1982

George and Philippa asked me, CorinneHeyes, to pinch-hit for this month's column. So here goes: When friends think that I'm livin' large, living and working in New York, I regale them with stories of Dartmouth classmates who have become real movers and shakers. For example, David Andiyc was named a partner of Behrman Capital, which manages a SI23M private equity fund specializing in management buyouts of growth companies. Steve Schuh, whom I bumped into on Amtrak's Metroliner, is a managing director and corporate financier at Alex Brown and lives with his family outside Baltimore, Md. If you're with a health care or related firm and are looking to do a transaction in the capital markets, give Steve a call. Ron Lohner has hung out a shingle on his own plastic surgery practice just outside Philadelphia. Ron also spends a week every year doing pro bono plastic surgery on children in Colombia.

The class of 1982 also boasts two media darlings, Greg Maffei and Sherri CarrollOberg, both of whom have been featured in recent Business Week articles. In his capacity as vice president of corporate development and treasurer, Greg discussed Microsoft's acquisition strategy in the August 15, 1996, Investor's Business Daily and the January 13, 1997, issue of Business Week. Sherry touted her Tuck (class of 1986) ties in the October 21, 1996, issue of Business Week. She also flaunted those ties as a guest speaker at the Tuck School's fall convocation ceremony.

Now it seems that a number of classmates think that as members of the class of 1982, they are required to have two children. Gail Koziara Boudreaux gave birth to Evan, son number two, who weighed in at a robust nine-plus pounds. She thinks that Evan may outgrow her first son, Christopher, who (it should come as no surprise) is well on his way to becoming NBA material. She and husband Terry recently relocated to Seattle and Gail is surviving the merger of Aetna and U.S. Healthcare quite nicely as a senior vice president. Gail reports that she spoke with Kathy Delisle, who recently had her second child, a baby girl to complement her son.

Laura Murray Dobbin and husband, Eric, had their second girl, Tory. Word has it that Matthew Podlesak, son of GinaKunz and Dennis Podlesak, and neighbor of the Dobbins, had been practicing his pick-up lines for weeks in anticipation of Tory's arrival. Then of course there are people who haven't obeyed the two-child mandate, like notorious rule breakers, Crashy Zacher Brown and TylerWatlington. Crashy and husband, Clint, gave birth to their third child, Anabel, while Tyler and husband, John Parks, have started with their son, Grant.

I spoke recently with Brook TolleyConfort, who described a visit that she and her two daughters Caitlin and Caroline (see the two-child rule above) paid to Sharon Glynn McClymonds and her daughter Meghan (see rule breakers above). Meghan, a high-spirited redhead, and Caitlin and Caroline, two mischievous towheads, got along famously. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

While on vacation in San Francisco in the fall, I paid a visit to Dr. SusanBurkhardt Mcllhenny, husband Dave, and son Aaron. While Susan's field of expertise is clinical psychology for children, she seemed to have particular insight into my various neuroses. Perhaps that should tell me something.

Finally, I've heard news from the West Coast that Kathy Briscoe tied the knot. We'll try to dig up detes on the wedding next time.

Best regards, Corinne.

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