tell a modern-day story of triumph. It’s called The Denver Girls, and I will be shopping it to producers later this spring. I have a short film, Immediate Family Only, ready for production this summer. My granddaughter will be 5 this summer. Where does the time go??”

Rashad Jaeger relaxing in Palm Springs

Mike Hardie chimes in from Baltimore with words of appreciation and an update. “Thanks for picking this up! My wife Susan and I live in Baltimore—I sold my company last year and am now the product lead at the acquirer. Susan is at Johns Hopkins running the breastimaging section and doing some interesting research. But really we are both trying to figure out what’s next, with 1 kid graduating college and one high school—hope to hear about fellow classmates!” And what would an update be without an update from Audrey: “A few quick notes: In Park City for the Tuck entrepreneurship event with Skippy, Jen, and Doug. Good excuse to leave LA and hang with Tuckies in the mountains of Utah. Still travel for fun, spent last summer in Croatia and 7 other countries. Saw Blair LaCorte at The Nantucket Project in September. Visited Northern California to hear Mike Miskovsky’s daughter, Caroline, perform. Currently on the advisory board for Trance, an app for people who like to dance. Looking for funding.” Audrey, that makes two of us, I am looking for funding too. Also a quick update from Herb Fellman: “A quick update...I’m in my 3rd year with Health Credit Services, working to simplify the way patients pay for health care. In January I shifted from overseeing loan products and servicing

platforms to other side of the balance sheet and am now working on reducing borrowing costs and raising capital to grow the business.” Herb notes: “I couldn’t help but notice the high concentration of legacy email addresses for our class. Beyond Google, the most common domains included AOL, Hotmail, Yahoo!, Mac, Comcast, and MSN. I still use a BellSouth address, but not on this list. So are we retro hip, or are we just showing our age?” Or intense individuality. It’s always a pleasure to hear from one of the all-time greatest ever, Rich Laws. I can see him writing this with that award-winning smile on his face: “Here is the 15-second update on my journey: Sandy and I are still living in Denver and spending lots of time in Vail and Florida. Our three kids are grown and on their own, and grandkids are appearing out of nowhere! (two so far) We sold our homebuilding company last year and are now working on other projects, traveling, and being more intentional about trying to make a difference.” Rich, you always made a difference, so I bet it’s going great. Who does not love to hear from the Kolstads. It’s clear they continue to be the best. The note from Dave: “Mark, hope all going well, how are you and Steph? Come up to Boston sometime—would be really great to see you guys. Diana, the girls, and I all doing well. Hats off to Sam for his leading the charge on now regular Boston area T’90 meet-ups. Looking forward to the next and encourage all within striking distance to join. I had the chance to get together with Audrey a month or so ago to catch up over lunch near her home on Manhattan Beach and with Harald in July for some salmon fishing in Iceland. Both really great times! Hoping we may see more classmates in 2018!”

Courtesy of Dave Kolstad, salmon fishing in Iceland

And from Jeff Hastings: “Nothing of interest to report...saw Leon and Peggy Sharyon’s son Robbie get married in September in CA, and all Hastings had dinner with Deno and Beth Mokas and their three kids between Xmas and NY. Things well in the empty nest in Hanover, NH, for me and Kathy. —Jeff Hastings.” Jeff continues to be one of the best steady guys ever. Others of the most reliable folks in our circle were the Newmans, and here’s an update from Jen and Dennis. “After 8 years in telecom at DISH Network, Dennis returned to transportation in December, going to lead schedule and capacity planning at Amtrak. With the move to Amtrak, Jennifer and Dennis are living the city life in Washington, DC, now, after becoming empty nesters in the fall, when the youngest of our three daughters headed off to college. We’re enjoying the short walk to restaurants and easy access to attractions. Got together with Caroline (Rossi) Steinberg and her husband Peter recently at their house in Virginia, and we hope to see other Tuckies out this way.” Even more from the Newmans: “We’ve kept a foothold in Colorado, so we’ll be getting back there on occasion. Our home out there is in the same town as Kirk and Sally Adams, so we see them once in a while, though not as much as when we lived on the same street a few years ago. Have constant reminders of Tuck classmates through beverages with which they were once associated. The Keurig machines at Amtrak headquarters are supplied with Caribou Coffee, and our refrigerator at home always contains some Lagunitas IPA. Would love to catch up with any classmates in or visiting the DC area!” Jeff Santosuosso is keeping life interesting by reinventing himself in the career marketplace. He reports that it is a bit of a task but keeps it interesting by tempering the journey with avocations—just got a poetry book approved for publication this summer! Meanwhile, wife Tara’s cryotherapy business continues to grow. Along with pro boxers, baseball players, tennis players, and college golfers, she just treated a bunch of college players tuning up their bodies just before the NFL combine. Betsy Benning shows we are all making great things happen. “Running to stand still.... Dreaming of a life outside the ’burbs when my youngest (high school freshman) heads off to college and maybe traveling around,

‘working from home’ in a VW bus/camper or something like that...embracing my inner [did she say *inner*?!?] quirkiness.” The amazing range of inventiveness, energy, creativity, and personality is clearly alive and well in our class.

footsteps—studying in Rotterdam, living in the same frat house as Eduard—Rotterdam should be on alert!! He expects the rest of his kids will follow soon. “Life goes by too quickly *sad emoji*!”

As for erstwhile Hose, I have crossed the fourand-a-half-year mark at Accenture. It’s been extremely satisfying to apply what I learned across a career in marketing in a role where we help firms understand how to become more digital. At Accenture, we call it “rotating to the new...” in our fancy presentations. In a changing economy and business environment, there is room for a lot of opinions, and so hopefully we’re bringing good ones to the table. Could not be doing any of this if it weren’t for what I learned at Tuck—especially from all the great people. Family is well, Steph and I still living in New Jersey and realizing what great friends we have after a recent power outage (my foot-doctor friend hotwired my heating system). Two of the three boys are out and gainfully employed, and William, our third, is finishing up his freshman year.

You’ll see from his picture, he and his wife, Marieke, continue the Tuck tradition of enjoying life to the fullest by spending some time at Carnaval this year. “That’s 3 days of partying & drinking *smiley emoji*! Still going strong.... But recovery takes more time. Love to everyone! When in Antwerp, let me know!”

It’s always the best to hear how our class is keeping in with one another. Send in the updates; will share the news in print. Until the next edition. —Hose

’91 Suzanne Shaw msuzanne_bethesda@yahoo.com

Eduard and Marieke Biekens at Carnaval

Joe Stabnick jstabnick@gmail.com

Welcome to the summer edition of notes. It seems everyone was petered out after sending updates to Joe, so this edition will be a short read. It’s a good thing, since I have to finish up in order to catch some of the Sweet Sixteen games. Yep, I am writing these in the midst of March Madness. Boiler Up! Eduard Biekens is still raving about our fantastic 25th reunion, which was pretty great.... Since the reunion, Eduard spent some quality time with Brad Burde in New York and in Antwerp—also with Andreu Ylla. His kids are great and his oldest is following in his

Peter Ginsberg sent in a combo update for both him and Clare Corcoran Bonifant—our resident North Carolinians. Peter and Lori’s daughter Danica had her bat mitzvah on September 16. Peter reports it was awesome to have Clare and her husband Ben there (see the photo of Clare, Peter, and Danica, with Danica sporting a Tuck green dress!). The Ginsbergs and Bonifants are enjoying North Carolina. The Ginsberg girls, Talia and Danica, are 15 and 13, and Peter continues to do deals as a biotech business development exec. The Bonifant girls, Ellie and Daisy, are 18 and 16, and Clare is a veterinarian in Raleigh and has mentored Danica, an aspiring vet. “Come visit the Ginsbergs and Bonifants in NC!”

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Peter Ginsberg, Claire Bonifant, and Peter’s daughter Danica at her bat matizvah

Mark Magers and Linda Yoshino say “Hola” from Mexico! Linda and Mark moved to Mexico in late October, just in time for Dia de Muertos. They are in the Lake Chapala area, in Jalisco, enjoying cheap tacos and beers. Linda is still working a bit, remotely, and they are working on their Spanish, volunteering at the dog rescue, hiking, kayaking, and doing a deep dive on Mexican history and travel. In February they celebrated—Tequila! The town, not just drinking. If you are going to be near Guadalajara, give them a call; they are 40 minutes from the airport.

And on that note, Jock McClees wrote in at the very, very last moment to fill us in on Baltimore happenings. Jock and Carol celebrated Thanksgiving at Brian and Kelly Dettmann’s. A bunch of the Washington/Baltimore crew—including the Dettmanns, Harry Holt, and the McCleeses—will be gathering at the Barpoulises’ to meet up with Kevin and Barb Marshall, who are in town. Steve Langlois and Scott Barton wrote in with an update on their trip to India (Steve provided narrative, Scott provided the picture; although there are many more on FB). For some reason, some of the FB pictures reminded me of Scott’s rendition of Carnac the Magnificent during our talent shows, oh so many years ago.... From Steve: “Sally and I recently returned from two glorious weeks in India w/Scott and Mary Ellen Barton. It was quite a trip traveling around by van, plan, rickshaw (that was harrowing) and ‘tuck tuck’ or maybe it’s ‘tuc tuc.’ We enjoyed a lovely lunch with Ranjit and his wife at the Royal Delhi Golf Club.”

Dave Paradi wrote in to say he and Sheila are doing well. He hopes to be able to see some classmates during his travels this year (he promises more updates then). Oh yeah, and their son Andrew is getting married on July 21st in Waterloo, Ontario. Sounds like big news to me. Wedding planning has been keeping them pretty busy. And finally, Doug Neil just sent a note to say “Hey!” Hey, Doug. After having such a great time at Reunion, Richard O’Reagan, Rich Hanson, Eliza Royal, Deanna Helmig, Anne Stabnick, and I decided to relive it during October 2017 with a weekend in Hanover and beyond. We had gorgeous weather. Jim Napier (the Mayor of Hanover) and Lizzie joined us throughout the weekend. Much fun was had by all—except for Joe Stabnick, who was struck down with the flu Saturday morning just before they were scheduled to drive up from Boston. We toasted him at dinner! Well that’s all from here. Don’t forget we have our Tuck ’91 FB page. It’s a private page, so just send an email to me or to Ferit, and we’ll add you to the list. Thanks to all who sent updates! Cheers!

’92 Editor’s note: The great class of ’92 is still in need of a class secretary! If you, or two of you, or three of you would like to volunteer for this twice-yearly way to catch up with your classmates, please email tuck.class.notes@ dartmouth.edu to let us know!

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Steve, Scott, and Ranjit in India

And since Steve is always on the go, he was expecting Jim Napier at 8 a.m. the next morning to swing by his door in Quechee. They were planning to enjoy the fruits of the recent nor’easters by hitting the slopes at Killington. He promised a selfie, but alas, I did not receive one.

We did have one photo received on the cusp of Amy Feind Reeves’s class-secretary retirement last issue. Look on the ’92 class notes pages on mytuck.dartmouth.edu to see a picture from Courtney Jane that she had sent along, saying: “This weekend in the Venice Canals, CA, with Alan Jones and his wife Pam and son Adam. Alan is still an inspiration as a human being 25 years later. A kind, socially minded, and super smart man.”

’93 Cathy Dishner cldish66@gmail.com

students at Tuck back in November for the last session of our course, Investing and Deal Making in Health Care (see pic). In 2017, we marked our 5th year teaching the class, which remains one of the top-ranked courses at Tuck, based on student feedback.” No doubt the Mikes are a dynamic duo!!

25TH REUNION OCTOBER 5-7, 2018

REUNION IS COMING! Yes, it has indeed been 25 years. As the great Nelson Mandela said, “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.” So touch up those grays, comb over what you can, step up the Fitbit, suck it in, inject, tuck, nip, and get ready to party like it’s the ’90s all over again!

The T’93 class picture

We are in good hands with Reunion Chairs Alastair Borthwick and Kathleen Bacon at the helm. Let me open with some encouraging words from them: “Let’s make the 25th Great... the Greatest ever! Hey, this logic worked for Trump, so we’re hoping it has the same success in motivating you! The Tuck experience is all about the people, and the reunions are a great way to reconnect, gather and gab, and have a few laughs. No excuses to miss this one—kids can get themselves off to soccer practice, Airbnb will sort out all accommodations, and longdistance travel is cheap given relatively low oil prices. So don’t delay.... Put October 5–7th in the diary and COME!” Some of us have already been making our way back to Tuck via the classroom. Mike McIvor sent news: “Mike Carusi and I posed with our

From the CT ’burbs, Marshall Cooper sent news: “Been in touch with Quechee housemate Ann Akichika recently and enjoyed dinner with James Marciano several months back, who wanted to make it clear he was no longer the last in our class to have a child. Rebecca and I had a baby boy, Noah Grayson, last year. Interestingly, with one’s fourth child, Tuck no longer bothers sending Tuck stuff, so we had to dig out his sister’s bib for the attached picture. (see pic) We are doing a lot of family travel (Japan next month) as our eldest is headed off to college in the fall. Looking forward to seeing everyone at Reunion!”

Mike Carusi and Mike McIvor at Tuck

Nancy Koefoed heard from Mary Carusi recently when she saw her name on the Colgate parents’ Facebook page. Nan’s son, Andy, is a junior and the Carusis’ son, Matthew, is a freshman. Small world. Al got a little reunion practice with a NYC gathering this fall. He writes, “Nine classmates from T’93 gathered to celebrate a Jay Weiss, Jeff Dishner, and Jeff DiModica visit to NYC and to provide some security protection while ‘J-3’ mingled with hedge funders, angel investors, celebrities, sports stars, paparazzi, and ordinary working folk (see those wearing ties). Among those present were Eric Bergwall, Jay Weiss, Jeffs Dish and DiMo, Tom Wisniewski, Ward Davis, Bob Crocco, and Glenn Crotty. Unfortunately, the mayor, the governor, and the president had to send their regrets, but otherwise the evening was a remarkable success in raising money for the struggling NYC bar scene.”

The Boys in NYC

Noah Cooper

Like Marce, Ward will be relieved to hear that Marshall usurped his position as having the youngest baby in the bunch. On this note, DiMo reported that he and Kay spent Christmas Eve in Greenwich, CT, helping Ward and Kristen Davis “assemble dollhouses ’til the wee hours for Ward’s beautiful 5th and 6th children. You’d think he’d know by now to buy items with ‘no assembly required!’” More from DiMo: “Sweet revenge never came for Jeff DiModica, who traveled from his Miami home to Minneapolis to see another Patriots coronation over Alastair’s Eagles. The Patriots had beaten the Eagles once in 2004, offsetting the time Al moved all of Jeff’s furniture into the lobby of Buchanan Hall, but revenge for laying sod in his entire room at Buchanan never came after Tom Brady was strip sacked. Jeff hopes to get that revenge and is hereby challenging Al to a Kneisel Cup chug off at our 25th this fall! As president of Starwood Property Trust, DiMo is happy to SUMMER 2018

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CL ASS NOTES see Dish a lot more, now that he and Cathy are back on this side of the pond. In February while all dining together, a text came from Jackie Dishner (Wake Forest ’21) with a picture of her standing next to Brad DiModica (Tulane ’21) at Mardi Gras (see pic). She didn’t know him, but she said to Cathy, ‘He looked just like Mr. DiMo, so I asked if he was a DiModica and he was!’ Poor kid!”

Jackie Dishner and Brad DiModica

Alastair was indeed there to witness the Eagles’ sweet victory. He reports, “I am still on a high after the Eagles won the Super Bowl. What an exciting night! I went with my dad and friends, and we all enjoyed a breathtaking game. Eagles fans filled the stadium in Minnadelphia Philasota to give our team ‘Road Field Advantage.’ Great fun! Here’s a picture of my dad and me celebrating our undeserved position as underdogs. You can see the family resemblance.” [Note: Look in the T’94 notes column for another pic with Alastair and T’94 Jeanine!]

Alastair and his father at the Super Bowl

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Mark Tecca sent news from the Upper Valley: “It’s been a little more than three years since our house fire, and we’re still feeling very blessed. In addition to all the wonderful support from friends near and far, we found a new home just seven miles up the road in Orford, NH, right on the Connecticut River. The new home has allowed us to stay connected with our community, and it’s a great place to host a party! (too far for us to descend during Reunion??) Scenes from our backyard were in the most recent issue of Tuck Today, as we hosted a group for Martha’s 30th Tuck ’87 reunion last fall. In other news, I started a new job last September as CFO for the Becket Family of Services, a nonprofit child services agency with facilities in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts. On the reunion front, we caught up with Dwight and Kirsten Poler last July in Boothbay, Maine. We’re looking forward to seeing folks for our 25th!” Now that we know that Mark has a party house, he may get some eager revelers this fall! Tom Wisniewski also has some party digs of his own, located conveniently in Hanover...so take note! Tom reports: “Flying solo to Reunion in the fall :-), rented a house right in town; party at our place Friday night?? See you there!!” He goes on to provide a quick update: “Launched a VC fund in Newark, NJ, with Amazon; financial returns and economic impact for Newark. Living in NYC, I see Glenn and Alastair frequently. Still miss my bros Jay Weiss and John Roësset, who immigrated to Florida years ago. On the home front, Barbara, Max (15) and Amelia (11) are all well.”

The Morrison family

My two girls are now on completely different college schedules, making trips with them difficult, if not impossible, to coordinate. But it turns out it is easy to make plans with other (nearly) empty nesters! I had a split-Hood experience this March. First, I joined tennis junkie Dana Macher in Palm Springs for the Indian Wells tournament under the hot desert sun. Then I hopped over to Jackson Hole, where I spent time with Nancy Koefoed on the snowy slopes. Nan was vacationing with her family in my western hometown. On skis, Nan is still fast and furious and, as she put it, I am an “old lady.” Ouch! Truth hurts. Jeff Macher joined us as well. We all managed to meet up for a boozy late lunch and Tuck in the Tetons picture on the slopes.

Back to the Polers: Jeff and I left London in late summer, and Dwight and family followed in January, kicking off a world tour before returning to Massachusetts after 20 years abroad. While trotting the globe, Dwight is homeschooling his youngest daughter so she doesn’t miss a beat while his two college-aged coeds join the family in exotic locales as they can. The last Instagram post I saw featured a giraffe interrupting lessons in the bush! The Morrisons are also intrepid world travelers. Christina writes, “Feliz Navidad from Peru! This made 25 countries for our girls (they hit their 7th continent last year). But with them in 11th and 8th grades, we know that in a couple years our travels with them will be less frequent. We look forward to seeing everyone at our big reunion coming up!”

Tuck in the Tetons

I’ll close with one more unabashed plug for Reunion. Al writes: “I am looking forward to seeing everyone at this year’s 25th reunion on

October 5-7 and hoping T’93s can set a new record for turnout. It would be great to see everyone. I am going; how about you?”

