Class Notes 2002

Hello, ’02s!

Brandon Lucas shared, “I had the chance to catch up with former teammates Gordy Quist and Trevor Nealon when the Band of Heathens played a Labor Day concert in Kansas City, Missouri. With an early stage time for the holiday, my wife and I decided to bring our three kids, who came home with signed T-shirts, guitar picks, and drumsticks. Dad won some cool points for knowing someone they could ask Alexa to play for them and the band sounded great, as always!”

Allison (Stuntz) Schulte has taken a career turn to start a local newspaper in her town of Dobbs Ferry, New York. The Rivertowns Dispatch launched in May of last year as a print and online publication covering the river towns of Hastings-on-Hudson, Ardsley, Irvington, and Dobbs Ferry, New York. Allison had worked in larger media, news, and advertising companies for most of her career, most recently with Bloomberg Media. When her former local newspaper closed earlier last year, she got together with neighbors, editors, and writers to launch an effort to put something in its place. They’re experimenting with sustainable models for local news because they believe there’s real value in creating community at a hyper-local level, both because it’s important to center community around shared facts and information and because newspapers can be funfor a community too. Check it out at rivertownsdispatch.com!

Jennifer (Ain) Lippman ran her first marathon at the Chicago Marathon on October 13, 2024, finishing in 4:11:33. She lives in Irvington, New York, with her husband, Russell, and their children Ryan (12), Juliette (9), and Ben (6), Labradoodle Zelda, and ragamuffin cat Zeus. Juliette is classmates with the daughter of Soon Ho Lee and his wife, Frances Cha ’07, whom she sees often.

Happy holidays and best wishes for 2025!

—Anne Cloudman, 215 W 98th St., Apt. 12C, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s!

I hope you all have had a nice summer! I received one update at the beginning of the summer, from Arvina Martin, “I am still living in Madison, Wisconsin, with my 15-year-old daughter, Nico. For the last two years I’ve been the executive director of Emerge Wisconsin, an organization that recruits and trains Democratic women on how to run for office. In June I was elected to represent Wisconsin as a member of the Democratic National Committee. I’m hoping to encourage more Native Americans to become actively involved in politics, whether at the local or national level.” Congratulations to Arvina!

Earlier this summer when I was dropping my 10-year-old twin daughters off at the sleep away camp bus I had a funny “small world” moment with another ’02. To set the stage: Last summer at camp one of my daughters developed a close friendship with one of her bunkmates. During the past year they have chatted occasionally and were so excited to see each other again at the bus drop off for this summer’s session. I thought it would be nice to meet her parents as well, but it turned out I already knew one of them—Mike Brown is her father! Mike and his wife, Dana, and I chatted while we waited for the bus to pull away and it was so nice to see our daughters happily reunited for another summer. Mike, Dana, and their three children live in New Jersey.

After that happy coincidence I posted on our class Facebook group asking for more small world stories from ’02s. Caroline Pott shared, “We recently hosted a small group of skilled and hardworking folks from the Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project out at Midway to remove tidal trash from our shores. On this tiny speck of land out in the Pacific, it turns out the president of the group is married to Christina Hoe, which really makes all the sense in the world, given what I know of these two lovely people.”

I’m sure there are more small world stories out there, so keep sending them! Happy end of summer.

—Anne Cloudman, 215 W 98th St., Apt. 12C, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s! I heard from so many classmates in the last couple months.

Leyla King wrote, “My family and I have relocated from rural Tennessee to Austin, Texas. I’m excited to be in a city again where there are sure to be other Dartmouth alums, so if any of y’all are around here—we bought a house in South Austin—and would like to be in touch, shoot me an email at lkamalick@gmail.com (or find me on Facebook at Leyla Kamalick King).”

Nicole (Campbell) Daley recently joined the Allen & Overy (A&O) Boston office as a partner in the corporate and life sciences teams. After 18 years of practicing she’s excited to come to A&O to grow the Boston office while collaborating with clients and colleagues around the world.

Caroline Pott filled me in on her truly remote work. After eight years managing a marine-protected area in the Caribbean, Caroline moved to an even smaller and more obscure island location in the Pacific. She now lives on Midway Atoll and serves as the deputy refuge manager for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. “It is like living in an aviary: Approximately 1 million albatross (two species) arrived for the winter breeding season shortly after I did—it is normal to have to dodge landing birds on my way around the island.” She can’t accept visitors but is back on Oahu, Hawaii, occasionally, so anyone there should let her know. She is very happy to have traded in her car for a bicycle.

I bumped into Jesse Argon on my way to work this week and he shared that he and his wife, Gwen, just welcomed their second daughter, Isla, in October. Big sister Ava (2 years old) promptly told the entire Upper West Side, New York, about her baby!

Several classmates went on trips together. Jared Craft spent an amazing MLK weekend powder skiing and reconnecting out in Utah with Cullen Knights, Dawson Brown, Bryon Friedman, Eric Reinhardt, and Danny Sanner. Everyone is doing well and the trip was great, with a couple feet of fresh snow while they were there.

Jen (Morgan) Glass wrote, “Cindy (Keppel) Turner and I just spent a week skiing in Niseko, Japan. We traveled with Cindy’s husband and two children, my husband, and some mutual friends they introduced us to while we were living in Sydney, Australia. Great food and great snow!”

Lastly, I received an update from the 8 School crew: “In January we had an 8 School (and company) reunion in Costa Rica that was originally planned for March of 2020—four years and one global pandemic later, we finally made it happen! The following ’02s met up in the surf and sun of Tamarindo for a long weekend filled with epic sunsets, beautiful beaches, ziplining with the howler monkeys, and lots and lots of quality pool time: Jen (Laberge) Hutchins, Julie (Cumming) Higgins, Sara Donahue, Kendra Tupper, Rose (Kraemer) Carpenter, Katie Cody, Erin (Byrne) Barnes, Melanie (Broad) Seymour, Heidi (Ellenbecker) Trimarco, Christine (Walker) Hilgendorf, Annie (Nash) Bing,and Kate Paolino. Looking forward to many more adventures with these amazing women—pura vida, baby!”

Happy spring, ’02s. Keep sending your updates!

—Anne Cloudman, 215 W 98th St., Apt. 12C, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s!

I hope you all had a nice fall. I heard from just one classmate this cycle, so if you are reading this now and can think of anything you’d like to share, please send me a note when you finish reading.

After several years living on Hanover Avenue in Oakland, California, Adam Williams now lives in Niskayuna, New York. An avid antique collector, Adam has spent the past decade building a respectable collection of vintage Dartmouth ephemera, including knitwear, glassware, and commemorative items. Adam is curious to connect with other alums in the Northeast willing to show off their collections of Dartmouth antiques, vintage photography, and other memorabilia. You can reach him at stokeson45@gmail.com.

Happy holidays and best wishes to you all for 2024!

—Anne Cloudman, 215 W 98th St., Apt. 12C, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s!

I heard from our class president Phil Mone: “Hi from Washington, D.C., everyone, where I’ve lived since 2008. My wife, Zeina, and I welcomed a son, Rami, on May 4. We now have two boys (Ramsey and Rami) and two girls (Nora and Lina). I continue to practice energy regulatory law and serve on the board of a charity that provides relief and educational opportunities to children living in Palestinian refugee camps. Our favorite part of the year is when we are living with my parents on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, for about a month during the summer. I hope to move the family to a Boston suburb in a few years.”

Rebecca Freeman moved across the world in 2020! “Hello all. Is anyone living in New Zealand these days? I moved to Queenstown in 2020 and have been running my U.S. immigration law practice, San Francisco Law Group, remotely since then. Curious if there are any Kiwis among us!”

Kristin (Shigley) Livingston, husband Alex, and daughters Maya (10) and Violet (6) are moving back East from the Bay Area to Dover, Massachusetts, in August. Kristin is starting a new job as the director of orthopedic trauma at Boston Children’s Hospital in September.

Jon Sussman is our new Alumni Council representative, starting with the meeting this fall. Jon had this to say: “It’s a privilege to represent ’02s on the Alumni Council. I’ll do my part to elicit and amplify your views and to share with you what I learn about the present state of the College. No matter what your Dartmouth experience was like or where life has taken you since or how your perspectives on our alma mater may have evolved, each of us possesses insights that can enrich and enhance the institution. Please be in touch—I hope you share my sense of connection and pride in one another despite the time and distance between us.” Jon is looking forward to being our Alumni Council rep and invites your thoughts and feedback at jonathan.m.sussman@gmail.com.

—Anne Cloudman, 215 W 98th St., Apt. 12C, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s!

Our extended class family continues to grow—two new ’02 offspring arrived this past winter.

Maya C. Martin and her husband, James Cadogan (Princeton ’03), welcomed Alexander “Xander” Martin Cadogan on December 5, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Per his Auntie Thea Ellis, Xander is among the cutest babies ever born!

I also heard from my fellow trippee from G100-101, Kristin LeFevre, “In all these years I don’t think I have ever written an update for the Class Notes. I’m living in San Francisco and working at YouTube as a software engineer. More importantly, my son Henry LeFevre was born on February 14 (Valentine’s Day)! He is wonderful and healthy and I am so excited to see what the future holds for him.”

Best wishes to the new moms and their families!

—Anne Cloudman, 215 W 98th St., Apt. 12C, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s!

Anastasia (Lambert) Norman and her husband, David Norman, MALS ’06, just sent their youngest son (of three) off to kindergarten, which, after two years of remote learning during the pandemic, feels like a big milestone. Dave popped champagne (at never having to pay for daycare expenses again!) and Annie dyed her hair blue (to feel less old). Dave graduates from his master of social work program in May and looks forward to starting the first day of his third career.

Vanessa Green sent me a quick update: “After 20 years living and working in Washington, D.C., my husband and I just relocated to Indianapolis, Indiana, with our two boys (ages 5 and 7). We all are loving the change of pace!”

