Class Note 2008
Mar - Apr 2013
Becca Sacks is sad to say that she will be unable to attend our fifth reunion this coming June as she is in a master’s program in Jewish studies at Tel Aviv University in Israel. She just bought a couch and would like to welcome all visitors, “especially if they come bearing masks from the Faceshop in Manhattan’s K-town.” Leo Ospina is still traveling to Cuba on a regular basis for work and has now become a resident of Medellin, Colombia. He moved in with Danny Michlewicz ’09 in January.
Elise Waxenberg and Jacqueline Loeb “are (platonically) cohabitating in a cozy stone cottage in Connecticut, re-enacting woodsy N.H. life while continuing to maintain N.Y.C. personas and work in management at Bridgewater Associates. Visit! We have a fireplace, (lone) pine-scented candles and Dartmouth afghans.” RuDee Lipscomb spent much of 2012 working with foster youth to prepare them for life as emancipated adults. She says it’s “the most rewarding work ever, even when teenagers are a pain in the ass.”
Laura Rodriguez saw Yasmin Mandviwala and Janelle Braverman in Miami for Art Basel late last year. Laura also got engaged in Paris during Christmas. Congratulations, Laura! I had my own mini-reunion in Miami around Christmastime, when I met Stephanie Zamorano and Lauren Bennett for a day of fun far from the icy Northeast. We had news of another engagement, between Lyndsey Girod and her fiancé David Ramsey. They got engaged December 1 on vacation to Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Lyndsey is currently finishing a master’s in natural resources and environmental sciences in May. Lindsay Deane and Zach Mayer also recently got engaged.
Elizabeth Sherman and Josh Wexler got married on September 22 in Kansas City, Missouri, almost exactly eight years to the day when they first met during orientation. They were joined by many Dartmouth friends, including Rebecca Beasley-Cockroft, Nicole Bertucci, Adria Buchanan, Lyndsey Girod, Mary Healey, Brendan Huang, Tatyana Liskovich, Kate Mann, Justin Sanford, Yan Shurin and Liz Vaughan. Elizabeth’s dad, Bill “Fred” Sherman ’81, walked her down the aisle and her grandfather, George Sherman ’56, was there to celebrate as well.
Elise Braunschweig Kaufman writes, “Zak Kaufman and I were married in the beautiful outdoors in Lyme, New Hampshire, on September 2, 2012. We had a great time celebrating with family…and a crew of ’08s including Sarah Bankoff, Caitlin Crowe, Emmy Frank, Tyler Frisbee, Travis Green, Craig Lee, Angie Libby, Kristen Limbach, Matt Mackey and Taylor Thompson—100 people ‘Salty Dog-ging’ was certainly a highlight! Zak and I have since moved to London, where he is finishing his Ph.D. in epidemiology and I am pursuing a master’s in public health in developing countries.”
Laura Little was admitted to Harvard Business School and will be attending in the fall. Attending Harvard with Laura are Troy Steckenrider, Mariana Spanos and Ben Robbins. Laura also reports, “Sindhura Kodali, Jared Westheim, Sophie Cary and I all attended Rebecca (Treat) Ward’s wedding to her Scotsman, Callum Duffy, in Dunkeld, Scotland, in early December. Much merriment, Scottish dancing, clay pigeon shooting and scotch were had all around.”
Jenny Ratner wrote from Jeanie P. Lau’swedding in Australia to Arthur Liu. Also at the wedding were Katherine Scovner, Helen Kang ’06 and Alejandro Martinez ’07. They also celebrated Jeanie’s recent graduation from veterinary school at the University of Sydney. Jenny Fisher wants everyone to know Jenny Ratner will graduate from Columbia this May with her degree in architecture. Send architecture jobs Jenny’s (Ratner) way. Preferably in N.Y.C. so she won’t leave Jenny (Fisher).
Thanks for all your updates and be in touch!
—David Glovsky, 10 Rowes Wharf, Unit 901, Boston, MA 02110; dglovsky@gmail.com