Hello, ’99s!
It was wonderful to see so many of you and your loved ones at our 25th reunion! It was fun to reconnect with friends and classmates, get to know some new people, and spend time on campus. I hope these reconnections and memories will spur lots of new Class Notes updates. Please continue to share your photos on our class Facebook page too!
Jeff Bradford wrote in with an update, “Hello, I hope you are all well! I’ve had quite an adventure during the past 25 years. I graduated cum laude in 2002 from Duke Law School, where I met my person, Andi Bradford. We moved to Tampa, where I clerked for two years for U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday, and she prosecuted. Andi and I got married on August 31, 2003. I then practiced three years with a large D.C. firm while my wife lobbied with a boutique pharmaceutical firm. In 2007 we moved back to North Carolina, where I litigated with several firms until 2013. During that time I was treated for a brain tumor in 2009 and my wife suffered a stroke the same year after the birth of our third daughter (we were blessed with fraternal twins in 2006). I then practiced as an assistant city attorney for the city of Fayetteville, North Carolina, from 2013 to 2019. At that point I was forced to retire early due to my deteriorating health.
“I am now a stay-at-home dad, musician, author, and endurance athlete, and my wife is working with her sister to run a new business, Hounds Town of Wake Forest. This doggie daycare, boarding, and grooming business has been a huge success in its first year. My twins are deciding on colleges and my youngest is a freshman in high school, a solid student, an awesome soccer player, and a great kid all around. I’m hoping to make it to the reunion but given my circumstances it will be tough. Take care!”
Thanks so much for the update, Jeff. Until next time.
—Jackie Rioux Gladstone, 21 Westwood Circle, Dover, NH 03820; (603) 834-0517; jackie.dartmouth99@gmail.com