Class Note 1987
Issue
Lots of great correspondence. Keith Boykin writes: “I’m living in New York and Miami these days. I’m an on-air contributor for CNBC, commenting mostly on business and politics. Also I’m still working for MSNBC from time to time. I’ve been traveling the country lately on the lecture circuit, giving speeches about politics, race and sexuality. And I’m working on my fourth book, which I hope will be out in 2011.”
Abdhish R. Bhavsar pitches in: “I live outside of Minneapolis on a farm/ranch and have three children who all are ice hockey players. I coach my daughter’s team. This is particularly interesting since I never played hockey before, but I am right in there with them skating and stick handling. We all ride horses as well. On the professional side I am growing my retina surgery practice and my retina surgery textbook, DVD, Retina and Vitreous Surgery, has been selling very well globally. I contribute to clinical research and will be the lead investigator in a national clinical trial for the Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network funded via the National Eye Institute and National Institutes of Health.”
Ken Block updates us: “My wife, Jennifer, and I live in Barrington, Rhode Island, with our kids Sam (7) and Anna (6). Beyond the two businesses that I own, I have spent the last three years creating a new political party in Rhode Island called the Moderate Party of Rhode Island. This last year has been a whirlwind—we had to file a federal lawsuit and strike down as unconstitutional aspects of R.I. ballot access laws, collected 34,000 signatures in less than two months to ballot qualify the new party and recruited candidates across the ballot for the 2010 elections. I recently handed off chairmanship of the party to focus my energies on my candidacy for governor for the 2010 elections.”
Craig Budner sends his regards from Dallas: “I’ve been married for almost 18 years. My wife, Dawn, and I have three kids, Will (15—ouch), Ben (11) and Lily (6). I manage the Dallas office of K&L Gates. I am a commercial litigator and specialize in business fraud and insolvency litigation. I visited Dartmouth for Homecoming 2009 and watched the Big Green’s first win in three years in a torrential downpour. I bumped into my old roomy and Sigma Alpha Epsilon brother Evan Azriliant when I was there. I keep in touch with my debate partner Chrissy Mahoney (who lives in D.C. with her husband and daughter) as well as with Tom Palisi, who is doing great. To make sure I feel really old, I think my oldest plans to attend the Dartmouth debate camp this summer. I also see Allison Exall from time to time in Dallas.”
Harold Ambler shares: “I am living in Austin, Texas, with my wife, Kim, and 4-year-old daughter Annalee. Also in our family are two rescued dogs and one rescued cat. During the warm months we can be found at various swimming holes around town and nearby. We travel frequently to see grandparents in California and Rhode Island. I completed a book for Brown last year about the history of its rowing program. While doing the research I learned that Dartmouth is believed to have the longest rowing history of any school in the country (although it was Harvard and Yale to first hold a formal race). At present I am finishing rewrites on a project about climate change, Don’t Sell Your Coat. I also play gigs as a songwriter around town. I miss living close enough to Dartmouth to rent a cabin from time to time (and snowboard at the Skiway).”
Until next time.
—Wendy Becker, 2 Kensington Gate, London, England, W8 5NA; wendy.becker.87@alum.dartmouth.org; Melissa Wallshein Smith, 77 Benedict Hill Road, New Canaan, CT 06840; melissaj@optonline.net
May - June 2010
Lots of great correspondence. Keith Boykin writes: “I’m living in New York and Miami these days. I’m an on-air contributor for CNBC, commenting mostly on business and politics. Also I’m still working for MSNBC from time to time. I’ve been traveling the country lately on the lecture circuit, giving speeches about politics, race and sexuality. And I’m working on my fourth book, which I hope will be out in 2011.”
Abdhish R. Bhavsar pitches in: “I live outside of Minneapolis on a farm/ranch and have three children who all are ice hockey players. I coach my daughter’s team. This is particularly interesting since I never played hockey before, but I am right in there with them skating and stick handling. We all ride horses as well. On the professional side I am growing my retina surgery practice and my retina surgery textbook, DVD, Retina and Vitreous Surgery, has been selling very well globally. I contribute to clinical research and will be the lead investigator in a national clinical trial for the Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network funded via the National Eye Institute and National Institutes of Health.”
Ken Block updates us: “My wife, Jennifer, and I live in Barrington, Rhode Island, with our kids Sam (7) and Anna (6). Beyond the two businesses that I own, I have spent the last three years creating a new political party in Rhode Island called the Moderate Party of Rhode Island. This last year has been a whirlwind—we had to file a federal lawsuit and strike down as unconstitutional aspects of R.I. ballot access laws, collected 34,000 signatures in less than two months to ballot qualify the new party and recruited candidates across the ballot for the 2010 elections. I recently handed off chairmanship of the party to focus my energies on my candidacy for governor for the 2010 elections.”
Craig Budner sends his regards from Dallas: “I’ve been married for almost 18 years. My wife, Dawn, and I have three kids, Will (15—ouch), Ben (11) and Lily (6). I manage the Dallas office of K&L Gates. I am a commercial litigator and specialize in business fraud and insolvency litigation. I visited Dartmouth for Homecoming 2009 and watched the Big Green’s first win in three years in a torrential downpour. I bumped into my old roomy and Sigma Alpha Epsilon brother Evan Azriliant when I was there. I keep in touch with my debate partner Chrissy Mahoney (who lives in D.C. with her husband and daughter) as well as with Tom Palisi, who is doing great. To make sure I feel really old, I think my oldest plans to attend the Dartmouth debate camp this summer. I also see Allison Exall from time to time in Dallas.”
Harold Ambler shares: “I am living in Austin, Texas, with my wife, Kim, and 4-year-old daughter Annalee. Also in our family are two rescued dogs and one rescued cat. During the warm months we can be found at various swimming holes around town and nearby. We travel frequently to see grandparents in California and Rhode Island. I completed a book for Brown last year about the history of its rowing program. While doing the research I learned that Dartmouth is believed to have the longest rowing history of any school in the country (although it was Harvard and Yale to first hold a formal race). At present I am finishing rewrites on a project about climate change, Don’t Sell Your Coat. I also play gigs as a songwriter around town. I miss living close enough to Dartmouth to rent a cabin from time to time (and snowboard at the Skiway).”
Until next time.
—Wendy Becker, 2 Kensington Gate, London, England, W8 5NA; wendy.becker.87@alum.dartmouth.org; Melissa Wallshein Smith, 77 Benedict Hill Road, New Canaan, CT 06840; melissaj@optonline.net