Hello! Bennett Schwartz has just published a book on a subject that is increasingly apt for many of us, Memory: Foundations and Applications. Bennett is a professor of psychology and fellow of the Honors College at Florida International University. I asked Bennett for an update: “I live in Pembroke Pines, a suburb of Miami, with my wife (who is also a psychology professor), Leslie (Syracuse ’86, Ph.D. ’93) and my daughter Sarina, age 10. In July I visited our classmate Jonathan Altman. He and I then went whitewater kayaking on the Potomac River. Jon’s a computer programmer in the D.C. area and lives in Brookmont, Maryland. His daughter Marcella Altman, age 6, qualified to compete in the U.S. Junior National whitewater kayaking championships this past spring. Not to be outdone, my daughter got her scuba certification five days after her birthday this summer.” Thanks for the news—it’s great to hear about Dartmouth men raising sporty daughters.


And from professor Scott Sabol of the Vermont Technical College (better know as “Sabes” to many of us): “It’s not often that I have news of ’88s to share, but this summer I trekked to Webster, New York, to visit Rich Howe and his family (wife Carrie, daughters Elana and Emily, son Max). Rich is prospering as an engineer at Xerox, and we reminisced about our classmates as we golfed and drank the weekend away.


“Every time Rich and I meet, Adam Rabiner’s name comes up in the context of the best “hot dog chair” Tri-Kap ever had. As for other news from me, I simply continue the professorial life in Vermont and use my summers to roam the country on my Harley-Davidson.” That sounds like a very good life indeed—thanks for writing, Scott!


I am happy to report that Sue (Rubens) Kanter, Elizabeth Koldyke-Boolbol, Jodi (Gould) Monster, Kim (Mango) Thompson, Shea Harden, Samara (Gutsch) Toole, Tricia Grant, Catherine (Craighead) Briggs, Suzy Avril, Beth Hofmann and Jere Mancini are all well. (Sorry for the platitude, but I didn’t seek clearance to reveal further details!) Thank you to Catherine, Sue and Jeri for organizing a wonderful Sigma Kappa ’88 reunion weekend in Chicago.


Lastly, Stephanie Welsch-Lewin reports that the class officers met in Hanover during the weekend of October 1. Joining her were Alec Casey, Jolin Salazar-Kish, Jeff Acker, Geoff Hyatt, Lyn Salsgiver Kobsa, Bill and Amy (Lafferty) Hseih, Catherine (Craighead) Briggs, Kristen (Ramstad) Carlock and Al Samuels. Our energetic class president adds, “It was fabulous to have such a full gathering of officers! We spent hours together brainstorming for this year’s mini-reunions and beginning the planning for our upcoming 25th reunion in 2013! What would you like to do this time around? The 25th offers us much more room to do things the ’88 way! Interested in helping? Please contact me at (301) 332-8477 or stephlewin@aol.com—there are so many ways you can contribute!”


Cheers.


—Jane (Grussing) Lonnquist, 4510 Drexel Ave., Edina, MN 55424; jjlonnquist@earthlink.net