April 2006 - SiteProxy Welcome Page

President
Laura Fitch Mattson
Laura.F.Mattson.89@alum.
dartmouth.org
Ellie Mahoney Loughlin
Peloughlin@aol.com
Secretary
Jennifer Avellino
Jennifer.avellino.89@alum.
dartmouth.org
Treasurer
Tom Beecher
Tbeecher@mba1996.hbs.edu
Newsletter Editors
Kristen Daly Schneider
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WebMaster
Chris Pollard
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dartmouth.org
Class Agents
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Todd Timmerman
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MiniReunion Chairs
Kristen Von Summer
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om
Jamie Kershaw
jkershaw@dreamworks.com
April 2006
We hope, as you read this, that you are returning
from a Spring Break in some very warm or very snowy
locale. Hanover is starting to thaw and that lovely smell
of melting dog doo is surely wafting through the air.
I’ve [Jennifer] just finished interviewing 20 local high
school students (with ’90 Rob Adams) who have applied
to Dartmouth and it is wonderful to see that such talented
and thoughtful kids really, really want to be part of the
Class of 2010 --though not quite enough to don anything
other than flip-flops for the interviews! The fact that I
even noticed this must make me very, very old and out of
touch.
Quick! Before you continue, please fill out your
green card with a pen or via e-mail so we won’t have to
scrounge for news for the next ’89 newsletter. Also,
after you’ve read this, check out the new ’89 website
www.dartmouth89.com and generate your own inspiring
story of reconnecting with an old friend. Missy Neubert
Steffens tried it and reports: ―I used the people search
part to look up who was living in DC because I was
headed there two days later for a dance convention with
my oldest daughter. I found Laurie Wingate,
mapquested her address, discovered she was 2 miles
from our hotel, emailed her from the site and a few hours
later she called! I have not talked to Laurie since our
10th reunion and we were able to get together twice over
the weekend! As you can imagine, it was awesome, as if
it had only been weeks not years since we'd seen each
other.‖ I passed along Laurie’s info to an ’88 who’d
been looking for her and they are now in touch—this
thing really works!! It can work for you, too! Take a
few moments and reconnect with your Fayerweather
floor, FSP, or Freshman trip. (Then share the scoop with
us!)
Also, the month of April is the Dartmouth College Fund
Challenge. Four donors have pledged $100,000 each if
the Dartmouth College Fund can bring in gifts from
4,000 alumni in the month of April. Pledge payments
count! So make your gift, pay your pledge and be
counted! If the Class of 1989 gets 89 donors in April
we’ll have done our part to help reach the 4,000 donor
mark. One can give online and learn more about the
DCF April Challenge at www.dartmouthcollegefund.org.

’89 Firsts
First ’89 Winter Olympian!
Bravissimo!
The Class of ’89 has its first winter
Olympic competitor! Skier Sarah
Konrad, competed in Torino as part of
the U.S. Olympic team in not one, but
TWO sports—cross country skiing and
biathlon. She made the Olympic record
books for this feat even before she set
foot in Italy. She was cheered on by
several classmates, including Chuck
Wooster and Kristen Dillon, along with
their respective spouses, Sue Kirincich
(’92) and Paul Blackburn (’88). In her
―spare time‖ Sarah is a geologist and
postdoctoral researcher at the University
of Wyoming in Laramie.
Merely enjoying the scenery at the
games (and working?) was Russell Wolf
and Jamie Kershaw.
First to Get their Green Cards in This
Quarter
Sydney Williams reports that he and
his wife Beatriz have had ―quite a year
(one I wouldn’t want to repeat)‖, with
their third child, George, born on
January 1, 2005 and a move back to the
US following 5 years in London. They
thought this wasn’t quite enough and
decided to add to the sleepless nights by
starting a new business together. Thus,
Lyceum Associates was born. The
company is a financial research firm
based in Greenwich, CT, offering
interactive, full-length workshops and
roundtables featuring ―thought leaders‖
from a variety of backgrounds and
expertise. They also publish a monthly
newsletter for investors entitled
―Perspectives.‖ You can reach Syd and
his new firm at
www.lyceumassociates.com.
