Class Note 1993
This month we continue with some leftover news. Munir Haddad is always good for updates, the first of which pertains to anyone visiting L.A. anytime soon: “Corinna Knight is president of the Dartmouth Club of Los Angeles (DCLA)—she’s connected to everyone and the club has events on a regular basis, so you can always find something going on. DCLA recently hosted a tailgate party for the men’s soccer team as they came to town to play UCLA in round 16 of the NCAA. It was a fantastic event for parents and alumni, who came out in force to support the Big Green. Though the game ended with UCLA’s heartbreaking goal with nine seconds left in the second overtime, the DCLA fans could not have been more excited by the play of our team. I couldn’t speak the next day from all the cheering.
“Tim Reidy once again convinced me to join him in the Turkey Ride, a 25-mile up-and-downhill mountain bike loop around Mount Tamalpais on Thanksgiving morning. I’m happy to say that I can still complete the ride alive and this time I made it intact. I’m equally amazed that Tim managed to essentially ride it twice in the same amount of time, since he kept circling back to make sure I was in fact alive. Post-ride, our families enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner together.”
Munir also sent the following press release from Pete Essig, which I quote: “Irving, Texas: Head Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens announced the signing today of Thomas Philipp Essig to the class of 2032 football team. ‘We’re thrilled to have signed Thomas. We think he has tremendous potential at a number of positions.’ ” Congrats, Pete!
Chris DeSantis originally wrote in December to tell me about selling his company Hawk Corp. for a pretty penny, and that he was now “searching for the right fit.” Lo and behold, sometimes it pays to wait before going to press: As of mid-January Chris took the reins as president and CEO of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Latrobe Specialty Steel Co., a leading global manufacturer and distributor of high-performance specialty metals. With his background in metals and materials sciences plus extensive experience in aerospace and defense, Chris said in the press release, “I am thrilled to join Latrobe’s exceptional management team at a time when many exciting and important programs are well under way.”
Finally, Alli Hammond wrote with her view of the world of education, something I can sympathize with: “My family—spouse David, son Finley (4) and daughter Eden (3)—is in Cincinnati, Ohio, where I have been since 1997. Back in November we camped out for four days alongside 80 or so other crazy families to get Finn into the German language elementary magnet school for next year. I am writing an essay about the experience and thinking of calling it ‘Waiting for Ubermensch.’ I am an assistant professor (‘educator,’ meaning twice the teaching load, but no obligation to publish) of rhetoric and composition at the University of Cincinnati. I found out via Facebook that an article I had assigned for my classes to read was written by David Martosko ’91. I would love to have other scholarly overlaps and interactions, so if any of our classmates are involved with food discourse, give me a holler!”
Alli also mentions that she “spent a crazy weekend with a passel of Dartmouth women and looking forward to doing it again in 2011.” That sounds like a good wish for everyone as we head full-on into spring and summer—no time like the present to re-engage with each other. Keep writing in!
—Jeffrey Middents, 505 Ethan Allen Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912; dartmouth93@gmail.com
