Kenyon Class of 1992 Fall Class Letter
Dear Class of 1992,

I know you look forward to this letter to learn about what’s going on in our classmates’ lives; I am also excited to share some of the news from the Hill this year:

This semester, 12 members of the Class of 2026 were able to enroll as the direct result of donor support for the Kenyon Access Initiative (KAI), a vital scholarship effort to increase access for low-income students. We’re only just getting started and aim to enroll 50 students each year through KAI, in addition to other robust financial aid. This additional diversity in backgrounds and lived experiences will further enrich daily life on campus.

Chalmers Library in the West Quad has quickly become a hub for such connections day and night. Its neighbor Lowell House, home to admissions and financial aid and named for Pulitzer Prize winning poet Robert T.S. Lowell IV ’40, is also now open. Oden Hall, future home to social sciences and named for former president Robert Oden, will open for instruction next year. The 261-space underground parking garage for visitors and employees — with EV charging, naturally — is already helping to ease congestion in the Village without disrupting the beauty of Gambier we all remember so fondly.

This year students will also soon have access to a dining option in “downtown” Gambier, when Peirce Express opens in a space under the Gambier Deli. (Shout out to all who remember eating in Gund Dining Hall!) This space will also be home some evenings to a student-run bar known as Flats, helping to provide a non-residences nightlife option. Look for more about both of these in an upcoming issue of Kenyon News Digest.

To further support all students, the College increased the budget for the Student Success Fund — emergency grants for which any student can apply. They also welcomed Dr. Lynn Hampton to serve in the newly created Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion position, providing additional leadership to the daily efforts of ODEI and partnering with Dean Chris Kennerly so he can extend his reach across campus with DEI efforts.

In other news, the Music Department is celebrating its 75th year. Alumni Council is developing an updated version of the Kenyon songbook (Kenyon has a songbook!) which will be viewable online soon and distributed at Reunion Weekend during the all-class sing. If you haven’t saved the date yet for Reunion Weekend, remember that all alumni are welcome to attend May 26-28.

I hope you’re now feeling wistful about our own time at Kenyon. I invite you to turn that nostalgia into action with a gift to help make all this possible! Gifts to the Kenyon Fund can be directed toward enrolling the next high-achieving group of students through the Kenyon Access Initiative, broader scholarships and financial aid efforts, athletics, one of the College’s many green centers and more. Please consider making our alma mater and today’s Kenyon students a philanthropic priority this year by giving online at gift.kenyon.edu.

I hope you’ve enjoyed hearing the news from the College this fall. I have certainly enjoyed (as always) hearing from those of you who submitted class notes for this letter (see below). I encourage folks who haven’t updated us with one recently to consider submitting a quick life update for the next batch of notes in the spring.

Thank you!
Alise Shuart Barrett

Reunited and it feels so Kenyon
Reunion Weekend 2023 
will take place in Gambier May 26 - 28

Along with special programming for the 50th Reunion class on May 25, we’ll be celebrating milestone reunions for classes that end with 3 and 8, as well as K80s, Peeps and Chamber Singers. 

All alumni are invited to return to the Hill for Reunion Weekend, especially those celebrating a reunion beyond their 50th. Registration details will be emailed in early 2023. If you think we may not have your most current info, please share your up-to-date email and phone number with us at updateinfo@kenyon.edu. (We can’t invite you if we can’t reach you!)

We are so excited to reunite with you! See you soon.
Save the date for Reunion Weekend

Upcoming Events for Alumni
Save the date for these upcoming events for alumni taking place online and on the Hill.
  • The Center for American Democracy's Midterm Elections Panel
    Hear from alumni experts at this free, virtual event Tuesday, Jan. 10 from 7-8 p.m. ET.

  • Spring Giving Challenge
    Our annual 36-hour online giving challenge will take place Wednesday, April 26 – Thursday, April 27.

  • Reunion Weekend
    All alumni are invited to join us on the Hill May 26-28.
Visit kenyon.edu/alumnievents to register and view our full alumni event calendar.

Class Agents

Class agents are your connection to campus. To learn more about becoming one, contact Director of Annual Giving Molly Gutridge '99 via email.

• Alise Shuart Barrett
• Heather Ahlburn Emerick
• James Glassman
• Amy Haid
• Kent Woodward-Ginther
• Jenny Wolfe

Class of 1992 Fall Notes
Alise Shuart Barrett
It was wonderful to see so many of you at our 30th reunion! I was reminded of a saying from my dad..."our memories of Kenyon are like fine wine, they get better with time." I did not get to spend nearly enough time chatting with many of you. However, I did finally get to the top of Pierce Tower and I did also get my usual Kenyon reunion nap! I have started a new job working for the Girl Scouts of NYPenn Pathways as a Member Engagement Manager. I am traveling all around several counties in the Finger Lakes region of New York and Pennsylvania. If you live in this area, I would love to meet up with you!

