Class Note 2002
Hello, class of 2002! I hope as you read this your bag is half-packed for Hanover. Looking forward to seeing you at reunion!
I have gotten to report some very happy baby news over my four years of writing this column, but this time around I have the biggest ’02 family yet to tell you about—or at least news of the couple that grew into a big family most quickly! On March 31 Tucker (Ballard) Mahoney and Dan Mahoney ’01 welcomed triplets! Son Lee Ballard and daughters Katherine “Kay” Kyle and Boyd Harrison came a little earlier than expected, but all are doing very well in Atlanta. Tucker wrote in that she and Dan are sorry to miss the reunion but look forward to introducing their children to Hanover soon. In other news, Tucker reports that Rebecca (Eley) Weeks saw Kay’s wingspan in a photo and observed she will be good at pong! What could be more important?! Continuing the baby news, Shannon (Stoval) Winn and Eric Winn ’04 had son Jackson Alexander in March. The family lives in Keene, New Hampshire.
Allyson Terpsma just moved from New York to Michigan, where she will start at Michigan Law this spring. She likes to claim she is now in the “fourth generation” of Michigan Law students, following in the footsteps of fellow ’02s Dave “Hotfoot” Tarr, Alex Sakin and Emily Fedman.
Scott MacArthur wrote in with this unique update: “This past month my Rhodesian ridgeback Mowgli Jibboo took home the blue ribbon at the Southern California Ridgeback Show. With his placing, we have become the odds-on favorite to be in this year’s Westminster. Much of my time as a fountain designer has been cut into, but I can assure you it’s worth it. I also recently saw Rob Huntington and he is doing okay.”
Allen Fromherz, now an assistant professor at Georgia State University, published two books last year—Ibn Khaldun, Life and Times and The Almohads: Rise of an Isalmic Empire. Allen also spoke, with several other alumni, at a conference titled “Dartmouth Middle East Connection” in honor of professor Gene Garthwaite in April.
Paul Gulezian successfully defended his Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he has been studying invasive plants and urban ecology for the last six years. He adds: “I am also happy to report that I am getting married to Veronica Kott, my girlfriend of more than seven years, in September in a big, old barn in Grayslake, Illinois.” Congratulations on both fronts, Paul!
And finally, more wedding news! Ashley Dean married Erikka Gulbranson on October 9, 2010, in a small, family affair in Newport Beach, California. Ashley and Erikka live in Houston, Texas. Aaron Pumerantz married Christa Arkebauer (John Carroll University ’07) on December 11, 2010, in Toledo, Ohio. After a honeymoon in Cozumel, Mexico, they returned to their Silver Spring, Maryland, home. Aaron is finishing his internal medicine residency at nearby Walter Reed Army Medical Center as a captain in the U.S. Army. Karen Blanchard got married to Michael Lowe on April 16 at the Inn at Serenbe in Palmetto, Georgia. Vicki McGrane, Dave Scannell, Emily Fedman and Allyson Terpsma attended their wedding. Karen and Mike live in Atlanta, where they are both doctors.
This is my final column as secretary—I’ll be passing the reins to someone new at reunion! I look forward to hearing more of your tales in columns in the future—find the new secretary on the Green during reunion and pass along your news immediately.
—J.T. Leaird, 202 Baltic St., Apt. 4, Brooklyn, NY 11201, jt.leaird@gmail.com
