Class Note 1998
I heard from Nita Farahany, who’s an associate professor of law and philosophy at Vanderbilt Law School and a visiting professor at Stanford Law School through 2011. She says, “I love the Bay Area and have fallen in love with the gorgeous weather, amazing views and hiking around here.” In April 2010 Nita was also appointed by President Obama to the Presidential Commission on the Study of Bioethical Issues. Congrats, Nita! And let it be known that we Bay Area folks are going to win you away from Vanderbilt permanently!
We can also welcome four members of the class of 2032 to our family!
David Reynolds ’96 and Lisa Core Reynolds welcomed Wyatt Cameron Reynolds a few days late, on Father’s Day, June 19. Lisa reports, “He thoughtfully delayed his arrival to allow the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup without interruption (important when Mom and Dad are serious hockey fans). David and I even went to the victory parade on Saturday morning, and by Saturday evening I was in labor at our local Greek restaurant with my mother-in-law eagerly timing my contractions!” Lisa’s family lives in Somerville, Massachusetts, and Lisa has been working as an assistant district attorney in Essex County for the last three and a half years, currently as the firearms prosecutor. But she spent the summer enjoying her “well-timed summertime maternity leave.” Lisa and David “are enjoying adjusting to parenthood and are completely in awe of our baby boy. There’s no doubt that he’s the best thing that either of us has ever done. Wyatt is a champion eater and would give Joey Chestnut a run for his money in the milk category. I can’t bear the thought of the day, 18 years from now, that we send him off to Hanover.”
Wyatt’s future classmate Roque David Coelho is Carrie Spring and Camilo Coelho’s new son. Carrie reports that she and Camilo, who live in San Francisco, are “both teachers, so it was mighty thoughtful of our baby to get here on June 12, right after we turned in end-of-year grades, so we could maximize our summer together. We’re enjoying introducing Roque to our people and love the visits and support we’ve gotten from Barb Wentworth ’97, Tara McDowell and Graham Gallivan.”
Future ’32 Anna Bates is Justin and Aimee Whitenack Bates’s baby girl, born April 12. Aimee writes, “It’s been quite a year! Last June we were back East to get married in my parents’ back yard (many Dartmouth friends traveled to celebrate with us) and this June we’re back so our daughter Anna can meet everyone!” Aimee and Justin both teach at the Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California. Aimee also reports, “Jenny Karlen Elliott and her family lived right down the hall for two years but moved back East for the 2010-11 school year.”
Which leads me to James Elliott! His mom, Jenny, reports, “Our life is busy! A little chaotic and crazy at times, but we feel super blessed and lucky.” James was born May 17 and joined his big brothers Sam (7 1/2), Peter (5 1/2) and George (3 1/2). “We even have a male dog!” Jenny says. “This winter we got three female fish (according to me—Petco could not confirm!) to create a little more balance in our house.” Jenny is now teaching in the history department at Phillips Andover, Massachusetts, and says the family is “loving living on campus near our Boston friends and my family in the area.” As Aimee said, “we’re looking forward to a James-Anna wedding in a couple of decades.” You heard it here first!
—Jo Golub, 851 Indian Rock Ave., Berkeley, CA 94707; jgolub@kvn.com
