As the almost 300 members of our class who were in Hanover in June can attest—our 10th (ninth) reunion was a blast! Our class tent alongside the Alumni Gym was overflowing with classmates, spouses and the occasional infant or toddler on Friday night as people reunited over Mexican food, libations and music. The nearby tents for the classes of 2001 and 2000 proved excellent grounds for spotting familiar faces as well. Saturday afternoon we held our official class meeting at which we elected our new officers: Phil Mone as president, Heather Pixley as vice president, Yelena Blackwell as treasurer and myself as secretary. That evening President Jim Kim stopped by our class cocktail hour outside Novak Café to thank us for our continued dedication to the College and then we all dined in style on the Kemeny Patio (for those of you not on campus recently, Kemeny Hall replaced the “Shower Towers” of our era). 


Before reunion we received word of two happy items of note. Lisa Webb wrote in about Keely Beck’s April marriage to fellow Wharton graduate Tom Zipp. The wedding was held on a beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and many Dartmouth graduates were in attendance, including Jessica Webster ’01, Jessica Leung, Rucia Pei, Andrea Louie, Kobby Essien and Lisa. The bride and groom generously invited all the guests to the rehearsal dinner and the post-wedding brunch so the weekend provided lots of opportunities to spend quality time with friends. 


Deanna (Kasperski) Hill and Seth Hill shared news of the birth of their daughter this past March. Abigail Elizabeth Hill was born on March 31. Deanna and Seth are enjoying parenting and even found the time and energy to attend reunion with her! The couple lives in New Haven, Connecticut, and works at Yale University.


Abby wasn’t the only infant in attendance at reunion—Jack Heron Short was there, along with parents Sam and Meghan Short.Sam and Meghan started Jack’s first road trip at reunion, traveling from Hanover to Boston for a Red Sox game, then to Burlington, Vermont, for the lake, then to Arlington, Vermont, for Meredith Bryan’s wedding to Nick Parmar, Trinity ’00. Sam and Meghan are now back in East Lansing, Michigan, where Meghan is going back to teaching at Michigan State University College of Law and Sam is hard at work at his consulting company.


Another couple I caught up with at reunion was the newly engaged Charlotte Baxter and Stanton Maines. The couple met in Palm Beach, Florida, where Charlotte was a real estate developer for the past five years, and they recently moved to sunny Los Angeles for Charlotte to attend the UCLA Anderson M.B.A. program. She’s hoping the rigorous study schedule won’t keep her from her third Half Ironman triathlon this fall since she wants to stay in shape for her wedding early next year in her hometown, Atlanta. Charlotte added that she’d love to catch up with any classmates in the Los Angeles area.


J.R. Lederer and Jessica Calagione, Georgetown ’03, are also headed down the aisle. J.R. and Jess are to be married in Charlottesville, Virginia, on September 10. The couple, who met during law school at the University of Virginia, will be married by the former dean of the law school, John Calvin Jefferies Jr. Jessica and J.R. live in New York City, where she works at the Wiley Agency and he works at the Stamford, Connecticut-based investment management firm Diamondback. 


That’s all the news for now. Please keep sending along your updates. I’m happy to be back as class secretary!


—Anne Cloudman, 30 W 90th St., Apt. 3D, New York, NY 10024; (917) 763-8288; acloudman@gmail.com