Class Note 1995
There is lots of exciting news this month. I hope you’re reading this from a dock, beach, or swimming pool somewhere warm!
Teru Clavel’s first book, World Class: One Mother’s Journey Halfway Around the Globe in Search of the Best Education for Her Children, will hit shelves (and Amazon) in September. She writes: “In a nutshell, I went back to school for a master’s of science in comparative international education while I was living in Shanghai and Tokyo with my three kids. This led me to work in journalism and television journalism focused on international education. And because I always put the kids in the local public schools where we lived—Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo—when we returned to the United States and were in Palo Alto, California, for two years, I knew I had a book. I’m now back in my hometown of New York City and couldn’t be happier to be home after 12 years of global adventures.” Simon and Schuster’s imprint Atria will publish Teru’s book, which she describes as “50-percent memoir and 50-percent research and takeaway, with a good dose of humor.”
David Leonard was recently in the news for a life-saving procedure he performed on a toddler at Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital in Maryland. An ear nose and throat surgeon, Dave reconstructed a trachea for a little boy who had been born so premature that his lungs weren’t fully developed at birth. The successful surgery allowed this child, who had lived full-time in the hospital since his birth in 2016, to finally go home this spring. The chief medical officer at Ranken Jordan who worked closely on the case was fellow Dartmouth alumnus Nick Holecamp ’82. Well done, Dave and Nick!
Congratulations to Rukmini Callimachi for her recent honors. Rukmini’s New York Times story, “Caliphate,” won a 2018 Peabody, an Overseas Press Club award, and was a Pulitzer finalist (Rukmini’s third). Rukmini is a foreign correspondent for The New York Times and, as of this spring, also a mom! Amadeo Mickael Callimachi was born April 27, and Rukmini and her husband, Mickael, couldn’t be happier.
Congratulations also to Charlotte Shropshire, who was promoted to partner of Sofinnova Investments in Menlo Park, California. She is responsible for investor relations, marketing, corporate communications, and fundraising for both Sofinnova’s public and private equities strategies.
The countdown is on to our 25th reunion! Mark your calendars and make your plans to return to Hanover June 18-21, 2020. Rebecca Slisz and Candice Jimerson are our enthusiastic reunion chairs (thank you)!
There are lots of ways to get involved with the planning, so please email rebeccaslisz@gmail.com or cjimerson2004@yahoo.com if you’d like to help make this the best reunion yet.
Keep your news coming!
—Kaja (Schuppert) Fickes, 2 Bishops Lane, Hingham, MA 02043; kaja.k.fickes.95@dartmouth.edu