’94 David Link bearcap08@gmail.com

Left to right: Alastair Borthwick T’93; Jeanine Borthwick T’94; Alasdair Nichol, chairman, Freemen’s; Helen Heggie PHT’67; and James Heggie III T’67, Saint Andrew’s Society president

notes. I’m older, greyer, and fatter than I was 25 years ago but reasonably content living in Australia, where I have been nearly all the time since graduation. I’ve been running my own financial advisory business for the last ten years (and yes, it is a business and I work hard at it and it is not simply a cover for unemployment or retirement) and will probably continue to do so for at least the next five. Probably like most of my classmates, I extend an open invitation for anyone visiting Sydney, Australia, to get in touch and we can catch up.

Toph Whitmore toph@whitmorefamily.org

Hello class. I [David] am writing to you in late March here in Denver. Spring is just about to arrive. Here is the news and other responses that came across the desk. There are no embellishments here, as I am late getting this to the proper authorities! If you ever find yourself in Denver, please give me a holler. Jeanine Borthwick [From the Saint Andrew’s Society] “The November evening in the city evoked images of a castle in Scotland, or Brigadoon. The Borthwicks, Alastair T’93, and Jeanine T’94, hosted a table of friends at the 261st Annual Banquet of the Saint Andrew’s Society of the State of New York (SASNY). The society is the oldest charity in the state of New York, and among those it assists are the children at the Children’s Hospital at NewYork–Presbyterian and children of Scotland at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. “The 101st president of the society is James Heggie III T’67. His wife Helen is also of Scottish ancestry, and a society member. At Tuck, Jim and Helen lived in Sachem Village, she worked at Thayer, and as was customary in those years, she, along with all the Tuck wives, was given a PHT’67 from Dean Karl Hill, for ‘Putting Husband Through.’ As 101st president, Jim follows in the footsteps of legendary figures of the society, among the, its 45th president, Andrew Carnegie, businessman and philanthropist; Alexander Hamilton, who almost certainly would have served as president had it not been for the unfortunate encounter with Mr. Burr; Thomas Watson of IBM, and

many others. Many in Scotland think the New York Society to be the most prestigious of the hundreds around the world. “The honored speaker was Alasdair Nichol, chairman of Freeman’s of Philadelphia, the oldest auction house in the United States. Like Alastair Borthwick, Alasdair Nichol is a native-born Scot. He is best known as a regular and star of the popular PBS show Antiques Roadshow. He received the ‘Sammy,’ an award created in tribute to Mark Twain, or, by his real name, Samuel ‘Sammy’ Clemens. Clemens, of Scots-Irish descent, was invited to speak at the 1901 banquet by Carnegie.” Jamie Kalamarides “Been in Simsbury with Prudential’s retirement business for last 18 years. Named president of Prudential Group Insurance business in Roseland, NJ, in fall of 2017 and been commuting back and forth. Still spending lots of time in Washington—trying to influence the public policy on financial security and savings. Diana and I celebrated our ‘100th’ birthday party last fall—decided that we’d skip our two 50th birthday parties. Walked our oldest daughter down the aisle before Thanksgiving. John and Hayley Barrett attended, since they are like a second set of parents to Emma. Have caught up with Kevin ‘Married’ Barry at Fidelity to compare notes on the retirement industry. Tom DePatie (also at Prudential) and I catch up when he’s not jet-setting around the world doing M&A deals. Had dinner with Bruce Shaw in November; he’s experimenting with producing an off-Broadway play.” Moray Vincent “For my own part, really nothing of any real note is happening. I haven’t seen anyone from Tuck since Eduardo Dutrey visited last year, and that was published in the class

’95 Kristin Sanborn ksanborn27@gmail.com

Rick Smith rasarizona@hotmail.com

Rick: I think our column deserves better positioning in the issues of Tuck Today. We should either be in the very front—the first thing you read—or the very back—the last thing you read so it’s the thing you’ll remember. Kristin: You realize the columns are ordered by graduation date, right? Rick: I hadn’t really looked into it but if that’s how they do it...and that’s your unverified assertion...it doesn’t seem like the optimal way to me. It should be “Most Awesome” to “Most Boring.” Or vice versa. If they do it from “Most Boring” to “Most Awesome,” then other columns can build up to ours. Kristin: You’ve really built up an ego, haven’t you? Do you list “T’95 Column Writer” on your resume? Rick: First thing!Kristin: Is your resume ordered from “Most Awesome” to “Most Boring”? If so, I’m concerned if you’ve listed “T’95 Column Writer” first.... OK, enough of that. On to the column! Ron Will is now the CFO of Ripple, a company whose mission is to achieve frictionless crossborder payments through the increased use of the digital asset XRP by financial institutions around the world. Rick: I prefer when cross-border payments have a little bit of friction to them.

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CL ASS NOTES Kristin: A little bit of grit? Rick: Exactly. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. If your payment can go cross-border and survive the friction, it’ll be an impressive payment. A real winner. Kristin: You know nothing about this topic. Rick: Not a thing. Kristin: They’re using blockchain to facilitate financial transactions between institutions. It’s essentially a modern replacement for the ancient SWIFT system. Rick: They’re replacing Blockbuster? So sad. I love that place. “Throughout my career, I’ve been most excited when working with hyper-growth companies,” said Ron in a press release. Rick: I prefer working for stagnant or declining businesses. Now that’s exciting. Kristin: Because every day when you come in you’re curious to see if you’re still employed? Rick: Exactly. When you go into the office in the morning and immediately check if someone’s left empty boxes by your door for you to pack your office tchotchkes in when you get canned...that gets the blood pumping!

Rick: Are 10 years in Australia measured differently than 10 years in the U.S.? Kristin: Huh? Rick: You know... because of that whole metric system thingy. Kristin: Ahh...no. Rick: Because the metric system is different than the American system. Kristin: You know that “years” aren’t part of this “American system,” right? Rick: Ahh...well I didn’t take that class at Tuck. Kristin: Which class? Rick: The class that covered the metric system. Kristin: There was no class. Rick: Exactly! “I happened to be in Tampa/Sarasota for business (hard to believe, I know) and got to hang out with Vincent Cottrez and his wife Sarah,” wrote Liam Donohue. “Their place is super cool—very rural (in a Live and Let Die bayou kind of way) but 5 minutes from a Whole Foods. Our boy from Paris has also become a gentleman farmer...with chickens, horses, dogs, and perhaps a goat on the way!”

“I will be retiring in mid-March,” wrote Paul Duske. “It’s 10 years behind schedule, but I finally got there.” Kristin: Isn’t this like the 3rd time Duske has retired? I’m officially requesting an investigation. We need a special counsel. Do you think there are any available? Can the U.S. export our surplus of unemployed special counsel to Australia? That’s one way to help our trade imbalance!

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We have to admit that Peter is correct. He’s like a Bostonian Kardashian. “Of note in my life, I sold my company last May but retained a small ownership stake, and now instead of working for a disinterested highnet-worth majority owner, I now work for a slightly more interested private equity owner. So effectively my life changed very little, but that’s what qualifies as news for the average 50-something these days. No complaints so far. Of more recent interest, Susan took the kids to Nicaragua to do hurricane relief work with her church over spring break while I went to Las Vegas with a buddy to do relief work there. I’m pleased to inform that all parties found their experiences very rewarding.” Kristin: I feel comforted knowing that Peter’s relief work involved the critical infusion of IVs to ease the pain of hangovers. He’s making the world safer.

Vincent Cottrez and family and chicken

Tena Melfi has an awesome new title: EVP and chief road service officer. “After 2 years of bouncing around in the start-up world, I have gone to the other extreme and landed at a company over 100 years old: AAA of Northern California (and 6 other states)! I’m leading the Road Services division—Yep, I get to ride around in tow trucks and flatbeds and help people stuck on the side of the road! It is pretty cool. And yes, there is plenty of opportunity to innovate how we do business!”

Sig Muller is now a ventures vice president with Savvysherpa.

John and Elizabeth Shaw visited the Tuck Today T’95 Western Region Headquarters in Scottsdale.

While on the topic of cryptocurrencies, Manu Kalia co-founded Greensparc and the CirrusCoin cloud-computing token. Per Greensparc’s website, “One CirrusCoin token equals one kilowatt-hour of the world’s greenest, cheapest, enterprise-grade option for cloud capacity.” Kristin: But will those CirrusCoins be frictionless? Because that’s how I like my cryptocurrency. Rick: Whatever happened to people founding companies that make a better toaster? We can always use improved toast. Kristin: It’s a new world, my friend. Rick: We should sell our column digitally with subscriptions being paid for using SmittyCoins. Kristin: Or really good toast.

“It’s been a while since I bored you with the details of my life,” wrote Peter Stevens, “yet you keep coming back.”

Rick: I don’t know what the company does, but I do know that you want your Sherpa to be savvy. Kristin: Right? You don’t want to be halfway up Everest and your Sherpa turns to you and says, “Holy cow, we’re way up here, aren’t we? Kinda scary. I’m a bit unsteady with heights.” Rick: Exactly. The Sherpa you got off the Tibetan Craigslist. “Not sure I brought enough oxygen for both of us, Mr. Customer, so one of us is going to have to tough it out, and that one of us isn’t me.” Kristin: “Wait a second? You want me to carry YOUR stuff? No way. That is NOT in my job description.”

Kristin: I bet neither has aged a day. Rick: Confirmed. It’s like they’re made out of wax. Or they’re robots. Or robots made out of wax. Like many Californians, the Shaws are investigating Scottsdale as an option for housing due to its great lifestyle, low taxes, and—of course—proximity to the Tuck Today T’95 Western Region Headquarters. Rick: It’s always a good idea to be closest to the pulse of our column. Kristin: Because then the news you receive is freshest?

Rick: Of course. Very fresh. And if John moves to Scottsdale, John and Rick may insist that Mel Steals relocates to Scottsdale so we can reform our study group. Melvin, what say you? We heard from John Crowther! “Luckily I’m between jobs, so I actually have time to respond. Left my job at Eversight in the fall, took the fall off, and have been looking for my next opportunity. Close on a few options. I’ve had a chance to catch up with a few folks. Grabbed coffee with Deanna Smeltz in Summit, NJ, and visited Noel Culberson and grabbed a beer with John Becker in Boulder. Also caught up with Liam Donohue to see if there were any opportunities with his portfolio companies.” Rick: Does Liam employ all T’95s? Kristin: Not only does Liam employ all T’95s, but he’s moving onto the next generation! My daughter may be working for a .406 company this summer. Rick: Whoa...does he have anything for 6-year-old twins and an 8-year-old? My kids are takers, not makers. How does the Smitty family get on the Donohue gravy train? Kristin: Smitty, fun fact—Liam employs you and you don’t even know it. Rick: Holy cow. I thought there might be a mystical force in the universe controlling my destiny. I just assumed it was Oprah. Kristin: It’s Liam. Liam is our Oprah. Continued John: “Here’s what else is new with me: (1) We’re looking at middle schools for my 11-year-old daughters and have decided the Bay Area middle-school application process is roughly equivalent to the work effort I put into applying to college. I keep looking at the bright side and tell myself if they DON’T get into a private middle school, I can justify buying a Tesla. (2) The family and I go up to Tahoe a lot with the kids...as we invest in teaching them a sport (skiing) that climate-change deniers will likely make disappear in CA before too long. (3) Have generally landed and stayed in the Enterprise SaaS space with companies that have some kind of big data/multivariate testing/predictive analytics/machine learning/ AI orientation to them. Trying to blockchain together as many Silicon Valley buzzwords as possible.” “I joined Target last August as a vice president in the food and beverage business, after 20

years at General Mills,” wrote Liz Nordlie. “I’m really loving it so far, and the shift from CPG to retail has been fun. I was in Hanover last summer; both my kids participated in Dartmouth summer sports camps. I always smile when I get to campus—it will always have a special place in my heart.” “Work life remains exciting,” wrote Ned Hill. “In addition to my day job running the Atlanta region for Square 1 Bank, I started up a small venture fund here with a friend and am still involved with my Texas venture fund. So I’m keeping busy! Tessa and I are on the verge of being empty nesters with the high school graduation of Lia. That will make two in college and one in medical school! I may need to add another job! As empty nesters, Tessa and I will be moving to a high-rise in midtown Atlanta. Goodbye suburbia, hello urban living! In the meantime, Tessa, Lia, and I traveled to Italy and Portugal.” [Look on the T’95 class notes pages at mytuck.dartmouth.edu to see a picture of Ned, Tessa, and Leo in Florence!] “I now work with Hatteras Venture Partners, a Durham, NC-based life science and health care IT venture fund,” wrote Charles Merritt. “I’m working on investments in NC-based companies, mainly those NOT related to life science, and am helping them on the operational side—fund operations, internal process—as well as fund-raising and investor relations. I continue to serve on a few nonprofit boards: board chair at our kid’s school; president of a teeny tiny nonprofit that supports mission work in Cusco, Peru, called the Josephine House, which takes me there every so often; the advisory board for the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity; some UNC-related things, like the Kenan Institute Advisory Board.” And what’s up with your authors? Kristin here. Since my candidate lost the November election by like 1,000 votes, I’m not doing too much! Stay tuned. Or don’t. Whatever I do next probably won’t be that interesting. Rick here. Helped navigate my employer through a sale but am planning to stick around, at least for now. We’ve got air conditioning and a free gym...I can’t pass that up. Hopefully the new owners will be down with Smitty. Kristin: And all of your Smittiness?

Rick: I know. It’s a lot to take in. I’m a lot of Smitty. We’ll talk again in six months!

’96 Ewa Borowska ewa.borowska@comcast.net

Trent Meyerhoefer tmeyerho@gmail.com

Barry Winer bmwiner@gmail.com

Ewa (Borowska), Trent (Meyerhoefer), and I (Barry) are now in our 22nd year doing this column. Most obviously, that’s a lot of years! And, maybe as obvious, much has changed during that time. Not just for all of us, but for the column business itself. For example, in 1996, social media wasn’t what it is now. Anyway, and speaking only for myself, I’ve learned a few things doing this as long as I have. Two I’ll share here. First, my motivation now is much the same as it was in ’96 when I raised my hand to volunteer. I thought it’d be great fun to play a small role in helping our community and relationships endure. It has been and it still is. Second, I’ve learned that, for me, the column is just a natural outgrowth of my natural (genetic maybe?) inclinations to keep in touch with people. As an example there, I’ve pestered all of you, through this column and most other channels, to give a shout if ever in DC, where I’m based. And go figure! Many of you have actually taken me up on it, which has been awesome. You’ll see some good evidence of that in this edition. So, with no further adieu, here’s what’s new. First, the stuff based on my “in-person” research. And, with apologies for front-loading nearly all of the six total photos in this section and for too much of me in them. Several months ago, I was able to connect with someone not often in these pages as Sharon Lee and her family came through Washington. It was fantastic reconnecting with Sharon, her wonderful husband, Chee Seng (a semi-retired

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CL ASS NOTES And, rounding out the primary research done in support of this column, I traveled to catch up with Sonali and Anand Krishna (T’94). The Krishnas are living the dream near Richmond, VA, with their two wonderful daughters. In other Krishna news, the family took a trip to Turkey recently, where they connected with Gulce Sukal (T’92) and her daughter, Yasemin, in Istanbul. (See myTUCK for a photo.) In some crazily limited spare time back in VA, Sonali and one of her girls tutor lower-income kids in math. So much great volunteerism in our class; maybe for a future column?

FS executive), and their two fabulous kids who, like so many across our class, are starting to think a little about college, with at least some focus on North America. Of course, now 22 years since Tuck, many of us have kids on deck for university or kids already there. More on this to follow.

With Sharon Lee, Nat, Gareth, and Shek Chee Seng in Washington

Karen McHenry, Greg Lueck, and some other guy

Bob Calamari! It was such a treat to reconnect with Bob over some great Japanese grub at a lesser-known spot here in DC (one reason YOU TOO should give me a shout if down my way; this is now a world-class food town and I know the scene). With only a reunion or two as possible exceptions, I hadn’t really seen Bob since ’96. Still with BofA and very much a sports fan.

get to know Greg, an engineer as I was many moons ago, and catch up. Karen and Greg are based outside Boston but split their free time with a new place in NYC. (Secretary’s note: that’s a great idea!) I connected with yet another classmate I hadn’t seen in, well, forever. Doug and Lori Rockett Jobe! This reconnection was a bit shameful for me in two ways. First, because the Jobes live not too far from me in Virginia. And, secondly, the excuse was that they were in town to support their daughter playing in a volleyball tourney. But not just any volleyball tourney; evidently we in DC host the nation’s largest such tournament for girls, with around 10,000 participants. I had no idea!

Barry and Bob Calamari with wide smiles anticipating great seasons for the Red Sox and Nationals

More recently, Karen McHenry and Greg Lueck were in town visiting some family and were able to carve time for a reunion with me and the World’s Best Dog at the reigning national Most Outstanding Bakery (no hyperbole on the bakery; James Beard Foundation and the whole bit). It was great to

Barry and Doug fueling up and readying ourselves to watch his daughter in action in some seriously competitive volleyball

Barry with Sonali and Anand Krishna, near Richmond

The mailbag filled late but filled just in time. More T’96 news! We received a great update from Maureen and Jean-Yves Lagarde. Professionally, Mo is moving into a new role but still at MIT’s Lincoln Labs, and JY is doing regular travel in his global leadership role at Schneider Electric. The Lagardes are soon to have two sons in college with a third still at home. Finally, please check myTUCK for some great shots of the Lagarde family at Mo’s recent 50th and on a recent trip to Ireland. Jeff Douthit wrote claiming he “finally [had] something to report” with a move from his only post-Tuck employer (Credit Suisse) to Goldman. Thus relinquishing his membership in the very exclusive “still with the original employer” (aka “WOE”) club, Jeff is curious to know who else remains. To this, we at the home office say we’ll run the numbers for next time, but c’mon Jeff, “finally something to report”?? What about family, travel, volunteerism, pets, cool Chicago spots, stock tips, and, well, write us again before the 30th reunion?

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Another classmate now “formerly of the WOE Club” is Matt Okamoto. Matt checked in to tell us he’d left Intel after all these years and now is the asst vice chancellor & controller for UC Davis. According to Matt, the main difference has been the exit he takes from the highway (er, freeway, right? Cali.), though I’m a bit skeptical about that. If memory serves, Chris Clifford had has also had controller roles as he has navigated his career in academia (now with UAB). Also with an education focus, we were delighted to hear from Kala (Puppala) Marathi, who continues to teach VC investing at the University of Houston. Kala’s older son is a freshman at the University of Houston, and her younger son is a freshman in high school. Amazingly, in her “spare time,” Kala has also founded an immune-oncology start-up! On the other hand, the WOE Club endures! A central member is Jeff Tripaldi, who wrote to report that he’s taking a sabbatical from Intel this spring partly to visit his secondeldest son, Matt, who is “studying” (quotes are Jeff’s) in Barcelona. Having done an exchange in Barcelona our second year at Tuck, I can relate, Jeff! Jeff’s oldest son, Michael, has now graduated from college and is working in real estate finance. Wow! Also still holding strong in the WOE Club is my fellow scribe, Trent Meyerhoefer, still at Eaton and now with one kid at GWU and the other headed to BU come fall. And a third WOE member, Peter McDonald (General Mills), wrote with tales of multiple celebrations (e.g., a hiking trip, Disney World, and the Super Bowl...as one does) to mark his 50th year milestone. In other career- (and geography-) switching news, Cary McMillan Keller wrote to share that she and her family moved from Boston to Westchester County (NY) last year, where she began a new career as a mortgage loan officer (“licensed in CT and NY”). They are loving the new terroir. Katy (Dick) Knoer sent an update on her, Dietrich’s, and the Knoer family’s adventures in Detroit. They hosted John and Susan Calcio last summer. And wow! Their beautiful family includes a lot more tall and adult-like people than the last time I checked in. In fact, two (Reilly and Tristan) are already at Northwestern and Denison, respectively, with their three younger kids now in 10th, 9th, and 4th grades. [Look on the T’96 myTUCK pages for a great pic of the Knoer family!]

