Class Note 2004
I hope everyone is having a wonderful start to 2016. Here are some updates from the class of 2004.
Rachael (Degenshein) Lapidis and her husband, Alen, welcomed their daughter, Emmeline Adelina, on July 24, 2014; she’s now toddling around and has loved visiting with Alexia (Huffman) D’arco ’05, Adrian Accurso ’05, and Erin Accurso ’06. She hopes more friends will visit soon!
Alison Somin writes, “My daughter, Lydia, was born on June 22 of this year. All of us are doing well!”
Liz Leonard Zwillinger attended Leslie Feingart’s wedding to Tom Woo in Carmel, California. Some ’04s in attendance included Justin Silverman (he introduced the couple at his own wedding!), Geoff Vitt, Aaron Gillespie, Jay Barnard, Lindsay (Hirsch) Brown, Jess Van Garsse, Amy Benziger, Alison Bergen, Emily Pearl and Remy Wildrick.
Yan Samoza married Todd Smookler-Somoza in May. The couple had a reception in Beverly Hills, California, that was attended by friends and family, including Nela Suka. Yan also opened a clinical psychology practice in Beverly Hills and works with individuals, children and families.
Lauren Talbot writes, ”My husband, Dave, and I had our first child on May 27, 2015, Coleman Grant Sertich. And if having a newborn son didn’t shake things up enough, we moved to Massachusetts at the beginning of October after 11 years in San Francisco. I can’t wait for Coleman’s first trip to Hanover now that we’re in driving distance. I’ve got to make sure he bleeds green early so his dad’s alma mater (Princeton) never has a chance.”
Congrats to Carla Simpson, who was named the 2015 Woman of Influence in Real Estate for Real Estate Forum magazine and globest.com.
Oliver Caplan released a new EP recording, “MoonOver Appalachia,” a folk-inspired suite for solo cello. It is available on iTunes and Amazon.com.
Katie (Crawford) Yarger is married to Fred Yarger. The couple has a 3-year-old, John (“Jack”), and recently welcomed Charles (“Charlie”) on September 25, 2015. The family is living in Denver and loving it!
Jonathan Sar and Nathalie (Cohen) Sar live in Denver with their son, Lev, who was born in July 2014. In May of this year Jonathan started his own law firm, Leventhal Sar LLC, in Denver with a partner. The firm specializes in personal injury law and insurance disputes. Nathalie has a tutoring business, Alpine Prep, and does test prep and subject-specific tutoring.
Julie Webb married Laura J. Christman ’02 in Chicago on September 5, 2015. Dartmouth friends in attendance included Alex Berger ’02, Danielle Passno ’02, Kisa Brannen ’03, Charlotte Coultrap-Bagg ’03, Brad Leneis ’03, Lois Schonberger ’03, Jaime (Singley) Shatsman ’03, Susan Napier, Kerry Conway ’05 and Andrea Shute Daulaire ’05. Julie and Laura have a super spunky dog and a fantastic old house that they are slowly fixing up in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. Visitors are always welcome! In other news, Julie recently made partner at her law firm, Locke Lord LLP! She does mostly commercial litigation for financial services companies, with a focus on antitrust and class action defense.
—Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com