I also heard from Lindsay (Nicholls) Mello: “I’ve published a children’s book called The Dream Fairy. Luna is a dream fairy. Each night she visits all the sleeping children to make sure they are dreaming sweet dreams. If a child is having a bad dream she whispers quietly into the child’s ear to lure out the bad dream and scoops it into a jar, closing it up tight. To ensure the child has sweet dreams, Luna leaves behind a magical dream flower. The Dream Fairy is a gentle, comforting bedtime story that is sure to bring all children sweet dreams. To purchase or get more info, visit www.dreamfairybook.com.”

—Anne Cloudman, 215 W 98th St., Apt. 12C, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s!

I have a sole, joyous update for you all. Amy (Partidge) Chana and her husband, Saajan Chana, welcomed their daughter, Eleanora, in April in Boston.

Visit us at 2002.dartmouth.org to submit an update of your own. Mark your calendars for Homecoming October 28-29—hope to see you there!

—Anne Cloudman, 215 W 98th St., Apt. 12C, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s! Plenty of happy news to report this time.

Syeda Saleela Khanum Salahuddin and her husband, Blake Everett Johnson, along with their daughters, Sufyana and Aydina, have welcomed to their family a beautiful and sweet baby girl, Syeda Wilaya Suraiya Johnson, who was born on June 11, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Baby is doing well and adored by her big sisters!

Sarah Winzelberg Olson and Ben Olson welcomed Vivian Marie on February 9. Mother and daughter are both doing well. Aria (2 1/2 years old) is very excited to be a big sister.

Molly (Stutzman) Miranda shared her joyous news, “Jorge Miranda ’01 and I welcomed Sophia Blair Miranda on January 30. We are smitten with her and enjoying these snuggly and hazy newborn days. She is also getting lots of love from her older siblings—Eloise, 7; Oliver, 5; and Theo, 3. We continue to enjoy life in the Bay Area (Alameda), where I’m with Google (chief of staff, people development) and Jorge is with the KIPP Foundation (senior director of high schools). If you’re ever in the area please let us know!”

Eric Powers revealed his sense of humor has come through the pandemic intact writing: “To spice up the relatively mundane last two years, my wife (Elizabeth McDonald, Georgetown ’04) and I had our third kid last March. Cate is almost 1 year old now, and in true third kid fashion she’s the most agreeable of the bunch. A third kid, of course, requires additional childcare, so we also added an au pair from Austria in September. It’s a full house now, and our grocery bills have nearly doubled, but every day is exciting and morale around here is improving. We are also both very happily employed by the U.S. Department of Justice. Hope to see everyone in Hanover sometime before our 25th reunion in 2027.”

Stevie Nichols has made her way back stateside: “After six years overseas in Egypt and Spain with the U.S. State Department and two months in Hawaii visiting Christina Hoe, Aimee Barnes ’04, Mamie ’99 and Mike Lawrence Gallagher ’01, Jocelyn Leavitt ’01, and Elizabeth Hensley ’05, I’m returning home to my theater and legal communities in New Mexico. Come visit!”

Please keep sending in updates. Happy almost-20 years since graduation!

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hi, ’02s! I hope you all are having a pleasant holiday season.

I heard from Jeff McDaniel, about his big move back to the United States: “My family and I moved back to New England in July following 10 years in Australia. I’ve commenced my new role as director of philanthropy at Mount Desert Island Hospital and will be leading a $50-plus-million capital campaign to expand and renovate the hospital. My wife, two daughters, and I are also delighted that we are buying a classic 1889 New England farmhouse in the historic village of Somesville, Maine. We hike all the time in Acadia National Park.”

Bill Meyer authored a new book that was published in November. The book is titled Healing Breath and offers a guided meditation for kids connecting them to the planet. “Breathe into the experience of waves on the ocean, trees in a forest, and the warmth of a desert, and feel your connection to all of life, from barnacles to baboons to falcons to farmers. This magical meditation-in-a-book is ideal for anyone who wants to simultaneously calm down and rise up to the world in all its wonders.”

Happy New Year and best wishes for 2022! Please keep sending in updates, and if you’ve never submitted in the last 20 years, let this be the year you do!

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s!

Brian Mann was named the director of athletics at William & Mary. Mann will be responsible for the daily operations of the athletics department and its approximately 500 student-athletes and 120 coaches and staff. He will oversee a departmental budget of nearly $30 million and the university’s 23 Division I varsity sports. Brian most recently was the senior associate athletics director at University of California, Berkeley, and previously worked in the athletics departments at Rice University and Dartmouth. His 5,912 career passing yards as quarterback for Dartmouth are third on the Big Green’s all-time list. Brian and his wife, Hilary, have a 10-week-old son, Russell, who will join him soon in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Lauren Fontein is one of the founders of the Artist Tree (theartisttree.com), a new cannabis retail and art-focused California cannabis brand. Their stores are unique, because each is a hybrid of a high-end retail boutique and an art gallery featuring rotating exhibits from local artists. They opened their first store in West Hollywood in November 2019 and two additional L.A. stores in April. They’ll be opening one of California’s first smoking lounges and entertainment venues this coming fall in West Hollywood. They also have additional stores opening in other California cities later this year. One of the upcoming locations, in El Sobrante, is also co-owned by a fellow Dartmouth grad, Adam Han ’03.

I hope you all are well and keep sending in your updates!

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s! This month I decided to take a new approach of randomly selecting a small group of classmates from our class list and requesting updates. I only heard back from one classmate, so next time around I’ll expand the group!

Thanks so much to Tracy Keller for her response. “After four years back in Vermont at Green Mountain Valley School, my family and I (husband Dan, Wilson, 6, and Harper, 4) have settled into life on campus. We’re eager for the post-pandemic world so we can socialize with Sarah (Meyers) Pingree and her family, who now spend extensive time at their new home in the Mad River Valley.” Tracy mentioned she has also been enjoying many virtual cocktail hours with Dartmouth classmates—a pandemic feature I have also been a party to and one I sincerely hope continues as we inch toward normalcy.

David Trouille has written a new book, Fútbol in the Park: Immigrants, Soccer and the Creation of Social Ties, published by the University of Chicago Press. The book takes the reader “into the world of Latino soccer players who regularly play in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood where they are not always welcome. Together on the soccer field, sharing beers after the games, and occasionally exchanging taunts or blows, the men build relationships and a sense of who they are. Through these engrossing, revealing, and at times immortalizing activities, they forge new identities, friendships, and job opportunities, giving themselves a renewed sense of self-worth and community. As the United States becomes increasingly polarized over issues of immigration and culture, Fútbol in the Park offers a close look at the individual lives and experiences of migrants.” David played soccer at Dartmouth and is currently a professor of sociology at James Madison University.

A bit of class news, our 20th reunion, which was originally scheduled for June 18-20, will be held virtually. Our next on-campus reunion will be our 25th in June 2027—but be on the lookout for information about other class events at Homecoming or mini-reunions once we are safely able to gather in person.

I hope you all are well and please send in your updates!

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s!

Kate Siber sent me an update, “I have two bits of news: I am now officially a cancer survivor, having made it through treatment for stage II breast cancer. I just want to mention it in case anyone is going through something similar and is in need of support or beta. And, on a more fun note, I had a delightful project that I finished up during treatment: a large-format, nonfiction children’s book called 50 Adventures in the 50 States that came out in early October. It’s basically a gorgeously illustrated, educational, nature-factoid-packed adventure bucket list for kiddos. I hope kids (and parents!) love it!”

Kate is right—the book is gorgeous! I ordered it for my kids so at least they can see the country that I hope one day we’ll get to travel around again. Please send me your updates—and best wishes for a better and brighter 2021!

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s!

I hope you all are weathering the Covid-19 pandemic intact.

I heard from Cara Kinsey: “The last few months have really allowed for connecting with my Dartmouth friends around the world and across the decades with virtual meetings. Dartmouth alums who I’ve become ‘friends’ with on social media through other friends I’ve now had real conversations with on Zoom! I’ve spent hours discussing life and playing games. I’ve had intelligent conversations with people other than my cat. It’s been like mini-reunions every week!”

Matt Jones filled me in on his many life changes: “Making up for lost time, I got married to Danielle Suarez (Hunter ’04), got a dog, bought a house, and celebrated the birth of my first child, all within about two years. This year will mark my 10 years since founding Molten Metal Works, a community metal shop in Los Angeles, teaching welding for sculpture, furniture, and general do-it-yourself.”

Our 20th reunion is less than a year away—June 18-20, 2021. Mark your calendars and come help us with the planning— email dartmouthclassof2002@gmail.com to join the committee. You can also join us in the class Facebook group or follow us on Instagram @dartmouth2002 for more class news and information.

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

The extended ’02 family keeps getting bigger.

Yelena Blackwell and her husband, William, announced the arrival of their son, Ethan Zachary Blackwell, on September 25. Since then he has found his thumb and melted everybody’s hearts with his dashing good looks. Ethan joins big brother Alex, age 4.

Melinda Moore and Andrew Langworthy welcomed Nicolas Ronan Langworthy into their family, which also includes older brother Carlos, on August 11 in New York City. Nico is snuggly and curious and enjoys Christmas trees and long chats with his puppies.

Send me your winter 2020 updates!

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s!

Jamie Colligan had some happy news to share, “My wife, Brooke, and I are elated to announce the birth of Thomas James Colligan. Thomas joined us on July 2, making our daughter, Alice, a big sister. Thankfully, everyone is healthy and great. We’re adjusting to life as a family of four and enjoying fresh newborn snuggles. Love to the ’02 family.”