Kate Blanchard
Our biggest event was dropping off our one and only "baby" for his first year at Occidental College in Los Angeles. (We even made it into their move-in day photo gallery--go, Tigers!) Our next big move is from Michigan to Minnesota, hopefully before the winter holidays.
Laura (Strong) Hauser
Greetings from central Ohio! I’m a mom of three, one of whom is a high school math teacher, one of whom is studying animal science at the University of Findlay and hopes to go on to vet school, and one of whom is a sophomore in high school. Things are really starting to quiet down around our house now that only one of them is still fully “in the nest”, so I’ve had time to try a bunch of new recipes, get more involved at church, spend more quality time with my husband, and - get this - READ ACTUAL BOOKS! I’m currently in my 27th year as a music therapist and team leader at a state psychiatric facility, and I love getting to work on a wide range of goals with my forensic clients as they reintegrate into the community and prepare for discharge. I’ll be eligible for retirement in six years, but my husband and kids joke that I won’t actually retire because I’ll be bored if I’m not juggling seventeen things between work and home. I have yet to decide whether or not they’re right. I guess we’ll see!

Bryan McAllister
Mandy and I have been happily married for 14 years and living in Charlotte, NC for the last 10. I recently changed jobs and returned to business consulting after a 20-year hiatus and am enjoying it! Mandy plays Oboe, English Horn, and Bassoon semiprofessionally, and teaches K-5 music in a local Arts magnet school. We have 3 poodles, 0 children (excluding ourselves), love going to the beach at least once a month, and traveling. This is my first class note since graduation! I'm happy to hear from anyone directly! mcallisterbc@gmail.com or LinkedIn.

Alden Senior
Kristen (Hoffman) ’91 and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary in Napa Valley this summer. It was 6 months after our actual anniversary, but we weren't traveling in 2021. We toured 6 wineries, went to 4 Michelin starred restaurants (totaling 8 Michelin stars!) including The French Laundry, and spent a day in Calistoga at a spa complete with mud baths. Lots of fun and good food & drink. Things have calmed down a bit since then. Ben and Amelia are back at College, Syracuse and Denison, leaving Topher (13) the lone child at home. It was a bit too quiet and so Kristen decided to replace our labradoodle, Jay, who passed away earlier this year with his great-great-nephew, Fezzik. Having a puppy in the house is keeping us and our older dog, PB (Princess Buttercup) on our toes. I’m looking forward to a retreat to Alaska this week with some friends. Never been there before and heard it's beautiful.

Bobby Voth
It was wonderful seeing everyone in Gambier for our 30th. All is well in Cleveland - Bobby, our oldest, has started his freshman year at Boston College while Hayden, a junior at St. Ignatius Jesuit HS, begins his college search. I've begun my eighth year at Russell Reynolds and lead their global consumer financial services practice, occasionally running into KC alumni throughout my travels. While Facebook may be much maligned, it's been a wonderful medium to stay in touch with many of our classmates. Where else can one find feeds of Josh Zuckerberg's Dad's Garage band belting out Mustang Sally before a Giants game? If that's not music gold....
Read notes from the Class of 1993 and the Class of 1991. 
Support Kenyon
If you missed the chance to share your news for this letter, you can submit a class note online.

Class Listing
Kenyon is grateful to the following donors for their generous support of the College, including the Kenyon Fund, during the 2021-22 fiscal year. An asterisk (*) indicates a donor is a member of the Henry J. Abraham Society for loyal and consecutive giving. An obelisk (†) indicates an individual who is deceased

1992
Annual Fund Total: $92,075  
Class Participation: 48.60%

Presidents Society
Donors of $50,000 or more
Nicole Dunn Toft*
Anne H. Ranson*

Kokosing Society
Donors of $25,000 to $49,999
Michael S. Greenspon P'21*
Karl Slatoff*

Philander Chase Society
Donors of $10,000 to $24,999
Meredith Harper Bonham*

Bexley Society
Donors of $2,500 to $9,999
Anne B. Cadigan*
Jennifer H. Cummings 
Kevin S. Mills*
Owen J. Pinkerton*
Eric A. Seed 
Fred H. Smith*
Erica Wolff Verkleeren*

Kenyon Society
Donors of $1,000 to $2,499
Jessica Becker Beamer*
Charles E. Brinley*
David A. Cooperman MD 
Andrew T. Cope*
William C. DeVane*
Jay B. Khetani 
Tamar L. Krakowiak*
Kimberly K. Meisner*
Clayton L. Moravec III*
John W. Ursu*

