Class Note 1986
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So for this last column of the decade all respondents are teachers or healers. Mark Kumler and wife Brigid now have children ages 14, 12 and 9. He is a professor of geographic information sciences (GIS) at the University of Redlands in California. “I’ve enjoyed teaching GIS, the Global Position System and map projections to thousands of students during the past 17 years. Two sabbaticals so far, both spent in New Zealand studying terrain effects on oenology.” Remembered from his Zeta Psi basement days as semi-slothful and a tad overweight, Mark trained for and completed the San Diego marathon in 4:35:25! “I made the mistake of telling an in-law that I was tempted to try a marathon. His response of ‘What?! You? Ha!’ was just the incentive I needed.”
Mae Drake Hueston writes extensively (see www.dartmouth86.org) about returning to the classroom—as a teacher. “It’s been a better transition than I had imagined. I am not fully responsible for the course and am team-teaching, so it is wonderful.”
Brian Moore and his wife have a newborn daughter, Ava, to join brother Liam, 2. Brian works as a neuropathologist/teacher at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Illinois. Brian regularly hears from Mark Weiss, who is running for Palo Alto, California, city council. Mark’s musings and platform may be found at www.dartmouth86.org. He works in the music business, producing concerts under the name Earthwise Productions and manages musicians.
Janie Gentry Bates is marketing VP for medical device manufacturer Smith & Nephew. Her division is moving from Memphis, Tennessee, to Raleigh, North Carolina, next summer. “I would love to connect with Raleigh area ’86s, particularly those with teenagers.” She, Eleanor (11) and Andrew (13) are excited about the upcoming move. More devices: “I have worked for Ciba Corp. since 2002 but we were recently acquired by BASF (trading Swiss culture for German!),” writes Scott Jaynes. He leads an R&D group developing new materials for use in medical devices. Scott and his wife are in Rockland County, New York, raising four boys ages 2, 8, 10 and 12. “ I spend most of my off-time on soccer, basketball or baseball fields.”
Linda Rhines writes, “I live near Boston and now practice homeopathy, following my son’s successful homeopathic healing after suffering vaccination issues. Homeopathic remedies work with the body’s own healing abilities and are used when the body becomes stuck and can’t heal on its own. The remedies stimulate the immune system, helping the body’s innate healing capabilities to cure the illness—be it a mental, emotional or physical imbalance.”
Ken Fisher lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with wife Amanda, children Marina (8) and Benjamin (6), dog Charlie and cats Calypso (18) and Neo. Amanda is an education professor at the University of Pittsburgh and Ken is a veterinarian who opened a small-animal practice (dogs and cats) with a Pittsburgh colleague. “Not the best time to have started a small business, but we’re making a strong go of it.”
After 20 years away (living on both coasts of the United States and abroad in Greece and the Turks and Caicos islands) Leslie Lobell returned to New Jersey in 2001. She is a certified hypnotherapist, Reiki master and author offering psychotherapy, clinical hypnosis and stress reduction; www.leslielobell.com. Leslie enjoys N.Y.C.’s Broadway shows, ballets and museums. She and Eric Timsak, Bergen, New Jersey, county planner, will wed in May.
Stewart Pierson has been teaching physics since 1986, now at the Rivers School. “The four kids are keeping Shannon and me hopping. We look forward to my upcoming 2011-13 sabbatical, when we’ll teach abroad, which is what we were doing when we met. If anyone wants to rent a nice home in Framingham, Massachusetts, let us know!”
—Mark Greenstein, 117F Brittany Farms, New Britain CT 06053; (860) 224-6688; mgreenstein@collegenannies.com
Jan - Feb 2010
So for this last column of the decade all respondents are teachers or healers. Mark Kumler and wife Brigid now have children ages 14, 12 and 9. He is a professor of geographic information sciences (GIS) at the University of Redlands in California. “I’ve enjoyed teaching GIS, the Global Position System and map projections to thousands of students during the past 17 years. Two sabbaticals so far, both spent in New Zealand studying terrain effects on oenology.” Remembered from his Zeta Psi basement days as semi-slothful and a tad overweight, Mark trained for and completed the San Diego marathon in 4:35:25! “I made the mistake of telling an in-law that I was tempted to try a marathon. His response of ‘What?! You? Ha!’ was just the incentive I needed.”
Mae Drake Hueston writes extensively (see www.dartmouth86.org) about returning to the classroom—as a teacher. “It’s been a better transition than I had imagined. I am not fully responsible for the course and am team-teaching, so it is wonderful.”
Brian Moore and his wife have a newborn daughter, Ava, to join brother Liam, 2. Brian works as a neuropathologist/teacher at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Illinois. Brian regularly hears from Mark Weiss, who is running for Palo Alto, California, city council. Mark’s musings and platform may be found at www.dartmouth86.org. He works in the music business, producing concerts under the name Earthwise Productions and manages musicians.
Janie Gentry Bates is marketing VP for medical device manufacturer Smith & Nephew. Her division is moving from Memphis, Tennessee, to Raleigh, North Carolina, next summer. “I would love to connect with Raleigh area ’86s, particularly those with teenagers.” She, Eleanor (11) and Andrew (13) are excited about the upcoming move. More devices: “I have worked for Ciba Corp. since 2002 but we were recently acquired by BASF (trading Swiss culture for German!),” writes Scott Jaynes. He leads an R&D group developing new materials for use in medical devices. Scott and his wife are in Rockland County, New York, raising four boys ages 2, 8, 10 and 12. “ I spend most of my off-time on soccer, basketball or baseball fields.”
Linda Rhines writes, “I live near Boston and now practice homeopathy, following my son’s successful homeopathic healing after suffering vaccination issues. Homeopathic remedies work with the body’s own healing abilities and are used when the body becomes stuck and can’t heal on its own. The remedies stimulate the immune system, helping the body’s innate healing capabilities to cure the illness—be it a mental, emotional or physical imbalance.”
Ken Fisher lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with wife Amanda, children Marina (8) and Benjamin (6), dog Charlie and cats Calypso (18) and Neo. Amanda is an education professor at the University of Pittsburgh and Ken is a veterinarian who opened a small-animal practice (dogs and cats) with a Pittsburgh colleague. “Not the best time to have started a small business, but we’re making a strong go of it.”
After 20 years away (living on both coasts of the United States and abroad in Greece and the Turks and Caicos islands) Leslie Lobell returned to New Jersey in 2001. She is a certified hypnotherapist, Reiki master and author offering psychotherapy, clinical hypnosis and stress reduction; www.leslielobell.com. Leslie enjoys N.Y.C.’s Broadway shows, ballets and museums. She and Eric Timsak, Bergen, New Jersey, county planner, will wed in May.
Stewart Pierson has been teaching physics since 1986, now at the Rivers School. “The four kids are keeping Shannon and me hopping. We look forward to my upcoming 2011-13 sabbatical, when we’ll teach abroad, which is what we were doing when we met. If anyone wants to rent a nice home in Framingham, Massachusetts, let us know!”
—Mark Greenstein, 117F Brittany Farms, New Britain CT 06053; (860) 224-6688; mgreenstein@collegenannies.com