Class Note 2001
Issue
Mar - Apr 2017
For this particular column, I asked fellow ’01s to share their recent athletic endeavors. As the outpouring of responses can attest, every ’01 is an athlete in some way, shape or form.
A few ’01s have been or will be lifting lots of boxes as they move around the country. Tara Dairman and Andy Cahill are relocating to Austin, Texas, with their daughter this January. They are looking forward to meeting up with any alums in the area. Lindsay (Reich) Jerutis, her husband, Jason (Connecticut College ’01), and their three children, Eleanor (5), Elizabeth (3) and Miles (almost 1), recently bought a house in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Adding endurance and patience to her athletic skillset, Lindsay joined the world of New York City commuters when she went back to work this fall as the general manager for the lifestyle brands at Time Inc.
Another one of our endurance athletes, Debbie (Bernstein) Foster, sent word of the October 28th arrival of twins, Jacob (Jake) Charlton and Sophie Carolina in Washington, D.C. Debbie welcomed these two budding Patriots fans along with their dad, David (Harvard ’00), and big sisters Abby (6) and Maddie (4).
Exercising some serious brainpower, Catherine Montoya began a doctoral program in educational leadership at the University of New Mexico. She is part of the inaugural cohort of the Native American leadership in education program, joining six other students representing an array of tribal nations. Catherine says she has “been busy balancing being a wife, mother of three, student and employee, but looking forward to the opportunity to further give back to Native students.”
We have some ’01s learning new tricks! Joe Sondheimer would like me to tell you that he recently completed his first triathlon (the TriRidgefield in Connecticut), but instead will share that he has progressed from being able to juggle three balls to skillfully juggling four. Not only did Ellen Pfeiffer add a third child, Daniel, to her brood, she also recently learned to hula hoop!
Finally, I am excited to share the inspiration for this column. Debra (Brodsky) Shigley, Nicole (Diadato) Park, Julia Gertsberg-Scharf, Brookie Purcell and Katie Miller successfully completed the Fenway Spartan in Boston last November. Adorned in matching Dartmouth green knee-high socks, these ’01 athletes climbed walls, ran up stadium steps, heaved gallons of water uphill and did more burpees than any reasonable person should ever do. Nice work, ladies!
Congratulations to all of our athletes. Work hard, play hard!
—Rachel Milstein Sondheimer, 143 Branchville Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877; (203) 645-693; rachel. sondheimer@gmail.com
A few ’01s have been or will be lifting lots of boxes as they move around the country. Tara Dairman and Andy Cahill are relocating to Austin, Texas, with their daughter this January. They are looking forward to meeting up with any alums in the area. Lindsay (Reich) Jerutis, her husband, Jason (Connecticut College ’01), and their three children, Eleanor (5), Elizabeth (3) and Miles (almost 1), recently bought a house in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Adding endurance and patience to her athletic skillset, Lindsay joined the world of New York City commuters when she went back to work this fall as the general manager for the lifestyle brands at Time Inc.
Another one of our endurance athletes, Debbie (Bernstein) Foster, sent word of the October 28th arrival of twins, Jacob (Jake) Charlton and Sophie Carolina in Washington, D.C. Debbie welcomed these two budding Patriots fans along with their dad, David (Harvard ’00), and big sisters Abby (6) and Maddie (4).
Exercising some serious brainpower, Catherine Montoya began a doctoral program in educational leadership at the University of New Mexico. She is part of the inaugural cohort of the Native American leadership in education program, joining six other students representing an array of tribal nations. Catherine says she has “been busy balancing being a wife, mother of three, student and employee, but looking forward to the opportunity to further give back to Native students.”
We have some ’01s learning new tricks! Joe Sondheimer would like me to tell you that he recently completed his first triathlon (the TriRidgefield in Connecticut), but instead will share that he has progressed from being able to juggle three balls to skillfully juggling four. Not only did Ellen Pfeiffer add a third child, Daniel, to her brood, she also recently learned to hula hoop!
Finally, I am excited to share the inspiration for this column. Debra (Brodsky) Shigley, Nicole (Diadato) Park, Julia Gertsberg-Scharf, Brookie Purcell and Katie Miller successfully completed the Fenway Spartan in Boston last November. Adorned in matching Dartmouth green knee-high socks, these ’01 athletes climbed walls, ran up stadium steps, heaved gallons of water uphill and did more burpees than any reasonable person should ever do. Nice work, ladies!
Congratulations to all of our athletes. Work hard, play hard!
—Rachel Milstein Sondheimer, 143 Branchville Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877; (203) 645-693; rachel. sondheimer@gmail.com