It was so great to see so many classmates at our 19th reunion! As my predecessor Jeff Middents mentioned in our last Class Notes column, I have shifted from president to secretary and want to thank our outgoing class officers for an amazing five years! 


To continue with Jeff’s Olympics/international theme from the last column, we continue with the (mostly) international Class Notes.


Kathy Vaughn has been living in Africa for quite some time. From Nairobi she writes in to tell us about her past five years working all over the African continent (South Africa to Liberia to Ethiopia and all corners of Kenya) as a consultant trainer, facilitator and executive coach specializing in leadership, conflict management and collaboration. In addition to helping shape the development of Africa, Kathy is ensuring that her children are aware of their heritage, as she described, “from their ethnic mother tongue to the Japanese and Irish traditions I enjoyed growing up as a third-culture child—an always interesting, frequently challenging, but often highly amusing endeavor in a culture outside one’s own.”


Masaaki Kobayashi writes, “I am living in Tokyo, Japan, with my wife and 4-year-old son.” He works for the global network of an international advertising agency and often makesbusiness trips overseas, including recent trips to Kenya, SouthAfrica, Nigeria, Dubai and Egypt. 


Also living outside of the United States is Eduardo Fernández.After graduating from NYU law school in 1996 he went to work for Willkie Farr & Gallagher. In 1999 he was sent to the Paris office for a two-year stint, but his French-born and NYU Law trained wife persuaded him to remain. He was admitted to the Paris bar in 2003 and made partner at Willkie in January 2005. Eduardo and his wife have three sons: Julien (12), Nicolas (9) and Alexandre (7). Lest the old traditions fail, Eduardo’s older two boys have taken to baseball, and Eduardo coaches on the 7-10-year-old team for the Paris Universite Club. Chasing his kids led to marathon training with Eduardo having run the Paris Marathon (in under four hours!).


We have kudos for alumni living this side of the pond as well. John Goff has published a children’s book (for ages 8 to 12), The Take Over. This is Goff’s second book, written from his experiences as a teacher and student. His previous effort is One Bad Thing, released in 2008. 


Bummed about having turned 40 this year? Kari Loya didn’t let it bring him down, with his anecdotal memoir, My Top 40 at 40: Making the First Half Count (A Modern Man’s Story Collection). This fun way to celebrate the big 4-0 last year includes 40 of his favorite stories spanning six continents and two decades. 


Congratulations to David Katz on the arrival of his (and wife Julia’s) second child, Eliza Colby Katz. He adds: “Meanwhile my business partner and I continue to work on our track record as we build out our hedge fund that we launched this past June. I am commuting up to our office in San Francisco from my home in Newport Beach, California. Hope to see more Dartmouth friends in one of these two places.”


Though not an international update, it feels like I’ve moved to a different country! This life-long curly haired N.Y.er has taken the plunge and moved to the land of low humidity—Los Angeles. Keep your life updates coming and contact me if you want to “do lunch.”


—Beth Krakower, c/o CineMedia Promotions, 11500 Olympic Blvd., Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90064; (310) 439-1403; dartmouth93@gmail.com