1996

At the time of this writing spring is recently upon us, the weather has been sporadic, the news is covering the first 100 days and the Swine Flu has been updated to pandemic level 4. Happy Commencement and reunion to all!

I was walking on Amsterdam Avenue around 110th Street here in Manhattan and bumped into Robert Huddleston. Robert got his Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Chicago in 2006 and has been teaching in Chicago and Spain. He is now planning on relocating to New York and was apartment hunting when we ran into each other.

Eliza Barry Riker and Andrew Riker ’97 welcomed the arrival of Lilah Jane in Bermuda on January 9, weighing in at 5 pounds, 15 ounces. Originally from Bermuda, Andrew works with Orbis Investment Management. Eliza works with ACE Bermuda Insurance, and the family is doing great.

Aleph Henestrosa had been working with Tony Blair on a strategy project for the government of Kuwait and was off to Liberia in May to help the government apply for international funding for malaria.

Jason Dunklee is working in Germany, leading operational excellence initiatives for pharmaceutical companies. He and his wife planted their spring garden and are expecting lots of beans, tomatoes and pumpkins. Approved in the State of Massachusetts, the couple is trying to adopt an infant and is seeking advice from anyone making adoption plans. Please contact Jason at jddunk@gmail.com.

Suzanne Leonard has a new book out titled Fatal Attraction, with the Wiley-Blackwell Series in Film and Television. As you might imagine, this has resulted in a number of boiled bunny jokes! Find it at Amazon.com.

Scott Anthony and his wife of six years live in Boston. They met in London in the late 1990s, and while she is British she has learned to love baseball and barbeques. The couple has a 3-year-old son and a 1-year-old daughter, keeping them very occupied. Scott is the president of a boutique consulting company called Innosight, which specializes in innovation. Founded by Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, with whom Scott co-authored a 2004 book called Seeing What’s Next, Innosight is a 50-person company with offices in Boston, Baltimore, Singapore and Mumbai. Scott’s latest book is The Silver Lining: An Innovation Playbook for Uncertain Times, being released in early June by Harvard Business Press (HBP). Check out his blog with HBP at http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/anthony.

In February Neesha Ramchandani presented two research posters at the second annual Advanced Treatments and Technologies in Diabetes (ATTD) meeting, held in Athens, Greece. One of her posters was quoted by a conference speaker and for the other Neesha was invited to write an article for a peerreviewed journal. Additionally she has been invited to speak at next year’s ATTD meeting, to be held in Basel, Switzerland. Neesha continues as a member of the Bollywood Axion Dance Company and is still playing her French horn, occasionally under the direction of Andy Pease ’01 at Columbia University. Her sightings around town include Derek Shendell, who is living in New Jersey; Beth Bloodgood, who was visiting N.Y.C. from Montreal for a conference; and my philharmonic buddy Jen Frontera. Shameless plug from our class participation agent: Neesha encourages everyone to please make a donation, of any size, to Dartmouth!

Tim Chow wrote me from an ayurvedic clinic in New Delhi, where he was undergoing a 23-day detox treatment known as panchakarma. He is currently on a five-month sabbatical from his job in London, spending time reconnecting with family and friends and also doing a series of trips centered on yoga. His travels have included meeting up with fellow ’96s Meghan Smith Harrison (and husband Peter ’93 and their two young children), Emily Harrison Sullivan and Phil Ferrera.

That’s all for now! Be well and keep on keeping on.

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