Class Note 2001
Issue
Nov - Dec 2015
Save the date! Our 15th reunion is June 17-19, 2016. Look for more information on our class website or in our Facebook group. If you have suggestions or would like to help out, please contact Kristin Delaney. Meanwhile, enjoy these updates from your classmates, and please consider submitting one of your own. Everything you read here will make a great conversation starter in June!
In early August Jane Parkin Kullmann published her first article for her Ph.D. in JMIR Research Protocols. You can read the article, which is about developing a web-based questionnaire for her study of ALS, here: www.researchprotocols.org/2015/3/e96. Sherryta Freeman is now the senior associate athletic director for student development at the University of Pennsylvania. Sarah Craft wrote to say, “This year I was the alto soloist at Carnegie Hall in Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Masterworks Festival Chorus and at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the American Classical Orchestra. This fall I’ll be a soloist with Princeton Pro Musica in Mendelssohn’s Elijah and on January 19, 2016, Carnegie Hall will present me in a solo spotlight recital with legendary pianist Warren Jones as part of its annual art song celebration, ‘The Song Continues.’ And I’m still living in Brooklyn with my husband, James Lawrie ’00, and our two kids, Theo (6) and Owen (3).” Kudos to each of you!
Emily (Pollakowski) Harder welcomed a daughter during last year’s epic New England winter. “Our newest addition, Cecily Hope, joined our family in between snowstorms this past February. Big sister Elsa and big brother Ethan have enthusiastically welcomed her. Adam and I are smitten.” Kate (Mattern) McGee and husband Conner McGee ’02 had their third child, Cassandra “Casey” Elizabeth, on June 25. She joins big brother Jamie (3 1/2) and big sister Alex (2) in their busy N.Y.C. household. Kate added, “Conner has recently returned to financial advising and now works at Morgan Stanley, and I run marketing for the startup delivery.com.” Also on June 25, Clara Elise was born to Matt Wilkens and wife Julia (University of Virginia ’05). Matt says, “Clara’s an extremely laid-back, healthy and happy baby girl and we couldn’t be happier parents.” Ryan Heiberg and his wife, Suzanne Beauchene, are pleased to announce a new addition to their family, too: “Savannah was born August 1 and is heavily guarded by her older brothers Dorian and Drew and enjoying the exceptionally warm and sunny summer in Seattle.” Finally, Esther Freeman and Adam Young are delighted to announce the arrival of Amos Jonathan Freeman Young, born on August 11. Fortunately for Amos, Esther notes, “Our labradoodle Moosilauke isn’t so sure, but we think we’ll keep the baby!” Congratulations to all! And new babies, please be good to your parents. Maybe they’ll take you to Hanover next June.
—Kristina Panettiere, 20 Great Rock Road, Sherborn, MA 01770; dartmouth2001notes@gmail.com
In early August Jane Parkin Kullmann published her first article for her Ph.D. in JMIR Research Protocols. You can read the article, which is about developing a web-based questionnaire for her study of ALS, here: www.researchprotocols.org/2015/3/e96. Sherryta Freeman is now the senior associate athletic director for student development at the University of Pennsylvania. Sarah Craft wrote to say, “This year I was the alto soloist at Carnegie Hall in Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Masterworks Festival Chorus and at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the American Classical Orchestra. This fall I’ll be a soloist with Princeton Pro Musica in Mendelssohn’s Elijah and on January 19, 2016, Carnegie Hall will present me in a solo spotlight recital with legendary pianist Warren Jones as part of its annual art song celebration, ‘The Song Continues.’ And I’m still living in Brooklyn with my husband, James Lawrie ’00, and our two kids, Theo (6) and Owen (3).” Kudos to each of you!
Emily (Pollakowski) Harder welcomed a daughter during last year’s epic New England winter. “Our newest addition, Cecily Hope, joined our family in between snowstorms this past February. Big sister Elsa and big brother Ethan have enthusiastically welcomed her. Adam and I are smitten.” Kate (Mattern) McGee and husband Conner McGee ’02 had their third child, Cassandra “Casey” Elizabeth, on June 25. She joins big brother Jamie (3 1/2) and big sister Alex (2) in their busy N.Y.C. household. Kate added, “Conner has recently returned to financial advising and now works at Morgan Stanley, and I run marketing for the startup delivery.com.” Also on June 25, Clara Elise was born to Matt Wilkens and wife Julia (University of Virginia ’05). Matt says, “Clara’s an extremely laid-back, healthy and happy baby girl and we couldn’t be happier parents.” Ryan Heiberg and his wife, Suzanne Beauchene, are pleased to announce a new addition to their family, too: “Savannah was born August 1 and is heavily guarded by her older brothers Dorian and Drew and enjoying the exceptionally warm and sunny summer in Seattle.” Finally, Esther Freeman and Adam Young are delighted to announce the arrival of Amos Jonathan Freeman Young, born on August 11. Fortunately for Amos, Esther notes, “Our labradoodle Moosilauke isn’t so sure, but we think we’ll keep the baby!” Congratulations to all! And new babies, please be good to your parents. Maybe they’ll take you to Hanover next June.
—Kristina Panettiere, 20 Great Rock Road, Sherborn, MA 01770; dartmouth2001notes@gmail.com