1988

This past June I opened the Andover Townsman, my local paper, to see the first birthday announcement of Duncan Dietz Bertetti, son of Scott Bertetti and Karen Dietz. Duncan is turning his parents into devout adherents of the "babyproofing" school of household decor. Scott received his M.B.A. from Tuck in '94, and then moved to Beacon Hill to work for the reengineering firm CSC Index. After a year Scott left to help start the Boston office of SRI Consulting. He built the office to more than 30 people, consulting to every major pharmaceutical company on the planet. Scott and Karen reunited and moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, for six months while Karen finished her masters in English lit at UVA; they then moved back to Beacon Hill and got married. When Scott realized that he had become an unwitting expert in oncology, he moved to Wilmington, Delaware, and joined FirstUSA, the credit card company. One year later he left with some senior execs to start Juniper Financial Corp., a leading online bank. Scott is building what analysts call the most robust wireless banking service in the country.

Then in August, while on a trip to Norfolk, Virginia, I turned on C-SPAN in my hotel room to see an interview with Tim Burger. Tim, a reporter for the New York Daily News, is a contributor to Overtime! The Election 2000 Thriller, edited by Larry Sabato. Tim was joining Larry in a discussion of the book and describing his adventures with the George W. Bush DUI story that arose during the campaign.

Charlie Wheelan will be representing us on the editorial board of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. Nominated by the Class Secretaries Association, he was approved by the Alumni Council and the board of trustees for a three-year term, and is bringing his extensive experience as a professional journalist (and a frequent contributor to the DAM) to the board.

Rob Cote joined Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, in Syracuse, New York, as an associate in the firms financial services department. He focuses his practice on public finance matters, including issuance of obligations by governmental units and public benefit corporations, and federal and state tax matters associated with municipal finance. Rob is a 1996 graduate of Syracuse University College of Law.

Barbara Ann Morrisseau joined Brighton Hill Pediatrics in Syracuse, New York. Barbara earned her masters from Stanford and her M.D. from SUNY-HSC Syracuse School of Medicine. She completed her residency training in pediatrics at the same institution. Barbara is married to Dr. Mark Schmitt, a faculty member of the biochemistry department at the Upstate Medical University. They have two daughters, Summer (6) and Serena (4).

Elena Barr Baum, Christy Gilmartin, Christy's fiance and Elena's husband, Gary, went to the Red Sox-Mets game at Shea Stadium one Saturday in July. The Mets blanked the Sox, 2-0, with a solo home run and an RBI sac fly by Mark Johnson '90.

Mark Retik is, in his own words, a bigamist. He is married to "a lovely woman named Michelle" as well as a company known as Goldman Sachs (where he covers insurance company- clients for structured finance transactions). Mark and Michelle have two children: Max (4) and Rachel (1). They live in Short Hills, New Jersey (exit 14, Newark Airport). Mark has been in the New York metro area since graduation from B school in 1995.

Class prez emeritus Rowland Wu is moving to Lexington, Massachusetts. After completing several years as an anesthesiologist for the U.S. Navy, he will be joining a private practice that covers multiple hospitals in the Boston area.

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