Class Note 1994
Issue
Having just finished reading another book and not quite sure what to read next, I was delighted to get a press release announcing the publication of A Long, Long Time Ago & Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka. Brigid’s first novel successfully weaves together two rich narratives—one set on the eve of World War II and the other against the backdrop of 1990s Krakow. It has won acclaims from Publishers Weekly and was selected as a fall pick for Barnes & Noble’s Discover New Writers series and now also comes highly recommended by me.
After graduating from Dartmouth with a focus on art and writing Brigid decided to spend the year abroad, eventually ending up in her family’s native Poland. Upon arrival she spoke about 10 words of Polish, had no job, no place to stay and no contacts, but nevertheless she decided to spend the year there. After returning to the States Brigid started a fulfilling career teaching English at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, an academic magnet school in her native Chicago. She found, however, that she couldn’t stop telling stories about her time in Krakow. The result is her first novel.
Congratulations also go out to Sarah E. Wagner, assistant professor of anthropology at University of North Carolina, Greensboro, who recently published To Know Where He Lies: DNA Technology and the Search for Srebrenica’s Missing. The study examines the DNA-based forensic system developed to identify the more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys killed in the July 1995 genocide at the UN “safe area” of Srebrenica. It also analyzes the technology’s sociopolitical import for postwar Bosnia—from surviving families to nationalist political leaders and international representatives—as well as its application beyond the Balkans.
Katie (Hartnack) Beltramini wrote in to let me know that she and her family have moved to Bend, Oregon, where she continues to work for Yahoo! Finance as a product manager. “We now live across the street from Jen (Novotney) and Jamie Laughlin. Jen and Jamie are both doctors—Jamie is in heart rhythm cardiology and Jen is a hospitalist. Our two kids Will (3) and Holly (1) are big fans of Jen and Jamie’s children Maddie (5) and Abby (3). I’ve already had to go over to borrow milk! So far we’re loving life in Bend and looking forward to visitors.”
Katie was also in Boston over Labor Day weekend, when she met up for lunch with Christy (Dowding) Nicholas and Ashley (Bowen) Swenson. “Christy brought along her daughter Lex (1) and is due any day with her second.” Katie also writes that she is looking forward to our reunion next summer.
Thank you, Katie, for a great update, and also for the smooth segue. Our 15th year reunion is indeed next year and our reunion chair Demetra Navab Taleghani requested that I share the following information with everyone:
“Save the date for our 15th-year reunion June 18-20. Your reunion committee includes Demetra Navab Taleghani, Sam Stoddard, Catherine Adams Stanzler, Darcey (Forbes) Bartel, Laura Davis, Justine Fahey, Josh Heikkila, Ann Koppel, Kelly Bell Lytle, Frida Polli and Wendy Tamis.
Preparations are already well under way for class cocktails, dinners and much, much more. Online registration will begin this winter and will be the simplest and speediest way to reserve your plot of grass at the ’94 tent. Also make sure you visit our class Web site at www.dartmouth94.org for more details regarding reunions and registration. Can’t wait to see everyone in Hanover in the spring.”
—Suzie Fromer, 26 Irving Ave., Tarrytown, NY 10591; suzanne.fromer@alum.dartmouth.org
Jan - Feb 2010
Having just finished reading another book and not quite sure what to read next, I was delighted to get a press release announcing the publication of A Long, Long Time Ago & Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka. Brigid’s first novel successfully weaves together two rich narratives—one set on the eve of World War II and the other against the backdrop of 1990s Krakow. It has won acclaims from Publishers Weekly and was selected as a fall pick for Barnes & Noble’s Discover New Writers series and now also comes highly recommended by me.
After graduating from Dartmouth with a focus on art and writing Brigid decided to spend the year abroad, eventually ending up in her family’s native Poland. Upon arrival she spoke about 10 words of Polish, had no job, no place to stay and no contacts, but nevertheless she decided to spend the year there. After returning to the States Brigid started a fulfilling career teaching English at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, an academic magnet school in her native Chicago. She found, however, that she couldn’t stop telling stories about her time in Krakow. The result is her first novel.
Congratulations also go out to Sarah E. Wagner, assistant professor of anthropology at University of North Carolina, Greensboro, who recently published To Know Where He Lies: DNA Technology and the Search for Srebrenica’s Missing. The study examines the DNA-based forensic system developed to identify the more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys killed in the July 1995 genocide at the UN “safe area” of Srebrenica. It also analyzes the technology’s sociopolitical import for postwar Bosnia—from surviving families to nationalist political leaders and international representatives—as well as its application beyond the Balkans.
Katie (Hartnack) Beltramini wrote in to let me know that she and her family have moved to Bend, Oregon, where she continues to work for Yahoo! Finance as a product manager. “We now live across the street from Jen (Novotney) and Jamie Laughlin. Jen and Jamie are both doctors—Jamie is in heart rhythm cardiology and Jen is a hospitalist. Our two kids Will (3) and Holly (1) are big fans of Jen and Jamie’s children Maddie (5) and Abby (3). I’ve already had to go over to borrow milk! So far we’re loving life in Bend and looking forward to visitors.”
Katie was also in Boston over Labor Day weekend, when she met up for lunch with Christy (Dowding) Nicholas and Ashley (Bowen) Swenson. “Christy brought along her daughter Lex (1) and is due any day with her second.” Katie also writes that she is looking forward to our reunion next summer.
Thank you, Katie, for a great update, and also for the smooth segue. Our 15th year reunion is indeed next year and our reunion chair Demetra Navab Taleghani requested that I share the following information with everyone:
“Save the date for our 15th-year reunion June 18-20. Your reunion committee includes Demetra Navab Taleghani, Sam Stoddard, Catherine Adams Stanzler, Darcey (Forbes) Bartel, Laura Davis, Justine Fahey, Josh Heikkila, Ann Koppel, Kelly Bell Lytle, Frida Polli and Wendy Tamis.
Preparations are already well under way for class cocktails, dinners and much, much more. Online registration will begin this winter and will be the simplest and speediest way to reserve your plot of grass at the ’94 tent. Also make sure you visit our class Web site at www.dartmouth94.org for more details regarding reunions and registration. Can’t wait to see everyone in Hanover in the spring.”
—Suzie Fromer, 26 Irving Ave., Tarrytown, NY 10591; suzanne.fromer@alum.dartmouth.org