Class Note 1995
Issue
Let’s get right to the news, shall we? Melissa Trumbull Mitchell had a big year! In September she and Duncan Mitchell were married in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, with lots of Dartmouth friends and family in attendance. The class of 1995 was well represented. Debbie (Rosenberg) Rosenbaum and Alison Yobage were in the bridal party and other ’95s in attendance included Ken and Rachel (Wasserstrom) Scheer, Jen (Evers) Shakeshaft, Geoffrey and Susan (LoCurto) Willison, Chase and Nicole (Palczer) Arnold and Ion and Gigi (Widham) Freeman. There were also two members of the class of ’66 in attendance—Melissa’s dad, George Trumbull, and Chuck Sherman. Rounding out the Dartmouth contingent was a Dartmouth history professor, Melissa’s brother George Trumbull IV.
Melissa also worked on passing first-in-the-nation school reform legislation that amended the Illinois school code to include opportunities for schools to transform into centers of communities and meet children’s holistic—rather than test-related—needs. Illinois leads the nation in this kind of education reform and this legislation sets a precedent for other states to follow. It was also an exciting year to be doing this work, given the political situation in Illinois!
Melissa and Duncan are still in Chicago, where they see a lot of Debbie (Rosenberg) Rosenbaum, her husband, Jason, and their sweet little boy Max. They also see Jen (Evers) Shakeshaft, her husband, Tom ’89, and their darling girl Julia. And Meghan (Sherlock) Welch ’96 and her husband, Terry, live just a few blocks away. Melissa also just got to spend some time in New York with Alison Yobage, who is missed since she left Chicago.
Speaking of Chicago, I also received some news on Sam Gussis. He joined the real estate practice group at Baker & Daniels LLP as a partner in the firm’s downtown Chicago office. Before joining Baker & Daniels Sam practiced at Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson & Towbin LLC in Chicago. Sam’s practice is focused on real estate finance and development.
Finally, this time on the other side of the country, I heard from Tiffany Brooks Bernal. Tiffany, her husband, Pablo, and their son Sammy Bernal happily welcomed the arrival of their daughter and sister Gabriela Bernal, born this November 14. The family resides in Bellevue, Washington, just outside of Seattle.
Congratulations to everyone on their good news. Please keep in touch, and I hope to see everyone at reunion in June!
—Alex (Morgan) Mareiniss, 100 Lancefield Road, Baltimore, MD 21209; alexmareiniss@yahoo.com
Mar - Apr 2010
Let’s get right to the news, shall we? Melissa Trumbull Mitchell had a big year! In September she and Duncan Mitchell were married in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, with lots of Dartmouth friends and family in attendance. The class of 1995 was well represented. Debbie (Rosenberg) Rosenbaum and Alison Yobage were in the bridal party and other ’95s in attendance included Ken and Rachel (Wasserstrom) Scheer, Jen (Evers) Shakeshaft, Geoffrey and Susan (LoCurto) Willison, Chase and Nicole (Palczer) Arnold and Ion and Gigi (Widham) Freeman. There were also two members of the class of ’66 in attendance—Melissa’s dad, George Trumbull, and Chuck Sherman. Rounding out the Dartmouth contingent was a Dartmouth history professor, Melissa’s brother George Trumbull IV.
Melissa also worked on passing first-in-the-nation school reform legislation that amended the Illinois school code to include opportunities for schools to transform into centers of communities and meet children’s holistic—rather than test-related—needs. Illinois leads the nation in this kind of education reform and this legislation sets a precedent for other states to follow. It was also an exciting year to be doing this work, given the political situation in Illinois!
Melissa and Duncan are still in Chicago, where they see a lot of Debbie (Rosenberg) Rosenbaum, her husband, Jason, and their sweet little boy Max. They also see Jen (Evers) Shakeshaft, her husband, Tom ’89, and their darling girl Julia. And Meghan (Sherlock) Welch ’96 and her husband, Terry, live just a few blocks away. Melissa also just got to spend some time in New York with Alison Yobage, who is missed since she left Chicago.
Speaking of Chicago, I also received some news on Sam Gussis. He joined the real estate practice group at Baker & Daniels LLP as a partner in the firm’s downtown Chicago office. Before joining Baker & Daniels Sam practiced at Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson & Towbin LLC in Chicago. Sam’s practice is focused on real estate finance and development.
Finally, this time on the other side of the country, I heard from Tiffany Brooks Bernal. Tiffany, her husband, Pablo, and their son Sammy Bernal happily welcomed the arrival of their daughter and sister Gabriela Bernal, born this November 14. The family resides in Bellevue, Washington, just outside of Seattle.
Congratulations to everyone on their good news. Please keep in touch, and I hope to see everyone at reunion in June!
—Alex (Morgan) Mareiniss, 100 Lancefield Road, Baltimore, MD 21209; alexmareiniss@yahoo.com