Class Note 1989
Issue
Thank goodness for Facebook. How else would I know that not one, but two of our very own classmates entered the online video competition to replace Oprah Winfrey, who’s giving up her talk show after a 25-year run. Lisa Tucker McElroy, featured here recently as a law professor and children’s book author, would call her show, Legal Grounds: Coffee and Conversation with Lisa. Justine Klineman also threw her proverbial hat in the ring, proposing a show called The World of And… with Justine Klineman. Not sure if you’ll still be able to vote by the time you read this column, but you can probably view their audition tapes at myown.oprah.com.
Siobhan Wescott is a woman on the move! She sent New Year’s greetings from Kauai in late December, where she was enjoying the beautiful tropical weather for the holidays. She wrote, “Alaska still holds an irresistible pull on me and I’m working on starting a healthcare consulting company in Anchorage. Plan on traveling a great deal, however. I’m working on creating a standard code alert in hospitals, since the current system of a different code alarm in each hospital is inefficient.” In June she checked in again, this time from Big Timber, Montana, while in the middle of driving from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Alaska. Along the way she stopped in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, to visit David Baldinger. After spending time as a coach for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association in the 1990s David has been a realtor in Steamboat Springs since 1993, specializing in second homes. His helpful vacation home buying tips appeared in Outside magazine in March.
Josh Adler lives in Hoboken, New Jersey, with his wife, Jessica, and almost-5-year-old daughter Ryan. After 10 years as a voiceover agent for Abrams Artists in New York City, Josh decided to call it quits in 2008. He wrote, “I’d burned out on the business and although it was great to work with some amazingly talented actors and celebrities I felt it would be better to change careers at 40 than at 50.” So Josh began a new career as a development officer at Rutgers University’s School of Arts and Sciences. He says the switch has been inspiring, rewarding and a real trial-by-fire to learn the fundraising business during a recession! He’s also become a serious runner, completing his first marathon in N.Y.C. last November in 3:25:13, but missing the qualifying time for the Boston Marathon for our age group by just five minutes. So, what better than a challenge? Josh plans to run the ING N.Y.C. Marathon in November and try again.
Josh and his wife also attended Dartmouth’s Stephen Mandel ’52 dinner in New York in the spring, where our very own class president, Ellie Mahoney Loughlin, received an award from President Kim for her work in helping our class set new fundraising records.
As I write this, the hot summer days are upon us, but as this magazine lands in your mailbox, I’ll be getting ready to head to Hanover for the changing leaves and another Class Officers Weekend. Hope to hear from many of you in the coming months.
—Jennifer Avellino, 5912 Aberdeen Road, Bethesda MD 20817; javellino@mac.com
Sept - Oct 2010
Thank goodness for Facebook. How else would I know that not one, but two of our very own classmates entered the online video competition to replace Oprah Winfrey, who’s giving up her talk show after a 25-year run. Lisa Tucker McElroy, featured here recently as a law professor and children’s book author, would call her show, Legal Grounds: Coffee and Conversation with Lisa. Justine Klineman also threw her proverbial hat in the ring, proposing a show called The World of And… with Justine Klineman. Not sure if you’ll still be able to vote by the time you read this column, but you can probably view their audition tapes at myown.oprah.com.
Siobhan Wescott is a woman on the move! She sent New Year’s greetings from Kauai in late December, where she was enjoying the beautiful tropical weather for the holidays. She wrote, “Alaska still holds an irresistible pull on me and I’m working on starting a healthcare consulting company in Anchorage. Plan on traveling a great deal, however. I’m working on creating a standard code alert in hospitals, since the current system of a different code alarm in each hospital is inefficient.” In June she checked in again, this time from Big Timber, Montana, while in the middle of driving from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Alaska. Along the way she stopped in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, to visit David Baldinger. After spending time as a coach for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association in the 1990s David has been a realtor in Steamboat Springs since 1993, specializing in second homes. His helpful vacation home buying tips appeared in Outside magazine in March.
Josh Adler lives in Hoboken, New Jersey, with his wife, Jessica, and almost-5-year-old daughter Ryan. After 10 years as a voiceover agent for Abrams Artists in New York City, Josh decided to call it quits in 2008. He wrote, “I’d burned out on the business and although it was great to work with some amazingly talented actors and celebrities I felt it would be better to change careers at 40 than at 50.” So Josh began a new career as a development officer at Rutgers University’s School of Arts and Sciences. He says the switch has been inspiring, rewarding and a real trial-by-fire to learn the fundraising business during a recession! He’s also become a serious runner, completing his first marathon in N.Y.C. last November in 3:25:13, but missing the qualifying time for the Boston Marathon for our age group by just five minutes. So, what better than a challenge? Josh plans to run the ING N.Y.C. Marathon in November and try again.
Josh and his wife also attended Dartmouth’s Stephen Mandel ’52 dinner in New York in the spring, where our very own class president, Ellie Mahoney Loughlin, received an award from President Kim for her work in helping our class set new fundraising records.
As I write this, the hot summer days are upon us, but as this magazine lands in your mailbox, I’ll be getting ready to head to Hanover for the changing leaves and another Class Officers Weekend. Hope to hear from many of you in the coming months.
—Jennifer Avellino, 5912 Aberdeen Road, Bethesda MD 20817; javellino@mac.com