1986

The nervous groom was reciting his vows to his betrothed: "I take you to be my friend, my wife, and the father of my children." Fortunately for Bill Ruhl and his new wife, Kim Klimek Ruhl '87, it was only the rehearsal. Bill and Kim were married the following day in Rollins Chapel. It truly was a Dartmouth wedding: Baker provided the backdrop for wedding photos, a fraternity dog posed with the groomsmen, slam dancing and gatoring erupted at the reception, and over 30 Dartmouth alums were in attendance. Unfortunately, Kim chose to stick with the traditional white gown rather than the Dartmouth green variety sold at the Coop. The couple wisely struck the "if anyone has any objections" line, but surprisingly enough Kim did promise to "honor and respect" Bill, even though the bridesmaids found it implausible that anyone would do anything more than tolerate and humor him. The first six years of their "until death do us part" deal will be passed in Philadelphia, where Kim is pursuing an M.D./Ph.D. degree at Thomas Jefferson University and Bill is a project manager with Bell of Pennsylvania.

Many '86s attended the wedding. I had the honor of serving as a groomsman along with three other Dartmouth classmates: Damon Itin serves as director of art at a summer camp in the Poconos. This fall he will move from a pinecone-floored classroom to the variety with four walls and a chalkboard, teaching art at a prep school outside Boston. Phil Tombaugh returned from two years Down Under to join the wedding party. A consultant in Australia, Phil is seeking employment on American turf. Nick Flagler was persuaded to replace his Dukakis campaign button with a boutonniere for the wedding. Nick will resume campaigning in Indiana and will once again plaster his body with the Dukakis logo.

Other attendees included several recent Thayer School graduates. Having spent several years hitting balls around golf courses, Maureen Murphy could not bear to give up her favorite sport when she entered the working world. So now she combines her interest in golf with her engineering skills. Maureen makes her living knocking balls around the lab in order to engineer better balls for Titleist. Maureen lives near Boston.Mark Gies recently earned his M.E. at Thayer conducting research at the cold weather research center. Now he is an expert in the engineering of ice cubes, and intends to get a job .using these skills. DianeTetrault's interest lies in the area of biomechanical engineering and has been developing artificial joints.

Yet another crafty '86 has decided to go incognito. Concerned that the campus police were closing in, David Garling is attempting to throw them off his trail by changing his name to Scip Garling. Scip hides out in Washington, D.C., where he works as a paralegal.

Several other '86s were in attendance. Bill Finch is teaching at a high school outside of Boston. Anne Mahoney recently left a consulting job in D.C. and is preparing to start classes at the Harvard Business School this fall. Phyllis Smith is a technical writer for Intersystems Software in Boston. ToddBertow is a hardware engineer for Data General in Boston.

Todd will be serving as the best man for Tom McDonogh who will be marrying Ann Suchoza '87 this fall. Tom will work as a computer consultant for Peat Marwick in California.

Lacking the real thing, Paul Cross has become interested in artificial intelligence. He works for Symbolics, an artificial intelligence firm in L.A. Emily Davis is in her third year of law school at Duke. SteveCarter is a paralegal in D.C. Matt Bagger recently earned his Master of Liberal Studies degree, and now teaches English and religion at North Hampton. Geoff Parker will enter Stanford Business School this fall after spending two years with Goldman Sachs in New York.

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