Not much news this time, so my apologies for a short column. Last November Susan M. Cordaro was honored for excellence in pro bono advocacy at the Sanctuary for Families Above & Beyond Pro Bono Awards and Benefit in New York City. An associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York, Susan received this award for going above and beyond in providing outstanding pro bono representation and advocacy on behalf of victims of domestic violence. 


The awards ceremony and benefit honored members of the legal community who put in hundreds of hours on cases involving immigration, child custody, trafficking, contested and uncontested divorces, orders of protection and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. Sanctuary for Families is the largest not-for-profit agency in New York State dedicated exclusively to serving domestic violence and trafficking victims and their children. Services include shelter, counseling, legal advice and representation, economic development assistance and a special program for children who have witnessed domestic violence. 


And as I’m wrapping up my own year-end to do lists as I write this, I got an e-mail from Leland Gershell. “ I just wanted to provide a brief update for the magazine—in all of the craziness this year I forgot to e-mail an announcement from me and Lauren on the birth of our baby boy Alexander, who arrived in January. He joins older sis Caroline, who deserves credit for putting up with his constant intrusions!”


Looking forward to catching up with everyone in at the reunion this June—don’t forget to mark your calendars for June 18-20. For more information or to register online, visit www.dartmouth94.org.


—Suzie Fromer, 26 Irving Ave., Tarrytown, NY 10591; suzanne.fromer@alum.dartmouth.org