Class Note 1993
Issue
January-February 2021
Happy 2021, ’93s. Don’t want to jinx us, but it’s got to improve on 2020, right? In the window between writing this and you reading it there will be the most important presidential election of our lifetimes to date to be decided. Regardless which side you land on, the stakes are big. And we will also be two months closer to a vaccine.
Since so many of the 2020 columns grappled with our unprecedented times, I wanted to kick off 2021 with nothing but news about your classmates and thoughts of Hanover.
I recently heard from Geoff Tuff, who lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with his wife, Martha, and their four sons, Rider, Quinn, Mason, and Hunter (bonus points if you can spot the theme).
Now running Deloitte’s future-of-energy practice, he had this to share; “As far as I can tell, the only silver lining that has come with this pandemic ridiculousness is that companies finally have a far more visceral sense for what I mean when I talk about managing in the face of uncertainty. The situation sucks in so many ways, but the upside is that there’s a lot more motivation in the world to try to do things differently.” Agreed on that, so much change happening so quickly in reaction to this pandemic.
Amy Beatie also checked in from Colorado, where she has been living since graduation. Married to Declan with a son, Cormac, Amy now serves on the cabinet of Colorado’s attorney general, Phil Weiser. An attorney herself, her role oversees all the state’s natural resources and environmental attorneys, about 60 lawyers working on a wide range of environmental issues such as air and water quality, hazardous waste, energy policy, oil and gas mining, state parks, wildlife, state trust lands, and water allocation, among many others. She and her family have been living the remote life from their cabin in South Routt County (near Steamboat), enjoying the change of pace from Denver, where they normally reside.
Lastly, we’re putting together a playlist for our class on Spotify and would love to know which songs you want to add. Music takes you back like few things can, and there are so many songs that are tied to Hanover for us all. For me, Freshman Week was Young MC and Deee-lite mixed with Jimmy Buffet (my roommate T. Michael Brock was pretty into Buffet, politely tolerating my divergent tastes), but then from Jane’s Addiction to Tori Amos, there was so much music in those four years.
The boom of “alternative” rock, hip-hop relatively early on, and pop mixed with whatever was playing at parties or in a frat basement—the list goes on. We want to hear your favorites and will edit and compile them into a soundtrack for the next time you feel like reminiscing. Stay tuned.
That’s all for this edition, we look forward to hearing from you both with songs and news. Remember, if you’re reading this and want to see more Notes, the only way we keep it going is with your input so drop us a line now while it’s on your mind.
—Dwight Fenton, 200 E 72nd St., Apt. 20K, New York City, NY 10021; dwight.e.fenton.93@dartmouth.edu; Natalie Weidener Kupinsky, 9733 Beman Woods Way, Potomac, MD 20854; natalie.weidener.kupinsky.93@dartmouth.edu
Since so many of the 2020 columns grappled with our unprecedented times, I wanted to kick off 2021 with nothing but news about your classmates and thoughts of Hanover.
I recently heard from Geoff Tuff, who lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with his wife, Martha, and their four sons, Rider, Quinn, Mason, and Hunter (bonus points if you can spot the theme).
Now running Deloitte’s future-of-energy practice, he had this to share; “As far as I can tell, the only silver lining that has come with this pandemic ridiculousness is that companies finally have a far more visceral sense for what I mean when I talk about managing in the face of uncertainty. The situation sucks in so many ways, but the upside is that there’s a lot more motivation in the world to try to do things differently.” Agreed on that, so much change happening so quickly in reaction to this pandemic.
Amy Beatie also checked in from Colorado, where she has been living since graduation. Married to Declan with a son, Cormac, Amy now serves on the cabinet of Colorado’s attorney general, Phil Weiser. An attorney herself, her role oversees all the state’s natural resources and environmental attorneys, about 60 lawyers working on a wide range of environmental issues such as air and water quality, hazardous waste, energy policy, oil and gas mining, state parks, wildlife, state trust lands, and water allocation, among many others. She and her family have been living the remote life from their cabin in South Routt County (near Steamboat), enjoying the change of pace from Denver, where they normally reside.
Lastly, we’re putting together a playlist for our class on Spotify and would love to know which songs you want to add. Music takes you back like few things can, and there are so many songs that are tied to Hanover for us all. For me, Freshman Week was Young MC and Deee-lite mixed with Jimmy Buffet (my roommate T. Michael Brock was pretty into Buffet, politely tolerating my divergent tastes), but then from Jane’s Addiction to Tori Amos, there was so much music in those four years.
The boom of “alternative” rock, hip-hop relatively early on, and pop mixed with whatever was playing at parties or in a frat basement—the list goes on. We want to hear your favorites and will edit and compile them into a soundtrack for the next time you feel like reminiscing. Stay tuned.
That’s all for this edition, we look forward to hearing from you both with songs and news. Remember, if you’re reading this and want to see more Notes, the only way we keep it going is with your input so drop us a line now while it’s on your mind.
—Dwight Fenton, 200 E 72nd St., Apt. 20K, New York City, NY 10021; dwight.e.fenton.93@dartmouth.edu; Natalie Weidener Kupinsky, 9733 Beman Woods Way, Potomac, MD 20854; natalie.weidener.kupinsky.93@dartmouth.edu