1986

"My new name is 'Mom.'" Shelly Mosley Stanzel. Shelly wrote to say that her new baby boy, Chappell, is perfect because he is the first baby who ever liked her! He was born in February. Shelly is the owner of Archiped Classics which retails in urns, tables, pedestals, and garden accessories.

Mark Weiss called to let us know that he runs Earth wise Productions and the Palo Alto Sound Check, both forums for showcasing local San Francisco Bay area bands. Mark reports that Brian Moore is in medical school at Brandeis, and Charlotte Gurstein travels around Costa Rica and Ecuador, where she teaches English.

Every other piece of news this month came via the Information Superhighway. Remember, you too can become part of the official class of '86 e-mail directory by sending me your e-mail address at You will receive a message back with a list of classmates' e-mail addresses.

Thom Fries is married to Elizabeth Shea, who is a corporate lawyer in downtown Boston. Thom is about to finish his Ph.D. in physics at Tufts, after six years of grad school. The couple has a son named Daniel who just turned two, and every time he sees a picture of a tower he says, "Baker!"

Bill Rodgers is married to a Cornell grad named Yana, and the two finished their Ph.D.s in economics together at Harvard in 1993. They also decided to work together at the College of William and Mary, where they have two tenure-track positions in the Economics Department. Bill also gets the Claim to Fame Award this month. He made his debut on C-Span recently, where he was seen testifying in front of the Joint Economic Committee on the minimum wage with fellow alum Secretary of Labor Robert Reich '68. Next year Bill will be taking a one-year leave to work in Reich's office as an assistant to the chief economist. He will then return to William and Mary.

Annette Harpole works at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee in the School of Social Welfare as a university-relations specialist. Leslie Paulson started a job in October as a clinical project manager for Medtronic Inc. in its Tachyarrhythmia Business Unit. She helps to design and manage the clinical studies of implantable cardioverter defibrillators and lead systems (which are used to treat dangerously fast heart rhythms).

Not to be outdone on the baby front, PeterGibson and his wife, Margie, just had their third child last September. The baby boy joins an older brother and sister.

Rob Bilodeau is enjoying life in Shanghai, China, where he manages the manufacturing operations for Mundi Leather Goods. He invites anyone who visits China to look him up, and he reports that Sam Kinney is living in Sewickley and has left McKinsey to start his own consulting firm. Also from Rob, John Elliott lives in New York City and works for Autotote. I received this e-mail from Jonathan

Housum: "After some excellent backcountry skiing on and around Vermont's Mt. Mansfield, Bruce Chafee Kim Spaulding and myself stopped in Hanover for a quick Dartmouth visit. We went up Baker Tower (open for Winter Carnival), checked out snow sculptures (a very lean year in that department), checked our HBs, and went in the newly renovated Collis Center, which we recommend highly. The building and spaces are great, and the baked goods are as delicious and caloric as we remembered. Signs of the times: inside the new Collis are an ATM, a FedEx mailbox, and many public Macs for the ubiquitous Blitz Mail."

That's all for now. Please note my new address.

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