Class Note 1987
Homecoming Weekend in October provided the perfect setting to celebrate our collective 50th birthdays. A dedicated group of 87’s marched together in the rainy Dartmouth Night Parade, cheered at the Dartmouth-Yale football game and enjoyed a great dinner together on Saturday night organized by the class. Tracey Salmon-Smith worked to make the weekend a success. The following classmates were in attendance: Sara Dann, Devon Davis, Catherine Dinauer, Susan Barto Emery, Deb Marchiony, Hermann Mazard, Allison and Jock McDonald (their two boys marched in the parade), Christen O’Connor, Meg Ramsden and husband Chris, Elsie Rowley and husband Michael, Betsy Rutherford and husband Ken, Petra Schaefer, Anne Schnader, Jeffrey Stone and family (wife Marie and daughter), Tracey Taylor and her daughter, Doug Green, Stephanie Mullins-Wine and husband Jonah (their kids made it to the parade), Rand Jones and Karyn Calcano.Karyn wasthe only classmate reported to have marched in the parade with her dog—woof! A special mention goes out to Caroline Sobota (current address, Idaho) who traveled the farthest to attend the Homecoming events. Several photos from the weekend have been posted on our class Facebook page, www.facebook.com/dartmouth87. See how many faces you recognize! While you are there be sure to “like” our class page. We have just more than 300 likes and I bet there are more who would like to stay connected.
We continue to receive news about ways we have been celebrating our 50th birthdays—even far from Hanover. Andy Horne turned 50 during the summer but celebrated a few months early with some law school friends by traveling to Phoenix in February to watch the New England Patriots win the Super Bowl. “It was an outstanding weekend—and truly an historic event. I hope all the ’87s have as much fun as I did celebrating my birthday.” Catherine Pugh Cassone Wonham celebrated her day with a quiet dinner at her favorite French restaurant with her husband. “I was remarried two weeks before my 50th birthday and had an extended celebration with family and friends. My 21-year-old daughter, Kylia, is a senior at the Gallatin School of NYU and my 20-year-old son, Brennan, is at USC. A year ago I moved from Malibu, California, to be with my then fiancée in Lake Forest, Illinois. We still have a condo in Malibu and go there often to visit with family and friends.”
Elizabeth Maciag shared: “My sisters visited from the East Coast for my actual birthday, which was a huge treat! It was very special to hang out with them for the day! My husband, Mike, and I both turned 50 this year so we had a 100th birthday party catered by our kids. Matthew (18) made the ‘small plates,’ including blue cheese ice cream served in a fig and cold avocado soup with tropical salsa, and Sarah (16) baked the bread and made three mini desserts, including creme brûlée served in a ceramic spoon. We have been making beer for about a year with another couple and have named our ‘brewery’ AMEN Brewing after our first initials.” Elizabeth shared a photo from their 100th birthday party with AMEN Brewing T-shirts—subtitle reads, “Pray it’s good.”
Esther Schrader had every reason to expect a low-key birthday celebration this summer. “First of all, my birthday falls in mid-August, when everyone escapes steamy Washington heat. Second, we had already spent an entire month traveling with the kids around Guatemala, having loads of adventures and extraordinary times together. Given my great good fortune to spend such wonderful times with family, I told my husband I was giving him a pass on the whole birthday thing. Which is why, when Nick threw a carry-on bag on our bed one Thursday morning and told me I had three hours to pack for Paris the surprise was total, thrilling and romantic.”
—Lisa Pabich Damon, 2124 Ashwood Ave., Nashville, TN 37212; lisa.damon.87@alum.dartmouth.org; Allison Bleyler McDonald, 43 Hop Brook Road, Amherst, MA 01002; allisonmcd@gmail.com
