Coming on the heels of Homecoming Weekend in October as I write, and knowing we will be in the thick of winter when you all read this alongside a feature story in the magazine on the winter Olympics prompted me to search for a link. Homecoming? Winter Olympics? Class of 1985? Ah-ha! Search no more. Please give a rouse for our very own Tiger Shaw, who became chief operating officer of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) this past October (around the time of Homecoming), and will no doubt be quite a visible presence in Sochi, Russia, in February. Tiger will succeed Bill Marolt this spring as president and CEO of USSA and will next take up residence in Park City, Utah, leaving behind many good friends in the Upper Valley. In addition to his USSA duties he and Kristin ’84 will have plenty of reasons to venture back East, courtesy of their kids Kara (Middlebury ’15), Gunnar ’14 and Eva (a junior at Green Mountain Valley School). We wish Tiger all the best as he continues his good work at the helm of the USSA.

Turning back to Homecoming, ’85s were well represented throughout the weekend, starting with Friday night’s parade. Led by flag-bearer Eamon Brady, visiting from N.Y.C. with his son Connor and his bride, Krista Brady (and, yes, “Brady” is Krista’s maiden name; unclear if she has become Krista Brady-Brady?), several classmates joined the march with many of us relieved that the bonfire lap-running tradition came after our tenure. Our 50th birthday gathering was a delight thanks to Joe Riley and Margaret Marder, who, along with class president Valerie Hartman, created a warm welcoming to all ’85s throughout the weekend. Other classmates spotted in and around Hanover included Laura Hicks, Sue Finegan, Linda Cooper Marshall, Dave Etz, Tyler Woolson, David Hall, Sue Spencer Reckford, Nancy Vogele, Michael Davidson, Katie Harris Robbins, Jenny Archibald Williams, Allison Shutz Moskow, Jeannie Miller, John Graves, Mark Caron, Ron Wybranowski.

Flying in from L.A., Aloke Mandal was certain he had a lock on farthest distance traveled to attend Homecoming, but it is Judy Stein who gets that award, hailing from Torino, Italy, with all three daughters in tow—Umbra (Fordham University), Jenny (UVM) and Nicole (high school). Judy splits her time now between ski instructing in Vail, Colorado, and fixing up her perennial fixer-upper villa in Italy. Tutti i buoni! As for Aloke, having recently migrated his career from being an on-call transplant surgeon to running the western division of a medical consulting firm, he has effectively removed what was his (understandable) excuse for missing our 25th reunion. We all expect that Aloke will now only be on call for attending our 30th in Hanover in 2015!

Dartmouth’s fall term artist-in-residence Daniel Heyman had an easy commute to the weekend. Those lucky enough to have stopped by the Jaffe-Friede Gallery in the Hop during Homecoming were treated to a personal tour with Daniel. His exhibition included his four “seasonal” self-portraits depicting Daniel’s unique interpretation of personal growth from youth through adulthood, created after having spent more than five years on his Abu Ghraib project (also on display), in which he traveled to Jordan and Turkey to witness the interviews of the former prisoners conducted in preparation for the class action lawsuit filed on their behalf. These monumental works are breathtaking to behold.

There is more classmate news to share. But (for once!) we have run out of space. Wow—now that is something to report. Please keep your news coming as we promise to share it here. All the best to all of you!

—Leslie A. Davis Dahl, 83 Pecksland Road, Greenwich, CT 06831; (203) 552-0070; dahlleslie@yahoo.com; John MacManus, 188 Ringwood Road, Rosemont, PA 19010; (610) 525-4541; slampong@aol.com