Thea Ellis was named one of the 2019 “Wonder Women in Streaming” by Multichannel News. Thea serves as the head of content acquisition for PlayStation Vue, “overseeing deals between Sony’s virtual multichannel video programming distributor and programs such as AMC Networks, Discovery, NBCUniversal, and Turner, among others.” Congratulations to Thea!

Mark Bubriski wrote “I spent the last days of my 30s with Dartmouth friends on a beautiful late summer weekend in Virginia. Dan Almeida, Mike Bergen, Allan Klinge, Charlie Trumbull, Patrick Granfield ’03, Brent Jones ’03, Will Zimmerman ’03, Ben Correa ’04, Dave Hoftiezer ’04, and Evan Lapinsky ’04 all got together to enjoy nice bourbon, eat a massive amount of BBQ, play some grass volleyball, and swim in a guitar-shaped pool. Couldn’t have been a more perfect way to celebrate getting old.”

Bill Meyer had two books published this year—one in April about mindfulness and schools (Three Breaths and Begin: A Guide to Meditation in the Classroom) and one this past summer for children (Big Breath: A Guided Meditation for Kids).Bill has been teaching for more than 15 years and lives in the New York City suburbs with his wife and two children, welcoming his second child, Eleanor Sophie, this past June.

For those of you in the New York City region, the Dartmouth football team will face Princeton in a match at Yankee Stadium on November 9. Tickets are on sale through the Dartmouth website, and check out our class Facebook group for more information about a class gathering!

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s!

I put out a very last minute plea on Facebook for submissions, and you ’02s came through for me!

Sam Reisner and his wife, Mariah (Wesleyan ’04), along with big sister Aviva, are pleased to announce the birth of Zohana Grace Reisner. She was born on June 19, 2017, at 8:02 a.m., weighing 8 pounds, 7.5 ounces. The happy family is still doing well two years later and they recently moved to Farmington, Connecticut. Sam has started a new position in Disney’s new direct-to-consumer and international segment as director of technology strategy in the office of the chief technology officer.

Stephanie Kahn Scheinkman on February 13 gave birth to her second son, Noah Beck Scheinkman, named for his Aunt Rebecca, who passed away in December of stage IV metastatic breast cancer. Noah joins big brother Sam, who just turned 4. Stephanie and her husband, Mike, both work in New York City and live in Armonk, New York.

Kenneth Gillingham and Julie Gillingham (UCSB ’04) are excited to welcome into the world their first son, Wesley Gillingham, on March 27. He’s adorable, a lot of fun, and great at keeping his parents awake at night!

Maya Martin Cadogan shared, “My mother and I were featured in a chapter of Harvard professor Ronald Ferguson’s new book, The Formula: Unlocking the Secrets to Raising Highly Successful Children. The book details Ferguson’s research about eight roles parents can play to support their child(ren). Our chapter is called ‘The Negotiator’ and is about teaching a child to self-advocate, which my mother did expertly well—allowing me to advocate for a different, experienced teacher for my entire class in third grade. All kudos go to my mom, and it’s little wonder that today I founded an organization, Parents Amplifying Voices in Education (PAVE), to provide collective space for parents to be the leaders they already are and advocate for their own children and all of the children in D.C.’s public education system.”

Lastly, I ran into Mike Bergen at our 20th high school reunion this past fall in Darien, Connecticut. Mike moved to Darien last August with his wife, Heidi, and their children, Jackson (3) and Juliana (1). It was great to catch up with him!

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s! Aaron Pumerantz and his wife, Christa, welcomed a son, Grant James, on May 4, 2018. He joins big sister Gracyn, who is 3. Aaron also completed more than a decade of service in the U.S. Army, achieving the rank of major. The family now lives in Sylvania, Ohio, where he practices rheumatology with the Toledo Clinic. If any fellow ’02s find themselves in the Midwest, they’d love to hear from you!

Maya C. Martin married James Cadogan (Princeton ’03) on September 15, 2018, at the historic Tudor Place in Washington, D.C. The Cadogans were surrounded by family and friends on their special day, including fellow Dartmouth alumni Hosea H. Harvey ’95, who served as the best man; Thea S. Ellis, the maid of honor; and Eli B. Diament. Back from her honeymoon in France, Maya continues as executive director of Parents Amplifying Voices in Education (PAVE), the nonprofit she founded in 2016 that connects, informs, and empowers parent leaders to give families a voice and choice in the vision for education in Washington, D.C.

J.T. (Leaird) Schiltz and her husband, Joe, welcomed their son, Peter John Schiltz, on November 4, 2018. His 2-year-old sister Magnolia is very excited about the new addition to the family, frequently exclaiming: “Baby! My!” They live in Forest Hills in Queens, New York, and J.T. is in her 14th year working for Uncommon Schools, now as the special education advisor to the network of charter schools.

A new network for Dartmouth alums has been launched: Middle Eastern Association for Dartmouth Students and Alumni (MEADSA). Join the network on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/meadsa. Also, on July 1, 2018, Dartmouth announced a new academic program, the Middle Eastern studies program. More here: mes.dartmouth.edu.

Congratulations to all!

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s!

Katie Simon Boshoff and her husband, Adam Boshoff, welcomed son Max on July 19 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Katie writes, “We are excited to head home next week to Lilongwe, Malawi, where I’m still working for Baylor International Pediatrics AIDS Initiative as medical director of the Tingathe outreach program. If anyone finds themselves in this part of the world, Malawi is worth a visit—please look us up!”

Kimberly Jenkin Munoz and her husband, Justin, welcomed daughter Nora Ann Munoz on April 10. “Her big brother, Jack, is completely smitten with her, as are we. She has already been in our travel trailer many times exploring the beautiful Pacific Northwest.”

I also received an update from Paul Gulezian, “I am happy to report that I’m on sabbatical this fall term at my position as associate professor of biology at Oakton Community College in Illinois, and I’m writing a book on the biodiversity of the Chicago region. It will be a field guide to the species and natural history of the area, and designed for use in environmental studies courses and for the general public. I’m doing all the photography of organisms, habitats, and ecosystems in addition to the writing, and its working title is A Field Guide to the Biodiversity of the Chicago Region. The publisher is Blue Door Publishing out of Minneapolis, and it should be ready by January 2019!”

Congratulations to all!

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s.

Seth Smith sent me a fantastically detailed update about many ’02s!

“My wife and I moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2017 and had our second child, Preston Jason Smith, named for fellow ’02 Jason Taylor. When I was in Hanover last summer, I stopped by the Co-op for the obligatory green Dartmouth onesies.

“Summer of 2017 also allowed me to see Dave Reed and his wife, Anna ’03, down at their house in Duxbury, Massachusetts. It was lovely to sit down to a home-cooked meal with their three children. Our Dartmouth Grant reunion occurs each year with Erik Wang, Matt Sullivan, Geoff Smith, Jeff Kinkaid ’01, Riley Lochridge, Clayton McClintock, and Kwabena Akowuah. We have gathered every year since 2002, mostly at the Grant, but as far away as California, Montana, and Virginia. We will be back in the Grant this summer. We often talk of when we will invite spouses and children, but our antics seem to prevent others from coming.

“Joy (my wife, Westmont College ’01) and I spend significant time with Sarita Shoenebeck-Yardi and her family in the Ann Arbor area. In March we conducted an Easter egg hunt with a combined five children from both families, all 4 years of age and under.

In April Jason Taylor and I hiked Paria Canyon in Utah with a few close friends. It’s always good to be in the great outdoors with fellow alums. Ron June and I speak regularly. His family is doing well in Bozeman, Montana. He earned tenure recently and is gearing up for a sabbatical this summer to Spain.

“I would love to hear from other alumni in the food and beverage industry, specifically on the manufacturing and research-and-development side (perhaps via LinkedIn). That seems to be my calling in life. I’ve progressed through the ranks to plant manager, and enjoy leading others. I’d love to know how others took a path from Dartmouth into the food and beverage industry.”

I also received a happy update from Jennifer (Ain) Lippman. Her son, Benjamin Reid Lippman, was born February 8. Benjamin was welcomed by big brother Ryan, 6, and big sister Juliette, 3.

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s! Just a few happy notes in my inbox this time around. I heard from Nathan Fidel: “Sarah Hicks and I are pleased to announce the birth of our daughter, Clémentine Marthe Fidel, on October 9. Sarah and baby are doing great.” Yvette Nameth got engaged to Jeremy Fransene while traveling in Iceland. The wedding is set for May. They live together with their three pups in Seattle. Our class vice president Eric Powers shared his happy news, “Liz and I are thrilled to announce that Rebecca Pearl Powers came into the world on October 26 at 3:49 a.m. after a short labor. She clocked in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was 19 inches in length. Sam is excited to be a big brother and is learning how to be gentle—it’s a work in progress.”

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s. I have lots of happy news to report.

On the afternoon of March 24 in New York City Melinda Moore and Andrew Langworthy welcomed Carlos Baxter “Arlo” Langworthy into their family, which also includes Gus and Violet, their beloved puppies. He is a lovely baby, chubby and jolly, enjoys hollering and regarding himself in the mirror.

Jocelyn Leavitt ’01 had the good sense to send Mary Anne Mendenhall on a blind date with her friend Gordon Watson in the fall of 2015. On May 20, surrounded by their friends and family, they got married in Brooklyn. When the city’s department of buildings shut their venue down two weeks before the wedding, it was hard to imagine there would be any wedding at all. But when the big day came, rugs were cut and everyone was overserved!

In attendance were Nigel D’Souza, Tom Allason, Daniele Genadry, Melinda Moore, Andrew Langworthy, Hillary Schrenell, Matt Ippolito, Lonnie Threatte, Andrea Haffty, Danny Markman, Stevie Nichols and, of course, Jocelyn. Leah (Threatte) Bojnowski ’01, Gunther Hamm, Kristin (Shigley) Livingston and Lisa Salzer-Wiles ’04 promised they were partying via FaceTime. Buy wedding insurance, okay?

