Two more upcoming weddings to report on! The number of Dartmouth-to-Dartmouth weddings in our class is really insane. Roughly 90 percent of the weddings I have reported on have been Dartmouth-Dartmouth. I started to think about three explanations for this statistic. One, people who met at Dartmouth have been dating for longer, and therefore are more ready to marry one another. Two, people who went to Dartmouth strongly prefer to marry people who also went to Dartmouth. Three, people are more likely to write in to the Class Notes column about an engagement if it is to another Dartmouth person.
If the third explanation is true, we need to change that. I really think your classmates will care just as much about your engagement if it is to a Temple University class of 2000 or a Dartmouth 2011. If it is a Dartmouth ’10-to-’10 marriage, yes, people will care double as much, there is no getting around that. However, for literally every other marriage combination, I think you will be viewed as equal. So if you are engaged to some random dude or lady you met post-college, please let me know!
Lucy Pollard and Allison Smith ’06 became engaged in January on the Baker lawn. They will be getting married in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in August.
John Schroeder and Kathy Oprea were married in the Washington, D.C., area on September 1, 2013. Many members of the class of ’10 were in the wedding party, including Jason Lyon, Alex Hall, Vanessa Szalapski, Natalie Stoll and Steph Gagnon. Wedding guests also danced to a triple-time rendition of the “Salty Dog Rag”!
Okay, I am going to explain this as best as I can: Andrew Palmer climbed a 5.15 and has now joined the 5.15 rock-climbing club. Although Palmer maintains a normal job in Boston doing marketing analytics and data analysis, he has apparently become a celebrity rock climber as well! I bet people in his Boston office have no idea they are sitting next to a celebrity. Anyway, you should check out the picture of him climbing (find it online). The wall looks like it is at a 45-degree angle from the ground.
Terra Branson will start a new position as the director of tribal self-governance communication and education in December.
Hallie Treadway and Tim Calder live on opposite sides of Beijing and work for competing education consulting companies. Nonetheless, they manage to meet occasionally for the sake of dear old Dartmouth; other ’10s are encouraged to visit and join them. Anyone else in Beijing? Find Hallie and Tim!
Justin Tzou is starting his second year in physical therapy school in Houston and will be starting his first rotation at Texas Orthopedic Hospital. On the side Justin is also doing some pet and portrait photography and teaching tennis.
Ted Lesher left Google in May to join the Liftopia.com team along with fellow Dartmouth alum Kate Christiaanse (and about 35 others). Liftopia.com is a startup similar to a Kayak.com or Expedia.com but for lift tickets within the ski industry. 
Mike Dearwester recently started a new role on the North American whiskey team at Diageo North America. He is working primarily on innovation and marketing for the Crown Royal brand. About Diageo—I just looked them up and they own literally every alcohol brand that I have ever heard of. Additionally, Mike and I are neighbors! 
Nick Dawe was named the new head women’s rowing coach of the New York Athletic Club. Nick will be dating, I mean coaching, athletes aspiring to make the U.S. national team. Seriously though, amazing. Congrats, Nick!
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