Class Note 2008
Much like that old Nutri-Grain commercial, there are babies everywhere. Elizabeth Sherman and Josh Wexler welcomed their first child, daughter Isadora, on September 27. They were excited to see Trish (Kelly) Dunne and her husband, Michael, in a birthing class in August and send best wishes to the Dunnes and their new son, Ian. Tom and Liz (Silvey) Healy had their first child, Grace, in December. They’re hoping she’ll be a Dartmouth ’40. Meli Garber-Browne had her baby, Micaela Garber-Browne, on December 23, 2017. And Jon Hopper shares that Dana Cushing Olverson and her husband, Dave, are expecting an “Olverdaughter” in May. Congratulations to all!
Sandy Barbut Hunt is working as an emergency room trauma nurse at Boston Medical Center and almost finished getting her doctorate as an acute care nurse practitioner. She’s hoping to get into the dermatology and plastic surgery specialty. Sandy and her husband, Steve Hunt, have two kids and bought their first home in the South Shore of Boston last May. Steve is working in the field of medical device sales for capital equipment, serving all the major hospitals in Boston.
Emily Chen was just named CEO of her company, MediQuire, a healthcare data analytics company based out of N.Y.C. that is changing how payers and providers work together. She’s looking for great hires for her team, so get in touch.
Laura Little is running the Paris Marathon in April, after which she plans to eat all the macarons. She’s looking for other ’08s who are crazy enough to do marathons to run with!
On the nuptials front, Yasmin Mandviwala got married in October, with many ’08s in attendance. In February Evan Meyerson married Katie Davis (Brown ’09) in N.Y.C. There was a solid Dartmouth showing at that wedding as well, including 19 ’08s! Adria Buchanan married Aleksey Karulin on March 27 in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Adria and Aleksey offer a huge thank you to everyone who came from far and wide to celebrate the occasion!
On July 8, 2017, Brooks H. Smith got married to Jean Van Bourgondien in Goshen, Vermont, in front of a crowd that included Dartmouth alums ranging from class of 1956 to 2013. Brooks is now heavily involved in helping launch Engineers Without Borders-Hong Kong, particularly its overseas projects team, focusing on providing technical assistance to designers of water, sanitation and hygiene systems in Cambodia and Myanmar. In June Jean and Brooks will be moving to Melbourne, Australia.
Michael Larson married Junko Takagi last year. They live in Tokyo, where she works in English-language education and he is writing his dissertation and teaching part-time at Waseda University. They have a guest room that is open to any ’08s passing through Asia, unless your name is Joseph Hanley, because no one in their 30s needs to hear another Bon Jovi song ever again.
Devin Fallon informs me that he recently visited our nation’s capital, where he met up with Klarissa Ruiz and Daniel Belkin for two-for-$10 margaritas at Santa Rosa Taqueria. He also says Dave Lamb recently bought an Oculus Rift (virtual reality headset) and rumor has it he’s working on a Model UN simulator so he can relive his glory days of crushing high school debate teamers under his rhetorical heel.
And Adam Platz writes in to brag that, after months of hard work, he has finally overtaken Chris Barth in Words with Friends with an overall record of 26-24. But Adam is a big nerd and uses obscure words, so it’s not that impressive.
Until next time!
—Chris Barth, 315 14th Ave. NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413; (609) 405-9153; cbarthrun@gmail.com
