Class Note 2008
Hi, ’08s! A lot of first-time contributors this month. Our class is growing bigger than ever, with wedding bells and bouncing baby newborns. Does this mean we’re adults?
Nick Williams visited Dartmouth for the first time since graduation to give the annual linguistics alumni lecture at Homecoming. He and his wife welcomed their first baby this fall! Neil Willis and his wife, Lilly, welcomed Asher Blake Willis into the world this September. He was 6 pounds, 13 ounces. Khadijah Enoh welcomed her third child, James, this August. I hope they’re all friends when they’re at Dartmouth (class of 2036?).
Daisy Freund is working at the ASPCA, and is not responsible for those Sarah McLaughlin commercials. She is responsible for making farm animals’ lives better and getting consumers to buy more humanely raised products.
Nova Robinson moved to Seattle to start a tenure-track assistant professor position in Middle Eastern history at Seattle University. She is joining fellow ’08s in the area, including Will McMahan, Nora Johnson, Andrew Berry and Maryanna Brown.
Maura Pennington moved to Los Angeles and is in her first year at UCLA School of Law, where she has an annual pass to Disneyland. Lydia Islan just started her M.B.A. at Foster School of Business. Anne Liu started at MIT Media Lab. Katharine “Dr. KatieMac” McIntyre successfully defended her dissertation and will be receiving her Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University in February.
Adria Buchanan graduated in May from the University of Delaware, moved to Pennsylvania and started a stakeholder engagement consultancy firm for entities interested in asset-based community development.
Laura Little graduated from Harvard Business School and does corporate development for a digital health startup called American Well. She ran into Rebecca (Treat) Ward in Oxford, England, where she was working on a documentary, and Sindhura Kodali in Venice. Laura will be running the London Marathon in the spring.
A few ’08s are moving to foreign countries. If you’re in the area, let them know! Katherine Gorman Denby and her husband, Owen, are moving to London for a two- and three-year rotation in their respective firms’ London offices. Essien Ukanna moved to Geneva, Switzerland, to work at the World Health Organization. James Marlow moved back to Beirut, Lebanon.
Lucy Hoffman is learning how to scuba dive.
Bud Simis is working on the video team at BarkBox in New York City, where he sees Hayley Powers Kennedy, who does freelance design for them. If your dog has a funny Instagram, send him the handle!
Lauren Bennett and Meg Strout Maher ran the Marine Corps Marathon in October, with Betsy Bryant Struse and Jean Ellen Cowgill cheering them on.
Zach Nass recently moved from N.Y.C. to L.A., leaving consulting to do international strategy at Riot Games (best known for League of Legends). “Any fellow players should hit me up in game (summoner name: GrimTrigger)!”
Ian Wilson proposed to Meghan Wendland in Hanover during Homecoming Weekend! With the help of some friends, Ian was able to arrange a private tour of Baker Tower during the bonfire and popped the question on the observation deck above the clock. Brian Schwartz and Emma Baumgartner got engaged. Sara del Nido Burdish got married in Boston to Ryan Budish. Lena Martinez-Watt got married in November. Chase Carpenter married Jacqueline Lee in August. Marissa Slany got herself hitched to Witold Wdziekonski. The bride’s Dartmouth side was well represented, not only in ’08s, but also in a rousing rendition of “Blame It on the Boogie.”
Chuck Flynn informs us that Alex Sherman thinks the Knicks are good at basketball.
—Jon Hopper, 51 Astor Place, 9th Floor, New York City, NY 10003; (203) 539-1225; jonathan.r.hopper.08@dartmouth.edu