Charlie Trumbull and his wife, Hannah, are thrilled to announce the arrival of their first child, Havana Josephine Trumbull, this past August.

Hope you all are having a splendid fall! Keep sending your updates.

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s. Remember the glittery sparkling football that Lady Gaga caught as she leapt off the stage at the end of the Super Bowl halftime show? That ball was skillfully tossed to her by none other than our classmate Brian Mann. Brian, who was quarterback of the Dartmouth football team and holds the Dartmouth single-season record for passing yards, works at Rice University in Houston as associate athletics director. Just a few days before the Super Bowl, Lady Gaga’s team contacted the Rice athletics department looking for someone to make the throw. Brian was a natural choice, having prior performance experience as Adam Sandler’s stunt double in the remake of The Longest Yard and as quarterbacks in the films Invincible starring Mark Wahlberg and The Game Plan with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. After a few days of rehearsals and fine-tuning, the play was set for Super Bowl Sunday. “I was nervous I suppose. We had practiced it so many times, I felt like I knew where I had to put the football for her to catch it,” said Mann. “But there was one point during the show, where they tell everybody in the stadium to turn on their flashlights on their phones as a way to light up the stadium, and when that happened I realized just how big 70,000 people can look. Then I decided at that point to put my head down and worry about what I had to do and not look at the crowd.” The play was a great success and Mann came away from the experience with a new respect for Lady Gaga, “What I found one of the coolest things to be was the way she empowers young girls. You could hear that in her voice and what she said to them, to be themselves, to be individuals and love who they are.” Mann said the performer was very friendly and down to earth and it was an experience he won’t soon forget!

Ariel Diaz and his wife welcomed a daughter, Sophie Mia Diaz, on November 26, 2016. Sophie is doing well and the happy family lives in New York, where Ariel is starting his third startup.

Alice Lam, and her husband, Jeff, welcomed their son, Alon Choi Federman, on December 13, 2016. Claude, his fluffy Samoyed older brother, is excited to play ball with Alon in Central Park in the years to come.

Adam Green and his wife, Stacey (Morris) Green ’99, welcomed daughter Juliet last March, joining her brothers, Andy (6) and Dylan (3). The family lives outside of Boulder, Colorado, and Adam works as a pediatric oncologist at Children’s Hospital Colorado, where he runs a lab investigating new treatments for childhood brain tumors. Adam and Aaron Fiske have set up their own little Patriots Fan Club West and get their families together many Sundays during football season.

Thanks for all the updates! Keep sending them along.

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s!

Nicole Wanzer-Serrano and her husband, Darrel (University of Puget Sound), welcomed their first child, Carlos Jesus “C.J.,” into the world on May 15. A 24-week micropreemie, C.J. gained social media fame for his stunning good looks and overall scrappiness. After a 148-day stay in the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital, C.J. is now home starting work on his Dartmouth application for the class of 2038. The happy family lives in the Iowa City area, where Nicole is the director of development for the National Speech & Debate Association.

In 2009 Sarah Sommerfield and Justin Poitras got married. In 2010 Sarah was diagnosed with a very rare, incurable lung disease called lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). One of the things that has helped them cope with the diagnosis has been their love of travel, and for a while they considered taking a break from their normal lives to travel full-time. This June they did just that. They quit their jobs and left their comfortable apartment in Brooklyn, New York, to set off for a year to explore the world and raise awareness of LAM. Working with the LAM Foundation, Sarah is serving as its global LAM liaison to meet members of the international LAM community (patients, clinicians and researchers) to further the connections among the community and the search for a cure. They are documenting their journey at www.travelbreatherepeat.com. And they would love to meet up with Dartmouth alums too, so if you live abroad and would like to connect, email them at sarahpoitras@gmail.com or justinpoitras@gmail.com.

Lynnie Rudner was happy to accept a fellowship offer in pediatric anesthesia at the University of Rochester. It will start in the summer of 2017 and lasts one year. Lynnie is very excited to stay in Rochester, New York, and specialize in her training even more.

The DAM learned of Hillary Miller’snewly published book, Drop Dead: Performance in Crisis, 1970s New York from Northwestern University Press. The book investigates theater and performance during the 1970s fiscal crisis in New York. Hillary is currently an assistant professor of theater at California State University, Northridge.

Happy New Year, ’02s!

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s! It was great to see so many of you at our reunion in June. Almost 200 ’02s showed up with their partners, spouses and children, living it up in the dorms like old times. Delicious dinners were catered both nights by Murphy’s. Two of our class historians, Lonnie Threatte and Brett Quimby, toasted us on the Bema, reminding us of what stays the same and what changes between graduation and today. We also elected a new class vice president, Eric Powers. Thanks to Jeff Hafner, Phil Mone, Kendra Quincy Knauf, Yelena Blackwell, Sarah Myers Pingree and the rest of the reunion committee for such an amazing time! 

Our reunion co-chair Kendra filled me in on her recent career change: “The past couple of years have been full of change since I returned to graduate school in mental health counseling for a second master’s degree. I spent almost a year working for a local crisis team and now am a clinician at a therapeutic school for students ranging in age from 8 to 22. I love this new direction my career has taken and I find the work rewarding in many ways.”

A few weeks before she brought her new husband up to Dartmouth for reunion, J.T. Leaird married Joe Schiltz (Fordham ’04) on May 29 at the Allen Sheep Farm on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. J.T.’s bridal party included Kate (Knowles) Frankel, Cliff Campbell ’04 and Mark Orsini ’04 and the Big Green was well represented among the guests by Matt Frankel, Tucker (Ballard) and Dan Mahoney ’01, Emily Wood, Kate (Murphy) Voltz, Abigail Clark, Elizabeth Badger and John Nichols ’01, Christian ’05 and Rebecca (Ely) Weeks, Liz (Balanda) and Chris Baldwin, Katie Price, Kristin (Barlup) Toombs, Tori (Miner) Flaherty, Kate Siber, Merrielle Macleod, Karin Ljungquist, Allyson Terpsma and Jennifer Koch and Kate Cochrane. Joe and J.T. live in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, where J.T. manages four charter middle schools with Uncommon Schools and Joe works for the Boy Scouts of America.

Lastly, just after reunion I sadly learned that Alexander “Xander” Harrison passed away unexpectedly on June 17. Xander was a bold, brilliant and charismatic individual and he will be deeply missed by his family and friends. I encourage you to share any memories, photos or condolences for his family on his memorial website at memorialwebsites.legacy.com/Alexander_Harrison/homepage.aspx. A full obituary will appear on the DAM website.

Xander was one of my first friends at Dartmouth and his death comes as quite a shock. His passing and seeing everyone at reunion serve as a reminder that while Dartmouth is clearly a very special place, the best part of the Dartmouth experience is all the amazing people, such as Xander, with whom we shared our college years. With that in mind, I encourage you to keep in touch, though ’round the girdled earth we roam.

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s! I’m happy to share lots of updates with you. Brett Quimby and his wife, Alyssa, welcomed their daughter, Emerson Jean Quimby, to their family in August. The family lives in Los Angeles, where Brett teaches middle and high school English and his wife practices medicine. They’re excited to see Emerson grow! Katie Lynch sent me her exciting news, “On January 19 my novel Confucius Jane will be released by Forge Books. The book is a blend of women’s fiction and romance with a dash of magical realism. More information is available at www.confuciusjane.com.” Great news out of Texas, where Aaron Pumerantz, now a major in the U.S. Army, was recently named chief of rheumatology at Fort Bliss. He and his wife, Christa, also welcomed their first child, daughter Gracyn Marie, on August 25, 2015. They are enjoying every minute of being her parents!

Caroline Pott filled me in on ’02s she’s been seeing around the East Coast and her new job. “Another recent stint of a few years in Washington, D.C., allowed me to see much of that city’s permanent Dartmouth population. On a few work-related trips to State College I also saw Charlie White, Chris Moore and Mark Kissling, all of whom work for Penn State. In August I made the trip down to Charlotte, North Carolina, to see Molly Redmond, who is a biology professor at the University of North Carolina, and we visited the highest mountain east of the Mississippi. In September I was up in Hanover and at Moosilauke working on the ’66 Bunkhouse (featured in DAM Jan-Feb issue). I loved meeting both the older and younger alums, and of course wielding sharp tools and being overfed by the lodge. I also delighted in a homemade dinner and hike with Flora Krivak-Tetley, who’s working on her Ph.D. Shortly thereafter I packed two suitcases, a backpack and a pair of scuba fins for a new job on St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. I am managing the East End Marine Park for the Virgin Islands government. Having done very little research on the island before I came, I am pleasantly surprised that I love my new home so far: For a small island there is a ton going on, including a vibrant farm and restaurant scene, a university, rum distilleries, hikes to remote beaches, sea turtles, sailing, scuba diving, historical plantations—truly something for everyone. Beau McCoy was here over the holidays; Beau’s Dartmouth paraphernalia allowed us to meet two alums and the family of a current student within three days. I won’t make it to reunion this year, but Phil Mone, Merrielle Macleod and I are plotting a young(er) alum takeover of the annual Dartmouth Alumni Club of the Virgin Islands flotilla next May.”

Katie Pasciucco and Yelena Blackwell bumped into each other in Brookline, Massachusetts. Yelena wrote, “Each of us welcomed a baby to the family recently! Katie’s little Karlie arrived on September 9 and my baby Alex joined us on October 13. Both Katie and I are amazed by how fast time is flying by and look forward to play dates soon!”

Our 15th (14th) reunion is in less than two months. Hope to see you there!

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Lots of news to report!

