Class Note 1991
Issue
November-December 2022
Happy fall, ’91s! As I write this, I’m feeling melancholy as my daughter is headed to college. To cheer up, I’ve been thinking about freshman fall and going on my freshman trip, where I mastered the kayak rollover with Beth Morin and Jay Wilkins (whose daughter is now a freshman trip leader) and we all learned the “Salty Dog Rag.” Are you in touch with your freshman buddies? If so, let me know what you all are doing.
I know what Aileen Yingst is doing—earlier this year she was named to head the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) instrument on the Mars rover Curiosity. It’s like a “version of the magnifying hand lens that geologists usually carry with them into the field” and provides scientists with closeup views (think individual grains) of Martian rocks. Aileen has worked on the MAHLI project since 2005.
In other cool news, Brett Haber “will serve as on official ambassador and voice of the International Tennis Hall of Fame” and San Antonio [Texas] Zoo’s assistant director of veterinary care,Dr. Tarah Hadley, was named one of five finalists for the Hero Veterinarian, a national award to honor veterinarians “dedicated to the betterment of the health and welfare of animals and the promotion of the human-animal bond.” Good luck, Tarah, I cast my vote!
Colin Stretch has a new role in the legal world. He recently joined the D.C. office of Latham & Watkins as of counsel, “with a focus on the public company representation and emerging companies’ practices.” In addition to his role at the firm, Colin will continue to teach at Columbia Law School.
And Shary Taylor Gentry is living in Dallas and working on her memoir, All He Wants for Christmas Is an Easter Basket, about her experiences as an autism mom. Shari writes, “My kids could not be more different. My daughter is a third-year student at Harvard Law School. If anyone from our class has a child on the autism spectrum or suggestions on how to go about getting my book published, I would love to connect.”
Finally, Catherine (Huse) Crow reports that she spent the first 31 days of the summer on a cross-country road trip in an electric car with her husband, Preston, and their son, Mason. She says, “8,000 miles later, we are home safely with nothing but praise for our Tesla Model 3, the beauty and grandeur of our country (especially the national parks), Disneyland, and, best of all, meeting up with Lucia (Kubiatowski) Glunz in Chicago! She and her lovely family brought us to the Bean, took us for deep-dish pizza, and turned us on to Sprinkles cupcakes. It was a wonderful time!”
Deb Van Winkle Dulsky and Josie Sandler win awards as the first ’91s to take me up on my offer to meet up in Vermont. In both cases, we had a blast.
I hope to hear from more of you.
—Tracey Cushing Gilliam, P.O. Box 613, Winhall, VT 05340; (917) 951-1472; tragilliam1@gmail.com
I know what Aileen Yingst is doing—earlier this year she was named to head the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) instrument on the Mars rover Curiosity. It’s like a “version of the magnifying hand lens that geologists usually carry with them into the field” and provides scientists with closeup views (think individual grains) of Martian rocks. Aileen has worked on the MAHLI project since 2005.
In other cool news, Brett Haber “will serve as on official ambassador and voice of the International Tennis Hall of Fame” and San Antonio [Texas] Zoo’s assistant director of veterinary care,Dr. Tarah Hadley, was named one of five finalists for the Hero Veterinarian, a national award to honor veterinarians “dedicated to the betterment of the health and welfare of animals and the promotion of the human-animal bond.” Good luck, Tarah, I cast my vote!
Colin Stretch has a new role in the legal world. He recently joined the D.C. office of Latham & Watkins as of counsel, “with a focus on the public company representation and emerging companies’ practices.” In addition to his role at the firm, Colin will continue to teach at Columbia Law School.
And Shary Taylor Gentry is living in Dallas and working on her memoir, All He Wants for Christmas Is an Easter Basket, about her experiences as an autism mom. Shari writes, “My kids could not be more different. My daughter is a third-year student at Harvard Law School. If anyone from our class has a child on the autism spectrum or suggestions on how to go about getting my book published, I would love to connect.”
Finally, Catherine (Huse) Crow reports that she spent the first 31 days of the summer on a cross-country road trip in an electric car with her husband, Preston, and their son, Mason. She says, “8,000 miles later, we are home safely with nothing but praise for our Tesla Model 3, the beauty and grandeur of our country (especially the national parks), Disneyland, and, best of all, meeting up with Lucia (Kubiatowski) Glunz in Chicago! She and her lovely family brought us to the Bean, took us for deep-dish pizza, and turned us on to Sprinkles cupcakes. It was a wonderful time!”
Deb Van Winkle Dulsky and Josie Sandler win awards as the first ’91s to take me up on my offer to meet up in Vermont. In both cases, we had a blast.
I hope to hear from more of you.
—Tracey Cushing Gilliam, P.O. Box 613, Winhall, VT 05340; (917) 951-1472; tragilliam1@gmail.com