Class Notes 2003

Greetings, ’03s.

Will we see you on the Green this spring for reunion? The dates are rapidly approaching and there’s still time to join us June 14-16. Your reunion committee has worked hard to plan a great weekend and we hope to see our classmates returning in droves.

I heard from Drew McConville, who wrote in to report that after almost 20 years he and Megan (Lewis) McConville and their two sons (ages 6 and 4) have relocated from D.C. to Montpelier, Vermont. They were able to bring their work in environmental policy and urban planning with them. The family is loving their new community and exploring local trails and swimming holes. Drew tells us they are excited to be back up north and would love to see any nearby Dartmouth folks for a hike, ski, or beer.

Jen (Johnston) Horner sends news of the publication of her first children’s book, Welcome Home, Margot Flamingo. She worked with a team to bring the story to life, focusing on helping families acclimate children to pet ownership. The team plans to release additional books in the series to inspire a new generation of responsible and compassionate dog lovers. Congratulations on your book, Jen!

In case you didn’t catch it, Yungsheng Wang appeared on Jeopardy! again this past December and won the 2023 Champions Wildcard tournament! He also advanced to the Tournament of Champions, which airs in February (will have aired by the time you read this column given the two-month lead time for publication). I will report on the results next time. Go, Yungsheng!

That’s all for this time—send me your news for the next edition.

—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Greetings, ’03s.

I’m happy to report that our class exceeded our fundraising goals for the Dartmouth College Fund (DCF) this past fiscal year, both in dollars and participation rates. Your head agents—John Apostolides, me (Megan (Riley) Kenney), John Robinson, and Charlotte (Haldeman) Whitmore—love the enthusiasm heading into our efforts for our 20th reunion gift. We have big goals for this fiscal year and hope to have a great showing for this gift. Did you know that every dollar donated to the DCF goes directly to financial aid and that Dartmouth is one of the few institutions to cover tuition fully for students whose family income is below $125,000? With our class gift, we help make that happen and ensure that Dartmouth can enroll students regardless of ability to pay. However, we cannot do it alone! Please reach out if you are interested in helping shape our 20th reunion gift—even if you can only reach out to a few classmates—we need your help.

I heard from Brian Mason, who reports that he and his wife, Jocelyn (Woolworth) Mason ’05, hiked up Tuckerman’s Ravine on the back side of Mount Washington in April. He says the last time they completed this hike was way back in 2001 when they were dating at Dartmouth. They shared the adventure with some new friends from their new town of Lexington, Massachusetts, where they have recently moved after 14 years in the Bay Area. Brian is working at Abiomed, Jocelyn is a reading specialist, and they and their three children are enjoying their new puppy Salty. Glad your family is settling in well, Brian!

Jason Ortiz (who I maintain should take a turn at this secretary gig) wrote in with a bevy of updates from his active ’03 social life. In June he caught up with Peter Rapp and Joe Ackley over beverages and supper. He reports that Alan Washington was missing from the gathering due to giving a middle school commencement address. Peter was just on his way to a three-week trip to Japan and Joe had recently returned from research trips to Copenhagen and Berlin for his upcoming book on the art and metalwork of medieval Europe. Sounds like lots of interesting travel for Peter and Joe!

Next, Jason met up with Peter Bohler, who was in N.Y.C. for work. Jason tells us that Peter and his partner, Celia, have two children now, baby Louisa, born October of 2022, who joins older brother Forest. The family recently relocated to Seattle. Congrats on the new addition to the family and the move, Peter!

Sometimes Jason reports his own news as well. He’s been teaching a new M.B.A. course at NYU Stern School called “Leadership Fellows.” Jason moonlights as an adjunct professor at Stern and loves the experience. The current course he’s teaching is experiential—the students role-play tough work scenarios with actors to analyze reactions from multiple points of view. Another Dartmouth alum, Hanna Levinson ’12, is one of the program’s administrators and the instructional designer for the course. Jason on occasion gets to see professor Bryan Bollinger around the school as well. Thanks, Jason, for all the updates and glad to hear things are going well.

That’s all for this time ’03s. Send me updates, volunteer to fundraise, help with reunion, become a class officer, etc., at the email below.

—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Greetings, ’03s!

Summer has arrived! And with it, some of my favorite Dartmouth memories: Tubestock (RIP), lazing on the Green, ice cream at Whistlestop—how about you? I was up in Hanover for the Dartmouth College Fund committee meeting in early April, and spring was just emerging. It will be lovely to visit next June for our 20th (21st) reunion. Speaking of which, we need help to plan the reunion, new officers to lead our class, and importantly, agents to help raise our class gift. Please contact me with any interest.

