Class Note 2000
Issue
May-June 2021
Hello, ’00s.
I’m still coming to terms with the cancelation of our reunion on campus this year, but I write this with hope that the end of the pandemic is in sight and empathy for all of us who have been affected in much more substantive ways than the postponement of a very fun weekend with old friends. I hope that all of you are glimpsing a light at the end of the tunnel in your lives too.
Big new job announcement: Our class salutatorian Mike Pyle will serve as chief economic advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris. An alumnus of the Obama administration, Mike was most recently chief investment strategist at BlackRock and he had served as outside economic advisor to the vice president’s campaign. He also has a law degree and clerked for attorney general nominee Merrick Garland.
Congratulations to Danielle Brand on her new book, Weed Mom: The Canna-Curious Woman’s Guide to Healthier Relaxation, Happier Parenting, and Chilling TF Out. It’s a guide to the legal cannabis marketplace for moms, and wow, I can’t think of a better year to publish it. Now a journalist, Danielle also has worked as a yoga teacher and trainer and a researcher on issues of international conflict resolution (in which she holds a master’s). She lives with her husband and two children in Boise, Idaho.
Congrats are also in order to Max Gross, whose novel, The Last Shtetl, was a winner of the 2020 National Jewish Book Award.
I hope you will make the time to join a few of our virtual reunion events in June—look for details in your inbox soon. Fortunately(?), our 25th isn’t too far away so we can all look forward to gathering in person then. Keep the news and updates coming!
—Kate (Ryan) Stowe, 91 Waterman Place, St. Louis, MO 63112; dartmouth2000secretary@gmail.com
I’m still coming to terms with the cancelation of our reunion on campus this year, but I write this with hope that the end of the pandemic is in sight and empathy for all of us who have been affected in much more substantive ways than the postponement of a very fun weekend with old friends. I hope that all of you are glimpsing a light at the end of the tunnel in your lives too.
Big new job announcement: Our class salutatorian Mike Pyle will serve as chief economic advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris. An alumnus of the Obama administration, Mike was most recently chief investment strategist at BlackRock and he had served as outside economic advisor to the vice president’s campaign. He also has a law degree and clerked for attorney general nominee Merrick Garland.
Congratulations to Danielle Brand on her new book, Weed Mom: The Canna-Curious Woman’s Guide to Healthier Relaxation, Happier Parenting, and Chilling TF Out. It’s a guide to the legal cannabis marketplace for moms, and wow, I can’t think of a better year to publish it. Now a journalist, Danielle also has worked as a yoga teacher and trainer and a researcher on issues of international conflict resolution (in which she holds a master’s). She lives with her husband and two children in Boise, Idaho.
Congrats are also in order to Max Gross, whose novel, The Last Shtetl, was a winner of the 2020 National Jewish Book Award.
I hope you will make the time to join a few of our virtual reunion events in June—look for details in your inbox soon. Fortunately(?), our 25th isn’t too far away so we can all look forward to gathering in person then. Keep the news and updates coming!
—Kate (Ryan) Stowe, 91 Waterman Place, St. Louis, MO 63112; dartmouth2000secretary@gmail.com