Lynnie Rudner updated me on the July 3 wedding of Ty Garland to Brian Roy. “It was so much fun catching up with John Pearson, Ariel Diaz, Peter Holoch, Jared Geller, Jim Hotaling, Matt Drossos and Katie (Baines) Drossos ’04, Elizabeth Badger and John Nichols ’01, Jillian Buhler ’03, Brad Leneis ’03 and Lindsay Reardon ’03. The wedding adventure started on a gorgeous boat in the Seattle Harbor, continued at a beautiful lodge on Bainbridge Island and then finished with more dancing and partying on the boat ride home. The weather was great and the weekend was spectacular!”

Drew Lambert was married to Christina Beale on September 19 at Cedar Point Yacht Club in Westport, Connecticut. Alumni in attendance included Kelsey Morgan, Tommy Dewland, Dave Weiss, Chris Winterbottom, Nate Anderson, James Parker, Mike Holick, Doug Fenton and Jess (Margolin) Fenton ’00, Marcus and Lindsay (Bowen) Coe ’00, Hugh Lavery ’98, Brent Edwards ’00, Ryan Sheehan ’00, Errik Anderson ’00, John Sheller ’09 and Kelly Hackett ’09. The ceremony was conducted (splendidly!) by Caroline Hribar ’00.

Mike and Kristi (Esmiol) James welcomed a daughter, Samantha Evelyn James, on September 21. Big brother Kai (two years and 12 days older) hasn’t missed a beat, loves touching Baby Sam’s toes, and enjoys holding her for about 12 seconds. Mom and dad are doing well and are adjusting to life with two kiddos!

Charlie Trumbull married Hannah Molofsky on October 4, 2015, in Charleston, South Carolina. Despite historic rain, flooding and road closures, the wedding was perfect. A number of Dartmouth alums braved the storm to attend, including Allan Klinge, Sam Short, Michael Bergen, Andrew Langworthy and Melinda Moore, and Kip Eideberg, Adv’02.

Allan Klinge also shared news that heand his wife, Sarah, welcomed home their baby girl, Sabine Soyul Klinge, from Korea in September. Sabine, 1 1/2 years old, joins big brother Carsten, 4, and the family in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Matthew Klentak was named as the general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team. Matt is the youngest GM in Phillies history! Matt and Lauren (Smalkowski) Klentak are currently living in California and are excited to return to the East Coast.

Brian Jacobs finished his doctorate in French literature at Princeton in May. He is still loving teaching at the Lawrenceville School and is a housemaster this year.

Last but certainly not least, Phil Mone, our wonderful class president, was married during Labor Day weekend to Zeina Kiblawi on Nantucket, Massachusetts, before immediate family and then traveled to Italy for their honeymoon. Phil writes, “My wife didn’t know anything about Dartmouth before I met her. I am slowly indoctrinating her. She has agreed to come to reunion, but is skeptical about my love for all things Hanover. I look forward to her meeting you all.”

In June the class of 2002 will celebrate our “15th” (technically it will be our 14th) reunion. Like our “10th” reunion in 2011, we will be clustered with the 2000s and the 2001s. So save June 17-19 as the date for our 15th reunion in Hanover. Stay tuned for more updates! If you have any questions, just write to us at dartmouth.class.of.2002@gmail.com.

Keep sending your class updates—this was a great round!

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s. I heard from just a few classmates these past few months. Kristin (Shigley) Livingston is very excited to be moving back to the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, Alex, and their 2-year-old daughter Maya. Kristin is looking forward to being on staff at the University of California San Francisco as a pediatric orthopedic surgeon.

Heather Kofke-Egger and her wife, Carolyn Phillips (MIT ’99), welcomed a daughter, Maya Evelyn Phillips, at 3:23 p.m. on Sunday, June 14. Maya was 6 pounds, 15 ounces, and 20 inches long. Heather, Carolyn and Maya live in Chicago.

Lastly, Eric Powers sent a nice update about lots of big changes in his life: “After five mostly cold years in Chicago my family and I recently moved to Washington, D.C. It seems like everyone passes through Chicago every year or so, which I will miss, among many other great parts of the city. Before leaving I spent some time with Ed Freidheim and Robby Middleton, and also caught up with Bill Jaeger during his visit to the Windy City for a work conference. In D.C. my wife, Elizabeth McDonald (Georgetown ’04), and I both will be working for the U.S. Department of Justice. Liz will be working in the civil rights division. I will be a prosecutor in the tax division, criminal enforcement sections, where I will focus on financial, identity theft and tax crimes. Liz and I recently welcomed our son, Samuel James Powers, into the world. Sam is now 5 months and eagerly awaits his first visit to Dartmouth for our 15th (14th) college reunion next summer. Because my family and I apparently crave change, we also recently bought a house in McLean, Virginia. The only thing we didn’t do was get a dog, but that’s probably coming soon. Hope everyone is doing well.”

As this summer draws to a close I can’t help but think about our Sophomore Summer at Camp Dartmouth 15 years ago. If you have any stories from this summer, that summer or any other time, please share them!

—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com

Hello, ’02s. The extended ’02 family is getting bigger!


Nina Markey and her husband, Chris Huber, announced the birth of their daughter, Caroline Margaret Huber, on November 19. Their son, Gavin, is loving his big brother role! Nina is still practicing employment law in Philadelphia and the family lives in New Jersey. 


Sue (Beagan) Garland and her husband, Todd, welcomed their second child, Arthur James “A.J.” Garland on December 13. A.J. joins big sister Libby, age 2, and a 12-year-old chocolate Lab. The Garland family lives south of Boston in Hingham, Massachusetts, where they are currently covered in way more snow than we ever saw in our four years in Hanover!


Jennifer (Ain) Lippman filled me in on the birth of her daughter, Juliette Pearl Lippman, on December 19. Juliette joins big brother Ryan, who is 2 1/2 years old. Jennifer and her husband, Russell, live in New York City. 


Our class vice president, Jeff Hafner, organized a couple mini (micro) reunions in Boston and New York City after President Hanlon’s speaking events. In Boston Jeff met up with Yelena (Shklovskaya) Blackwell (our class treasurer), Asa Tapley and Kendra Quincy Knauf over drinks at Hennessy’s bar by Faneuil Hall. In New York City Conner McGee, Kevin Allen and Lauren Fog caught up with Jeff at Connolly’s bar near Times Square. If you have any interest in organizing a mini-reunion in your city, please contact us at dartmouth.class.of.2002@gmail.com. 


If you’re on Facebook, please join our official class group—we are 428 members and counting!


—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com


Hello, ’02s. I have lots of happy news to report this time.


Rachel A. Ciprotti moved back to her hometown of Atlanta in 2011. She wrote in to say that after working in the arts for about the past 10 years, she recently got her dream job as general manager of the Atlanta Chamber Players!


Deanna (Kasperski) Hill wrote, “Seth Hill and I are pleased to announce the birth of our second daughter, Madelyn Alice, in August. Big sister Abby adores her and we’re having lots of fun, but I will soon have to return to work as a primary care physician and assistant professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego. Seth continues to work as an assistant professor of political science at UCSD as well. We’re enjoying living in San Diego and are available for visitors if anyone needs to get away this winter!”


Julia Levy and Ari Edelson (Yale ’98) welcomed a baby boy, Eliot Henry Edelson, on May 8, 2014. Julia, Ari and Eliot live in New York City, where they work together on their arts and culture startup, Culture Craver.


I also heard from Megan Harrison Linn about two new additions to her family. Harrison Michael and Kennedy Allison were born August 20, two months early, so spent six weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit, but are now home and doing great. Sister Maddie, who turned 2 three weeks later, is starting to get used to the idea that they’ll be sticking around awhile.


Lauren (Smalkowski) Klentak filled me in on her exciting news, “Matt and I are excited to welcome our second daughter, Julia Elizabeth, who was born on October 6. Big sister Valerie (3 years old) is especially proud! We have been living in Newport Beach, California, for the past two and a half years and have met some great alumni through the Dartmouth Club of Orange County. If there are other folks living in or visiting the area, we’d love to meet up!”


That’s all the news for now. Keep sending your updates.


—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York City, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com


Hello, ’02s. There’s lots of happy news in this column. Alex Roberts and her husband, Eric Goralnick, welcomed baby girl and tiny Red Sox fan Zoe Isobel on May 14. Alex is a law professor at the University of New Hampshire. Zoe thoughtfully waited until final grades had been submitted to make her debut. 


Lynnie Rudner Correll wrote me about her new addition as well. “Andy and I were very excited to welcome Grady Gene Correll on Sunday, June 22. He weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and was 20.5 inches long—which explains why I always felt like I was going to topple over! Everyone is home and doing well, resting up for summer fun, and in the fall I’ll return to work switching from pediatrics residency to anesthesia.”


Also on June 22, Molly Johnson gave birth to Georgia Talbot Hawkins after nudging her along with long walks and spicy food. Georgia was 8 pounds, 21 inches and Molly and her husband, Jeff, are very happy and everyone is doing well at home. 


I also received an update from Ariel Diaz. Last fall he traveled to Peru and Argentina and while climbing the glacier Perito Moreno he met fellow Dartmouth alum Joel R. Reidenberg ’83. This June Ariel attended the wedding of Julia Pinover to John Kupiec ’04. There were many Dartmouth alumni there to celebrate. Ariel also mentioned that his educational startup, Boundless, is going well and they are preparing to launch their first product geared toward professors. Boundless currently reaches more than 3 million students and teachers around the world. 


That’s all the news for now. Keep sending your updates.