Kenyon Society
Donors of $1 to $999
Mazie Adams P'21*
Eric L. Alexander 
Anonymous
David Ansbacher Ed.D. 
Margaret A. Archer 
Jennifer A. Bartlett*
Todd T. Behrendt*
Nicholas J. Bergman P'25*
William A. Birchenough 
Kate Blanchard*
Adam M. Bleifeld 
Jeffrey A. Booth 
Elizabeth M. Busby 
Anthony L. Camisa 
Andrea P. Carty 
Jack W. Chaffin Jr. 
Elizabeth A. Cheroutes 
Justin S. Colussy-Estes 
Stephen J. Corley P'25*
Jeffrey B. Dawson*
John A. Donovan III*
Victoria Douglass Kingdon 
Michael S. Dow 
Andrea Hopewell Doyle 
Fred K. Drogula 
Liz L. Edrich*
Liz W. Elliott 
Heather S. Emerick*
John R. Erskine Jr.*
Kathryn Evans Smith*
Diana F. Falk 
Adam G. Feldman*
Arti V. Finn*
William A. Fraunfelder III*
Moss Freedman 
Amy L. Fugate*
Matthew W. Garber 
Laura K. Garrett*
Laura S. Gilkey P'25*
Janis A. Girt 
Scott M. Griffith 
William D. Hage MD 
Amy E. Haid 
Katherine J. Hale 
Mike Cougar Hallenbeck 
Paul A. Hamann*
Rebecca Hamilton Nino*
James D. Harris*
Katherine W. Harrison*
Laura E. Hauser 
Herman Holt Jr.*
Kristin Holzer Fischer*
W. Erling Houston*
Jennifer Houston*
Karen Hurwitt 
Peter A. Igneri 
Amanda Jay*
Jennifer R. Johnson 
William S. Jonas MD*
William M. Jordan 
Sara Joyce Corley P'25*
Ema Kanamori 
Katie Keating P'26*
Evelyn King 
Jill Korosec-Elswick*
Mary E. Kracklauer 
Alexander W. Kriney 
Edith C. Laird 
Priscilla W. Latta MD*
Jennifer L. Lightsey*
Jessica S. Lindgren*
Peter C. Lindgren*
Heather L. Lipin 
Luz V. Lopez-Ortiz 
Christopher B. Lord*
Brian J. Magee 
Laura E. Mate*
Linda Mathews*
Amy Mayer P'25*
Kate K. McGoldrick*
Gregory J. Melville*
Jonathan L. Mensch*
Johanna Myers McChesney*
Liza S. Natale P'26*
Margaret Neff Nicklas*
Eric L. Nuermberger MD 
Bryan A. Olson*
Frouwkje Pagani 
Glenn W. Parkinson*
Karena B. Passaro 
Giselle L. Pelaez 
Heather G. Peske 
Stephanie J. Posner*
William Powell*
Nicole D. Regent MD P'23*
Justin B. Richland*
Shax F. Riegler*
Justin S. Roberts*
Joshua P. Rupright*
Claire E. Ryan*
Janet E. Samorodin-McIlwain*
Alden L. Senior*
Christina Shedlin Garber 
Alise Shuart Barrett*
Christian L. Smith 
Kelli Sorkin P'25*
Adrienne C. Sparks 
Tracy Spuehler Dickerson*
Franklin E. Staley*
Kendra A. Stamper 
Devin A. Stauffer 
Margaret Stevenson Vines*
David B. Stevenson*
Tara F. Strachan 
Mary Sullivan Lord*
Bettie Teasley *
Joyce Y. Tecson 
Lourdes Tricia R. Terrado 
Guy J. Tino*
Kelley D. Ukhun 
Mark H. Vacha*
Michael A. Vezza*
Amy W. Vogt 
Robert F. Voth*
Elizabeth O. Walker*
Ethan S. Wallison 
Anthony W. Warn*
Michael S. Warner 
Brandon T. Willenberg 
Jennifer L. Wolfe*
Ann K. Wood 
Kent M. Woodward-Ginther*
Elena Xoinis Rollins*
Joshua Zuckerberg 

George Wharton Marriott Society
These alumni have included Kenyon in their estate plans or have made other planned gifts.

Alise Shuart Barrett '92
Andrew T. Cope '92
Amy and David Fugate '92
Heather G. Peske '92
Claire E. Ryan '92
Fred H. Smith '92
Nicole Dunn Toft '92 and Christopher P. Toft '89
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