Class Note 1998

Hello out there, fellow ’98s. I reached out to several of you to compile these latest notes and have the following news to share.

Tim Farrell migrated to the Mountain West in 2009 and presently lives in the Salt Lake City, Utah, area with his wife and two kids, ages 4 and 8. Tim works as a geriatrician at University of Utah Health, participating in patient care, research, and medical education. He also works on several projects involving medical and ethical issues that affect vulnerable older adults. Outside of this rewarding work, Tim and his family enjoy hiking and skiing.

James Panero visited Dartmouth in October with family in tow to take in the recent renovations to the Hood Museum of Art. James wrote about it for the December 2018 issue of The New Criterion, for which James serves as executive editor. The article gave him a chance to critique the Hood’s new design and to reconsider the many architectural styles that surround the Green. I enjoyed the article and revisiting campus through James’s eyes. Thanks for sharing.

Sara (Tullis) Wester wrote in that she and her husband, Forest Wester, are doing well in Miami. Sara is an oculoplastic surgeon. That means, according to Sara, treating myriad eyelid and orbital tumors, orbital diseases, eyelid malpositions, and tearing problems, as well as performing oculofacial rejuvenation. Sara has recently participated in more international speaking and work, which she enjoys. As for Forest, he is a partner at Trivest Partners, a private equity firm. Sara and Forest love living in Miami with their three young children. They have been lucky to see Dartmouth friends and have a trip planned with several ’98s early this year. Sticking with medicine, I reached out to Maya Lodish when I was notified that she was selected as the Selna L. Kaplan Distinguished Professor in Pediatric Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco. Maya added that her husband, Jonathan Zimmerman, is now a privacy attorney at Adobe in San Francisco. Their daughters, Isabelle and Talia, are enjoying the West Coast. Maya and Jonathan have recently gotten together with Stephanie (Adamson) King, Jo (Weingarten) Golub, and Spencer Doyle.

Kerry (Vance) Summers emailed from her home in Nuremberg, Germany. She and her husband were about to head out for a long weekend in Austria with Suzanne (Michels) Obenshain and her family. Suzanne lives in Zurich and has met Kerry at a different European Christmas markets each of the past few years. For the holidays Kerry planned to return to the States, where she would see Kate (Rice) Nilan in New London, New Hampshire. Coincidentally, both of their parents now live there, a short drive from Dartmouth. Kerry works for Reebok, where lately she has been involved in 1990s-themed marketing campaigns. Her work has made her nostalgic for Dartmouth, and she shared several reminiscences with me in a wonderful lengthy email.

Speaking of Kate (Rice) Nilan, she, too, wrote in with a newsy update. Kate lives in Natick, Massachusetts, with her husband, 3- and 5-year-old girls, and two dogs. Kate spends her time teaching an occasional horseback riding lesson, parenting, and working for her own company, Stable Secretary, barn management software that launched in 2013. She writes that she has been lucky to have seen so many of her classmates recently, including Kerry, Jennifer Moeller, Peter Yoo, Avery Rueb, Angela Scott, Susanna McFadden, Abigail Roberts, and Wendy (Simon) Habeski.

That’s all for now, but keep the updates coming. I love hearing from you.

—Gabe Galletti, 4000 Utah Ave., Nashville, TN 37209; galletti@gmail.com