1983

I didn't know Roxy Wolosenko at Dartmouth, but I have long harbored a guilty secret concerning her. We had a Toulouse FSP host family in common, and my French mother remembered Roxy so fondly that she sent a box of chocolates back to Hanover for her with me. As it happened, Roxy was off campus that term and, well, chocolate gets stale, doesn't it?

Roxy, however, forgives me (not that I was acting alone my roommate ate some too), so much so as to let me know that Karen Martinsen, who's living outside of Boston, got her M.B.A. from Harvard and had a second son, Ryan, last December (son Connor is two). She also mentioned that Gina Machos Balkus was—and, admittedly, this was some time ago—expecting her third child. Roxy herself works for the educational product line of Maxis, a company that does simulation software, and lives in Walnut Creek with husband Todd Morrill '82, who's in biotech, and their young son, Nicholas.

Isn't it a strange sensation to realize you're too old to truly embrace the latest trend? Why, I mean snowboarding, of course. "But wait," an intrepid few of you cry, "what do you mean, too old? I've tried snowboarding." But were you dressed appropriately? For me, that is always the real question. Give Lisa Feinberg Densmore a call in Hanover. She was recently named editor/skiwear of Snow Country magazine as well as the director of the National Skiwear Design Awards. Lisa, the U.S. Masters Skier of the Year two of the last three years and a former member of the U.S. ski team and Women's Pro Ski Tour, is no newcomer to the ski-and-snowboard fashion scene, having written all sorts of articles on the subject, not to mention stints as a TV commentator, video producer, and ski-related fashion-show host. And if you, like me, have a horror of any sport that requires temperatures lower than, say, 72°F, look Lisa up anyhow. Rumor has it she's expanding her field of expertise to in-line skating.

On the happy subject of warmer climes, Juan Carlos Navarro, that "scion of a wealthy Panamanian family" (according to Time magazine), has been instrumental in saving at least part of the Panama rain forest—almost 600,000 hectares—through the Association for the Conservation of Nature, which he founded in 1985. He started with $75,000 collected from businessmen and went on to build a 125-employee organization that is now looking into ecotourism, to keep those hectares saved. Congratulations to Juan, and best wishes for all future endeavors. This is the sort of achievement that is both humbling and inspirational for the rest of us.

Also working in the environmental arena is Rob O'Neal, who has spent the past eight years at a company called Environmental Tech, consulting on air pollution. He writes, "If the GOP Contract with America is serious about gutting the Clean Air Act, I may be looking for work in the near future." One hopes not for a variety of reasons, not the least because Rob has a new mouth to feed: his second son, Brian, joined three-year-old Shane in July 1994.

The O'Neals, who recently moved to Westford, Mass., often run into Walter Foster and Dan Scherman, each of whom "added a second child to their growing families last year and did that suburban moving thing too." Dan Veno and Jim Perkins are also seen on a semi-regular basis and "periodic communication with Stu Downs in Atlanta, Ga., reveals that he is jetting around the Southeast, appraising real estate and flinging the ultimate-frisbee disk anywhere he gets a chance." Rob sees fellow environmental consultant Lisa Ottaviano occasionally at conferencessite cleanups are her specialty.

And attention, Rich Goldman and Bruce Redman Rob wants to know where you're hiding out. Ta, till next month.

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