Class Note 1984
Issue
September-October 2021
Hello, ’84s! This column is being written way past the deadline so bear with me. I’ve moved to Sag Harbor, New York, for the summer and I flaked. Eek. Mea culpa. So, in true ’84 DAM column fashion, there will be truths and half-truths. See if you can figure out which is which.
Eric Grubman wanted to write the column but he’s over in Tokyo getting ready for the Olympics with his sailboat. He’s the oldest contender the United States has ever had but folks say that he’s a dark horse. Maybe he’ll run away with the gold. Who knows? By the time you read this column, the Olympics will be long over. I’m betting on Eric.
Kate Hotchkiss’ debut book, On Harbor’s Edge (which takes place in Maine), is now being turned into an audiobook. The voice-over artist is none other than our own classmate, Laura Nyhagen Dehler. This collaboration between Kate and Laura has a long history. Kate reports, “Laura and I were Vermont high school cross-country, track-and-field (fierce) competitors, became good friends in college, lost track of each other for a while, and then both landed in Maine and reconnected! Our work together in promoting our new ‘senior careers’ (voiceover artist and author) is kind of a fun full circle since Dartmouth days and a happy story and friendship in these tough times. The type of work we are focusing on now is, in part, due to needing to innovate into something we could do while Covid-isolating.
Derek Chow reports that he and Jan Chow are spending the summer in Maine, the home state of his youth. “Since we have been commuting between Boulder [Colorado] and Portland [Maine] since January (I know, Maine in January!) we’re calling it ‘bicoastal’ living. While living here I have connected for happy hour with classmates David Shedd and Lionel Derriey, who both reside in greater Portland. Most recently, I spent a languorous long weekend with Marc Devorsetz and Al Chaker at Marc’s Lake Skaneateles waterfront home—heaven!
Linda Cronin reports, “I live only a few miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge, so I rode out the pandemic in a pretty nice spot with things to do outdoors. Now I look forward to attending the first-place San Francisco Giants games in person. Beat L.A.! My son just finished his plebe (freshman) year at West Point, and we plan to enjoy a couple of weeks with him before he returns for training on repelling out of helicopters. We look forward to attending a college football game at West Point in the fall.”
Homecoming is October 8 and the ’84s are already hard at work at planning various events. Bill Hamlen will be hosting a party for all of us. He lives in Hanover. He’s promised to cook up some Thai delights as well as organize a pong tournament. He’s also offered to let everyone stay at his house and he will pick you up at the airport. More details to follow.
—Juliet Aires Giglio, 47 Chestnut St., Sag Harbor, NY 11963; julietgiglio@gmail.com; Eric Grubman, 2 Fox Den Way, Woodbridge, CT 06525; (203) 710-7933; grubman@sbcglobal.net
Eric Grubman wanted to write the column but he’s over in Tokyo getting ready for the Olympics with his sailboat. He’s the oldest contender the United States has ever had but folks say that he’s a dark horse. Maybe he’ll run away with the gold. Who knows? By the time you read this column, the Olympics will be long over. I’m betting on Eric.
Kate Hotchkiss’ debut book, On Harbor’s Edge (which takes place in Maine), is now being turned into an audiobook. The voice-over artist is none other than our own classmate, Laura Nyhagen Dehler. This collaboration between Kate and Laura has a long history. Kate reports, “Laura and I were Vermont high school cross-country, track-and-field (fierce) competitors, became good friends in college, lost track of each other for a while, and then both landed in Maine and reconnected! Our work together in promoting our new ‘senior careers’ (voiceover artist and author) is kind of a fun full circle since Dartmouth days and a happy story and friendship in these tough times. The type of work we are focusing on now is, in part, due to needing to innovate into something we could do while Covid-isolating.
Derek Chow reports that he and Jan Chow are spending the summer in Maine, the home state of his youth. “Since we have been commuting between Boulder [Colorado] and Portland [Maine] since January (I know, Maine in January!) we’re calling it ‘bicoastal’ living. While living here I have connected for happy hour with classmates David Shedd and Lionel Derriey, who both reside in greater Portland. Most recently, I spent a languorous long weekend with Marc Devorsetz and Al Chaker at Marc’s Lake Skaneateles waterfront home—heaven!
Linda Cronin reports, “I live only a few miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge, so I rode out the pandemic in a pretty nice spot with things to do outdoors. Now I look forward to attending the first-place San Francisco Giants games in person. Beat L.A.! My son just finished his plebe (freshman) year at West Point, and we plan to enjoy a couple of weeks with him before he returns for training on repelling out of helicopters. We look forward to attending a college football game at West Point in the fall.”
Homecoming is October 8 and the ’84s are already hard at work at planning various events. Bill Hamlen will be hosting a party for all of us. He lives in Hanover. He’s promised to cook up some Thai delights as well as organize a pong tournament. He’s also offered to let everyone stay at his house and he will pick you up at the airport. More details to follow.
—Juliet Aires Giglio, 47 Chestnut St., Sag Harbor, NY 11963; julietgiglio@gmail.com; Eric Grubman, 2 Fox Den Way, Woodbridge, CT 06525; (203) 710-7933; grubman@sbcglobal.net