Calling all ’90s who love music! Esther Wirth Kopf and Mary Es Beaver are headed up to Dartmouth in June to sing with their college band, Noise Complaint. The other band members are ’92s Jeff Owens, Chris Bingham and Bill Thomas. The Green will be rockin’!


Rebecca Baggett writes in that she had the pleasure of seeing two great multidisciplinary Dartmouth teams participate in the Emory Global Health Case Competition. Her organization, the Emory Global Health Institute, coordinates this event every year. “Dartmouth fielded great teams in both the 2011 and 2012 competitions, and I’m excited to see Dartmouth continue to compete with university teams from around the world in the coming years.” Get in touch with Rebecca if you want more information.


Big news from Miriam (Gross) Schulman: Her original art was purchased by NBC for the permanent set of the show Parenthood. One of the main characters in the show, Max (who suffers from Asperger’s and is obsessed with insects), has Miriam’s miraculous mosquito hanging in his room. Google “Schulman Art” to find the picture and more of her work.


Cape Town anyone? After a couple decades chasing for-profit world shareholder value, Rob Adams did some healthy early-40s soul searching and decided to focus on a different shareholder. He joined Tommy Clark ’92 (Dartmouth soccer coach Bobby’s son) and Norwich, Vermont-based Grassroot Soccer (GRS) as president. He will be taking his family to South Africa for two years to dig into the “sport for development” world of public health. GRS uses the power of the world’s most popular game (soccer) to prevent HIV and AIDS. He hopes that old friends and new ones will reach out if they’re passing through Cape Town.


Kyle Davis relocated from San Marino, California, to Rochester, New York, in August 2011. His wife, B.J., received a promotion at Xerox that necessitated the move. Their kids Miles, an eighth-grader, and Piper, a fifth-grader, have made the transition and survived this year’s miraculously light winter. Kyle left Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Los Angeles and started with the University of Rochester in January as the regional director for advancement with responsibility for southern California. Upon joining he learned that he will work together with fellow ’90 Jeff Gilooly in advancement. He works very closely with Kyle Polite ’04 covering California.


Finally, Eve Kushner has started a business that will keep her busy for the “next 40 to 100 years” called Joy o’ Kanji. She intends to write one essay about each of the 2,136 Joyo kanji (the written characters used in daily life in Japan). So far 36 essays have been published, leaving only 2,100 to go! Eve writes, “Every kanji has a story to tell. I’m telling its story and unlocking its mysteries. The essays are meant to be entertaining and educational.” She has an international team to assist, and already people from 31 countries have registered on her site.


Thanks to all who wrote in, and it’s over to Rob for the next column.


—Walter Palmer, 87 South St., Rockport, MA 01966; palmerwalter@mac.com; Rob Crawford, 27 Roberts Road, Wellesley, MA 02481; robertlcrawford@ yahoo.com