Class Note 1978
Issue
September-October 2020
More responses to last issue’s question: What will you no longer take for granted in 2021? “Spontaneity,” is Harriet Schwartz Crew’s one-word answer. “Haircuts!” writes Julie Hill Fulcher, adding: “Family dinners, sitting down in a restaurant, and anti-bacterial dish soap!” On the other hand, says Julie, her whole family is now Zoom proficient, including her 92-year-old dad.
“The simple pleasure of giving a solid handshake to both colleagues and clients,” writes David King. “Being able to spend time with my father,” says Andy Ebbott. “He lives in a locked-down memory care facility. He doesn’t have much time left and I hope I’ll be able to give him at least one more hug and tell him how much he’s meant to me.” For Ellen Meyer Shorb it is the ability to fly to Guatemala twice a year. “I sit on the board of a school that serves children whose parents scavenge the Guatemala City dump for a living. I never thought I would not be able to visit the school and community on a regular basis.”
And from someone whose mind is clearly on something other than Covid-19: “I won’t take for granted that all Major League Baseball teams play by the rules,” says Chris Morris about MLB’s base-stealing controversy. “The Red Sox and Astros should be harshly penalized.” I long for the day when we can have more arguments about things like this!
Will Fraizer has a new gig. He is operations engineering manager for Freeport LNG Development, L.P., which operates the world’s largest electric motor-driven liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and export facility, on Quintana Island along the Texas Gulf Coast. “I am enjoying the opportunity to work with some very talented people and use my international LNG experience again,” says Will, “not to mention the interesting technical challenges, combined with regular ocean views.”
Bob Kaler reports he is still a partner with the law firm of Holland & Knight. He and his wife, Liri, live in the Boston area. They have a son finishing up at Dartmouth as a math and music major and a daughter finishing up at NYU.
I am sad to report the passing of two classmates. Charlie Kreter died on April 20 in Severna Park, Maryland. Susan Fera Assmann lost her battle with cancer on May 30 in Waltham, Massachusetts. Look for remembrances of them on the class website: http://1978.dartmouth.org/in-memoriam.
The May/June column on remembering lost classmates generated more response than any other I’ve written. Gordon Holbein wrote: “Thank you from my heart for the most sincere and meaningful piece I have ever read in our Class Notes.” Gordon added that it “moved me to reflect and to see some important things more clearly.” I heard from members of other classes as well. “What a wonderful sentiment,” emailed Jonathan London ’90, “to make sure that everyone’s life is acknowledged and celebrated in some small way, even if it has to be posthumously.” Thanks to everyone who reached out. I am glad it was meaningful. Send news!
—Rick Beyer, 1305 S. Michigan Ave., #1104, Chicago, IL 60605; rickbeyer78@gmail.com
“The simple pleasure of giving a solid handshake to both colleagues and clients,” writes David King. “Being able to spend time with my father,” says Andy Ebbott. “He lives in a locked-down memory care facility. He doesn’t have much time left and I hope I’ll be able to give him at least one more hug and tell him how much he’s meant to me.” For Ellen Meyer Shorb it is the ability to fly to Guatemala twice a year. “I sit on the board of a school that serves children whose parents scavenge the Guatemala City dump for a living. I never thought I would not be able to visit the school and community on a regular basis.”
And from someone whose mind is clearly on something other than Covid-19: “I won’t take for granted that all Major League Baseball teams play by the rules,” says Chris Morris about MLB’s base-stealing controversy. “The Red Sox and Astros should be harshly penalized.” I long for the day when we can have more arguments about things like this!
Will Fraizer has a new gig. He is operations engineering manager for Freeport LNG Development, L.P., which operates the world’s largest electric motor-driven liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and export facility, on Quintana Island along the Texas Gulf Coast. “I am enjoying the opportunity to work with some very talented people and use my international LNG experience again,” says Will, “not to mention the interesting technical challenges, combined with regular ocean views.”
Bob Kaler reports he is still a partner with the law firm of Holland & Knight. He and his wife, Liri, live in the Boston area. They have a son finishing up at Dartmouth as a math and music major and a daughter finishing up at NYU.
I am sad to report the passing of two classmates. Charlie Kreter died on April 20 in Severna Park, Maryland. Susan Fera Assmann lost her battle with cancer on May 30 in Waltham, Massachusetts. Look for remembrances of them on the class website: http://1978.dartmouth.org/in-memoriam.
The May/June column on remembering lost classmates generated more response than any other I’ve written. Gordon Holbein wrote: “Thank you from my heart for the most sincere and meaningful piece I have ever read in our Class Notes.” Gordon added that it “moved me to reflect and to see some important things more clearly.” I heard from members of other classes as well. “What a wonderful sentiment,” emailed Jonathan London ’90, “to make sure that everyone’s life is acknowledged and celebrated in some small way, even if it has to be posthumously.” Thanks to everyone who reached out. I am glad it was meaningful. Send news!
—Rick Beyer, 1305 S. Michigan Ave., #1104, Chicago, IL 60605; rickbeyer78@gmail.com