Class Note 1988
Issue
A number of our class officers were in Hanover for President Hanlon’s inauguration and Class Officers Weekend in September. We were thrilled to accept, on behalf of the great class of 1988, the Class of the Year Award (for classes 25 years out and younger). We toasted the award at a mini-reunion held that Friday night in the hotel bar at Six South Street, with the 20 ’88s in attendance: Danielle Green Barney, Catherine Craighead Briggs, Alec Casey, Richard Cloobeck, Tres Izzard, Jon Kull, Bob Lasher, Stephanie Welsch Lewin, Jere Mancini, David McCusker, Steff McCusker, Susannah Psomas, Adam Rabiner, John Replogle, Jolin Salazar-Kish, Kristin Snow, Shannon Sweeney, Taylor Thomas, Leah Wheelan and Paula Zagrecki. You can see pictures from this and other mini-reunions on our Facebook page. Then on Saturday night some of us were also able to celebrate again with Stephanie Lewin after she ended her tenure as our president by accepting the President of the Year Award (also for classes 25 years out and younger). The College has just told us that, in honor of the Class of the Year Award, our class, together with the class of 1955 (which received the other Class of the Year Award), will lead the Homecoming parade next year, carrying our own class banner, as well as the Class of the Year banner. We earned this award together and it would be wonderful to have a large contingent of ’88s join in this celebration of our great class, so please mark your calendars now: Homecoming Weekend is October 17-18 and the parade will begin at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Friday, October 17. Stay tuned for more details about how we plan to celebrate this honor, in Hanover and elsewhere. I heard from John Scott about an annual guys’ golf trip called “Pimm’s Cup,” a tradition since 1994. As John explained, “I started this because we ran out of weddings, and reunions were few and far between. Great group of Dartmouth, Harvard Business School and other friends who have joined along the way. This year was in Nantucket, Massachusetts, in late September and the weather was great, the golf level poor as usual and the recreational activities outstanding. Each year we appoint a host, and next year I am hosting on my new home turf in Scotland!” In addition to John, the other ’88 regulars in attendance this year were Charlie Wheelan, Brett Mathews, John Hommeyer, Derek McDowell, Andy Axel and Ish McLaughlin. Look for pictures in an upcoming newsletter. And, we also heard from Chris Frisina, who was in Hanover in late September to celebrate the 100th anniversary of soccer at Dartmouth: “We had about 85 to 90 guys up for the 100th year of men’s soccer, 30 of whom I played with and had a blast with at the Salt Hill Pub and Theta Delt. What a great group of guys and, clearly, Dartmouth had a huge influence on each of us, to a man, in our formative years. Super cool. We played soccer from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., had a cookout, watched the current team win 2-1, couldn’t have been better. Dinner at the Canoe Club and about a dozen of us old guys ended up in Theta Delt playing pong with the ’14s, ’15s, ’16s, ’17s till 3 a.m.—it was rush weekend so it was crazy. We could hardly stumble back to the Hanover Inn safely after too much soccer and way too many Keystone Lights.” Keep the updates coming—I love hearing from all of you. You can send emails to the address below or send me a message through Facebook or LinkedIn. —Jere Mancini, 34 Wearimus Road, HoHoKus, NJ 07423; d88correspondent@gmail.com
Jan - Feb 2014
A number of our class officers were in Hanover for President Hanlon’s inauguration and Class Officers Weekend in September. We were thrilled to accept, on behalf of the great class of 1988, the Class of the Year Award (for classes 25 years out and younger). We toasted the award at a mini-reunion held that Friday night in the hotel bar at Six South Street, with the 20 ’88s in attendance: Danielle Green Barney, Catherine Craighead Briggs, Alec Casey, Richard Cloobeck, Tres Izzard, Jon Kull, Bob Lasher, Stephanie Welsch Lewin, Jere Mancini, David McCusker, Steff McCusker, Susannah Psomas, Adam Rabiner, John Replogle, Jolin Salazar-Kish, Kristin Snow, Shannon Sweeney, Taylor Thomas, Leah Wheelan and Paula Zagrecki. You can see pictures from this and other mini-reunions on our Facebook page. Then on Saturday night some of us were also able to celebrate again with Stephanie Lewin after she ended her tenure as our president by accepting the President of the Year Award (also for classes 25 years out and younger). The College has just told us that, in honor of the Class of the Year Award, our class, together with the class of 1955 (which received the other Class of the Year Award), will lead the Homecoming parade next year, carrying our own class banner, as well as the Class of the Year banner. We earned this award together and it would be wonderful to have a large contingent of ’88s join in this celebration of our great class, so please mark your calendars now: Homecoming Weekend is October 17-18 and the parade will begin at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Friday, October 17. Stay tuned for more details about how we plan to celebrate this honor, in Hanover and elsewhere. I heard from John Scott about an annual guys’ golf trip called “Pimm’s Cup,” a tradition since 1994. As John explained, “I started this because we ran out of weddings, and reunions were few and far between. Great group of Dartmouth, Harvard Business School and other friends who have joined along the way. This year was in Nantucket, Massachusetts, in late September and the weather was great, the golf level poor as usual and the recreational activities outstanding. Each year we appoint a host, and next year I am hosting on my new home turf in Scotland!” In addition to John, the other ’88 regulars in attendance this year were Charlie Wheelan, Brett Mathews, John Hommeyer, Derek McDowell, Andy Axel and Ish McLaughlin. Look for pictures in an upcoming newsletter. And, we also heard from Chris Frisina, who was in Hanover in late September to celebrate the 100th anniversary of soccer at Dartmouth: “We had about 85 to 90 guys up for the 100th year of men’s soccer, 30 of whom I played with and had a blast with at the Salt Hill Pub and Theta Delt. What a great group of guys and, clearly, Dartmouth had a huge influence on each of us, to a man, in our formative years. Super cool. We played soccer from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., had a cookout, watched the current team win 2-1, couldn’t have been better. Dinner at the Canoe Club and about a dozen of us old guys ended up in Theta Delt playing pong with the ’14s, ’15s, ’16s, ’17s till 3 a.m.—it was rush weekend so it was crazy. We could hardly stumble back to the Hanover Inn safely after too much soccer and way too many Keystone Lights.” Keep the updates coming—I love hearing from all of you. You can send emails to the address below or send me a message through Facebook or LinkedIn. —Jere Mancini, 34 Wearimus Road, HoHoKus, NJ 07423; d88correspondent@gmail.com