Class Note 1979
Issue
Sept - Oct 2015
I am trying to shake off the blues after our epic 35th reunion. There is no way to adequately describe how special the weekend was; you had to be there to experience firsthand the camaraderie that flowed from beginning to end. Kudos to co-chairs Ellen Gomprecht Oppenheim and Charlie Vieth for raising the reunion-planning bar again, and to all you crazy diamonds who made the gathering sparkle as never before!
I didn’t get to say hello to John Gilbertson during the weekend, though I was fortunate to spend a little time reconnecting with his lovely wife, Kathy Harper Gilbertson. John, who served as strategic and financial advisor to clients of Goldman Sachs for the past 27 years, recently retired from Goldman and has been named board chairman of Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, the largest indoor aquarium in the world!
I enjoyed chatting with Dave Costello and Chip Fauver Saturday afternoon of reunion weekend before getting trounced by Steve Franklin in a “friendly” game of tennis. Chip shares the following news: “I’ve been working at RBC capital markets’ New York office the past five years handling operations for the global research division. While my job consumes the majority of my time (I still work nearly 15-hour days and portions of each weekend), increasingly I’m carving out time for travel and exercise. Several years ago I built a home in Manchester, Vermont, where I look forward to spending more time in future years. Fran and I have three boys. Jake, my oldest, graduated from Middlebury College in 2009 and recently completed his M.Ed. from Harvard University. Cory, who is busy starting an Internet company in California, was class of 2012 at Carleton College, where he won the USA Ultimate D-III Championship three out of his four years there. Ryan, my youngest, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Skidmore College in May and is headed to San Francisco to work at a startup called Scripted.”
Michael Boldt (one of four Boldt cousins at reunion!) writes, “Thanks to Bill Helman ’80 for hosting the April 7 gathering at his apartment in N.Y.C. It was a great way to prep for our reunion. Brooklyn, New York, resident Wayne Arden was one of many notable guests in attendance, but apparently was unable to join us in Hanover due to a big Afghanistan deal. Later in April Lisa and I visited Rob Enelow ’80 and his wife, Amy Kossoff, in Bethesda, Maryland, then rendezvoused with Denny Geist ’80 in Washington, D.C. We’ve also had a couple of nice visits with Evans Huber and his wife, Elaine, one in East Boothbay, Maine, last summer. Now we’re home in Millburn, New Jersey, after a phenomenal reunion weekend. I’m only sorry I missed seeing Jim Silverstein Moisson, my freshman and sophomore roommate.”
This marks my last column as your sole class secretary, friends. Starting with the next issue I will be joined by the very capable John Currier. We hope to make a formidable tag team!
—Stanley Weil, 15 Peck Road, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549; (917) 428-0852; stanno79@gmail.com
I didn’t get to say hello to John Gilbertson during the weekend, though I was fortunate to spend a little time reconnecting with his lovely wife, Kathy Harper Gilbertson. John, who served as strategic and financial advisor to clients of Goldman Sachs for the past 27 years, recently retired from Goldman and has been named board chairman of Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, the largest indoor aquarium in the world!
I enjoyed chatting with Dave Costello and Chip Fauver Saturday afternoon of reunion weekend before getting trounced by Steve Franklin in a “friendly” game of tennis. Chip shares the following news: “I’ve been working at RBC capital markets’ New York office the past five years handling operations for the global research division. While my job consumes the majority of my time (I still work nearly 15-hour days and portions of each weekend), increasingly I’m carving out time for travel and exercise. Several years ago I built a home in Manchester, Vermont, where I look forward to spending more time in future years. Fran and I have three boys. Jake, my oldest, graduated from Middlebury College in 2009 and recently completed his M.Ed. from Harvard University. Cory, who is busy starting an Internet company in California, was class of 2012 at Carleton College, where he won the USA Ultimate D-III Championship three out of his four years there. Ryan, my youngest, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Skidmore College in May and is headed to San Francisco to work at a startup called Scripted.”
Michael Boldt (one of four Boldt cousins at reunion!) writes, “Thanks to Bill Helman ’80 for hosting the April 7 gathering at his apartment in N.Y.C. It was a great way to prep for our reunion. Brooklyn, New York, resident Wayne Arden was one of many notable guests in attendance, but apparently was unable to join us in Hanover due to a big Afghanistan deal. Later in April Lisa and I visited Rob Enelow ’80 and his wife, Amy Kossoff, in Bethesda, Maryland, then rendezvoused with Denny Geist ’80 in Washington, D.C. We’ve also had a couple of nice visits with Evans Huber and his wife, Elaine, one in East Boothbay, Maine, last summer. Now we’re home in Millburn, New Jersey, after a phenomenal reunion weekend. I’m only sorry I missed seeing Jim Silverstein Moisson, my freshman and sophomore roommate.”
This marks my last column as your sole class secretary, friends. Starting with the next issue I will be joined by the very capable John Currier. We hope to make a formidable tag team!
—Stanley Weil, 15 Peck Road, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549; (917) 428-0852; stanno79@gmail.com