1986

A lot of energy is focused on protecting the rights of disadvantaged groups such as Kuwaitis, Latvians, and even humpbacked whales. All these are important causes, but occasionally it seems that they receive a disproportionate amount of energy while other causes go unserved. For instance, consider the sad plight of chickpeas. Most people take chickpeas for granted they sprinkle a few of the little critters on salads, grind them up to make hummus, or just eat 'em right out of the bag. However, few people realize that the chickpeas that make it into your mouth are the lucky ones many of their relatives have succumbed to a nasty fungus which terrifies many innocent chickpeas. While most of us turn a deaf ear to the fate of chickpeas, Sarah Covert works tirelessly to conquer this disease so that chickpeas can live in peace. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin with a Ph.D. in bacteriology, Sarah moved to Arizona where she is a National Science Foundation research fellow in plant pathology at the University of Arizona. She squeezed in a fair amount of desert hiking and bike riding between experiments.

Other 'B6s are on similar charitable missions: Lisa Gathard married some fellow from Princeton (just kidding, big guy no need to beat me up at reunion). Lisa is the chief financial officer for a technology start-up in N.Y.C. Mary Markland Gannon is improving the world by passing her genes on to a new generation. Dave Lenihan saves lives on the operating table in Boston, where he is a surgery intern. Susan Moser will be saving ill people when she graduates from medical school in Louisville.

After being barraged by requests for donations to Dartmouth, Jonathan Housum and Jennifer Culliton Paul decided that fundraising must be a pretty lucrative business. Unfortunately they devote much of their energy to raising money for our rivals. Jennifer works for Columbia, Jonathan for Harvard's Kennedy School. Jonathan eases his conscience by working in his spare time to raise money for the 'B6 Fifth Reunion fund (have you contributed yet?).

Now for some high-density '86 facts to prepare you for cocktail parties and the allclass massage at reunion:

Barb Ghiselin is an event planner for a high-tech company in the San Francisco area. She married David Kay, who does something with or to computer software. John Puckett recently married and now works for Bain & Company (a management consulting firm) in Boston. John Brady and Frank Lauterbar finished business school at UCLA and now works for Merrill Lynch in L.A. TheaCleminshaw works in international investment banking for Goldman Sachs in N.Y.C.

Kendall Burney is on retainer for a judge in Dallas. John Elliot is at the University of Chicago School of Business. Geoff Michel works for the Governor of Minnesota. GregGilson is with Hewitt Associates, an employee benefits consulting firm in Stamford, Conn.

Kathy Harris married Eric (last name unknown) in October. Eric is getting a Ph.D. in archaeology and is teaching at Stanford. Kathy was working with the Bank of New England in Boston, but probably has left in order to move to California.

Julie Barker received her M.B.A. from Cornell last June and now works for General Foods in the N-Y.C. area. Gordon McNenny is an advertising copy writer in N.Y.C.; he focuses on the Barnes and Noble bookstores account. Diane Goode married Tony Fonz and now lives in Hartford. Kathy Strehlow and Ben Gies '89 recendy married.

See you at Reunion. It will be a blast!

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1986 5th Reunion"Back where we started..."June 14-16, 1991