Class Note 2005
Happy fall, everyone. I trust all is well as the holiday season approaches. Class news was light toward the end of summer, so I encourage everyone to please send me and the executive committee more news and updates on one another.
One piece of unfortunate news I wanted to share was the death of classmate Sally Newman, who passed away on August 16 after a battle with cancer. Sally grew up in rural Montana and founded Charleston Legal Access after graduating from Dartmouth and New York University Law School and working as a federal law clerk. In a statement after her passing, Patrick Wooten, the board chairman of Charleston Legal Access, said, “Most of us spend our lives thinking of how we can advance our own interests. Not Sally. She devoted her life to fighting for others—for those who needed an advocate but could not afford one. To say that Sally was selfless, brilliant, and passionate is an understatement.” Our condolences go out to all who knew Sally.
—Matt Nicholson, 5308 Yorktown Road, Bethesda, MD 20816; mtnicholson3@gmail.com
