Class Note 1998

Hey ’98s!

Well, this is my official last column as your class secretary. It’s been a blast serving you these past five years, and it is now my sincere pleasure to be passing the baton to Gabe Galletti. Gabe loves the class of 1998 and is so excited to be taking over as class secretary. You’ll see his first column this fall, so be sure to pass him along any news and notes starting right away at galletti@gmail.com.

But before I go, I wanted to give a shout-out to so many of the people who I got a chance to catch up with at reunion a couple of months back. It was incredible being back in Hanover and seeing so many old friends, and, in particular, the ’98s who I haven’t had a chance to see lately. So, in no particular order, it was great seeing Chris Atwood, Aaron Klein, Steve Zrike, Josh Freeman, Tara (Bennett) Bristow, Katy (Bieneman) Romita, Ryan Broderick, Tracy Van Dorpe, Simone Swink, Noah Schneiderman, Ed Kim, Kristen Hinman, Kara (Josephberg) Paldino, David Hoverman, Abby Smith, Dave Smith, Ruth Douzinas, Paul Borchardt, Peter Lanfer. Marc Lewinstein, Spiros Maliagros, Jason Jones, Brian Fleming, Shannon (Jarosh) Walsh, Kevin Walsh,and Amanda (Nelson) Greenwald.

Special shout-out to my old pal Ben Cooperberg, with whom I had the pleasure of sharing a house in Quechee, Vermont, along with our families, for the reunion. And a special mention to my fellow outgoing class officers, including Jo (Weingarten) Golub, Rodrego Byerly, Stuart Davidson, Rachel (Bogardus) Drew, and Kate Gold. It’s been wonderful getting to represent the class with all you guys these past five years.

Last, but certainly not least, best of luck to our newly elected slate of class officers: class president Roger Griesmeyer, VP Kelly (Wardwell) Ryerson, treasurer Mark Franklin, and my successor as secretary, the aforementioned Gabe Galletti.

If I saw you at reunion but forgot to mention you here, please don’t take it personally—my 41-year-old brain isn’t retaining information as well as in years past. But if you were at reunion, I am sure Gabe would love to hear from you and to get an update on how things are going with you. So shoot him a note! As for me, I won’t say goodbye; just “until we meet again….” Happy trails!

—Jeffrey Beyer, 25 Aspen Way, Morristown, NJ 07960; jeffrey.beyer@gmail.com