Class Note 1988
Issue
I received one more response to my request for motorcycling memories. My sources had identified Jonathan Hunt as a motorcycle man, but he downplays the claim: “I’m afraid I wasn’t much of a college motorcyclist, although I think I did have a little Kawasaki 100 during sophomore summer. I remember that I transported it to Hanover in the trunk of my 1968 Buick LeSabre. That tells you how small a motorcycle it was (or how big a car it was). Here’s the report: I teach in the writing and rhetoric program at Stanford (their fancy name for freshman composition, I believe Dartmouth called it “English 5” in our day). I live in San Francisco with my wife, Hiya, a lovely and talented journalist. I still have a motorcycle license, but I haven’t ridden one since about 1993, I guess. I spend a good deal of my free time riding bicycles instead, which is a habit I picked up at Dartmouth and haven’t been able to shake.” Thanks for the update, Jonathan.
News from Ed Sim in Singapore: “I’ve transferred my flag to Appleton Luff, a specialty trade and investment law firm. Still doing international trade dispute work for Asian clients, only with a more focused law firm. Most interesting case this year was representing a Sri Lankan flour mill in an Indonesian dumping case, visiting Sri Lanka several times during the war. I’m also active in the American Chamber of Commerce board, bar associations, Dartmouth club (where I saw Modesta Levy-Groth recently) and of course with my boys Ryan (7) and Jordan (4). Finally, 881 (‘bye’ in Chinese).”
And for all of us who are pleased with ourselves when we manage to get away for a weekend, raise your glass to Mary Flounders Green, who sent this inspiring update: “In November of 2009 I accomplished the unthinkable and left my job and family (for a month) to study Kundalini yoga and meditation on an ashram in Rishikesh, India. It was the experience of a lifetime, communing with monkeys, swimming in the Ganges at the foothills of the Himalayas—and of course doing lots and lots of yoga. I look forward to teaching more as my schedule permits in 2010 and beyond (although I am still happily employed at GE Asset Management). Anyone with questions about Kundalini or yogic lifestyle, please drop a line (mary.f.green@ge.com).”
Our class has created a new position, class steward, that will be filled by the perpetually upbeat Kristin Ramstad Carlock. Class leaders often get word of personal news of classmates and wanted a better way to follow up and stay connected with one another. So don’t be surprised if you receive a note from Kristin in the future!
After four years of terrific service Alec Casey has retired as head agent. Thanks to Catherine Craighead Briggs, John Osborne and John Replogle for stepping up as our new head agents. This trio is pioneering a new “triple bottom line,” asking ’88s to donate their time, talent or treasure. Their new tagline for our class—“caring for our girdled earth”—sounds like a fresh approach that goes beyond traditional fundraising to promote stewardship in a broader sense. Stay tuned.
Class president Steph Welsch Lewin writes, “Please send your e-mail address to stephlewin@aol.com so that our class can communicate via e-mail as much as possible, as we did to gather folks for the ‘Green with Envy’ parties held across the country in February. Don’t assume I have your current e-mail unless you updated it online, and let me know if you don’t want it shared with the College. Thanks!”
Cheers,
—Jane (Grussing) Lonnquist, 4510 Drexel Ave., Edina, MN 55424; jjlonnquist@earthlink.net
May - June 2010
I received one more response to my request for motorcycling memories. My sources had identified Jonathan Hunt as a motorcycle man, but he downplays the claim: “I’m afraid I wasn’t much of a college motorcyclist, although I think I did have a little Kawasaki 100 during sophomore summer. I remember that I transported it to Hanover in the trunk of my 1968 Buick LeSabre. That tells you how small a motorcycle it was (or how big a car it was). Here’s the report: I teach in the writing and rhetoric program at Stanford (their fancy name for freshman composition, I believe Dartmouth called it “English 5” in our day). I live in San Francisco with my wife, Hiya, a lovely and talented journalist. I still have a motorcycle license, but I haven’t ridden one since about 1993, I guess. I spend a good deal of my free time riding bicycles instead, which is a habit I picked up at Dartmouth and haven’t been able to shake.” Thanks for the update, Jonathan.
News from Ed Sim in Singapore: “I’ve transferred my flag to Appleton Luff, a specialty trade and investment law firm. Still doing international trade dispute work for Asian clients, only with a more focused law firm. Most interesting case this year was representing a Sri Lankan flour mill in an Indonesian dumping case, visiting Sri Lanka several times during the war. I’m also active in the American Chamber of Commerce board, bar associations, Dartmouth club (where I saw Modesta Levy-Groth recently) and of course with my boys Ryan (7) and Jordan (4). Finally, 881 (‘bye’ in Chinese).”
And for all of us who are pleased with ourselves when we manage to get away for a weekend, raise your glass to Mary Flounders Green, who sent this inspiring update: “In November of 2009 I accomplished the unthinkable and left my job and family (for a month) to study Kundalini yoga and meditation on an ashram in Rishikesh, India. It was the experience of a lifetime, communing with monkeys, swimming in the Ganges at the foothills of the Himalayas—and of course doing lots and lots of yoga. I look forward to teaching more as my schedule permits in 2010 and beyond (although I am still happily employed at GE Asset Management). Anyone with questions about Kundalini or yogic lifestyle, please drop a line (mary.f.green@ge.com).”
Our class has created a new position, class steward, that will be filled by the perpetually upbeat Kristin Ramstad Carlock. Class leaders often get word of personal news of classmates and wanted a better way to follow up and stay connected with one another. So don’t be surprised if you receive a note from Kristin in the future!
After four years of terrific service Alec Casey has retired as head agent. Thanks to Catherine Craighead Briggs, John Osborne and John Replogle for stepping up as our new head agents. This trio is pioneering a new “triple bottom line,” asking ’88s to donate their time, talent or treasure. Their new tagline for our class—“caring for our girdled earth”—sounds like a fresh approach that goes beyond traditional fundraising to promote stewardship in a broader sense. Stay tuned.
Class president Steph Welsch Lewin writes, “Please send your e-mail address to stephlewin@aol.com so that our class can communicate via e-mail as much as possible, as we did to gather folks for the ‘Green with Envy’ parties held across the country in February. Don’t assume I have your current e-mail unless you updated it online, and let me know if you don’t want it shared with the College. Thanks!”
Cheers,
—Jane (Grussing) Lonnquist, 4510 Drexel Ave., Edina, MN 55424; jjlonnquist@earthlink.net