For the second time in three years the College honored us with the Class of the Year Award (for classes 25 years out and younger)! We received the accolades at Class Officers Weekend in Hanover the weekend of September 23. Jennifer Newsom, Michelle Davis, Kyle Huebner, Tom Paganucci, Brett Scoll Perryman, Anne Hammer, Julie Cillo, Kristy Wiwczar and I were there to accept the award and celebrate on behalf of the class of 1992.

At press time we still had not located the time capsule we buried on the Bema our senior year, but we looked for it that weekend. Our main clue is a photo of the April 1992 event in which the only identifiable people are Brant Rose and Jennifer Bergeron. Using triangulation—plus analysis of topography, tree growth and the windows in Andres—our intrepid reunion chair Julie deduced the location of the capsule to within a few square yards. She and Kristy, reunion catering chair, showed me the spots where Jim Alberghini of buildings and grounds (now FO&M) had been digging. Jim had brought out a metal detector, found some metal and dug it up…yet it wasn’t our time capsule. Next he’ll use sonar equipment to scan the area. Meanwhile, we need the ’92 brain trust to recall more details of that snowy day during our senior symposium. Do you remember putting anything non-biodegradable in the time capsule? Can you identify anyone else in the picture (see our Facebook group) or do you have an additional photo? Neither the passage of time nor the laws of biodegradation will hinder our quest to find the memories and dreams we hoped to preserve in that wooden box.

Many reunion committee members have never appeared in the Class Notes, so I asked them to let you know what they’re up to these days.

Elizabeth Cavanagh is working on souvenirs: “Greetings, fellow ’92s! Jon Wilkins and I have been married for almost 22 years and we have lived in the D.C. area (Chevy Chase, Maryland) for almost that long, since graduating from law school. We have a 15-year-old son and a 12-year-old daughter. For the last several years I’ve been teaching as an adjunct professor at American University’s Washington College of Law. I also do volunteer work for the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project and for our children’s schools. Jon has worked for the last three years at the Federal Communications Commission—first as managing director and now as chief of the wireless bureau. He also serves on the board of the Maryland Kidney Foundation. Jon is an avid runner, with a marathon personal record of just under three hours. I’m thrilled that my dear friend Maria Veniard just moved back to the D.C. area after many happy years in California and Switzerland. Looking forward to seeing many of you in June; Yoi Herrera and I are lining up some excellent swag!”

Pete DeBalli, who is organizing the memorial service, wrote: “Professional life: anesthesiologist in private practice, medical director of the surgery center in my adopted hometown of Titusville, Florida, and medical director of a new training program for anesthesia technicians at the local college. Personal life: recently celebrated my 19th anniversary with my lovely and talented wife, Shannon, who describes herself as a part-time artist and full-time monkey-wrangler. I’m father to three wonderful monkeys, I mean, boys: Peter (16), Grant (14) and Malcolm (9). I spend my free time learning Italian, traveling or just enjoying the Florida sunshine. We are looking forward to our trip to Hanover next summer and I’m excited to see as many classmates as possible at our 25th reunion.”

—Kelly Shriver Kolln, 3900 Cottage Grove Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403; (920) 306-2192; dartmouth92news@gmail.com