Class Note 1985
Since very few classmates send in updates, I’ve taken some new approaches to seek information. In today’s age of social media, Facebook is certainly an option to find some information on our classmates. While I am not personally that active on Facebook, it seems many people are. Perusing different news feeds, I’m starting to wonder if maybe my minimal involvement is even too much. Seems the following is awfully common.
Post 1: Woke up, starting to think of breakfast.
Post 2: Went to kitchen, contemplating cereal or toast.
Post 3: Saw bread, decided on toast.
Post 4: Made toast and ate it.
Post 5: Thinking of lunch.
I am hopeful this series does not resonate with any of you, but it does seem fairly typical. Maybe I need some new friends to follow or maybe I need to find different sources for information. Most of the communication I receive involves 27 e-mails each Wednesday from my pickup basketball group exchanging good-natured trash talk or 36 e-mails for every college lacrosse game with details for the tailgate.
Fortunately, there is some classmate news. I received this press release from Tucker Ellis LLP in Cleveland, Ohio, with news about Jeff Healy. As part of the firm’s recent leadership appointments, Jeff serves as the new chair of the mass tort and product liability practice group and will promote the group’s public profile, drawing from his successful core practice in this area of law. In addition, he takes on the newly created role of partner-in-charge of Ohio, where he will work to identify growth and improvement opportunities for the firm. He will also be involved in a firm relocation to new office space involving 250 employees.
Airplanes are another source for finding information. Sometimes it is unwelcome, such as discovering that your row mate likes to eat garlic-and curry-encrusted eggs or read adult magazines during the flight. Sometimes it is informative—on a recent flight I sat near Jim Cleary’s sister in law, who told me that Jim is living, working and raising a family in Boise, Idaho. This conversation would not have happened if she had been eating those aforementioned eggs.
Broadway during the holidays can also bring pleasant surprises. At a December show we saw Martha Cornell ’86 (former roommate of Cindy Bergman), who gave us a nice update on Jory Macomber. I felt this information was credible since Martha and Jory have been married for more than 20 years, have three kids and Jory’s mom was also in attendance. Jory and family are in New Hampshire, where Jory continues to teach/administrate and coach at the (I believe) Holderness School. If any of this is inaccurate, I’ll blame it on the Rockettes.
Chat Time playing Words with Friends is also apparently a good source for news. While continuing his record win streak against me, Jim Sapienza informed me that his oldest child, Hunter, has been admitted to the Dartmouth class of 2017. Jim shared this while I told him I was at the Michigan-Louisville championship game. Jim told me Mike Fadil was also there. I was not able to find Mike among the other 76,231 fans to get an update, but we can take solace that we were part of an NCAA record crowd.
Speaking of toast, let’s raise one to the class of 1985 as many of us have or will soon be celebrating our 50th birthdays. Amazing how the time flies and thankful for the friendships! Send news to Leslie about your 50th!
—John MacManus, 118 Ringwood Road Rosemont, PA 19010; (610) 525-4541; slampong@aol.com; Leslie A. Davis Dahl, 83 Pecksland Road, Greenwich, CT 06831; (203) 552-0070; dahlleslie@yahoo.com
