1997

It is with great sadness that I report that George Cheng passed away on September 25 after a courageous battle with cancer.

Peter Mancoll shared some memories of his friend: “He was a really good, considerate, nice, positive person. He used to send me an e-mail on my birthday every year. I’m sure he sent out those notes to a whole lot of people. He was the first to visit when I had a hernia operation. We went hiking to Yellowstone a few weeks after graduation, when he visited me while I was vacationing at my sister’s place in Wyoming. George was such an enthusiastic person. He loved his Sports Center and T-shirts; he had an extensive collection of T-shirts assembled from different events. To this day I still follow (and dish out) a piece of advice he gave me shortly before graduation. George was getting people together for a little East Coast road trip to see three baseball games in two days. At first I didn’t want to go because I was (as usual) behind on some papers. He said, ‘What are you going to remember in five years? That you did some work on some papers or will you remember this baseball trip?’ Twelve years since and I still remember that advice and that trip (the papers, not so much).”

For more memories of George, please see the latest class newsletter at www.1997.us. If you would like to share your memories, you can post to the Dartmouth Class of 1997 group on Facebook or e-mail d97news@gmail.com.

The ’97 baby boom continues. Congratulations to Andrew Riker and Eliza Barry Riker ’96 on the birth their first child, a girl, Lilah Jane, who arrived on January 9 at 5 pounds, 15 ounces. Andrew and Eliza have been living in Bermuda for the past four-and-a-half years. Eliza works for ACE Bermuda Insurance and Andrew, who is originally from Bermuda, works with Orbis Investment Management.

Congratulations also to Carolyn Abruzzo Campion and husband Kevin on the birth of their daughter Anna “Annie” Mary, who arrived on July 28, 2008. She was 7 pounds, 13 ounces, and measured 19.5 inches. Annie joins older brother Ben, who is 3. “She wears her little baby ‘Green’ shirt proudly—future class of 2030,” Carolyn wrote. The family lives in Annapolis, Maryland, where Kevin is a landscape architect and Carolyn is an English teacher but staying at home with the kids this year.

Carolyn said she still keeps in touch with Mollie Greves Grow. Carolyn and Kevin attended her Seattle wedding in May 2008. Mollie married Joel Grow, brother of Sarah Grow, and Carolyn said there were lots of Dartmouth folks there. She also stays in touch with Abby Klingbeil, Kerri Apblett Kerr and Maura Troy Bigelow.

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