Hello, ’00s.

I got the following update from Kamie (Twomey) Kennedy, who writes: “Taylor (Jones) Williams moved with her family to Madrid, Spain, so, naturally, a European reunion was in order. Anne (Murray) Emert and I spent a week in Spain visiting ‘TayTay’ and taking in the sights. Over mucho vino, we all lamented how we wished we hadn’t slept through so much morning drill back in our Dartmouth days. ¡Que lástima!”

Congrats to Anne Mullins, who was recently named associate dean for assessment and professional engagement at Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersburg, Florida. She lives nearby with her husband and two children.

Some of our classmates were key participants at the weekend-long celebration of 50 years of coeducation at Dartmouth, which took place on campus last November. Caroline Hribar spoke at the rededication ceremony for Dartmouth Hall, which was renovated with the donations of women alumnae in a campaign she helped lead—the largest alumnae-led fundraising campaign in Dartmouth’s history. Allison (Aboud) Holzer also gave a moving toast at the closing dinner as representative for alumnae of the 2000s.

I also heard from Chris Dreisbach, who is heading up a new advocacy effort related to people who suffer adverse reactions to vaccinations. He is lobbying lawmakers to shift those patients into the existing federal compensation program in place for other vaccines such as measles and influenza (or to reform the parallel system for Covid vaccine claims).

Unfortunately, Chris came to this work through his own rare and severe vaccine reaction in March 2021, which resulted in his diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. His organization, React19, includes vaccine researchers and physicians and is not anti-vaccine, but rather seeks to improve both documentation of adverse vaccine events and the compensation program available to patients.

Keep the news and updates coming!

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