Class Note 1996
Issue
Nov - Dec 2016
The autumnal air so often brings with it a sense of change: the chill of cooler weather, the first full months of the new school year, the kaleidoscope of colors seen through Nature’s slideshow of fall foliage. It is fitting then that as the transition to a new season begins, word comes of many new directions for many of our classmates.
After many years working in the education realm as a teacher, squash coach and sailing mentor, Holly Parker started a Ph.D. program at the University of Southern Maine this September. She is simultaneously nervous and excited to be studying public policy and education leadership, more specifically “tackling some big projects on behalf of our great state of Maine and its kids.” Knowing her dedication to inspiring others, I’m confident Holly has no need to be nervous! In keeping with major life changes, Holly also reports that Daniel Flax and his wife, Shoshana, welcomed baby Madeline Milly Flax on July 17! Belated congratulations to the new parents!
In other baby news, Shervyn von Hoerl and his wife, Amanda, welcomed their third child, Ignatius Bernard Organa Monier-Hoerl (affectionately known as “Iggy”), back in March. Roger Vincent and his wife, Melissa, are expecting their first a child, a daughter, in October (I hope the family is happy, healthy and at home by the time of this issue’s publication!). Roger is the senior investment officer in Cornell University’s investment office and indicated they are looking forward to raising a child in Ithaca, New York—a place that reminds him so much of Dartmouth.
That sense of change can come in so many forms—some unexpected. Kerry (Fiacco) White experienced one such instance recently. “After working for 12 years as a scientist with Infinity Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I was “transitioned out of the company” along with the entire discovery department on July 1. After the initial shock, I adjusted to the idea of a summer of unemployment and spent my summer being a domestic goddess and director of Camp Mom. Then I secured a new position in oncology research with a start date after Labor Day and am ready to get back to work once the kids start school. My oldest is a freshman in high school (hold me!) and the other two boys are entering sixth and third grades.” Infinity’s loss is your new company’s gain (not to mention the countless people benefitting from your research), so onward and upward, Kerry!
Dave Kramer also wrote in with a quick note saying he and his family had just relocated from Boston to Austin, Texas. He said, “So far, we love it, though my kids are already sick of breakfast tacos.” Dave is senior manager for impact, learning and innovation for EcoLogic Development Fund, which empowers rural communities to restore and protect tropical ecosystems in Central America and Mexico.
Finally, I heard from Helene Sisti, who has been doing a lot of business travel lately—including a trip to Dubai and four trips to Australia last year alone. During her last visit Down Under Helene met up with Dave Erikson and his wife, Julie Smith ’95, who recently moved to Melbourne with their son. She indicated it “felt like just yesterday when they were all hanging out on the track together!” When business travel finally slowed, she spent the winter in Vermont and became a ski instructor, which she hopes to be able to do again next year. While she did miss our class reunion, she did meet up in New York with Eugenia Kim and Sarah Lugaric before Sarah flew home from the event.
—Garrett Gil de Rubio, 1062 Middlebrooke Drive, Canton, GA 30115; ggdr@alum.dartmouth.org
After many years working in the education realm as a teacher, squash coach and sailing mentor, Holly Parker started a Ph.D. program at the University of Southern Maine this September. She is simultaneously nervous and excited to be studying public policy and education leadership, more specifically “tackling some big projects on behalf of our great state of Maine and its kids.” Knowing her dedication to inspiring others, I’m confident Holly has no need to be nervous! In keeping with major life changes, Holly also reports that Daniel Flax and his wife, Shoshana, welcomed baby Madeline Milly Flax on July 17! Belated congratulations to the new parents!
In other baby news, Shervyn von Hoerl and his wife, Amanda, welcomed their third child, Ignatius Bernard Organa Monier-Hoerl (affectionately known as “Iggy”), back in March. Roger Vincent and his wife, Melissa, are expecting their first a child, a daughter, in October (I hope the family is happy, healthy and at home by the time of this issue’s publication!). Roger is the senior investment officer in Cornell University’s investment office and indicated they are looking forward to raising a child in Ithaca, New York—a place that reminds him so much of Dartmouth.
That sense of change can come in so many forms—some unexpected. Kerry (Fiacco) White experienced one such instance recently. “After working for 12 years as a scientist with Infinity Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I was “transitioned out of the company” along with the entire discovery department on July 1. After the initial shock, I adjusted to the idea of a summer of unemployment and spent my summer being a domestic goddess and director of Camp Mom. Then I secured a new position in oncology research with a start date after Labor Day and am ready to get back to work once the kids start school. My oldest is a freshman in high school (hold me!) and the other two boys are entering sixth and third grades.” Infinity’s loss is your new company’s gain (not to mention the countless people benefitting from your research), so onward and upward, Kerry!
Dave Kramer also wrote in with a quick note saying he and his family had just relocated from Boston to Austin, Texas. He said, “So far, we love it, though my kids are already sick of breakfast tacos.” Dave is senior manager for impact, learning and innovation for EcoLogic Development Fund, which empowers rural communities to restore and protect tropical ecosystems in Central America and Mexico.
Finally, I heard from Helene Sisti, who has been doing a lot of business travel lately—including a trip to Dubai and four trips to Australia last year alone. During her last visit Down Under Helene met up with Dave Erikson and his wife, Julie Smith ’95, who recently moved to Melbourne with their son. She indicated it “felt like just yesterday when they were all hanging out on the track together!” When business travel finally slowed, she spent the winter in Vermont and became a ski instructor, which she hopes to be able to do again next year. While she did miss our class reunion, she did meet up in New York with Eugenia Kim and Sarah Lugaric before Sarah flew home from the event.
—Garrett Gil de Rubio, 1062 Middlebrooke Drive, Canton, GA 30115; ggdr@alum.dartmouth.org