Chris Amirian skied in Colorado in Feb with husband Joe and daughter Arpi. While out that way, the family connected with my co-scribe, Ewa Borowska, and the two broods watched the PyeongChang 2018 games, among many other pursuits. I also have it on good authority that Ewa and family are just back from a great trip to Hawaii at the time we’re going to press. Maybe a pic from that next time? Chris volunteers as an alum interviewer of high school seniors for her undergrad. She reports that they “look like 5th graders” to her, and we’ll just leave that as is without further comment. Laurie Lee took an “early retirement package” from BJ’s Wholesale but wants everyone to know she is NOT retiring! Laurie explains: “In the meantime, I’m taking my niece to Paris for a week, going to jazz fest in New Orleans and visiting the bayous with my guy, and taking a Mississippi river cruise with sister and mother.” And to us here at the home office, that sounds pretty darn great. I’ve yet to meet someone in their 60s or older who ever expressed regret for taking a bit of time between some gigs to smell some proverbial roses. I don’t feel right editing or summarizing Giovanni Vacchi and, since he didn’t write me in Italian, we’ll go verbatim: “Ciao Barry!!! Couple of things: had a wonderful business meeting (global executive committee ) in Dubai in February, for EY Parthenon, with Rob Lytle; will go on a wonderful vacation in April in Oman with wife and kids; my fashion start up (4 yrs), Giada Benincasa, is growing nicely Ciao!!!” Ciao right back at you, my friend! From the other side of the world, Shiggy Tamura sent a note to let us know that his wife (who’d earned a patisserie diploma at Le Cordon Bleu Madrid in 2016) has opened a “cake cooking school” in Tokyo. FYI: We LOVE black forest cake here at the Tuck Today HQ, Shiggy! See the myTUCK website for some great pics of Shiggy, Javier Rico, and their wives during that 2016 adventure in Spain. Shiggy also tells us that his older son, Taiga, is finishing his freshman year at Indiana’s DePauw University, with Son #2, Go, also headed stateside for high school later this year.

federal taxes. May just have to move to Panama City Beach to be with Joe T[annehill] in a state that has no income tax. I left Walton after 8 years at the end of the year and will be taking some time to figure out what is next. I have built some skills over the last few years—mostly driving my kids to various sporting activities. That lends itself to a career with either Uber or Lyft—good to have choices. We celebrated my wife’s 30th birthday recently in Thailand and Dubai (ok—maybe it was not her 30th).” Chris Clifford, like many (most?) of us, recently turned 50 and shared the story of how [Mayor] Rick Kowalczyk “flew across the country” to help him celebrate. Said celebration seems to have involved some hiking, some beer drinking, some UAB basketball game watching, and, most ghastly, Ricko “taking advantage” of a Chris injury to ring up a win on the golf course. Ouch! Christy and Jay Orris reported on some of their recent travel (Panama, Munich, Vienna), a recent ranch day in Colorado with the Borowska-Usher clan, and some info about new products from their allergen-free snack company. The Orrises have to win the award for best-traveled family in our class. And, THAT, my classmates and friends, is the news for this edition. Please do give me a shout if in DC, and wishing all of you a happy, healthy and prosperous rest-of-year.

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20TH REUNION OCTOBER 5-7, 2018

To begin with, a note from Caroline Gilman La Voie about our upcoming reunion! “On October 5-7, the class of 1998 will be celebrating its 20th-year reunion. Tuck classmates Tracy Thomas, Gary Domoracki, and Caroline La Voie are planning for a weekend of engaging events at school and off campus. We invite you to return to the steps of Tuck Hall and spend a weekend amid the fall foliage renewing old friendships, visiting a place you love, and discovering how Tuck has both evolved and remained true to its values. Plan to arrive by Friday evening for a class reception. On Saturday, enjoy a full day of activities and lectures without quizzes to be followed by a class dinner off campus. This will all be fun—no SWOT analysis, no Powerpoint, no spreadsheets! Make sure to register your attendance with Tuck, make your travel/ lodging plans, and check in with our class T’98 Facebook page!” Thank you, Caroline! And with that...welcome to our 20th reunion column! If you are one of us, then you are officially one of “the olds,” as the infants slouching around staring into their handheld supercomputers affectionately call us. You came of age when speaking to people in person and making eye contact was the norm (creepy), and you might still speak in complex sentences with subjects and predicates (wut?). While your server with the eyelid piercing refers to you as “Boss,” the people who actually work for you call you “Dude,” regardless of your gender, and both are creating inscrutable

Yes, you are old, so why not come back to the Upper Valley this October and hang out with your fellow olds? It’s going to be a lot of fun, and everyone is coming! There will be the usual receptions and outdoor activities. We also have built a really excellent curriculum of seminars being given by your very own classmates. There are a few spots left for “Tuck Hockey: Manifestation of Superego or Id?” being given by John McCormick, Anthony Precourt, Mike Miller, and Matt Lenehan; however, if you can’t get in that one, “Revisiting Advanced Accounting Principles,” being given by Paul Miller and Kevin Miller, still has plenty of room. Of course, no Reunion would be complete without the perennial “How Cheating at Beer Pong Prepared Me for Life’s Challenges,” being given by Kevin Kuryla, Marco Tablada, and dozens of other guest speakers; you know who you are. One interesting one is “The Tax Advantages of Being Entrepreneurial: How the Federal Government Can Help You Live Your Best Life”; however, the speakers have asked to remain anonymous. There are several others you may enjoy as well, including “Did They Play Rugby Like Soccer Players or Soccer Like Rugby Players,” by Pete Chapman, Fernando Chaddad, Mark Edwards, and Jeff Enright, and “Tuck Basketball: Did Someone Play Basketball at Some Point Somewhere?” by Jon Levine. I will be giving a talk entitled “Tuck as a Syndrome: Florence Nightingale or Stockholm?” with guest presenters John Smith, Greg Jones, and John Lee. So come back for Reunion, dammit. Enough nonsense, on to the notes. Becky Fair wrote in, “I’m guessing Marty [Zug] didn’t send anything yet, but you never know. As those of you doing the kids plus dog plus two-job thing probably experience, things fall through the cracks. Though who knows— maybe you have figured it out. If so—please send solution. I don’t think much of the fundamentals have changed since we last contributed to updates. Marty is the CFO at Symplicity—which builds and sells software to higher ed. The software company (Thresher) I founded with a Harvard professor is in year 3. I’m about to start looking for a sales/BD lead. If you know anyone (or any of you want a change of pace), send them my way. Maddie

turns 21 in June (which you all know because it’s our 20th-year reunion). I’m having a bit of an existential crisis over having a 21-year-old. I guess it was inevitable, but still. The kids are all good. Insert all the stuff here about sports stuff, and school stuff and girlfriend/boyfriend stuff, and also we now live next to a state (DC) that legalized marijuana stuff. (Happy to share those kid stories after a drink or two at Reunion.) I think Marty mentioned in the last update that we bought a house in Thetford, VT, on Lake Fairlee about 20 minutes north of Hanover. We are renting it when we aren’t there, which is often, unfortunately. We’ll definitely host something over Reunion for those of you willing to venture off campus.” Scott Fisher sent word: “On December 2, Sharon (Belz) Walton, Marni Kirousis, Susan Mann, Scott Fisher, and Elizabeth (Harris) McCarthy gathered at Marni’s home in Lexington, MA, for a fantastic holiday party. As our photo shows, we were all so happy to look younger than we did 20 years ago at Tuck. And with this being Tuck Today, we can’t miss the opportunity to report that every one of us is a Fortune 500 CEO and Nobel Peace Prize winner who has personally cured at least one form of cancer and who regularly takes in orphans from war-torn impoverished nations. You can’t make this stuff up! (or maybe you can....)”

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Jonathan DeSimone writes, “So Rick Cardenas and I caught up in Orlando last week and enjoyed the fine fare of one of Darden’s dining concepts, Bahama Breeze, which is much nicer than the other breezes we have been enjoying in New England as of late! The Tuck Rotisserie League continues to thrive, now looking forward to season 22 with Tony Diep’s Asia

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Newly repatriated Jen Moyer sent word. “At Tuck I think I was voted ‘most likely to say “screw this, I’m moving to Bora Bora”...but maybe I should have been voted Most Likely Caroline Gilman La Voie, in addition to setting to Move Back to the Upper Valley? After 19 up our class Facebook page and helping run years in Hong Kong (?!! we are old...), we Reunion, also took the time to make fun of my finally made the big move back to Norwich, Facebook skills and send an update: “I am well. Vermont. We will always miss Hong Kong, but Both our gals, Agatha and Ellie (now 16 and we are so happy to be home. Dave picked up 14), are at school at St. Paul’s (where I went) his job and repotted it into the ‘home office’ in Concord, NH. They are a sophomore and in Vermont and continues to travel back to a freshman. So we are getting frequent doses Asia for a week each month, and I started of the Northeast. In fact, we are heading back a new job as chief administrative officer at next Wednesday for a ski race at Pats Peak!” White Mountains. Suffice to say I was a little surprised (and overjoyed) when a cool job Dr. Robert Duncan sent this missive: “For located on Main Street in Hanover, New the awesome people I was privileged to meet Hampshire, came my way. White Mountains at Tuck ’98, ’97, ’99, Thayer School, and some is a really interesting company started by [the undergraduates at Dartmouth, woohoo, what Upper Valley’s own] legendary Jack Byrne. I’m a ride! Twenty years ago we all met with our learning a ton about private equity investing dreams of wealth and changing the world. I and the insurance industry and really like all also felt a bit out of place due to my diverse interests in life. As those who knew me guessed, of my new colleagues. If you know of anyone who has a background in private equity and I have lived my goals fully since then. I always is sick of living in the city and looking for a wanted to be everything and walk a mile in move to the Upper Valley, please put them everyone’s shoes. The journey continues, but in touch with me! The kids have transitioned what I have done is consulting, both technical smoothly, except for the Big Kid (Dave), who and business; manager of a technical diversion; has developed a compulsion for buying a lot of professor; writer; government spy; brainoutdoorsy man toys, which are now cluttering computer researcher; inventor, and many fun up our yard and barn. He is like a joyful wild things but never got married or had kids. I plan animal back in his element. We also got a to create human clones instead. Hope to see puppy, and to be as cliché as humanly possible, you at the reunion.” we got a black lab and named him Monty. Have loved seeing Tuckies who make their way to Brian Thonn thinks I am a superhero saving town (and becoming ‘neighbors’ with Philip junkies in the Pacific Northwest and, in and Steph McCaull)—please let me know if response to my St. Patrick’s Day request for you’re coming to Hanover, we’d love to see you.” limericks, sent this—“Imperfect Limerick for you (line and time don’t really rhyme, but Tom Piper really went out of his way this I’m under time constraints): There once was a time. “I wanted to do something a little extra Tuckie named Meade, Who often would badger special this year to mark our reunion. So I and plead, He wanted a line, Do I really have time? What the hell, ‘I’m wearing some tweed.’” penned my entire update in the same style (and length) as James Joyce’s Ulysses. It follows me through a typical day at Tuck, in a stream Scott Wielar sent a brief update: “I have just of consciousness narrative, as I journey taken a new role as a managing director with from Stell to Murdough to Byrne (lunch) to the Fahrenheit Group, providing advisory Neslin’s office to my mailbox to a study room services (revenue growth, commercial (Goldman Sachs) back to Byrne (brownie effectiveness) to privately held portfolio & coffee) to D’Aveni’s class back to Stell to companies. After years of giving the venture courtyard just to decompress up to Murphy’s capital world a go, I decided it was time to start earning a real living. With our two kids (Drake, to really decompress next door to Dirt Cowboy for stronger coffee back to campus for Study Davidson; and Grace, Villanova) headed off to Group into Excel Purgatory and finally, home college, I decided that VC (aka ‘non profit’) was (sleep—come free me). It’s 730 pages long and not the way to pay tuition bills. We run into considered by some to be a modernist classic. Bill Bennett, the Bowleses, the Altizers (T’00), Steve has promised to print it in its entirety and the Reeds quite regularly—but are looking in Tuck Notes. Enjoy. See you in October.” I forward to reconnecting with the broader class have to tell you it’s fantastic, although I have this fall up in Hanover.” Rising team having claimed the crown last season behind the bat of Aaron Judge.”

only made it to page ten, and so far it’s mostly just describing Professor Ailawadi’s Socratic method in excruciating detail. Kimberly McCormack writes in, “I’ll definitely be at Reunion. I went to Scott’s reunion last fall and ‘researched,’ so I’m all ready. Some learnings include Murphy’s pub or whatever it’s called is more crowded than ever with no 5 Olde option; I still can’t find my way through the ‘new’ tunnels to the fancy new dorm where the Friday reception is held; Tuck student life is cushier than ever (they have a concierge service now); it’s most fun when no one talks at all about work; as we get older the reunion catered food improves but alcohol consumption decreases; and Upper Valley scenery is still as stunning as ever, making for a beautiful and fun weekend away (especially without the kids). Hope to see everyone there!” Mike Gibney catches us up real good: “It’s been many years since my last Tuck confession; where to start.... This picture is a bit old, but it’s good, and we haven’t seen most of you in a while, so consider it recent! We’re still in LA-ish; Elise (20) and Camille (18) are both awesome, and Rain & I will be empty nesters come August—holy moly. Rain started teaching again a few years ago (after an 18-year break for Tuck & kids)—kindergarten, at the school Elise & Camille attended 3 blocks from our house—and after 16 years of holding every parent volunteer job you can imagine. Overall she’s loving it but works way harder than I ever have or will. It’s especially cute at Halloween when all of her kids, current and past, come to our house; she holds court and poses for pictures for a couple hours. Elise & Camille are both continuing to do school, various plays, improv, and involvement in community/ do-good-ery activities. Rain & I really couldn’t be more proud of the awesome people they’ve become. After almost 20 years in consulting, I switched careers and got into...consulting. Well, executive search and leadership consulting with Heidrick, finding CEOs, COOs, and CMOs for clients. It’s a completely new gig, and now that I’m 4 months into it I can say without hesitation that everyone in the office, including the admins, know how to do my job better than I do. But I’m told I’ll be good at it, and they’re making it worth my while to learn. Kidding aside, the people have been great, I’m enjoying the work, and my quality of life has gone up tremendously! Most of our leisure time over the years has focused on various trips to Europe, a few national parks,

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by Ulf’s birthday and Oktoberfest (picture attached). In November, I sailed from Fiji to New Zealand again, completing my fourth ocean crossing. In December, I flew to Chile, where I spent two months volunteering on a small island. Now I’m back in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I’ll work as a sailing instructor for the next 6 months before heading to Croatia in September for a sailing vacation.”

’99 Julie Meyer julesmeyer@yahoo.com

Felicia Rosenzweig felicia.rosenzweig@gmail.com

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Mark Russell and Wendi “are nearly empty nesters at the Russell household. After raising four kids over the past 28 years, we are well ready for that next phase when it will just be us and our black lab. Mark is still a partner with Mark Hess at Maven Associates, doing strategy consulting for mid-market companies. We also run a museum graphics company, doing design through production for museum exhibits and displays. So if you’re on a museum or history center board, we need to talk. Still living at our quirky little Fripp Island location in coastal South Carolina. It was great to have Anosha Subasinghe and her family come visit last summer. Looking forward to visiting Hanover this fall for our reunion!”

The Russells and Subasinghes in South Carolina last summer

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A bit light this time around.

Dan, Ulf, and Adam at Oktoberfest

Finally, Steve Meade continues to do the thing and the bit with the stuff. He is married to Kelly Collins Meade, who is such a wonderful and exceptionally patient wife that sometimes he panics and starts frantically looking around for The Truman Show hidden cameras that will prove it’s all just a reality show, or he tries to trick her into revealing herself as a robot by asking the kinds of “Liar Paradox” riddles that artificial intelligence can’t answer, and if that doesn’t work he just tries mumbling “a robot says what?” under his breath really fast. He has two fun little monsters, Eva and Thomas, who are only eight and four but are already constantly embarrassed by his behavior and apologizing to strangers for him. He has been fortunate to see a bunch of his classmates recently, seeing Johnny Mac, Jeff Enright, Derek Calzini, and Susan Hunt Stevens on St. Patrick’s Day for a tiddle; seeing Tom Piper often at his in home bar in Burlington, VT; seeing Caroline Cannon and her boys in various parts of Maine and elsewhere; and Scott and Rana Andrews in Vegas. He looks forward to seeing you all at Reunion.

David Menko just got back from nice week skiing in Austria with the family (see pic—Filip, 17; Noa, 15; Tessa, 13). Margreet is gorgeous as always and working as a psychologist. With one week down, now David is planning the other 5 weeks of paid holidays this year—loving European work/life balance :-). He might be in Boston the 2nd week of July (indeed we’ll just miss each other, as I’ll be in Boston the last week of June). There are also two weeks in Corfu, Greece, this summer. David was so fond of the TruBrite Dyes case that he’s been working as CMO for the paints division of a multinational company for the past 3 years and avoided a hostile takeover last year from US-based PPG. Aggressive investor demands are still putting some pressure on work/life balance after all. Cecilia (Bouras) Stewart’s new job is rocking and her kids keep growing. She’s finding that they get to be more fun every day, plus you can do all sorts of stuff with them now. This winter has not been too good, snow wise, but they have enjoyed the few flurries a lot. She’s been lucky to get to meet with Tuckies in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco, including Joe Santos, Grant Beggs, Clark Bundy, Jon Farley, and Kelly McMenamin. They all had a blast, and she will keep pinging you when her travels take her to your town, looking forward to many more.

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Filip, Noa, and Tessa Menko in Austria

There is also lots of news on the Tuck2000 Facebook group, which is a private group just for us. If you don’t have access, send me an invite request. You can read the news here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tuck2000/.

Editor’s note: Miss seeing T’01 class notes? Volunteer as a solo class secretary or a team of two or three secretaries for the twice-yearly class notes in Tuck Today! Email tuck.class.notes@ dartmouth.edu to let us know!

’02 Lisa Cloitre

As a sampler, here are two updates from the Facebook group.