Katherine MacLean sent in news—her first book, Midnight Water: A Psychedelic Memoir, is coming out this summer. She also reports that she and husband John Motsinger moved to southern Vermont last summer with their two children, Frances (7), and Raymond (5). John is a farmer currently working on timber management, organic vegetables, and maple syrup in Dover. Katherine hopes to do a book reading and discussion this fall in Hanover at Still North Books. Congratulations, Katherine, and thanks for the updates.

I also heard from Katie Swor, who brings us the joyous news that she and her husband, Christian (University of Minnesota ’03) adopted their son, Quentin, in June 2021. They look forward to bringing him to Dartmouth soon. Katie remains as an engineer with Stantec and continues to manage the USA Bandy women’s team. Her team won bronze at the 2023 World Championships in Sweden, the first ever medal for USA Bandy. Wonderful update all around; thanks for sharing, Katie!

Bryan Bollinger wrote in with news of his promotion to full professor at the New York University Stern School of Business. Bryan serves as the academic director of doctoral education and the George A. Kellner faculty fellow. Best of luck in your new role, Bryan!

News reached me that Rebecca (Myers) Galemba’s newest book (mentioned as forthcoming in a previous column), Laboring for Justice: The Fight Against Wage Theft in an American City, was published on March 14. Congrats, Rebecca!

Sonja (Tonnesen) Davies, Lindsay (Hirschfeld) Guzowski, John Lawrence, Yungsheng Wang, and I (Megan (Riley) Kenney) visited Larchmont, New York, to celebrate Meredith (Schwartz) Beuchaw and husband Steve’s eldest daughter Sabrina’s (13) bat mitzvah. It was wonderful to catch up with classmates and join in the happy occasion.

Finally, I visited Lindsay Guzowski in April in her new home of Orlando, Florida, where she and husband Andrew and son Peter (5) moved in the summer of 2022. As all such responsible 40-something adults do, we spent a day immersing ourselves in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, much to the chagrin of my 12-year-old daughter, Bridget, who indignantly declared she could not believe that I went without her.

As always, send any and all news my way at the email below.

—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Greetings, ’03s.

News is in short supply this go around. I hope everyone is enjoying the start of spring. I’ll be up in Hanover this month for the Dartmouth College Fund committee meeting; it’s always nice to be back on campus.

A Dartmouth news release featuring Kjell Ericson caught my attention. Kjell is teaching a course on premodern Japanese at Kyoto University to Dartmouth students in the first Japan advanced language study abroad (LSA+) program since the pandemic began. While at Dartmouth Kjell participated in the same LSA+. Kjell is an assistant professor at Kyoto University and will soon be working on a project examining the trade in live seed oysters between Japan and the U.S. Pacific Northwest. How fun to teach the same LSA+ you attended, Kjell, hope you are enjoying the experience.

That’s all folks. Send me news for next time at the email below.

—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Winter greetings, ’03s.

Brr! I bet it’s cold up in Hanover now. I’ll never forget the bone-chilling winds whipping across the Green as we made our way about campus. Do you have a favorite Winter Carnival memory to share? Send me a note at the email below and I’ll include it in the next column.

As noted in our last column, Yungsheng Wang appeared on Jeopardy! with his episodes airing beginning July 4. He ended up being a three-night champion, amassing a total win of more than $80,000 before losing on his fourth appearance. Yungsheng is now waiting as an alternate to potentially appear on the Tournament of Champions. We’re crossing our fingers for you and congrats on your wins!

Jessica Sharkness wrote in with her first ever Class Notes update! She got married in July to Noah Arliss after two years of Covid-related delays. He’s not a Dartmouth alum and Jessica says she forgives him for that. In attendance were Adam Colman ’05, Nate Riley ’02, Sarah Stein ’05, Jessica Tam, and the above-mentioned Jeopardy! champion Yungsheng Wang. The couple lives in the Bay Area, where they moved in September 2020, and urge any fellow alums in the area to give a rouse. Congratulations on the nuptials, Jessica!

I heard from Alice Gomstyn, who reports in on a very belated joint 40th birthday gathering for her, Kathleen (Reeder) Paley, and Kristin Weekley in N.Y.C. in June. The group took in a Broadway show, dined at Nobu, and then headed to the Lower East Side to dance the night away—well, for an hour or two, that is. Also in June, Alice and her husband, Brian Maloney ’01, celebrated Pride Month with John Ashworth and his husband in Brooklyn, New York. Finally, in August Alice and her family were on vacation in Newport, Rhode Island, where they enjoyed a tour of historic Fort Adams led by Peter Baylor ’68. All around a Dartmouth-filled summer for Alice!

That’s all the news for this time, so help me out and send your updates to the email below!

—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Greetings, ’03s.

