Hello classmates! Hope this summer is treating you and your families well! One of my favorite parts of being our alumni notes writer is that every time I attend an event with even just one other classmate there is always a conversation about what’s going to show up in the Class Notes. It’s my favorite party trick! But getting on with it, I was honored to attend the Memorial Day Weekend wedding of Janelle Ruley and Elizabeth Vitiello in Los Angeles. It was a beautiful ceremony filled with family and friends who were so excited for the couple, who have been together for seven years. Janelle and Elizabeth live in West Hollywood, where Janelle is an attorney representing California charter schools and Elizabeth is a fashion designer. In addition to myself, other Dartmouth folks there to celebrate the happy couple were Annie Kneedler and husband Sam, Teresa Knoedler (who, out of the goodness of her heart nominated Sarah Blanton to take over the Class Notes once I retire) and husband Keith, Linda (Aucoin) Green (who was accompanied by her adorable daughter Ellie while her husband, Chris, stayed back in Atlanta with their other two children), Scott Jacobs ’99 and fiancée Heather, Matt Blanchard and Chloe Dillon. It was a wonderful long weekend in L.A. and a long time coming for this special couple. Congratulations, Janelle and Elizabeth! 


I was making the wedding rounds in May and while at the wedding of a mutual friend from Cincinnati. Ohio, I was able to spend the weekend with Marshall Hydzu, his beautiful wife, Sara, and their new son, James Marshall Hydzu, who was born in March. I can attest to the fact that he’s quite the cutie and has a great set of lungs, and while he attended his first ever Major League Baseball game, I’m quite certain he’s got Big Green football in his blood! Marshall and his family live in Lexington, Kentucky, where Marshall is in brand management for Valvoline and the new family is doing very well! 


Lastly, and the least favorite part of my job, is to share the sad news that Jeff Zimpleman passed away unexpectedly while traveling in Germany on May 29. Jeff grew up in Iowa before coming to Dartmouth and then went on to receive a master’s of science from the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, and his master’s of business administration from Cornell University. He worked as a financial analyst for Ansell, an Australian manufacturer, and Capital One Financial Corp., where he worked on algorithms to improve security measures for credit card customers. Jeff was also an avid world traveler, who visited six different continents, traveled north of the Arctic Circle and made frequent visits to both Germany and Brazil. We will honor Jeff’s memory by having a book inscribed with his name in the Berry-Baker Library.


—Kelly Heaps, 3666 Willowlea Court, Unit B, Cincinnati, OH 45208; heaps.k@pg.com