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David Ehrich’s venture Petal went for Series A funding in January, and it was covered in a great article in Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/ sites/laurengensler/2018/01/10/petal-series-acredit-cards-millennials-no-credit-score/.

I just received the email reminding me that our class notes are overdue. Hopefully these make it into the print edition. Writing these while the little guy naps, hence the brevity (probably a welcome relief to many—LOL).

In December, Matt Pope managed to catch up with Tetsuji Ichimori on a trip to Japan and took the cool photo nearby.

John Molloy made my day by sending this brief update: “Hey Lisa—Just saw this note and decided to finally send in an update so you don’t have to extrapolate from Facebook. I actually meant to earlier. Anyhow, my sixth kid, Mary Mae, was born 7/17/17. 6 is kind of a lot but I wanted to stay ahead of Crowley.” Congratulations to the Molloys, who I think have a very solid stronghold on the Most Children of a T’02 title!

Hope you all are well! —Alastair

Kelly Leach continues to crush Cycle for Survival, with the help of Tuckies across the US. Kelly writes: “Cycle for Survival is proving to be like a roving Tuck reunion year after year! This year we had 35 Tuck ’01/’02/partners/ spouses riding with Team Pedaling Sunshine. Who knows how many Tuck donations that amounts to, but I’m proud to report that the team has raised over $280,000 to date, and our final ride takes place in NYC this weekend. The support of this community is astounding, and I just don’t have the words to express my gratitude. Tetsuji Ichimori and Matt Pope in Japan

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“Riding with Dave and me in Boston: Gretchen Curry, Gina des Cognets, Matt Fates, Leslie Read, Josh Silverstone, Sheelah and Dan Sullivan, Ginny and Drew Snow, Cynthia Umscheid, Matt Whitney; in Summit, NJ: Kerry and Ed Pokorny; in San Francisco:

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Lorri and Ted Durbin, Mary Burns, M.G. Thibaut; in Washington, DC: Jake and Beth Appleton; in Greenwich, CT: Bo and Kathleen Crowell, Chris Hojlo, Julie Prince Hojlo, Steve and Martha Palmer, Meredith Petitjean, Dave Phillipps; in Chicago: Alexis and Matt McLaughlin; and in NYC: Anthony Haralson

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CL ASS NOTES and Robert Marceda, Beth Kite, and Suzanne Schaefer. “Thank you to everyone who has supported this team either by riding, donating, or simply sending words of encouragement. As a survivor, I am forever grateful.” First-time contributor Lowey [Bundy] Sichol shared the exciting new of the publication of her children’s book series with this update: “I’m excited to announce the launch of my new children’s book series and the world’s first business biographies for kids entitled From an IDEA to.... Think of these books as fun, illustrated case studies for your kids! “From an IDEA to DISNEY and From an IDEA to NIKE will launch February 12, 2019, followed by From an IDEA to GOOGLE and From an IDEA to LEGO in spring 2019. Each book shares the story of one company, starting with the founder’s childhood and how the ‘idea’ behind the business came to be. I explain and define business terms, include fun facts about each brand, and reinforce lessons of perseverance and hard work. The series is an entertaining and inspiring read for kids (grades 3–7) and, even better, published by HMH (quick shout out to Maggie DeMont). Please don’t hesitate to contact me if your child’s school is interested in a school visit where I explain kid-friendly business 101.” Sarah Millard is holding onto her title of stalwart and reliable contributor with this brief update from China: “Still in Shanghai— planning on being here for another few years at least. Had lunch with Ying Zhang in December. Hoping to get back to NH sometime this year but no guarantees.” Fellow classmates, do NOT forget to look up Sarah and others when traveling to China (or anywhere else in the globe where T’02s are represented)! Akiko Maeda and I missed each other on her travels to Boston this spring, but she wrote that she will be back in July to attend a corporate program at Harvard Business School (don’t forget to wear your Tuck gear proudly *smiley emoji*). Sounds like a great reason for a T’02 happy hour in Boston this summer. Who is up for organizing that?? Amrit Ray continues to share updates of his exciting career in global health care and writes:“Still enjoying making medicines and was appointed last year as global president for R&D at Pfizer Essential Health, based in 114

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NY City. Ironically, I spent my Tuck summer internship at Pfizer! Having started out as an intern, it was fascinating to return all these years later as president! Some of the same amazing colleagues who helped me as an intern were cheering in the crowd at my first town hall—very humbling.” Amrit, Lisa, and kids are in the Princeton/Bucks County area, for anyone who finds themselves visiting or passing through! Doug Anderson kept me updated on his recent trip to France with his four children (including a one-year-old—aïe, aïe, aïe!) by sending a series of photos via text, including a few great shots of Doug with Hervé Mouneyrac, who became a proud papa to baby Lucas on December 1. Hervé, Tatiana, and Lucas are all well, and we (Lisa and Little C) hope to catch up with them in Paris this spring. Doug and Melissa also managed to get their kids to eat escargot, which in my book counts as a successful trip to France! [Look on the ’02 class notes pages on myTUCK for more pics!]

2017, after a long multiyear battle with lupus. Wyatt is survived by his two boys, whom he loved tremendously—Wilson (16) and Tyler (13)—and his former wife, Whitney Gates. Andy Mims captures Wyatt’s great spirit by writing that everyone who interacted with Wyatt will remember his smile, his determination, his athleticism, and his wit. He was a hard worker in the classroom and a complete “badass” on the bike. He will certainly be missed. Sending hugs and wishes for good health and happiness to all.

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Hey, whatsup y’all!

The Anderson family in Paris

Hervé, Doug, and baby Lucas

Finally, as many of you know from the email communication that was sent late last year, Wyatt Weisel passed away on December 11,

By the time you read this, winter will be a distant memory. But as I write it, I’m staring out my window at yet another fresh blanket of snow on the ground here in Harvard, MA— with April about a week away. Good grief. I guess the plan for this year’s Easter egg hunt will be to just take a dozen white eggs and scatter them around the yard. Done. Well, thanks to a grassroots effort to up the “less me, more you” quotient of our class notes, this edition features a whopping eight submissions! As an expert market researcher, I ran some advanced analytics and determined that represents an astounding 100% increase from our last update. And as an entrepreneurial marketer trying to get my own business off the ground, I’m going to completely disregard the fact that it represents a mere 3% of our class, and call it a win— something to build on! We’ll kick things off with someone whose Reunion commute will be tough to beat—that is, unless he happens to be working out of the Islamabad office that week...Dan Richards writes:

“I continue to live in Etna with my wife, Melissa (D’00), and two rugrats, Samantha (4) and Jack (2). Global Rescue, the company I started to provide travel risk, crisis response, and evacuation services, turns 14 this year. I spend more time than I would like on airplanes traveling among our six offices and operations centers in five countries and am looking forward having more time with my kids as they get older (especially as they learn to ski!).” Our next stop in the Upper Valley brings us to my esteemed class-secretary predecessor, Cathy (Kim) Walker, who’s apparently trying to take the concept of “early admission” to a new level.... “Took our kids (ages 9 and 7) for an early college tour of Dartmouth, Thayer, and Tuck. No pressure. Topped it off with lunch at Lou’s.”

like an even fight on paper, but trust me— you’re gonna feel outnumbered for a while. Godspeed. I was very happy to hear some relieving news out of California from Diana Hartford and Vishal Sharma, who had a close call with some wildfires recently but fortunately made it through the scare unscathed. Here’s Diana’s update: “Vish and I just celebrated Alex’s first birthday at our new home in Napa, CA, which we’ve been building for several years (thankfully we escaped the wildfires last fall but had to evacuate for several weeks). We still have our home in Dallas, where our consulting firm, Sharma Strategy Group (full of Tuckies), is based but spend most of our time in Napa since Alex was born. Several Bay Area T’03s made it up here for the party, including Cherie Gonzalez-Ros and her husband Tony, Tom Kim & Chris Tatro, and Kevin & Aoi O’Brien. We drank lots of Kevin’s amazing cabernet (get yourself some Prime Solum!) and got all of our future Tuckie kids together! Can’t wait for the reunion this year.”

Cathy Kim Walker and family at Lou’s

From bucolic New England we head to bustling New York, where Rob Callahan shared this update: “I’m in my 7th year of working for a family office, which is the longest I’ve ever spent in one place by a factor of two. I guess that means I like the job. The growth of my own family has also been a very settling influence on my life and career, in a good way! Still living in NYC with three kids and often asking the proverbial question, When are we moving to the suburbs?” Suburbs? Double down and come join me out in the sticks, Rob! Sure, I may have to drive fifteen minutes just to buy a carton of eggs, but who needs grocery stores when you have chickens? Meanwhile, back in New York, Frank Truslow’s family is also growing. Following the birth of their son Theodore (“Teddy”) in October 2016, Frank and his wife Nicole are expecting boy #2 this September. Congrats and best wishes, Truslows! Fair warning, though: Two parents vs. two kids may look

Ekta and Laila Mehrotra

After last issue’s paltry showing, I issued my classmates a challenge that we must never again have a class notes shorter than that of our archrivals, the T’02s. Fernando Maddock says: “Hold my beer.” Here’s the latest from Fernando… “Alexa and I had a great time skiing with Team Jacobson this spring. Skiing with the Jacobsons has become an annual ritual for us, and we’re grateful that all our children enjoy skiing together and are of similar abilities. Despite Ian’s gold locks, jean snow jacket, corduroy snow pants, and his ubiquitous snowboard, we’ve managed to get him on skis over the years and, shockingly, he even admitted this year that ‘skiing on narrower race skis is a lot of fun!’ Not sure the jeans and corduroy go with the race skis, but we’re working on it.” (See the photo nearby, showing Asher Jacobson, Ian Jacobson, Sophia Maddock, Fernando Maddock, Alexa Maddock, Sabrina Maddock, and Rhys Jacobson.)

T’03 families in Napa

Awesome pic, thanks Diana! Speaking of smiling Tuckies... Rohit Mehrotra. Does he ever not have a beaming smile on his face? The guy just exudes positive energy. Ro checked in from Philadelphia, where he’s coming up on seven years with the J.P. Morgan Private Team Jacobson and Team Maddock shredding some Bank and was able to celebrate the “underdog” fresh pow Eagles’ Super Bowl win with his wife, Manishi, and two daughters—Laila (4.5 years old) and “We also managed to get a few ski turns in with Ekta (2). Sean Ruhmann and Andrew Haggard in March as well (seems that many of our Tuck It pained me greatly to write that, Ro—but encounters are centered around ski outings). you’re a solid dude and your kids are adorable, We tried to get Jeff Pearson to join us, but so I’ll allow it. That said, are you sure Ekta’s somehow the translation between English and not a Pats fan? She doesn’t seem quite as elated Canadian got confusing and he ended up in as her big sister. Palm Springs. SUMMER 2018

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CL ASS NOTES “In an off-mountain encounter, I got an email from Ignacio Sorrosal one recent weekday evening, which basically said his meetings were wrapping up early the next day and asking if I was available to meet with him. Haven’t heard from the guy in months, I’m in New York and he lives in Buenos Aires, he was in town, so I cleared my schedule and we got together the next day—that’s what Tuck is all about.” Last but not least, a shout-out from The Cleve. When Ryan Mayhugh’s not busy crashing group photos wearing an old-lady alien mask, he’s crashing the boards with his boys.... “The Mayhugh family is alive and well in Cleveland. Connor (10), Cameron (9), and Colby (5) all love playing hockey when they are not kicking the crap out of each other in our basement. We put in a backyard ice rink for the 5th year in a row, because you can never have too much hockey. We might be the only family in Cleveland that is excited when we have sustained cold temperatures. Neema started her own health-care consulting business (Wave Strategy LLC) a couple years ago, and she somehow balances multiple clients, homework for the kids, and countless other responsibilities. I am leading the call centers and client experience for KeyBank, which is what everyone dreams of doing when they grow up (it’s actually a great gig). Neema and I are eagerly awaiting Reunion in October!”

because I’m not sure I could ever go back to corporate life after being my own boss (and the commute to my basement is tough to beat!). Katy, Lucy (11), Eliza (9), and I are really enjoying the small-town country livin’ vibe out here in Harvard. Finally, alas, no winner to announce from last issue’s caption contest—since the only submission I got was not suitable for printing in such an esteemed publication as this, even in an age when I have to cover my kids’ ears when listening to NPR dutifully report on the latest Cabinet meeting. Perhaps we’ll give it another go in a future issue—if you pottymouths can clean up your act.... Well, that’s a wrap for now. Hard to believe this will be our last issue before our 15-year reunion! I hope to see you all in Hanover this October, and I look forward to this space being filled with pages of Reunion highlights and pictures of how none of us has aged a bit in fifteen years. Until then...over and out!

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sales pitch here, but let me know if you want to hear it! We actually moved here in 2016 (a bit late with this update) and the family (Jessica, twin boys—now 3—and our dog) has settled in well. We have made some great friends from all over the world, are enjoying getting to know the Philippines and loving being able to travel around the region, as well. It’s been great to see the boys experience new cultures, languages, foods, etc. If anyone is ever in the Philippines (or even in SE Asia), please let us know! We’d love to host guests or meet up somewhere nearby. So far, we have hosted Adam Borchert (and his wife, Kim) and Peter Czerepak!” On October 7, 2017, Debbie Atuk was elected to the Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) board of directors at the annual meeting in Nome, Alaska. “BSNC is one of 12 regional Alaska native corporations. The corporation is owned by approximately 7,000 shareholders and benefits the shareholders and their descendants (approximately 20,000) by providing dividends, scholarships for education, and elder dividends. BSNC operates across the country, and around the world, as a federal contractor and also acquired Alaska Industrial Hardware recently. It’s a great honor to be elected to this board as the corporation holds the collective land and assets received in the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).”

Frank Arias frank.arias.97@alum.dartmouth.org

Greetings all. I hope this update finds you all happy and healthy. It is time for a brief update on what some of classmates have been up to. As always, we will be introduced to new members of the growing T’04 family and will hear of exciting new professional adventures.

Mayhugh hockey players

As for me, well, since you asked, things are great! I’m a little over a year into my entrepreneurial venture—3D Research Partners (Google it! Go ahead, I’ll wait...). It’s been an encouraging start—not without its challenges and ups and downs, but really gratifying overall. I better keep this going,

Bart Cornelissen and family are embarking on another adventure this summer. This time to the Middle East. “[We] will be based out of Dubai, covering the region for our expanding practice. Kids are growing up fast, and seem excited for this new adventure.” Brett Doyle chimes in from Manila, Philippines, to start a new company to serve the hospitality and food & beverage sectors in Asia and MENA. “I’ll spare everyone the

Sebastian Lucas Gagliano Lagos (top), Jackson O’Day (bottom)

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Sal Gagliano and Linda Lagos Morales (T’08) celebrated the birth of their son, Sebastian Lucas Gagliano Lagos, on February 22, 2018. “Mom and Dad, big sisters Sofia and Elena, and uncle Marco Lagos and family are all very excited about the new arrival!”

’05 Francis Barel francis.barel@gmail.com

Ildar Fazulyanov continues his mission to make health care affordable and available around the world. He recently traveled to Shenzhen, China, to represent WELL (JoinWell.io). “WELL is an ‘Airbnb-like’ health care platform that eliminates payment and administrative friction through blockchain and smart contracts. If you want to join the discussion to help us save one million lives by minimizing misdiagnosis (3rd leading cause of death), please visit https://t.me/joinwell.” Kristin O’Day observes how fast time flies. “Hard to believe next year is another Reunion year! Where does the time go...? My husband, Patrick, and I welcomed our son Jackson at the end of 2017. I probably spend more time than I should staring at him!” Big update(s) from Aura Greenberg: “We moved from the Bay Area to Michigan; had our third child, Luna Sofia; and I left Google to take a job at General Motors, working on their next-generation technologies and services.” Magdalena Baeva and family moved to Mountain View, CA, from London. In October 2017, she caught up with Jack Lee and Katie Lee at the Norwich Inn, visited Tuck, and traveled to Needham, MA, to see Ana Burdin and her family. She also met with Javier Guerrero in San Francisco in December.

Dora Fang dorafang@gmail.com

Magdalena’s trip to Tuck

After some time without hearing from her, Carmen Maria Navarro writes to catch us up on the more recent developments. “So, we finally moved to warmer weather two and a half years ago, after spending the prior fourteen suffering, literally, with cold temperatures. We are now in Modesto, CA, and I work at the E. & J. Gallo Winery; still in marketing. Some days I have to pinch myself to make sure this is real, and I do drink and talk wine for a living. I’ve been working out and successfully lost 35 lbs., nothing like Brooke though, but happy with the results regardless. Kids keep growing and we were fortunate to be all together this February. Please let me know if you need any wine recommendations, as I’ve learned something in these last years.”

Loyally (but sometimes overwhelmed), Dora and Francis.

’06 Matt Keeler keelermc@gmail.com

Matt Kummell kummell@yahoo.com

Chris Manning ctmanning@hotmail.com

Back in March, Kummell sent out a semibuzzed, overly wordy email recapping a trip to the Tuck Volunteers’ Conference.... Hard to believe that email was the lovechild of three (generous) pinot grigios—but it was a bit of an “upscale” Tuck thing and there was a disturbing lack of mini tacos to soak up the booze. So, here we is.

Magdalena Baeva with the Lee family

Herman Sanchez sends his greetings. “The Sanchez Family (Herman, Erin, Nora, and Jack) is doing well here in Princeton, NJ. Nora is about to finish her first year in kindergarten and Jack is an avid fan of the Rescue Bots. Give a shout if you are ever in Princeton!”

We received your lovely updates! However, this thing called life got in the way. Never fear, we’ll have everything in a “jumbo” issue next time around. If you meant to send something and thought you missed this round...well, you did... and so did we. Send it anyway, and we’ll get it together for the next issue!