Michael Hafner is living in Houston with
his wife Samantha ’92 and their 3 boys.
He's Managing Director at Morgan
Stanley's Investment Banking Division.
Catherine Baggia Duwan is living in
Princeton, NJ with her husband Paul,
who is a Sr. Director at J&J and their
two sons, Connor and Christopher.
Catherine is still working as corporate
counsel at Merrill Lynch but has been
traveling a great deal. Last year, she
went to Seattle and San Francisco to
visit Carolyn Gardella and Brian Bone
respectively, and did family vacations in
Mexico and Miami. Last July, she and
Paul went back to the scene of the crime
and celebrated their 10 th wedding
anniversary with their kids in Hanover.
Last fall, Cat reported that she spent a
few days visiting friends in Boston and
went to the Harvard – Dartmouth game
with Mike Conroy. When she sent in
her green card in January, she was
headed to Davos, Switzerland to ski and
was due to go to Cancun for Spring
break, followed by a trip to Paris in May.
[From Kristen: Wow! I’m jealous! My
big trip this year was a road trip to DC
with my two kids!]
Rachael Fite (located by Laura Mattson
as part of her quest to reunite her
Freshman Trip Group) writes: ―My
husband Joshua (’87) and I live in
western NJ, where its all woods and cow
pastures, and we have two excellent
kids, a son who is almost 4 and a
daughter who is 2. I went to graduate
school and got a Ph.D. in clinical
psychology and am now working 3
days/week at a medical school

(UMDNJ) treating patients. I have
specialized in two treatment areas, and
split my time between two types of
patients: individuals with Posttraumatic
Stress Disorder, which is a very difficult
population, and people with
sexual/marital dysfunction (which is
much more fun, as you might imagine). I
do research in both areas as well. So
when I'm not talking about sex or
trauma, I'm home with my kids making
cookies, teaching them to swim, etc. . .‖
Chad Tyranski and his wife Barbara
live in Northern Virginia, where he
works for Fannie Mae. They have three
kids, Declan (7), Jared (5), and Jocelyn
(3). Chad reports that the kids are a blast
and that his intrepid wife made the
Moosilauke trip at the 15 th reunion and
got a taste of green eggs & ham (the
book and the breakfast) and the Lodge’s
famous square dancing.
Dan Ford also checked in. He says ―I
have indeed fallen off the face of
the earth -- I moved back to Maine!
After graduation, I married my high
school/junior high sweetheart, Renee,
and moved to New York City. Renee
got her PhD in biology from Cornell
Medical and we had four beautiful little
girls. They are now 14 (Emily), 9
(Elizabeth), 7 (Abigail) and 6
(Caroline). I still work for Lehman
Brothers in NYC as their Power and
Utility equity analyst. I travel about 100
days a year, but get to live life at a pace
both Renee and I like in the outskirts of
New England. [From Jen: Dan, a few
months ago I found a picture of you and
Renee from that long freshman winter in
Mid Mass and wondered what happened
to you and to her— so glad to hear that
life is good up north!]
Susan Shons Luria also dropped us a
green card. Susan is still in Cleveland,
with husband Neil and daughters Margot
and Elena, pretending to work part time
while really working full time. She had
just run her 10 th marathon in Florida
when she sent in her information. Susan
sent in info on Ariel Tabor Mactavish,
listed below, and reported that Meredith
McCredie Winter and husband Mark
are living in Portland, Maine with son
Will and new (2005) daughter Ellie.
Meredith continues to work at the Nature
Conservancy and find time to ride her
horse.
Rounding out the group, Lindsey Brace
Martiniz mailed in a green card saying
she has continued her summer sojourns
to Maine with the three classmates above
(Ariel, Meredith and Sue) for the 15 th
(or more!) year. Lindsey reports that the
trips are very fun with 7 kids between
them all. Lindsey and husband Seth are
having a great time together with their
two terrific boys, McQuillen (4 ½) and
Rhodes (2). McQuillen put on downhill
skis for the first time this winter and was
great! Now she says they will have to try
cross-country. Lindsey is still keeping
busy on the career front, working fulltime
for an investment consulting firm.
