Class Note 2000
Kicking us off this edition, Kate (Weiss) Rubenstein wrote in: “Our very belated news is that Dustin and I had a baby girl (Renna) last May. We’re having lots of fun watching her grow up but can’t believe we’re the parents of a 1-year-old! We also moved from the Bay Area to N.Y.C. last summer and live up by Columbia University, where Dustin just finished his first year as a biology professor. I am still working in sales for GE Capital and have enjoyed running into several Dartmouth folks near my office in midtown.”
Mike Lewis moved from L.A. to Denver this past winter. “It’s quite a change but luckily there are quite a few classmates here to keep me company. Over the past few months here in Denver I’ve been fortunate to hang out with Jules Kesner, Will Coyne, Ben Rifkin and Jacob Litch. Good times out here in Colorado!”
Omar Rashid has been a busy guy! “Since graduating from Duke Med and Law in 2006 I have been in my general surgery training in Richmond, Virginia, where I have also been active in cancer research and health policy in the state capital. I have also been fortunate to meet many interesting people in Richmond (including many Dartmouth alumni) and I have taken the opportunity to travel extensively for both business and vacation (including frequent trips to Hanover). My brother (Ali Rashid ’01) is moving to Richmond for his graduate medical training as well, and we both look forward to the exciting years ahead (including the 10-year reunion).”
Heather Huffman-Dracht is “practicing emergency medicine in an amazing chalet/gourmet restaurant/hospital in skiers’ paradise—aka Park City, Utah. My husband, Phil (Calvin College ’97), and I have a beautiful home in Salt Lake City that we now share with two dogs, two cats and a beautiful baby boy, Elijah Daniel, whom we adopted at birth on June 17, 2009. Life is hectic (especially now that Eli is crawling) but good!”
Kate (Winter) Shamberger sent in her first ever update after she and her husband, Jason ’99, welcomed Madeline Clara (Maddie) Shamberger into their family on March 1. “We’d been expecting a little boy, so she was quite the surprise! I have a feeling this will be the first of many tricks she’ll play on her parents over the years. She’s a great little kid and is being kind to us first-timers! She also visited Dartmouth for the first time last week and took in a Dartmouth softball doubleheader at Sachem!” In other baby news, Bill and Ashley (Wendus) Cook welcomed a baby girl, Phoebe Arden, on January 13.
Congratulations are in order for Annie Kneedler, who was engaged in May to Sam Bryson (Harvard ’04). Annie and Sam met while attending the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and currently live in Chicago, where Annie works for Cargill and Sam works for Accenture. They will be relocating to Minneapolis in the fall.
Finally, mark your calendars now for June 17-19, 2011, for our 10th year (aka 10+1) class reunion in Hanover! Our co-chairs Jeff Eldridge and Susi Kandel are still looking for folks to get involved in the planning, so shoot them an e-mail if you’re interested or have any ideas. Also, you can stay up to date on reunion details in the following ways: join the “Dartmouth Class of 2000 Reunion” group on Facebook, follow on twitter@dartmouth2000 or visit the class of 2000 website at www.dartmouth2000.org.
—Kelly Heaps, 3666 Willowlea Court, Unit B, Cincinnati, OH 45208; kellyheaps@gmail.com