The families of Aura Greenberg (top), Herman Sanchez (bottom left), and Carmen Maria Navarro (bottom right)

Until the next update, I wish you all a fun and enjoyable summer. —Frank Arias

We got some good feedback from classmates, some good restaurant recommendations for Kummell’s upcoming Asia trip, and even a first submission from Alexis Hoopes...but the big takeaway this go-round is to make sure we connect the class beyond just the semiannual newsletter. One suggestion we got from Lindsey Noecker—“Why don’t we have a Facebook page?” I mean, it’s a little on the nose & obvious in a sort of circa-2010 kinda way, Lindsey.... And we’re just trying to build some suspense between Falchuk updates, but SUMMER 2018

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CL ASS NOTES FINE—look for a new-and-improved T’06 Facebook group. Alright, enough waffling, here are your highly anticipated T’06 submitted notes with snarky commentary from Keeler, Manning, & Kummell. As we mentioned above, Alexis Hoopes wrote in! “We recently moved back to Seattle after 2.5 years living in Venice, CA. I feel lucky to have started with Nordstrom after Tuck, and I am still there. My latest job is vice president of merchandise planning for Nordstrom Rack. We are also very lucky to still have our yellow lab, Avery, who was a puppy at Tuck and will be turning 14 this summer (hopefully)!” The Danleys are living the good life in Utah: “Ski season is coming to an end; looking forward to mountain biking season. Chris Manning and I [Jeff] were able to host several Tuckies for skiing this year, including James Greene and Charlie Pringle most recently. Next year we hope to see more Tuckies in Park City during the ski season—we promise the snow will be great! “Our family is doing well. Our oldest Gavin is 14. He is my barometer for how long we have been out of Tuck, since he was 1 when we started. Can’t believe how fast time flies! Peak Capital and Peak Ventures continue to grow. It’s been a blast getting to work with Chris Manning every day to grow a company.” We were excited to get this “blast from the past” from Jon Michaels: “While everyone will likely be reading this sometime in early fall, I’m writing now in late March. Today happens to be the 12th (!) anniversary of when I proposed to Covahne. Ah, spring break second year...not a care in the world at that point. Started the two weeks with a trip to Jackson planned by Shaughnessy—there were, what, 50 of us who descended upon the town for that first week to get a sense of what skiing there was beyond the Dartmouth Skiway. That week was followed by 20 of us on three different charter boats sailing in the Grenadines. We may have had an accidental encounter with some Germans where our boats swapped paint in an overnight altercation, but the highlight was when I pulled out the ring and she (Covahne, not the German) said ‘yes.’ It’s been quite a while since that spring break, though the memories of Tuckies bringing revelry to locations all over the world still brings a smile.” Normally something

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that starts with Shaughnessy and ends with an accidental encounter with Germans is something not discussed in mixed company, but Jonny Mikes pulled it off. This time. Phil Moss is hoping for opportunities to see fellow Tuckies—he writes that he’s frequently in NYC, and if you can’t catch him there, he’s volunteered to set up T’06 trips to Switzerland for skiing, or Ibiza for...well, we’re probably too old to know what you do in Ibiza. Pro Tip: the “z” is actually “th.” Pro Pro Tip: That only applies for Ibitha; you will sound like an idiot if you go to the thoo to see the theebras. Melanie Sheerr got married in October 2017 to Erik Backlund: “Our sons Parker and Sawyer turned one year old on our wedding day, and they hosted a wonderful event in honor of their parents! They really know how to throw a party. We are still living in Philadelphia and hope anyone coming this way to visit will reach out. We’d love a little more Tuck in our lives!” Mike Shaughnessy checked in from lovely Boise, Idaho: “Life out here is great! Still enjoying my job as VP ops and logistics at an eCommerce company (Balsam Brands). Family is great—daughter Ella (10) is ski racing every weekend at Sun Valley, which means I get to ski a lot too. Tricia is well, and we still have two large dogs. If you head to Boise or to Sun Valley, please do look us up—would love to share a run or two, a mountain bike ride, or just a cold beer and some stories!” Toshi Amanuma is back in Japan after 4 years in Massachusetts and the U.K....and now he’s a big time private equity guy at JBIC IG Partners, a newly established PE/VC firm affiliated with the Japanese government and focused on investment opportunities outside Japan. Toshi writes: “I’m getting my first exposure to Russia (we have a joint fund with the Russian Direct Investment Fund) while exploring VC opportunities in deep tech and life science. We just had Professor Bernard in Tokyo last week, which resulted in a great dinner with him and a group of alums. Please give a shout if you’re ever passing through Tokyo or are involved in tech/life science VCs and interested in a collaboration.” There were a lot of very smart words in there, which hurt our class secretarial brains, so we’d advise against collaboration. Manuel de Tezanos Pinto says he has “nothing new to share this time!” and then mentioned “during the holidays, we visited Argentina,

and after our trip we needed two more weeks to recover.” Manuel, we need to discuss the meaning of the word “nothing.” Michelle Duke’s twins are now 3, which sounds, well, exhausting. Older daughter Camille is now 7. Michelle notes: “I’m coming up on my 2nd sabbatical (12 years with Genentech!) and taking the family to Costa Rica for a few weeks in November. It should be an adventure!” With twin toddlers? “Adventure” might not be the right word. By the time this prints, Rodrigo Becerra will either be engaged or totally bummed, as he mentioned in his update, “I’m getting engaged on the 28th in Singapore to my 4-year-old girlfriend from Vietnam, Dong Thi Phương.” Don’t worry, we double-checked, that should have read “my girlfriend OF four years.” But since reading it the other way made us giggle like the childish morons you know we are, we’re leaving it in. Rodrigo was also selected in the HITEC 50 Class of 2018 featuring the top 50 most influential and notable professionals in the technology industry in Latin America/ Ibero-America.

Rodrigo Becerra with his girlfriend? Fiancée? Wife? Dong Thi Phương. We’re sure something is right in there....

Heaslip [Sarah Whitelaw] writes in to inform us how old we’re getting: “Two confirmed (and possibly a third) ‘kids’ at my smallish company are T’20s!! Could not be more proud (or jealous) of them! Have been re-living the splendor that was Tuck a ton and missing it.” Speak for yourself, Heas. We can totally hang with the kids. TOTALLY know what’s cool. Did we mention we were going to get one of them Face Books websites? We’ll fax you instructions on how to subscribe. Chandra Rangan “feels like Tuck was just yesterday, and when I see recent B-school grads I feel old.” Join the club, Chandra. “I do

miss catching up with Tuckies. Rachna, Neel, and I are doing great; we met up with Nisha recently, who is now our neighbor. Work is work, politics is nuts, and I wish I could travel more with family than for quarterly business reviews. Take care and looking forward to our next Reunion.” Of course, everyone knows that “doing a day” means you never resist the urge to send in a Tuck Today update, right? But this one wasn’t a book update! Bryan Falchuk wanted to share that he did a TEDx talk that you can watch and throw him some views and likes. Bryan sent us a link but we’re afraid to click it...so we’ll just go into private mode on our browser and Google for it. At the time of writing, Peishan Ang was counting down to her weeklong get-together with her sister in Tokyo, leaving Simon and their three kids behind in Princeton. Peishan says this is “payback time in return for holding down the fort while Simon travels the globe for Bristol-Myers Squibb.” She and Simon are hoping to do a better job this year catching up with NJ Tuckies, “something we’ve been meaning to do since moving back from Singapore.” Ethan and Hillary Brown gave us a nice, Texas-sized update. Much appreciation, y’all! “We have been in Texas for six years now. 2017 seemed like a busy year for Houston, between hosting the Super Bowl, surviving Hurricane Harvey, celebrating the Astros’ win of the Series, and experiencing three legit snow days. It was still quite sad to see our three boys (Kellan, Lleyton, and Julian—7, 5, 3 respectively) make snow angels in a 1/2 inch of snow, but to their credit the shape was recognizable, and they didn’t have to go to school. Work continues to go well despite the recent slowdown in the oil industry, and there are enough changes to make it fun and challenging. The aspect we’ve enjoyed the most is the chance to work together. One benefit is that we can sneak in lunch dates without having to pay for babysitting. We’re definitely hitting the stage where our lives are slowly not becoming our own. More and more they’re filled with various practices: swimming, soccer, basketball, baseball, and karate. The good news is that if the boys inherited their athletic prowess from me, these sporting events will come to an end soon.... The worst part of being in the south central U.S. is the proximity to

classmates. If any of you are ever in Houston let us know—we’d love to catch up.” All is well in Park City for Chris Manning and family. Still a fair amount of Tuck traffic coming through during ski season. We were thrilled to host Charlie and William (6) Pringle for a weekend of skiing in February. William and Cooper Manning (also 6) had a bigly time together. William got up on skis for the first time. Chris and Charlie got up with a hangover for not the first time. Coincidentally that weekend, James Greene was in town with his kids, which gave us all the opportunity to take a few runs together and hang out. We met up with Jeff and Kim Danley for dinner, and the number of kids surrounding us was incredible—a little shocking, actually.

The Mannings also hosted Sarah (Heaslip) Whitelaw with husband Dave and family. The Whitelaws had a quick stay at the Manning house during a longer ski trip in Park City. The kids got along swimmingly, with little Maggie Whitelaw fully engaged in the costume trunk within two minutes of arriving. Takes after “Unlcle” Langrick, except she talks slowly enough to understand and without that weird accent.Working with Jeff Danley was great in 2017—the firm is growing, and we raised a fund together. Traveling around pitching to investors can be grueling, but it was a total riot—a lot of laughs as we grinded through countless flights and meetings. One of our investors is a local Tuckie who founded and sold High West whiskey, so now I drink whiskey “for work.” Keeler is magnificent. And concise. No other update is needed, really.

Sadly this is the last known photo of Charlie Pringle since Manning & Greene didn’t advise him to wear high-visibility colors.

Beyond drunk emailing the class of ’06, Kummell has other stuff going on too. In November ’17 he filled in at Tuck, helping to teach 12 sessions of Man Com during the fall term...so when you hire a T’19 and they’re terrible, you know where to lay the blame. Matt gave up on self-employment (which looked a lot more like under-employment) and has found himself a job at Citi. He joined the business advisory services team in Citi’s markets business as “head of North America.” It sounds fancier than it really is. The team is a small “thought leadership” team that writes research on the investment management industry. Moving from thinking about the $3-4T hedge fund space and now thinking about $77T in professional managed funds is a fun challenge... the commute from Greenwich to Tribeca...a “less fun” challenge. The rest of the Kummells are doing great—Bryn is nearly 14 and singing in a number of choirs, choruses, and musicals— too many for Matt to keep up with. And Aidan is nearly 11, which is mostly Nerf guns and perpetual hunger. Vicky is staying on top of the kids, entertaining visitors, working on the garden, and looking after her chickens.

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CL ASS NOTES Speaking of big moves, Nuno Carneiro has recently relocated with his wife Toni and their two children to Margaret River in the SW of Western Australia. Life in Margaret River sounds amazing—“the whole of 2017 and (and 2018 so far) has been one great adventure of surfing, hiking, sailing, wine drinking, and feasting—Life is Good! Who’s coming to visit?” So, if you like surfing or hiking or sailing or wine drinking or feasting, you now know your next vacation destination. You’re welcome. Nuno and Toni have two kids—Theo, age 7 (and already a keen surfer and sailor), and Amee, who is 2 and loves her ballet. They also have a kelpie dog called Bella to ensure their adventure levels remain high.

’07 Marc Aquila marc.aquila@gmail.com

Whitney Chiu whitney.s.chiu@gmail.com

Hi friends! Thanks to everyone who wrote in or filled out our survey. It’s only (already?) been five months since Reunion, and you all have still managed to make some seriously impressive life changes in that time. Joe Fletcher & Aki Matsunaga Fletcher “quite unexpectedly” are now living in Kobe, Japan. After only 9 months in Indy after their time in Australia, Eli Lilly decided to ship them out on another expat assignment. Joe is taking over as the CFO of Lilly’s Japan business, and Aki is leading the commercial analytics team. Hopefully, by the time you read this their household goods will have arrived from Indiana (Apparently they come by boat. From Indiana. Which is confusing. Because it’s in the middle of the country.) and they will be ready for guests. Hint hint. Despite the surprise move, Joe reports that they’re delighted to be closer to Aki’s family and have this opportunity for the girls (and Joe) to experience Aki’s home culture firsthand. Plus Joe will get a chance to finally learn more Japanese than “Beer, please.” Speaking of beer, Rohit Dugar and Maansi Gupta are still in Hong Kong, where they are brewing and banking, respectively. I feel like “Brewers and Bankers” could be the next hot Instagram account. Guys—want to get on that? According to Rohit, they have “so far successfully resisted the urge to produce a third child.” (we really want to make a joke here but can’t think of anything appropriate...) Maansi “remains the superhero of the household juggling crazy traveling, raising kids (two sons—Rian and Milan), errands and being a rainmaker at work.” Rohit is working on expanding regionally, mostly around Asia, for both the beer & restaurant side of the operations. They’ve also made a little time for fun, making their way to Copenhagen for a family vacation.

Rian and Milan Dugar

Speaking of Copenhagen, Nancy (Block) Reid and her husband Will also traveled to Copenhagen this past year, though, sadly, they did not share any photos with us. In more important news, she is the proud new owner of a self-described “big tattoo” that she got celebrating her 40th birthday (how big is big? I’m imagining a full back tattoo of “40,” which would be amazing) and is also growing her own shiitake mushrooms. Not only do the mushrooms bring her joy, it brings us joy to imagine Nancy happily tending to her mushroom garden in Seattle. Hooray for growing things! Speaking of growing things, Neal Salerno, his wife, and their three daughters have moved to Lancaster, PA, about a year and a half ago, where they live next to an Amish farm (that grows things...see, it made sense). He’s currently the president of Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories. According to our very sophisticated Google searching, Eurofins is the “world leader in food, environment and pharmaceutical products testing,” which sounds appropriately impressive. They’re still getting used to being back in the Northeast with things like “seasons” and “winter” and, given that they live next to an Amish farm, I’m sure that’s not the only thing that feels and smells super different from Houston.

And speaking of folks we haven’t heard from in a while, Tom Curran reported in from Michigan, where it appears he has all of the jobs and is practicing all of the medicine: he’s current a faculty member at the University of Michigan Medical School, working at the VA hospital in Ann Arbor practicing anesthesiology and critical care medicine, and also recently took over as the director of surgical critical care for VA Ann Arbor. Tom and Reiley have two sons, Paul (4) and Lewis (2), and another boy due in April. Oh yeah, and a new 9-month-old black Lab puppy named Tuck. Which makes sense because we’ve heard that puppies, especially black Labs, are very chill and require no work at all so seem like the perfect pet for a working dad with three jobs and two (almost three) kids! Speaking of dogs, Melanie Mitchell is excited to announce that Twig is a big sister! If you don’t know who Twig is, you are missing out on one cute basset hound and the star of Melanie’s (I mean Twig’s) Instagram account. But enough about Twig, the big news here is Theo! Melanie and Dave welcomed their son Theo into the world on 11/27/17. According to Melanie he is “such a joy!” and a total cutie, if we do say so ourselves. Check out his super cute pic from his 2-month birthday. Still speaking of dogs, 10-year Class Notes Secretary™ Chris Herbert and family have a new dog named Zuccarello. Shout-out to all the New York Rangers fans in our class. It will not surprise you to hear Chris is still playing hockey, even in Georgia. Chris and Greta also took to the north Georgia mountains to view

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front, Heather has joined Errik Anderson on his mission to “elevate Hanover to a benevolent Silicon Valley status—with a strict non-a**hole policy. Waaaaaay fun!!”

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but in keeping with their identities as “international persons of mystery” we have been asked by a certain agency to not run it. You know, for security reasons. While Chris was on the East Coast, he also did a mini road trip around North Carolina, sampling Speaking of “waaaaaay fun!!” Tim Hannan, his culinary highlights including fried green wife Ania, and their three sons Ben, Jaco, and tomatoes and the vinegar BBQ, and visited Oliver have embarked on an “intensely underthe birthplace of Pepsi-Cola! Mmmm, now planned family sabbatical, mainly in Southeast we’re hungry. When he’s not traveling and Asia.” For those of you who are contemplating eating delicious BBQ, Chris says Kodi is such a thing yourself, Tim would like you to making him happy. We thought this might know that “planning is good, especially when toddlers and developing countries are involved.” be a mind-altering substance, or at least a new cryptocurrency, but some extensive and That sounds like hard-earned wisdom to sophisticated research* (*Google) revealed it us. Tim spent three years with Centerview is “open source streaming software.” Chris Partners in London and is now moving back said we’d “thank him later” for the tip, so to the NY area. They’re taking the long way there you go, folks. You are welcome. home with their sabbatical and got to see Audrey The-Dumas and Srini Viswanathan Speaking of international persons of mystery, (and respective families) in Singapore and are Alan Operman reported in that he “left very much looking forward to connecting with corporate M&A and acquired a company other Tuckies in Hong Kong, Japan, and back for himself”. We’re assuming it’s going well in the States. because he said that “wife, kids, wine, being my own boss” are making him happy. We’d tell you more about his company, and Alan in general, but that’s all the info he gave us and his LinkedIn profile still isn’t updated (ahem). So mysterious.... You’ll just have to stay tuned for our next column to hear more (I believe this is what the kids call clickbait...).

Greta and the Herbert kids viewing the eclipse The Hannan and The-Dumas families in Singapore the eclipse, making sure everyone in the family had top-notch eye protection. Speaking of more pets, Marc Aquila and family are doubling down on pets this year with fish. After just 6 weeks, they are 0-for-10 on goldfish and 4-for-6 on little stripey guys. No word yet on what livestock will be joining them later in the year. Marc, Christina, and their two daughters Violet and Poppy are still living the dream in Norwich, VT.

Speaking of Audrey, she is still living in Singapore and working for Cambridge Associates. She and Evan had their third child, Emilia “Mimi,” in November 2016. When she’s not catching up with visiting Tuckies, “being with family and drinking champagne” are making her happy. We weren’t clear whether those were two separate activities or the same activity—with three kids, you never know!

Speaking of living the dream, Heather Onstott Perrygo, Doug, their son Jacob, and their dog Biscuit moved permanently up to the Upper Valley in January. They have an awesome house on a lake and are enjoying all of the benefits of living in New Hampshire: “Jake goes outside to play all by himself, the doors are unlocked, the keys are in the parked car. Stress levels are a fraction of where they were.” On the job

Speaking of Singapore, we *think* Chris Martens is still living there, so we’re going to go with it for now. He says he hasn’t been traveling “much” but he managed a visit to Washington, DC, in September to visit the ever-illusive Juliane Park and Aaron Cohn. According to Chris, they “had a great time with fancy food, and wine, and art museums.” He also sent in a photo of Juliane and Aaron,

Speaking of people with new jobs, Casey McCullar has a new job running “a lightning software and data business. Yes, lightning. Like electricity in the sky.” Unlike Alan, he does keep his LinkedIn up to date, and I can confirm that this is true. His actual title on LinkedIn is “Head of Lightning Solutions” for Vaisala. Not “lighting” solutions, like I first thought. Lightning solutions. His job responsibilities include managing their lightning network. These are words I didn’t know belonged together. There are so many jokes to make here about Casey’s “electric” personality, I just don’t know where to start. Casey also reported that his favorite trip this year was to the Dartmouth Skiway with Marc Aquila (awww), so you can take comfort that their bromance is alive and well. Speaking of bromances, Kyle Schroeder checked in from Tampa. His favorite trip this year was to the Gridiron Series at Fenway Park with Brian Fleming (T’08) and Steve Varney. In case you’re wondering, despite its being at Fenway Park, apparently the Gridiron Series is

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CL ASS NOTES “Football—Dartmouth vs. Brown—Dartmouth wins 33-10.” Kyle has the same job (private equity, according to our LinkedIn stalking research), but he and his wife are expecting a new baby later this year and they also have a brand-new chocolate Lab puppy. Speaking of new babies, Ben and Kate Flaim’s daughter Hannah joined the family last year and already has her passport. They spent their family vacation in Italy last summer and are enjoying skiing with their older kids Tuck & Ellie this winter.

