Class Note 2004
Plenty of wedding news and family additions to report in this issue!
M.J. Maloof and his wife had a baby in September, Michel J. Maloof IV or “Court” for short. Congratulations!
Scott Funke married Whitney Peacock Funke in Amarillo, Texas. Lyle Campbell, Bill O’Mara and Mario Avila were in the wedding party.
Cat McManus married Brian Walter (Haverford ’97) at Haverford College. In attendance were Jen Mygatt, James Perencevich, Freya Sachs, Diana Sanderson ’05, Kacy Gordon ’06, Buck Scott ’51, Caroline Scott McIlhenny ’78 and Bill Scott ’84. Cat is traveling in New England recruiting for Penn undergraduate admissions and recently stopped in Hanover just as the DOC trips were getting under way.
Ryan Bennett became engaged to Taylor Duvall ’05. Ryan started his M.B.A. at the University of Chicago, where he received a Kilts Fellowship in Marketing and will be interning at Procter & Gamble next summer.
Virginia King McCune finished her orthodontic residency this December and will be headed back to Atlanta.
Scott Trubisz was recently engaged to Annie Sebastian.
Matt Derr married Kate Dickie (Lafayette ’03) in September. The couple is living currently in Swampscott, Massachusetts. Members of the wedding party included Ryan Goldhahn, Aidan Donahue, Tristan Benoit ’03 and Matt Burr ’03.
Kendall (Adams) Bartholomew and James Bartholomew ’05 were married on June 26 in Central Oregon. Chris Biermann ’05 was best man, Eric Rowlett ’05 was a groomsman, and Tim Razel ’03, John McCall-Taylor ’03 and Ian Kyle ’05 were in attendance.
Mario Avilla moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in July and started his M.B.A. at Vanderbilt University in August.
Kelly (Cameron) Newton married Jesse Newton of New Zealand on June 26 in Chicago with Matt Sueoka as one of her attendants. Rowan Smith and Eleanor Alexander were also in attendance. Kelly also graduated from the Kellogg School of Management in June with her M.B.A., and is back at work in the Chicago office of the Boston Consulting Group.
Liz Fahrenbach was married in September to Jason Ethington (UW Madison ’05). Highlights of their wedding ceremony were a reading by Franki Lambert Smith ’03 and a song performed by Amanda Cropper ’03, Catherine Buck and Lisa (Schmidt) Ha-Ngoc, all emeritus members of the world famous Dartmouth Subtleties. Other Dartmouth folks in attendance were Matt Sueoka, Tin Ha-Ngoc, Reid Smith ’01 and Liz’s dad, Gary Fahrenbach ’74. Liz graduated from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in 2009 and is now a dermatology resident at the John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County in Chicago.
Carly O’Connell was married to Erik Abrahamson (Wisconsin ’01) on Martha’s Vineyard. Dartmouth girls Laura Delaney, Megan (Fontanella) Remmelts and Allison Zeilinger were bridesmaids. Carly just graduated from University of Colorado Law School in May.
Andi Salas married Mark Rose (Vanderbilt ’00) on September 25 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. A big Dartmouth contingent made it to the island for a three-day weekend. The bridesmaids included Lindsay Hirsch, Stephanie Owen, Alison Bergen, Elizabeth Leonard, Remy Wildrick, Anne (Hunt) Miller and Emily Salas ’06. Dartmouth friends in attendance included Aaron Gillespie, Geoff Vitt, Rob Daly, Amy (Price) Markwort, Ross Markwort, Kate (Killen) Haffenreffer, Chris Haffenreffer ’03, Alex Friedman and Sarah Stoller.
Tate LeFevre and Chris Plehal, who were married last summer, have recently returned from a year living in Nouméa, New Caledonia. Tate conducted field research for her Ph.D. in anthropology. Chris taught English, worked as a tour guide and wrote for a local television program. Chris published Yes, Virginia, a children’s book based on the CBS Christmas special he wrote and helped produce.
—Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com