Class Note 1996
Issue
Mar - Apr 2018
As we jump forward into a dynamic new year, I hope everyone in the class of ’96 had a wonderful end to 2017 and a happy, healthy holiday season. I look forward to relaying more classmate adventures and life developments as they unfold. Please keep those updates coming in the year ahead, but for now I’m leaning on our illustrious newsletter editors for some of their recent class news. Drew Brady wrote: “My wife, Evelyn (Waters) Brady ’95, and I are pleased to announce that our daughter, Ashleigh, has been accepted into the Dartmouth class of 2021. She will be attending in the fall. Hopefully the legacy will continue when Nicholas joins the Dartmouth class of 2028. Family is doing well. I have just been appointed chief of orthopedic trauma at Christiana Care Medical Center in Newark, Delaware. We look forward to many more trips up to Hanover in the next few years.” Congratulations, Drew and Evelyn! You have the first Dartmouth legacy child we have heard about. Woohoo Ashleigh, and go Big Green!
Jacqueline Chappel wrote, “So inspired by everyone’s hard and good work. I am off in Hawaii finishing up a Ph.D. in education (while working full time). I am looking at the challenges to internationalizing the American high school curriculum. I will spare you my findings. I have no kids, but I run with an amazing group of women who are running their fastest in their 40s and 50s—no joke. Another inspirational cohort in my life. I will try to make it to the 25th reunion.” Tim Cross shared, “Okay, friends, I’ve taken the biggest risk of my life and have left the labor in education profession to do what I love and what will truly make me happy. I’m going into business with my brother (the smartest business person I know) to open a home repair and remodeling business, Cross Brothers Construction. After leaving the toxic job I had in Aurora, Colorado, I’ve lost 20 pounds, slept better, got the best blood labs I’ve had since high school and have a healthier marriage than ever. It’s clear that life’s too short to do the kind of work I was doing. I’m turning my skill from a personal pastime to work that I love and will be paid to do. We’re headed to Texas and Florida to help with all the work there to be done. We’d love to have people keep us in mind for work here in Colorado as well as for you personally or family and friends in those states. I’m really good at this work, and my brother is very good at taking directions. I hope everyone is doing well and hope if you have home repair, refurbishing or remodeling needs, you’ll give us a call! More to come!”
Sara Paisner and her husband, Howard Mendlovitz, visited Eliza Barry and her husband, Andrew Riker ’97, at their home in Bermuda for the America’s Cup (sailing) race. Besides having an overall great time, they got to stand next to the Auld Mug.
Lastly, I have an update from Jesse Russell. “After four years at the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, I am now excited to be starting on a new adventure: Big Picture Research and Consulting (BPRAC). BPRAC is a new organization focused on using data, research and big-picture strategy to keep children, youth and families safe and supported in their communities. Our goal is to help clients produce better data insights, better decision-making and better outcomes. You can check us out at www.bprac.com or follow us on Twitter at @bpractweets.”
—Garrett Gil de Rubio, 1062 Middlebrooke Drive, Canton, GA 30115; ggdr@alum.dartmouth.org
Jacqueline Chappel wrote, “So inspired by everyone’s hard and good work. I am off in Hawaii finishing up a Ph.D. in education (while working full time). I am looking at the challenges to internationalizing the American high school curriculum. I will spare you my findings. I have no kids, but I run with an amazing group of women who are running their fastest in their 40s and 50s—no joke. Another inspirational cohort in my life. I will try to make it to the 25th reunion.” Tim Cross shared, “Okay, friends, I’ve taken the biggest risk of my life and have left the labor in education profession to do what I love and what will truly make me happy. I’m going into business with my brother (the smartest business person I know) to open a home repair and remodeling business, Cross Brothers Construction. After leaving the toxic job I had in Aurora, Colorado, I’ve lost 20 pounds, slept better, got the best blood labs I’ve had since high school and have a healthier marriage than ever. It’s clear that life’s too short to do the kind of work I was doing. I’m turning my skill from a personal pastime to work that I love and will be paid to do. We’re headed to Texas and Florida to help with all the work there to be done. We’d love to have people keep us in mind for work here in Colorado as well as for you personally or family and friends in those states. I’m really good at this work, and my brother is very good at taking directions. I hope everyone is doing well and hope if you have home repair, refurbishing or remodeling needs, you’ll give us a call! More to come!”
Sara Paisner and her husband, Howard Mendlovitz, visited Eliza Barry and her husband, Andrew Riker ’97, at their home in Bermuda for the America’s Cup (sailing) race. Besides having an overall great time, they got to stand next to the Auld Mug.
Lastly, I have an update from Jesse Russell. “After four years at the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, I am now excited to be starting on a new adventure: Big Picture Research and Consulting (BPRAC). BPRAC is a new organization focused on using data, research and big-picture strategy to keep children, youth and families safe and supported in their communities. Our goal is to help clients produce better data insights, better decision-making and better outcomes. You can check us out at www.bprac.com or follow us on Twitter at @bpractweets.”
—Garrett Gil de Rubio, 1062 Middlebrooke Drive, Canton, GA 30115; ggdr@alum.dartmouth.org