Summer is in full swing. Do you have a favorite memory from Sophomore Summer you’d like to share? Send me a note at the email below. In just two short years we’ll get to experience a bit of a Hanover summer at our 20th reunion! Speaking of which, our class head agents (me, Charlotte Haldeman Whitmore, John Apostolides, and John Robinson) are looking for classmates interested in helping us raise funds for our 20-year class gift. If you would like to be part of this milestone fundraising effort, please reach out. Any assistance is appreciated, even if you are willing to commit to contacting just a few ’03 friends. Did you know that $6 million for financial aid is raised every year from gifts of $250 or under? Every bit makes a difference.

I recently spent three days in Hanover for the biannual meeting of the Dartmouth College Fund committee. If you haven’t been to Hanover in some time, prepare to be blown away by the new buildings on the West End of campus (near Thayer and Tuck), where the recently completed Irving Institute for Energy and Society has opened along with the new engineering and computer sciences center. The spaces are gorgeous and functional for all aspects of student life, including bringing a food services option to that side of campus (How awesome would that have been for River residents?). The opportunities for current Dartmouth students are amazing and enhanced by our class support of the College Fund, which goes directly toward financial aid to help make Dartmouth accessible to the next generation of students.

Elizabeth Tatkow wrote in with a brief update. She reports that she welcomed Sebastian Everett Roy to her family last year and has joined New York Life Real Estate Investors after four years at Morgan Stanley. Congrats on both fronts, Elizabeth!

A Dartmouth news release caught my attention and I learned that our classmate John Turner headed back to Hanover in 2015 to become the director of the Dartmouth Forensic Union (a.k.a. debate). Under his leadership, the team has won back-to-back national debate tournaments this year and last year. Keep up the great winning streak, John!

And a random ’03-related encounter from me: I was walking near my house in Washington, D.C., and came across a couple wearing Dartmouth sweatshirts. I stopped to say hello and ask about their connection to the College. They were Patrick Granfield’s grandparents! It’s a small Dartmouth world!

That’s it for this time, as always, write me with any updates.

—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Dear ’03s, I’m sorry to begin the column with sad news once again. Our classmate Angel Acevedo, Th’05, passed in a tragic car accident in New Jersey. Many Dartmouth alumni attended the funeral for Angel and his wife, Daniela Correia Salles, in Long Branch, New Jersey, on October 20, 2021. Our class has made a donation to the Dartmouth College Fund in Angel’s memory and I will post a remembrance on our class page. Please send me a note if you have memories of Angel you would like included. Condolences to the family and friends of Angel and Daniela.

I received a press release about Casey Lozar, who received the 2021 Janet L. Yellen Award for Excellence in Community Development. Casey is the vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and director of the Center for Indian Country Development. In part, Casey received the award for his work with the U.S. Department of Treasury to ensure $20 billion of the Coronavirus State and Local Recovery Funds were allocated to tribal governments. Congratulations on the recognition, Casey!

Lastly, I heard from John Kalb, who tells me he’s been out of touch for a while but wanted to provide a brief update. He moved from the Washington, D.C., area to Manchester, New Hampshire, in June 2021 to marry Tanya Tupick, who is an urgent care doctor and pastor in the area. While they don’t have any children yet, they are hopeful for the future. Congratulations on the nuptials, John, and keep in touch!

Please send any updates to the email below.

—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Dear, ’03s, I’m sorry to start this column with sad news. Our classmate Jeremy Cobin passed away on May 6. A memorial was held for him in his hometown, Ridgewood, New Jersey, on July 18. Dartmouth alumni including his brother, Jon Cobin ’95, John Apostolides, Joe Calandrelli, Josh Cushman, Courtney (Anderson) DaCosta, Jason DaCosta, and Tim Whelan attended. A full remembrance will be posted on the DAM website and our class has made a donation to the College Fund in his memory. Our condolences to the Cobin family and Jeremy’s friends.

Lisa (Goodman) Marin reports that she recently began a new job. She’s now a senior statistician at Adelphi Research. Congrats on the new gig, Lisa!

I heard from Jillian (Rockoff) Sykes, who had lots of news to share. She started her own physical therapy practice, Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy Services LLC, in November 2019. She welcomed her third child, Eden Ruby, on August 14, 2020. Eden joins big brother Washington Ellis (7) and big sister Sceery Laura (5) and arrived just in time for the family’s move 10 days later from Boston to Scituate, Massachusetts. For her 40th birthday Jillian received a surfboard and reports you can follow her adventures with it @inamedmysurfboardzoloft, where she discusses women’s mental health activism. Thanks for all the updates, Jillian!