The Flaim family in Italy

Speaking of even more new babies, Christian and Christina Koether are expecting a daughter this April to join them, Otto, and Hoyer. Christian also traveled to Christchurch, New Zealand, “solo to meet up with a secret customer.” We’re not sure if those two newsbites are connected.Speaking of international vacations, Mark Pierson and Maija Aittola had a most excellent family vacation to Xcaret, Mexico, with their children (Elia and Saku) and Mark’s parents in tow. On a completely different note, Maija wrote to us from the Hyland Hills lodge during Elia’s ski lessons, where she also ran into the Ullands. It’s not all vacation & skiing fun for the Piersons this year; they are also unlocking middle-age superstar status by combining major knee surgery for Mark with a major house renovation this spring. Good luck, guys! Still speaking of good luck, Paul Atwood and his family went to Big Bend National Park (see photo nearby) and have their own

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T’74 John and T’07 Lindsay Bello [Martin] working a trade show for Reed’s

Laugh-a-Lot Care Bear in 2-year old daughter Sibley. Paul’s wondering how the he** do you pay for four children, so please send any and all stock tips (or just life tips) his way. Good luck, guys!

survey, so look out for that around late September 2018.

Speaking of big bends, Alan and Kate Walker vacationed to Venice Beach, CA, this year for Kate’s milestone birthday. Knowing those two, we’re imagining vacation consisted of lots of yoga (which is bend-y. Get it?!?) and rollerblading along Muscle Beach. At work, Alan and Kate both started new jobs with “a couple of scrappy, up-and-coming financial firms” Since those “scrappy, up-and-coming” firms are Equity Office (part of BlackRock) and TPG Growth, I believe that’s what we call sarcasm, kids. Speaking of scrappy and finance, one unidentified classmate told us nothing is new, “just 3 kids under 8 with 2 sets of homework 5 days a week and weekend ‘projects,’ a job in banking, an upcoming major house renovation, au pair/nanny drama. You know, Life. Not complaining, just exhausted.” So exhausted they forgot to share their name. If this was you, please let us know! We’ve always been curious how long it takes to get the notes to print, so if you’ve wondered the same, here’s a hint: as we’re writing this, it’s the first day of spring, the S&P 500 is at 2716, Putin won reelection in Russia this week, and Xi Jinping is the leader of the free world. To wrap up, we’ve gotten some interesting ideas for questions from you for next year’s

Oh, and apparently Patrick Redmond is happiest at the Schwendi Hutte at Waterville Valley.

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Colin Van Ostern colin@vanostern.com

Matt Obenhaus argue in Facebook comments. (It truly is a joy to behold.) Claudia Carbonelli shared a photo of a fun catch-up with some T’09s and T’10s in New York. She says they called it “West Meets East.” Pictured nearby from left to right are Saurabh Sarbaliya, Elena Bazina, Claudia Carbonelli, Melissa Llarena Diaz, Christine Lio Capilouto, Milen Todorov, Jonathan TranPham, and Katherine Loarie T’09.

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West Meets East with T’09s and T’10s in New York Micah Moreau has more news to share than almost the rest of the class put together. Many congrats to him, and here is his story in his own words: “1. Got engaged to an amazing woman, Christen Reardon, Thanksgiving 2017. It’s been a long, very surreal road since losing my wife, Jessica Arnold, to cancer, but I feel so lucky to have Christen in my life and Jess watching over us both. “2. Christen and I rescued a dog from Florida, a Lab/pit mix named Franklin. He is not nearly as well-behaved as Zoe was (Jess’s semifamous—from starring in Wayfair’s first TV commercial—Bernese mountain dog) but Franklin is still a sweetheart.

Leo Trautwein recently moved from Chicago to Park City because he, wife Kelly, and 3yo son Caio wanted to experience a more outdoorsy lifestyle. Kelly opened her dermatology practice in town, and Leo took a job with Vista Outdoor leading eCommerce and corporate strategy. Caio is super happy about the move and is enjoying ski season. Check out the picture of the two T’09s (Ludwig Reimmer and Miguel Muñoz) who recently came through town. Leo writes, “Anyone else skiing in UT, let us know!”

Paul Snow reports that he still lives in LA and works at YouTube. Most of the joy he receives in life comes from watching Travis Page and

Lydia Kuo reports that she heard Lisha Davis speak at a Fahrenheit 212 Innovator’s Circle event in New York in February. Lisha covered Vanguard’s journey to building a culture of innovation and lessons learned in championing innovation within large companies. Lydia says that Lisha was “spectacular” and that her talk was “rich in insights.” I realize I may have left some of you hanging with regards to James Brooman, whom I described a year ago as acclimatizing at Everest base camp preparing to attempt a summit without supplemental oxygen. Did he manage to pull it off? Of course he did. No big deal. More at everestwithoutoxygen.wordpress.com. And now, the baby news. First Babies Sylvie (née Liberman) Vernick and her husband Adam had a beautiful baby named Estella Zipporah Vernick, Este for short. Este was born 6 lb 8 oz and 19¼ inches long on October 12, and I count myself lucky to be able to personally attest that she is an absolute charmer.

“3. After nearly three years leading growth at Jet.com—from launch to acquisition by Walmart—I took a job out in San Francisco leading marketing and growth at DoorDash. “4. Christen and I are selling all of our stuff and driving across the country to San Francisco in May with the sole purpose of finding new occasions to don Speedos with Karl Reichstetter and John Clifford.”

West and on to the next adventure.” En route the family spent a few weeks in Japan, where they consumed “enough sushi to sustain a small commune and managed to summit Fuji.” Check out the awesome pic of them on top of the mountain!

Ludwig Reimmer, Leo Trautwein, and Miguel Muñoz

Kevin Williams reports that his family met its match with Hurricanes Irma and Maria and was forced to abandon the paradise they had found in the Virgin Islands. Kevin reports, “The winds have blown us to the Mountain

Scott Dalgleish and wife Alex Lithwick are thrilled to announce the arrival of their first Tiny Tuckie, Ivy Bella Dalgleish, on December 5, 2017, in Santa Monica. Scott writes, “Mom and Ivy are doing well and Dad is loving snuggle time with his baby girl.” The family and pooch Coltrane will be moving to “The Top of the World,” Laguna Beach, in early 2018 to be closer to Scott’s gig at ConcertoHealth in

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CL ASS NOTES hotshot Arun swung by. He’s rocking the Indian education scene with Flintobox” and “Harish [Sarma] briefly ducked in, ostensibly on official NBA duty. It had been a while— For those who are wondering, the rumor mill SEVEN years after graduation; we reminisced has the Garveys at six kids, but according to my sources “none of them are particularly new.” about many things, including the famous Fosbury flop.” I’ve heard word of other babies—make it David Goldenheim writes, “Anna, Charlotte, official and send details my way! It’s never too Ginny, and I send warm wishes from Boston. late. Someday I hope to publish a joint birth It is hard to believe, but Charlotte turns 5 in and high school graduation announcement. May and Ginny is now 16 months old! They are the lights of our lives, and we love seeing them have fun together. In more boring news, I’m still at Audax, where I’ve been since before Tuck. Outside of work and time with my family, I am a board member and treasurer of the South End Community Health Center and continue to do the Pan-Mass Challenge Amanda Knappman annually. Anna finally finishes her pediatrics aknappman@gmail.com residency at the end of the summer and will start a job at Woburn Pediatrics in the fall. We Shaun Mehtani are all looking forward to no more overnights shaun.mehtani@gmail.com at the hospital! We remain happily situated in the South End of Boston and would love to catch up if you’re ever visiting Boston!” [Editor’s note: Look on myTUCK for lots more photos!] Betsy Nesbitt is living the life as an entrepreneur and shares, “leading a start-up Dear Fellow T’11s – Shaun and I survived is getting exciting! Flyway Wellness is in its the bomb cyclone in New York (correction: ‘sophomore’ year, and we are honing in on Shaun just said he was technically in Europe). our business model: designing and delivering I survived the bomb cyclone in New York outcome-based yoga programs for leading and have been enjoying life in the city since behavioral health clinics and employers. moving from Baltimore this past fall. We Highlights of last year: partnering with Groups had few submissions for this round of class (thanks to introduction by Sarah Apgar) to notes, so I sent Shaun snooping. (Jed Sturman bring yoga to patients recovering from opiate and Lindsay Wilner, I just want you to know use. Plan is to scale our work with them in that I protected your privacy this time by not 2018 and serve their patients across NH. Other writing about you.) Also—side note—for our than that, sophomore year of married life in international classmates, we would love to hear Burlington is also wonderful. My husband from you! Cheers! —Amanda & Shaun and I have some lofty ultra-running goals this summer. There are certainly bumps in the David Picotte shares, “I just joined Vertiv road and downsides to building a business in as the director of FP&A for the Americas. Vermont, but we’re optimistic and grateful for Vertiv designs, builds, and services critical the opportunities we have.” infrastructure that enables vital applications for data centers, communication networks, In Family News… and commercial and industrial facilities. It Congratulations Cassie Lancelotti-Young and will be a new role in a new industry, and I Michael McMahon, who wed on December 3 at am excited. We also just welcomed another the Bernards Inn! horse into the family. Felix (see photo online at myTUCK) joined us from Germany. No, We hear the Shetty family is now a family of seriously, he has his own equine passport. So five! Congratulations to Rohan and Saumya we are up to three dogs, a couple of horses, Shetty on the arrival of their new baby girl, Ria. and one very cuddly rescue donkey. If anybody makes it out to Columbus, please let Congratulations to Amory (Loring) Logan me know. It would be great to catch up.” on her marriage to Prescott Logan this past Kaushik Mohan let us know that “entrepreneur June. They celebrated with a crowd of T’11s! or third babies just lost their minds imagining what life is now like for Tony and Carly.

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the OC. Alex is still at TOMS Shoes, where she leads the finance team. Scott encourages folks coming through Orange County to drop him a line. Ben Gregg is a dad! He’s too busy to send in an official report, but some intense “research” (looking on Facebook) indicates the baby’s a stunner named Everleigh Gabrielle Gregg. And so is Frank Madden! Even fewer details to share here, but another gorgeous girl, this one named Matilda. Second Babies Vicki Chen and Milen Todorov welcomed their second baby, William (Billy) Daniel Todorov, on Jan 2 in New York. Newly minted big sister Izzie has declared that Baby Billy is “VERY CUTE!” Third Babies Ashley Lash-Hosford reports that she is now up to three kids! Autumn is 4, Blake is 2, and her youngest (Aubree London Hosford) was born on Christmas Eve 2017. She definitely does not recommend delivering on Christmas Eve but is happy to have snuck in a tax deduction. Ashley works for Microsoft and is currently enjoying its generous maternity leave policy. She adds that yes, she is done—no fourth Hosford will grace her household. Fourth Babies In contrast, Tony Cape and Carly Cape are now parents to a fourth! Jack Cullen Cape joined the family on March 6, weighing in at 7 lb 4 oz. The folks who are managing new first, second, 124

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Tuckies celebrate the wedding of Amory (Loring) and Prescott Logan in June 2016

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Alison Connolly and husband Tony on their honeymoon in Chile in September

Juan Pablo Lankenau and Lolyna moved to Santiago, Chile, in late February along with their four kids. JP shares, “the plan is to be here for a few years and then move back to Mexico (or the US?).” (We vote US. Or go to Mexico so we can visit.) We’re thrilled, Igor Zamkovsky! “Please welcome Kaya Zamkovsky to the world— joining us Sat 12/2, weighing in at 6 lb, 9 oz. She is doing well, as is Nisha. Big brother Kiran is adjusting nicely, albeit slowly, to the challenger to his boss baby title.” We hear that Virginia and Villamor Asuncion shared, “Our hearts are full...Francesca Veda Asuncion is here! Born on October 31st at 2:09 p.m., 6 lb, 15 oz—we just love her and she can’t wait to meet all of you!” (We have seen the pics, and Francesca is already sporting a formidable head of hair.)

Francisco and Fernanda Dondo welcome daughter Guillermina

Prescott’s father, Don Logan T’68, brother Stuart Logan T’05, and Garrett Bockeneck T’12 were also in attendance (not pictured). Congratulations to Alison Connolly! She and Tony were married last May in Colorado and then went to Chile in September for their honeymoon. We LOVE the pics, Ali! Francisco Dondo writes, “Fernanda and I [went] back to Uruguay. Had our third daughter, Guillermina [Congrats!]. Everyone doing great and healthy. Too much work as

Renata (T’12) and Topher Watts welcomed Matthew Sumner Watts, born September 19, 2017. Joins big sister Phoebe, now a full threenager. Last, but never least, congratulations to Steve Kenning and Dr. Sarah Brayne (of Princeton fame) on their nuptials at Barr Mansion on October 28, 2017!

Renata and Topher Watts welcomed Matthew Sumner in September

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Roman Hughes romanhughes@gmail.com

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• Emily Williams is now associate professor at Harvard. Cheers, Teach! • Rich King has taken a new job as vice president at HPS Investment Partners. As he continues burning up the world of non-investment-grade credit, his wife Koushi (T’13) has been growing her start-up, Stemless. They’re still living in Astoria, Queens, and continue to renovate their lovely apartment. • Divya Mani is now a partner at Transcend Education. Vicente, she, and their two little ones, Nico and Analu, lived it up on their recent trip back to Colombia. • Darius Chehrzad was promoted to associate partner at McKinsey. • Ken Blewett joined Braintrust Growth Consulting as a partner. • Jeff Millman is now executive director at JPMorgan Chase. • Robert GarcÍa was promoted to director and lead financial officer at American Express. • Scott Johnson is now VP H.I.G. Growth Partners. • Rob Spies was promoted to principal at Thomas H. Lee. • Ritesh Tanna was promoted to director at Black Diamond Capital. • Lara Abbaschian is now director of marketing at the Stroke Project. • Gavin McGrath was promoted to principal at L.E.K. Consulting. • Meredith Lapointe reached the holy grail at McKinsey and was promoted to partner. Congrats! • Jose Malpartida moved on from Wayfair and took on the role as head of product management at TG-17. • Brian Meyers is now director of business development at WavePost. • Torlisa Jeffrey joined Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (whoop!) as a lead product manager. • Kellie Ciofalo is now chief of staff for the CMO at Flatiron Health. • Marco Castillo is now sr. director of strategy and operations at DocuSign. • Raffi Valijan has joined the team at Morgan Stanley, still crushing the finance world. • Taylor Bowman is now sr. director at your favorite pharmacy company, CVS. • Gustavo Fróes is now partner at End-to-End Analytics. • Farai Mahoya is now strategy director of asthma at GSK.

• Bill O’Keefe joins Meredith at the pinnacle of the consulting world, partner at McKinsey. • Delicia Jones was promoted to senior manager at Deloitte Consulting. • Lauren Hirsch moved to CNBC, where she continues to break the latest in business news. • Fred Miranda took a new job at 99Taxis. Coincidentally, they’ve been acquired by Didi—it would have been cheaper to just buy Fede, guys...he’s worth less than 50% the total investment. • Tara Pyle is now AVP of international business development at L’Oreal. • Matias Moral has moved on from the world of consulting and is now system director, international labor management & productivity, at CHRISTUS Health. Moving on to relationships and babies, our class has been just as busy.... • Emily Shieh’s life has been busy but wonderful in Denver, Colorado! Lee and Emily traveled to Taiwan shortly after Reunion, where they celebrated her grandfather’s 88th birthday in Miaoli. Lee doesn’t know the language, but he quickly learned that the way to Emily’s family’s hearts is through food. They’ve also stayed busy with the planning of their upcoming wedding, honeymoon (Portugal, Georgia, Armenia), and searching for their first house.

Emily Shieh’s family

• Brian Meyers is engaged. Can’t wait to hear the proposal story. • Andres Brito and Ashley Holofcener were married in early March in a festive affair in Colombia that gave quite a few Tuckies the enviable excuse to take a winter vacation to Cartagena.

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• Rooster married. We think that sentence says it all. • Pablo Carbonell has been making big moves. Not only did he get married last year (May 6th), but he and his new wife, Julia, welcomed their daughter, Elena, in March. Both mother and child are healthy. The new family is living in Elm Grove, a suburb of Milwaukee, on the same street where Julia grew up. • Adam Price got married the weekend of Reunion. He better make up for it by being the life of the 10-year reunion. We wish you all the best, Price! • Jon Pressnell not only got married but is expecting a baby with his new wife. • Ken Fraser was promoted to principal at Bain, but in even more exciting news, John Simon (“Jack”) Fraser joined the clan on Dec 28th. The wee man got his mother’s looks (big win), and they’re having a great time getting to know him. Check him out in his Scotland rugby jersey, ready for a lifetime of disappointment.

Addison and Jane, with daughter Emery Cyrena Lanier

• Tulio Landin and his wife, Ana, welcomed twin boys Dante & Fausto this Christmas! Congrats! • Erik and Jacqueline Kankainen welcomed their second little one, Abigail Elizabeth. Her big brother lets them know when it’s ok for them to hold her. • Debbie Soon and her husband welcomed baby Danielle to their family last year. • Fred and Agnes Spagnol de Miranda added to their family with their second baby, a daughter. • Kevin and Debbie Bielke welcomed their first child, Emma! Seba and Maca continued filling out their fútbol team with their third child, Benjamin. Clearly he’s destined for great things. Anecdotally, he’s a redhead, so they’ve one of each hair color. • Yang Zhang got hitched! He married Feiting Cui last year. • Deeksha Mittal + Prashanth Rao had a good reason for missing Reunion. Deeksha and he couldn’t make it to the reunion because they were in India getting everyone to meet this little guy. They welcomed baby Kovidh, who’s been keeping them on their toes for the last 9 months. • Sophie and David Leal welcomed their 2nd baby, Nicholas, to the fold. They are loving life and thoroughly enjoyed their victory bottle of champagne from Reunion. • Andrew Benson and his wife welcomed an adorable baby boy, Lennox.... He looks like he’s trying out for a Gerber commercial on a daily basis with the best facial expressions ever.

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• Addison Lanier was promoted to VP at EY-Parthenon. However, his big news is that Jane and he were excited to welcome their daughter, Emery Cyrena Lanier, to their family last October. Their home couldn’t be more filled with love and joy. Addison thoroughly enjoyed his 16-week paternity leave, reveling in the opportunity to trade PowerPoint and Excel for tummy time and navigating Boston’s snowy streets with the stroller. Check out the pics • Lauren and Justin Bain were so sad to miss Reunion in October, but it was for a good reason. They welcomed Henry McCullough Bain on October 13th. He weighed 6 lb, 12 oz and measured 19 inches long. They’re

spending most of their time in Big Sky, Montana, these days and Henry is loving the mountains. They’re counting the days until they can get him on a pair of skis. Take a look at the pic. • Phil and Kate (Libby) McDonnell introduced baby Philip, the newest addition to their family! They feel so lucky to be blessed with another little bundle of joy. His big sister, Fiona, is super excited. Philip looks ready to step into a role in British royalty. #philiptheeighth DAMN! • Sarah and George Craft welcomed a new baby, their fourth addition to the family. We think George now gets the “Distinguished Professor of Reproduction” award (if there was one at Investiture). • Emily (Lisbon) Peterson and her husband, Clark, welcomed their first child, a baby boy, Jack Ralph Peterson.

