I hope you are now ensconced in enjoyable winter activities. I love to be out skiing and on the platform tennis courts all winter long. Prior to the change of seasons, I was able to gather some news from fellow classmates who braved the rainy weather at Homecoming this past fall.
Julide Onder Woodward and husband Tim Woodward ’85 are perennial visitors to Homecoming, and it’s always great to catch up with them. They have two more Dartmouth graduates in the family, daughter Aylin ’15 and son Aziz ’22. Julide is a Turkish-English translator and interpreter helping wherever needed, whether in the schools, court system, or anywhere else her services are requested. Julide and Tim are living in Rochester, New York.
Alice Rudd Elder and Brooks Elder have been living in Burlington, Vermont, for more than 30 years. When they were students at Dartmouth they enjoyed a big loop bike ride in Norwich, Vermont. In fact, they loved it so much they said they wanted to live in Vermont at some point in their lives, and that’s where they ended up. Brooks is a jack of all trades, which includes being a very handy master griller for Homecoming. We thank him for his wonderful grilling, which has been making our tailgates awesome! He volunteers with the Dartmouth Outing Club, leading student fly fishing and bird hunting trips for the College. Alice works for Morgan Stanley in private wealth management. They have two sons, Jackson ’23, who graduated from Dartmouth, and Ramsey, who is a junior at Northeastern.
Karen Blodgett is also working in wealth management and is in San Francisco. She lives in California most of the year, but during the pandemic spent quite a bit of time with family in the Hanover area. Post-pandemic she has been able to continue to work remotely during the summers, living in Enfield, New Hampshire, on Mascoma Lake. If you’re ever in the Hanover area you can also look up Jim Citron, who is teaching Spanish at Dartmouth and living in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Bruce Chafee resides in Boston and is enjoying much of his time out on the water. He is a competitive sailor, and one competition was a two-and-a-half-day race from Annapolis, Maryland, to Newport, Rhode Island. It was a wonderful experience, especially since he faced differing conditions traveling from the bay out into the ocean. He had been working in bio pharma doing some work in gene therapy but is happiest when out on his sailboat.
Another classmate enjoying his recreational time is Benton Routh, who lives in Atlanta and loves playing golf.
Please continue to send me your news! These Class Notes will be much more interesting to read the more information I receive from all of you. Share some details about you and your fellow classmates with the rest of us!
—Suzy Nachman Mercado, 55 Aspen Wood Lane, Fairfield, CT 06825; suzynmercado@gmail.com