Class Note 1998
Issue
July-August 2022
Incredibly we are now less than one year from our 25th reunion, June 15-18, 2023. Now is the time to block these dates and make a firm commitment to attend. And if you would like to make your mark by helping to plan this milestone, do not hesitate to contact Kate Gold (kategold98@gmail.com), who is heading things up.
Baxter Wasson emailed me four updates. First, this winter he enjoyed a ski trip in Park City, Utah, with Carter Jackson, as well as one dinner with Andrea and Adam Himoff and two dinners with Berit Campion ’96. Second, Baxter regularly speaks with Brook Detterman. Last summer they hiked up Mount Moosilauke, and Baxter visited Brook at his new home in Maine. Third, Baxter recently enjoyed a wonderful long lunch with Catherine Baumann. Fourth, Baxter is engaged with a wide range of Dartmouth lightweight rowers to revive and align the program with the priorities of the College since lightweight rowing was canceled and then reinstated. Chris Egan wrote that he lives in Boston with his wife, Alexis, and their four children: Madeline (14), Jack (12), Charlotte (10), and Christopher (9). Chris’s family spent New Year’s with Keith Zadourian, Bill Curran, and their families. Chris looks forward to the 25th reunion.
I was so pleased to read that Roger Johnson’s contributing to Class Notes one year ago yielded emails from long-lost friends and even a visit from David Walthall, traveling from Siena, Italy, to Mobile, Alabama, to see family. Roger lives in nearby Pensacola, Florida, where he owns a “hidden gem” of a wine shop. Roger is also an alumni admissions ambassador, which means he interviews applicants to Dartmouth. Through the years Roger has interviewed more than 100 students all across the country, yet only one has matriculated at Dartmouth! Lately Roger is on hiatus. Owing to the pandemic, interviews have been shunted to Zoom, and Roger prefers to live in the real world, something I wholeheartedly endorse.
Another long-time ’98 ambassador is Chris Wang, who resides in Beijing. He shared the story of his most memorable admit: the first student ever admitted to Dartmouth from a public magnet school in northeast China. The student was keenly interested in Dartmouth and had a clear goal of studying philosophy, backed up by his experiences. For example, he had increased access to Western philosophy by translating works into Chinese and publishing them on an online bookstore. Chris found the student’s love of the subject, depth of thought, and passion to be convincing and inspiring. Fast forward a few years and the student graduated from Dartmouth Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude.
—Gabe Galletti, 4000 Utah Ave., Nashville, TN 37209; galletti@gmail.com
Baxter Wasson emailed me four updates. First, this winter he enjoyed a ski trip in Park City, Utah, with Carter Jackson, as well as one dinner with Andrea and Adam Himoff and two dinners with Berit Campion ’96. Second, Baxter regularly speaks with Brook Detterman. Last summer they hiked up Mount Moosilauke, and Baxter visited Brook at his new home in Maine. Third, Baxter recently enjoyed a wonderful long lunch with Catherine Baumann. Fourth, Baxter is engaged with a wide range of Dartmouth lightweight rowers to revive and align the program with the priorities of the College since lightweight rowing was canceled and then reinstated. Chris Egan wrote that he lives in Boston with his wife, Alexis, and their four children: Madeline (14), Jack (12), Charlotte (10), and Christopher (9). Chris’s family spent New Year’s with Keith Zadourian, Bill Curran, and their families. Chris looks forward to the 25th reunion.
I was so pleased to read that Roger Johnson’s contributing to Class Notes one year ago yielded emails from long-lost friends and even a visit from David Walthall, traveling from Siena, Italy, to Mobile, Alabama, to see family. Roger lives in nearby Pensacola, Florida, where he owns a “hidden gem” of a wine shop. Roger is also an alumni admissions ambassador, which means he interviews applicants to Dartmouth. Through the years Roger has interviewed more than 100 students all across the country, yet only one has matriculated at Dartmouth! Lately Roger is on hiatus. Owing to the pandemic, interviews have been shunted to Zoom, and Roger prefers to live in the real world, something I wholeheartedly endorse.
Another long-time ’98 ambassador is Chris Wang, who resides in Beijing. He shared the story of his most memorable admit: the first student ever admitted to Dartmouth from a public magnet school in northeast China. The student was keenly interested in Dartmouth and had a clear goal of studying philosophy, backed up by his experiences. For example, he had increased access to Western philosophy by translating works into Chinese and publishing them on an online bookstore. Chris found the student’s love of the subject, depth of thought, and passion to be convincing and inspiring. Fast forward a few years and the student graduated from Dartmouth Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude.
—Gabe Galletti, 4000 Utah Ave., Nashville, TN 37209; galletti@gmail.com