Class Note 2007
Issue
January-February 2022
Christina (Douglas) and Rashid Galadanci had a daughter during the pandemic, and she turned 1 this summer. Amidst parenting, Christina also won two Emmy awards for the Netflix series she created, Tiny Creatures, which won “Outstanding Travel, Adventure, and Nature Program” and “Outstanding Cinematography!”
Daniel Racic moved back home to Chicago with his fiancée, Gabby Costas. “We’re madly in love and excited to be starting this new phase of our lives together!” The couple recently held an engagement party joined by friends and family, including Dave Stanek. Dan will be taking on a new role at the New Teacher Center as the director of technology, innovation, and strategy!
On October 9 Nate Raines married Sarah Knapp at his family’s house in Virginia. In attendance were Charlie Guthrie, Chris Cahill, Pete Cooch, Eric Trautmann, and Sam Routhier. Behind the D.J. booth was Trey Roy ’09, who dusted off his scratching muscles to recall his days in college as “D.J. Enzo.”
Sarah Overton and her husband, David, welcomed Henry “Hank” Overton Duncan on March 8, 2021. “Big sister Adelaide and Ike the dog have welcomed him with open arms and paws and in April we celebrated by moving to a new house in Eaglemont, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It’s been a long couple of years with restrictions related to Covid-19. Thankfully, Australia’s international borders are set to reopen soon, and we would welcome any Big Green friends who make it down this way.”
On September 5 Thierri Callier married Keiko Fukuda (Brown ’10) in Napa Valley, California. In attendance were numerous Dartmouth alums, including John Malanga, Diana Dai Phan, Nick Martin, Lyndsey Moran, Yusuf Artam, Andy Sloan ’09, and Jude Chiy ’10. Abdallah “Bootz” Chammas was best man and Adam Patinkin was the officiant.
Annie Bennett and Shane Colegrove welcomed a baby boy, Quinn Bennett Colegrove, on August 9. They are busy enjoying life in Seattle as a family of three!
Kale Bongers and his wife just had their second kiddo, Ada, in July. Big brother Everett is still trying to figure out this whole sharing-mom-and-dad-with-his-sister thing, but it has been great so far! Kale is finishing up his fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Michigan and will be starting as faculty in January!
Kristina Douglass was named a Carnegie fellow for her project recording oral histories of climate change and integrating these with archaeology and paleoclimate reconstruction in southwest Madagascar. She also published a study in the “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” on how people as early as 18,000 years ago may have been harvesting cassowary eggs to rear cassowary chicks in New Guinea. The study was covered by several international media outlets, including The New York Times.
After joining Archaea Energy LLC as its general counsel and fifth employee three years ago, Andrew Eastman helped grow the company into a nationwide energy developer and advised it during its $347-million acquisition by a public entity before accepting a position as senior counsel in the corporate group of national law firm Husch Blackwell LLP.
This summer Kate Hacker Gessner completed her urology residency at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and started fellowship in urologic oncology. She and her husband, Ryan, also welcomed daughter Abigail on August 4. Her big sister, Margaret, couldn’t be a more helpful, loving sister!
Rebecca (Cummins) Downey got married this summer at Crystal Cove State Park in Laguna Beach, California, with Jaime Padgett next to her as maid of honor. “There wasn’t a Keystone in sight,” just lots of smiles.
—Jaime Padgett, 1837 W. Patterson Ave, #109, Chicago, IL 60613; (574) 303-6944; dartmouth2007s@gmail.com
Daniel Racic moved back home to Chicago with his fiancée, Gabby Costas. “We’re madly in love and excited to be starting this new phase of our lives together!” The couple recently held an engagement party joined by friends and family, including Dave Stanek. Dan will be taking on a new role at the New Teacher Center as the director of technology, innovation, and strategy!
On October 9 Nate Raines married Sarah Knapp at his family’s house in Virginia. In attendance were Charlie Guthrie, Chris Cahill, Pete Cooch, Eric Trautmann, and Sam Routhier. Behind the D.J. booth was Trey Roy ’09, who dusted off his scratching muscles to recall his days in college as “D.J. Enzo.”
Sarah Overton and her husband, David, welcomed Henry “Hank” Overton Duncan on March 8, 2021. “Big sister Adelaide and Ike the dog have welcomed him with open arms and paws and in April we celebrated by moving to a new house in Eaglemont, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It’s been a long couple of years with restrictions related to Covid-19. Thankfully, Australia’s international borders are set to reopen soon, and we would welcome any Big Green friends who make it down this way.”
On September 5 Thierri Callier married Keiko Fukuda (Brown ’10) in Napa Valley, California. In attendance were numerous Dartmouth alums, including John Malanga, Diana Dai Phan, Nick Martin, Lyndsey Moran, Yusuf Artam, Andy Sloan ’09, and Jude Chiy ’10. Abdallah “Bootz” Chammas was best man and Adam Patinkin was the officiant.
Annie Bennett and Shane Colegrove welcomed a baby boy, Quinn Bennett Colegrove, on August 9. They are busy enjoying life in Seattle as a family of three!
Kale Bongers and his wife just had their second kiddo, Ada, in July. Big brother Everett is still trying to figure out this whole sharing-mom-and-dad-with-his-sister thing, but it has been great so far! Kale is finishing up his fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Michigan and will be starting as faculty in January!
Kristina Douglass was named a Carnegie fellow for her project recording oral histories of climate change and integrating these with archaeology and paleoclimate reconstruction in southwest Madagascar. She also published a study in the “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” on how people as early as 18,000 years ago may have been harvesting cassowary eggs to rear cassowary chicks in New Guinea. The study was covered by several international media outlets, including The New York Times.
After joining Archaea Energy LLC as its general counsel and fifth employee three years ago, Andrew Eastman helped grow the company into a nationwide energy developer and advised it during its $347-million acquisition by a public entity before accepting a position as senior counsel in the corporate group of national law firm Husch Blackwell LLP.
This summer Kate Hacker Gessner completed her urology residency at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and started fellowship in urologic oncology. She and her husband, Ryan, also welcomed daughter Abigail on August 4. Her big sister, Margaret, couldn’t be a more helpful, loving sister!
Rebecca (Cummins) Downey got married this summer at Crystal Cove State Park in Laguna Beach, California, with Jaime Padgett next to her as maid of honor. “There wasn’t a Keystone in sight,” just lots of smiles.
—Jaime Padgett, 1837 W. Patterson Ave, #109, Chicago, IL 60613; (574) 303-6944; dartmouth2007s@gmail.com