Class Note 2005

Hello, ’05s. I want to remind everyone about our upcoming five-year reunion. If anyone is interested in volunteering on planning committees or just has any questions, please don’t hesitate to be in touch with your reunion co-chairs Kyle Polite, Nicole Valco, Ralph Davies and Sue AnderBois.


I was excited to see Evelyn Stevens featured in a story in The Wall Street Journal on August 10 calling her “America’s Next Great Female Cyclist.” Check out the story at http://online.wsj.com (search using her name).


Also exciting: Maia Josebachvili’s company Urban Escapes was featured on the CNN Web site in June. Check it out here: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/06/30/ urban.adventures.


Congratulations to Kendall Adams ’04 and James Bartholomew, who got engaged last March. The couple lives in Portland, Oregon, and they’re planning their wedding for next June 26 in central Oregon. 


Also a big congrats to Kate Moran who married Jeffrey Mullin (Notre Dame ’06) on June 27 in Concord, New Hampshire. They currently live in Washington, D.C., and are both fourth-year medical students at Georgetown. Fellow ’05s Kimberly Rosensteel, Sarah Stein, Kristine Charbonneau and Madeline Lefton were bridesmaids, while Alexandra Garcia, Jenny Jun, Amy Matteini, Zach Rubeo, Miya Dunets, Betsy Williamson and Layne Moffett also joined in the celebration!


Antonio Valla wrote in to say that he is working at a real estate management/development company focusing on Newark, New Jersey. 


Andrew Mulligan also wrote to tell of the passing of one of our own classmates, James Russell Jr. Andrew writes: “James P. Russell Jr. passed away on August 2. James was a friend to a great many people in all corners of the Dartmouth community, and those who knew him will surely remember his humor, his kindness and his propensity for the windpants-and-sweater combo. I was able to make it to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to attend the funeral with Tom Donovan, Justin Martini and Kyle Oberle. The ceremony was a fitting celebration of his life. Friends, relatives and neighbors spilled out into the hallways of the funeral home and there was as much laughter as there were tears. I was able to make some remarks at the service and I know that I was speaking for many Dartmouth grads when I touched on his loyalty, his generosity and his infectious joie de vivre. While attending business school at Wake Forest James and his classmates volunteered at El Herrero, a vocational school in Nicaragua. A charity has been established in his name that will benefit El Herrero. Donations will be accepted until December 1, and checks can be made out to Sherry Moss with ‘James Preston Russell Memorial Fund’ on the memo line and sent to Sherry Moss, 122 Spring Creek Court, Winston-Salem, NC 27106.”


—Sue AnderBois, 2030 California St., Apt 6, Mountain View, CA 94040; (908) 337-1639; sue.anderbois@gmail.com