I am writing this month’s column soon after celebrating my one-year anniversary in Los Angeles—and while preparing to head to the Telluride Film Festival, where I will have the pleasure of hanging out with Jeff Middents and his lovely wife, Angela Dadak ’92, and lots of other Dartmouth volunteers. 


Kudos to Kathryn (Savarese) Lazerow, who was named one of the “12 Moms Who Rule the Tech Industry” by Business Insider. From the write-up: “Kass Lazerow (with husband/business partner Michael Lazerow) has given birth to as many companies as kids. Together they’ve had more than $2-billion worth of successful exits, Michael says. That’s Buddy Media (sold to Salesforce.com for $689 million last year), U-Wire/Student Advantage (IPO) and Golf.com (sold to Time). Golf.com, we’ve heard, was Kass’ idea and she was COO during her second pregnancy. Today she’s the mom to three kids.”


Kudos also to Elad I. Levy, who has been appointed chair of the department of neurosurgery at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The dean of UB’s school of medicine and biomedical sciences, Michael Cain, said, “Dr. Levy rapidly emerged as our top candidate possessing the administrative, scientific, clinical, leadership and visionary skills needed to move the department forward.”


Congratulations to fellow Angelino Brent Schindele on his impending nuptials! He is finishing a two-month run playing the hero in The 39 Steps in L.A. and about to head to San Francisco to play the lead in a revival of the 1960s musical comedy Superman. He writes: “In the two weeks in between I’m also getting married. Never done that before, so this will be the role of a lifetime, I daresay—I can’t wait!” Dave Engstrom and his wife, Nora ’97, will be in attendance.


Want to feel really old? Courtney (Cook) Williamson is the parent of a ’17! She wrote in: “I am departing New York as of this month for a job as the director of strategic marketing at the Holderness School in Holderness, New Hampshire. I’m really looking forward to being back in New Hampshire, not least because my daughter is heading to Hanover as part of the Dartmouth class of ’17. I’m looking forward to visiting campus a lot more often—having a point of view as a parent is a lot of fun. I’d love to hear from classmates in Boston and greater New England and hope to connect soon.”


Erin Rowland and her husband, Steve Sloan ’91, last year moved to Belmont, Massachusetts, where they welcomed their second child, Alexander. Their oldest son, Theo, just turned 8. They recently saw several old friends at a get-together in the Upper Valley, including Jay ’91 and Suzanne (Spencer) Rendahl, Danny Lambert ’92 and a whole crew of ’91s, including Allegra Kochman, John Decker, Cindy Greene, Kathy Fallon and David Newman and their families. 


Also on the move is the Rev. Julia Whitworth, who moved back to New York City this past year with husband Ray Neufeld and their children Liam (7), Gregory (5) and Grace (2). “I am an Episcopal priest and am newly the canon for liturgy and the arts at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. It’s the perfect marriage of my past and present vocations. We live on the cathedral grounds with real peacocks in our front yard. Look us up if you are living (and raising kids) in New York or just passing through!”


—Beth Krakower, c/o CineMedia Promotions, 11500 Olympic Blvd., Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90064; dartmouth93@gmail.com