Class Note 1989
This July marked the second Emmy nomination for Connie Britton, for “Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.” Connie was nominated two years in a row for her role as Tami Taylor on the show Friday Night Lights, which recently ended its run after five years on the air. She’s currently working on a movie called The To-Do List.
Charlie Williams is busy settling his family of five in their new Italian home. In June they left North Carolina, where Charlie was a professor at Duke’s Business School and where he taught a Ph.D. seminar jointly with Milan’s Bocconi University, his future employer. Charlie says they were sad to leave their friends and neighborhood, which included 30 miles of mountain biking and hiking trails, but were ready for their new adventure. The move was exhausting, especially since it involved bringing the cat and their Great Pyrenees dog! But, Charlie writes, “Here we are, living in a fifth-floor apartment two blocks from my university, frequenting Ikea for wardrobes and chairs and learning Italian at the dog park and gelateria. Big city living means busy traffic, noisy streets and music from the pole-dancing studio blaring on our balcony. But it also includes a fresh market with fish and figs and tomatoes to bring tears to your eyes. Yesterday the older kids rode their ripsticks from the cathedral to the castle. So I suppose we are adjusting little by little.”
Bobby Jaffe completed his first full Ironman triathlon at Lake Placid, New York, in July, calling it truly about the journey and experience, putting yourself and your training to the test. The race is a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile run. Bobby writes, “My day started with the voice of Ironman saying, ‘Go out and have the best day of your life.’ It’s a very emotional start, which within seconds turns into a 2.4-mile swim—a bit hectic at first, but it turns out to be very cool to be swimming with 2,400 other athletes!” Bobby says it’s a challenge and a huge time commitment but “anyone can do this, even at our age.”
Dan Rivers has an important question: What do you want your legacy to be? His own answer prompted him in 2008 to found Nexus Alliance, a network of professional black men in Massachusetts dedicated to community service, mentoring and fostering business alliances and civic leadership. One of Dan’s projects involves mentoring inner-city kids and he says that when kids see a black doctor or lawyer, they can see an alternative to being in a gang. Dan has a long history working in business and finance and recently founded his own boutique investment bank. He lives in Medford, Massachusetts, with his wife, Kim, and their six children, including 5-year-old twins and a 2-year-old.
Tim Derrick took his wife and children on a swing through New Hampshire and Maine during the summer, which included his first trip back to Hanover in more than 10 years. After Dartmouth Tim spent six years in the U.S. Army and later coached the U.S. Olympic biathlon team at the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan. He went on to work in wind energy at Enron and GE after business school, and in 2007 co-founded a solar energy company in southern California, Axio Power, where he’s currently the CEO. Tim and his wife, Veronica, live in San Clemente, California, with their 13-year-old son Grant and daughters Charlotte, 3, and Aurora, 2.
Finally, congratulations to Heather Killebrew and husband Pete, who welcomed baby Ruby into the world on June 1.
—Jennifer Avellino, 5912 Aberdeen Road, Bethesda, MD 20817; javellino@mac.com
