Class Note 1992
Issue
Jan - Feb 2019
It’s truly an honor to wish Dartmouth a happy sestercentennial!
For the next column I’ll be reaching out to you to ask: Which ’92 has influenced you the most? This time I’ll tell you about more classmates who have been featured in the media for their achievements.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education reported that the National Humanities Center announced the appointment of its new board chairman, Ben Vinson III. Last year he became the provost at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Ben, who earned a doctorate degree in Latin American history from Columbia University, previously served as dean of George Washington University’s Columbian College of Arts & Sciences in Washington, D.C.
Jesse Bradley, pastor of Grace Community Church in Auburn, Washington, was featured on the Sports Spectrum podcast. It’s a fascinating conversation about Jesse’s experience with soccer and religion at Dartmouth, his brush with death in Africa (where he went with Tommy Clark to play soccer), and his career path. Jesse also interviews myriad people about their beliefs on his own podcast, available at www.Exploring-Faith.com. He has released two books, Rooted in Grace and A New Season.
The host of the Support is Sexy podcast (which features female entrepreneurs) interviewed Jennifer Sandoval Faherty, a certified financial planner and coach and founder of Financial Wealth-being. I listened to the episode and enjoyed hearing Jennifer talk about her holistic approach to helping clients manage their relationship with money.
Variety reported that Tim Greenberg’s series Living With Yourself will be released on Netflix and will star Paul Rudd, who “will play dual roles in the series, which follows a man struggling in life who undergoes a new treatment to become a better person.”
The Dartmouth gave ’92s some well-deserved respect in its sports coverage. In September the paper recognized Sal Sciretto’s unbroken record: “Isiah Swann ’20 catalyzed a lockdown defensive effort…vs. the College of the Holy Cross, hauling in three interceptions within the first half. Swann’s historic performance was the first of its kind since Sal Sciretto ’92 intercepted three passes in 1990.”
In October The D commended the successful figure skating program, which Loren McGean launched and coached with her father. “Dartmouth club figure skating has accumulated an impressive amount of trophies over the past two decades since its 1997 inception, qualifying for the National Collegiate Figure Skating Team Championships every year since 2000 while winning six titles. Their championships include a five-year run from 2004 through 2008 under the tutelage of the late Michael McGean ’49 (whom they continue to honor) and his daughter, Loren McGean ’92.”
Check out our latest newsletter (1992.dartmouth.org) for additional classmate news, photos from Class Officers Weekend and Homecoming, and more.
Speaking of which: In an email promoting its Homecoming issue, America’s oldest college newspaper claimed the class of 1992 bonfire “failed to light at all.” The article went on to say our fire did not “burn.” Always looking out for the interests of our class, I wrote in their comments section (thedartmouth.com): “Setting the record straight: The class of 1992 bonfire didn’t ‘fail to light at all,’ as your email stated. It did burn—it just never collapsed. We had a hot, towering fire to run around 92 times, no barricades. (So yes, classmates ran up to it, lit a cigarette, burned off eyebrows, melted jacket sleeves, spent the night at Dick’s House; maybe they started this whole mess—or blame the ’89s who hazed them into it.) We still call ourselves the ‘Standing Bonfire’ class, and attribute our bonfire’s refusal to collapse to superior craftsmanship (and the green wood we were given).”
—Kelly Shriver Kolln, 3900 Cottage Grove Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403; (920) 306-2192; dartmouth92news@gmail.com
For the next column I’ll be reaching out to you to ask: Which ’92 has influenced you the most? This time I’ll tell you about more classmates who have been featured in the media for their achievements.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education reported that the National Humanities Center announced the appointment of its new board chairman, Ben Vinson III. Last year he became the provost at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Ben, who earned a doctorate degree in Latin American history from Columbia University, previously served as dean of George Washington University’s Columbian College of Arts & Sciences in Washington, D.C.
Jesse Bradley, pastor of Grace Community Church in Auburn, Washington, was featured on the Sports Spectrum podcast. It’s a fascinating conversation about Jesse’s experience with soccer and religion at Dartmouth, his brush with death in Africa (where he went with Tommy Clark to play soccer), and his career path. Jesse also interviews myriad people about their beliefs on his own podcast, available at www.Exploring-Faith.com. He has released two books, Rooted in Grace and A New Season.
The host of the Support is Sexy podcast (which features female entrepreneurs) interviewed Jennifer Sandoval Faherty, a certified financial planner and coach and founder of Financial Wealth-being. I listened to the episode and enjoyed hearing Jennifer talk about her holistic approach to helping clients manage their relationship with money.
Variety reported that Tim Greenberg’s series Living With Yourself will be released on Netflix and will star Paul Rudd, who “will play dual roles in the series, which follows a man struggling in life who undergoes a new treatment to become a better person.”
The Dartmouth gave ’92s some well-deserved respect in its sports coverage. In September the paper recognized Sal Sciretto’s unbroken record: “Isiah Swann ’20 catalyzed a lockdown defensive effort…vs. the College of the Holy Cross, hauling in three interceptions within the first half. Swann’s historic performance was the first of its kind since Sal Sciretto ’92 intercepted three passes in 1990.”
In October The D commended the successful figure skating program, which Loren McGean launched and coached with her father. “Dartmouth club figure skating has accumulated an impressive amount of trophies over the past two decades since its 1997 inception, qualifying for the National Collegiate Figure Skating Team Championships every year since 2000 while winning six titles. Their championships include a five-year run from 2004 through 2008 under the tutelage of the late Michael McGean ’49 (whom they continue to honor) and his daughter, Loren McGean ’92.”
Check out our latest newsletter (1992.dartmouth.org) for additional classmate news, photos from Class Officers Weekend and Homecoming, and more.
Speaking of which: In an email promoting its Homecoming issue, America’s oldest college newspaper claimed the class of 1992 bonfire “failed to light at all.” The article went on to say our fire did not “burn.” Always looking out for the interests of our class, I wrote in their comments section (thedartmouth.com): “Setting the record straight: The class of 1992 bonfire didn’t ‘fail to light at all,’ as your email stated. It did burn—it just never collapsed. We had a hot, towering fire to run around 92 times, no barricades. (So yes, classmates ran up to it, lit a cigarette, burned off eyebrows, melted jacket sleeves, spent the night at Dick’s House; maybe they started this whole mess—or blame the ’89s who hazed them into it.) We still call ourselves the ‘Standing Bonfire’ class, and attribute our bonfire’s refusal to collapse to superior craftsmanship (and the green wood we were given).”
—Kelly Shriver Kolln, 3900 Cottage Grove Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403; (920) 306-2192; dartmouth92news@gmail.com