Class Note 2000

Hello, ’00s! Our fearless leader, class president Joseph Scott, assumed command of the U.S. Army’s 3rd Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in March. Joe’s battalion trains American and Allied military personnel on the use of the Patriot air defense system and the terminal high-altitude area defense system. He also oversees a small detachment of soldiers at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico that conducts testing on emerging air defense technology. As part of his preparations for command, Joe went to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in October 2017 for a couple of weeks of training. There he was able to meet up with Jen Bess, who currently works as a director of national fellowships for the University of South Carolina Honors College. Congratulations, Joe!

Allison Aab sent in some good news: “My husband, Max Brunet, and I welcomed my first child (he has two kids from his previous marriage), a little boy, Hudson Brunet, on April 24 here in Toronto. Hudson is doing great, and I am very grateful for the generous Canadian year-long maternity leave!”

Turning to publications, Michael Leong just published another book, a collection of poetry called Words on Edge. In the words of the publisher, “Leong superimposes the following layers onto the reader’s experience of his latest contemporary poems: politics, chaos, hilarity, language, meaning, and camouflage. He uses language to show us all how language is used to manipulate everything we experience.” Michael is an assistant professor of English at the University at Albany, SUNY.

Rob Ristango recently wrote the book A Member is Worth a Thousand Visitors: A Proven Method for Making More Money Online. It’s a guide for content providers to sharpen their digital strategies and increase revenue. Rob is the CEO of the Sterling Woods Group, LLC, a digital marketing advisory firm in Needham, Massachusetts.

Finally, a note on another one of our class officers: Molly (Gregg) Otter welcomed her third child in May, a daughter named Beatrice. She and her family moved from Seattle to Boise, Idaho, at the end of July.

Thank you for the updates, and I hope to hear from more of you soon.

—Kate Ryan Stowe, 849 26th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94121; dartmouth2000secretary@gmail.com