Class Note 1991
Following my December column, in which I highlighted recently published books from several authors in our class, Allison Lynn wrote in with information about her own upcoming book. “My second novel, The Exiles, is coming out in July. Though there’s no Dartmouth in the book, my husband, Michael Dahlie, published his own second novel (titled The Best of Youth) earlier this year, in which he gently makes fun of the Big Green. If the rest of his book wasn’t so charming, I’d give him more grief over that. We left N.Y.C. a while back and are now living with our 4-year-old son in Indianapolis, Indiana, where we both (the adults, not the kid) teach in the English department/M.F.A. program at Butler University. I’d love to hear from any ’91s in the area. Having spent two decades in New York, I’m used to being surrounded by Dartmouth folk. The only one I’ve seen out here is Cindy Greene, whose husband’s family is from here, so she gets out to visit from the Boston area.”
Len Vindman e-mailed me with an update on his world travels. “After leaving the world of large investment banks, I am running an asset management and a corporate finance boutique, spending time largely between London, Frankfurt and Moscow. The biggest benefit is to have a bit more time to myself and family. During a recent business trip to Asia I took time off to scuba dive in West Papua, Indonesia. I also continue to manage the Dartmouth alumni club in Russia, with currently 34 alums from diverse areas of business, journalism, academia and nonprofits, living in Moscow.” If you happen to pass through Moscow be sure to look up Len and the Moscow Dartmouth club.
Writing in from London is Dhiraj Mukherjee, who is being kept busy these days with a new baby! “Jeremy Rajeet William Mukherjee arrived on January 16. He looks a lot like his older siblings Tanya (6) and Max (3), who squabble over who’s going to play with him! Jeremy has been easy and good-natured so far—he smiles and coos and plays the cute baby role rather well. Unfortunately he also likes to start his day at 5 a.m. despite our efforts to talk him out of it. My wife, Rachel, and I are absolutely thrilled but look haggard, so I’ll send a photo when the dark circles around our eyes are gone. They do go, right? On the work front, I am a social business strategist with Infosys in London, helping big companies adopt social media in their organizations. This summer I will be visiting the San Francisco Bay area with the family and hoping to catch up with as many old friends as possible when we’re there!”
Keep the updates coming!
—Sara Burbine Potter, 108 Hillcrest Road, Fairfield, CT 06824; sara_burbine@yahoo.com
