Class Note 1993
The fall approaches and with it come the back-to-school jitters. Twenty years ago we were just about to hit sophomore fall—and perhaps discover that the D-Plan had scattered our best friends from freshman year to all ends of the earth. At least we weren’t ’94s, clearly identifiable as ’shmobs roaming about campus. Then again, it turns out some of those ’94s weren’t so bad: take Tig Tillinghast, who ended up marrying wife Elise (Wellford ’94). They report the impending birth of their first child in September, a daughter. They also purchased another maple grove to add to their maple syrup operation in Thetford, Vermont. Belated congrats also go out to Susy Struble on the December birth of Quinton Robert Cole!
Jon Ruiz is starting his own company designing and implementing software for mobile devices. He writes, “After 10 years at Wily Technology, a startup founded by Lew Cirne and acquired in 2006, I’ve decided to go it my own. I’m also expecting to find more time to spend with wife, Kristin Anderson, and family (classes of 2025 and 2030).”
Last fall John Stanton also kept it in the Dartmouth family and married Cindy Bellefeuille Stanton ’97. Alums in attendance included Sen. Alex Mooney along with a flurry of ’97s: Alix Baseman Aguilera, Meg Blakey Lyons, Nina Nho Shaw, Beth Landy Horak, Natasha Lam O’Rourke, Jodi Scarpa Robinson, Lynne Campbell Soutter, Morgan Soutter, Jessica Hughes and Jenna Kurowski Cerrati. Also in attendance was former Dartmouth student disabilities coordinator Nancy Pompian. The wedding was performed in the Church of Christ and the reception was at the Hanover Inn. In keeping within the Dartmouth spirit John proposed to Cindy the previous May outside of the Corey Ford Rugby House following the alumnae varsity rugby game. The happy couple currently resides in Washington, D.C.
Amy (Hannah) Anderson has a different perspective on back to school. She just finished her first year as the head of the English department at Wellesley (Massachusetts) High School: “After 15 years in the classroom I still love teaching, and so far I’ve loved the challenges of leading a department of dedicated and passionate educators. I’m the mom of two great kids—Megan is 7 and Conard (not Conrad—people always think it’s a typo, but his name is Conard) is 2 1/2. My husband, John, and I will celebrate our ninth wedding anniversary in July. We live in Arlington, Massachusetts, where we get to see some of my favorite Dartmouth folks—Brendan ’91 and Michelle (Couture) O’Day ’92 as often as busy schedules allow.”
Amy also let us know about my fellow Thayer buddy: “I am in touch with very few ’93s other than the lovely and talented Elisabeth Delehaunty. I get to see Beth a couple of times a year when she is visiting family in Worcester or when she comes to N.Y.C. to exhibit her company’s latest fashion line at the New York International Gift Fair. Beth’s company, Elisabethan, was way ahead of the green curve: Back in the early 1990s Beth was already repurposing blue jeans as reversible jackets and stitching funky shorts from vintage fabrics purchased at yard sales. In her latest designs Beth takes tired Ts and reincarnates them as richly colored and beautifully pieced skirts, shirts and scarves. Check out her website (elisabethan.com) for images and to find a list of shops around the country that carry Elisabethan. Beth and her husband, Peter, live in beautiful Paonia, Colorado.”
I hope your summer ends smashingly—drop a line our way if you would like to discuss what you did on summer vacation.
—Jeffrey Middents, 505 Ethan Allen Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912; dartmouth93@gmail.com
