Hi, ’01s! Hope everyone has been enjoying the first few months of 2010!


A very big congratulations to all of our newly engaged couples! Carly Prior recently got engaged to Jon Clarke (University of Sydney ’01) on a beautiful Saturday morning at the beach in Sydney, Australia, where the couple currently lives. Abraham Mahshie (Missouri Journalism ’06) met a great Nebraskan girl while salsa dancing and managed to hang on to her. He and Meghan Mercier (Missouri ’08, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies ’10) will be married in January at a small ceremony in Miami and are looking forward to continued international adventures together. Rupa Magge and Kurt Cross (Kenyon ’00) were engaged this past spring while vacationing in Maui. Kurt popped the question on the beach at sunrise. Their wedding will be next May in Los Angeles, California, where they reside. Kurt has Dartmouth blood in him; his father, Bruce Cross, is a member of the class of 1964. Tom Campbell got engaged to Meghan Palmer (Mount Holyoke ’01).


And a few new additions to announce as well, congratulations to our new parents! Susan Feakins Masry and her husband, Avi, welcomed a baby boy, Benjamin Paul Masry, in December. Robin DeGracia and her husband, Siva Sankaranarayanan, welcomed their first child, a boy, Santiago Kesavan Sivakumar, born December 7. Ryan Bouton and Jennifer Bouton ’02 welcomed their fourth child and fourth daughter, Eleia Christine Bouton, in November.


And one of our classmates is now a published author! James Feinstein wrote a book of narratives about the clinical year of medical school titled Short White Coat: Lessons from Patients on Becoming a Doctor. It is available through all major booksellers. His Web site is www.shortwhitecoat.com.


Please continue to send news to me.


—Kerry Blum, 298 Mulberry St., Apt 3J, New York, NY 10012; kerry.blum@alum.dartmouth.org