1986

You might be a Generation X-er if Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you learned the English language, and a predominant color in your childhood photos is plaid.

Tamar Buchsbaum Green lives in Cincinnati, where she is an internist in a private practice. She and doctor husband Stuart have three children: Benjamin (5 years old), Jordan (3 years old), and Dina (9 months). Jim O'Shaughnessy announced the arrival of his daughter, Avalon, on Valentine's Day. David and Anne Foster's daughter, Elizabeth Churchill, is one year old this month. Lelia Mellen's baby is 1-plus years old now, too. Paul Hochman is a contributing editor for Ski Magazine and Men's Journal and is doing "The 7 Ski Report" on the NBC affiliate in Boston. If you were traveling westbound on United flights last December, you might have seen Paul talking about ski equipment on a CNBC segment, and he will offer you a refund if you paid $4 for the headset on any United flight that month. Great! Make the check out t0...A150, Paul and his wife, Tricia, have two children, named Lily and Carter Lewis (9 months). Jon Underwood lives in Alaska and works in the family business, retailing pet food and supplies. He also does a lot of skiing under the midnight moon. His wife, Johnna, and he met up with newly married Corey Brinkema and his bride, Marie, in Quebec last December, where they celebrated the New Year by cross-country skiing at S-below-zero temps! Balmy for Jon! Walter Tsui and wife Leslie have a year-old son named Daniel Clark. Hope by now the sleepdeprived days are over. Mindy Meade announced the arrival of her new baby daughter, Michaela Kidd DeStefano, last March. David Kotz wrote a quick message as follows: "baby boy 10/27/96, tenure 2/20/97Shane Swift and Ginger welcomed Severn James on February 6. He will no doubt become an active member of the Dartmouth Mountaineering Club with his training in Colorado. Jennifer Botzojorns has hardy children. Her daughter, Ulrika, runs around the house barefoot in ten-degree weather. And son Leif skiied the "bombing run" at the local ex-Olympic ski franchise. Leif is only 3 years old.

Adam Rugg took a one-month vacation in Europe last fall. Eurail-ing it far and wide, Adam watched the sunset across the canal from Piazza St. Marco in Venice, consumed copious quantities of wine while staying with a grape farmer friend in Germany, and learned Bulgarian, Serbian, and Greek folk dances to live music in Budapest. Margaret Pappano is an assistant professor of English literature at Columbia University. Sue McCormack lives in Wellesley, Mass., and works in Boston. She is vice president for membership for the Boston alumnae chapter of Delta Delta Delta and wants to hear from any DDD in Boston. Sue's e-mail address is on our class Web site (see below).

I received a request from Libby Schmeltzer Hinson '83, who was a UGA for the first floor of Topliff during our freshman year. "Could you put in a plug to my wayward 'shmen and ask 'em to send news?" she asked. "Their UGA wants to know how they are!"

Don't forget do check out the '86 class Web site at http://www.dartmouth/classes. It's a great way to contact people.

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Adam Rugg learned Bulgarian, Serbian, and Greek folk dances to live music in Budapest. Davida Dinerman '86