David Gwatkin:  

CLASS OF 1983
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Wilbraham, MA

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I'll tell you, I'm not sure what the deal is with this Classmates.com. I can't tell if it's a dating service, a clearinghouse for reunions or one in the same. Anyhow, I'm posting a little info up here just to see if any other Minnechaug '83 (or thereabouts) grads are rummaging around. I hope you're all well, wherever you are. I live in Lyndon, Vermont with my dear wife, Betty Ann, and our two boys, Cam, who will be 4 in April '08, and Ty, who turns 3 in August '08. We've lived in VT full-time for 9 years now, but had a house here since 1996. We recently moved from Westmore (home of Lake Willoughby) to Lyndon. Betty Ann runs the human resources department at an area hospital and I run the sales & mktg department at a ski resort, Burke Mountain. The boys otherwise run the show. After h.s., I graduated from Umass/Amherst in '88 and received my MBA from Suffolk University, in Boston, in '92, where I met Betty Ann. All tolled, between school and a career, I was in Boston for about 10 years, before moving to VT with Betty Ann in '99, where I ran the Vermont Adventure Company for 5 years. I sold that business a few years back. I'm in my 5th year at Burke Mountain (the two overlapped a few years, running the VAC out of Burke for a while). Cam arrived in '04 and Ty in '05 and if I'd only known how fanstastic being a "dad" is, I wouldn't have spent so much time avoiding it! What a joy. I love visiting Wilbraham these days, wh...Expand for more
ere my mother still lives in the house we grew up in on Addison Road. Most years, I make it back to participate in the Rick Thorpe Memorial Golf Tournament, held the last Saturday in September. It's pretty incredible what the likes of Brian Berry, Rick Hill, Billy Scatolini, Kevin Tobias, Glen Garvey and others have done in Rick's memory. It's quite a day - an inter-class reunion or sorts - something Rick would have been proud of and a ton of fun to boot. Check this out when you have a moment. rickthorpefund.org. For those of you who knew my siblings, Kris ('84) lives in Colorado Springs with her wonderful husband, Ed, and their dear little girl, Emma. She's been out west for, jeez, it must be close to 20 years now. Wesley ('88) is the homey, living in Springfield and running a business with a couple of partners. Still single, he continues to evaluate the situation, keep my mother anxiously waiting for news and be an adoring uncle. His day will come. The diaper demons can't be held back indefinitely. Anyhow, in the "fam" picture above, we're hanging out at Race Point on the Cape, around Labor Day Weekend '07, - Cam was about 3 1/2 and Ty was 2. Anyhow, if you've read this far, that's pretty remarkable. If anyone from 'Chaug is making their way to Vermont to ski, let me know in advance. Burke's got the best skiing you never heard of. You can reach me at 802.626.7300 or skiburke.com. Take care and have a good one. DG
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