The fall 2019 mini-reunion schedule was one for the record books! First off, Meg (Crone) Ramsden and Holly Taylor hosted a post-bonfire gathering at the Salt Hill Pub in Hanover on Homecoming night, and we had another successful virtual book club with professor Charlie Wheelan ’88 later in October. The ’87s then gathered with the ’88s and ’89s in Seattle, with Laurie Benton, Betsy (Park) Johnson, Clare Killeen (in town from San Francisco), Phil McCune, Matt McIlwain, Jennifer (Tisdel) Schorsch, and Eve Stacey in attendance. “It was a fun format with three recent Dartmouth graduates speaking about their passions,” Jennifer said. The main event of the season was on November 9, when the Dartmouth football team defeated Princeton at Yankee Stadium to clinch the Ivy League championship. “The game itself was a big reunion—nothing mini about it,” class co-mini-reunion chair Kathleen (Joyce) Kusiak said. Turnout was impressive at the Anne Schnader-organized post-game festivities with the ’85s and ’86s, including class treasurer Evan Azriliant, Jim Badenhausen, Jessica (Slosberg) Benjamin, Jim Benjamin, George Bingham, Tim Bixby, Emerson Bruns, class co-head agent Karyn (Wienski) Calcano, John Clarke, T.G. Diamandis, Martha Ehrmann, Nigel Ekern, Peter Eleftherio, David Foster, Diane (DeLuca) Gabianelli, John Gannon, Greg Garre, class special projects co-chair Julie (Grossberg) Harding, Maurice Holmes, Kim Jacobs, Ken Jaffe (whose son played in the game for Dartmouth!), Greg Jones, Mike Levine, Nancy Lomazzo, Chris Matonis, class social media chair Hermann Mazard, Tom McCallister, Colleen (Sullivan) Mikkelson, Heather Myers, Raffiq Nathoo, Tom Palisi, Larry Pedersen, Steve Salem, Diana (Headley) Saunders, Alicia (Altman) Southwell, class special projects co-chair Ricki Stern, Chris Thompson, Ernie Torain, Chip Wilson, class co-vice president Sarah Woodberry, Jon “Zebo” Zonis, and Kathleen herself.

During Thanksgiving K.K. (McMahon) Bochman grabbed the proverbial reins and reached out to classmates via our ’87 Facebook page to host a gathering in Boston. K.K., Martha Ehrmann, Paal Gisholt, Elizabeth (Weidberg) Maciag (in town from California on her way to a family celebration with sister Lynn and brother-in-law H. Morgan), and Deb (Rowe) Marchiony reminisced over festive holiday margaritas. Earlier in the year K.K. also saw Kevin Wilkins and Ginny Wise while she, Elizabeth, and Anne (Eldridge) Connolly were in New Orleans for a Mardi Gras girls’ weekend and, along with Betsy (Fagerstrom) Brady, attended the Massachusetts wedding of Hope (Castiglione) Gower’s daughter. Go, K.K.!

Looking ahead, mini-reunions to celebrate the 87th night of the year this spring are tentatively scheduled in Atlanta; Boston and central Massachusetts; three locations in California (San Francisco, San Juan Capistrano, and L.A.); Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Chicago; two locations in Connecticut (Fairfield County and Hartford); Hanover; Minneapolis; N.Y.C.; Park City, Utah; Philadelphia; Providence, Rhode Island; three locations in Texas (Austin, Dallas, and Houston); Seattle; Sun Valley, Idaho; and Washington, D.C. Watch the newsletter, the website, and your email for the when’s and where’s. Kudos to our award-winning mini-reunion team—Kathleen, Allison (Obermann) Exall, Pam Haering, and Anne Kubik—for all their organizational efforts.

—Laura Gasser, 746 17th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94121; marcklaurag@aol.com