Class Note 1988
Issue
March-April 2021
Greetings, ’88s! I am writing this column, my first of 2021, at the end of 2020 in the midst of devastating pandemic news across the United States. Like many of you, one of my pastimes during the last nine months has been searching for good news in the face of the global health crisis. Happily, I have been able to find much good news, and it appears in various forms, from the kindness of a stranger to the generosity of a neighbor to the dedication of an essential worker to the willingness of a teenager to take a walk with his mother. So, too, have I found positive news about some of our classmates:
Moira RedCorn was one of several Osage artists featured at the recent virtual opening of “Creativity 2020: Art from the Community,” at the Osage Nation Museum in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. The show highlighted a colorful and moving painting that Moira created this year. It also included a short video of Moira discussing her art in the time of Covid and giving a tour of her studio, where she has other art projects underway, from beading to ribbons to drawing. Congratulations, Moira!
Charlie Wheelan, who is a senior lecturer and policy fellow at the Rockefeller Center, has published a new book. Titled We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year, the book describes the trip Charlie and Leah (Yegian) Wheelan took with their three teenagers to six continents in nine months a couple of years ago. An advance release from the publisher, W.W. Norton & Co., calls the book “a winning blend of humor and humility” as it “juggles themes of local politics, global economics, and family dynamics.” Congratulations, Charlie!
Tyler Hoffman, who is a professor of English at Rutgers University-Camden, published a book in late 2019 titled This Mighty Convulsion: Whitman and Melville Write the Civil War. As coeditor of this collection of essays published by the University of Iowa Press, Tyler is credited with presenting an important critical examination of Walt Whitman and Herman Melville as Civil War poets. Tyler currently serves as chair of the department of English and previously was associate dean of the college of arts and sciences. Congratulations, Tyler!
Howard Roughan also published a new book in late 2019, cowritten with James Patterson and titled Killer Instinct. This book is Howard’s most recent collaboration with James Patterson, with whom he has now written eight books; Howard himself also has written two novels. Congratulations, Howard!
Karen Morton continues to live in the Upper Valley, where she serves two roles important to the local community. She is the executive director of Good Beginnings in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, which provides support to families with new babies, and she and her husband, Craig Morton ’89, are lead pastors at a nondenominational church in West Lebanon called Wellspring Worship Center. Congratulations, Karen!
As always, I invite you to share your news, updates, and stories with me.
—Tory Woodin Chavey, 128 Steele Road, West Hartford, CT 06119; dartmouth88classnotes@gmail.com
Moira RedCorn was one of several Osage artists featured at the recent virtual opening of “Creativity 2020: Art from the Community,” at the Osage Nation Museum in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. The show highlighted a colorful and moving painting that Moira created this year. It also included a short video of Moira discussing her art in the time of Covid and giving a tour of her studio, where she has other art projects underway, from beading to ribbons to drawing. Congratulations, Moira!
Charlie Wheelan, who is a senior lecturer and policy fellow at the Rockefeller Center, has published a new book. Titled We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year, the book describes the trip Charlie and Leah (Yegian) Wheelan took with their three teenagers to six continents in nine months a couple of years ago. An advance release from the publisher, W.W. Norton & Co., calls the book “a winning blend of humor and humility” as it “juggles themes of local politics, global economics, and family dynamics.” Congratulations, Charlie!
Tyler Hoffman, who is a professor of English at Rutgers University-Camden, published a book in late 2019 titled This Mighty Convulsion: Whitman and Melville Write the Civil War. As coeditor of this collection of essays published by the University of Iowa Press, Tyler is credited with presenting an important critical examination of Walt Whitman and Herman Melville as Civil War poets. Tyler currently serves as chair of the department of English and previously was associate dean of the college of arts and sciences. Congratulations, Tyler!
Howard Roughan also published a new book in late 2019, cowritten with James Patterson and titled Killer Instinct. This book is Howard’s most recent collaboration with James Patterson, with whom he has now written eight books; Howard himself also has written two novels. Congratulations, Howard!
Karen Morton continues to live in the Upper Valley, where she serves two roles important to the local community. She is the executive director of Good Beginnings in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, which provides support to families with new babies, and she and her husband, Craig Morton ’89, are lead pastors at a nondenominational church in West Lebanon called Wellspring Worship Center. Congratulations, Karen!
As always, I invite you to share your news, updates, and stories with me.
—Tory Woodin Chavey, 128 Steele Road, West Hartford, CT 06119; dartmouth88classnotes@gmail.com