1986
We begin at Dartmouth's antipodes: Sydney, Australia, latitude 33 degrees south, mean high temperature 72. Lee Merkle writes: "Still with Bank of America. I run the corporate debt team for Australia. Fourth of July weekend we spent on Phillip Island bundled in scarves and mittens watching hundreds of fairy penguins waddle up the beach to their burrows. Our girls Alex (13) and Nikki (10) loved it. We all plan to be at the 25th in June." Moving northeast...
To Los Angeles, where Dan Katzir finished his sabbatical and is again working for Broad (part time) and doing education consulting. Dan traveled to Singapore, Vietnam, Paris, Berlin, Mykonos (Greece), Mexico and Vail, Colorado (with Kendall Burney Wilson and Liz McClintock). "I'm committed to re-learn how to snowboard this year (trips planned to Steamboat, Mammoth and Tahoe). Remember, I am a Miami boy who didn't learn to ski until after Dartmouth."
To San Francisco, where Gabrielle Whelan,Mark Sachleben, Geoff Parker, Chris Lord and Liz Babb Fanlo hosted the largest '86 minireunion, with nearly 50 other classmates and significant others. Liz included brief news on all'86 attendees. I reprint the first four, all Bay Area denizens: Sally Gorman Fitzhugh is happily married. She has two high-energy boys and is definitely coming to reunions. Javier Arizmendi is an architect, married a French gal, and their kids are multi-lingual. He took home a magnum of Chappellet wine that was raffled at the party. Chris Hollinger is a corporate lawyer. He took a three-week excursion to Africa wnere he grew a full-on beard and stache. Looking for- ward to a second career at some point in his life as a gourmet cheesemaker! Greg Coffeng works as a software engineer. Made the switch from hardware engineer recently and is veiy happy about it. After the party, decided he was going to attend reunion (yeah!)." More in the newsletter (our fourth in 12 months) and www.dartmouth86.com, the new site engineered by Walter Tsui.
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To truly northern California (Hoopa), where Andre Cramblit is operations director for California's largest Native-American social service provider.' We serve 109 recognized tribes and I represent them in community agencies, advisory boards and committees. I also maintain a 1,500-subscriber blog to provide topical information to the American Indian/Alaskan/ Native Hawaiian communities." Wendy, son Kyle and Andre plan to attend the Dartmouth Pow-Wow and 40th anniversary of the NativeAmerican programs this spring.
To New Hampshire: Martha Cornell Macomber was honored for 16 years of service to the Circle Program, which helps economically and socially disadvantaged girls in Plymouth, Laconia and Concord, New Hampshire. She has been with the program since its inception in 1993. Martha teaches U.S. history (innovatively!) at the Holderness School, where husband George is assistant headmaster and dean of faculty. They have three children, ages 17,14, and 10.
To New Hampshire: All! We hope you all can get back for June's reunion. If Merkle and her brood can come from Australia, the rest of the '86s can try. If Fanlo, Parker & Co. can get 50 others together in San Francisco, we should tiy for more than 500 classmates. Geoff and his reunion team are working to make our 25th great, so please plan now to be in Hanover June 16-19.
Extra pitch requested from Marion Halliday Liz, Kendall and Walter: "Forget sift giving. Forget donkeys and mangers, oil lamps and latkes. Think only about how you might memorialize yourself, your family, your pet, your favorite shrubbery—really, anything you like—in a submission to the Dartmouth reunion book. Think how easily you can convert your holiday letter into a submission! Your book committee friends are dying to know what the last 25 years have meant to you and we can't wait to see every member of our class's updates memorialized! The reunion book will be available to every '86 as a means of catching up on classmates and their adventures of the last quarter century. Simply go to www.dartmouth86.com to view templates for submissions. You can also e-mail 86reunionpages@gmail.com.
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REUNIONJune 16-19