—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York City, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com


Hello, ’02s. Lots of happy news this time around. 
Molly Johnson married Jeff Hawkins on September 14 in a ceremony overlooking the Long Island Sound at the Johnson family shore cottage in Guilford, Connecticut. Jeff is a many-generation Canadian and Molly descends from the Mayflower passengers so the wedding was a true merging of early North American families. The wedding was a blast and I was happy to be there to celebrate with the happy couple along with Mara Buchbinder, Lauren Lafaro, Kristin (Shigley) Livingston, Allison (Stuntz) Schulte, Melinda Moore, Andrew Langworthy and Chuki Lord. Molly and Jeff live in New York, where Molly works in healthcare consulting and Jeff is in finance.
Mike Bergen and Heidi Lawrence were married on September 14 in Darien, Connecticut, at St. John’s Church followed by a reception at Woodway Country Club. Allan Klinge, Sam Short, Charles Trumbull, Andrew Langworthy, Melinda Moore, Kip Eideberg and Brian Graner were in attendance to wish the happy couple a lifetime of happiness. Mike and Heidi had a wonderful time on their honeymoon in French Polynesia, including a blood-pumping swim with local sharks, and are spending most of their time thinking of a strategy to move to Bora Bora permanently!
Stephanie Kahn married Michael Scheinkman on October 12 at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston. Stephanie and Mike credit fellow ’02 Jennifer (Ain) Lippman, who set them up on a blind date three years ago, when Stephanie first moved to New York after earning her M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management. Stephanie is currently a marketing manager at Elizabeth Arden Inc. in New York and Mike (Columbia ’01, St. John’s Law School ’06) is an attorney at New York-based firm Davis Polk & Wardwell. Dartmouth alumni at the wedding to help the couple celebrate were Lindsay (Jernigan) Bateman, Meredith Bryan, Mara Buchbinder, Lauren (Zeranski) Chisholm, Ariel (Sinclair) Stern, Peter Stern, Sue (Beagan) Garland, Maxine (Goldstein) Hynes, Rachel Kort, Jennifer (Ain) Lippman, Anna Piazza ’00, Tammy (Gargas) Ferris ’01 and Peter Ferris ’01.
Syeda Saleela Khanum Salahuddin and her husband, Blake Everett Johnson, along with their daughter Syeda Sufyana Suraiya Johnson have welcomed to their family a baby girl, Syeda Aydina Suraiya Johnson, who was born on October 12, 2013, in Washington, D.C.
—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York City, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com



Hello again, ’02s! I will preface this by saying that if you read our column in the last issue you will be sorely disappointed by this one. Guest columnists make life so much more fun for all involved, so e-mail me and volunteer to be one or suggest one today.


While our news for this month is not extensive it is all very happy! Liz and Chris Baldwin are proud to announce the arrival of Cameron Christopher Baldwin, who was born on September 7, 2009. The family lives outside of Philadelphia and takes frequent trips back to New England, where Cameron has already had his first Fenway Park experience.


Jeff Dwyer and his wife, Brenda Vale Dwyer ’93, welcomed their first child, Martina Charlotte Valentina Dwyer, on September 21, 2009. The family lives in Hanover.


Finally, Kristin King got married on May 30, 2009, to Jeremy Wright (University of Cincinnati ’06), a fellow Ohioan. They were married in their hometown of Piqua, Ohio. Many Dartmouth alums were in attendance. Maid of honor was Correne Bredin, along with bridesmaids Carly Haggard ’03 and Kristina Guarino Coen ’01. Dartmouth guests included Judy Parish Oberting ’91, Laura Mills ’01, Kevin Coen, Emilia Peraza, Jillian Rockoff ’03, Amy Ferguson Baillie ’03, Krista Dornfried ’05 and Meagan Walton ’05. For the next two years the couple will reside in Lubbock, Texas, where Kristin goes to school at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Jeremy works for Procter & Gamble as a mechanical engineer out of Cincinnati, Ohio.


Hope you’re all having a wonderful holiday season and that 2010 brings terrific things your way—things that you will promptly write in to tell me about so I can share them with the class! 


—J.T. Leaird, 229 East 21st St., Apt. 16, New York, NY 10010; jt.leaird@gmail.com


I am writing this column in the last days of 2009 and hoping that, as you read it in the middle of February, 2010 has gotten off to a great start for you and yours. At that point I will be resting up from a little Caribbean cruise with Allyson Terpsma (because honestly, why not?) and getting ready to visit Katie Price in Kathmandu. She is living in Nepal this year on a Fulbright scholarship, studying Bhutanese refugees. I love having cool friends who do things like spend a year in Nepal and my teacher’s calendar that leaves me time to visit them.


John Cortese wrote in with this update: “After seven and a half years at Lehman Brothers in New York, my trading desk was snapped up by Barclays Capital in the wake of last year’s bankruptcy. Since then I’ve transferred to London to run European high-yield credit trading for Barclays and am living in Knightsbridge. I still keep in touch with old schoolmates and flew to L.A. last May for Adam Feffer’s wedding, where I also caught up with Jeff Heminger among a few others.”


Raj Chowdhury recently started up an artist collective and social enterprise in San Francisco called Kismot (www.kismot.com), to expand opportunities for artists and musicians to contribute their skills to international development efforts in distressed communities. The nonprofit will apply art and music to address poverty, healthcare, education and conflict. These projects range from inspiring disadvantaged youth in Cambodia through hip-hop dance to rebuilding community identity for refugees in Colombia through sculpture to educating children from rural villages in Bangladesh through writing and theater.


I also got a press release from the Dartmouth Medical School about Matthew Cheney, who was recently selected as a Rolf C. Syvertsen Fellow. Matt and five of his fourth-year classmates, based on their academic achievement, leadership qualities, personal attributes and community involvement, were chosen by a faculty committee to receive the annual distinction in recognition of special leadership qualities and the potential to go beyond the traditional role as a physician. Matt was also recently selected by his peers for induction in the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society. He plans a career in radiation oncology.


Send me news, send me news! Seriously, the only way this column gets longer and juicier is by you shooting me an e-mail and letting me know what you’ve been up to—which I know is probably great stuff. Happy winter!


—J.T. Leaird, 229 East 21st St., Apt. 16, New York, NY 10010; jt.leaird@gmail.com


I made it back from Kathmandu and am happy to report that Katie Price is thriving working in the Bhutanese refugee camps in southern Nepal, has become a pro at arguing in Nepali with Kathmandu taxi drivers and she, Elizabeth Badger and I have officially seen Mount Everest. Now, since I’ve gotten lots of positive feedback about our April/May column’s section of random updates found on Facebook, I’ll start with that this time. As usual, feel free to write in with additions and clarifications to this news! Laura Grey is doing really cool art at Yale, where she’s a grad student. Marissa Harris lives in Las Vegas and is a belly dancer. Meaghan Gragg is a lawyer in New York, a fact I would like to confirm in person, but sadly the last time I saw her was for a karaoke Valentine’s Day H-crew reunion back in 2009. Nick Murphy is a lawyer too, in Washington, D.C. Riley Lochridge is at the University of Chicago.


On June 20, 2009, Kimberly Sarah Ballard-Perrin and Peter Kimball Brewitt ’03 were married at Yosemite National Park in California. It was a glorious day and a beautiful wedding, attended by quite a few Dartmouth alums. Peter and Kim are in Ph.D. programs at University of California, Santa Cruz. Congratulations to a very Dartmouth couple!


Dana (Greene) Korsten wrote in: “I can’t believe that it is almost a year since Tyler Blake Korsten was born July 22, 2009, in Manhattan. He weighed 6 pounds and 4 ounces and was 21.5 inches long. My husband Eric (UPenn ’97, Stern M.B.A. ’05) and I are loving being parents. I am busy juggling being a mommy and working as a private practice learning specialist. Eric continues to work in investment banking, specifically restructuring advisory, and his hours are long and grueling despite the improving economy.”


Alexandra Roberts sent this update: “Kendra Quincy Kemp married Andrew M. Knauf (Northeastern ’03) this past December in Duxbury, Massachusetts. I was a matron of honor, and the Dartmouth contingent—including Liz McKeon, Pam Piccola-Fales ’03, Jeff Saret ’01, Sena Ku ’01 and Case Dorkey ’99—tore up the dance floor. Kendra looked smashing in her white gown and red pumps, and then the two of them fled Boston for a honeymoon in Aruba.”


Julia Pinover forwarded a New York Times article featuring the Eureka Fund, a nonprofit organization started by Zach Berke, now its technology director. Based in San Francisco, the company gives the general public an opportunity to give donations toward scientific research being done by young scientists earning advanced degrees at the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University. The projects they support attempt to solve problems in wind, transportation, water, solar and energy storage. 


I got a press release about a grant Lynnie Rudner received from the American Medical Association. She is medical student at the University of Utah, studying a pediatric leukemia model in zebrafish to better understand the molecular mechanism of this disease.


Kristin Barlup is days away from graduating from the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs program with a master’s in public administration. She works at the Robin Hood Foundation, overseeing grants to New York City NGOs in supportive housing, homelessness and social services.


Happy summer! Looking forward to hearing about your adventures!


—J.T. Leaird, 229 East 21st St., Apt. 16, New York, NY 10010; jt.leaird@gmail.com


After this one there will be just four more Class Notes columns written by yours truly. Start thinking about whether you’re itching to take over this job, as it will be up for grabs at reunion this June! More on that from Vanessa (Green) Sinders, class president, and Phil Mone, vice president: “Mark your calendars: Our ninth reunion is June 17-19, 2011, in Hanover! For every 10th-year reunion Dartmouth clusters graduating years, so we will be on campus a year early—at the same time as the ’01s (celebrating their true 10th reunion) and ’00s (celebrating their 11th!). In addition to seeing all your ’02 friends, this will be a great way to see friends from other graduating classes that you wouldn’t otherwise get to see. We had almost 500 attendees at our fifth reunion back in 2007, and we hope to surpass that total next June! Meanwhile, we’re looking for volunteers to help plan this event! Please e-mail class.of.2002@alum.dartmouth.org!”


