Class Note 2000
Issue
Starting off, Dan Kempf married Abby Drevs ’03 on April 24 at Old St. Patrick’s in Chicago. There were a lot of Dartmouth folks there including Ben Mishkin (who was the best man), Eduardo Rivera, Adam “Tex” Clayton and wife Sara Clayton, Mark Kaplowitz, Steve Wiesenthal and Joe Scott with his wife, Emily Copeland ’99. Since Dan and Abby met while playing pong they had two tables set up for the reception. Needless to say, a good time was had by all.
During a vacation in the Turks & Caicos Melissa Roth was engaged to Daniel Richards, Tu’03. Dan is the CEO of Global Rescue, a Boston-based company that provides medical and security evacuations around the world and Melissa recently left Holland & Knight to become the general counsel for Global Rescue.
Rashaad Ernesto Green earned his M.F.A. from the NYU graduate acting program, and is now in his thesis year at NYU’s graduate film program. After spending years acting in theaters nationwide and working in film with directors such as Spike Lee, Rashaad had the opportunity to work as a teacher in the South Bronx before turning his efforts behind the camera to tell stories. The world premiere of his film Premature won the Grand Jury Prize in the HBO Short Film Competition at the 2008 American Black Film Festival and is currently airing on HBO. Premature has played more than 40 festivals worldwide, including Palm Springs International Shortfest, Munich International Film Festival and Sapporo International Film Festival of Japan and has garnered more than 17 awards, including the Directors Guild of America Student Award and the National Board of Review Award. Rashaad’s short, Choices, premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, and his latest short, Cuts, has screened at the Pan African Film Festival, the Chicago Film Festival and on HBO. A recipient of the prestigious 2009 Princess Grace Foundation Cary Grant Film Award and recently named one of indieWIRE’s top 10 new voices in cinema, Rashaad is now working on his first feature, Gun Hill Road, which is currently in development. Selected for the 2010 Tribeca All Access Program, Gun Hill Road was also named recipient of the 2009 Spike Lee Fellowship and the 2010 Fotokem Printing & Processing Grant and recognized by the Urban Arts Initiative in New York City and Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance.
Conor Dugan wrote in: “I continue to practice law at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., have two kids, Gianna, 5, and Michael, 3, with my wife, Laurel. I recently caught up over lunch with Carrie Dunsmore and Jonathan Flynn. One of the more significant things of the last year—and perhaps of my whole life—was that on August 14, 2009, I had open-heart surgery to repair an aneurysm in my aorta and salvage a slightly leaky valve. The whole process from April 2009, when I learned I likely would need to have surgery, through surgery and recovery ended up being a great blessing. I am basically back to normal, and my scar and a little tenderness in my chest are all that remind me that I had major surgery last year. My family and I are moving into the district near Eastern Market so any Dartmouth alums who are passing through should give me a shout.”
Lastly some baby news. Jacquie (Johnson) Arana wrote in, “I just wanted to let you know that my husband, Andres, and I welcomed our first child, a beautiful baby girl, on February 17. Her name is Eva Victoria and she is doing very well. Though the first few weeks were pretty sleepless we (along with our little shih tzu named Leo) are really enjoying life as a family!” Also, Nathan Chaney and his wife, Gina, welcomed their son Calvin Rex into the world on March 20. “He joins his brother Cormac, age 2, in the baby melee (which is of course a joyful melee). We are also relocating to the Boston area from Greenwich, Connecticut. We are looking forward to spending some quality time with our old friends Antje (Herlyn) and Sebastian Barreveld, Ashley (Wendus) and Bill Cook and (and daughter Phoebe) and Dave Chin.
Thanks for all the news! Look for updates to continue through the next few magazines.
—Kelly Heaps, 3666 Willowlea Court, Unit B, Cincinnati, OH 45208; kellyheaps@gmail.com
July - Aug 2010
Starting off, Dan Kempf married Abby Drevs ’03 on April 24 at Old St. Patrick’s in Chicago. There were a lot of Dartmouth folks there including Ben Mishkin (who was the best man), Eduardo Rivera, Adam “Tex” Clayton and wife Sara Clayton, Mark Kaplowitz, Steve Wiesenthal and Joe Scott with his wife, Emily Copeland ’99. Since Dan and Abby met while playing pong they had two tables set up for the reception. Needless to say, a good time was had by all.
During a vacation in the Turks & Caicos Melissa Roth was engaged to Daniel Richards, Tu’03. Dan is the CEO of Global Rescue, a Boston-based company that provides medical and security evacuations around the world and Melissa recently left Holland & Knight to become the general counsel for Global Rescue.
Rashaad Ernesto Green earned his M.F.A. from the NYU graduate acting program, and is now in his thesis year at NYU’s graduate film program. After spending years acting in theaters nationwide and working in film with directors such as Spike Lee, Rashaad had the opportunity to work as a teacher in the South Bronx before turning his efforts behind the camera to tell stories. The world premiere of his film Premature won the Grand Jury Prize in the HBO Short Film Competition at the 2008 American Black Film Festival and is currently airing on HBO. Premature has played more than 40 festivals worldwide, including Palm Springs International Shortfest, Munich International Film Festival and Sapporo International Film Festival of Japan and has garnered more than 17 awards, including the Directors Guild of America Student Award and the National Board of Review Award. Rashaad’s short, Choices, premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, and his latest short, Cuts, has screened at the Pan African Film Festival, the Chicago Film Festival and on HBO. A recipient of the prestigious 2009 Princess Grace Foundation Cary Grant Film Award and recently named one of indieWIRE’s top 10 new voices in cinema, Rashaad is now working on his first feature, Gun Hill Road, which is currently in development. Selected for the 2010 Tribeca All Access Program, Gun Hill Road was also named recipient of the 2009 Spike Lee Fellowship and the 2010 Fotokem Printing & Processing Grant and recognized by the Urban Arts Initiative in New York City and Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance.
Conor Dugan wrote in: “I continue to practice law at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., have two kids, Gianna, 5, and Michael, 3, with my wife, Laurel. I recently caught up over lunch with Carrie Dunsmore and Jonathan Flynn. One of the more significant things of the last year—and perhaps of my whole life—was that on August 14, 2009, I had open-heart surgery to repair an aneurysm in my aorta and salvage a slightly leaky valve. The whole process from April 2009, when I learned I likely would need to have surgery, through surgery and recovery ended up being a great blessing. I am basically back to normal, and my scar and a little tenderness in my chest are all that remind me that I had major surgery last year. My family and I are moving into the district near Eastern Market so any Dartmouth alums who are passing through should give me a shout.”
Lastly some baby news. Jacquie (Johnson) Arana wrote in, “I just wanted to let you know that my husband, Andres, and I welcomed our first child, a beautiful baby girl, on February 17. Her name is Eva Victoria and she is doing very well. Though the first few weeks were pretty sleepless we (along with our little shih tzu named Leo) are really enjoying life as a family!” Also, Nathan Chaney and his wife, Gina, welcomed their son Calvin Rex into the world on March 20. “He joins his brother Cormac, age 2, in the baby melee (which is of course a joyful melee). We are also relocating to the Boston area from Greenwich, Connecticut. We are looking forward to spending some quality time with our old friends Antje (Herlyn) and Sebastian Barreveld, Ashley (Wendus) and Bill Cook and (and daughter Phoebe) and Dave Chin.
Thanks for all the news! Look for updates to continue through the next few magazines.
—Kelly Heaps, 3666 Willowlea Court, Unit B, Cincinnati, OH 45208; kellyheaps@gmail.com