Class Note 1990
What’s the best book you have read since our Dartmouth graduation in 1990 (Part II)? Kristin Jacobson: “Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis DeBernieres, The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt and Personal History by Katharine Graham.” Greg Goldberg: “Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather.” Julie Urda: “Three books by Barbara Kingsolver: High Tide in Tucson made me appreciate and pursue better writing; The Poisonwood Bible opened my eyes to the social, economic and political struggles in the world; and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle moved me to change my consumption habits to be more sustainable.” Karen Behling: “The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson. About North Korea, Pulitzer Prize-winner for fiction, a great story well told.” David Sherwood: “A Guide to the SQL Standard by Christopher J. Date. An obtuse primer on relational databases, it made little sense to me my first pass through it, but my boss tossed it to me on our way to meet a new client and said, ‘This is going to be important to you on this project,’ and so it was. It helped define the next decade of my life.” Richard Morris: “A Confederacy of Dunces, which had me laughing out loud in public places like no other book. I live in Brooklyn with my wife, Jessica, and 11-year old twins Charlie and Henry. To my pleasure, they both love baseball (and have more potential than I did) and I’ve enjoyed coaching their teams since their early years.” Ramzi Nemo: “The Work of Nations by Robert Reich ’68.” Kyle Davis: “The Benjamin Weaver series of books by David Liss chronicles the exploits of Weaver, a former champion pugilist in 18th-century London and Ashkenazi Jew.” Sandy (Morton) Niles: “Life of Pi by Yann Martel, A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay by Michael Chabon.” Brad Drazen: “Dark Harbor by David Hosp.” Felicia Hwang Bishop: “Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. I am now an injury-free, avid runner. I’ve started running competitively on the track and it’s become a really enjoyable facet of my life.” Mary (Bachman) DeSilva: “In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak.” Lauren Beiley: “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, recommended to me by Karen Euler.” Jonathan Sullivan: “Getting Things Done by David Allen.” Matt Nadler: “Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, with A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess a close second. I am living in Chester, New Jersey, with my wife, Susan Klein, and our 5-year-old son. I work for Verizon and am responsible for long-term planning for all video products across our portfolio. Sue is a practicing vet, specializing in mobile ultrasound and internal medicine.” Scott Schorer: “William Manchester’s Last Lion series about Winston Churchill. Churchill is one of the few remaining examples of that great person who was able to transcend every obstacle and achieve great things for humanity.” Todd Eckler: “Disrupting Class by Clayton Christensen. It talks about how integrating technology with traditional teaching can have a profound impact on learning.”
Other class news: David Lewis: “I live in Phoenix, Arizona, with my wife, Leslie, and our four kids, practicing mergers and acquisitions and securities law at DLA Piper. I’m happy to report that my oldest daughter, Alexa, will be starting at Dartmouth this fall as a member of the class of 2018!” Bernadine Wu: “I live in New Jersey with my two kids and run an ecommerce consulting firm, FitForCommerce.” Nick Stanham: “Very happy here in Miami with my wife, Mariu, raising our four children. I see Tom Parker often and recently played a foursome with Tom, Lance Geller and Harris Siskind.”
—Rob Crawford, 47 Black Oak Road, Weston, MA 02493; robertlcrawford@yahoo.com; Walter Palmer, 87 South St., Rockport, MA 01966; palmerwalter@mac.com
