It’s really a matter of simple math: zero, number of days until this column is due; one, e-mail updates I received from ’86s; two, e-mail updates I received from ’85s; three, number of people who read my column about freshman trips (see one and two).


Courtesy of Jennifer Key ’86: “Brenda Healey is not currently playing field hockey or lacrosse, but we did recently play lob pong at her barn. It’s a very nice barn that she and husband, Bill Bosch ’86, refurbished/rebuilt, silo and all, in Great Falls, Virginia. She married Bill shortly after college, both graduated UVA Law School and we connected when Bill joined Steptoe as partner around 2006. Brenda has three girls, including Allison, a rising Dartmouth senior. Brenda also practices law when she and Bill are not hosting barn parties or attending Capitals games. Brenda was compelled to attend the ’86 25th reunion.


“Georgetown is home to fellow lawyer (David) Cary Mitchell, who has a wife and a dog, but I am 99-percent sure is childfree. I also see Galan Daukas, who frequents the yacht clubs in the Stonington, Connecticut-Watch Hill, Rhode Island, region.”


Margo Buckels Miyashiro writes: “I am doing well—living in Sacramento, California, with my husband and two teenage daughters. I still love hiking and hope to hike again around Hanover and spend a night at Moosilauke. I did return for our 25th reunion. I missed previous reunions because I was starting a new job, having a baby or something like that. I loved being on campus again. I know the College has added many new buildings, but since the core has stayed the same it felt like the same familiar place. I brought my oldest daughter, Allison, to the reunion (promoting the school and all). She fell in love with Boston instead and will start at Brandeis in the fall. Since I’ll be traveling back to New England more frequently, maybe I will get to hike around Hanover. While I initially moved to California to take a state government position, I’ve been a full-time mom since my girls were little. Now I’m determining my next career move. My husband is a private consultant, working with California school districts. My favorite hobby is rowing and I’m hoping to attend the Head of the Charles in October. I’m also learning to golf and remember laughing at the wild plaid golf slacks many Dartmouth alumni sported at their 1980s reunions. I haven’t earned the mojo to make such a fashion statement yet.”


Joel Margolese comments: “I’m impressed you remembered everyone’s name from our freshman trip! I laughed when I read it, which prompted my wife to say, ‘You never told me that part of your freshman trip.” (I figured you targeted that whole column at me since Bill Loginov was my freshman roommate in Topliff.) We still live in Andover, Massachusetts, but just moved from the edge of town into the center. Our best news is that my daughter Rachel is preparing for her own freshman trip as a Dartmouth ’16. It’s exciting, exhilarating and a bit scary on many levels. Taking the tour with her last year I was struck how much the campus is the same, but how much it’s different. It’s a nice feeling to hand off the College to another generation and know that their experience will be totally different than ours, with just enough continuing tradition to maintain the links. And that’s how it should be.”


—John MacManus, 118 Ringwood Road, Rosemont, PA 19010; slampong@aol.com