Class Note 2008
You know it’s wedding season when the Class Notes fills up with stories of nuptials (and because your Facebook newsfeed has exploded with pictures of white dresses). And as many classmates wrap up grad school, there are some big moves going on.
In May Chris Barth and Ashley Thorfinnson ’07 got married in the Outer Banks, North Carolina. Sean Walsh used his new pilot’s license to give attendees sky-high tours of the coastline.
Khiet Chhu married Katie Loughlin in Edenton, North Carolina, in March. Khiet and Katie bought a dream home in Beverly, Massachusetts, and the [Devin] Fallon clan is super excited to make its first official visit.
Clare Benzian and Jon Grecu both write to tell us “Jessica Calhoun and Mike Devine were married June 21 in Pittsfield, Vermont.” Jon adds that if anyone is in Shanghai, he will be there for another year!
David Lamb and Jessica Ogden tied the knot this August on the North Fork, New York. Whitney Norton, Devin Fallon and Jon Hopper were in the wedding party.
Lindsay Deane and Zach Mayer got married in Cohasset, Massachusetts, this August.
Cait Robers writes that Carrie Burns (now Dr. Caroline Stroup) married Justin Stroup during Memorial Day Weekend in Vermont. Justin proved his Dartmouth loyalties learning “The Salty Dog.” Who could ask for anything more?
Anne Lui graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Design with a master’s in architecture this past May and on July 4 she married Adam Belanich. Anne and Adam met while studying studio art at Dartmouth. Adam’s company, Joyride Coffee Distributors, has had a big year as well, written up in The Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, New York Post and Fox Business, and he even got to go on NBC’s Today Show.
Theresa Yang got engaged, graduated from medical school, moved to Los Angeles, started residency in internal medicine and is getting married in December.
Corinne Headley ran a marathon, got engaged and became the youngest tribal historic preservation officer in the nation!
Patrick Karas graduated with his M.D. from Columbia University in May. He then moved to Houston, where he will be completing residency training in neurological surgery at Baylor College of Medicine.
Krystal Elkins moved to Sydney, Australia! She’ll be there for at least a year and hopes to see all of the country.
Neil Willis writes to us from his honeymoon in Bora Bora to announce that he got married to Lilly Li this June.
Tess Reeder graduated from Harvard Business School and moved back to N.Y.C. This summer she started a new job with Birchbox and got married to Peter Hales (she has Lucy Hoffman to thank for the introduction).
Sindhura Kodali attended the wedding of Erin Leavitt. She also recently graduated from medical school and just moved to San Francisco to start residency in pediatrics at UCSF.
Julia Hecht finished up her first year at Kellogg and interned with General Mills in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the summer. Thanks to Instagram location services, she got drinks with Joseph Hanley while he was in town for work. Also in the Twin Cities area are Tim Wheeler, who interned in St. Paul, and Jamie Bergeson-Bradshaw, who is starting at Mills in the fall.
Laura Little is working at Medtronic’s diabetes unit doing business development out in Los Angeles this summer.
Jessica Glago created the Wholesome app for iOS—check it out: www.wholesomeapp.com.
Another great season, ’08s. Keep it up!
—Jon Hopper, 1590 2nd Ave., Apt. 5FN, New York City, NY 10028; (203) 539-1225; jonathan.r.hopper.08@dartmouth.edu