She reported seeing Maryann
Mungovan Murphy, who ―is an
inspiration to us all as a practicing
doctor with four children‖.
Fox Tilghman Cholnoky sent in some
information around the December
holidays. She reported that in an attempt
to get back to those Hanover winters
they know and love, she and husband
Peter (’83) moved their family north, out
of Connecticut to Sarotoga Springs, NY.
Peter has a new job running a company

that makes whole house audio and video
components. Fox has left the PTA’s and
preschool boards behind (which is where
I am firmly entrenched at the moment),
but will continue to work, at a distance,
for the jewelry store in Greenwich with
which she has been all along. Their
kids; Madeline (10 ½), Richard (8), Max
(6), and Tench (4) – have been great
dealing with all the disruption. The kids
are looking forward to a lot of skiing,
hiking, fishing and of course, horse
racing this summer.
First International Green Cards
Received for 2006
From far flung locations, I received a
green card from Himraj Dang who lives
in Delhi with his two daughters and
spaniel. He writes, ―I am extremely
gratified by the nuclear deal with the US
after the successful visit by George W.
Bush‖. ―I am fighting several populist
measures by the dirigiste regime to
distribute our remaining forests, advising
a Carbon finance program for a term
lending institution, and originating
investments for a clutch of overseas
private equity investors.‖ Himraj said he
has also developed a great interest in
medieval history, tree ecology and the
source of Indian conservationism.
Mace Ochoa Broussard offers this
quick 17-year update: ―We are now
living in Luxembourg and have been for
a year and a half. We will either leave
this summer or stay on one more year
and then head back to Palo Alto where
we were before we lived in Seattle. We
have two boys, 5 and almost 7. After
college I ended up going to cooking
school and then went to France and
Spain where I got my ass kicked in some
high-strung gastronomic restaurants.
Don't get me wrong; a great experience,
but just tougher than anything I'd ever
done before or have done since (except
maybe childbirth). I returned to the US,
worked in SF in some restaurants,
realized I wanted a real life with normal
work hours etc., quit the kitchen and
married a Frenchman. We moved to
Seattle and now here we are in Lux.
It's pretty boring here, but luckily we are
able to travel easily. Also, the biking is
phenomenal (winter is a little harsh
though) and is what has kept me sane. I
feel right back at home in NH when I
bike here; it's just me and the cows, plus
that stench. I used to go for hours and
hardly see a car on these tiny picturesque
winding country roads. The main
problem with Lux is that it is a very
transient community (lots of expats
here), so just as soon as you make a
good friend, they leave. It's a big
bummer and is one of the reasons we
won't be staying.
I went back to Hanover for the first time
in 13 years this summer. I would've
cried when we pulled off exit 13, had I
not been so jet-lagged and fast asleep. So
much has changed but then again the
Green will always stay the same.
First Baby
Chris Dunkel and his wife welcomed
Jack into the world in January and while
I have no other information, I do have a
really cute picture of newborn Jack—
time for an update?
Renee Snow and husband Ralph
Arabian are thrilled to announce the
birth of a beautiful baby girl last August,
named April Joan Arabian. She was
growing fast and doing wonderfully
when last heard from. Renee is a
psychiatrist with her own private

practice- Wellspring Associates- located
in Andover, MA near her home. She
was due to start back at work in January.
All is going well for her and they are
planning a summer visit to Hanover to
introduce April to the magic of
Dartmouth and the Hanover area.
Hot Off the Presses
Allison Moir Smith has just published
Emotionally Engaged: A Bride's Guide
to Surviving the "Happiest" Time of Her
Life, and its available at your local
Barnes & Noble!
