Class Note 2004
Issue
Sept - Oct 2015
So much news to report for the class of 2004!
Christina Palmer is living in the San Francisco Bay Area, working as a primary care physician at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. She and her husband, C.J. Willey, welcomed a baby boy last August: Jackson “J.J.” Palmer-Willey. Elliot Olshansky and his wife,Eliza, welcomed their first child last July: Eitan Brian Zipper Olshansky. Elliot completed his M.B.A. at Fordham and is currently working at Long Island University as assistant director of communications. His novel, Robert’s Rules of Karaoke, is now available on Amazon! Gillian Morshedi hasn’t gotten married or had kids, but she did quit her law firm job a few years ago and planned three well-attended fan conventions for the TV show, Community; she’s now a staff attorney for a San Francisco-based nonprofit called HomeBase, which helps states, regions, communities and individual agencies enhance their capacity and effectiveness in addressing homelessness and reducing poverty.
Maaza (Mehzun) Martin and Reggie Martin had their second child, Kidane Curtis Martin, in March. Along with older sibling Berhane Parker Martin, the family lives in Orange County, California, where Reggie is working at Oliver Wyman in a new technology group called OW Labs and Maaza is doing marketing and advertising at Allergan Inc. Julia and Cal Newport welcomed their second son, Asa, in December. Along with big brother Max, the family lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. Cal is teaching computer science at Georgetown and Julia is a communications consultant for education nonprofits in Washington, D.C. Julia enjoyed celebrating Tara Kyle’s wedding to Eric Kolovson (Yale ’03) at the Guilford (Connecticut) Yacht Club, along with Mia Heetderks May and Tomoko Ogura. Dan Olson is getting married to Case Hathaway-Zepeda ’09 in August, just when this goes to print!
Mike Newton is living in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Anne, and daughter Eleanor. Mike works for Nike, where he is currently heading up advanced manufacturing work. He was lucky to recently go to Peter Sokol-Hessner’s wedding in Rhode Island, which was a great reunion of many Dartmouth folks and a beautiful weekend overall.
Tyra Olstad is currently working as a paleontology technician at Black Canyon National Park. At the end of the field season she’ll be starting a position as assistant professor of environmental sustainability studies at SUNY Oneonta. When not teaching or looking for fossils she’s busy writing; her first book, Zen of the Plains, was published in May. Janos Marton and Anna Zelinsky ’06 shared a magical wedding in the Catskill Mountains with numerous members of the Dartmouth family, including Selena Hadzibabic ’06, Brett Martin, Tim Spellman, Brian Orce, Crispus Knight ’03, Morgan Campbell, Meredith Cashman ’06, Kristen Grant ’06 and a slew of Panarchists and Chi Gams. The wedding band featured Lizzie Edwards, Grant Rafter, Danny Scull ’06, Ben Waters ’06 and Dylan Chandler Hume ’09.
Laura (Delaney) Nichol and Mark Nichol were thrilled to welcome their little girl, Delaney Rose Nichol, in May! Laura and Mark live in San Francisco, where Laura has worked in brand marketing for Google over the past eight years and Mark just launched Chronos, a wearable device startup.
Oliver Caplan married Chris Beagan (Cornell ’06) in Massachusetts in June! Meg Fuchs Hastings ’01 officiated the ceremony and Jason Pavel was the best man. The plethora of Dartmouth alums in attendance included Alexis Dearborn, Brian Pingree, Katie (Stebbins) Remesch, Rachel Ciprotti ’02, Meghan Fitzgerald, Mary Chris (Debelina) Doyle ’05, Brian Doyle, Kristina (Rodriguez) Salaverry ’05, Yvette Nameth ’02, Hannah Fries, Catharine Hyson ’03, Len Schmolka ’60 and Greg Schmolka ’93.
—Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com
Christina Palmer is living in the San Francisco Bay Area, working as a primary care physician at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. She and her husband, C.J. Willey, welcomed a baby boy last August: Jackson “J.J.” Palmer-Willey. Elliot Olshansky and his wife,Eliza, welcomed their first child last July: Eitan Brian Zipper Olshansky. Elliot completed his M.B.A. at Fordham and is currently working at Long Island University as assistant director of communications. His novel, Robert’s Rules of Karaoke, is now available on Amazon! Gillian Morshedi hasn’t gotten married or had kids, but she did quit her law firm job a few years ago and planned three well-attended fan conventions for the TV show, Community; she’s now a staff attorney for a San Francisco-based nonprofit called HomeBase, which helps states, regions, communities and individual agencies enhance their capacity and effectiveness in addressing homelessness and reducing poverty.
Maaza (Mehzun) Martin and Reggie Martin had their second child, Kidane Curtis Martin, in March. Along with older sibling Berhane Parker Martin, the family lives in Orange County, California, where Reggie is working at Oliver Wyman in a new technology group called OW Labs and Maaza is doing marketing and advertising at Allergan Inc. Julia and Cal Newport welcomed their second son, Asa, in December. Along with big brother Max, the family lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. Cal is teaching computer science at Georgetown and Julia is a communications consultant for education nonprofits in Washington, D.C. Julia enjoyed celebrating Tara Kyle’s wedding to Eric Kolovson (Yale ’03) at the Guilford (Connecticut) Yacht Club, along with Mia Heetderks May and Tomoko Ogura. Dan Olson is getting married to Case Hathaway-Zepeda ’09 in August, just when this goes to print!
Mike Newton is living in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Anne, and daughter Eleanor. Mike works for Nike, where he is currently heading up advanced manufacturing work. He was lucky to recently go to Peter Sokol-Hessner’s wedding in Rhode Island, which was a great reunion of many Dartmouth folks and a beautiful weekend overall.
Tyra Olstad is currently working as a paleontology technician at Black Canyon National Park. At the end of the field season she’ll be starting a position as assistant professor of environmental sustainability studies at SUNY Oneonta. When not teaching or looking for fossils she’s busy writing; her first book, Zen of the Plains, was published in May. Janos Marton and Anna Zelinsky ’06 shared a magical wedding in the Catskill Mountains with numerous members of the Dartmouth family, including Selena Hadzibabic ’06, Brett Martin, Tim Spellman, Brian Orce, Crispus Knight ’03, Morgan Campbell, Meredith Cashman ’06, Kristen Grant ’06 and a slew of Panarchists and Chi Gams. The wedding band featured Lizzie Edwards, Grant Rafter, Danny Scull ’06, Ben Waters ’06 and Dylan Chandler Hume ’09.
Laura (Delaney) Nichol and Mark Nichol were thrilled to welcome their little girl, Delaney Rose Nichol, in May! Laura and Mark live in San Francisco, where Laura has worked in brand marketing for Google over the past eight years and Mark just launched Chronos, a wearable device startup.
Oliver Caplan married Chris Beagan (Cornell ’06) in Massachusetts in June! Meg Fuchs Hastings ’01 officiated the ceremony and Jason Pavel was the best man. The plethora of Dartmouth alums in attendance included Alexis Dearborn, Brian Pingree, Katie (Stebbins) Remesch, Rachel Ciprotti ’02, Meghan Fitzgerald, Mary Chris (Debelina) Doyle ’05, Brian Doyle, Kristina (Rodriguez) Salaverry ’05, Yvette Nameth ’02, Hannah Fries, Catharine Hyson ’03, Len Schmolka ’60 and Greg Schmolka ’93.
—Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com