Robert Cotto checks in with the news that he and Viana Cotto ’05 welcomed their second son, Ismael “Izzy” Oscar Cotto, on June 12. Izzy joins big brother Bobby (4), and the family is doing well. Congratulations on the new addition!

In more baby news, Ashley Nowygrod and husband Jeff Doane, UVM ’07, announce the birth of their second son, Jack Everett Doane, on June 21. Jack joins big brother Ellsworth (23 months) while Ashley and Jeff try to remember how to function on three hours of sleep or less. Good luck with that, Ashley!

Justin Johnson sent me a note to share the news that he was promoted to senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary of his company, Jacobs, a publicly traded engineering and professional services firm based in Dallas. Congratulations on the promotion, Justin!

Alexis Jhamb sends in news from afar—she, husband Rafael Rosengarten ’01, and their two children have relocated to Atyrau, Kazakhstan. She’s taken a position as a secondee to an energy joint venture, leading the commercial group. Her new hobbies include ice fishing, testing her (poor) Russian skills in local markets, and long runs along the Ural River. Despite the continued challenges of the pandemic, the family is settling in nicely and enjoying the new adventure. Congrats on the new job and the big move!

That’s it for this time, ’03s. As usual, please send any updates to the email below.

—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Salutations, ’03s!

I hope this summer finds everyone well. News was a little slow coming in this time; make sure to submit any happenings in your world to the email address below.

Cecily Garber reached out to announce the birth of her second daughter, Hopper Hsu, on February 16. Hopper joins big sister Linnea (3), who has been surprisingly patient with the new addition to the family. Cecily reports that June will find her returning to her job as a senior director of communications for a small association that supports finance and operations professionals in independent schools. She gives a big thanks to her crew of ’03s whose calls have lessened the loneliness of pandemic life: Elise Berman, Jessie Allen Young, Devon (Haskell) Gorry, Kristin (Andrews) Lemos, Megan Malgeri, and Margie (Makielski) Avezuela Perez. Congratulations on the new arrival, Cecily!

I heard from Courtney (Anderson) DaCosta, who reports that she and Jason DaCosta welcomed Archer Jason (A.J. for short, hoping to set him up with a good nickname for a future Dartmouth baseball player) on January 25. Archer joins siblings Flynn (7) and Claire (4), who like to dote on the new member of their family. Courtney and Jason remain in the Twin Cities, but recently made the move across the Mississippi River from Minneapolis to Saint Paul. Jason is currently vice president of customer operations at Alarm.com, while Courtney recently moved into human relations at 3M after several years as in-house counsel. Welcome to the Dartmouth family, A.J.!

In one of the many daily dispatches from Dartmouth, I saw the news that Mike Murray was selected as the assistant to the general manager for the National Hockey League’s Minnesota Wild. The new role will put him in charge of the team’s hockey operations program. Congrats on the new gig, Mike!

Looking forward to seeing everyone again in person for mini-reunions when such events are permitted. For now, be well everyone.

—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Hi, ’03s. Not too much news this time. I heard from Oliver Bernstein, who started his own strategic communications firm, Steady Hand PR, which helps nonprofits and foundations get their messages out. His children are in fourth and first grade and they are still in Austin, Texas. Melissa Moody reported in that she is now the president of the Dartmouth Club of Alaska, where she lives with her husband, Ryan Moody ’00, their two kids, and their dog.

—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Greetings, ’03s! As I’m writing this column from my living room, nearly six months into our current reality, I hope that you and all your loved ones are safe and healthy. It seems a little strange to be asking for news during this time and writing the Class Notes as if everything is the same, but life does keep going, with children born, new jobs, moves, etc. I suppose this is a little slice of normalcy.

Kim (Siciliano) Salem wrote in to tell me her husband, Adam Salem, began making ventilator and mask parts with 3-D printers in their garage. His firm, AllianceBerstein, where he is the senior VP for technology, provided the printers and Adam used plans from the New York Institute of Technology to make the parts. Adam and his firm’s efforts were recently featured in FundFire, an industry magazine. Jason Ortiz, who should probably be secretary next as he has all the news, sent in updates about fellow classmates. He reports that Peter Bohler and his partner, Celia Hoffman, welcomed Forest Hans Bohler to their family in November. Jason also sends news of Anders Hyde and his partner, Marleen Los, welcoming Oskar Brian Hyde to their family. Oskar recently enjoyed his first taste of key lime pie at a family birthday party. Finally, Jason reports on seeing Joe Ackley just before corona in New Haven, Connecticut, where Joe now resides. Joe recently accepted a tenure-track professorship in medieval studies at Wesleyan University.

