Class Note 2002
Hey, ’02s, this is Lonnie Threatte writing as a guest columnist for J.T. this month, and I have two pieces of news to start with. Sadly, Leah Horowitz passed away following a multi-fatality car accident on the Ghanaian coast on May 23. Her friends say the void created by her loss is as big as the wonderment of having known her. She is very sorely missed. The June 30 edition of The Dartmouth online includes an article on Leah’s life and there is an obituary in this issue of the Alumni Magazine in celebration of her memory.
Elizabeth Wilder Young received the Class of 2002 Distinguished Service Award through her professional and public service activities for child welfare in the United States and in Africa. Anyone seeking to make nominations for 2010 should look for more details on the ’02 class Facebook page or in the class newsletter.
That’s the only real news I have—everything else I got off of harassing our classmates on Facebook. Adrian Bell wrote that Desmond Nation just re-graduated from Dartmouth (Tu’09) and is moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to start a new job. Jaison Freeman got engaged to Vanessa Frierson and is moving to College Park, Maryland, also to start a new job. Eli Diament moved to Sydney, Australia, to begin work for McKinsey.
The iconic ’02 Jen Tutak recently relocated from Hawaii to start an M.B.A. program at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Tamara Cooke just finished her M.B.A. at Harvard and will start work with the Boston Consulting Group.
Meanwhile, Leyla Kamalick graduated from Harvard Divinity and joined in holy matrimony with another priest, Ben King. Her former roommate Maya Martin has moved on to become the dean of scholar enrollment and placement of Center City Charter Schools in Washington, D.C.
Entrice and Marcus Rowe live in Jacksonville, Florida, and had their second child, Courtney Analeigh Rowe, born 7 pounds, 12 ounces.
Justin Smith misses college, Erin Mckay misses Justin Smith, Amanda Gilliam misses Michael Jackson.
Brett Quimby lives in Idaho with his uncle and is training for midwifery in the town of East Demarcus.
Thea Ellis has been living in Los Angeles as an entertainment publicist. She says that she “will celebrate her fourth year in the City of Angels by joining Weight Watchers and kicking off the official Hunt for a Husband.” She thanks you, in advance, for any and all male referrals.
Raj Chowdury is living in San Francisco and has recently started a nonprofit organization called Kismot: Art Supporting Communities in Need.
Tom Allason lives in London, recently bought a flat and is now onto a second (legal) tech startup. Tom entertains visitors with his pong table, of which the regulars include Dr. Nigel D’Souza (based in Oxford), Daniele Genadry (currently has a show in Beirut) and plenty of other members of the Dartmouth diaspora.
Roy Ogura writes that Byoung Ko, Soon Lee and Tanya Hsu all hung out at the Ivy Ball in Hong Kong, got up on stage and sung the alma mater. Aires concert…it probably was not.
And Luis Barrera acts like his phone is broken.
Liz McKeon served as an interim associate managing director of ImprovBoston and is a founding cast member of their sketch troupe The Latchkey Kids. She also volunteered to be the next guest columnist for the ’02 Class Notes, so send her some news! You can also always submit news to J.T., who will be sure to get it to the columnist of the month.
—J.T. Leaird, 229 East 21st St., Apt. 16, New York, NY 10010, jt.leaird@gmail.com
