Class Note 2002
Issue
This time around I definitely wish the column were due just one week later, as I’m eagerly anticipating a European summer extravaganza, the highlight of which will undoubtedly be the wedding of Elizabeth Badger and John Nichols ’01 in Barcelona, Spain, on July 4, and I am quite sure I’ll be full of Dartmouth updates after that. But deadlines are what they are and I don’t yet have details of the lightweight rowers touring Barcelona by bike or catching up with classmates over bacon-wrapped figs, so here is a short but sweet update on our class.
May was a big, wonderful month for ’02 babies! On May 22 Rebecca (Eley) Weeks and Christian Weeks ’05 welcomed daughter Virginia Broeksmit Weeks at 6:05 a.m. She weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces, and I can report that in addition to Rebecca and Christian being over the moon with her healthy arrival, Virginia can trust that all of her mom’s old 7 Maple roommates are incredibly excited about our littlest Maple. Aly Rahim wrote in to report that his wife, Zaileen, gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Inaya Zaileen Rahim, on May 23. The whole family is doing great and preparing to move back to Washington, D.C., in August after three and a half years in Ottawa, Ontario. Aly will be rejoining the World Bank group at the Washington, D.C., headquarters. Finally, Emily Quetone Khan and Shuja Khan welcomed their first son, Tucker Nasir Khan, on May 28 at 3:18 p.m. in San Francisco. “Nas” arrived with a very full head of hair and was 6 pounds, 12 ounces. Emily reports that he is growing fast and does a stellar Blue Steel impression.
Lynnie Rudner got engaged to Andy Correll in Utah in April and they spent the weekend hiking slot canyons in the Grand Staircase Escalante, an excursion Lynnie highly recommends. Kendra Quincy Kemp wrote in to say that Alexandra Roberts married Dr. Eric Goralnick (U.S. Naval Academy ’95) on May 31 in Cape Cod. Kendra was one of her bridesmaids, and other Dartmouth alums there for the celebration included Vickie Potterton Zalkin, Jenny Thomas ’03, Noah Shamosh ’04 and Adam Grossman ’94. Alex and Eric left the next day for their honeymoon in Greece. Congratulations, all!
By the time you read this summer will be ending and you should have plenty to share in the column—please send that news either to me or to Lonnie Threatte (lonnie.threatte@gmail.com), whose debut as guest columnist will be coming up in the next issue. Also let me know if you might want to try your hand as guest columnist after Lonnie, as I can definitely (and happily) make that happen!
—J.T. Leaird, 229 East 21st St., Apt. 16, New York, NY 10010; jt.leaird@gmail.com
Sept - Oct 2009
This time around I definitely wish the column were due just one week later, as I’m eagerly anticipating a European summer extravaganza, the highlight of which will undoubtedly be the wedding of Elizabeth Badger and John Nichols ’01 in Barcelona, Spain, on July 4, and I am quite sure I’ll be full of Dartmouth updates after that. But deadlines are what they are and I don’t yet have details of the lightweight rowers touring Barcelona by bike or catching up with classmates over bacon-wrapped figs, so here is a short but sweet update on our class.
May was a big, wonderful month for ’02 babies! On May 22 Rebecca (Eley) Weeks and Christian Weeks ’05 welcomed daughter Virginia Broeksmit Weeks at 6:05 a.m. She weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces, and I can report that in addition to Rebecca and Christian being over the moon with her healthy arrival, Virginia can trust that all of her mom’s old 7 Maple roommates are incredibly excited about our littlest Maple. Aly Rahim wrote in to report that his wife, Zaileen, gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Inaya Zaileen Rahim, on May 23. The whole family is doing great and preparing to move back to Washington, D.C., in August after three and a half years in Ottawa, Ontario. Aly will be rejoining the World Bank group at the Washington, D.C., headquarters. Finally, Emily Quetone Khan and Shuja Khan welcomed their first son, Tucker Nasir Khan, on May 28 at 3:18 p.m. in San Francisco. “Nas” arrived with a very full head of hair and was 6 pounds, 12 ounces. Emily reports that he is growing fast and does a stellar Blue Steel impression.
Lynnie Rudner got engaged to Andy Correll in Utah in April and they spent the weekend hiking slot canyons in the Grand Staircase Escalante, an excursion Lynnie highly recommends. Kendra Quincy Kemp wrote in to say that Alexandra Roberts married Dr. Eric Goralnick (U.S. Naval Academy ’95) on May 31 in Cape Cod. Kendra was one of her bridesmaids, and other Dartmouth alums there for the celebration included Vickie Potterton Zalkin, Jenny Thomas ’03, Noah Shamosh ’04 and Adam Grossman ’94. Alex and Eric left the next day for their honeymoon in Greece. Congratulations, all!
By the time you read this summer will be ending and you should have plenty to share in the column—please send that news either to me or to Lonnie Threatte (lonnie.threatte@gmail.com), whose debut as guest columnist will be coming up in the next issue. Also let me know if you might want to try your hand as guest columnist after Lonnie, as I can definitely (and happily) make that happen!
—J.T. Leaird, 229 East 21st St., Apt. 16, New York, NY 10010; jt.leaird@gmail.com