CLASS NOTES
Jeffrey J. Kimbell, 2601 Foxhall Road, NW, Washington, DC 20007, 202-494-3420, jkimbell@kimbell-associates.com / Stafford Vaughey Meyer, 54 Tanglewylde Avenue, Bronxville, NY 10708, 914-8032796, stafford@staffordmeyer.com ■ First of all, the 25th reunion in May was easily the most entertaining and spirited reunion of our previous five. Period. Class unity was equally impressive evidenced by late-night operations throughout the weekend. The dinner Friday night at Clarke Cooke House for the whole class was outstanding and got out of hand early— and of course—as with most things for us—went late. To quote Scotty Clark ’88 of Clarke Cooke House, “Thank God you guys are here. Can you come next weekend too?” Loved the effort across the board. Saturday was spent at SGS, the Inn at Castle Hill (Han Kolff went missing with Lilly, Tori, Sissi, Whitney, Stafford and Fish for like three hours… Han you are strong like bull…), cocktails on the veranda, etc. Saturday night was legendary, ultimately leading to a late night LOO at our crib on the water complete with tiki torches, pig roast, chicken fights and a trident-throwing contest led by Jonny Dyke. Ray Downs successfully threw a trident 47 yards through a burning, stuffed Zebra. It was impressive. We had some attendees from the classes of 1984, 1994, 1999 and a handful of Salve Regina graduates (?) as
on the waterfront next door to each other, walking distance to SGS, eight months out. Thanks for coping, gentlemen. Legendary leadership not soon forgotten. Redwine also booked Clarke Cooke House and has already reserved the house on the water again for the 30th!! Bravo! ■ “Frank Abagnale Long-Distance Flyer Awards”: To Han Kolff and Larus Shields for both traveling from the Netherlands and London, respectively, to come for the weekend. Priceless work, gentlemen. Solid commitment. ■ The Bruce Jenner Defying Time Awards: To Cornell Caines and Nkem Okpokwasili. How on earth can you be in better shape in 2014 than 1989? Completely absurd. Additional personal note: Nkem, thanks for telling Jessica Kimbell what a great idea having No. 3 is. That will only cost me how much? ■ “Wish-We-Would-Have-Known Award”: To Tory Pulling as designated driver. After a white-knuckle car ride for Sissy Dent and Stafford Vaughey with multiple brushes with potential disaster, Tory stated plainly, “Thanks so much for letting me drive. My friends in San Francisco make fun of my driving.” ■ Other Class Notes: ■ Jeff Kimbell: The Kimbell boys are now 5 and 2 (Hunter and Cooper). I see early signs of successful entrepreneurship, downhill skiing, tarpon fishing and fighting for capitalism in them. We move in early 2015 (new address above) to The Kimbell Compound in Washington, D.C. ■ The collective (DJ) Fernandes and Brooke Connell families spent time at the beach in Narragansett last summer. DJ also notes that Eric Hottel has been required, via restraining order, to stop leaving “me” voicemails at 3 a.m. about my lack of athleticism. ■ Teddy Wight: “I am living in Baltimore; married with two
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1989 classmates Susannah Shogren, Sissy Dent, Tori Pulling, Katharine Fisher, Stafford Meyer, Whitney Smith, Lilly Phipps Cardwell and Katie Michel pose outside the Atlantic Grille restaurant, where they met on the Saturday morning of their 25th reunion.
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Prince were there to celebrate with us. Representing some other classes at our wedding were: Leslie Bathgate Heaney ’92, David Merriman ’59 and Howard Merriman Jr. ’51. ■ Dutifully submitted by your humble scribes, ■ Michele Doty and Alfred Jay Sweet IV
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1988 classmates Geoff Fleming and Don Utroska have a night out in Chicago.
well at one point, a few who played through the night. One special note: We had no idea that a random woman was living in the house we had rented until AFTER the Friday night party. We came downstairs and there was a random note that said, “Someone lives here – Please be quiet.” WHAT? ■ Other highlights: Kristen Keenan, Becky Mohr and David Dickenson duets on the piano. Morgan DeJoux, Ted Wight and Brad Friedman— all coming to town, having a blast and running strong. Still absolute ’89ers and fellow Dragons. Thanks, gentlemen. And for those wondering—no, we did not get the deposit back for the house. ■ Also, a special thanks to all of the husbands and wives of 1989ers who were forced to relive the glorious late 1980s for one weekend in 2014. Brooke Ruma, Jessica Badgley, Jessica Kimbell, Jane Goldstone’s very cool husband, Susan Dyke (I’m missing a ton of people here, but it got a little foggy…sorry) etc. For the girls of 1989—let me just say, as us boys/ men/dads of our class get older, more out of shape, paler, more rotund, more folically challenged (but also more aerodynamic), you guys DON’T SEEM TO AGE. God bless all of you for putting up with us 25 years ago and continuing to speak to us today. ■ For those of you who could not attend (DJ Fernandes, BJ Miller, Clay Crow, Bill Ramage, Susie Andrade, Eric Hotell, Allison Holcomb and the 11 others): We hope our prank calls and emails kept your weekends interesting. If you give Charlie Ruma a cell phone number, you just never know what can happen … sort of like giving a 6-year-old a chemistry set or Larus Shields a surfboard and a one-way ticket to New Caledonia. You just never know. ■ Weekend Awards … ■ The “Andre Dawson Weekend MVP Award”: To David Dickenson. Dave was there for 36 hours. His hustle was outmatched— like Pete Rose in 1978 or Illa Nastese in 1980. Just that good. Swimming in the Atlantic in May at 5 a.m.? Always a good idea—especially with Ceebs Hartman, Almus Thorpe and Colin Born as lifeguards. If Eric Wiberg had been there that late, MAYBE this could be justified. MAYBE. ■ “Grey Goose Vodka Kings of the Weekend Award”: To Brooke Connell and Craighill Redwine for booking two ridiculous cribs
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