Class Note 1999

Happy New Year, ’99s!

I hope you all enjoyed the holiday season with friends and family and that 2016 is off to a good start. I’m happy to start the new year with lots of good news to share.

First, Sarah Delaney married Michael Hillman (University of Washington ’94) on June 20 in a beautiful outdoor ceremony at Suncadia Resort in the Cascade Mountains about 90 miles east of Seattle, Washington. They had perfect weather, an amazing band and about 200 friends and family members present to celebrate, including fellow ’99s Meri Triades Pasztor (and her husband, Michael Pasztor), Laura Lanwermeyer (and her husband, Matthew Slater ’00), Holly Smith Munsie and Jeff Munsie, and Marisa Kolodny. Sarah’s younger sisters, Anne Delaney ’02, and Laura Delaney Nichol ’04, were the maid and matron of honor. Laura’s husband, Mark Nichol ’04, Anna McCall-Taylor ’00 and Molly Gregg Otter ’00 were there as well. Sarah and Mike had a wonderful honeymoon in South Africa, where they spent time in the Cape Town area, the Cape Winelands and the Garden Route and ended their trip with a four-night safari at Kwandwe, a private game reserve in the eastern Cape. Sarah and Mike live in a condo in Lower Queen Anne in Seattle, where Sarah has worked for the attorney general’s office in child welfare law for the past 10 years and Mike works for an investment management firm. They love living in Seattle and enjoy hiking, biking and other outdoor activities.

I’m also pleased to write that Amelia Arsenault and her husband, Shawn Powers, became proud parents of their first child, Lincoln, on September in Atlanta. Lincoln weighed in at 9 pounds, 7 ounces and is happy and healthy. Amelia writes that their first few weeks of parenthood have been a wonderful experience, though, not surprisingly, they could use a bit more sleep. Amelia is a professor of new media at Georgia State University.

Finally, Alexis Bunten has published a book, titled So, How Long Have You Been Native? about her experience in cultural tourism in Alaska as an Alaska Native American. This book explores a range of issues, including how and why Natives choose to sell their culture, the cutthroat politics of business in a small town and how indigenous peoples are engaging in global enterprises on their own terms. Alexis is also starring in Allt för Sverige, a popular television program in Sweden about Americans exploring their Swedish ancestry. Congratulations, Alexis! That’s all the news for now. I wish you all the best in 2016 and look forward to sharing more news with you soon!

—Tony Perry, 38 Halton Wood Road, Wendover, Buckinghamshire, HP22 5QJ, United Kingdom; tony.j.perry.99@dartmouth.edu