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CL ASS NOTES • Paulina and Greg Kelly welcomed a darling baby girl, Evelyn Karolina, last year. They’ve already got her training to be an adventure baby. • Gustavo and Luciana have a new baby girl. Welcome, Laura! • Alina Flores welcomed her second child to the family. • Michelle Huang and her husband welcomed baby Theo. • Gaurav Raina tied the knot in October 2017! • Rob Spies and his wife are expecting their second child. • Chris and Jessica (Powers) Decembrele are expecting their first. • Nathan Sharp and his wife welcomed baby Eleanor to the world. • Spencer Champagne welcomed baby Kai to the world but is still looking for his jacket as a birth gift. Any information, feel free to email Ken Fraser or your class secretaries. • Katie and Ihsan Speede welcomed their second baby model, Otis, to the family! Follow the hashtag #ohotis for all the up-to-date news. • Megan Shackleton and George welcomed baby Annaliese. • Scott and Emily Howard welcomed Aya Josephine Howard to their family. • In late news (our social media stalking only goes so far), Liz Drummond [Ferriter] had baby Lily, who is already now 1 year old. • Rodrigo Guillen and his growing crew have moved to Luxembourg. • Rosanne and Dave Ranta are living in Stamford, CT, with their 1-year old son, Billy. Rosanne is coming up on her two-year anniversary in brand management at Zarbee’s Naturals, where she’s been working since returning to the East Coast after a few years in Minneapolis post-Tuck. As for your expert social media stalking class secretaries.... Ben loved seeing all of you at Reunion. He just wished we had longer together in Hanover. He is still at Williams-Sonoma and working with a growing team (including a couple of Tuckies) to make it easier than ever to spend your hardearned money on the latest home furnishings at Williams Sonoma, West Elm, Pottery Barn, and Rejuvenation. The upside of working for a home-furnishings company, outside of the discount, is that they really know how to locate and decorate an office (waterfront views of Manhattan). The job has come with a decent bit of travel to SF, so let him know if you want to organize a meetup. Outside of work, he and his 128

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girlfriend, Megan, are pumped for their nice, long April vacation to Colombia. They’ll be hitting up Bogotá, Tayrona, and Cartagena. First off, thanks to everyone who made it out to Reunion!!!! We had a phenomenal time—it was so good to see so many friends!!!! The Hugheses’ life is pretty intense these days.... Joaquin, our second son, was born last night, just in time to make it into the notes. He looks exactly like his big bro and unfortunately seems to have his same sleeping patterns as well.... Both baby and mommy are doing GREAT. Romancito is coping with the concept of being the big bro relatively well but has a meltdown every once in a while. He’s also started school and fortunately has adapted extremely well to it, making lots of friends and picking up new words every day. On the job front, things are going great—the position’s scope grows by the week, and every day at the Mercado Libre is challenging and thoroughly enjoyable, albeit nerve wracking at times. Being in B.A. so close to Uruguay is also a huge plus, as we are able hang out with the family often. Derrick enjoyed spending time and catching up with several folks at Reunion—the trip to Hanover was well worth reminiscing at Murphy’s and eating at Umpleby’s. Outside of work, he and his wife just became part of a group called Social Venture Partners, which invests in local nonprofits and provides support to help them build capacity, which is something new and different for both his wife, Natalie, and him. He’s still at Amazon Prime Video and hopes that some of you have seen some of the shows in the service (like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel). Seattle is still home for both Natalie and him (for now)—who knows where things will take the two of them next! We really appreciate the people who wrote in to us this time. It makes the updates more personal and the writing more fun. Please keep sending us your news whenever it occurs. We’ll save it! Love you all!

’13 Anne Duggan anneboydduggan@gmail.com

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5TH REUNION OCTOBER 5-7, 2018

A mere 5 years ago, our biggest concern was what mystery bus to get on. Now we have jobs, partners, kids, houses (not that DIS-O life, Mike Lenon—or is it?). Unbelievably, our five-year reunion is this fall, October 5-7. First, reserve your housing now. Dartmouth will not allow tents on the quad, and the Hanover Inn is already full. In the words of our Bangladeshbased Tuckie Pete, “If your commute to Hanover is less than 24 hours, no excuses!” We can’t wait to see you all in in leaf-peeping season! To motivate you to cash in those miles and come, enjoy this special retrospective.... T’13: Five Years On We have now been officially stalking, er, receiving your notes for 10 editions. Here are some interesting trends, as highlighted by an area chart, because we know how to make area charts. Insight 1: Job change peaks at 2 years and again at 4 years. In unsurprising news, there has been a consistent stream of people quitting consulting. In surprising news, not that many bankers have quit. We would say more here, but no banker has ever submitted notes...ever. Insight 2: The number of weddings is dropping, while the number of babies is increasing. Do weddings cause babies, or does leaving consulting cause babies? We say, post hoc ergo propter hoc. By the (imprecise) numbers: • 81 weddings • 98 new Tiny Tuckies (peak at fall 2016 with 23!)

• 120 new jobs (Henrique wins, as he represents 5 of these) • 72 moves • 20+ companies founded • 5 weddings we knew about but didn’t receive permission to put in the notes (gasp!) • 2 average unsolicited notes received for each issue, which we magically turn into 4 pages of content. Thanks, High School Creative Writing! Awards: Democratic Nomination and Voting by Your Class Secretaries • Most Consistent Note Sender: Pete Gauthier • Most Surprising Person to Send a Note: Snow Liang Xue golfing at his desk • Most Featured in the Notes (tie): Pete and Dave Sibley, second to Crystal Cornwall and future Maine Governor Abigail Isaacson [Abbott] • Most Circuitous Path: Henrique Thielen (5 jobs, 1 entrepreneur effort, 4 cities in 3 different countries on 2 continents, all to return to his pre-Tuck company) • Best Ongoing Funployment: Mike Lenon • Best Pivot: Brud Fogarty’s film career?! • Best Food Insta (tie): Chika True-Daniels & Mariko Shimizu, with honorable mention for Spencer Bryan’s ramen • Best-Dressed Baby (tie): Mariko Shimizu’s twins!

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Now back to your regularly scheduled content… “Baby, Baby”—Amy Grant (1991) So many of our classmates have contributions to the exponential growth of Tiny Tuckie-land. Chris and Lauren Halstedt are expecting a little sibling for their daughter Blake. Morgan Ebeling and Carter Powers had a baby girl, Reid Ebeling Powers, born three weeks early on October 17th, 4 lb, 8 oz, 16 inches. Mukul Kumar and wife Stuti had baby

boy Zorin Singh, brother to Anika. Will and Elizabeth Cornock welcomed William George on Saturday, October 7, which means his first birthday will be at Reunion! Francis Lee and wife Younsoo welcomed baby Theodore Jeongmu Lee on November 5th in NYC. Dave and Mimi Macauley Sibley welcomed Madeleine Long (Maddie) Sibley on Nov 17th in Colorado. Mike and Eileen Kuo welcomed baby Hudson on Nov 14th, 2017, weighing 8 lb, 4 oz at birth, and he has already been introduced to his fellow SF Tuck friends! Karen and Casey Diehl welcomed Eleanor SUMMER 2018

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Colin and Jess Barclay welcomed their second son, Dylan Barclay, on December 4th. Jess writes: “Big brother James (age 2) is happy to have a buddy (as is Mia, our first ‘child’)! I’m now running institutional sales for Black Creek Group, a real estate private equity firm in Denver, and Colin is a vice president at Delta-v Capital, a growth equity firm in Boulder. We would love to see any Tuckies coming through Denver!”

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Angeles Lefranc on Jan 4th. Carreau and Jon Ryder welcomed Henry Robert in Feb 2018. Matthew Oh welcomed baby girl Elena in January. And Duo Zhou also welcomed a baby boy. “All My Life”—K-Ci & JoJo (1997) Marriages. As for inorganic growth, we see it happening both in the US and on the opposite side of the world. In the past 6 months, Quentin Reeve married Grace Huang in Australia. Kevin Tay married Amanda in a ceremony in Singapore. Stateside, Matt Zepernick married Rachel Henry on October 21st on Long Island. Dave Sibley and Andreas Apostolatos performed admirably as groomsmen. Matt sends a special thank-you to all the Tuck grads in attendance who showed the bride’s HBS friends how to party. Engagements. Matt Gallagher is engaged to Lizzy Kidder. The couple met at Flywheel. She spins him right round. Chenae White is engaged to Joel Edwards. “He proposed on Newbury Street the evening of Oct 5th. It was a total surprise, and of course a crowd gathered in on the fun to cheer us on. We met three years ago at a Mardi Gras– themed party hosted by a mutual friend. It was the winter of Snowmageddon 2015, so it’s pure coincidence that neither of us weren’t trapped indoors.” Mason Duke and Maeve Elizabeth O’Meara got engaged in Mexico over MLK weekend. They met in San Francisco, and even though Maeve is a GSB grad, she has accepted Tuck as her adopted alma mater. Young Choi is engaged to Andrea Quadros, whom he met at work at MetLife. (As if the world couldn’t get smaller, Andrea was Tara’s fellow summer intern at BT! Hi, Andrea, if you are reading this!!) She went to HBS or something. Yamini Jagannadhan got engaged to Srikant Iyer at the Chihuly museum in Seattle in January 2018. “I Like to Move It, Move It”—Reel 2 Real (1994) Consultant exodus was strong this past 6 months: Ben McGuinness left BCG to be director, strategic initiatives at Veeam Software, which develops backup, disaster recovery, and data management software for virtual, physical, and cloud-based workloads. Shane Proch-Wilson left BCG for Southwest Airlines, where his hubby Michael Aubuchon works. Sounds like some interesting work/ home dynamics.

Finally, Sandy Levine and Tom McAndrews packed up their things (and their consulting badges at Bain and Oliver Wyman) and headed west to join a strong, growing Tuck contingent in Denver, Colorado. When asked what it was like living in the Midwest, the couple reminded us that Denver actually marks the transition between the Midwest and the Intermountain West. Regional taxonomies aside, they are enjoying their new location. Sandy is now director of patient experience at DaVita, while Tom has joined Geometric Wealth Advisors. Tom has also started a podcast with a few others you may recognize because, you know, the world needs more white guys podcasting. In case anyone was wondering, a Subaru has already been purchased. Apparently not everyone knows to run away from consulting, because Justin Purnell left NBCUniversal to do some consulting (clearly he didn’t see the chart before he made his choice) at pickaxe. Henrique Thielen is living up to his honor of most interesting path. He and the fam moved from Mexico to Texas, and Henrique is back at CEMEX. Yvan Stern-Plaza and Laura Pryor moved back to the U.S., so the Europeans should consider sending care packages. Phil Kim and See Won Park have moved to Seattle. Phil is now at Microsoft, probably having lunch daily with Justine, Mukul, Matthew and...Troy Stewart, who moved back to Seattle and Microsoft after a stint in NYC. Young Choi is now head of strategic initiatives at Fitch Solutions in New York, following his stint in Hong Kong with MetLife. Don Seo is now COO at Widers Korea, a medical interpretation and concierge service for patients from the Middle East in serious condition. Frederic Notte is the envy of us all, working at Tesla as EMEA business opportunities manager, where a recent success includes outfitting the Swiss police with Tesla SUVs. We will all be putting in our notice for the Friends & Family Discount for the Model X P100D with Ludicrous Mode. Does that mean my car has a ghost name of “Ordinary / Sensible / Boring Mode”? Dave Rader has returned to the sports world, running the consulting division of Kraft Analytics Group (a spinout of the New England Patriots), helping other teams and leagues think about their digital strategies.

His boss runs the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, aka the one who signed that giant check you keep seeing on our Facebook group. Jason Meyer moved to San Diego—Sony Electronics as data science manager—from Portland, ME, at LLBean. Maybe it was the loss of the never-ending return policy that made him lose the LLBean faith. Eddie Howard left E*TRADE for MSCI as VP of Americas index products. Devon Lacombe is now at Royal Bank of Canada doing innovation strategy, returning to her financial services roots following a stint in the hospitality industry at HotelTonight. Sounds like Devon should write a sequel to How Stella Saved the Farm. JP Cantos and family will be moving to Atlanta next month. “I will be joining Russell Reynolds Associates...and hope to place as many Tuckies as possible in C-level and board positions in the future!” Andy Friedman has joined SAS as a senior industry consultant. John Lamberth left DaVita to be VP of business development for MediQuire, a health IT company led by Tuckie Emily Chen T’15 that develops big-data analysis geared to the treatment of Medicaid patients. Carmen Linares: “After almost three years enjoying the sun and food in Spain, I finished my project in Marbella a few months ago. Faced with the dilemma of where to go next, I accepted the challenge of moving to London after Brexit, where I continue working in real estate and enjoying life, despite an increasing vitamin D deficiency.” Finally, your very own class secretary Liz Yepsen has quit Google to bike from Scotland to the Ukraine, recreating a trip her grandparents did in 1948. “Juicy”—The Notorious B.I.G. (1994) (aka going from negative to positive) John Gardner started a fitness technology company, EverFit, personal training run on Slack. They are on a mission to make high-end personal training available to everyone. For $95 a month, their on-demand, human coach guides you through a daily, personalized nutrition, exercise, and wellness program. Learn more at myeverfit.com.

Brad Callow started 6AM Health, which delivers fresh green juices and salads to your door before 6 a.m. Brad is currently making everything in his kitchen before 5 a.m., when he hits his other job. Hustle is real! All those in the Boston area sign up at www.6amhealth. com. Ryan Miller started repisodic, a health technology dedicated to helping patients find the best follow-up care at hospital discharge, with T’12 Mike Cwalinski. “We built the most comprehensive database of post-acute-care providers in the country and have made that information free to the public on our website. We also work with health care systems to provide a tablet-based app that uses property algorithms to match patients to the best post-acute care at discharge. Repisodic won a $50K grant from the Science Center’s Digital Health Accelerator to start the business.” Spencer Bryan & fam moved to Atlanta. “I’m working on starting a sake brewery here. Based on all the work required to get it going, I’m probably 18 months from selling a bottle.” Sign up at Reunion. We finally know the result of his 10,000 Japan trips and intense ramen eating.

start-up MediQuire, led by fellow Tuckie Emily Chen. He’s sorry to leave DaVita but happy Sandy Levine recently joined the company to represent Tuck.” #DaVitaWay Spotlight: Diego Diaz “We left Argentina and are back in Rhode Island, USA, since end of last May. I graduated from the Global Leadership Development Program at MetLife and accepted a permanent position (with a promotion) in our property & casualty business in the US. I am currently leading all customer engagement and optimization efforts for our property and casualty business in the US, which includes customer service, customer journey management, and customer development and analytics. Very excited with the new adventure! Andrea and the children are happy to be back in RI and already adjusted back to the life in the suburbs. It also feels great to be only 3 hours away by car from Hanover, NH. I had the chance to back there last week for recruiting purposes and felt nostalgic. Really looking forward to October and our 5th year reunion!”

Oliver Foley has started Halo Energy, whose mission is to accelerate the adoption of on-site wind generation through the company’s smallscale shrouded wind turbines. Spotlight: Brent Dance “Two-year old daughter Brielle, cute, tough, and loves Moana; 4-year old son Beau, happy, loves everything about life, and will be entering pre-k next year. Eight-year-old son Nash got baptized, is a Cub Scout, plays competitive soccer, and was ~1 year old when we started Tuck (crazy!). Wife Andrea, my inspiration. Me, still at Google, doing global gaming stuff.” Not to brag, but his name is worth 11 points in Scrabble. Spotlight: Tory & John Lamberth “We learned early on that Haynes was born deaf, and in October, he underwent a successful surgery for cochlear implants. It’s been an incredible experience to watch him learn to hear and experience sound. Tory’s company, ZenFi, is in its 4th year of operation. Since founding the company in 2013, Tory and her team have built over 300 miles of fiber-optic network and have become a leading provider of fronthaul fiber infrastructure in NYC. John just accepted a position with health care

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Spotlight: Kevin Tay “Amanda and I tied the knot on February 4 in a cozy penthouse overlooking the Singapore skyline, surrounded by family and close friends. Our immediate ‘honeymoon’ is spent preparing for Amanda’s graduation from Nanyang Technological University, where she is completing a master of science in technopreneurship and innovation. The real honeymoon is still a mystery to us, while we hope to plan it around Tuck’s 5-yr reunion. Career-wise, it had been 3 years since I left McKinsey’s Shanghai office and returned to my

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Tuckies at the Torkelson-Schaeppi wedding

pre-Tuck employer, OCBC Bank, as regional head of product management. I’m excited to be transitioning to a new role in real estate with the bank later part of this year. After 7 years of lugging my suitcase around, I look forward to spending more time in Singapore and starting a family with Amanda (earning paternity leave along the way, hopefully).” Oh, and in case you were wondering. Hana Hassan is going to meet Oprah again. Probably not at Reunion but you never know....

’14 Katherine Lawrence katie.b.lawrence@gmail.com

Gabriel Martinez

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thebeachhouseroatan.com), and are waiting to see all Tuckies come visit them. Totes jealz! Ahmed has moved on from the world of consulting to work on becoming a star in L.A. JK, but he is moving to STARZ to be the VP of product and marketing and help grow their OTT (look at that cool lingo) business. He also says he misses us guys—i.e., Katie, Nick, and me [Gabe]. Not any of you other scrubs.

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Vincent Ahrens has moved to Guangzhou, China, to take on the role of director of marketing effectiveness at Nielsen for southern China, consulting clients by applying advanced analytics and stuff. Perhaps P.K. will feel like he managed to teach Vincent something (his words, not ours!). Although he has given up hockey, hiking trails, and Swiss cheese, Guangzhou is a great place. He’s also hoping to see some visitors, so if you’re ever swinging by Hong Kong, it’s only a 2-hour train ride away and they’ll give you a same-day visa!

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Baby Fever! Sara Malcolm and Lukas Michener welcomed their first child, Miles Douglas, in March. Unsurprisingly, Miles just finished his first marathon and will be ready for ultras with mommy in no time. Thierry and Sandy Decembre welcomed #2, Reese Noemie, in January. What a cutie patootie. And Ben is enjoying being a big brother! [Look on myTUCK for a photo!] Alejandro and Ellen Lorenzo-Rojas welcomed their first child, Eliah, back in June 2017 and want to show off to the Tuck community just

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Lynsay Wolfe and Craig Silverman

how cute and grown up their little boy is. Aren’t they all adorbs? Alejandro too, I suppose.

unsolicited highlights from Facebook:

As a follow up from last edition’s notes, we have FINALLY learned the names of Kyle and Lauren’s li’l nuggets—Rowan and Reese! Now, maybe next time, Kyle will get around to sending us a picture. Gettin’ Hitched (Now and Soon)! Lizzie Torkelson married Brad Schaeppi in September in a ceremony just a touch classier than TorkelStock 2014. She also got a bonus gift in the marriage, with her lovely stepson. There were a number of Tuckies in attendance, including Alena “Creepin’ in the corner with my cupcake” Harrison. Lynsay Wolfe and Craig Silverman tied the knot with friends and family in San Francisco in November. There was food. There were drinks. There were tears of joy. And there was a hora dance. Lynsay looked amazing, Craig was dapper. They have since settled down in a small home near the coast in Pacifica, California. It has a jacuzzi. (Take that, Karyn! You and your beach and pool and sunsets....) Meri Carman and Emile Santos are prepping for nuptials (likely complete once this edition comes out!), having been engaged spring 2017. They didn’t give me a pic to include, but naturally Facebook is wonderful at helping out in such situations. Congrats! Because this update felt short, we’ve added

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Bret Anderson met Salt Bae. Erin Schwarz and Adam Kramer have returned from their year abroad in Japan. Douglas London and Gabe Martinez got foot massages together in Hong Kong. Maggie and Varin Neitzel have the most adorable new puppy.