Jessica Adams contacted me with her very first Class Notes update. She reports that she and her wife, Shannon Clark (University of Portland ’01), welcomed twins August and James on Dr. Seuss’s birthday, March 2. Fellow alums Bonnie Tice, Rebecca Jennings, Carl Burnett, Abby (Drevs) Kempf, and Dan Kempf ’01 attended a February baby shower to celebrate the twins. Jess reports their newly expanded family is settling in well where they live in Vancouver, Washington.

Alice Gomstyn reports in on her efforts to raise money for meals for hospital workers. She held a virtual fundraising poetry slam to benefit hospitals in the Bergen County (New Jersey) area. This effort raised nearly $2,000 and was featured in the local paper.

I heard from Chanel Frazier with two updates. Chanel was named to the EMpower Top 100 Ethnic Minority Executives for 2020. She was named an “Executive Role Model,” selected for her work in creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace. She’s the first BlackRock leader to receive this honor. On the work front, Chanel was recently named head of business strategy for BlackRock’s portfolio management group. She’s been with the company for seven years and previously served as chief of staff for multi-asset strategies and global fixed income and as corporate tax counsel.

Jenn Jaggi sent me an update on her world. After her obstetrics/gynecology residency in 2013, she’s been living in Gallup, New Mexico, where she became department chair in 2016. She works for the Indian Health Service, serving Navajo women. She reports that the reservation was particularly hard hit by Covid at the end of the spring, but numbers are looking better as of August. She also let me know that she and husband Ty welcomed Elise Adeline to their family last October.

I heard that Sam Means was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie as executive producer of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend. Sam has 14 Emmy nominations and three wins to his name!

Stay well everyone, and as always, send news to me at the contact below.

—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Greetings, ’03s!

Apologies for the last missed column, I suppose it was bound to happen at some point in my secretarial career; I entered the wrong date on my calendar and blew the deadline. I have rechecked and I hope will not encounter the same mishap.

I heard from Alex Rich, who wrote in with news of his recent professional achievement. In June he was appointed executive director and chief curator of the Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College. While taking on this new role, he will remain in his position as assistant professor of art history and chair of the department of art history and museum studies at the same university. Alex also reports that he was married the weekend of November 16. Sounds like your plate is full, Alex. Hope the new position is going spectacularly well and congratulations on your recent nuptials!

Lisa (Goodman) Marin brings us our first baby news of this column, announcing the birth of her son, Asher Paul Marin, on September 22. Lisa and Jonathan are thrilled to welcome their first child. Congratulations to the new parents!

Next with baby news is Jill (Carr) Dudley. She and husband Bert welcomed baby No. 4, their first girl, on October 18. Paige Meredith Dudley joins her three older brothers, Blake (5), Chase (3.5), and Luke (2). Hope the big brothers are enjoying doting on the newest addition!

Ashley Nowygard chimes in with her baby news! Son Ellsworth Nowygard Doane joined her and husband Jeff on September 2, weighing 6 pounds, 6 ounces and measuring 22 inches. Ellsworth arrived among the drama of a power line sparking a wildfire that nearly burned down the family house. Hope everything has gone more smoothly since, and congratulations!

Rounding out our baby news is Yovany Jerez. He and wife Olivia, along with their first son, Peter, spent much of March and April backpacking through Portugal and Spain soon after learning the exiting news that Olivia was expecting their second son. Stephen joined their family on November 8. The family is also moving to Los Angeles in January and looks forward to connecting with other alums through the L.A. club. Congratulations on the move and your expanding family!

That wraps up our notes for this edition. Please continue to submit any news to the email below.

—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Happy fall, ’03s.

Our 15th (16th) reunion was a rousing success with nearly 350 classmates, guests, and families in attendance. Huge thanks to our outgoing class officers, Mike Vidmar, Jaime (Singley) Shatsman, and Kamil Walji for making this reunion a possibility and for their stewardship of our class these past five years. I will be staying on as secretary, joined by Tatiana (Fernandez) Amlin as president, Lindsay (Hirschfeld) Guzowski as vice president, and Katherine (Howard) Ward as treasurer. I look forward to working with them as we head into our 20th reunion.

The big news is that we achieved our 45-percent participation goal for the Dartmouth College Fund, endowing our very own Class of 2003 Scholarship, allowing us to name an ’03 scholar every year. Look for news soon on our very first ’03 scholar. Many people worked tirelessly to make this happen; we should all be proud of the legacy we have created for our class.

I spoke to so many classmates at reunion, my head is still spinning as I write this, just a week and a bit after we were in Hanover. I saw lots of new babies, many more on the way, heard about jobs both far and near, marriages, etc., and I encourage all of you to be active in submitting news to me!

