Class Note 1998
Issue
Jan - Feb 2016
Hey, ’98s. I can’t believe that it’s time to turn the page on 2015 and that this is the last ’98 Class Notes of the year!
Kicking things off this month, Aimie (Cryer) Black and I had a nice exchange a few weeks ago. Aimie has been living in Austin, Texas, for the last 16 years or so (minus a single year in Boston). She and her husband, Jason, have two children, Ella and Ethan, and Aimie works for Dell SecureWorks.
In “better late than never” news, Peter Lanfer passed along news about the birth of his daughter, Hannah, back in December 2014—joining big brother Micah. So this can actually serve as a little one-year birthday wish for Peter’s daughter! Peter also had opportunity to return to Hanover last year for a visiting lectureship in the religion department, which gave him the chance to have a number of mini-reunions with some friends, including Chad Trexler, Steve Vogel, Alex Keally and Nicolle (Haneman) Keally, among others.
I also got a very long note from Erica Brandling-Bennett a couple of weeks back. Erica and her husband, Ron Gregush ’97, live in Seattle with their two children, Xander (5) and Zoe (3). Erica earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology with a subspecialty in neuropsychology from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Then, after a postdoctoral training stint in L.A., Erica got a job as a clinical neuropsychologist in a neurology department at a medical center in the suburbs of Seattle, where she has now been for more than seven years! In addition to her very busy work and family life, Erica also makes time to hang with a number of other College alums, including a yearly trip with some fellow ’98 women. Participants in this trip have included Christine Alvarado, Candace (Cornell) Kristensson and Kathleen (Eibl) Steele. As Erica put it, if nothing else, it’s a great excuse “to get away from our kids for a weekend to eat great food and drink lots of wine in California wine country.”
Well, that’s all for this edition of the Class Notes—and for 2015. Happy holidays to you all, however you celebrate, and a happy New Year as well. Here’s hoping for a great 2016. And before I go, a quick plug: Please check out the class of 1998 Facebook page, if you’re so inclined. And also, check out the class website at http://1998.dartmouth.org. Among other things, you can pay your class dues (just look for the PayPal button on the right of the page) and check out the latest class newsletter and other news too. I encourage you all to check it out!
With that, I’ll remind you that, as always, please let me know what’s happening in your lives, personally, professionally or otherwise. As we all get closer to those big milestone birthdays—not to mention our 20th reunion—I hope there’s plenty more good news to share with our fellow ’98s.
Best wishes.
—Jeffrey Beyer, 25 Aspen Way, Morristown, NJ 07960; jeffrey.beyer@gmail.com
Kicking things off this month, Aimie (Cryer) Black and I had a nice exchange a few weeks ago. Aimie has been living in Austin, Texas, for the last 16 years or so (minus a single year in Boston). She and her husband, Jason, have two children, Ella and Ethan, and Aimie works for Dell SecureWorks.
In “better late than never” news, Peter Lanfer passed along news about the birth of his daughter, Hannah, back in December 2014—joining big brother Micah. So this can actually serve as a little one-year birthday wish for Peter’s daughter! Peter also had opportunity to return to Hanover last year for a visiting lectureship in the religion department, which gave him the chance to have a number of mini-reunions with some friends, including Chad Trexler, Steve Vogel, Alex Keally and Nicolle (Haneman) Keally, among others.
I also got a very long note from Erica Brandling-Bennett a couple of weeks back. Erica and her husband, Ron Gregush ’97, live in Seattle with their two children, Xander (5) and Zoe (3). Erica earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology with a subspecialty in neuropsychology from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Then, after a postdoctoral training stint in L.A., Erica got a job as a clinical neuropsychologist in a neurology department at a medical center in the suburbs of Seattle, where she has now been for more than seven years! In addition to her very busy work and family life, Erica also makes time to hang with a number of other College alums, including a yearly trip with some fellow ’98 women. Participants in this trip have included Christine Alvarado, Candace (Cornell) Kristensson and Kathleen (Eibl) Steele. As Erica put it, if nothing else, it’s a great excuse “to get away from our kids for a weekend to eat great food and drink lots of wine in California wine country.”
Well, that’s all for this edition of the Class Notes—and for 2015. Happy holidays to you all, however you celebrate, and a happy New Year as well. Here’s hoping for a great 2016. And before I go, a quick plug: Please check out the class of 1998 Facebook page, if you’re so inclined. And also, check out the class website at http://1998.dartmouth.org. Among other things, you can pay your class dues (just look for the PayPal button on the right of the page) and check out the latest class newsletter and other news too. I encourage you all to check it out!
With that, I’ll remind you that, as always, please let me know what’s happening in your lives, personally, professionally or otherwise. As we all get closer to those big milestone birthdays—not to mention our 20th reunion—I hope there’s plenty more good news to share with our fellow ’98s.
Best wishes.
—Jeffrey Beyer, 25 Aspen Way, Morristown, NJ 07960; jeffrey.beyer@gmail.com