Happy new year, ’01 family. We finally made it to 2021, meaning that our 20th reunion is this coming June. Start making your plans to return to Hanover…or to change the whole trip in the event that it gets delayed due to the pandemic. Most of us should have experience with that at this point. I will keep my fingers and toes crossed that many of us will gather in Hanover in a few short months. In the meantime, a few updates to tide you over.

Those working in entertaining and the arts have found new and increasing audiences. Ben Mandelker seems to be thriving with us all holed up in our homes as his cohosted podcast has been reaching new heights of more than 3 million hits per month. He and his cohost were also guests on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen in September. Andy Pease wrote in to exclaim, “I have an album coming out!” Andy conducted the Hartwick College Faculty Wind Octet on the album, Stravinsky: Alone No More, in September 2019 and the digital release should be out now on the digital platform of your choice. The album includes a piece from fellow alum Oliver Caplan ’04. Given that the editing process was almost completely derailed by the pandemic, Andy’s 2021 resolution is to take some time off.

Pavan Nihalani wrote in from Dubai to celebrate the birth of his daughter, Lila Doshi, who was born in July. Her older brother, Bodhi, is reportedly “skeptical” of the new addition as of this writing.

Finally, it is with a heavy heart that I report the passing of Naomi (Kim) McWilliams in September. She is survived by her husband, Scott, and son, Benjamin, 10. We are keeping this part of the ’01 family in our thoughts.

—Rachel Milstein Sondheimer, 143 Branchville Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877; (203) 645-6938; rachel.sondheimer@gmail.com