1989

Happy holidays! It’s the last DAM ’89 notes of 2015 and I wanted to continue with a part two of the ’89s who made music theircareer, as well as other ’89 news.

I touched on Tammy Krutchkoff Saunt’s career briefly, but wanted to give more detail. Tammy has worked in artist management for years, managing talent from Backstreet Boys to Ziggy Marley to Korn and Limp Bizkit—about as diverse a range of musical styles as you can get! Now her company, Rain Talent, keeps her busy managing film and television composers, music producers and music editors. You can see their client roster at www. raintalent.com.

Ralph Santana has been executive vice presi- dent and global chief marketing officer of Harman International since April 2013. Harman makes musical gear both for consumers and for profes- sionals who care about quality sound. Ralph was in L.A. at its Northridge headquarters and gave me a tour of the facility, which included a subwoofer test room where you could see and feel your pants flapping from the sound waves! Ralph had been at PepsiCo for many years and then Samsung as its senior vice president and chief marketing officer. When he had the chance to lead a consumer elec- tronics company that invests so much in research and development to get quality sound, he couldn’t resist. Note to self and kids: always wear ear protec- tion at concerts!

Jilann Spitzmiller and Hank Rogerson shared their latest film Still Dreaming at the Loew Au- ditorium in Hanover back in June. Jennifer Avel- lino’s review: “a truly wonderful, funny, poignant documentary about a group of retired actors at the Lillian Booth Actors Home putting on a Shake- speare play. Read about the film here, www.still- dreamingmovie.com, and I really urge you to go see it if you can!”

Susan Leong Yates came to Dartmouth from Hawaii, and after Dartmouth moved to New Zea- land—quite the journey! From Susan: “I had a vi- sion of the place when I was on language study abroad in Blois, France. Then I saw it on a busi- ness trip in New Zealand driving from Franz Josef Glacier to Mount Cook. We bought the 65-acre property. Built a lodge—regardless of what the bank account said. I learned how to clean and cook in Wanaka while it was being built. And now I live in the most beautiful place in New Zealand—and pretty good compared to the rest of the world. Liv- ing on the edge and loving it.” Check out her lodge at www.silverpine.co.nz.

Laurie Sproul Stearns wrote in about her work: “I took one wood sculpture class while at Dart- mouth, then continued on in education and ocean- ography until statistics did me in. So I fell back on my carving. My website, http://lauriesproul.com, shows results of a skill I developed from the seed planted by Fumio Yoshimura at Dartmouth. My recent work is very intertwined with climate.” It’s worth checking out her site—her woodworking is amazing.

As many of you know, Chris Bailey and Deanna Emberley Bailey lost their sons in a tragic fire in 2009; as part of trauma therapy, her therapist suggested Deanna do something creative while thinking about the fire from the boys’ perspec- tives. While hesitant at first, after two months she sat down and couldn’t stop writing. After seven months Deanna self-published her book, Crossing the Horizon, in February of this year. Deanna’s book was not only a way for her to cope with her family’s tragic loss, but also a way for others to cope with their own losses. The book is available at Amazon at http://amzn.to/1Ks59tb.

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