Great things on the horizon for our class, look for mini-reunions this fall especially. If you are interested in serving as a host for a mini-reunion in your area, please reach out to our new officers, we hope to get many more classmates involved going forward.

Please submit any news to the email below.

—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Salutations, ’03s.

I hope to see you in Hanover in just a few weeks! Reunion events are planned and the weekend is looking like a great time. A good bit of news this time, keep it coming!

Taylor Acosta reports that she and her husband have relocated to Omaha, Nebraska. She is now the associate curator of European art at the Joslyn Art Museum. If anyone is in the area, Taylor would love to hear from you. Congrats on the new gig, Taylor!

I heard from Katie (Lundquist) Swor, Th’04, who shares that she’s the coach of the U.S. women’s university Olympics bandy team. (I had to look that up too, bandy is considered a form of ice hockey, but is played with a ball and sticks that look like a hybrid of ice hockey and field hockey). Her team will play in early March in Russia against Sweden, Norway, and Russia. She’s excited to be back in Russia for the first time since her foreign study program. Good luck to the team!

Lisa (Goodman) Marin reports that she married Jonathan Marin on December 22, 2018. Best wishes to the happy couple!

Abby Horowitz wrote in to relay the news that Sarah Stokes was honored by the Alabama State Bar as part of its pro bono celebration month. Sarah, who attended the University of Alabama School of Law after Dartmouth, is a senior attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center in Birmingham, Alabama. She was also recently involved in a case in the D.C. Circuit Court regarding the Coosa River, which runs through Alabama and Georgia. Congrats on the accolade, Sarah!

Dr. Madhu Iyengar reported that he hosted Jay Kang ’22 for a shadow day as part of the new alumni shadowing program this winter break. Madhu is a gastroenterologist in Denver. Thanks for encouraging the next generation!

In January I headed up to N.Y.C. for a weekend, when I accompanied Barry Grove ’73 (executive producer at the Manhattan Theatre Club) to see To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway, where my freshman roomie Liv Rooth performed as Miss Stephanie and Dill’s Mother. Brava, Liv! Thanks to Barry, I was able to go backstage and spend a few minutes catching up with Liv, who I had last seen at graduation. Go check out the play if you have an opportunity, it was fantastic. I also caught up with Sonja (Tonnesen) Davies over brunch in the city. Always great to reconnect with classmates and see the amazing things they accomplish.

As always, please submit news to the email below. See you on the Green!

—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Greetings, ’03s!

Our 15th reunion is mere months away (June 14-16). Registration will open in early spring. The other class officers and I certainly hope to see a great turnout from our class. Much to celebrate in Hanover with the Call to Lead campaign underway and the College’s pending 250th anniversary! VP Kamil Walji would still welcome any help from classmates to plan and execute the reunion.

I heard from Laura Troullie, who told me she has never written in to Class Notes previously. I hope others will be similarly inspired, particularly as we plan to gather again in Hanover. Laura reports that she went on to complete a Ph.D. after Dartmouth and worked at Northwestern University and the Adler Planetarium as an astronomer. She’s currently at Adler leading programs to engage the public in research from Zooniverse.org (online citizen science with nearly 2 million participants worldwide) to Project Aquarius (working with Chicago teens to recover meteorites from Lake Michigan). She was recently promoted to vice president of citizen science. She lives in the Chicago area with her husband and two young daughters. Thanks for sending in news, Laura!

Erica Zilioli shares the news of Grace Lee’s wedding to Troy Campbell on September 30, 2018. She notes that many ’03s attended the beautiful event. Congrats, Grace and Troy!

Tara Maller reports she joined McKinsey & Co. as risk manager, public and social sectors, Americas in September. She’ll be remaining in Washington, D.C. Good luck at the new gig, Tara!

Jennifer Casler-Goncalves tells me she is trying to restart the Dartmouth Club of Central New York. She urges anyone (’03 or otherwise) who is interested in getting involved to reach out to her. The group hopes to relaunch in December. You can find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/913709379019661.

In addition to help with the reunion, we are still looking for anyone interested in serving as a class officer. We will elect a slate of officers at reunion. If you’d like to help lead our class for the next five years, please get in touch with one of our current class officers: me, Jaime Shatsman, Mike Vidmar, or Kamil Walji.

Are you planning to attend reunion? Send me an update to print in one of our remaining columns before we descend on Hanover! I’ll be there with my husband and oldest child in tow and I look forward to catching up with many of you.

—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Fall greetings, ’03s!

Although I’m drafting this column at the beginning of the summer, we will be into the fall by the time it is published. I remember the first time I drove across the bridge over the Connecticut River on the way to my DOC trip in the fall of 1999, seeing the tinge of color starting to change on the leaves and feeling as though I was coming home. It still makes me happy to get that first glimpse of campus after driving up I-91.

