Class Note 1986

Time for an association game. Here goes: 25th…green…class of 1986…get together. If you answered all of these “reunion,” you are correct! Here’s a brief message from chairperson Geoff Parker: “Our 25th reunion is fast approaching! The dates are June 16-19. Mark your calendars to join your classmates in Hanover to renew old acquaintances and reconnect with the Big Green. Your 25th reunion committee has planned a great schedule of events for you and your family. Check out www.alumni. dartmouth.edu/reunions to register and www.dartmouth86.com for information on this must-attend event. Get your green on!”


Let’s begin with a hearty congratulations to Geoff Michel, who was elected in November to his third term in the Minnesota State Senate.


And we continue our rundown of classmates in the San Francisco Bay area who enjoyed a mini-reunion of joyful companionship and a wine tasting by Napa Valley’s renowned Chappellet Winery at Liz Babb Fanlo’shome in Pacific Heights last November. Here’s one to top: Kelly Keller wins the prize for being the first grandparent (by marriage) of the class. She writes, “Yes, I am a grandma! Not by blood, but by heart for sure. My husband, Anthony, has an older daughter who lives in Belgium with her husband. They had a little boy this past March. My name as grandma is Mémé. It is the most amazing feeling to see this little guy growing up. We Skype a lot! My son Levon (13 years old) is a very proud uncle along with his older brother Noah, Anthony’s elder son. I live in Berkeley, California, with Anthony and Levon along with two cats, a tortoise and a hamster.” Chris Lord is a hedge-fund manager in San Francisco with a young family of two boys. Amanda Reed is married with a new little one, but is also working full-time in venture capital on the Peninsula in the Bay area. Mark Sachleben works for a software company in San Francisco and is enjoying fatherhood. He recently took on Yosemite with Brian Stretch. They got lost and realized they might have discovered a new peak in Yosemite and lived to tell about it. And speaking of…Brian Stretch is a U.S. attorney in San Francisco taking high-profile, white-collar cases. See above. Gabrielle Whelan is a city attorney in the Bay Area and an avid tennis player. Adelaide and Greg Hulbert have a daughter applying to college—maybe Dartmouth. Stay tuned. Karen Blodgett lives and works in San Francisco for a money management firm. And in the small world category, she works with Sally Gorman Fitzhugh’s husband. Diarmiud O’Connell works in business development for Tesla motors. Rod Rogers lives in Sausalito, California, and is a physician in San Francisco. Mary Finegan is a physician managing a big family with her own and adopted children. Rob Balas lives and works in the Bay Area, has a young family and loves fatherhood. 


—Davida (Sherman) Dinerman, 12 Kings Row, Ashland, MA 01721; (508) 231-8813; davida@dinerman.com; Mark Greenstein, 117F Brittany Farms, New Britain, CT 06053; (860) 224-6688; mgreenstein@collegenannies.com