Matt Drossos and Katie (Baines) Drossos ’04 welcomed their daughter Madeline Ashcroft Drossos on May 28. They admit to dressing their first born in Dartmouth onesies in the hopes of subtly influencing her future college selection. Regan Murphy wrote in to tell us that Jeff Hafner married Liz Roberts ’00 in Mystic, Connecticut, this spring with many Dartmouth Cords and ’02s in attendance. Apparently there was a rousing rendition of the alma mater at their reception. 


Sam Reisner and Mariah Klaneski (Wesleyan ’04) were married October 3, 2009, at Wesleyan University. The ceremony was at Wesleyan’s Memorial Chapel, with dinner and dancing following at the school’s own Fayerweather building, in Beckham Hall. The Dartmouth contingent included Jared Alessandroni ’03, Carl Burnett ’03 and Richie Jay Nussbaum ’03. Mariah and Sam bought a house in Bristol, Connecticut, where Sam works as a senior development engineer at ESPN. Mariah is a graphic designer in Wesleyan’s new media lab.


After 12 fun years Matt Cheney has left the Upper Valley, having finished his M.D./Ph.D. at the med school. He wrote to say: “I’ve moved out to Seattle to do a preliminary year in internal medicine and then will be heading back to Boston to join the Harvard radiation oncology residency program. More importantly, I got married last September to Kate Olson (Middlebury ’05) on Lake Fairlee, Vermont. I’ve been catching up with Frank Yoshida, Jim Hotaling and Andy Brauninger while in Seattle, but would love to see any other Dartmouth folk who are out my way while I’m here!” 


Emilia Peraza wrote in with this happy news: “On August 14 I married Christian Warrington (Brown ’01) at Aquinas House on the Dartmouth campus. Our celebrant was Father Francis Belanger ’89, O.P. The reception followed at the Home Hill Inn in Plainfield, New Hampshire. Other Dartmouth alums in attendance were Meg (Cahill) Becker ’01, Todd Becker ’99, Sam Berdinka ’01, Jennifer (Wiehn) Bogue ’01, Dan Casella, Amy Catlin ’03, Geoff Colla ’04, Carrie (Hoverman) Colla ’01, Ashley Dean, Jackie Fuld ’03, Brian Hood, Margot and Pascal Lalonde, Nicole Miritello ’01, Lisa Thomas ’03, Joe Vinci and Kristin (King) Wright. We had an amazing celebration with our wonderful friends and family. Chris and I moved to Hanover from Sun Valley, Idaho, in January of this year and now that life has settled down a bit, we’re able to enjoy living in the greatest town on earth!”


My news is that in the 2011-12 school year I’ll be taking over as principal of Williamsburg Collegiate Charter School, the middle school I helped start five years ago in Brooklyn. I’ve also taken the plunge and bought a place in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. Life is good here in New York, and I hope the same is true in your corners of the world!


—J.T. Leaird, 202 Baltic St., Apt. 4, Brooklyn, NY 11201; jt.leaird@gmail.com


Hello, ’02s. I received a handful of submissions this time around. 


J.R. Lederer and his wife, Jessica, welcomed their daughter Tessa Jane Lederer on December 10. She arrived weighing 7 pounds, 13 ounces and has been enjoying getting to meet friends and family during the holiday season. 


Charlie Trumbull accepted a new position at the State Department as the deputy special envoy for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility. His team transferred six detainees in December and is looking forward to lots of progress in 2014.


Nina Markey made shareholder at her law firm, Littler Mendelson P.C. in Philadelphia. The firm represents and counsels employers in labor and employment law matters. 


Keep sending your updates!


—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York City, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com


Hello, ’02s! Our first update comes from Allison (Stuntz) Schulte, who gave birth to daughter Audrey Rose Schulte on May 4. Ali and her husband, Ben (Kansas ’00, UVA Engineering ’05), are overjoyed! I visited Ali and Audrey at their apartment near Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York, in late May and we went on a lovely stroll through the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. 


Kristin (Shigley) Livingston and her husband, Alex (Harvard ’96, Kellogg ’05), also welcomed a new baby girl! Maya Margarete Livingston was born on May 23. Kristin is in the last year of her orthopedic surgery residency and will stay in Boston for her fellowship in pediatric orthopedic surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital next year. I was lucky enough to get to meet little Maya at just 3 weeks of age when she and her parents came to my wedding! 


Ori Schnaps and I were married on June 14 at city hall in lower Manhattan and celebrated at our reception on June 16 at the boathouse in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Fellow alums in attendance included Allison (Stuntz) Schulte, Kristin (Shigley) Livingston, Molly Johnson, Lauren Lafaro, Melinda Moore, Andrew Langworthy, Chuki Lord, Chris Relyea ’01 and my father’s best friend from high school, Gerard D’Aquin ’65. I had a great time celebrating with friends from all the stages of my life thus far and then had the pleasure of relaxing on a beach in Turks and Caicos the following week. 


Keep sending your updates!


—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York City, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com


As the almost 300 members of our class who were in Hanover in June can attest—our 10th (ninth) reunion was a blast! Our class tent alongside the Alumni Gym was overflowing with classmates, spouses and the occasional infant or toddler on Friday night as people reunited over Mexican food, libations and music. The nearby tents for the classes of 2001 and 2000 proved excellent grounds for spotting familiar faces as well. Saturday afternoon we held our official class meeting at which we elected our new officers: Phil Mone as president, Heather Pixley as vice president, Yelena Blackwell as treasurer and myself as secretary. That evening President Jim Kim stopped by our class cocktail hour outside Novak Café to thank us for our continued dedication to the College and then we all dined in style on the Kemeny Patio (for those of you not on campus recently, Kemeny Hall replaced the “Shower Towers” of our era). 


Before reunion we received word of two happy items of note. Lisa Webb wrote in about Keely Beck’s April marriage to fellow Wharton graduate Tom Zipp. The wedding was held on a beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and many Dartmouth graduates were in attendance, including Jessica Webster ’01, Jessica Leung, Rucia Pei, Andrea Louie, Kobby Essien and Lisa. The bride and groom generously invited all the guests to the rehearsal dinner and the post-wedding brunch so the weekend provided lots of opportunities to spend quality time with friends. 


Deanna (Kasperski) Hill and Seth Hill shared news of the birth of their daughter this past March. Abigail Elizabeth Hill was born on March 31. Deanna and Seth are enjoying parenting and even found the time and energy to attend reunion with her! The couple lives in New Haven, Connecticut, and works at Yale University.


Abby wasn’t the only infant in attendance at reunion—Jack Heron Short was there, along with parents Sam and Meghan Short.Sam and Meghan started Jack’s first road trip at reunion, traveling from Hanover to Boston for a Red Sox game, then to Burlington, Vermont, for the lake, then to Arlington, Vermont, for Meredith Bryan’s wedding to Nick Parmar, Trinity ’00. Sam and Meghan are now back in East Lansing, Michigan, where Meghan is going back to teaching at Michigan State University College of Law and Sam is hard at work at his consulting company.


Another couple I caught up with at reunion was the newly engaged Charlotte Baxter and Stanton Maines. The couple met in Palm Beach, Florida, where Charlotte was a real estate developer for the past five years, and they recently moved to sunny Los Angeles for Charlotte to attend the UCLA Anderson M.B.A. program. She’s hoping the rigorous study schedule won’t keep her from her third Half Ironman triathlon this fall since she wants to stay in shape for her wedding early next year in her hometown, Atlanta. Charlotte added that she’d love to catch up with any classmates in the Los Angeles area.


J.R. Lederer and Jessica Calagione, Georgetown ’03, are also headed down the aisle. J.R. and Jess are to be married in Charlottesville, Virginia, on September 10. The couple, who met during law school at the University of Virginia, will be married by the former dean of the law school, John Calvin Jefferies Jr. Jessica and J.R. live in New York City, where she works at the Wiley Agency and he works at the Stamford, Connecticut-based investment management firm Diamondback. 


That’s all the news for now. Please keep sending along your updates. I’m happy to be back as class secretary!


—Anne Cloudman, 30 W 90th St., Apt. 3D, New York, NY 10024; (917) 763-8288; acloudman@gmail.com


Let’s start with some new additions to the extended ’02 family. Two days after the East Coast earthquake and two days before Hurricane Irene, Lauren (Smalkowski) Klentak and Matt Klentak welcomed Valerie Ava Klentak to the world on August 25 in Baltimore. The couple reports that they are thrilled and having a blast getting to know their little one! 


Nina Markey and husband Chris Huber (Bucknell ’99) also welcomed a baby. Nina writes, “We are happy to announce the birth of Gavin Thomas Huber on July 23! Despite arriving three weeks early he was 8 pounds, 13 ounces and 20.5 inches long. We are excited to get him into some of the Dartmouth baby gear we stocked up on at reunion!”


In wedding news, I read in The New York Times about Julia Levy’s marriage to Ari Edelson on July 22 in Manhattan. Julia and Ari were at reunion and I had a chance to catch up with them both. Julia recently graduated from Columbia Business School and now works for the Council on Foreign Relations. Ari is the artistic director of the Exchange, a theater company in Manhattan.


I heard from Heather Kofke-Egger about her September wedding to Carolyn Phillips, MIT ’99. Heather graduated from the University of Michigan School of Public Health with an M.S. in health services research this past April and has been a health policy fellow at a small health policy think tank in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the past year. The couple will be moving to Chicago after Carolyn gets her Ph.D. this December.


This past April I had the pleasure of attending Mara Buchbinder’s wedding to Jesse Summers in Durham, North Carolina. Many ’02s were in attendance, including Dan Almeida, Kari Hacker, Molly Johnson, Stephanie Kahn, Lauren Lafaro, Andrew Langworthy, Melinda Moore, Kristin (Shigley) Livingston and Allison (Stuntz) Schulte. Mara recently finished her Ph.D. in medical anthropology at UCLA, where the couple met as graduate students. Mara is now an assistant professor of social medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill.


