1983
There are three seasons in Minnesota: July, August, and winter. This may explain Martha Sundberg's somewhat vituperative reaction to a report in this column that she had joined the matrimonial ranks. "My friends must be won- dering," says Martha lugubriously, "if it was a shotgun wedding. I still go to singles bars, and so does my husband." Point well taken, and consider this a retraction. On a more positive note, Martha reports that she is pounding through her third year at law school, working at I.D.S. (an American Express Company, just like 75 percent of the corporations in the world), and plans to start with a law firm in the Twin Cities area next autumn. Trish Roberts can also be tracked down at I.D.S. in Minneapolis, which makes me happy because it means Martha is not entirely alone.
Ms. Sundberg waxes euphoric over her "singleness," not knowing, of course, that in our class she represents a striking anomaly. Here's a rundown on as many of the recent nuptials as I have been able to verify:
Dave Crane tops the list. Cranie made his vows to Mary Beth Hennessey in Baltimore, Md., on November 22, 1986, bolted for Hawaii, and then returned to his post as a leasing broker for Meredith and Grew in Boston. As always, the wedding reception supplied a crucial means of securing information about people. Arguably, this sort of event is the only way to find out what's happening in our class, because none of you bother to write your class secretary. At any rate, Charlie Morrison, basking in the glow of no longer being a first-year student at Harvard BSchool, tore up the dance floor. If you looked carefully, you would have seen Matt Jurkoic, shotput allegedly in hand, making sure everybody behaved. DannyGoggin surfaced, too, taking a breather from Kidder Peabody's block-trading desk in Boston. Bill "Rio" DeGennaro, now with Aetna, was also sighted.
We haven't beaten Harvard in football since our senior fall, when Sean Maher had a good time running over Crimson defenders one October afternoon for more rushing yards than the New England Patriots had all last season. Sean appeared at the Crane-Hennessey festivities with wife Maria AND baby girl Kilty. DennisLeClair, not to be completely upstaged, arrived at the reception with wife Paula Cloyd. Dennis, who has finally emerged form his post-Red Sox/Mets World Series sulk and stopped screaming "Ground ball to Buckner! Ground ball to Buckner!!" has settled in around the Boston area and works at General Electric. John Donnelly, one of the linchpins of Dartmouth's hockey success many years ago, has landed in of all places New Jersey. J.D. is into real estate these days; buying, selling, tearing down, and detonating. Finally, Ritchie Walsh, Kip Cerveney,Dave "A wedding every other week" Hartzell, Paul Willis, and Patty "Hey, I've been here before!" Greene were also in attendance.
Next! Congratulations to the peripatetic Bobby Goldman, who has grabbed the headlines again, this time by announcing his engagement to Barbara for next September. Goldie is still into law, litigation, and laundering, so try to stay on his good side.
Moving right along: Cheers to PeterFarrar, who moved back home, saved some money, and decided to buy somebody an engagement ring. The lucky woman is one Patti Ann Donnelly; Pete and Patti will wed in Sayville, Long Island, over Labor Day weekend. And, if you're in the market for some investment advice, young Farrar under the aegis of Fidelity Investments is ready and willing. "Everything I own is up! Up! Up!" he reports. "Double your money with me!" But no guarantees.
Two more to go: Jean Korelitz, at least according to the Nezv York Times, announced her engagement to Paul Muldoon. Jean received a master's degree in English from Cambridge University and is now, God bless her, a writer. Ann-MarieLeahey married David J. Vaughn '77 in Hanover last fall. Ann-Marie, by the time you read this, will have almost finished slogging her way through four years at Brown Medical School.
The Peter Barry "Now you see him, now you don't" Bulletin: As of January 5, Pete's no longer in New York. He's not in Chicago. He's not even in North America. When Pete relocates, he doesn't mess around. "I'm Hong Kong bound," relates the former U.S. Trust loan officer, "be- cause I thought it would be appropriate to be with my fiancee, Betsy King." Yes, that seems quite acceptable. What does Betsy do? "She's an editor with the AsianWall Street Journal." Very impressive. What are you going to do, Pete? "Ummm . . . Fifth Amendment, please." Does CES have an overseas branch? Just wondering.
J 0- I had to ask a lot of people, but finally discovered what Mark Ardagna is doing these days. I was always intrigued by Mark, because he happened to be from Georgia and happened to play hockey. Normally, these two words don't mix. Anyways, Mark has returned to Jaw-jah and apparently works for IBM. KarenCrowe is rumored to be in her second year at MIT's Sloan School of Manage- ment. From what I hear about this place, the first year there ain't pretty. Congrats, Karen. Ronel Enrique is cutting things up at Ohio State Med. And Mark D'Agos-tino, he of "Where are we supposed to be for graduation?" fame, has been resur- rected with RCA in Indianapolis. This is a perfect job and perfect location for Dags; he can spend all day building electronic toys and nobody will bother him.
If you read Sports Illustrated, and you happen to be one of those special-needs individuals who peruses each copy cover- to-cover, you will know that each issue contains a "Letter from the Publisher" column, which usually exalts one of SZ's more interesting and accomplished staff members. I was riding one of those ridic- ulous exercise bicycles, trying not to be psyched out by the pain I was feeling after four minutes on the machine, copy of SI clutched in hand. I noticed a picture of somebody with a Dartmouth '83 banner in the background, looked closer, and there was Jeff Weig, surrounded by 2paragraphs of praise. Jeff is a photography editor responsible for many of those terrific action shots you see in the magazine. I hope he never takes a picture of me working out.
Carey Wilson update: 13 goals, 24 assists.
Two '83s ere among the many Dartmouth men gathered with Bob Clements '54 at the wedding ofhis daughter Paula. Standing, left to right, are Bob Clements, Ben Clements '86 Bob Levine 54, Dick-Steinberg '54, John Heyn '54, and Bill Kass '54. Kneeling, left to right, are Rob Abrams '83 JohnClements '83 Dave Clements '57, and Bob Gluek '54.
Among the honored guests at the second annual New England Ski Ball in Boston November 1, 1986was Diana Golden '84; second from the left, a member of the U.S. National Olympic Handicap SkiTeam. With her are fellow team member Jack Benedick, left; Jimmy Huega, second from the right, headof the Jimmy Heuga Fund for multiple sclerosis victims; and Doc Desßoche, right, past president ofSki Industries of America.
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