I am sad to report Ryder Sherwin passed away on March 9 at his home in Norwich, Vermont. Born September 28, 1974, Ryder was a lifelong resident of the Upper Valley. A fourth-generation Dartmouth graduate, he majored in geography and participated in a French foreign study program. He also was a member of Green Key Society and founded the Dartmouth Entrepreneurship Society. Jenn Tudder Walus remembered: “He was so funny and so sweet with a mischievous yet warm glint in his eye. We took a Latin dance class together our senior year and had so much fun, and our band Kodiak Jack used to rehearse in his family’s barn. I’m so glad he came to our last reunion.” Mikael Morn noted: “He was a popular resident in Woodward our freshman year. People were often hanging out in his dorm room.” Jess Russo Revand recalled Ryder “as my first amazing friend at Dartmouth. I was so impressed with his openness and his experience of the world. On the first night of school, Dawn Delizia and I stayed up all night with Ryder and some other guy just talking and talking and talking. I had never talked so much in my life! He and I would rollerblade through Hanover and go swimming off the rope swing. He was always up for having a good chat or a good time. He was so kind and effervescent.”

An obituary will appear on the magazine’s website, and those who wish are welcome to post remembrances of Ryder. May his memory be a blessing.

It was incredible to see so many of you at our 25th reunion in June. A huge thanks to outgoing ’97 class co-president Lindsey Noecker and co-president Blaire (Osgood) Bernard, reunion co-chairs Amy Henry and Danielle (Benware) Thompson, and everyone else who helped make the weekend so special for the 250-plus ’97s and their families who returned to Hanover. Although it got pretty cold Saturday night, the comfy green-and-white blankets given out as swag kept us warm in the class tent.

Class co-head agents Chris Winship and Lauren (Kleinberg) Levy also deserve recognition for leading the effort to raise more than $4.3 million for our reunion class gift to the College. As of this writing we are approaching our class participation goal of 55 percent.

On to reunion news.

Sashi Bach, recently named co-administrative partner of the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, office of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, came armed with old photos, including our freshman hiking trip where we got lost and had EBAs delivered to the Skiway.

Michael New, also on that hiking trip, teaches at Catholic University in Washington, D.C.

Jonathan Gale is a clinical psychologist in San Diego, where he lives with his wife and 8- and 12-year-old sons.

Eran Bendavid specializes in infectious disease and teaches at Stanford. We were the only ’97s to make it to an optional Saturday morning Spanish drill, but, sadly, the instructor did not show.

Mayank Keshaviah is a stay-at-home dad to his 4-year-old son in Los Angeles.

Liz (Lucarelli) Baldwin, husband Brian, and children Abbey, Nicholas, and Samantha recently moved to Pennsylvania while Liz completes a fellowship in maternal fetal medicine.

Matt Ellis leads the Latin American practice group at Miller & Chevalier and lives in Austin, Texas, with wife Emily and their two kids.

Vas Narayan is an endocrinologist in Irvine, California.

David Bruder, wife Tara, and adorable 8-month-old daughter Sadie were in from Boulder, Colorado. They have been traveling for a year, living in London; Austin, Texas; and Hawaii.

More reunion news in the next issue!

—Jason Casell, 10106 Balmforth Lane, Houston, TX 77096; jhcasell@gmail.com