Mark June 16-19 for our 25th reunion! The theme is “EverGreen” to represent our class’ loyalty and spirit. A dedicated, talented and tireless 25th reunion committee is already planning a fantastic calendar of events capped off by dinner under the stars on Baker Lawn on Saturday night. On Saturday night we will be rocking in our class of 1986 tent with one of the country’s great party bands. We will also be soliciting your input for a reunion book to provide each of us with an update on our fellow classmates and a memento of our 25th reunion. The committee consists of treasurer, Andrea Lordon; assistant treasurer, Bill Ruhl; food and beverage chairs, Laura Gillespie and Dawn Carey; events chair, Gary Greene; reunion book team, Walter Tsui (chair), Marion Halliday, Kendall Burney Wilson and Liz Babb Fanlo; communications chair, Sarah Page; publicity team, John Marchiony and Scott Rabschnuk; registration chair, Lauren Wirth; entertainment team, Jack Bocock and Brad Holt; souvenir chair, Lucie Voves; attendance team, Ted Sears and David Hess; transportation chair, Bill Rodgers; and reunion giving chair, Sam Zales.


“It promises to be a must-attend event. We will be sharing many more details with you in the coming months. And check out our new and improved class website at www.dartmouth86.com.Get your green on!” writes Geoff Parker, 25th reunion chair (geoffrey.m.parker@gmail.com). 


Melissa Baten Caswell spent some time with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (a.k.a. Tina Rutnik ’88) in Palo Alto, California, in October at an event hosted by Scott Sandell and a few others. Kirsten was poised and well-spoken. She shared some of the challenges of running a Senate campaign and gave us all an update on things that are going on in the Senate with an emphasis on some items that are of particular interest to the Silicon Valley. Sally (Gorman) Fitzhugh is now the proud mom of a middle schooler! Where’d the time go? While Sally’s oldest son (of two) adjusts to his new school, Head-Royce in Oakland, California, Sally’s taking advantage of the time to hit tons of tennis balls. She looks forward to playing some tennis at reunion. Dr. Jeff Ferguson is practicing and teaching robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery for kidney and prostate cancer. “I practice in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and teach all over the United States,” he says. Jayne (Daigle) Jones’ excitement jumped out of my computer in this note: “I was shopping with Drew—our oldest, who is a ’12—at Kohl’s in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, one Saturday in September and was asking a salesperson for help to find tall clothes for him. The diligent man was trying to help me, but couldn’t find any…when I caught sight of Maybelle Drake Hueston! I did all I could to extricate myself from this man’s diligence and then I raced to the front of the store—and I got there in time. Mae was there with John and their three youngest. Tara, their oldest, is at Tufts veterinarian school, but Ryan, their second child, is a ’14. They were getting supplies to set up his room and we had a mini-reunion in West Lebanon. It was great to see them! As I understand it Ryan is taking Dartmouth by storm. And Drew is off this term, having experienced sophomore summer. He’s the student intern in the financial aid office and living here at home. So we get to have the whole family together once again, which is nice, since a year from now we will, Lord willing, have two away at college.” The ’86 members of Native Americans at Dartmouth are planning a reunion at this spring’s Pow-Wow, May 6-8. Contact Andre Cramblitt for information at andrekar@ncidc.org.


—Davida (Sherman) Dinerman, 12 Kings Row, Ashland, MA 01721; (508) 231-8813; davida@dinerman.com; Mark Greenstein, 117F Brittany Farms, New Britain, CT 06053; (860) 224-6688; mgreenstein@collegenannies.com