Class Note 2005
Hey, ’05s. Lots of news this time around! First, congratulations to two of our classmates who have welcomed baby girls in 2013. Kelly (Gloor) Clements and husband Marc celebrated the birth of Kaitlyn Caroline Clements on February 5. Charles Baron and wife Ashley welcomed baby Alice on April 2. The Barons live in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Charles will graduate from Harvard Business School in May.
Micah Dortch wrote from China, where he heads up the local Dartmouth club, to announce his marriage to wife Vera Pan on January 13. Congratulations, Micah!
Jill Baskin married Adam Schade (University of Virginia) at a private ceremony in Washington, D.C., on March 23. They held a ring ceremony and reception for family and friends in Charlottesville, Virginia, at Ash Lawn Highland, the estate of UVA president James Monroe. Jill was an art history major at Dartmouth and is soon to earn her Ph.D. from UVA.
In belated wedding news, Karenne Eng married Aubrey Burnett ’06 in August 2012 in Alta, Utah. Karenne wrote, “The ceremony was officiated by Lauren Maynard ’06 and in attendance were a number of Dartmouth alums along with a host of my Tuck business school classmates. It was awesome!”
Anca Tohaneanu and Nate Saperia got engaged over Presidents’ Day weekend while vacationing in Florida. Classmate Tanisha Keshava Bellur wrote, “Although it was too cold to take a romantic walk on the beach, Nate still found the perfect opportunity to propose over a nice dinner. The wedding is being planned for summer 2014 in Brooklyn, New York.”
A few of our classmates are preparing for May 2013 graduation ceremonies. Marisa Clementi will complete her dance M.F.A. at Sarah Lawrence College. In celebration she plans to attend Burning Man with classmates Chris Prentice, Michal Jalowski, Katherine O’Toole and Jess Lyons ’03. Dan Cross-Call is currently finishing up a master’s in the technology and policy program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After graduation Dan plans to relocate to Boulder, Colorado, to work at the Rocky Mountain Institute.
Alexia D’Arco and her husband, Neil, moved to Japan in November 2012. Neil is a Navy judge advocate general and Alexia is wrapping up a presidential management fellowship at the Tokyo embassy before starting work at Temple University Japan as an adjunct professor of political science this fall. Alexia wrote, “We love living in Japan and I’m happy to report that our first visitor was an adventurous Dartmouth alum, Rachael (Degenshein) Lapidis ’04 (and her husband, Alen)!”
A 2005 mini-reunion is planned for Memorial Day weekend, as Elizabeth (Acord) Maribito, Brogiin Keeton, Kelly Freeman and Ashley Dos Santos meet for their annual “sister wifey” weekend in Phoenix, Arizona. They will be joined by ’04s Jacqueline Serrao, Jessica Lawson and Alexandra Robbins as well as Remington Patrick Maribito, Elizabeth’s son born in January.
Matthew H Brown lives in Portland, Maine, where he occasionally runs into Dan and Julie (’04) Balin. Matthew wrote, “If anyone travels up the coast, I’d be happy to entertain and bar hop with folks.” He also reported that, “Aaron Zwintscher is moving back to New York City with his son Finn to meet up with his wife, Gina, who took a job at Columbia University. Mike Mozer just moved out to Utah, where he is hunting down a job in finance (which he’ll have no problem getting, given his credentials).”
Nick Baum recently launched a new startup, StoryWorth, that makes it easy to record family memories. He wrote, “You can invite your parents to tell their stories by signing up at www.storyworth.com.”
Keep the updates coming and enjoy your summer!
—Lindsey Horton, 423 Georgia Ave., Apt. 302, Atlanta, GA 30312; lhorton27@gmail.com
