The 95th day of the year was celebrated in style in Boston! Dan Stern, Jen (Sopko) Hee, Carol (Gilchrist) McIver, Vil Ramos, Haskins Hobson, Kim Schmitt, Jon Belk and I met up for dinner and had a great time reminiscing and catching up. Mark your calendars now for Sunday, April 5, 2015, for class dinners in Boston and elsewhere. If you’d be interested in coordinating a mini-reunion in April or anytime, contact our mini-reunion chair, Sandy Paul, at sandy.paul@gmail.com.


Sandy’s one of a number of classmates who chimed in on Facebook April 5. He says hello from Arlington, Virginia, where he works as an advisor on commercial real estate projects. Besides volunteering as our mini-reunion chair, he also conducts Dartmouth interviews and helps coach his son’s baseball team. Our esteemed class president, Lou Spelios, wrote from Phoenix, Arizona, where he was meeting with his law partners. Lou lives in Atlanta, where, if he’s not billing hours, odds are he’s working on some project for Dartmouth. Congratulations to Lou, our new Alumni Council president! He writes: “If you ever have any questions, comments or concerns about the College, drop me a line. You will always have my ear.”


Pete Jolicoeur posted from Shanghai, China, where he lives with his wife, Hua, and their son Allen (3). Pete works for a U.S.-based aviation consulting firm and travels throughout Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Hua owns a wholesale shoe business and has been expanding into the fabric industry. Pete writes: “I’m happy to have a chance to travel and visit so many places. Otherwise for fun I try to get in a few running races per year and am scheduled for the Great Wall Marathon.” Jonathan Weinberger wished everyone a happy 95th day and shared that he has moved to London. He looks forward to connecting with classmates “across the pond.” Our Facebook group is a great way to stay in touch and reconnect. If you haven’t been on recently, take a look, and if you haven’t participated, do! Just search “Dartmouth Class of 1995” and ask to join. Our 413 classmates who are already there will be glad you did!


Finally, Brandon Taylor wrote in from southern California: “I am still working at the Carlyle Group out here in Los Angeles and living in sunny and sandy Manhattan Beach, California. My awesome wife, Serena (Wellesley ’96), and I are raising our two sons, who are 5 and 8. I am really looking forward to showing them Dartmouth at our 20th reunion so they will finally believe the place I talk about so much actually exists. I guess the biggest item for me to report since we last emailed is that I was diagnosed 16 months ago with stage-III colon cancer. When I was turning 40 I had an executive physical that caught it. No symptoms at all. So, after chemo and surgery, I am happy to report I am in full remission. Docs at UCLA tell me I should be fine so I’m very encouraged. I wanted to relay this to encourage classmates to follow screening guidelines for colon cancer. I was very lucky in how I caught mine. Anyway, really just wanted to get my story out as early screenings really do save lives with this type of cancer.” Brandon, thank you for sharing your story. It’s a relief to know you are okay. It will be good to see you and your family at our reunion (June 19-21, 2015).


If you haven’t already done so, remember to mark your calendars for our 20th, and keep your news coming!


—Kaja (Schuppert) Fickes, 2 Bishops Lane, Hingham, MA 02043; kaja@alum.dartmouth.org