Class Note 1991
Issue
Mar - Apr 2018
Here’s some—slightly edited and condensed—’91 news shared on Facebook.com/Dartmouth1991 in September! Post again on April 1, the 91st day of the year!
Katherine McConville McGaugh: “I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary at the summit of Mount Washington—the same trek I hiked 26 years ago with ’91 track and cross-country friends—this time in 70-mph winds and minimal visibility!” Jeffrey Spencer: “I had knee surgery yesterday, fixing what I broke in my first karate class after achieving my first-degree black belt. My youngest started middle school this week—which cannot be possible.” Shara Khon Duncan: “[My youngest] started at Virginia Tech in the engineering program this week. My husband, Joe ’78, started his 40th year of teaching at the same school. I am deep into planning for the first week of classes next week. I teach Spanish in the lower school at a kindergarten to eighth grade private school.” Rebecca West: “I’m going fishing in the Wind River area—taking time off from Curator duties at the Plains Indian Museum.” (Read about her on page 56.) Anu Kirk: “I’m living in San Francisco. I am the director and GM for PlayStation VR, having left the digital music business behind. I still write, record and perform music regularly as Sid Luscious and The Pants and more.” Kerrin Talty Pratt: “I just started working as a hematology-oncology nurse at the Mary Hitchcock Hospital.”
Andrew Field: “I’m on an Asia student recruiting tour for Duke Kunshan University in China. Flew from Singapore to Hanoi to join a workshop on board governance and leadership for international schools in the region (I’m a board member of Shanghai American School).” Becky Smith Owens: “Today in Saratoga, California, it was 107 degrees. Went for a hike with a friend, out to dinner with our son, Peter. Our eldest, Andrew, started his freshman year at George Washington University! David Owens ’88 and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary in July.” Richard Rinkema: “I’m making pancakes for my daughter and her friend after a sleepover on a humid and high-pollution day here in Beijing (yes, jealous of everyone posting beautiful pictures of the crisp Northeastern autumn). Getting rested for a heavy travel schedule doing antitrust and artificial intelligence law in-house for Microsoft.”
Tim Reynolds: “I’m working for a startup ad agency in Nashville called Autoflyte. I’m also heavily involved in the music scene—working with about 15 unsigned artists—helping them with their marketing. Check out Mandy McMillan, Hallie Long Music and Lacey Caroline.” Stacy Weeks Jandreau: “[Today] I hope I am doing nothing but running. Just finished a stretch of day shifts in the ER. Recovery today. I took my oldest to college last weekend. I also have a junior in high school and a seventh-grader. I’m heading to Hanover to tour with my junior this fall!”
Ben Blackburn: “I’m knocking off early today to meet my wife, Anne, and some friends in Center City (Philly) for drinks and dinner. Anne starts her school year (she teaches), my son starts high school and my daughter starts seventh grade on Tuesday.” Emily Nielsen Jones: “I dropped kid No. 2 at Duke. Kid No. 1 is a sophomore at Dartmouth, so we will add a blue D to the green D on our car. I just enjoyed a beautiful backroads biking-hiking-wine-tasting trip with husband (’87) to mark our 25th anniversary.” Mike Parham: “I’ve got two in college (Cal Berkeley and Santa Ana Community College) and two in preschool. I’m preparing to present my shoe company Telic.com to the Dartmouth Entrepreneur Forum. Terry Stillman is cofounder.”
—Deb Karazin Owens, 166 Colonial Drive, Fairfield, CT, 06824; djowens@optonline.net
Katherine McConville McGaugh: “I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary at the summit of Mount Washington—the same trek I hiked 26 years ago with ’91 track and cross-country friends—this time in 70-mph winds and minimal visibility!” Jeffrey Spencer: “I had knee surgery yesterday, fixing what I broke in my first karate class after achieving my first-degree black belt. My youngest started middle school this week—which cannot be possible.” Shara Khon Duncan: “[My youngest] started at Virginia Tech in the engineering program this week. My husband, Joe ’78, started his 40th year of teaching at the same school. I am deep into planning for the first week of classes next week. I teach Spanish in the lower school at a kindergarten to eighth grade private school.” Rebecca West: “I’m going fishing in the Wind River area—taking time off from Curator duties at the Plains Indian Museum.” (Read about her on page 56.) Anu Kirk: “I’m living in San Francisco. I am the director and GM for PlayStation VR, having left the digital music business behind. I still write, record and perform music regularly as Sid Luscious and The Pants and more.” Kerrin Talty Pratt: “I just started working as a hematology-oncology nurse at the Mary Hitchcock Hospital.”
Andrew Field: “I’m on an Asia student recruiting tour for Duke Kunshan University in China. Flew from Singapore to Hanoi to join a workshop on board governance and leadership for international schools in the region (I’m a board member of Shanghai American School).” Becky Smith Owens: “Today in Saratoga, California, it was 107 degrees. Went for a hike with a friend, out to dinner with our son, Peter. Our eldest, Andrew, started his freshman year at George Washington University! David Owens ’88 and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary in July.” Richard Rinkema: “I’m making pancakes for my daughter and her friend after a sleepover on a humid and high-pollution day here in Beijing (yes, jealous of everyone posting beautiful pictures of the crisp Northeastern autumn). Getting rested for a heavy travel schedule doing antitrust and artificial intelligence law in-house for Microsoft.”
Tim Reynolds: “I’m working for a startup ad agency in Nashville called Autoflyte. I’m also heavily involved in the music scene—working with about 15 unsigned artists—helping them with their marketing. Check out Mandy McMillan, Hallie Long Music and Lacey Caroline.” Stacy Weeks Jandreau: “[Today] I hope I am doing nothing but running. Just finished a stretch of day shifts in the ER. Recovery today. I took my oldest to college last weekend. I also have a junior in high school and a seventh-grader. I’m heading to Hanover to tour with my junior this fall!”
Ben Blackburn: “I’m knocking off early today to meet my wife, Anne, and some friends in Center City (Philly) for drinks and dinner. Anne starts her school year (she teaches), my son starts high school and my daughter starts seventh grade on Tuesday.” Emily Nielsen Jones: “I dropped kid No. 2 at Duke. Kid No. 1 is a sophomore at Dartmouth, so we will add a blue D to the green D on our car. I just enjoyed a beautiful backroads biking-hiking-wine-tasting trip with husband (’87) to mark our 25th anniversary.” Mike Parham: “I’ve got two in college (Cal Berkeley and Santa Ana Community College) and two in preschool. I’m preparing to present my shoe company Telic.com to the Dartmouth Entrepreneur Forum. Terry Stillman is cofounder.”
—Deb Karazin Owens, 166 Colonial Drive, Fairfield, CT, 06824; djowens@optonline.net