Class Note 1989
As you read this, our 25th reunion will be a memory. Hundreds of classmates gathering to reflect, renew friendships and make new ones. “Those hours that pass like dreams,” as the song says. The class of 1989 is now scattered back to our various corners of the girdled earth, far from the Hanover Plain and from each other, at least for another five years.
There’s still time left to add your submission to our 25th reunion book, whether you joined us in Hanover or not. Go to our class website, 1989.dartmouth.org, and click on the link for the book. Add a photo and your reflections on whatever you choose. There is a space carved out for every single ’89 who wants to participate. The book will be published in the fall of 2014 and will include photos from reunion. If you attended, it was included in your registration cost and you’ll automatically receive one in the mail. They’ll also be available to order for those who couldn’t join us in Hanover.
For now, as I write this in the final days of April, the long winter has finally turned to spring. In lieu of actual reunion details, which will follow in the next issue, I’ll share some classmate news.
Jason Lobo, formerly a supervising assistant attorney general for the State of Connecticut, is now Judge Lobo, sworn in as a Superior Court judge last spring by Gov. Dannel Malloy. The judge told a local news website at the time, that, “This is the culmination of a lot of hard work, and I hope to be doing this for quite a long time. It’s been a wonderful ride getting to this place.” And of course the website noted that the former Dartmouth basketball player is believed to be the tallest Superior Court judge in Connecticut history, with his wife, Gundi, adding that a custom-made robe was being tailored for his 6-foot-11-inch frame.
Long-time runner Fiona Bayly is now one of the United States’ top-10 masters-age-group road runners. Rankings by Runners World and Running Times list Fiona close behind former Olympians and world champions, reflecting her high-level competitive achievements through many years. She is a former New England Cross Country Individual Scholastic Champion, repeat Runner of the Year for N.Y.C.-tri-state regional road running and current member of TeamUSA for triathlon and aquathlon. Her next aquathlon world championship event takes place in Edmonton, Canada, in August.
Congratulations to Bonnie An Henderson on her new book, Essentials of Cataract Surgery, second edition. Bonnie also serves on the board of overseers at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. And in other medical news, your class secretary’s spouse recently caught up with Rich Kang, a hand surgeon in Berlin, Maryland. He has three children and in his free time shoots competition-match handguns.
That’s all for now. Full reunion details in our next column—or least I promise as many as I can squeeze into 600 words.
—Jennifer Avellino, 5912 Aberdeen Road, Bethesda, MD 20817; javellino@mac.com
