Class Note 1992
So what’s the news in the class of 1992? Well, actually, the class is the news! Brant Rose led a successful charge into Hanover for Class Officers Weekend in September, and emerged with the College’s Special Recognition Award. As Brant said, “Credit goes to every member of the class, especially the inspired and energetic officers and executive committee. We plan to use this recognition to springboard us to best class for year ending June 2012!”
In other news from the weekend, yours truly was named the College’s Secretary of the Year—a sure sign that if you do something long enough you will be recognized for your work. Funny story, though: I wasn’t able to make it to Hanover that weekend, because Penn had all kinds of athletic events going on including a football game with Villanova at Franklin Field, where Villanova was the host. At the end of the third quarter, my colleague at Villanova came over and said, “Hey, you really need to pay attention to the announcements at the next timeout.” Imagine my surprise when an announcement went out over the PA system congratulating me on my award! It turns out someone in Dartmouth’s alumni magazine office has a relative connected to Villanova’s athletic department, so they set it up. It was funny, and I’m sure that every fan there was saying, “Who the heck is Mike Mahoney?”
How many people in our class are still at the same job they started out of college? I know, right? Impossible to comprehend. And yet…from my former roommate Eric Vratimos such a tale existed. Until recently: “After 18 years in the same job I finally decided to make a move. I like to think of it as my midlife crisis! I left Mercer/Oliver Wyman at the end of July, took off most of the month of August—which I highly recommend, by the way—and started up in late August with one of my clients, Provide Commerce. I’m the vice president, strategy and marketing services. I’ll work primarily in Chicago but will have monthly trips to the corporate headquarters in San Diego (not bad, eh?). It’s a small but fast-growing e-commerce company and I am part of the senior team with whom I’ve had a relationship for the past six to seven years. Great opportunity and a good change in work/life balance before my kids are all grown up.”
Allegra Kochman got some love from the American Institute of Architecture’s (AIA) New York City chapter in October: “I was very pleased that a photo of a townhouse I renovated was in the exhibit ‘New York New Work’ organized by the N.Y.C. AIA. This exhibit was on view through October 31 on the west wall of both the uptown and downtown ramps at the West 4th Street subway station.”
Just ahead of my deadline, saw this tweet come out from Dartmouth: “Congrats to Aisha Tyler, who joins CBS’ The Talk Monday as a co-host. She’ll also continue her role in FX’s Archer.” Always cool to get updates on Aisha!
Don’t forget, everyone: Our 20th reunion! June 15-17 in Hanover! Sign up now!!
—Mike Mahoney, Penn Athletic Communications, 235 S. 33rd St., Philadelphia, PA 19104; (215) 898-9232; dartmouth92news@gmail.com
