Class Note 1989

In the waning days of 2011, as I write this, our classmates are round the girdled earth. Andrew Ehrlichson in the Galapagos Islands; Todd and Jennifer Block Cromheecke in Keystone, Colorado; Andrew Klein in Paris; Rob Hollister in Denver from his home in Shanghai; Sonya Ooten Frisina in Maui; Carolyne Allen in Las Vegas; Jamie Kershaw in Key West, Florida; and more. May the year 2012 bring us all much happiness. Jamie, who lives in Los Angeles, is starting a new career at Hulu, following nine years at DreamWorks Animation. Fiona Bayly has a new job at Black Umbrella, a company that provides emergency preparedness plans for families. Fiona works with the owner Catherine Hooper and her fiance Andrew Madoff, who recently released a book about his family’s troubles. Fiona says both are delightful and very dedicated to their work.


The holiday season brought the now famous Dartmouth Aires to Washington, D.C., to meet the president and sing at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. A few hundred of us were fortunate to hear their post-White House concert, which proved to be a good chance to catch up with some fellow ’89s. Linda Kelly showed up with news of her new job at the association of corporate counsel. Tressa Munoz joined the fun. Paul “Forno” Cachion brought his wife, Sylvie, and daughters Mia and Zoe. His daughters were excited to meet the Aires in person, and must have been wowed to see dad relive his singing days when he had the chance to join his old group for “Dartmouth Undying.” Paul thought the Aires sounded great, but said it was amazing how some things never change. A couple of the jokes were the same from our undergraduate days and Paul says they even did the exact same choreography on “Shama Lama Ding Dong!” These days Paul works at the Securities and Exchange Commission, after a number of years at the Corporate Executive Board.


A November Boston gathering brought together a number of old friends, including Amy Beard Vachris, Allison Polley Hirsch, Karen Hunter Korn, Tori Stevens, Dawn Lavallee Seiple, Martha Wadleigh, Elizabeth G. Doherty, Julie McColl McKenna, Ellie Mahoney Loughlin and Kristen Daly Schneider.


For those of you venturing to the Hanover Plain, the Hanover Inn is closed for renovations through the spring and will reopen with a street-side restaurant and an updated interior. Meanwhile, the snazzy new Six South Street Hotel is a good place to hang your hat.


Finally, as I close my first column for 2012, I ask you to keep Randi Engle in your thoughts. She continues to wage war on pancreatic cancer with a determined and upbeat attitude while keeping her disease in check and her humor intact. Her outlook should be an inspiration to us all.


—Jennifer Avellino, 5912 Aberdeen Road, Bethesda, MD 20817; javellino@mac.com