Since our 30th reunion we’ve enjoyed having several new members on our ’92 executive committee, along with some who have continued volunteering for the class since our 25th or even earlier. It’s great to have so many perspectives in our monthly Zoom meetings. A warm welcome to Jacqueline Kim Blechinger, who started as the class of 1992 treasurer in June. Jacqueline wrote, “Community service unexpectedly began in 2015 when I won a board of education seat that I had absolutely no chance of winning. The local minister then tapped me a few months later to be a trustee in his church, where I remained for almost six years. Then came a handful of beautiful friends and close confidants I would have never had the privilege of knowing otherwise! So when the class treasurer role opened up, I threw my hat in, thinking why not at Dartmouth? Very glad to return to campus in my 50s! Professionally, I have my own advisory practice and work with MPM Capital, a Boston-based life sciences venture capital firm. I am the company formation finance and operating officer to MPM’s entrepreneur CEOs. Together we create breakthrough life sciences companies. We live in Westport, Connecticut, spend almost all our downtime loving our home (since Covid, no doubt!), with teenage twins and our wheaten, and itch to travel abroad again, especially to Seoul and Munich. We loved Hanover, seeing old friends, learning about everyone’s very busy and successful lives! Hope to re-meet more ’92s in Hanover more often now.”

After 10 years Kyle Huebner stepped down from his treasurer role but continues to organize our class projects, working with Jacqueline to transform dues payments into donations that benefit the Dartmouth community.

Sammy Desai has been serving as ’92 vice president of leadership since our 25th reunion and recently stepped up to be our third co-head agent for the Dartmouth College Fund. He wrote, “After such a great and positive experience at Dartmouth, I wanted to volunteer to ensure current and future students had the same feeling. I have been a managing director partner at Needham & Co., investment banking, for the last 21 years. It has been great seeing classmates Kevin Kruse, Roz Fahey Kruse, Matt LeBlanc, Jeff Edelman, Paul Jacoby, and Craig Bergstrom at recent Dartmouth N.Y.C. events and our ’92 mini-reunion.”

In addition to serving as our new co-class secretary, John McWilliams organized the process of nominating and electing our new officers. He also administers class of 1992 participation in the Dartmouth Library Alumni Memorial Book Fund (supported by dues payments) to memorialize classmates who have left us too soon.

Sadly, another book will be added to the library in honor of Darius Raji, who passed away in July. If you would like to share a remembrance of Darius, please email us and we’ll include it in our class website’s “In Memoriam” section (1992.dartmouth.org/memoriam). Photos are welcome and there is no word limit.

—John L. McWilliams IV, 7429 Marquette St., Dallas, TX 75225; Kelly Shriver Kolln, 3900 Cottage Grove Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403; (920) 306-2192; dartmouth92news@gmail.com