Some of our lacrosse-playing classmates gathered on campus in September to celebrate the endowment of the women’s coach position in the name of Josie Harper. Whitney (Hale) Gardiner, Jacque Weitzel, Melissa Frazier, and Kate (Graw) Lamond picked up their sticks for an alumni scrimmage and were still able to hike to the fire tower afterward.

I had fun zooming in on the 25-year-old bonfire photos that our president Joe Scott posted on the class of 2000 Facebook page during Homecoming Weekend. (By the way, if you are on Facebook but haven’t joined the group yet, please do!) I spotted the signatures of Caroline (Lippman) Nicassio, Lisa (Opanasets) Arvold, lightweight crew, women’s crew, “Jersey,” and Rent-A-Wreck. Someone hopeful wrote their dorm phone number and there is also a sweet tribute to “Nanny and Pop, the best.” At the very top was the name of Ryoji Takeyama, who passed away in 2019.

I received the sad news that our classmate Rob Allgyer passed away unexpectedly in August. He lived in Oyster Bay, New York, with his wife, Bianca.

Please send your news and updates and look for a column by guest secretary Karen Liot Hill in your next issue.

—Kate (Ryan) Stowe, 91 Waterman Place, St. Louis, MO 63112; dartmouth2000secretary@gmail.com