Class Note 1986
Issue
May-June 2023
Allow me to introduce myself as your new class secretary. I am Suzy Nachman Mercado; I live in Fairfield, Connecticut, and have a place in Grantham, New Hampshire, at Eastman, only a stone’s throw away from Dartmouth. It’s wonderful to be able to retain a connection to Dartmouth and attend sporting and cultural events at the College. My two children, Jamie ’15 and Kevin ’19, attended Dartmouth and I was able to see the College anew through their experiences. My husband of 32 years, Dave, and I are enjoying life as empty-nesters and love spending our weekends in New Hampshire throughout the year. It’s been great to see so many classmates in the Hanover area! As for work, I help low-income women attain their high school diplomas. When I’m not working, you can find me playing platform tennis (paddle), pickleball, tennis, skiing, kayaking, or playing golf. As you can see, I like to stay active.
I want to thank Mae Drake Hueston for her smooth handoff of the job of class secretary. Mae is now working for Dartmouth as the assistant director of the Native and Indigenous program. The College is lucky to have her!
She found some news from Whit Trovillion, who writes that he retired in December 2020 after a 35-year career with the National Security Agency. He started a second career promoting the adoption of renewable energy in Maryland. He lives with Lisa, his wife of 30 years, a novelist, and various dogs, cats, and horses on a small farm in suburban Baltimore. Their daughter, Tory, is wrapping up a surgical residency in northern Philadelphia and is shopping for fellowships.
Davida Sherman Dinerman has also been very helpful to me during this transition. Davida was class secretary for 20 years, so it’s been wonderful to learn from her experience. She lives in Ashland, Massachusetts, with her husband of 27 years, Brad. In her spare time Davida continues to play tennis at an advanced level, regularly competing at USTA Nationals and other tournaments. Most recently she captained the New England Women’s 55 team at Intersectionals. Davida’s daughter recently became a registered nurse and her son will graduate from college in May.
Mike McTernan writes that last November former denizens of 13 Webster Avenue gathered for an Alpha Chi Alpha ’86 mini-reunion in Nashville, Tennessee. Rob Balas, Tom Berry, Tom Carhart, Bruce Coffey, Pat Darby, Peter Gibson, Tim Greene, Keith Hauser, Jeff Hoffman, Brad Holt, John Marchiony, Mike McTernan, Mike Poloukhine, Scott Rabschnuk, Pat Rowan, Kevin Sankey, D. Valentine, and Jeff Wesselkamper gathered for a long weekend to soak up the local Music City culture while enjoying some great meals, some bad golf, and quite a few laughs. Consensus is a fun time was had by all!
On a sad note, classmate Melissa Baten Caswell passed away in February of pancreatic cancer.
I look forward to hearing news from many of you!
—Suzy Nachman Mercado, 55 Aspen Wood Lane, Fairfield, CT 06825; suzynmercado@gmail.com
I want to thank Mae Drake Hueston for her smooth handoff of the job of class secretary. Mae is now working for Dartmouth as the assistant director of the Native and Indigenous program. The College is lucky to have her!
She found some news from Whit Trovillion, who writes that he retired in December 2020 after a 35-year career with the National Security Agency. He started a second career promoting the adoption of renewable energy in Maryland. He lives with Lisa, his wife of 30 years, a novelist, and various dogs, cats, and horses on a small farm in suburban Baltimore. Their daughter, Tory, is wrapping up a surgical residency in northern Philadelphia and is shopping for fellowships.
Davida Sherman Dinerman has also been very helpful to me during this transition. Davida was class secretary for 20 years, so it’s been wonderful to learn from her experience. She lives in Ashland, Massachusetts, with her husband of 27 years, Brad. In her spare time Davida continues to play tennis at an advanced level, regularly competing at USTA Nationals and other tournaments. Most recently she captained the New England Women’s 55 team at Intersectionals. Davida’s daughter recently became a registered nurse and her son will graduate from college in May.
Mike McTernan writes that last November former denizens of 13 Webster Avenue gathered for an Alpha Chi Alpha ’86 mini-reunion in Nashville, Tennessee. Rob Balas, Tom Berry, Tom Carhart, Bruce Coffey, Pat Darby, Peter Gibson, Tim Greene, Keith Hauser, Jeff Hoffman, Brad Holt, John Marchiony, Mike McTernan, Mike Poloukhine, Scott Rabschnuk, Pat Rowan, Kevin Sankey, D. Valentine, and Jeff Wesselkamper gathered for a long weekend to soak up the local Music City culture while enjoying some great meals, some bad golf, and quite a few laughs. Consensus is a fun time was had by all!
On a sad note, classmate Melissa Baten Caswell passed away in February of pancreatic cancer.
I look forward to hearing news from many of you!
—Suzy Nachman Mercado, 55 Aspen Wood Lane, Fairfield, CT 06825; suzynmercado@gmail.com