1992

As we approach the Fifth Reunion, I thought I'd include an excerpt from a poem that Nnamudi Mokwunye forwarded to me (it was written by Lissette Lau, a student at the University of Chicago).

Remember the first day of the first year of the first time in your life you started your journey to getting old,

Remember the roommates, the fears, the tears, the nerves, setting up the room, taking it apart and then rearranging it all over again,

Remember those first friends you shared your fears with, who soon became acquaintances,

Remember those neighbors and classmates, who ended up becoming your closest friends,

Remember those bonding nights, when you never felt closer to a certain person, and how that closeness creates ties that never die,

Remember telling friends the deepest secrets of your life, and knowing they'd remain secrets,

Remember the craziness of the dorm, getting sudden bursts of energy and looking for people, even total strangers, to harass,

Remember pulling all-nighters, and never thinking they were as bad as they sounded until you actually lived through one,

Remember how over breaks you had the chance to step back and really see the friends you made and the memories shared, and you were satisfied,

Remember thinking how much your life has changed in just months,

Remember the times, never forget them, even the little ones can hold the greatest meaning,

Remember to never lose touch with those friends you've made at college, because you have all changed and grown enormously together,

Remember the laughs, let them echo in the back of your mind,

And always remember, when you leave here you are leaving with much more than you walked in with.

An e-mail from Chris McFadden reports that his new venture capital business The Vision Company is "off to the races." Cindy Hansel, who is finishing up at the Kennedy School at Harvard (see below), has accepted a position as their director of communications. The Vision Company is the client of Audrey Nacamuli, an attorney at Foley, Hoag, Eliot in Boston. While in N.Y.C. Chris bumped into Jud Dean, who is recording, playing, and helping produce other musical groups, and Andrew Strife, who is doing investment work. Cindy Hansel's e-mail reports that she saw Christina Caroe Wunderle, Anita Reithoffer, and Molly Bradley Benz in Atlanta last month. Conspicuously absent was Stephanie AuWerter, who couldn't get away from Medill (North-western) Journalism School. Christina and her husband, Max, live near Atlanta, where Christina works in advertising. Molly and George Benz live in Evanston, Ill., where George attends Kellogg and Molly is also in advertising. Anita is completing her master's in social work at the University of Michigan. Justin Snyder and Anna Ling are also studying public policy with Cindy at the Kennedy School. Kenta Takamori and Naoko Iwahashi were married in November, and their reception at the Hanover Inn was attended by "a bunch of '92s." Kenta is an equity salesman at Goldman Sachs in Tokyo. He had dinner in Hong Kong with Tom Morrow, who is making waves with Goldman in the Asian equity markets. Kenta sees a lot of David Elisofon, a portfolio manager at Jardine Fleming Investment Advisory, and Mark Berman, an analyst at Jardine Fleming Securities. Kenta says that "everyone out here in Asia misses Dartmouth immensely we're all trying to come up with business reasons to travel to the other side of the world during Reunion Week."

Dezbah Tso writes from the University of New Mexico, where she is working on a master's in low-temperature geochemistry. She occasionally hears from the "other" Dezbah [Begaye], who lives in the wilds of New Mexico "and sometimes in Phoenix." Dezbah has been wondering about Deirdre Harris, Steve Jacoby, Janice Williams, and Doug Clapp.

See you in a few weeks!

Jessie W. Levine, 22 Palmer St., Apt. 4, Arlington, MA 02174;

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