Class Note 1995
May - Jun 2013
The 40th birthday celebrations continue! I have it on good authority (aka Facebook) that Alex Nikas celebrated his 40th in Vegas. He and his wife, Maryanne Ruhl Nikas ’93, went to the wax museum at the Venetian, met Pete Rose at—where else—a casino and saw Jerry Seinfeld perform at Caesars Palace. Alex posted that this was the best 40th birthday he’s ever had!
Eric Waters writes: “I don’t have anything special planned for my 40th, but you can mention that Michelle and I welcomed our sixth child into the world in March 2012. That brings the total up to two girls (Sophia, 12, and Elizabeth, 10) and four boys (Samuel, 8, David, 6, Jonathan, 3, and Matthew, 1).” Congratulations on your growing family, Eric. It sounds like you and Michelle are busy, busy!
Eric Eisenhauer and Elsje (Carbone) Eisenhauer are in their fifth year living in Ohio, where they are raising two daughters. They moved to Ohio from New York for Eric’s work as a gynecologic oncologist. As it turns out, they discovered through a previous class column that Eric Waters is the pastor of a large and vibrant church in their community and they recently enjoyed one of his services. Eljie notes that you can hear Eric Waters’ sermons on the church’s website, at www.ualc.org/mrs.
Becky (Gaiman) Wiese was excited to share some news about her husband and classmate, Brian Wiese. “Men’s soccer coach at Georgetown University, Brian was named Division I Coach of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America at its annual awards banquet in Indianapolis, Indiana. Associate head coach Zach Samol ’98 was named the Northeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year. Brian and Zach are in their seventh season together at the head of a resurgent Hoyas program. The Hoyas put together a historic season, going 19-4-3 and advancing to the national championship, where the team fell, 1-0, to Indiana University. Along the way the squad advanced further than any team in program history, won the Big East Blue Division regular season, reached the Big East Tournament championship and set a new record for wins in a season. Brian arrived at Georgetown after five seasons at Stanford and five at Notre Dame, all spent under the tutelage of his mentor and former coach at Dartmouth, Bobby Clark.” Congratulations, Brian!
In other ’95 spouse shout-outs, Corey (Fleming) Hirokawa posted on Facebook that her husband, Ben Hirokawa,plans to open South Carolina’s first appliance and e-waste recycling facility in 2014, creating 200 new green jobs in Aiken, South Carolina. Gov. Nikki Haley publicly celebrated this news at the state’s RecyclonomicsSC event in February. “We’re excited and proud of this latest venture!”
Jen Lien had her second baby in January and writes: “Cheong Soon Gan and I are now living in Schenectady, New York, where Cheong Soon is wrapping up a two-year appointment as visiting assistant professor of Asian history at Union College. I’m trying to finish my doctorate in voice from the University of Wisconsin-Madison while raising Olivia, 3, and Paul, born January 25. Where will we end up next in our exciting life of nomadic early academia? We’ll keep you posted.” New baby congratulations also go out to Jackie (Keane) Harvey, Sara (Wasserbauer) Carlson and Staci Wilkes.
Keep your news coming!
—Kaja (Schuppert) Fickes, 2 Bishops Lane, Hingham, MA, 02043; kaja@alum.dartmouth.org