Class Note 1995
Issue
Jul - Aug 2018
Class of ’95s celebrated 45 in style on (or near) April 5—the 95th day of the year—across the country with gatherings in Boston, Washington, D.C., Austin, Texas, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Thanks to all the hosts for putting together such a range of events, from house parties to museum tours!
Sandy Paul reports from D.C.: “Our mini-reunion featured meticulous recreations of the late, great EBAs chicken sandwich. John Jones hosted a joyous gathering of nine alumni from our class cluster. The homemade Portuguese muffins were among the many highlights that made the event memorable.”
Lisa Mortell and her husband, Jake ’94, hosted in Denver. She writes, “Eric Howard and his wife, Lisa, made the trek up from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Eric will have two kids in high school next year and is keeping busy with his law practice. Bo Brukstern and wife Amy brought their lively crew of five kids, ranging in age from 1 to 16. Bo travels frequently with his company, LendIt Fintech. Cynthia Kelmenson had a night off from her busy job as an emergency room physician. She and her family live in Golden, Colorado. Brett Reece, a cardiac surgeon at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, also joined our crew and shared tales from the front line as a father of three. Rob McLennan and wife Beth recently moved to the Denver area. He was lured back by the Pro’s Closet Inc., where he serves as chief financial officer.”
A nice group of us gathered in Boston. Carol Gilchrist McIver, Rebecca Slisz, Jen Sopko Hee, Catherine Bednar, Vil Ramos, Vikram Srimurthy, and I were joined by Leah and Larry Brekenridge, who came down from New Hampshire for the occasion. Many of us sported vintage college T-shirts, including Cabin & Trail and freshman trip favorites, and we all enjoyed catching up and reminiscing.
András Petery sends us “Saladus y abrazos from the 95th day reunion in San Francisco at Rosa Mexicano! Rahul Mathur and his fantastic family represented the South Bay, and he’s offered to organize an event on the peninsula in the future. Jake Hobson is doing great things with Tipping Point to support northern California wildfire relief. Andrew Housser and I are involved in a fun project to bring professional soccer to San Francisco with SF City Football Club. Anyone interested in learning more, hit me up on Twitter!”
Steve Tseng organized a special gathering at New York’s Museum of Natural History, where he is a trustee. Classmates enjoyed private tours of the North American mammals exhibit and the fourth-floor fossil hall before-hours. The group then saw the day’s first showing of the Dark Universe space show. Afterward everyone explored the museum and a few families had lunch at Uno’s with make your-own-pizza and ice cream for the kids. It was great to have New York-based classmates Cindy Chu, Judi Flynn, Lara Morse, Nelli Black, Nancy Brosterman, Michael Kubersky, and Christopher Timmel and their families together for all the festivities.
Sadly, the following 15 classmates did not live to celebrate 45 with us: Cicely Bomar, Matthew Fornari, Paul Hung, Curtis Jones Jr., Hareesh Khurana, Marina Lakhman, John Lee, Keith Kai Li, Alicia Pommerening, Daniel Martone, Paul Miklis, Amy Naparstek, Nicole Redhorse, Andrew Swanson,and Murray Youngbear.I’m working on a special tributefor all of them and I need your help. If you were close with any of our classmates listed above, please be in touch to learn more. Together we can gather stories and photos that will help keep their memories alive and enrich our 25th reunion memorial service. Thank you, and keep your news coming.
—Kaja (Schuppert) Fickes, 2 Bishops Lane, Hingham, MA 02043; kaja.k.fickes.95@dartmouth.edu
Sandy Paul reports from D.C.: “Our mini-reunion featured meticulous recreations of the late, great EBAs chicken sandwich. John Jones hosted a joyous gathering of nine alumni from our class cluster. The homemade Portuguese muffins were among the many highlights that made the event memorable.”
Lisa Mortell and her husband, Jake ’94, hosted in Denver. She writes, “Eric Howard and his wife, Lisa, made the trek up from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Eric will have two kids in high school next year and is keeping busy with his law practice. Bo Brukstern and wife Amy brought their lively crew of five kids, ranging in age from 1 to 16. Bo travels frequently with his company, LendIt Fintech. Cynthia Kelmenson had a night off from her busy job as an emergency room physician. She and her family live in Golden, Colorado. Brett Reece, a cardiac surgeon at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, also joined our crew and shared tales from the front line as a father of three. Rob McLennan and wife Beth recently moved to the Denver area. He was lured back by the Pro’s Closet Inc., where he serves as chief financial officer.”
A nice group of us gathered in Boston. Carol Gilchrist McIver, Rebecca Slisz, Jen Sopko Hee, Catherine Bednar, Vil Ramos, Vikram Srimurthy, and I were joined by Leah and Larry Brekenridge, who came down from New Hampshire for the occasion. Many of us sported vintage college T-shirts, including Cabin & Trail and freshman trip favorites, and we all enjoyed catching up and reminiscing.
András Petery sends us “Saladus y abrazos from the 95th day reunion in San Francisco at Rosa Mexicano! Rahul Mathur and his fantastic family represented the South Bay, and he’s offered to organize an event on the peninsula in the future. Jake Hobson is doing great things with Tipping Point to support northern California wildfire relief. Andrew Housser and I are involved in a fun project to bring professional soccer to San Francisco with SF City Football Club. Anyone interested in learning more, hit me up on Twitter!”
Steve Tseng organized a special gathering at New York’s Museum of Natural History, where he is a trustee. Classmates enjoyed private tours of the North American mammals exhibit and the fourth-floor fossil hall before-hours. The group then saw the day’s first showing of the Dark Universe space show. Afterward everyone explored the museum and a few families had lunch at Uno’s with make your-own-pizza and ice cream for the kids. It was great to have New York-based classmates Cindy Chu, Judi Flynn, Lara Morse, Nelli Black, Nancy Brosterman, Michael Kubersky, and Christopher Timmel and their families together for all the festivities.
Sadly, the following 15 classmates did not live to celebrate 45 with us: Cicely Bomar, Matthew Fornari, Paul Hung, Curtis Jones Jr., Hareesh Khurana, Marina Lakhman, John Lee, Keith Kai Li, Alicia Pommerening, Daniel Martone, Paul Miklis, Amy Naparstek, Nicole Redhorse, Andrew Swanson,and Murray Youngbear.I’m working on a special tributefor all of them and I need your help. If you were close with any of our classmates listed above, please be in touch to learn more. Together we can gather stories and photos that will help keep their memories alive and enrich our 25th reunion memorial service. Thank you, and keep your news coming.
—Kaja (Schuppert) Fickes, 2 Bishops Lane, Hingham, MA 02043; kaja.k.fickes.95@dartmouth.edu