1988

1988

REUNION JUNE 14-17

In the run-up to our 30th reunion (please save the date: June 14-17), our tour of first-year dorms continues. Next up, the River Cluster. Tom Kollmorgen has been in Eugene, Oregon, since finishing his urology residency at the Mayo Clinic in 1998. “I am a founding member ofthe Oregon Urology Institute, the largest single-specialty private urology practice onthe West Coast, and I practice urology with a focus in urologic oncology. I remarried in 2010 to Julie Andries. Both of my sons, Thayne (21) and Max (20), attend Santa Clara University in California. Thayne will graduate this year (unfortunately, the same weekend as our reunion), and Max is a sophomore. I also have three step children: Tyler (24) works in Seattle: Alyssa (22) is moving to L.A.; and Megan (19) is a sophomore at CU Boulder. Our German shorthair pointer Lucy completes the household. We love all that Oregon has to offer, including snow and water skiing, hiking, golf and hunting. We also enj oy relaxing at our lake cabin on the Oregon coast. We are looking forward to a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ trip to Africa next fall. I continue to keep in touch with several Dartmouth friends, including Brent Frei, Steve Dettelbach, Alan Moss, John Rajala, Dave Geithner, Bob Fitzpatrick, Ish McLaughlin, Dave Youker, Andy Russell and Eben Frankenberg, and we all manage to get together every year or two.”

Chris Mehl’s River Cluster experience lasted four years, as he also roomed in nearby apartments as an upperclassman. “Being close to the river, and a bit away from town, was just right for me. And classes were still only a short bike ride or walk away.” After many years in Washington, D.C., Chris moved to Bozeman, Montana (“to hike, ski, canoe—then repeat”) in 2001, where he soon met his wife, Laura Hoehn. Bozeman’s been a great fit and in November Chris was elected as the city’s next Mayor. Finally, an update from a local, Ed Merrens: “My wife, Peg Lamb Merrens ’87, and I have been here in the Upper Valley forthe past 18 years, since completing my medical training in Seattle. I’ve held a variety of roles, and in addition to a continued clinical role as a hospitalist, I’ve taken on a number of administrative roles and currently serve as the chief clinical officer for the Dartmouth-Hitchcock system. I’m thrilled to work with our new CEO, Joanne Conroy’77. I’ve continued my commitment to skiing and have been fortunate to work with Max Cobb ’87 and Max Saenger and a host of Dartmouth alumni and athletes in my work with biathlon and the U.S. Olympic Committee. After serving as a team physician for the past 15 years and going to the past four winter Olympic Games, I’ve transitioned from being the team physician to a seat onthe board of directors forthe U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, where I can continue my commitment to fair sport on a national and global level. Living in Norwich, Vermont, driving through the campus on a daily basis and being able to experience Dartmouth in all its seasons has been a life experience for which I feel exceedingly fortunate. Not only do I get to see Dartmouth friends all year long, but we also became much more engaged in day-to-day Dartmouth life while our son, Sam Merrens ’17, was on campus. He’s now an alum and has moved on to San Francisco, where a bunch of other Dartmouth alumni live and work. I look forward to seeing friends old and new at our reunion in June!”

—Jere Mancini, 34 Wearimus Road, HoHoKus, NJ 07423; d88correspondent@gmail.com