Happy holidays, ’01s! 


This column is going to print on the heels of Homecoming, but 2013 will be just around the corner when you read it. I hope 2012 has been good to you. It has been very memorable for some of your classmates! 


Sarah Hamilton married Greg Lucas ’03 in June during “a fun-filled weekend of sailing, beach parties and endless dancing” in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Many ’01s and ’03s were guests. The newlyweds live in the Bay Area, and Sarah says, “Our door is always open to any alums passing through!” 


Stephen Forster married Suzanne Skinner (Colby College ’03) in Alexandria, Virginia, in October. His best man was Steven Hsu and his groomsmen included Jason Lioon, Patrick Francis and Justin Johnson ’03. Other Dartmouth alums in attendance included Kendall Lioon, Allison Murray, Sarah Warlick and Laura Hsu ’04. 


Carolyn Roth will marry Pedro Fiuza and host a mini Dartmouth reunion of her own in her hometown of Chicago next June. Pedro proposed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in August, and Carolyn writes, “We met in Brazil a few years ago (but live in N.Y.C. now), so it’s amazing to get engaged where it all began.” 


Anna Rudberg Speiser and husband Pete are traveling as part of a fellowship he was awarded through their seminary. “His proposal was for a year exploring the way people’s faith lives are lived out through their relationship with the land and its resources, justice issues of land, water and food production and use, and care of creation. We’ll spend the year exploring all of this in Japan, South Africa, Armenia and surrounding areas. We feel super blessed by this opportunity and are excited to spend our second year of marriage exploring and adventuring.” To follow along, visit petespeiser.wordpress.com.


Esther Freeman and Adam Young are still in Boston. She is finishing up a dermatology residency at Harvard and has signed to stay on as faculty at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital next year. Esther says, “My work is letting me mix together my two academic loves, global health and dermatology, by working as a consultant for the World Health Organization in the area of HIV dermatology. Adam is teaching seventh grade at Park School in Brookline, Massachusetts, and spent the summer in Vietnam leading a high school student community service trip.”


Mike Levy and wife Nichola (Wisconsin ’02) welcomed their first child on September 29 in Chicago. Ethan Isadore is a big boy, weighing 9 pounds, 13 ounces at birth. Mike is a loyal alum, having already outfitted Ethan in his Dartmouth baseball gear. Karl Polifka writes with fun baby news, too: “Ruby James showed up on our front doorstep on the morning of September 22. Now a month old, her cheeks and second chin appear to be on track to be plump enough for her relatives to munch on during the holidays. Her older brother Henry is adjusting well enough to the new reality of the world not revolving around him. Heather and I are coping relatively well with the sleep deprivation.” Rosemary (Riley) Dempsey and husband Deron added a son to their family in August. “His name is Michael Deron Dempsey and he’s one sweet guy.” Gloriana (Gallegos) Trujillo and husband David are the proud parents of a baby girl named Soledad. The family lives in San Diego. Scott and Alisa (Beck) Harrison welcomed their second son, Colden James Harrison, on September 5. Alisa writes, “ ‘Big’ brother Timmy (only 19 months older) is enjoying him, as are we!”


Happy New Year! 


—Kristina Panettiere, 20 Great Rock Road, Sherborn, MA 01770; dartmouth2001notes@gmail.com