Class Note 2006
Hi, ’06s.
It was great to hear from everyone and catch up for this column. There were many ’06 reunions around the country. In March Joe Boswell met up with Rich Walton and Nick Stork in Pittsburgh. The boys had a great time catching up over dinner.
A tremendous crew of ’06s gathered to celebrate the 35th birthday of Will Pierce in Roslyn, New York, on April 6. The gang included Crawford Arnold, Jamie Coffin, Brad Heritage, Alec Hufnagel, Andrew Mayer, Mike Reiss, and Alex Tonelli. A few (too many) games of pong were played and lots of reminiscing took place over their time in the north.
Matthew Schwartz and Adamah Cole spent the weekend of April 12-14 back on campus for the 72nd Dartmouth Aires reunion and sang on the steps of Dartmouth Hall with a group of nearly 75 alumni. President Hanlon and hundreds of Dartmouth students watched from the lawn and the Green as voices echoed throughout the campus on a gorgeous spring afternoon. Matt also recently got engaged to David Estrada (Cornell ’06) and they are set to be married in the summer of 2020.
Mike Rabil currently serves as cofounder and CEO of Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). The inaugural season kicks off on June 1 as the PLL tours major North American cities during 14 weeks. Catch the games on various platforms of the NBC Sports Group this summer. You can also email Mike (mr@premierlacrosseleague.com) if you want to catch a game in person, as discounted tickets will be available for all Dartmouth alumni.
In baby news, Anthony Gargiulo and his wife, Rachel, welcomed their second child, son Dominic Peter Gargiulo, in January. Dominic joins his big brother, Lucas, who welcomed his brother with open arms and has been helping out with diapers and eating.
Libby (Hadzima) Perkins and her husband, Alex, welcomed Josephine “Josie” Mica Perkins in February and are having a blast getting to know her. Libby continues to work at Cooley LLP in its emerging companies practice representing startup companies in San Francisco.
Justin Blesy and Julia Drury welcomed their son, Sullivan Henry Blesy, in April. Sullivan joins big sister Adalynn, and the family is doing well in Long Beach, California.
Vicki Allen joined alums spanning decades in San Luis, Costa Rica, to build a timber-frame casita along the Sendero Pacifico (Trail to the Pacific). The trail is roughly 50-percent complete, connecting the eco-tourism mecca of Monteverde with other small towns and the Pacific coast. Many in the group had Dartmouth connections, and alumni included Arlo Frost ’78, David Hooke ’84 (Vermont Timberhomes), Gerben Scherpbier ’14, Henry Frost ’15, and Andrew Pillsbury ’15. Vicki resides in Flagstaff, Arizona, and welcomes visitors. She hopes to build something similar some day at home.
Jean Polfus was recently featured in Nature, an international journal of science. Jean is a postdoctoral fellow at Trent University in Peterborough, Canada. She studies the distribution and spatial organization of caribou (or reindeer) populations in the Sahtú region of the Northwest Territories. In the article, she explains how she collaborates with members of the Dene Indigenous community, and how their insights benefit her research.
Thanks to everyone who shared news for this update. To see photos with these updates, visit our class website to see the Class Notes online at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. Have a great summer, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon!
—Cindy Tsai, Synchrony Financial, 222 W Adams St., 27th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606; cindaaay@gmail.com
