Class Note 2004
Hello, ’04s! Hope you are all enjoying the summer.
Chris D’Andrea graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in May with a Ph.D. in physics and astronomy. He and his wife, Patricia, are now packing up to move across the pond, where Chris will be working for the next three years as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Cosmology and Gravitation at the University of Portsmouth, England.
Isabel (Casariego) Bober writes: “After graduating this spring from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in the higher education program (with Eleanor (Pessin) Correa, no less), I’m headed back up to Dartmouth as an associate director of admissions. It feels great and a bit surreal at the same time to be returning to campus as an admissions officer, but I’m excited. As ’04s return to campus, please feel free to look me up and visit!”
Annie Snyder is moving to Ann Arbor, Michigan, this summer to begin an M.B.A. at the University of Michigan. She is very excited to see the first ever night game at the Big House this fall (though she obviously still bleeds green).
A Foreign Service officer on her first tour, Sonia Tarantolo is finishing up a two-year diplomatic assignment at the U.S. consulate in Milan, Italy. She will head back to Washington, D.C., at the end of the summer for Spanish language classes and other training before heading off to Mexico City for her next assignment in July 2012.
Leslie Feingerts has worked in education reform in New Orleans for the past four years. She currently works for KIPP New Orleans Schools as co-director of the KIPP Through College program. In May Leslie and nine other ’04s (Lana Smith, Jess VanGarsse, John Harlow, Simon Weber, Katie Putnam, Michael Martinez, Chris O’Connell, Lisa Salzer and Amy Benziger) reunited in New Orleans for Jazz Fest. Simon Weber was voted MVP of the weekend.
Stephanie Owen’s company, Elizabeth Cole Jewelry, has just collaborated with Zac Posen on his resort 2012 line. So exciting! Check out Stephanie’s jewelry at www.elizabethcolejewelry.com.
Kate (Killen) Haffenreffer and her husband, Chris, welcomed a baby boy, Reid Killen Haffenreffer, into the world on January 27. Congratulations!
James Klaas married Kelsey McElveen in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and had an excellent ’04 turnout, including Will Raynolds, Tom Sanford, Ben Zabar, Chelsea Lane-Miller, Tate Lefevre, Chris Plehal, David Eckels, Eleanor Alexander, Matt Kemp, Jennie Savoca, Nic Duquette, Lauren Hendrickson, Steve Zyck and Nikita Dubrovsky. James and Kelsey are residents at the Mayo Clinic and now residing in Rochester, Minnesota.
Adriana Nunez, Ellie Smith, and Kristian Lau went to Mexico to swim with sharks and, as it turned out, to crash a destination wedding. They are happy to report that, with intel from Marina McClure and the help of at least three hotel concierges, they successfully “stumbled” upon the beach wedding of fellow Dartmouth alums Pat Bredehoft ’03 and Nancy Aitcheson ’06 in Tulum. The three would like to extend their congratulations, and to thank the lovely couple for the popsicles.
Elisheva Hirshman Green became engaged to Steve Finston in May. The two are planning on a February wedding in New York—I can’t wait! Elisheva is currently an associate in the employment law group at Kasowitz, Benson Torres & Friedman LLP.
—Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com
