1990

Many '90s workinthe lT sectors, but how many can identify themselves with celebrities who endorse well-known information technology? From Las Vegas, Marcus Weiss writes "I am a Blue Man with Blue Man Group: Live atLuxor, their newest show." After its establishment in New York in the late 'Bos, the group now has "permanent productions in Boston, Chicago, and now Vegas as well." Though Blue Man gained lots of exposure from their ad campaign for the Intel Pentium processors, the groups other achievements include a Grammy-nominated album titled Audio. Marcus "helped open the show...in Vegas," adding, "I am thrilled to be a part of it," and that he performs five to eight shows a week as a Blue Man.

Speaking of artists, painter Paul Collins married Alexandra Blau last June 16 in Lenox, Massachusetts, and the newlyweds have settled in New York City. In other wedding news Ken Hancock reports: "I'm overjoyed to announce that I'm abandoning my unmarried brethren and will be marrying Jennifer White at Shelburne Farms [Vermont] next September 14. We look forward to seeing many of my Dartmouth friends as well as a number of cows. Meanwhile, I've been keeping extremely busy between wedding planning, home refurbishing, work [at Gemstar-TV Guide] and the occasional scuba-diving expedition, heading this year to Indonesia, Thailand and Myanmar.

At the outset of his first semester at Stanford Business School, Brooks Preston sent word of recent exploits: After a senior environmental position at the Agriculture Department, Brooks moved to Boulder, Colorado, in 1999 to found Clearwater SCI, dedicated to advising communities on the development of strategic investment partnerships. He recounts that this past summer, Curt Fish, Laura Van Wie and her husband, Bob, helped bartend my sister's wedding in New Hampshire. Eric Toler (Scottsdale, Arizona) and I converged in Utah to ride the White Rim Trail through Canyonlands on a beautiful April Saturday. Bart Crawford and I did a little fly fishing. Nick '91 and Lisa Billings and I bagged a peak with their two girls, though it doesn't take much to get to 9,000 feet when you start at 8,800 feet. Deacon Warner came through the west for some free-heeling [and] Andy Potter '91 and I picked a couple tunes every once in a while, all good wholesome, high-elevation, fresh-air type fun."

Karen Yeowell and husband Mark O'Connell 'B9 welcomed daughter Lydia Karen on August 25; she joins her 3-year-old brother John Mark. By the timeyou read this, all four should have settled well into life in Mechelen, Belgium, where Mark works for EMC. Before the move, Karen left a post-doctoral fellowship in environmental health chemistry with the EPA: She hopes to "start looking for another post-doc in Belgium once I get the kids settled and the basics of life sorted out—like buying furniture and having wood delivered, [since] the house we're renting has no central heat."

Classmates living in the Northeast or involved in E-commerce have probably already learned that Gus Conrades passed away following a motorcycle accident in December. Our thoughts of condolence and support go to his wife, Kristina, and his son, Harlan. Gus's family has asked friends to consider memorial donations to Pediatric Cancer Care, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Box E, 1275 York Ave., New York, NY 10021; or Brunswick School, 101 Maher Ave., Greenwich, CT 06830.

These somber notes mark the bottom of the mailbag for now: As winter turns to spring, please drop a line to share your thoughts and news.

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