There are still things to say about reunion encounters, and so many ’82s I didn’t have time with. Knowing this would happen, I actually made some appointments.

Kate Pesek Roski and I met at the class tent amid rain and the lunch rush. Kate and husband Dudley met when living in the same Brooklyn brownstone in the 1980s. They reconnected and married three years ago. They have three sons: Arthur, philosophy student in N.Y.C.; Charlie, cybersecurity consultant in Chicago; and Henry, also Chicago, a mergers-and-acquisitions advisor at an investment bank. Henry is engaged and will marry in August. Dudley is retired and Kate semi-retired, mentoring early-stage and advising green tech companies and committed to helping the planet through science, land preservation, education, and technology. They enjoy golf and nature, living mostly in Naples, Florida, and summering in San Francisco.

Next, were freshmen Gile roommates Jim Morrison and Tim Geibel. I cherish the memory of sitting in their room in an oddly familiar chair covered in an Indian bedspread. “New chair?” Um, yeah. “Nice. I think I’ve sat in it before.” The chair was back in the North Mass commons room the next morning. All grown up and presumably no longer borrowing furniture, Jim and wife Sally retired to the Berkshires after Jim’s career in insurance moved them all over the country. Jim manages their seven acres and Sally runs the Episcopal church office and is a fiber artist, specifically felted wool landscapes and stilllifes. They have three children: Katy, a Louisville Zoo animal ambassador; Alice ’14, running an Oregon nonprofit that develops state policy for family farms; and Nate in Denver, who runs 48-mile races and is an electrical engineer working in high-voltage architecture. Is that buildings with illuminated walls? That Jim has children who like snakes, farms, and distance running amazes him. And me, frankly.

Tim Geibel and wife Kay live in Acworth, Georgia, near Atlanta. He’s a principal solution architect with Dragonfly Financial Technologies digital banking company; she is in admissions at Georgia Highlands College. Daughter Abby is the office manager for an Acworth HVAC company. Son Mike is head rugby coach at Wheeling University, where he has led them to 10 Division I rankings the last three to four years. They have a number of dogs that Tim often takes hiking at Kennesaw Mountain National Park.

Finally, I just returned from a Dartmouth alumni trip to South Africa. Carol Davis, sister Leslie Dahl ’84, and Cheryl Bascomb were fellow travelers. The fabulous Dartmouth professor Jeremy DeSilva allowed us unique access to sites where he has helped identify early hominid skeletons. We also had a safari, great food and wine, and a wonderful, enlightening time. Check out alumni trips. This was our second—we’re hooked. After a 36-hour return, husband Alex and I crashed. Cheryl, however, went to a party the next night at Kathy Briscoe’s with Vaune Dugan, Gray Horan, Sherri Oberg, Cathy Judd-Stein, and Pete Folger. As Leslie said, “Impressive rally, Cheryl.” Indeed. I’m obviously a lazy putz.

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