Hi, ’94s! We’re in the early stages of reunion planning for our 30th celebration, and we need your ideas and help. All are welcome to participate to the extent your schedule allows. To learn more, please reach out to our class president Justin Sadrian at 1994dartmouthreunion@gmail.com.
Ildiko Shinkle Neilsen wrote to me about her beach weekend on Nantucket, Massachusetts, with Beth Donohoe Cook, Kiley Barnhorst MacDonald, Pamela Kunz, Karen Staib, Julie Lane,and Juliana Chittick Tiryaki. Ildi writes, “We had a great time biking, sitting on the beach, eating lobster, and hanging out at the fire pit. We laughed a lot about old memories, discussed current situations with work and family, and shared some hopes for the future. It was a beautiful weekend.”
Ildi continued to give a CliffsNotes-style update on her beach-bound buddies, and I will attempt to do the same. Beth teaches at the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health & Health Sciences. She and her husband, Todd Cook ’93, have two daughters and live in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Kiley is a trust and estates attorney in La Jolla, California, and has three children, including a daughter who is a Dartmouth ’25.
While I’m hoping never to need Pam’s professional help, she serves Yale Medical School and Yale Cancer Center as the director of gastrointestinal oncology. She and her husband, Jeff Kwan, Med’01, have three sons and spend their free time on the baseball field. Karen is a litigation partner focused on franchise law at the Hartford, Connecticut, firm of Shipman & Goodwin. She and her husband, Ben, share two sons. Julie works as an elementary and middle school reading teacher in Watertown, Massachusetts. She and her husband, Matt, have three children and live in nearby Newton. Juliana and her husband, Can, have two sons, and operate their firm of Tiryaki Architectural Design in Cohasset, Massachusetts. Last, but certainly not least, Ildi is currently working as a career coach at Harvard Business School. Ildi and Kevin Neilsen live in Wellesley with their two children.
Thank you to Andrew Plumridge for sharing some fun stories of recent accidental and purposeful connections with classmates. Andrew shares, “I run into Art Zweil fairly regularly; we were both at Boston Private Bank until recently. In addition to our wives having been college roommates at Smith, our first-born daughters are both there as well, so Northampton, Massachusetts, is a regular destination.” Last year the Plumridges took the all-too-familiar “college decision road trip.” Lo and behold, at one Pennsylvania college, Andrew saw Steve Costalas and family (Steve’s son is now a first-year at University of Colorado - Boulder.) Then, in Ohio, he caught up with Jon Newton and family. Andrew attended his high school reunion at the Menlo School in Palo Alto, California, where he reconnected with classmates Greg Alden, Keri Gleason Elmquist, and Harley McAllister. Keri sang the national anthem at the homecoming game (and was superb). Andrew stayed at one of Greg’s hotels, The Stanford Park Hotel (which was wonderful). Harley has eight children with wife Abby. Andrew had dinner with Katy Horner Kobal, her husband, Rob, and son Drew. Katy is an assistant district attorney for Alameda County, California. Katy’s son Jeff is a Dartmouth ’26. Andrew also caught up with Paul Morf, who continues to practice trust law in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, while raising three daughters. Andrew and his family are still living in Sharon, Massachusetts, where they have been since 2007.
I enjoyed reading so many snippets about classmates. Please share your brief note for the next magazine.
—Laura Hardegree Davis, 520 Meadowlark Lane, Brentwood, TN 37027; lauradavis723@mac.com