Class Note 2008
Wow, this class update would make a demanding parent proud—it’s chock full of engagements, marriages, jobs, doctors, and babies. Let’s get to it.
Darrayl Cummings and Cresandra Corbin got married in May at a venue on Long Island, New York. The couple was blessed to celebrate the occasion with family and friends and more than 40 Dartmouth alumni.
Zach Nass celebrated Independence Day by proposing to Jinting Xu. They plan on getting married in Southern California sometime next year. Zach also recently left Riot Games and joined Google’s global partnerships team to help shape Google’s strategy within the gaming industry. He’s still based in Los Angeles and says he’s trying to avoid wildfires and earthquakes.
Stuart Reid got married to Claire Cushman, sister of Alex Cushman. And they’re moving to Paris, where Stu will take a leave of absence from Foreign Affairs to work on a book he’s writing about 1960s Congo and Claire will paint. He’ll be looking for squash and bouldering partners in Paris, like you do, so please hit him up!
Alex Sherman married Arielle Foucek (Lehigh ’09) on August 17 in Carpinteria, California. Dave Chattman, Riley End, Rob Kasel, and Sean Nicholson from our class all served as groomsmen, and there were 20 Dartmouth alums in attendance in total from the ’08 class, as well members of the ’07, ’09, ’10, and ’11 classes.
The aforementioned Riley End recently moved from San Francisco to Boulder, Colorado. Riley and his wife, Courtney, welcomed their first child, a son named Holden, in January this year. Riley is the VP of operations at Spring Health, a mental health company that partners with employers to provide mental health screening and treatment as an employee benefit.
Julianne (Mifflin) Austin and Dan Austin were thrilled to welcome twin boys Thomas and Owen in July! Grace (4) and Ben (2) are so in love with their little brothers. They have really enjoyed living in White River Junction, Vermont, during Dan’s residency at DHMC. They will be there through June 2020!
Nick Christman and Mitalee (Patil) Christman welcomed their daughter, Uma. Her big brother, Max, is smitten, as are they! Mitalee finished her dermatology training and they are moving to Boston in November—they would love to reconnect with old Dartmouth friends in the area.
Cher Zhao just finished her fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital in pediatric otolaryngology (a.k.a. ear, nose, and throat specialist) in June and just started seeing patients at the Mass Eye & Ear and Newton-Wellesley hospitals this August. For any alumni who have children who need to see a pediatric otolaryngologist in the Boston area, she’s accepting new patients!
Lauren Orr just finished her endocrine surgery fellowship at UCLA and will be moving to Portland, Oregon, in September to join a private practice.
Cecelia Zhang finished her residency and fellowship at Duke in gastroenterology this June. She took a long vacation after and traveled through Europe for almost six weeks. She’s starting on the faculty at Duke in the inflammatory bowel disease group, and hopes everyone is well!
Jessica Long got to have a mini track reunion on August 17 at the wedding of Emily Daly ’09 to Steve Matthews, with lots of track folks in attendance. “It was a lot of fun and we had a great time!” says Jessica.
And Anton Kunayev (most likely) attended the Dartmouth Summit in London in September. He’s applying to master’s programs in education with an English concentration, to begin studies in 2020. He says: “If anyone has any advice on programs to consider, please email me.”
Have a great end of the year!
—Chris Barth, 315 14th Ave. NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413; (609) 405-9153; cbarthrun@gmail.com
