It is Olympics season, and Melissa Norton says hello from across the pond. She moved from St. Louis, Missouri, to Cambridge, England, seven years ago with her husband, Paul Flicek, for a “short adventure” as Paul assumed a two-year postdoctoral research position in computational biology. Formerly a hospitalist, Melissa has embarked on a second career as deputy editor of PLoS Medicine, an “open-access medical journal with a strong focus on global health.”


As of this deadline Melissa had just gone on leave in anticipation of the birth of her first child, due May 14. Congratulations, Melissa! She writes: “We will be here during the Olympics, and actually have tickets to the opening ceremony, along with one or two other events. If anyone is going to be in England and looking to escape from London for a bit, drop us a line! I am at nortonmelissa@yahoo.com if anyone wants to get in touch.”


Dan Glazer may be able to make an appearance at the Olympics too. This spring he joined the partnership at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP as one of the leaders of the firm’s intellectual property and technology transactions practice. He is based in the New York office but will travel frequently to London, Paris and Frankfurt “in order to more effectively advise on the United States aspects of cross-border intellectual property and information technology matters.”


From China, the home of the last Olympics, Steven Tseng writes that he has lived on and off in Shanghai since 2005. He is married and he and his wife, Anne, have a 4-year-old son, Ethan. Despite his Shanghai address Steven is technically a New York-based partner at PwC, a firm he started during his senior year at Dartmouth. He holds an M.B.A. from Tuck and worked for 10 years at KPMG in Europe and Asia before returning to PwC in 2010 as the global leader for value chain transformation, “a cross-line of service initiative helping large multinationals undergo business transformation.” Steven sees fellow Shanghai resident Pete Jolicoeur often. Pete, what are you up to?


From nearby Hong Kong Michael Chen sends greetings. He has been there since our graduation and writes: “I came out here to see the 1997 handover and overstayed until now, raising two kids in one of the most expensive places in the world.” He tries to live as simple a life as possible in the bustling metropolis. Keith Li also lives in Hong Kong and welcomes you to be his guest if you are visiting the island. He lives in both Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, “a life of dual cities.”


I received a note from one of our classmate’s proud spouses. Shamyune (Truman) Jones’husband, David, wrote in to share that Shammy was promoted last fall to the position of general counsel for the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority in Philadelphia. The convention center is ranked as one of the top 10 centers in the country, and David writes: “This promotion establishes Shammy as one of the youngest and one of a select few African-American women to hold the position of general counsel in Philadelphia.” Shammy earned her law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1999 and is a 2011 graduate of Core Class for Leadership Philadelphia, “the premier community-leadership organization in the greater Philadelphia region.” David and Shammy have two sons, Bryce and Vaughn, and David writes: “The boys and I simply want the Dartmouth community to know how extremely proud we are of her for all her accomplishments, and for her hard work both on the job and at home!” Pretty sweet.


Keep your news coming!


—Kaja (Schuppert) Fickes, 345 Commonwealth Ave., No. 8, Boston, MA 02115; kaja@alum.dartmouth.org