TANGO magazine called this book "a
must-have for brides....I love this book
so much I want to marry IT!" Allison
will be featured in the June/ July issue of
Modern Bride as one of this year’s
Wedding Trendsetters. She’s also
scheduled to appear on the Today show
later this month and will certainly be a
featured expert on the talk show circuit
if there is another ―runaway bride‖
episode like last year. Allison’s
husband Jason Smith is a Jungian
psychoanalyst and career/ life change
counselor and her daughter Annabel, 18
months, is—I can report from personal
experience—wonderful! You can visit
her website
www.emotionallyengaged.com for more
information about her workshops and
counseling services for brides.
More Trendsetters
In February, Chris Rich, was appointed
as Chief Growth Officer of Grey
Worldwide, one of the world’s largest
advertising firms. He will be charged
with re-engineering
Grey's business development efforts.
Chris Rich joined Grey in 2004 as
Executive Vice President/Account
Management heading up Nokia and Bell
South. Prior to coming to Grey, he was a
Group Account Director at McCann-
Erickson on the Interbrew portfolio of
beer brands and Sprint. He started his ad
career at J. Walter Thompson
on Bell Atlantic, Unilever and Warner-
Lambert. He exercises his right brain,
as well. He recently completed a rock
opera (The Theatre of the Mind) that he
wrote and produced.
Ariel Tabor MacTavish was promoted
last summer within the Johnson and
Johnson Empire, to Worldwide Group
Marketing Director of Dermabond at
Ethicon. Ariel lives in Somerville, NJ
with husband Cliff and daughter Siena.
Michele Dogin Hernandez Bayliss
reports that life continues to be exciting.
[I believe her since not long before I
received her card; Michele was quoted
in an article I was reading about
colleges and college Admission.] She
has just published her 4 th book entitled
―Don’t Worry, You’ll Get IN: 100
winning tips for Stress-Free College
Admissions‖. She is still president of
her own company helping kids get into
schools like Dartmouth; Hernandez
College Consulting, LCC. Aside from
being quoted in the NY times , NY
Magazine, Wall St. Journal etc…she
plays a lot with her two kids; Alina (8)
and Ian (8 months). Michele just bought
117 acres of land in Vermont and plans
to relocate there in the next few years.
Elizabeth Doherty and husband Mark
Stesney announce the birth of Colin John
on February 3 rd . Older brother Owen
(19mo) is happy to have another little
guy around (at least at this point).

Elizabeth is still working as a
Neonatologist at Newton-Wellesley
Hospital and Brigham and Women’s
Hospital in Boston. She is also teaching
Harvard Med Students and resident’s at
Children’s Hospital. Elizabeth said she
is planning a playdate soon with Julie
McColl McKenna and her four kids
(yes, four!) Taylor, Matthew, Amelia
and Sarah.
Rob Albright got married in August
’04. He and his wife Carolyn purchased
a home in Sept.’05 in Edina, Minnesota.
Rob has been very active in the Twin
Cities Dartmouth Club and sees all kinds
of Dartmouth Alumni in the Cities as
well as at other venues around the
country. One of these venues being
John Drescher’s wedding last summer
in Seattle!
Julie Jordan Gunn is happily settled in
Champaign, IL with her husband Nathan
and their 5 children, ages 10, 8, 6 and 3
year old twins. Nathan travels
extensively as an opera singer and Julie
is able to play recitals for him and other
colleagues and to also arrange and write
material. She had a fantastic time with
Eleni Tsakespoulos – Kounalakis and
her husband Markos as their guests,
boating around Greece last summer.
Todd Cromheecke wrote in as well. He
reported that Russell Wolf came to
Chicago for his 2 nd annual year end
Chicago celebration. He met up with
Todd for a day of eating and libations,
harkening back to their start together at
Leo Burnett. Todd is still there! At
dinner that night they were joined by Dr.
Mike Stutz and Jennifer Block
Cromheecke (Todd’s wife). It was
evidently a great day and night of hitting
the old spots from post-Dartmouth youth
in the 1990’s. Russell is currently living
in New York and working for ESPN.
