Fellow ’91s, greetings from some time ago! Hope this finds everyone well—and looking forward to our 20th reunion festivities this June 15-17. Planning is under way for a number of awesome events, including a live Saturday performance of STOMP on the Green, followed by an appearance of the Dartmouth Aires. Two quick things of note as you are making your plans: First, you can register online at http://alumni.dartmouth.edu/reunions. Second, although our reunion committee has things in full swing, if you’d like to be a part of planning for this event, there is still time! Please feel free to e-mail our class president and acting reunion co-chair, Alex Glovsky (alex.glovsky@gmail.com), and he’ll plug you into the fun!


As for setting the stage for reunion, I’m throwing out an idea: Please send favorite memories from your days in Hanover—a mere 20-plus years ago. The fondest, funniest, most outrageous reminiscences welcome (but keep ’em family-friendly), your friendships, accomplishments, etc. I know there are many. Send them so I can print them!


Regarding class news, we have two new published authors in our midst. First, hearty applause to our Dr. Allison Belger, owner of TJ’s Gym on the March publication of her book The Power of Community: CrossFit and the Force of Human Connection. Allison, who is a licensed psychologist, takes the reader on a journey from her childhood in suburban New York as she follows her passion for fitness and sport, with pleasures and pitfalls along the way, finding a new dimension in the CrossFit culture and its emphasis on camaraderie and community.


Allison describes—through inspiring examples—the emotional and physical benefits of participation in an affinity group to meet life’s greatest challenges. With her personal perspective as psychologist and athlete, Allison explores the mind-body connection, how it can relate to all of us and how we can each find motivation and meaning in a world of stress and challenge.


Mark Peterson brings to us Guerillapreneur, a business strategy book written from the perspective of small business owners (or large organizations that wish to remain big and nimble) who seek to become the next corporate giant. Mark created the term “guerillapreneur” to describe enterprising, eco-friendly business owners who are dedicated to winning corporate wars by conserving capital and leveraging guerilla tactics. In the book Mark draws from his many life experiences growing up in Selma, Alabama, where he was named the first African-American Boy of the Year. He uses his experiences as a young scientist and high school debater to create a context for his small business guerilla-based strategic framework. After getting his M.B.A. at Tuck Mark worked as a consultant with Accenture. In 2003 he co-founded PrideRock Holding Co. Inc, a biometric and identity verification company, which was purchased in 2011 by Corelogics. Mark currently lives in Atlanta with his wife and two kids. 


Maxim Hammer wrote with news of moving up the ranks at the department of neurology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is married, keeps busy with his three kiddos and says, “Life is great.” 


Thanks for news everyone! Stay tuned for more information about reunion. Until then, get it on your calendar!


—Dianna Goldberg May, 395 Birch St., Denver, CO 80220; digoldbergmay@gmail.com