Class Note 1994
Issue
September-October 2021
Hi classmates! When my inbox is empty of news, I must use my investigative tool kit to troll for news to share; thank you, Facebook and LinkedIn. Luckily, I mined some good news and professional accomplishments to share about Matt Feeley. Matt earned his law degree from Boston College and master’s in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. After clerking with the U.S. Court of International Trade, he practiced law in Miami, specializing in international and anti-corruption law for many, many, many years. (It’s been a good many of those since we graduated.) He now serves as special assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice. Matt also authored an article on anti-corruption that was recently published in The International Lawyer.
Just when I thought our Class Notes would have to end here, I received an update from Kelvin Leung. Thank you, Kelvin! He is living in Hong Kong and involved with the Dartmouth Club of Hong Kong, through which he reconnected with Jed Kaplan.Since graduating from Dartmouth, Jed weaved his way across the world. He earned his Ph.D. in plant ecology from Lund University in Sweden and worked throughout Europe for almost two decades. (As I said, it has been many, many, many years.) Now Jed is serving as an earth science professor at the University of Hong Kong. While I am not able to include the photo that Kelvin shared with me here in this column, you can picture a snapshot of two handsome, spry, young men holding up a faded, creased, well-loved memento of years gone by: “The Freshman Book 1994.” Kelvin and Jed, please bring that decrepit relic to our next class reunion!
Kelvin also shared some exciting news about his friend and our classmate Pankaj Dugar. While Pankaj has had numerous impressive tech accomplishments, he is more recently known as the father to future Dartmouth class of 2025 superstar Akhand. Welcome to Dartmouth, Akhand! As Pankaj is used to handling big things, as evidenced in his prolific career in big data analytics, he will handle his son’s big move to the East Coast from their home in the San Francisco Bay Area with his usual aplomb.
As life ticks back to a new normal, many of us will be ushering in rather momentous birthdays during the coming year. Please keep me and your classmates posted on how you celebrate the big 5-0 and send your more ordinary news too. No news is too big or too small to share with your Dartmouth friends.
—Laura Hardegree Davis, 520 Meadowlark Lane, Brentwood, TN 03755; lauradavis723@mac.com
Just when I thought our Class Notes would have to end here, I received an update from Kelvin Leung. Thank you, Kelvin! He is living in Hong Kong and involved with the Dartmouth Club of Hong Kong, through which he reconnected with Jed Kaplan.Since graduating from Dartmouth, Jed weaved his way across the world. He earned his Ph.D. in plant ecology from Lund University in Sweden and worked throughout Europe for almost two decades. (As I said, it has been many, many, many years.) Now Jed is serving as an earth science professor at the University of Hong Kong. While I am not able to include the photo that Kelvin shared with me here in this column, you can picture a snapshot of two handsome, spry, young men holding up a faded, creased, well-loved memento of years gone by: “The Freshman Book 1994.” Kelvin and Jed, please bring that decrepit relic to our next class reunion!
Kelvin also shared some exciting news about his friend and our classmate Pankaj Dugar. While Pankaj has had numerous impressive tech accomplishments, he is more recently known as the father to future Dartmouth class of 2025 superstar Akhand. Welcome to Dartmouth, Akhand! As Pankaj is used to handling big things, as evidenced in his prolific career in big data analytics, he will handle his son’s big move to the East Coast from their home in the San Francisco Bay Area with his usual aplomb.
As life ticks back to a new normal, many of us will be ushering in rather momentous birthdays during the coming year. Please keep me and your classmates posted on how you celebrate the big 5-0 and send your more ordinary news too. No news is too big or too small to share with your Dartmouth friends.
—Laura Hardegree Davis, 520 Meadowlark Lane, Brentwood, TN 03755; lauradavis723@mac.com