Class Note 1981
You never can tell what may happen when a group of former Phi Delt brothers get together, as they recently did in Denver. Fortunately, they gathered at Chris Toll’s house, where Chris, who is a longtime partner at Holland & Hart, could at least make sure that nothing illegal transpired.
It was good to hear from Michael Leede and Tim Hudner, who were both there. Michael and his wife have been in the Denver area for more than 25 years. Their two sons are now grown up and living in California. Business and family are all healthy, he reports.
Tim left the full-time work world a few years ago. “These days,” he says, “my wife, Jean, and I spend most of our time in Grand Junction [Colorado], where my son Sandy lives. Our daughter Sara ’10 lives in N.Y.C. I keep busy working with a number of organizations that provide services to people with developmental disabilities and mental illnesses. We also enjoy the full range of outdoor activities in Colorado. Plus I recently got my private pilot’s license, so I plan to explore some of the more remote parts of the West this summer.”
Being practically next door in Kansas, Bill Sherman had to be there too. “Fred” seems to be covering all kinds of territory these days, visiting Dartmouth connections coast to coast. He also has an alumna daughter (Elizabeth ’08) living in N.Y.C. and another daughter, Ali, living in Chile.
Just a message from Beth Shapiro Lewyckyj was all it took to get six ’81s together with fellow Washingtonians from the classes of ’82, ’83 and ’84 for dinner at Chef Geoff’s after President Hanlon’s D.C. reception. Beth and her husband, Ray, will soon reach the end of an eight-year run as Dartmouth parents when their son Jonathan ’14 graduates.
Frank Broner was there with his wife, Annette, and son Aaron. Jim Payne enjoyed the evening and so did Jerry Pierce. Jerry owns an expanding business and government consulting firm, the Interamerica Group, which promotes trade and creates partnerships in Latin America for American companies.
Business is also booming for Rachel Kenzie King. GlycoMimetrics, the biotech company that she cofounded, just went public in January. Rachel and her husband, John ’82, have a daughter teaching in North Carolina and a son in med school at nearby Georgetown.
And three snaps for Kevin Lynch, who came all the way to the D.C. mini-reunion from Portland, Oregon. Kevin is in charge of external affairs for Iberdrola Renewables. “Ironically, I had been in D.C. just the week before to meet with, among others, Tom Kiernan, who leads our industry’s trade association.”
Personally, it was great to see Doug and Molly Van Metre in N.Y.C. when they came to town to watch their daughter Mary ’14 swim vs. Columbia. Jim Delisle attended too, practically making it a mini-reunion. Mary capped her career in style the following week at the Ivy champs, achieving personal bests as one of the team’s high scorers.
—Robert Goldbloom, 324 Warburton Ave., Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706; (914) 231-5117; robertgoldbloom@gmail.com; Brian Cusack, 26 Ocean Ave., Marblehead, MA 01945; (617) 710-7228; briancusack13@gmail.com
