1988

1988

Greetings, ’88s! Several of you have asked how you can provide information for inclusion in this column, and here’s how: Send updates about yourself or a classmate to me at the email address below, or respond to the occasional messages I send from that same email address inviting your thoughts on selected topics.

I love hearing from you and aim to highlight as many different classmates as I can. Toward that end, please email me your input for two anticipated column topics for later this year: starting a new hobby in your 50s and adventures with pets.

Let’s start with news from Kendall (Grigsby) Carbone, who saw many classmates at different events in the last months of 2019. First, Kendall and Paul Steinwald hosted a mini-reunion for ’88s in Denver in September, with Julia (Fulwyler) and Steve Brunner, Meagan McCorkle, Sally (Johnson) Meier, Elizabeth Pike, Patrick Rutty, Maura (O’Neill) Spangler, Tracey (Nelson) Tiedman, and Brad Winslow in attendance. What I love about Kendall’s description of the event is that she said the attendees did not all know each other well, but they made it easy—a potluck, kids included, starting at Kendall’s house then moving to Paul’s house (around the corner). Kendall’s advice about having a mini-reunion: Do not overthink it, as the whole point is just to get together. Also in September, Kendall was in New York for the U.S. Open finals, and she caught up with Chris Redpath.

Elena Baum and Kendall then updated me on a gathering of’88s for a November weekend in New York, including the football game at Yankee Stadium; in addition to Kendall and Elena, the group included Kathleen Bartels, Diana (Carlson) Hine, Nancy (Krupicka) Cotrell, party planner Christy (Gilmartin) McElynn, Kathleen Morgan, Val (Robbins) Price, and Kathy (Beams) Wiseman. Elena said they saw many other ‘88s at the game, including Karen (Deitz) and Scott Bertetti, Val Fasolo, Kim Fasolo-LoMonaco, Eben Frankenberg, Ish McLaughlin, to name a few, and then had brunch with Alex Daniels the next day.

Kendall also started a new job in December, as chief financial officer of Offen Petroleum, a growing fuel distributor in Denver. Congratulations, Kendall!

Cherise (Glick) Bransfield also sent news of an ’88 gathering at her home on Nantucket, Massachusetts. Three ’88 couples—Leah (Yegian) and Charlie Wheelan, Barb (Turley) and Scott Marr, and Deb (Kozart) and Fred Ludtke—enjoyed a summer weekend with Cherise and her husband, Bobby.

Finally, Hong Jin “H.J.” Kim, who is chief of the division of surgical oncology and endocrine surgery at UNC School of Medicine, was honored in October with the TedB. Seagroves Jr. Distinguished Professorship. This position was established to honor and recognize H. J.’s importance to the UNC department of surgery and its cancer center. Wow—congratulations, H.J.!

I look forward to hearing from you and hope to see many of you this year.

All the best.

—Tory Woodin Chavey, 128 Steele Road, West Hartford, CT 06119; dartmouth88classnotes@ gmail.com

Tory Woodin Chavey