Class Note 1994
Issue
Nov - Dec 2015
In June almost 500 ’94s, their families and guests gathered in Hanover to reconnect with each other and the College. Jen Suhie Hagelston chaired our reunion committee, and she did a fantastic job in managing the events and tone of the weekend. Our class tent was perfectly positioned outside the Gold Coast dorm cluster. We dined at twilight in idyllic New England summer weather and enjoyed the crooning of the beloved Dartmouth Aires. Jonathan Kehl and Matt Zavod impressively rejoined their old group in a birthday serenade of Megan Mitchell.
I caught up with Craig Daily and Jamie Laughlin at Friday night’s dinner outside of Rocky. You may remember the duo as fellow Psi Upsilon brothers, and let me assure you they are now completely a respectable attorney and physician, respectively. They bantered about training and personal achievements in the Iron Man world. Though they had no idea they would be mentioned here, I was frantically taking mental notes for this column as well as recognizing a need to revisit some personal fitness goals after the weekend. I was amazed at their stories, and throughout the weekend found out that many of our classmates have focused their minds, bodies and spirits on endurance feats. I heard rustlings about several Bay Area residents competing in races, including San Francisco resident Darin Hughes and Marin County resident Justin Sadrian, who can be seen training vigorously throughout town.
Always the avid athlete, Darcey Forbes Bartel has continued her training for triathlons and ran her first marathon, along with classmate Beth Donohoe Cook, in Boston in 2012. Deme Navab Taleghani, our class president and cochair of the reunion committee, somehow also found time to complete the grueling training for and successfully run the Boston Marathon this past April. Deme’s motivation was inspiring in her touching words: “I’m not running the Boston Marathon for myself. I am running it for my real hero, a woman who is like a sister to me, my best friend from high school, Julie Hiraga Stolzberg.” While Deme doesn’t feel that she is “built for running,” her determination and loyalty drove her.
In addition to coming to a college reunion, some classmates had the added perk of mini-family reunions when siblings and extended family happened to be on campus as well. Tom Boldt made the cross-country trip from Santa Monica, California, and enjoyed connecting with three generations of Boldt alums, including Peter Boldt ’10 and Michael Boldt ’79. Alli Hyun also connected with her brother, who was in Hanover for reunion; I spent time with my brother and sister-in-law.
To cap off an already remarkable weekend, our philanthropic-minded classmates contributed a record-breaking $1.745 million to Dartmouth College. Giving chairs Christina Dowding Nicholas, Catherine Adams Stanzler and Deme Navab Taleghani worked through the year to secure the 335 donations. This reunion gift marks the profound appreciation, gratitude and love classmates have for the College and the dear friends we met there.
After taking in all that Hanover air and sage advice of faithful, former class secretary, Suzie Fromer, I am both honored and terrified to assume the role of Class Notes reporter. Please, I implore you, keep your updates coming. Otherwise, you’ll be rolling your eyes as I pontificate on my renewed sense of devotion to Dartmouth or how those new fitness goals are going or whatever my weekly cause may be.
—Laura Hardegree Davis, 1664 Cambridge Court, Bethlehem, PA, 18015; lauradavis723@mac.com
I caught up with Craig Daily and Jamie Laughlin at Friday night’s dinner outside of Rocky. You may remember the duo as fellow Psi Upsilon brothers, and let me assure you they are now completely a respectable attorney and physician, respectively. They bantered about training and personal achievements in the Iron Man world. Though they had no idea they would be mentioned here, I was frantically taking mental notes for this column as well as recognizing a need to revisit some personal fitness goals after the weekend. I was amazed at their stories, and throughout the weekend found out that many of our classmates have focused their minds, bodies and spirits on endurance feats. I heard rustlings about several Bay Area residents competing in races, including San Francisco resident Darin Hughes and Marin County resident Justin Sadrian, who can be seen training vigorously throughout town.
Always the avid athlete, Darcey Forbes Bartel has continued her training for triathlons and ran her first marathon, along with classmate Beth Donohoe Cook, in Boston in 2012. Deme Navab Taleghani, our class president and cochair of the reunion committee, somehow also found time to complete the grueling training for and successfully run the Boston Marathon this past April. Deme’s motivation was inspiring in her touching words: “I’m not running the Boston Marathon for myself. I am running it for my real hero, a woman who is like a sister to me, my best friend from high school, Julie Hiraga Stolzberg.” While Deme doesn’t feel that she is “built for running,” her determination and loyalty drove her.
In addition to coming to a college reunion, some classmates had the added perk of mini-family reunions when siblings and extended family happened to be on campus as well. Tom Boldt made the cross-country trip from Santa Monica, California, and enjoyed connecting with three generations of Boldt alums, including Peter Boldt ’10 and Michael Boldt ’79. Alli Hyun also connected with her brother, who was in Hanover for reunion; I spent time with my brother and sister-in-law.
To cap off an already remarkable weekend, our philanthropic-minded classmates contributed a record-breaking $1.745 million to Dartmouth College. Giving chairs Christina Dowding Nicholas, Catherine Adams Stanzler and Deme Navab Taleghani worked through the year to secure the 335 donations. This reunion gift marks the profound appreciation, gratitude and love classmates have for the College and the dear friends we met there.
After taking in all that Hanover air and sage advice of faithful, former class secretary, Suzie Fromer, I am both honored and terrified to assume the role of Class Notes reporter. Please, I implore you, keep your updates coming. Otherwise, you’ll be rolling your eyes as I pontificate on my renewed sense of devotion to Dartmouth or how those new fitness goals are going or whatever my weekly cause may be.
—Laura Hardegree Davis, 1664 Cambridge Court, Bethlehem, PA, 18015; lauradavis723@mac.com