Class Note 2005
Issue
Jan-Feb 2020
Happy holidays and new year all! I hope and trust the fall season was good to each of you. We had a flurry of updates since our last submission.
First, several babies came into the world and joined the ’05 parent crew. Parker Lewis and wife Alli welcomed son Hart, their first, in September. Justin Bain and wife Lauren, Tu’12, welcomed baby Nora soon thereafter. She joins big brother Henry in an all-green Bain family of four. Welton Chang and wife Meredith ’07 celebrated the birth of their first child, Apollo, in September. Welton recently joined Human Rights First as chief technology officer, where he’ll be developing novel ways to use technology to defend and advance human rights around the world. Jennifer (Gapinski) Lucarelli gave birth to daughter Grace Ann in September and she joins two older brothers. Lastly, Don Wyper and wife Ashley welcomed their second, son Charles, in October. He joins big brother Donnie and continues Don’s quest to create his own heavyweight rowing team.
As president of the Class Officers Association Executive Board, Ashley (Donnenfeld) Shackelton helped preside over the inaugural Volunteer Officer eXperience Conference in Hanover in September. Approximately 350 Dartmouth alumni volunteers from classes, clubs, groups, and Women of Dartmouth were in attendance, including our classmates Brent Reidy, Kate Lyon, Kelly (Sennatt) Esten,and Ian Sarr.
Class president Brent Reidy was promoted at New York Public Library to serve as senior director leading the library’s new digital research division. The division oversees digitization, preservation, access, and information policy for more than 27 million digitized and born-digital items. If you are in New York City and want to come pet Patience and Fortitude, drop Brent a line!
Lastly, I write these updates after returning from Hanover in celebration of Theta Delt’s 150th anniversary. More than 350 brothers were in attendance for the weekend, including Brandon Smith, Brandon Wright, and myself. Brandon Smith gave the Saturday evening banquet’s best speech, remembering Ali Youssefi through a series of stories and posthumous tributes. I can’t fully describe how awesome it was to see so many older alums approach Brandon with high praise for both him, and Ali.
—Matt Nicholson, 5308 Yorktown Road, Bethesda, MD 20816; mtnicholson3@gmail.com
First, several babies came into the world and joined the ’05 parent crew. Parker Lewis and wife Alli welcomed son Hart, their first, in September. Justin Bain and wife Lauren, Tu’12, welcomed baby Nora soon thereafter. She joins big brother Henry in an all-green Bain family of four. Welton Chang and wife Meredith ’07 celebrated the birth of their first child, Apollo, in September. Welton recently joined Human Rights First as chief technology officer, where he’ll be developing novel ways to use technology to defend and advance human rights around the world. Jennifer (Gapinski) Lucarelli gave birth to daughter Grace Ann in September and she joins two older brothers. Lastly, Don Wyper and wife Ashley welcomed their second, son Charles, in October. He joins big brother Donnie and continues Don’s quest to create his own heavyweight rowing team.
As president of the Class Officers Association Executive Board, Ashley (Donnenfeld) Shackelton helped preside over the inaugural Volunteer Officer eXperience Conference in Hanover in September. Approximately 350 Dartmouth alumni volunteers from classes, clubs, groups, and Women of Dartmouth were in attendance, including our classmates Brent Reidy, Kate Lyon, Kelly (Sennatt) Esten,and Ian Sarr.
Class president Brent Reidy was promoted at New York Public Library to serve as senior director leading the library’s new digital research division. The division oversees digitization, preservation, access, and information policy for more than 27 million digitized and born-digital items. If you are in New York City and want to come pet Patience and Fortitude, drop Brent a line!
Lastly, I write these updates after returning from Hanover in celebration of Theta Delt’s 150th anniversary. More than 350 brothers were in attendance for the weekend, including Brandon Smith, Brandon Wright, and myself. Brandon Smith gave the Saturday evening banquet’s best speech, remembering Ali Youssefi through a series of stories and posthumous tributes. I can’t fully describe how awesome it was to see so many older alums approach Brandon with high praise for both him, and Ali.
—Matt Nicholson, 5308 Yorktown Road, Bethesda, MD 20816; mtnicholson3@gmail.com