If the snow has not fallen yet in Hanover, it will soon. But let’s turn back to summer to learn what some of our classmates did. Adam Rugg wrote from Coventry, United Kingdom, that he had just returned from a trip to Barcelona for FAB10 and would be heading to Vermont to visit family. It was a rare trip to the United States for his U.K.-born 10-year-old, Eddie. They also planned to tour Dartmouth. W. 9 Sanders was in the Kasilof River on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska, where she spent 15 hours dip-netting sockeye salmon. As the high tide entered the mouth of the glacial river the salmon swam up and into her big, metal, hand-held nets. They hit like a ton of bricks, throwing her off balance in chest-deep, glacial waters. As 9 put it, “Roll the net over, struggle up the muddy bank and dive on the thrashing salmon before it escapes. Dinner for four!” Give a rouse to Ellen Glaser Rafshoon, who wrote from Atlanta. She is an associate professor of history at Georgia Gwinnett College, a four-year college that is part of the University of Georgia. She teaches and writes about postwar U.S. history. One son, Michael, is a junior at Elon University, majoring in psychology and planning to study in Israel this spring. Joseph, 15, is a sophomore at Woodward Academy and is on the tennis team. She and her husband, Scott ’87, returned to their honeymoon site of France with their sons this summer. “Thanks to Dartmouth,” Ellen said, “I was able to communicate pretty well in French.” Dan Katzir traveled to Istanbul and Mykonos in June. In September he hit the craps table in Vegas with Mike Collins, Kara and Jaime Gruver and Becky Collins ’87. “Knowing how these things go, Kara will likely walk away with big cash winnings while the rest of us lose our shirts and enjoy the ‘free’ cocktails.” Another huzzah to Erik Roskes, M.D., who was appointed clinical director of the office of forensic services for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. In this role he oversees forensic evaluation services provided to criminal courts in Maryland, including evaluations related to mental disorder, developmental disability and addiction. Erik continues to maintain a private forensic and clinical psychiatric practice. Whitney Thier moved to Nassau, Bahamas, to become the new general counsel of Baha Mar. Classmates welcome! Check out the new Dartmouth Alumni Magazine (www.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com), with exclusive news, notes and a digital archive of every DAM issue. In closing, we are saddened to report that we lost two dear classmates in June. Nitza Delgado Hollinger fought a valiant battle against cancer but ultimately lost and found peace in her final days. Her inspirational book, Through the Trials Just Believe, is on several websites, including Amazon and http://bookstore.xlibris.com. The Compassio Committee and network offered tremendous support to Nitza during the past two years. Some of its members have spearheaded an effort to raise money for her boys’ college education. As of August more than $24,000 has been raised. The day after Nitza passed away, John Adam Malonis, M.D., tragically lost his life in a car accident while he and his wife were driving to pick up their daughter from camp. The Compassio Committee sent a condolence card to John’s family and offered additional support. We also made a donation on behalf of our class to support John’s son’s fundraising efforts with the Texas 4000 charity to bike from Austin, Texas, to Anchorage, Alaska, in John’s honor. The class of ’86 sends its most heartfelt condolences to both families. You can read more at www.dartmouth86.org.


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