Class Note 1993
Issue
January-February 2024
Hi, ’93s! Writing this on the heels of Homecoming last weekend, it feels like a perfect time to celebrate the enduring ties our class has with one another. Mini-reunions abound on Facebook, and Munir and I would love to hear about those that don’t make social media too (hint, hint…).
Our former class president and current parent of a ’25 twice over, Doug Chia, has definitely roamed the girdled earth recently. He attended President Sian Leah Beilock’s inauguration, where he spotted Dartmouth trustee Todd Sisitsky, Rockefeller Center director Jason Barabas, and Colby-Sawyer College president Sue Stuebner in the processional; he also ran into Todd Cook and Scott Fisher,whowere in town for the event. Doug was back up in Hanover for Homecoming, crossing paths with Will Griffith amid the fun. Alice Campbell and Doug shared a relaxing lunch in Nantucket, Massachusetts, where in addition to catching up they also had the opportunity to remember former Nantucket resident Dwight Fenton. Finally, Doug attended the Dartmouth Innovation Summit in Lima, Peru, President Beilock’s first international trip on behalf of Dartmouth. He joined Nestor Paz-Galindo, co-chair of the alumni Latin America regional committee who helped orchestrate the event; Luis Paz-Galindo; and our adopted classmate, Thayer School dean Alexis Abramson, for the three-day conference.
Trey Laird recently posted a great snap of ’93 mini-reunion fun, catching up with Chicago area locals Courtney Molloy Chessen, Forrest Badgley, and Suzy (Jacoby) Cirulis while in the Windy City.
Finally, I was delighted to see one of my closest college friends, Jim Keating, pop up with two more of our Ripley Hall freshman dormmates, Kieran Shields and Benson McGrath. They were together in Lake Tahoe for a Zeta Psi buddies’ weekend with Andrew Hill and Scott Molinaroli.
Jim and his wife, Courtney Gilbert ’92, are keeping Dartmouth all in the family. Their son, Jack ’23, just graduated and is working at the Carnegie Institute in Washington, D.C. Their daughter, Meg ’26, is currently a sophomore. They live out in Sun Valley, Idaho, where Courtney is the curator of the Sun Valley Museum of Art and Jim is the city administrator of Sun Valley.
Jim and Courtney’s beautiful 1996 wedding kindly took into consideration the bar exam timing in several states since so many of us were sitting for it that summer, including both Kieran and Benson. Benson is still practicing law, having taken his talents from New York out to sunny California. Kieran and his family reside in Maine, where he has added “author” to his professional resume—a quick Amazon search will reveal several great historical mysteries that Kieran has penned. Andrew and his wife, Lisa Javellana Hill, cofounded a marketing and communications company that “creates and manages digital branding for small companies and non-profit organizations.” Scott is in the Bay Area and is a principal in an equity fund management boutique.
Please keep the tidbits coming—the more you share, the more we can! Contact information follows. Cheers!
—Natalie Weidener Kupinsky, 1 Stanmore Court, Potomac, MD 20854; natalie.weidener.kupinsky.93@dartmouth.edu; Munir Haddad, P.O. Box 1754, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568; munir.s.haddad.93@alum.dartmouth.org
Our former class president and current parent of a ’25 twice over, Doug Chia, has definitely roamed the girdled earth recently. He attended President Sian Leah Beilock’s inauguration, where he spotted Dartmouth trustee Todd Sisitsky, Rockefeller Center director Jason Barabas, and Colby-Sawyer College president Sue Stuebner in the processional; he also ran into Todd Cook and Scott Fisher,whowere in town for the event. Doug was back up in Hanover for Homecoming, crossing paths with Will Griffith amid the fun. Alice Campbell and Doug shared a relaxing lunch in Nantucket, Massachusetts, where in addition to catching up they also had the opportunity to remember former Nantucket resident Dwight Fenton. Finally, Doug attended the Dartmouth Innovation Summit in Lima, Peru, President Beilock’s first international trip on behalf of Dartmouth. He joined Nestor Paz-Galindo, co-chair of the alumni Latin America regional committee who helped orchestrate the event; Luis Paz-Galindo; and our adopted classmate, Thayer School dean Alexis Abramson, for the three-day conference.
Trey Laird recently posted a great snap of ’93 mini-reunion fun, catching up with Chicago area locals Courtney Molloy Chessen, Forrest Badgley, and Suzy (Jacoby) Cirulis while in the Windy City.
Finally, I was delighted to see one of my closest college friends, Jim Keating, pop up with two more of our Ripley Hall freshman dormmates, Kieran Shields and Benson McGrath. They were together in Lake Tahoe for a Zeta Psi buddies’ weekend with Andrew Hill and Scott Molinaroli.
Jim and his wife, Courtney Gilbert ’92, are keeping Dartmouth all in the family. Their son, Jack ’23, just graduated and is working at the Carnegie Institute in Washington, D.C. Their daughter, Meg ’26, is currently a sophomore. They live out in Sun Valley, Idaho, where Courtney is the curator of the Sun Valley Museum of Art and Jim is the city administrator of Sun Valley.
Jim and Courtney’s beautiful 1996 wedding kindly took into consideration the bar exam timing in several states since so many of us were sitting for it that summer, including both Kieran and Benson. Benson is still practicing law, having taken his talents from New York out to sunny California. Kieran and his family reside in Maine, where he has added “author” to his professional resume—a quick Amazon search will reveal several great historical mysteries that Kieran has penned. Andrew and his wife, Lisa Javellana Hill, cofounded a marketing and communications company that “creates and manages digital branding for small companies and non-profit organizations.” Scott is in the Bay Area and is a principal in an equity fund management boutique.
Please keep the tidbits coming—the more you share, the more we can! Contact information follows. Cheers!
—Natalie Weidener Kupinsky, 1 Stanmore Court, Potomac, MD 20854; natalie.weidener.kupinsky.93@dartmouth.edu; Munir Haddad, P.O. Box 1754, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568; munir.s.haddad.93@alum.dartmouth.org