’15 Kelsey Byrne

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getting his MBA at Kellogg and they are getting married on New Year’s Eve!

kelsey.byrne@gmail.com

Heather Levy heather.levy@gmail.com

Happy 2018 to the class of 2015! It’s been a wild ride for so many of our classmates since we last spoke—so let’s dive right in! First Comes Love ’Tis the season when it comes to engagements! Wishing all of our recently engaged friends a congratulations! We can’t wait to publish the wedding pictures! Amanda Grosse and Matt Witte got engaged after they relocated from Dallas to Chicago. Amanda is experiencing business school from the other side—this time as a partner! Matt is

Wendy Zhao got engaged to her now fiancé Dan while on an incredible trip in Japan! Emily Bartlett also received a vacation proposal from her fiancé Josh. Nell Kelleher and Michael Boches Thayer ’16 got engaged a few months ago and are looking forward to their December wedding! As did Pasy Govindarajan to fellow T’15 Michael Mirandi! To close off our engagement announcements for this edition – a big congrats to Josh Brough and Hilary Modjeska T’16 on their proposal, which took place at Tuck—where they met! Then Comes Marriage There were two (unrelated) Levy weddings this past fall in Boston! Congratulations to Todd

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In addition, Heather Levy and Shane Sigel were married in October in Boston. They had an incredible night thanks to all the Tuckies who came out to celebrate with them! While we congratulated Mike Cacchio and Louisa during our last update, we’re glad to be able to share their official Tuck wedding picture! Then Comes the Baby in the Baby Carriage   We have a few new Tiny Tuckies to celebrate since our last update! Jaimie (Sarrault) Meyer and her husband Pascal welcomed Liam Orion Meyer on October 21st at 3:43 a.m. following an unplanned induction. He was 7 lb, 13 oz, and 19.5 in long. Jeremy and Ania Klem welcomed Penelope Elise on October 6th. Maxime Guillaume and his wife Meg welcomed Baby Nico in March! And a belated congratulations to Roberto Gallardo and Rosalinda for the latest addition to their family, Jose Roberto! We also got a family update from Edgar Aguilar! He wrote us, “After working two years

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Sarah B. Hayes sarah.a.brierley@gmail.com

Hi team! Jose Roberto Gallardo

at Samsung’s global strategy group in South Korea, my wife, two beloved children, and our dog moved back home to Mexico City. I decided to join Polymath Ventures, a company builder focused on solving deep problems for the middle class in emerging markets. My role will be to launch the first Mexican venture for the Polymath group. My life has never been more exciting and demanding; luckily my team is quite impressive, and family and friends are always around.” As for us, Heather Levy not only got married— she also started a new job. After several years at Deloitte, she’s joined Applause, a PE-owned tech company in Boston, as the director of strategic programs. Kelsey Byrne is loving life out west and was able to connect with quite a few Tuckies taking Park City ski trips this winter. Let her know if you’re headed out to Utah at all!

I trust everyone is doing well. We have a ton of super happy news for this installment of class notes. Let’s get started! Tiny Tuckies Mike and Siri Alemany had baby #3 back in October. Cosette Ann Alemany was born on October 11, 2017. “Cosi” is doing great and is adored by her big brothers. The biggest event in her life this week was rolling over for the first time! Whitney and Andrew Flynn welcomed a baby boy, William, into their family in October. He’s already going on hikes with mom! The Flynns also moved out to Boulder, CO, and Whitney started a brand new job at DanoneWave in marketing. They say their guest room is all ready for Tuckies to visit! Hannah and Jonathan Cohen welcomed a second baby girl, Aria Grace, in January. Big sister Lena is already crushing big sisterhood like a boss.

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Whitney and baby boy William

Chelsea and Warren Williamson brought baby boy Charlie into the world in March. Even though he lives in Houston, he’s already rooting for Hanover Hockey from afar.

Party (no, I didn’t ask what this meant). Josh managed to get Wayfair recruiting to set up a series of fake coffee chats with the CDO to get Hilary to go up to Tuck. Recruiting even made Hilary spend the night in Buchanan to really throw her off. Josh then ambushed Hilary and proposed to her, setting a record for the most exciting coffee chat Cohen Hall has ever seen. Josh and Hilary are planning a spring 2019 wedding in DC and are kicking off the househunting process in Boston metro.

Engagements Wow, you guys. Super active engagement season! Of the 11 engagements reported, 7 of them were Tuckie to Tuckie. Congratulations, everyone! Marathoning couple Julia Lynch and Brian Williams were engaged this past October in the same apple orchard they had their first date in! Adorable. Molly Hinton and Brian Meyer were engaged this past fall in New York. In attendance for the popping of the question was Instagram celebrity @ottothedoodle. David Stein and Kate Coster got engaged in November and are getting married in October, 2018. Fun fact: David and Kate were in the same Section 2, Fall A study group #2big2fail. Ale Jochum got engaged to Duncan Kirby T’15 over Thanksgiving. They’re planning a summer wedding in Norwich! Hilary Modjeska and Josh Brough T’15 got engaged in Cohen Hall (yes, really) on December 7th. It gets crazier, just wait. The story is that Josh knew that he wanted to propose to Hilary where they met—Cohen Hall at the Hockey Draft Party—and where their relationship “really began” at the Tuck Pride

Nick Hall and Heather Clark were engaged over Christmas. It’s probably safe to assume that this took place at the Coop over a game of pong, right?

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Katie Soja and Bryan Seelagy got engaged in their apartment on December 9 and are getting married this July in Vermont. More fun facts: Bryan and Katie first met during their pre-term canoe trip, which goes down in history for being the coldest, rainiest week the Upper Valley has ever seen in August. After meeting more than three years ago on a Tuck “fun trek” to Costa Rica, Fan Zhou and Jenny Desrosier got engaged this past December. Fan popped the question after waking Jenny up from a nap in their apartment (standard). Now they’re planning a wedding for 2019 and can’t wait to celebrate with friends, family, and a few Tuckies. #readysetzhou Pilar Olaechea got engaged to her boyfriend Nicolas Vassallo in March in Mont-SaintMichel, France.

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Newly engaged Eliana Gomez moved to Brussels to live with her fiancé. She’s loving it there and still working for Bain! And, hot off the presses, Ben Shore and Mariana Ferreccio were casually hanging out in Paris when they got engaged in March! Weddings Kiran Jinsi and Nivaan Linhares were married in an incredible 3-day event in Goa, India, over Christmas. Those of us too pregnant to attend appreciated the detailed livestream of the events, provided by Emeka’s and Goffy’s Instagram accounts. Kaia Davis and Bryan Crowe were married in a winter wonderland wedding in Sun Valley, Idaho, on February 3 in front of 55 friends and family.

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Huckleberry Hound (right)

Tuck Dogs Ankur Patel left consulting to become head of customer success, North America, for Celonis, a process mining software company. This move allowed him and his wife to add a new member to their family—meet Jordy, the golden retriever puppy!

Joe Brown left his consulting job and started working at CarGurus in Cambridge. He’s senior manager of pricing and analytics.

Teddy O’Neil has announced that he is “millennial pregnant,” a.k.a. adopting a super adorable puppy named Huckleberry. Follow him on Instagram @thehuckleberryhound! P.S. Teddy, come see me if you wanna see what millennial pregnant actually looks like. Because woof. Making Moves Matt Sevin returned to New York for a new job! He’s associate director of BD at ESPN. He also reports spending too much on rent, striking out when inviting Kelsey Byrne T’15 on a date, and adopting Emeka Kanu as his legal dependent. Cooper Fallek reports that Emeka has a lot going on, including gaining membership to an exclusive “club” that no one seems to know the name of. Juan Iriarte has moved out of his parents’ basement and into his own Bogota apartment. He’s now working for Digital McKinsey in Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina but is up for Tuckie visitors in Bogota! If you visit, he promises not to refer to McKinsey as “the firm” more than once per day.

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Matt Shofnos moved back home from China. He’s living in New York now, still working for Alibaba, and is planning a 2018 wedding to Ashley Cahill T’17.

Saline Jiang was promoted at her job at Stripe. What a boss. Victor Alquicira was transferred from P&G in Cincinnati to the far superior Gillette in Boston. He opted to live in Seaport instead of South End, but we’re pumped he’s here anyway! In an effort to prepare for their Aruba wedding in April, both Mike Hill and his fiancée decided to quit their jobs and start new ones! Mike is now director, strategy and business development, at Ziff Davis Media (owns brands such as Mashable, IGN, PCMag, etc.), and Jaycee is now lead, beauty brand marketing at Chanel. Miss you all! Keep sending along updates! I promise not to make the entire next installment of class notes about my own baby. But expect at least a full-page photo. Signing off, Sarah.

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Tiny Tuckies Charlotte Donahue earned the title “big sister” when Dave Donahue and his wife Margaret welcomed Bear Stephen Donahue on July 27th in Boston. Charlotte has been an awesome big sister and helping to make sure Bear stays out of trouble. Andrew Robinson, his wife Jillian, and son Everett welcomed daughter Emory Grace into their family on February 20th. Everett gives her kisses every night, and she is not letting them sleep yet. The new family of 4 is getting ready to move from the Kansas City area to Fort Benning, Georgia, with the Army in June.

Look closely at Emory’s picture—there’s a Tiny Tuckie hat behind her big bow! Mark Kelso and his wife Megan are proud to announce a new addition to the Kelso family— Felicity Jane! The family traveled to San Francisco and spent some quality time with Chris Pericak and his wife Maurya, as well as Brian Raymond and his wife Kara. Still in the new parent fog, Mark forgot to send in a picture of this happy reunion. Since graduating, the big news for Ben Stevens and his wife Tasha is that they’ve added another hellion to the fold. Her name is Sloane, and she’s been perfect since day 1. Gwenji’s really loved having a little sister. Apart from that, Ben’s enjoying his job and working on Ancestry’s newest product, called We Remember (check it out). His team has a very start-up feel without the start-up stress. Tasha’s pursuing a master’s degree and working at Chess.com. Lastly, the Stevenses are really loving living in Utah. Great skiing, hiking, rock climbing, cycling, trail running, etc. They’re never bored, and you won’t be either when you come visit! Tscharner Hunter and her husband Alex Tonelli (proud D’06) welcomed their first Tiny Tuckie,

Brannen Marie Tonelli, on September 2, 2017. Tscharner and family returned to the Upper Valley a few days ago after an extended stay close to family in IL following the birth of Brannen. Gabrielle Rapke Hoffman shares that son Cobalt started walking in February 2018 and his favorite word is “uh-oh.” Charlie Humphreys and his wife Logan had quite the Labor Day week in September 2017. They moved into their new house, experienced their first hurricane, and their first child, Emma, was born Sept. 10 (literally as Irma was making landfall, on backup-generator power at the hospital). In typical Tuck fashion, the other T’17 couple in Miami, Alexis and Vijay Joshi, took in the new family of 3 to live with them temporarily in the aftermath of the storm, as the Humphreyses waited to get power back at the house. Emma is doing great and just turned 6 months old. Charlie claims that Emma’s birth was their main excitement; work is great and they’re enjoying the FL weather, but they’d love to be back in Hanover with everyone again. He kindly offers that any time Tuckies in cold locales need to come and thaw out somewhere, he and Logan hope you’ll give them a call. They’d love to host some more friends down here.

1. Ben and Tasha Stevens, with girls Gwenji and Sloane; 2. Tscharner, Alex, and baby Brannen Marie Tonelli; 3. Emory Grace Robinson; 4. Emma Humphreys; 5. Gabrielle Rapke Hoffman and Cobalt SUMMER 2018

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Tuckies at the wedding of Shashank Munjal and Adi Muley

Bridge in January. He invited a bunch of their friends, including Emmanuel Vezina and Grace Lee, to watch him pop the question and to celebrate their engagement.

mid-March, the Las Vegas Monorail. Las Vegas Monorail is the first transit system to offer a virtual ticket in the Google Pay app. Now customers can tap their phone to ride!

Mandus Håkansson and Anne de Saint Phalle, who—if memory serves me correctly—met as study-group mates during Fall A, got engaged in Woodstock, VT, in November. Mandus shares “no pics snapped on the day unfortunately!”

Ben Chandler is a senior business analyst at Shake Shack and recently gave a presentation with the company’s CFO on Shake Shack’s long-term competitive advantage to a group of 2nd-year Columbia Business School students.

Another couple who met at Tuck, Josh Kernan and Kelly Miller, got engaged in Utah.

Jasmine Fei Qu will be graduating from Harvard MPA this year after taking time off from school last year to work in Nigeria (Federal Ministry of Transportation), the Middle East (consumer goods retail manufacturing), and Europe (ski performance gear company POC’s APAC strategy and China entry). She’s note sure what her next adventure will be yet.

Rup Basuroychowdhury got engaged to his soup snake, Ritu, on the Central Park Bow

General Life Updates Nicole Burns is a partnerships development manager for Google Pay’s transit initiatives. She just launched her first system in

Zsombor Vincze shares that he is enjoying living in New York City with his wife Julie. They live in the happening LES (class secretary comment: I’m assuming this is shorthand

Rup Basuroychowdhury and Ritu

Matt Salmon and Ashley Mitchell

Ben Chandler with Columbia B-school students

Weddings and Engagements Shashank Munjal married Adi Muley in December in India. Tuckies in attendance (all T’17s, unless otherwise noted), from left to right: T’16 Rohan Saharia, Stephane Gounari, Eduardo Gonzalez, Rup Basuroychowdhury, the groom & bride, Yuri Maruyama, Angad Grewal, Tanvir Kaur, George Cook and his new wife Elizabeth Fu, and Anjali Patel.

Mandus’s fellow “coopmate” (for those who have forgotten Tuck house names already, they both lived at the Coop 2nd year) Matt Salmon and Ashley Mitchell D’11 got engaged in Hanover on the Dartmouth Green.

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NY speak for the Lower East Side???) so if you are ever up for a little nightlife, be sure to let Zsombor and Julie know. Besides that, Zsombor is proud to say that his office, being in the Fox News building, allowed him to run into Rupert Murdoch a couple times and he wondered whether he should try to pitch him on the Fighting Robots competition that we were assigned to pitch in Sales class. He reports that didn’t have the courage.... Adil Islam will be finishing up his dual-degree Tuck MBA/Harvard MPA this spring. He recently founded the FinTech club at Tuck and encourages all T’17s to sign up! Ed Warren claims he is up to the same old stuff. He’s going a million miles an hour on Zippity while trying to squeeze in cabin time at Notchtop. The cabin (lovingly dubbed “Habitat for Ed”) has gotten some big upgrades lately: solar and wind power and a bathroom soon! Follow T’17 (and TP’18) Ema Reid and T’18 (and TP’17) Elliott Reid’s example and come visit, Tuckies! [Look on myTUCK for a great pic of Ed’s view from the cabin!]

Tuck crew at Ed Warren’s cabin

Lastly, this issue’s class notes compiler, Jenny Djupedal, is glad to see the sun again after a cold and dark winter in “the Bold North,” a.k.a. Minneapolis, MN. She frequently sees fellow Tuckies and Minneapolis dwellers Molly O’Hara, Eric Flanagan, Laura Goytizolo, and T’16 Henrique Bahr. Back in February, Jenny hosted Caitlin Masney for a weekend that included attending a Minnesota Wild hockey game (where both Jenny and Caitlin got their 5 seconds of fame on the stadium Jumbotron).

Kelly Miller and Josh Kernan

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IN MEMORIAM The Tuck School of Business offers its condolences to the families of the following alumni whose deaths have been reported to us in the past six months.

John Hopkinson T’41 January 8, 2018

William E. Nichols T’54 January 24, 2018

Evan M. Kjellenberg T’58 January 18, 2018

George A. Owens T’68 February 12, 2018

Samuel M. Bell T’43 May 11, 2017

James E. Porath T’54 March 30, 2018

David B. Metz T’58 February 8, 2018

Edwin G. Terry T’68 November 14, 2015

Robert F. Ehinger T’44 March 8, 2018

Warren K. Wentworth T’54 April 7, 2018

Malcolm W. Robinson Jr. T’58 April 16, 2018

Dana F. Miller T’69 February 3, 2018

Henry A. Best T’47 April 29, 2018

Robert M. Dean III T’55 March 11, 2018

Thomas S. Wallace T’58 January 10, 2018

Allen D. Webster T’69 May 5, 2018

Marshall Clark T’48 February 20, 2018

Robert W. McKeever T’55 November 3, 2017

Peter A. Chapman T’59 April 20, 2018

Adair Miller Jr. T’70 February 22, 2018

Arthur F. Niederbuhl T’49 January 10, 2018

Randolph J. Hayes T’56 January 19, 2018

John U. Farley T’59 April 30, 2018

Stephen C. Jasinski T’75 January 8, 2018

David B. Wrisley T’49 January 30, 2018

David M. Wakelee T’56 January 7, 2018

Daniel B. Goggin T’62 April 12, 2018

John C. Allen T’77 December 31, 2017

Marvin F. Axelrod T’50 November 2, 2017

William M. Wilbur Jr. T’56 November 6, 2017

Reginald F. Johnston Jr. T’62 March 8, 2018

Ronald B. Shores Jr. T’78 February 15, 2018

William R. Davis T’50 April 19, 2018

John S. Parke T’57 December 19, 2017

Charles Klem Jr. T’62 October 26, 2017

Richard P. White T’81 January 23, 2018

Donald P. Moore T’53 May 12, 2017

Ira R. Schattman Jr. T’57 March 19, 2018

Kurt Van Genderen T’65 April 15, 2018

Hyozo Watanabe T’84 [not available]

J. William Gilges III T’54 March 8, 2018

Bert R. Whittemore T’57 December 28, 2017

James F. Pfau T’66 November 2, 2017

Sabina A. Wu T’84 January 25, 2018

Byron A. Menides T’54 July 20, 2017

Emerson B. Houck T’58 January 25, 2018

Stephen L. Waterhouse T’67 December 8, 2017

Wyatt B. Weisel T’02 December 11, 2017

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LAURA DECAPUA PHOTOGRAPHY

parting shot TUNNEL OF LOVE. First-year students gave soon-to-be graduating Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;18s a warm sendoff on class photo day.