1986

The 15th reunion was a great success. Our class raised more than $1.7 million for the Alumni Fund! We broke all kinds of records for amount and participation. About 17 percent of our class attended, a solid turnout for the 15th. A hearty thanks again to the reunion committee: Joy Tumheim, Liz McClintock, Erik Colberg, Andrea Lordan, Laura Gillespie, Dawn Carey, John Marchiony, Sarah Page and Mike Cahn.

The slate of officers for the next five years includes: president, Joy Turnheim; vice president, Bill Rodgers; treasurer, Ann Rooney McShea (returning); secretary, Davida Dinerman (returning); newsletter editor, John Marchiony (returning); (Note: Bill Marozas, Scott Rabschnuk and Bill Ruhl all volunteered to join in the newsletter effort and make up things about classmates); and Wedmaster, Mike Cahn. Our at-large members of the executive committee are John Elliott, Howie Hayes, Burgie Howard, Dan Katzir, Andrea Lordan, Liz McClintock, Sarah Page, Bill Ruhl and Jeff Weiss.

One of the main initiatives for this year's officers is to boost communications among classmates, draw people back into the Dartmouth community and increase venues for networking such as the Web and mini-reunions. Please feel free to contact any one of the above officers or committee members with ideas. Everyone's contact information is on our class Web site at www.alum.dartmouth.org/classes/86/. Keep the site bookmarked for news, updates and other fun stuff.

Elizabeth (Pitt) Leane wasn't able to attend our reunion due to the birth of her first child. Charlotte Anne was born on May 14, weighing in at 7 pounds, 14 ounces and measuring at 20.5 inches long. Mom and Dad are proud and happy parents. Amanda Reed went to Ecuador after having spent a week building a church in Honduras. She's going to become an executive in residence with two VCs in Silicon Valley until they find the right company for her to lead. During reunion Krista Thomas explained the deal with the 4,000 McVeigh documents. Burgie Howard still coaches high school lacrosse, and his players are finally beginning to test his bluster by taking him on in drills. Parents don't mess with him when he makes the team continue working out after the "end" of practice. To all of the men out there who have trouble fitting into clothes from the typical department store because you're simply too tall and/or muscular, Lori Rheingold has the answer. Lori's business (www.rheingoldfashions.com) caters to that hard-to-fit, muscular man. Kevin and Laura Sankey had to get a Suburban to accommodate their two kids and, most importantly (from the size perspective) two Newfoundland dogs, each weighing significantly north of 100 pounds. T.G. Ricker had a political awakening. Mike Moody recently began as a laboi/employment attorney for Timberland. Give a Rouse for Suzanne (Hall) King. She has competed in the annual Pole Pedal Paddle three times already—and won. Typically she and her husband, Mark, enter in the pairs division. For the first time this year she competed solo. The event takes place in May in Bend, Oregon. Suzanne juggled five sets of equipment to clock an amazing time of 1 hour, 55 minutes, 19 seconds, which placed her ninth overall among individuals in the event's 25 th year.

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The January/February 2002 column will be devoted to special places on campus. Where on campus was/is near and dear to your heart? Occom Pond? The fourth computer in Kiewit? The stacks? The river at sunset? Please send me your thoughts by October 1. I'll pass along the particularly unique stories to the editor for consideration in the Magazine's cover story.

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