Hey, ’98s!


I hope everyone is having a great autumn and trying to enjoy the cooler weather. Up in the Northeast we had a positively mild summer. Just a few quick updates this month—looks like everyone was on summer vacation right around the time this column went to press!


Joe Fitzgerald checked in near the end of the summer to give an update on life in the Pacific Northwest: Joe has now been working in software engineering at Amazon for more than 14 years, which he says makes him feel like he’s risking “becoming a ‘lifer’ ” but also makes him happy to have been with such a “fun and dynamic company for that many years.” Joe recently got to spend some time with Tom Arnold, who was visiting from California, as well as Peter DeSantis (another Amazon employee).


Joe also got the chance to take a nice vacation on Prince Edward Island with his wife, Meagan. The end-of-summer plans for Joe included as much bike riding as he could fit in, with plans to culminate in early October with Levi’s Gran Fondo, a huge charity bike race in Sonoma County, California, that draws several thousand participants. Also planning on riding were the aforementioned Tom Arnold, as well as Marc Lewenstein and Mark Shahinian. I hope one of these gentlemen will provide us with some details about how the event went for the December column!


On a personal note, I had the chance to enjoy some time with Yuri Feldman and his family near the end of the summer. Yuri, his wife and two children recently relocated from New York City (after many, many years) to the suburbs of Connecticut. And for those of you in fantasy football leagues, I hope you’re in a league with other Dartmouth folk, as I am. I recently had the chance to enjoy drafting teams in my league—along with Noah Schneiderman, Steve Zrike, Josh Freeman, Ryan Broderick and Dong Shen, among others.


Please keep those updates coming. I am always absolutely thrilled to be able to pass along any personal or professional news that you or any of our classmates may have to share!


My best, as always.


—Jeffrey Beyer, 25 Aspen Way, Morristown, NJ 07960; jeffrey.beyer@gmail.com