Class Note 2009
Issue
Jan - Feb 2016
As 2015 wraps up, I’m happy to report weddings and engagements, new jobs and some other ’09 news.
Melissa Lokensgard married Matt Allen at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Courtney Merrill was a bridesmaid. Aimee Moon and Phil Back ’10 married in December in Westchester, New York, and are looking forward to living in North Carolina for the remainder of 2016 while Phil is stationed at Fort Bragg. Steve Reinitz and Rayna Levine ’10 got engaged last month! Nell Pascall married Campbell Mackenzie on November 28. Alums who made the epic trek out to Perth, Australia, include Kate Harney, Johanna Hauer and Sharon Dauson. Chris Silverman and Donna McKinnon got married in sunny Hawaii. They were joined by fellow alums Ryan Murphy, Andy Reynolds, Don Faraci, Jackie Zemaitis ’11, Courtney Valentine, Julie Corwin, Jessica (Meneses) Hart and Mike Hart ’07.
Dylan Kane completed his rookie fire season with the Central Oregon Rappellers, spending the summer sliding out of helicopters to go fight wildfires in the Northwest. Now he’s moved to Grand Junction, Colorado, to be with his partner. Johannes Lohmann started a master’s in public administration in international development at the Harvard Kennedy School in the fall. Let him know if you’re in the Boston area! Lilian Mehrel is currently the storyteller and film director for Shared Studios. Their global public art project, Portals, brings people together through gold shipping containers with human-scaled video chat inside. Portals recently connected the UN with a Syrian refugee camp. She also just won the Imagine Science Film 48-hour contest and is currently obsessed with virtual-reality filmmaking. Asafu Suzuki started a new job as the program director for the family support program at a local nonprofit primarily serving the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community in Columbus, Ohio.
Ben Beisswenger recently decided to “run it back,” and visited Ethiopia to work with Selamta Family Project. (Ben and Zoe Donnell worked with Selamta in 2008). Ben resides in San Francisco and his day job is with the Salesforce Foundation. He is considering purchasing roller blades. Thomas Donahoe, Greg Rolfes and Ry Sullivan continued their annual tradition of running a marathon or half-marathon in a random United States city. This year they were joined by Chris Brouwer and Jordan Rose for the inaugural Morgantown Marathon, which is Ry’s hometown in West Virginia. Greg and Jordan finished first and fourth overall, respectively. Glenn Randall wrote that he “is using a weaponized particle accelerator to look for dark forces.”
Keep a lookout for mini-reunions in your area and follow ’09s on Facebook (Dartmouth College Class of 2009), Twitter (@Dartmouth09) and Instagram (@dartmouth09). Share a picture with the class via dartmouthsocial@gmail.com.
—Liz Doolittle Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com
Melissa Lokensgard married Matt Allen at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Courtney Merrill was a bridesmaid. Aimee Moon and Phil Back ’10 married in December in Westchester, New York, and are looking forward to living in North Carolina for the remainder of 2016 while Phil is stationed at Fort Bragg. Steve Reinitz and Rayna Levine ’10 got engaged last month! Nell Pascall married Campbell Mackenzie on November 28. Alums who made the epic trek out to Perth, Australia, include Kate Harney, Johanna Hauer and Sharon Dauson. Chris Silverman and Donna McKinnon got married in sunny Hawaii. They were joined by fellow alums Ryan Murphy, Andy Reynolds, Don Faraci, Jackie Zemaitis ’11, Courtney Valentine, Julie Corwin, Jessica (Meneses) Hart and Mike Hart ’07.
Dylan Kane completed his rookie fire season with the Central Oregon Rappellers, spending the summer sliding out of helicopters to go fight wildfires in the Northwest. Now he’s moved to Grand Junction, Colorado, to be with his partner. Johannes Lohmann started a master’s in public administration in international development at the Harvard Kennedy School in the fall. Let him know if you’re in the Boston area! Lilian Mehrel is currently the storyteller and film director for Shared Studios. Their global public art project, Portals, brings people together through gold shipping containers with human-scaled video chat inside. Portals recently connected the UN with a Syrian refugee camp. She also just won the Imagine Science Film 48-hour contest and is currently obsessed with virtual-reality filmmaking. Asafu Suzuki started a new job as the program director for the family support program at a local nonprofit primarily serving the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community in Columbus, Ohio.
Ben Beisswenger recently decided to “run it back,” and visited Ethiopia to work with Selamta Family Project. (Ben and Zoe Donnell worked with Selamta in 2008). Ben resides in San Francisco and his day job is with the Salesforce Foundation. He is considering purchasing roller blades. Thomas Donahoe, Greg Rolfes and Ry Sullivan continued their annual tradition of running a marathon or half-marathon in a random United States city. This year they were joined by Chris Brouwer and Jordan Rose for the inaugural Morgantown Marathon, which is Ry’s hometown in West Virginia. Greg and Jordan finished first and fourth overall, respectively. Glenn Randall wrote that he “is using a weaponized particle accelerator to look for dark forces.”
Keep a lookout for mini-reunions in your area and follow ’09s on Facebook (Dartmouth College Class of 2009), Twitter (@Dartmouth09) and Instagram (@dartmouth09). Share a picture with the class via dartmouthsocial@gmail.com.
—Liz Doolittle Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com