After some begging, pleading, and not-so-gentle nudging, I rounded up some news for this column. Help me out for the next edition, please, by sending in updates to the email address at the end of the notes.

Paula (Bigboy) Maday reports she moved into a new home in Ashland, Wisconsin, with her son, Everett (6), and her husband, Travis. These days Paula is writing, doing photography, and providing educational outreach for the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission, an intertribal agency assisting Ojibwe tribes in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan with treaty-reserved rights. Her outreach recently landed her in the classroom of Beth Paap ’87 in Bayfield, Wisconsin. Paula’s writing is featured quarterly in Mazina’igan, a chronicle of the Lake Superior Ojibwe. Hope the move went smoothly, Paula!

Yungsheng Wang shared the news of Jon Kartt’s wedding to Sandy Osborne. Yungsheng, along with Darren Thomas ’04, Kate Thomas ’04, and Jeff Beardsley ’04, traveled to Lisbon, Portugal, for the nuptials. He reports that it was a gorgeous ceremony in an awe-inspiring location with more food than could fit in a Vegas buffet. Yungsheng also says the dancing continued until 5 a.m.! I haven’t been to Lisbon since 2014, but that description sounds about right to me. Congratulations to the happy couple!

Rebecca (Meyers) Galemba is racking up more professional achievements. She wrote in to say that she received the Public Good Faculty of the Year Award from the University of Denver for research, teaching, and service that contributes to the public good. Congratulations on the recognition, Rebecca!

I recently caught up with Meredith (Schwartz) Beuchaw and her husband, Steve, when they were in D.C. in May for work. We were scheduled to meet my husband, Matt Kenney ’04, and Mike Hamilton on the roof of the W, where we also, by happy coincidence, ran into Tara Maller! Tara is currently a fellow at the think tank New America and regularly speaks on various cable news programs regarding terrorism and security. As I’ve noted before, D.C. can be a very small town, or, of all the gin joints….

Please send news to our class email, below.

—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Happy spring, ’03s! I suspect mud season is setting in about now in Hanover, along with destroyed shoes for everyone. When was the last time you visited Dartmouth? Write in and tell me about it and your thoughts on the changes to campus. I had the pleasure of being in Hanover last October to participate in a panel on “Breaking the Mold: Careers in the Social Sector” through the Dartmouth Center for Service. While I was in town, Sarah Murray Sliva came down from Jericho, Vermont, where she resides with her husband, Steve Sliva ’02, and their two children, to spend an afternoon with me replenishing our Dartmouth gear at the Dartmouth Co-op and checking out the new Alpha Xi Delta house (AZD), where we were entirely jealous of the full kitchen current sisters get to enjoy instead of the toaster oven and microwave we had in the Beta house! Of course, we also had to stop in to Molly’s for margaritas!

I heard from Colin McGlynn, who wrote in to announce that he and Anna Serotta welcomed their first child. Peter Rosse Serotta-McGlynn arrived in December, and his parents can’t wait to take him up to Hanover for his first visit. Hope you have the Dartmouth onesie ready for the photo op, Colin and Anna!

Classmate Jared Thorne recently wrapped up a photography exhibition at the University of Missouri Kansas City Gallery of Art. The exhibit featured Jared’s vision of social class and race through print images of wax sculptures from the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum. Jared is currently a professor at the art department at the Ohio State University. Congratulations to Jared on his continued professional success.

Finally, Jillian Powers shares the sad news that her canine companion, Brutus Powers, passed on December 22, 2017. Brutus joined our class in the spring of senior year from the West Lebanon, New Hampshire, pet shop. He accompanied Dr. Powers through her academic pursuits and brought joy to her students and fellow faculty. Personally, I remember Brutus romping around the great hall of AZD as a tiny fluff-ball of a puppy. I’m sorry for your loss, Jill, and I will certainly take an afternoon nap in his honor as you suggested.

I’d love to hear from you for the next column; please send your news to the email address below!

—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Hi there, ’03s! As you all have probably guessed, this will be my last column, as life has gotten the best of me and I’m finding the need to simplify. Megan (Riley) Kenney has graciously offered to take over the remaining columns left prior to electing a new secretary during our next reunion. A huge thank you to her and I know that she will do a fantastic job!

Charlotte (Haldeman) Whitmore recently wrote to ask me to share information about our classmate, Maureen Ellinwood Pluvinage, who sadly passed away on September 25, 2017. Charlotte writes: In her 36 years, Maureen accomplished so much and touched so many. As those of you who knew her can attest, she was always a source of positive energy who constantly brought joy to others. She traveled the world, pushed her limits professionally and athletically, all while remaining a loving and loyal friend, sister and daughter. Maureen treasured her time in Hanover and reveled in the role Dartmouth played in introducing her to her husband, Tuckie Mathieu Pluvinage, Tu’13.

