Hey, ’05s, it is hard to believe the holidays are here and another Homecoming weekend has come and gone. While I did not make it all the way to Hanover, I did have the pleasure of spending the evening of October 29 visiting with fellow alums at a bonfire party hosted by the Dartmouth Club of Georgia. I hope many of you were doing the same in your respective cities! I also caught up with a large group of Dartmouth ’05s at the September 25 wedding of Katherine “Kak” (Kannenberg) Gregory. Kak married Aaron Gregory (Amherst ’05) in Chestertown, Maryland, and the couple was accompanied by a lovely group of Dartmouth bridesmaids, including Alexis Ettinger, Clementine James, Caroline Lessing and Anne Marbarger. 


On October 2 Ashley Donnenfeld married Chris Shakelton (Yale ’05) at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. A large Dartmouth contingent was present at the wedding, including bridesmaids Victoria Corder, Kate Schoener, Lauren Hoehlein, Jenny Gapinski, Kelly Thomason and Christina Wolf as well as Ashley’s father, Eric Donnenfeld ’77. Ashley and Chris live in New York City, where Ashley works for Novartis after earning her M.B.A. from New York University.


The past few months seem to have been a popular time for ’05 engagements as well. Jenny Goransson and fellow teacher Glenn Sewell got engaged in Scotland this August—and the two plan to marry on Jenny’s family farm in Maine on August 6. Eric Smith is engaged to Northwestern/NYU graduate Elina Rubin, and they are planning a 2011 wedding. Class of ’05 classmates Genny Deppe and Alex Dominguez are engaged, as are Lauren Hoehlein and Steve Joseph. Sabrina Singh fell for an older Dartmouth man, and she recently got engaged to Jean Bredeche ’03. Congratulations and best wishes to all of you!


Tommy Dickie wrote to say that he is in his second year at Brown/Trinity Rep’s M.F.A. acting program. He says, “My biggest part of the year will be as Blunt in Aphra Behn’s The Rover from April 14-17. I haven’t read the play, but apparently it’s a crazy good part and Blunt is the clown of the show.” Tommy invites all interested ’05s to visit and check it out! Speaking of actors, Andrew Dahl recently completed his M.F.A. in acting at the University of San Diego and Old Globe. According to Tommy, “Andrew is now moving back to New York to kick some acting butt.”


Tommy also informed us that Thom Pasculli and his partner, Stephanie Smith, recently had a baby. Tommy writes, “Leonardo Oliver Dean Pasculli was born on September 3, and all three are happy as clams, living in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.” Congratulations, Thom and Stephanie!


I recently received an e-mail from John Campbell ’03, founder, president and CEO of the premium surf brand Matuse, to inform us of the young company’s success in achieving international recognition. According to John, many Dartmouth graduates are employed by Matuse, including David I. A. Webb, who is head of the company’s South African operations. For more information, check out the website at www.matuse.com. 


Another successful business venture is that of Clementine James, who has worked in corporate and private events planning at Lillingston in London, England, for the past five years. Clementine and her team have taken the company from start-up to for-profit and have expanded international events services for their clients. Clementine will complete her executive M.B.A. in January.


Thanks to everyone who sent news this month. Please keep the updates coming!


—Lindsey Horton, 1129 St. Augustine Place, Atlanta, GA 30306; lhorton27@gmail.com