Class Note 1990
“What’s one interest that was sparked at Dartmouth that has become a core part of your life?” Lacking content for our Class Notes column, I e-mailed this question to all ’90s and now I have so much material that I plan to share highlights in this column and the next one.
Interest in a specific human being was the most common response. “That’s easy,” writes David Owen. “My wife, Edie Josephson Owen ’92.” Likewise, Peter Harvey’s response is Anna Cathcart! Peter wrote to me from Lenk, Switzerland, where he and Anna run Winter Term, a 12-week academic and character-building program for seventh- and eighth-graders from around the world. Jay Davis’ interest in his wife, Julie Sanders Davis ’91, also began at Dartmouth, “which led to the addition of core elements Katie ’25 and Andrew ’28, who do everything they can to make sure I maintain balance between home life and my work in Dartmouth’s education department and Tucker Foundation.”
Liz Allen Edgar writes, “James Edgar—met him in Chaucer class and thought he was a bit too full of himself. Now we’ve got two kids, matching jobs and 22 years of history.” Lynne Cohen Koreman also found true love at Dartmouth: “My interest in my husband, Rob Koreman ’92, was followed closely by mix-ins from the Hop. A day rarely goes by when ice cream isn’t a part of my life.” Lynne recently opened a marketing consultancy (www.koremanconsulting.com). She and Rob live with their 12 year-old daughter Samantha in south Florida.
Todd Eckler and Kristen (Politica) Eckler cite each other as enduring interests. “I also developed an interest in education and teaching,” writes Kristen. And Todd adds that hearing a speech by Lou Gerstner ’63 (the then-chairman of RJR Nabisco) in the late 1980s sparked his interest in improving inner-city public schools.
My co-secretary (and first cousin) Walter Palmer also identifies his wife, Sandra Kopanon ’91, as his most cherished Dartmouth interest. They now have three children: Sophie (12), Coalter (10) and Sarah (7). After a long career as a professional basketball player Walter founded a players association in Germany and is now director of a federation of about 30 European players associations. This interest began at Dartmouth when an NCAA officer met with the basketball team prior to its first practice. “I asked so many questions that Coach Cormier started to get anxious because he wanted to start practice.”
Ted Whittemore, Sara Mattis and Adam Bookbinder all report that their love of the great outdoors began at Dartmouth. Adam, a prosecutor in the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston, writes, “After four years of $100 season passes and jumping on the Skiway bus after classes I was hooked. I’m now working on passing that feeling on to my kids.” And for Sara and her husband, Eric Roesch, “The natural, outdoor world of Dartmouth has become a refuge for us—a wonderful contrast to our busy Boston lives.”
Now a user experience consultant designing software for companies such as TiVo and Shutterfly, Kyrie Robinson says Dartmouth was where she first starting playing with computers. In addition, David Jorgensen introduced Kyrie to the Amaretto sour, her favorite cocktail. Today, she harvests her own lemons.
In other news we heard from Kevin Roon that he married his longtime partner Simon Yates on October 2-3. Attendees included Lisa (Porter) and Jason Kable, Kristen (Politica) and Todd Eckler, and Anjli Finessi, who came all the way from Curaçao. Kevin is finishing up his Ph.D. in linguistics at NYU, expecting to finish this coming May.
Plenty more to share in my next column!
—Rob Crawford, 27 Roberts Road, Wellesley, MA 02481; robertlcrawford@yahoo.com; Walter Palmer, 87 South St., Rockport, MA 01966; palmerwalter@mac.com
