Class Note 1994
Issue
May-June 2022
Hi, ’94s. I have a few bits of news to share with a common thread—children who are graduating. Yes, many of us have children reaching educational milestones, from elementary moving-up ceremonies and high school graduations to (gulp) college graduations.
As you may recall, classmates Cameron Matheson and Aleise McCann Matheson were married shortly after college, and perhaps they were even the first in our class to tie the knot within weeks of our June graduation. As goes life, they are already happy parents of a college graduate! They watched their eldest daughter, Daria, graduate from Wake Forest University last summer—with the ceremony delayed 16 months due to Covid-19. It sounds as though this recognition may be coming two years late, but congratulations! To think, at the time, I was bitter when our Dartmouth graduation was moved inside due to threatening rains that never came. Only in recent years has that minor inconvenience seemed almost forgettable compared to the rigmarole of commencements today. In additional news from the Matheson-McCann family, Aleise sold her Irish dance studio several years ago, and she has been spending more time with their younger daughters—who, judging from Facebook, seem to be deeply involved in the performing arts. Cameron is an attorney and shareholder at McGonigle, PC.
Lai Heng Foong is a doctor and specialist who works at different hospitals throughout Sydney, Australia. She has recently been appointed as the chair of the New South Wales emergency department community of practice for Covid-19 response. She regularly speaks at health symposiums and is a contributor to the Australian Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. Aside from work, she is also a proud mother, whose eldest son, Sebi, graduated from high school in December. (Fun fact: As it turns out, Australian schools operate on a calendar year and hold graduation in late fall, rather than in May or June.)
Last, I must thank my favorite, reliable, anonymous source, whom I affectionately think of as my own ‘Deep Throat,’ for these and many other newsy nuggets. You know who you are, and I am going to be nominating you as our next class secretary!
Please share updates, your graduation memories, or news of your own graduates for a future Dartmouth Alumni Magazine column.
—Laura Hardegree Davis, 520 Meadowlark Lane, Brentwood, TN 37027; lauradavis723@mac.com
As you may recall, classmates Cameron Matheson and Aleise McCann Matheson were married shortly after college, and perhaps they were even the first in our class to tie the knot within weeks of our June graduation. As goes life, they are already happy parents of a college graduate! They watched their eldest daughter, Daria, graduate from Wake Forest University last summer—with the ceremony delayed 16 months due to Covid-19. It sounds as though this recognition may be coming two years late, but congratulations! To think, at the time, I was bitter when our Dartmouth graduation was moved inside due to threatening rains that never came. Only in recent years has that minor inconvenience seemed almost forgettable compared to the rigmarole of commencements today. In additional news from the Matheson-McCann family, Aleise sold her Irish dance studio several years ago, and she has been spending more time with their younger daughters—who, judging from Facebook, seem to be deeply involved in the performing arts. Cameron is an attorney and shareholder at McGonigle, PC.
Lai Heng Foong is a doctor and specialist who works at different hospitals throughout Sydney, Australia. She has recently been appointed as the chair of the New South Wales emergency department community of practice for Covid-19 response. She regularly speaks at health symposiums and is a contributor to the Australian Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. Aside from work, she is also a proud mother, whose eldest son, Sebi, graduated from high school in December. (Fun fact: As it turns out, Australian schools operate on a calendar year and hold graduation in late fall, rather than in May or June.)
Last, I must thank my favorite, reliable, anonymous source, whom I affectionately think of as my own ‘Deep Throat,’ for these and many other newsy nuggets. You know who you are, and I am going to be nominating you as our next class secretary!
Please share updates, your graduation memories, or news of your own graduates for a future Dartmouth Alumni Magazine column.
—Laura Hardegree Davis, 520 Meadowlark Lane, Brentwood, TN 37027; lauradavis723@mac.com