Russell could you now write in and give
me some information on Todd and
Jennifer?
Marc Monplaisir wrote that he and his
family (wife Ginger and daughters;
Chloe (4) and Isabella (1)) recently
moved back East to Ridgewood, NJ. He
is still with Microsoft and will continue
his competitive rowing for Nereid Boat
Club. They are looking forward to
reconnecting with friends on the East
Coast after 12 years out west.
I can always depend on Fiona Bayly to
send some news! Fiona wrote during
December exclaiming about the mania
of the holiday season in NYC. She said
luckily she reverse commutes north, out
of Manhattan and into the Bronx, where
she still works for the Wildlife
Conservation Society at its main
campus, the Bronx Zoo. As mentioned
in our last newsletter, the society’s
Butterfly exhibit opened this past
summer, which included the Bug
Carousel, the world’s only carousel
made of homogenous insects in lieu of
the traditional horses. Fiona works in
the design office along with graphic
artists and architects but she is the
assistant to the department head, so
functions in more of an administrative
role. She continues to compete in
Triathlons and went to the Nationals in
Kansas last July only to have it get
cancelled by tornado like weather
conditions!
Antonia Rutigliano Nedder sent me an
electronic green card, although I
probably could have picked it up from

her since we discovered she lives just a
few towns over from me in Westwood,
MA. Antonia and husband Joe Nedder
celebrated their 15th wedding
anniversary last August. They have three
children; Katharine (10), Victoria (7)
and Joseph (5). Antonia took seven years
off from working as an attorney to be
home with the kids, which she loved.
Now that her children are all in school,
she just started working part time as an
attorney doing real estate and estate
planning. Joe is at Fidelity in Boston
and is an adjunct business school
professor at BC and BU.
Antonia recently enjoyed a Dartmouth
gals annual holiday tea held at Tracy
Coleman’s beautiful new home. Tracy
and her husband Ken recently moved to
Melrose, MA. Antonia also enjoyed
seeing Siobhan Westcott, who is in her
third year at Harvard Medical School
and Janna Morra, who is doing
amazing things for her son Jeffrey’s
elementary school.
Antonia was also able to see Carol
Selton last fall in New York, who she
said looks great and did a great job of
showing this suburbanite around the city.
She also ran into Margo Miller last
summer out at Tanglewood.
Antonia’s family enjoys getting together
with Ken Horton and Lee Ann Horton
(’87) and their three kids who are very
close in age to the Nedder’s children.
Lastly, Antonia said she loved Katie
Willard’s book ―Raising Hope‖ and
misses Katie Shubert Sawrey during
her visits to Maine, and Julie Jensen
Parolisi during her visits to NH. She
hopes they both come out east for a visit
soon. Lastly, Meg O’Brien Wade and
Antonia had a great lunch back in
November. Meg and husband Geoff
(’88) have four beautiful children.
Thank you to those who sent in the
Green Cards and don’t forget the
electronic option too! Also, thank you to
those who helped us scrounge for
information. We can and do try to dig
up news but we need classmates to send
us lots of information to make the
newsletters interesting and chock full of
stories from a variety of people! Keep it
coming and enjoy Spring!
Jennifer and Kristen
From the Class Presidents:
When our ’89 web site launched at the
beginning of January, half the class
logged on to www.dartmouth89.com to
take a look on the first day alone! If you
didn’t hear about it, than we don’t have
your email address – please take a
second and add it right on the site.
There are many new things you can do
there, like find ‘89s living in a particular
city (as Missy Neubert did) or see who to
visit in say Italy. You can also find
information for just one ’89, so look up a
friend and say hello. There are pictures
and more – so see for yourself.
You can also sign up for My Dartmouth
on the ’89 web site. My Dartmouth lets
you pick headlines that you want to see –
you’ll get a periodic email with
information like Dartmouth Sports
scores, new Hood events, the leading
New York Times headline, or the top
story from the Economist- just select
what you want and it will send the
information to you. It’s a free service
and a good way to stay informed, so give
it a try!
Laura and Ellie