It’s time for our 15th reunion! It will be wonderful to see everyone on campus!


In January I received an adorable birth announcement and note from Karen Lefrak! Karen and her husband, Jonathan Salvin, welcomed Laurel Elisabeth Salvin to the world on October 13, 2012. Laurel weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and was 21 inches long. Karen wrote, “The biggest change for us is that this will temporarily curtail our international travel. We freaked out our obstetrician by traveling to Zambia and Botswana during the pregnancy. However, as soon as Laurel got clearance to go on a plane at three months we took her to San Francisco.” The family’s two beagles are also not so sure about the baby right now, but they are “eagerly awaiting the day when cheerios fall from the sky (or high chair).” Karen is currently the chair of the department of emergency medicine at Union Hospital in Maryland. Congratulations, Karen and Jonathan!


And this month I have news of my own to share: My husband, Michael Golub ’03, and I welcomed our first child, Laila Mae Golub, on January 18. Laila was 8 pounds, 2 ounces, 21 1/4 inches long, and had a full head of hair at birth, which seems to cause a lot of jealousy. We’ve been having a blast with her! And on Laila’s fifth-week birthday she had the very unusual and exciting privilege of going with me to Santa Rita jail in Dublin, California, where I was excitedly welcoming my client Ronald W. Ross back into his life. After five years of fighting for him my firm Keker & Van Nest LLP and I finally won his freedom and exoneration for a wrongful conviction from 2006. It was a wonderful day, and so fun to share it with my little girl! Michael, Laila, and I live with our dog Milo in Berkeley, California. We love seeing our classmates out here and hope everyone will get in touch when they vacation out this way!


And as one of those coincidences you could never make up, Jen Moeller and Chris Pennock ’97 welcomed their own bundle of joy on the very same day that we did! On January 18 Jen gave birth to gorgeous and adorable Wilhelmina in New York City. With identically aged babies, Jen and I have been commiserating and celebrating a lot by text. Jen is working as a costume designer in New York and has designed shows around the country, on and off Broadway, and even at dear old Dartmouth, where she also occasionally teaches costume design classes. Congrats, Jen and Chris!


Just six days later, on January 24, Aimee Whitenack Bates and her husband, Justin, and daughter Anna welcomed new family member Theodore James Bates. Theo was 8 pounds, 4 ounces at birth, and he’s absolutely adorable in his pictures. Congratulations, Bates family! We hope to see you all in Hanover.


Have a great month, ’98s, and I’ll see you on campus!


—Jo Golub, 851 Indian Rock Ave., Berkeley, CA 94707; jgolub@kvn.com