Class Note 1995
Okay, Jennifers and Michaels, time to hear from some of our uniquely named classmates. First off, Bryson Coles and his wife, Rachael Flores, were married in October 2010. They have two daughters: Paige (2) and Phoebe (3 months—congratulations)! Bryson is an art director specializing in mobile design for Booz Allen Hamilton in Washington, D.C. “Between bottle feedings and diaper changes I’ve been lucky to catch some quick naps and cram in some (short) runs around our nation’s capitol.”
Nadia Bowers has been acting professionally for the last decade or so since getting her M.F.A. from New York University’s Tisch School. “I am about to close a run of the play Sideways (yes, like the movie) at the La Jolla Playhouse in California. Maybe the show will transfer to New York City—who knows? My home is in Brooklyn, New York, with my boyfriend Corey Stoll, also an actor. I’ve been writing some as well. I co-wrote a short film, a first for me, and am excited that we’ll be shooting it this fall.”
Brice Brown (bricebrown.com) has a lot of exciting projects going on! “I have a small-scale exhibition opening in New York City at Mixed Greens gallery in January. By small-scale, I mean I’m literally fabricating a 4-inch solid gold suit of armor, among other wacky diminutive objects. On the other end of the scale spectrum, I recently installed a 19-foot-by-24-foot mural on the side of a building in rural Pennsylvania. I’ve been developing a project with dancer Gino Grenek ’94 that will ultimately take the form of a complex video installation. I’m also working on the long-awaited fifth issue of The Sienese Shredder—an arts journal I publish and edit with Trevor Winkfield. In other news, I recently became board president of Visual AIDS, a fantastic nonprofit that uses art to fight HIV/AIDS (the ubiquitous red ribbon was one of our first projects).”
Claire Unis is a pediatrician, practicing part time, and living in Auburn, California, with her husband, Leo and two sons, ages 5 and 3. “Along with our dog and horse, we enjoy the foothills for the opportunities to bike, hike and ski close to home. (Okay, the horse doesn’t ski or bike, but she likes the trails!) Raising two rambunctious little boys fills up most of our free time! Regarding our classmates, I often wonder what happened to Ann Marshall, a ’95 who really made me question my assumptions about gender and race. I’d love to know what she is up to.”
Done! Ann (Marshall) Thompson writes: “After graduating Dartmouth I went to Harvard Law. I spent a couple of years at corporate firms after I got married and had my son. When 9/11 happened I was stuck in midtown while my son was in daycare on Staten Island. With all of the bridges and tunnels closed I couldn’t get to him. After that I figured if I was going to leave my son for 11 hours a day then it was going to be for something worthwhile. I quit and took a couple of years off. I had twin girls and then decided I wanted to go back to work but only if I could do something that mattered to me. I have been prosecuting crimes of domestic violence, adult sexual assaults and child abuse for the past six years. It is at once the most rewarding and frustrating job but the only one for which I would consider leaving my children.”
Which of our classmates had a special impact on your time at Dartmouth?
—Kaja (Schuppert) Fickes, 2 Bishops Lane, Hingham, MA, 02043;kaja@alum.dartmouth.org
