Class Note 1991
Issue
May-June 2022
Greeting, ’91s! It’s always nice to have happy news to share!
Brett Haber wrote in to share the news of his wedding last year! “After some touch-and-go pandemic planning, Kim and I officially launched our new family this past June. The wedding was on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake in St. Michaels, Maryland. We knew the pandemic would make travel a challenge—we truly had no idea if we’d be having dinner for two or 200. In the end, we were extremely grateful that 150 of our friends and family chose to party with us. And it was beyond special to have my dear friend and Dartmouth classmate Rabbi Sue Shankman Namath officiate (she brought the house down!). My boys, Taylor ’25 and Griffin, were the best men, Kim’s kids, Ryan and Olivia, stood with her, and crucially, Mike Lazar made the midnight booze run after the rehearsal dinner and set up impromptu lawn ’tails in the backyard of the inn (how nobody fell in the bay remains a mystery). We squeezed in a honeymoon in Croatia and Montenegro in July, dropped off Taylor for his freshman year in Hanover in September, and have been settling into our new place in Potomac, Maryland, since then. Open door for any ’91s in the D.C. area. Trying to get Lazar to bartend again—but I can’t afford him.” Mazel tov, Brett and Kim!
I hope you heard that reunions are hitting the road this year for the classes that had their on-campus reunions canceled in 2020 and 2021. There was a March 31 event in San Francisco and an event in New York City on April 27. If you attended either event and had the chance to reconnect with classmates, please send updates and pictures for our class website!
Lastly, in honor of May Mental Health Awareness Month, I’m working with a collaboration of alumni-led groups to launch a series that will feature Dartmouth alumnae sharing their stories of balancing mental health and wellness. Together, we can raise awareness about mental health needs throughout the Dartmouth community and beyond. Please enjoy the stories published at inspire.host.dartmouth.edu and consider sharing a story as well.
—Sara Burbine Potter, 108 Hillcrest Road, Fairfield CT 06824; sara_burbine@yahoo.com
Brett Haber wrote in to share the news of his wedding last year! “After some touch-and-go pandemic planning, Kim and I officially launched our new family this past June. The wedding was on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake in St. Michaels, Maryland. We knew the pandemic would make travel a challenge—we truly had no idea if we’d be having dinner for two or 200. In the end, we were extremely grateful that 150 of our friends and family chose to party with us. And it was beyond special to have my dear friend and Dartmouth classmate Rabbi Sue Shankman Namath officiate (she brought the house down!). My boys, Taylor ’25 and Griffin, were the best men, Kim’s kids, Ryan and Olivia, stood with her, and crucially, Mike Lazar made the midnight booze run after the rehearsal dinner and set up impromptu lawn ’tails in the backyard of the inn (how nobody fell in the bay remains a mystery). We squeezed in a honeymoon in Croatia and Montenegro in July, dropped off Taylor for his freshman year in Hanover in September, and have been settling into our new place in Potomac, Maryland, since then. Open door for any ’91s in the D.C. area. Trying to get Lazar to bartend again—but I can’t afford him.” Mazel tov, Brett and Kim!
I hope you heard that reunions are hitting the road this year for the classes that had their on-campus reunions canceled in 2020 and 2021. There was a March 31 event in San Francisco and an event in New York City on April 27. If you attended either event and had the chance to reconnect with classmates, please send updates and pictures for our class website!
Lastly, in honor of May Mental Health Awareness Month, I’m working with a collaboration of alumni-led groups to launch a series that will feature Dartmouth alumnae sharing their stories of balancing mental health and wellness. Together, we can raise awareness about mental health needs throughout the Dartmouth community and beyond. Please enjoy the stories published at inspire.host.dartmouth.edu and consider sharing a story as well.
—Sara Burbine Potter, 108 Hillcrest Road, Fairfield CT 06824; sara_burbine@yahoo.com