Class Note 2019
Issue
September-October 2022
Hey, ’19s!
I hope you are having a good start to your fall! We have lots of news for this Class Notes, so I’ll get straight into the news.
Daniela Garcia graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and was selected to receive the Intellectual Contribution Award for her program. The award recognizes students who significantly contributed to the intellectual life of the community and whose dedication to scholarship and inquiry positively influenced their fellow students. Congrats, Daniela!
Many classmates are starting graduate school this fall! Elise Higgins is starting her M.B.A. at Columbia Business School this fall. Ashley DuPuis wrote in to share that Alex Stendahl will be starting medical school at Oregon Health & Science University. Madison Maeshiro was accepted to the University of Washington’s genetic counseling graduate program. Madison will be part of the second cohort of students accepted to this program, class of 2024. Madison is excited and proud to represent a Native Hawaiian perspective in the growing field of genetic counseling.
In addition, many engagements to report! Congratulations to Griffin Miller and Phoebe Hersch ’18, as well as to Lauren Stone and James McJunkin ’18 on their engagements!
Lots of ’19s have been meeting up! Rachel Inman and Billy Kosmidis met up at the wedding of Emily Choate ’18 and Liam Fortin ’18! Juli Montoya and Lauren Dominick Lewis had a blast catching up in California this summer. They hiked Lake Tahoe, Pinnacles National Park, and Lassen Volcanic National Park. Our class vice president Parker Whims ran into now-married ’19 couple Nick Flores and Kayla Lieuw in an airport!Finally, Asaad Al Raeesi is back in the United States for the first time since graduating from Dartmouth and working in D.C. for the summer. He was pleasantly surprised to run into Gaby Sommer at the Egyptian embassy. If you’re in D.C., reach out to Asaad!
Finally, as many of you probably know, we lost our classmate Moriah Wilson in May of this year. Her friends and teammates Alexa Dlouhy, Audrey O’Brien, and Hannah Melinchuk contributed to the folling tribute celebrating Moriah’s life:“It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Moriah Wilson. Moriah was a dedicated member of the women’s alpine ski team, a creative engineer, and a sister of Kappa Delta Epsilon. Moriah consistently pushed her teammates to ski another run and could be found working late in the evenings at Thayer. After graduating Moriah moved to San Francisco and began bike racing competitively. Her exceptional athleticism, work ethic, and passion for the sport allowed her to quickly rise through the ranks and establish herself as a leader on the circuit. She had recently left her job as a demand planner at Specialized Bicycles to pursue her professional cycling career full time. We will miss Mo’s vivacious laugh, beautiful smile, and loyal friendship.”
Moriah is survived by her parents, Karen and Eric, and younger brother Matt. Moriah’s family has set up a GoFundMe if you are interested in donating in honor of Moriah’s life: www.gofundme.com/f/moriah-wilson-fund.
Thank you to everyone who submitted news! As always, if you have any Class Notes to share, please send them to dartmouth2019classnotes@gmail.com, reach out on the class Instagram, or contact me directly.
—Morgan Lee, 417 Grand St., Apt. D1705, New York, NY 10002; morganwlee@gmail.com
I hope you are having a good start to your fall! We have lots of news for this Class Notes, so I’ll get straight into the news.
Daniela Garcia graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and was selected to receive the Intellectual Contribution Award for her program. The award recognizes students who significantly contributed to the intellectual life of the community and whose dedication to scholarship and inquiry positively influenced their fellow students. Congrats, Daniela!
Many classmates are starting graduate school this fall! Elise Higgins is starting her M.B.A. at Columbia Business School this fall. Ashley DuPuis wrote in to share that Alex Stendahl will be starting medical school at Oregon Health & Science University. Madison Maeshiro was accepted to the University of Washington’s genetic counseling graduate program. Madison will be part of the second cohort of students accepted to this program, class of 2024. Madison is excited and proud to represent a Native Hawaiian perspective in the growing field of genetic counseling.
In addition, many engagements to report! Congratulations to Griffin Miller and Phoebe Hersch ’18, as well as to Lauren Stone and James McJunkin ’18 on their engagements!
Lots of ’19s have been meeting up! Rachel Inman and Billy Kosmidis met up at the wedding of Emily Choate ’18 and Liam Fortin ’18! Juli Montoya and Lauren Dominick Lewis had a blast catching up in California this summer. They hiked Lake Tahoe, Pinnacles National Park, and Lassen Volcanic National Park. Our class vice president Parker Whims ran into now-married ’19 couple Nick Flores and Kayla Lieuw in an airport!Finally, Asaad Al Raeesi is back in the United States for the first time since graduating from Dartmouth and working in D.C. for the summer. He was pleasantly surprised to run into Gaby Sommer at the Egyptian embassy. If you’re in D.C., reach out to Asaad!
Finally, as many of you probably know, we lost our classmate Moriah Wilson in May of this year. Her friends and teammates Alexa Dlouhy, Audrey O’Brien, and Hannah Melinchuk contributed to the folling tribute celebrating Moriah’s life:“It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Moriah Wilson. Moriah was a dedicated member of the women’s alpine ski team, a creative engineer, and a sister of Kappa Delta Epsilon. Moriah consistently pushed her teammates to ski another run and could be found working late in the evenings at Thayer. After graduating Moriah moved to San Francisco and began bike racing competitively. Her exceptional athleticism, work ethic, and passion for the sport allowed her to quickly rise through the ranks and establish herself as a leader on the circuit. She had recently left her job as a demand planner at Specialized Bicycles to pursue her professional cycling career full time. We will miss Mo’s vivacious laugh, beautiful smile, and loyal friendship.”
Moriah is survived by her parents, Karen and Eric, and younger brother Matt. Moriah’s family has set up a GoFundMe if you are interested in donating in honor of Moriah’s life: www.gofundme.com/f/moriah-wilson-fund.
Thank you to everyone who submitted news! As always, if you have any Class Notes to share, please send them to dartmouth2019classnotes@gmail.com, reach out on the class Instagram, or contact me directly.
—Morgan Lee, 417 Grand St., Apt. D1705, New York, NY 10002; morganwlee@gmail.com