Class Note 1992
Two class of 1992 events have become my favorite harbingers of spring: our annual March Madness bracket and the 92nd day of the year. March Madness begins soon, so visit our class website (1992.dartmouth.org) to find out how you can join. The 92nd day of the year falls on Sunday, April 2, this year, and we’ll be celebrating our annual virtual reunion. Mark your calendar and share what you’re up to that day via email and social media and we’ll compile your updates and photos in a future newsletter.
Last November I was lucky enough to soak up the sun in person with several amazing friends in Florida: Betsy Cowles Gavron, Tricia Twomey Scott, Linsley Craig Carruth, Tracy Tysenn MacDonald and Jennifer Williams (plus one night we all went out with Guillermo Heredia).
Katherine Aires Byrnes, who normally would have joined us, wrote: “I was bummed to miss the mini-reunion in Miami with ’92 besties, but that weekend I was leading a service project at a local food bank with Women of Dartmouth Chicago. I serve on a bunch of boards and do a lot of fundraising for education, the homeless, melanoma research, etc. Particularly energized this year by registering folks to vote through League of Women Voters. I’m also very involved in all three kids’ schools and sports. Oldest Potter (sophomore) just got his license and plays football and baseball, Natalie (freshman) plays tennis and Trevor (sixth) plays basketball, tennis and baseball. All are excited to come to Dartmouth this June for our 25th! I’m excited to be editing the 25th reunion yearbook with Jen Williams—but unlike senior year we won’t be staying all summer to finish the book—you’ll have it in your hands when you arrive on campus in June!”
Reunion registration will begin March 1, and you can see who else is coming at 1992.dartmouth.org!
Melaura Wittemyer, one of our reunion events organizers, wrote: “Greetings from soggy Portland, Oregon. Jim Gochee and I enjoyed the 20th Dartmouth reunion so much I signed up (with Michael Zigman) to help plan our 25th. I look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones. We are coordinating some panel discussions with our classmates—one of the topics is ‘mid-life career changes.’ I know many of our classmates have fascinating careers and have navigated challenging career pivots. If you’d like to participate in the panel discussion and share your experience, let me or Michael know. Jim continues as chief product officer at New Relic (a company founded by fellow Dartmouth alum Lew Cirne ’93) and I continue to enjoy practicing as a general internist. We’ve entered the teen parenting realm—Madeline is 15 and Kevin is 12—I just learned their generation is termed ‘Gen Z!’ ”
I was delighted to hear some good news from James Brodbelt Harris about his wedding last year. Through a mutual friend, James met his wife, Eleanor, more than five years ago, and they married in June 2016 at the Columbus Art Museum. They made a Central Ohio weekend of it for family and friends, including some walking, pop-up Shakespeare performances in German Village on Friday and a happy reception at the conservatory on Saturday. Eleanor and James were so pleased that Charlie Vestner, Paul Larson and Paul’s wife, Atsuko, could join the fun.
Our reunion theme is “Standing Together,” and even if we can’t meet up with classmates in person, we can look forward to seeing each other in the bracket, on social media (#dartmouth92) and maybe even at a mini-reunion before June.
—Kelly Shriver Kolln, 3900 Cottage Grove Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403; (920) 306-2192; dartmouth92news@gmail.com
