Hello, ’99s, and happy New Year!
Another year has passed and another fresh start begins. I hope you all had a brilliant holiday season! I’m pleased to start off the new year with lots of news to share.
First, Andra Winokur Newman writes that her family has grown! Mary Elliot Newman was born on August 21 and is both adored and harassed by her older brother Will, age 6 and a half, and sister Winnie, age 4. Andra is enjoying life but finds herself busy juggling parenthood with running Winokur Newman, an executive search firm for the retail and fashion industries.
Kathryn (McGovern) Hartinger and husband Josh also welcomed a new addition to their family when daughter Mae Cecilia was born on June 18. Mae has an older brother, Tobin, who turned 2 in August. Kathryn went to Boston in September and met up with Jen Lawinski (who came up from N.Y.C.) and Jason Whaley. She writes: “Jason’s son John and my Tobin are about the same age, so it was pretty cool to watch them play—and of course they all got to meet Mae.
Congratulations to Andra, Kathryn and their families!
Finally, Melissa (Nagare) Kimura had a great visit with Karen Ho, Ada Anon and their families in Brooklyn in September. Ada has a 2-year-old son, Nikko, and Karen has a 2-year-old son and a 4-year-old daughter and the children had a great time playing together. Melissa adds that, “Ada, Karen and I are also still participating in our all-Dartmouth female fantasy football league with Julie Tallman Rhodes as the commissioner, Jennie (Hume) Orr, Carolyn Wang, Marissa Howe ’98, Catherine (Strickler) Gaul, Victoria (Dahir) Zak and Elizabeth (Tedesco) Milesnik.”
That’s all the news for now. I wish you all the best in 2014 and look forward to sharing more news with you soon!
—Tony Perry, 38 Halton Wood Road, Wendover, Bucks, HP22 5QJ, UK; tony.perry.99@alum. dartmouth.org