Kenny Gillingham recently finished his Ph.D. in management science and engineering and economics at Stanford University and moved back east to New Haven, Connecticut, in the middle of Hurricane Irene to start a position as assistant professor of economics at Yale University. Kenny will be teaching environmental and energy economics at the school of forestry and environmental studies. He writes, “I will be missing the California sun, but it will be great to be back in New England.”


Yanni Liu Mohabir was also faced with Hurricane Irene though in a different setting than she expected: “I started working last fall in Nassau, the Bahamas, at Inventages Venture Capital, a global life science and consumer nutrition venture fund headquartered in Geneva. It is ironic that after living in the Bahamas for a year I fled Hurricane Irene the day before it hit Nassau only to experience my first hurricane in New York City. Living and working in the Bahamas is wonderful, and the weekly commute between Nassau and New York, which my husband, Kapil, and I share, proved to be manageable. The locals’ Nassau is quite different from the tourists’ version, so if anyone is coming through town, definitely reach out.”


Last but not least, as New York City was drying out from the hurricane I heard from Jorge Montalvo, who was promoted to special assistant/advisor to the New York secretary of state in June. In this capacity Montalvo manages special operations and policy projects for the secretary and serves as a member of the secretary’s executive staff.


That’s all the news for now. Please keep sending along your updates. 


—Anne Cloudman, 30 W 90th St., Apt. 3D, New York, NY 10024; acloudman@gmail.com


The first piece of news this issue is unfortunately quite sad. Our classmate Ryan Mahoney died on January 29 at New York Presbyterian Hospital, surrounded by his wife and family, after a courageous battle with, and complications from, Hodgkin’s disease. Ryan grew up in Rye, New York, and was an avid sailor. He represented the United States three times in the international 420 class world championships in Australia, Belgium and Newport, Rhode Island. At Dartmouth Ryan was the president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and a member of the sailing team. After graduation Ryan worked at Bear Stearns, where he became a managing director, and later at Credit Suisse as a director. Ryan met his wife, Alisha, in New York City and the couple was married on October 7, 2006. Their son Shaylon Daniel was born on November 13, 2009, and Alisha is expecting twins in July.


Scott Brown, Ryan’s first cousin, shared this story: “I remember the day I was accepted to Dartmouth like it was yesterday. Once I calmed down enough after reading the letter to form a coherent sentence, one of the first things I said to my mother was, ‘Did Ryan get in?’ When I learned the answer within the hour, I couldn’t have been more excited. I knew that no matter how nerve-wracking the college transition might be, I’d have my cousin Ryan’s familiar face around to make everything okay.
Ryan seemed to have the same effect on everyone he knew. He was that familiar face, that person who always made you feel welcome, who always offered words of encouragement, whose love of life and endless optimism always made you feel like everything was going to be okay. Ryan leaves behind a 2-year-old son, Shaylon, and his wonderful wife, Alisha, is expecting twins in July. If these children have even a fraction of Ryan’s personality, the world is a much better place.”


On a brighter note, I received word of Julia Pinover’s recent professional success. In December Julia was one of the lead attorneys on the Noel v. TLC case—a class-action lawsuit that resulted in a federal court order that will require New York City’s yellow taxi fleet to provide meaningful access to persons using wheelchairs. She also negotiated the “livery hail bill” by working directly with Gov. Cuomo and his counsel’s office. This is the first time in history that federal court has held the Americans with Disabilities Act applicable to a taxi fleet, and there is evidence that the legislation will change people’s lives in meaningful ways. Julia works for the California-based nonprofit Disability Rights Advocates, as the founder and legal director of the New York City office. 


—Anne Cloudman, 30 W 90th St., Apt. 3D, New York, NY 10024; acloudman@gmail.com


Hello, ’02s. The electronic mailbag has been sadly empty for the past two months. I know that you are all still out in the world pursuing challenging and creative careers, starting and raising families and being active participants in your communities. Please share your news with your classmates! If anyone is interested in writing a guest column for the next issue, I’d be happy to hand over the reins—temporarily, of course.


So the sole piece of news this issue is a bit of my own. After four years of dating, Ori Schnaps and I were engaged in December. We’re looking forward to a celebration in 2013!


—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com


Sadly, I have not been sent a stitch of news in the last two months, so there is (very lamely) nothing to report here. There is a lot of awesome baby news on the horizon, but I had to promise all of the moms-to-be that I wouldn’t announce anything until after the little ones were born, so that will have to wait. Send me news, ’02s! 


Hope that 2011 is off to a great start in your neck of the woods and that many of you are making plans to head back to Hanover this June 17-19 for our 10-year reunion with the ’00s and ’01s. I will most definitely be there and look forward to seeing you!


—J.T. Leaird, 202 Baltic St., Apt. 4, Brooklyn, NY 11201; jt.leaird@gmail.com


Hello, ’02s. There was quite a bit of news this time around—keep it coming!


Andreas Stavropoulos writes from San Francisco: “My longtime friend and colleague Patricia and I recently opened the doors of BASE Landscape Architecture with several great projects, leading the site design of Children’s Museum of Sonoma, California, crafting a 1-acre edible landscape in Atherton, California, and designing a mobile trailhead for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Please show your love or curiosity and check out our shiny new website at baselandscape.com or find us on Facebook. I also really enjoyed the recent Dartmouth alumni event here in San Francisco—great to see the support and community of Bay Area alumni on that scale, and with that, many cheese platters.”


Allen Fromherz announced the publication of his latest book: Qatar, A Modern History (Georgetown University Press, 2012). It is the first scholarly history of Qatar since 1979 and is based on his research and teaching at Qatar University from 2007 to 2008. Qatar is home to Al-Jazeera and located on a strategic peninsula between Saudi Arabia and Iran and Qataris have the highest per capita income in the world. Allen is an associate professor of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean history at Georgia State University. 


Mark Riley ’64 wrote to fill me in on his grandson’s birth. Nathaniel Riley and his wife, Manjula, welcomed a baby boy on March 1, 2011. Mark reports that Brennan Riley is already wearing green.


Michael Gratch shared his exciting news as well, writing, “I recently got engaged to the beautiful Megan Smith (Texas Christian University ’07) and we are looking to tie the knot in Napa, California, next year. In addition I founded a company, Legacy Heart Care Inc., back in 2003, shortly after we graduated. It’s a healthcare facility that specializes in a non-surgical treatment option called enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) for patients still having cardiac symptoms after invasive options have been utilized. More recently we are excited about the opening of our third location in Dallas. I started in Fort Worth, Texas, before opening in Austin, Texas, and now we are the second largest provider of EECP in the country, improving people’s lives every day.”


Lastly, I had the pleasure of attending a surprise birthday party for Andrew Langworthy this past spring. Andrew’s fiancée Melinda Moore hosted an excellent fete with plenty of Dartmouth classmates in attendance. Allan Klinge, Charlie Trumbull, Sam Short and Lauren Lafaro came in from out of town for the festivities, joining local friends Allison (Stuntz) Schulte, Molly Johnson, Mary Anne Mendenhall, Connor Price, Mike Bergen, Chuki Lord, Lindsay Hoffman ’03 and myself. The surprise was a success and a few of us participated in a cheerfully sloppy performance of “Blame It on the Boogie.” 


Happy 10-year anniversary, ’02s!


—Anne Cloudman, 30 W 90th St., Apt. 3D, New York, NY 10024; acloudman@gmail.com


Hello, ’02s. As I write this Hurricane Sandy is bearing down upon the Northeast. Perhaps by the time you read this there will be some interesting post-Sandy stories to share? Send me an update!


I heard from Megan (Harrison) Linn about the birth of her daughter. Megan wrote, “My husband, Mike Linn (Elon ’04), and I welcomed our first child, Madison Katherine Linn, into the world on September 10, 2012. She was seven weeks early but otherwise healthy and has been home for more than four weeks now and is doing great. We are all living in St. Paul, Minnesota, where I’m finishing up my fellowship in neonatology at the University of Minnesota.”


Jared Craft and his wife, Kristen, also welcomed a daughter, Hailey, in early September. The family is doing great and Jared said that they “couldn’t be happier.”


Mike Maturo and his wife, Jenn, announced the birth of their son Maddux Hanley Maturo on August 29. Maddux was three weeks early but is healthy and they are thrilled to have added him to the family.


Hillary Schrenell attended Laura Grey’s beautiful August wedding to Robert Honstein (Yale ‘04) in Chester, Vermont. The wonderful weekend brought together Dartmouth alums from across the country, including Meaghan Gragg, Sam (Burdman) Weigand (and her adorable baby daughter Carmen Sofia), Daniele Genadry, Holly Shaffer ’03, Caitlin McNally ’03, Nomi Stone ’03, Brian Tai ’01, Jourdan Abel ’03, Jon Cedar ’03, Billy Carty ’03, Kat Anderson ’03, Jon Shea ’03, Leo Pollock ’03, Kate Gage ’05, Brooke McLaughlin ’01, Jordan Kovnot ’04 and Jeff Kahn ’01.


Lastly I heard from John Wason ’71 about Sharon Moni (Davies) Haji Mkanga. John reports that Moni earned a master’s from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and then became an employee of the U.S. State Department. Following a year of further training she recently embarked for her first diplomatic post in the capital of the small West African country of Togo. Moni is married to a man from Tanzania and she is the proud mother of three children, a boy and two girls.


John added, “She’s kind of hard to get a hold of there in Togo, and of course she’s quite busy learning the ropes of international diplomacy.”


That’s all the news for now. Please keep sending along your updates. 


—Anne Cloudman, 315 West 99th St., Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10025; acloudman@gmail.com