“Maureen’s family and friends are honoring her memory through the Maureen Ellinwood Pluvinage 2003 Memorial Scholarship Fund to support financial aid for Dartmouth’s undergraduate students. All gifts are appreciated, and if $50,000 is raised by June 30, 2018, the endowed fund will be established and support financial aid in perpetuity. In keeping with the high standards Maureen upheld in everything she did, her friends and family have set the more ambitious goal of raising $250,000, the current amount needed for the inaugural Maureen Ellinwood Pluvinage Scholar to be named. For those who wish to celebrate and remember Maureen with a contribution, please visit her giving website at dartgo.org/maureen-fund. We will miss Maureen forever, but know that her incredible legacy will live on, in part, through this scholarship.”

Gail Sweeney wrote in to report, “I married Boulat Bash ’01 on July 15, 2017. We met at Dartmouth and got engaged at Dartmouth (while cross-country skiing at Garipay Field), so we decided to get married at Dartmouth at the DOC House on Occom Pond. The ceremony was officiated by Andrew Heisen ’01 and we had beautiful weather for the ceremony and the photos, which were taken by Rob Strong ’04. The reception was, thankfully, inside the DOC House, as it did rain for good luck. Elliot Olshansky ’04 and Jesse Roisin ’05 served as groomsmen. And many of our Dartmouth friends celebrated with us, including Karilyn Heisen ’01, Eric Shoemaker ’01, Kathryn Shoemaker ’04, Jeremy Fineman ’01, Elizabeth Terry ’07, Dan Maxell Crosby ’02, Sarah Maxell Crosby ’04 and Laura Quayle ’06.” Congratulations, Gail!

Igor Fuks wrote in to mention that, “On September 18 my wife, Elizabeth L. Smith, and I welcomed our daughter, Valentina Lazzara Fuks Smith. Valentina is a happy and healthy family addition. Her big canine brother, our English springer spaniel Attila, is enjoying having us around more. We look forward to our first family trip to Hanover!” Maybe at our next reunion?

Can you all believe that it has almost been 15 years since we graduated? I can’t wait to see you all again in 2019 (don’t quote me on that, but I believe our turn is coming up again). It has been a pleasure serving as your secretary the past few years. I look forward to now reading the news versus writing it. Please continue to send your updates to the email below! Thank you!

—Kellee (Harper) Hanigan, 4347 Golf Bag Lane, Terre Haute, IN 47802; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Hi all! First I would like to say thank you to Jill Haltigan for filling in for me last issue. She did a fantastic job and I cannot begin to express my gratitude for helping out in a bind! Unfortunately, I do not see my responsibilities letting up any time soon, so if there is anyone who might be interested in taking over the column, please email me!

First, Elizabeth A. Vadasdi wrote in to tell us that she married James Price Simmons (Texas Christian University ’04) on November 5, 2016, in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. “We celebrated our wedding with extended family and friends on April 21 in Tyler, Texas, Price’s hometown. Several Dartmouth alumni were in attendance, including, Gregory P. Vadasdi ’98, Dr. Katie Vadasdi ’98, Pamela Cogut ’02, Jennifer (Stewart) Manuel, Lauren (Sherry) Gimlett, Grace McNamara, Erika Fry, Katie (Sholly) Gardner, Laura Grip, Allison Sydlaske, Kerry (Quinn) Granfield, Patrick Granfield, Lindsey (Wolf) Aston and Emily Turner, who flew in from London!” Congratulations!

Ashley Nowygrod reports, “I have been living in Jackson, Wyoming (near Inger Hanson), and bought a house this past summer. I recently finally finished kitchen renovations and am in the process of purchasing a hot tub and would love visitors!” She writes that Wendy Wong and Pam Piccola-Fales have visited throughout the years and Ashley also says (in response to an update in last issue) that she will “back Pam on the deliciousness of Plated meals!” Ashley, you had me at the words “hot tub.” Congrats on the joys and pains of home ownership!

Jesse Thomas McCann is finishing up his fellowship at Columbia University in July with plans of circumnavigating the globe this summer to celebrate. He writes, “This fall I will be practicing in Sarasota, Florida, where I will live near the beach with an aviary and a hot tub.” Another hot tub? Yes, please!

Natalie (Ostrander) Gilliver is currently finishing a two-year RV road trip with her daughters before returning to active duty in the Navy. She reports that she will be stationed in Maine, which will be giving her kids their first winter. First winter in Maine—go big or go home! A two-year RV trip sounds amazing. I wish we could include pictures in the column because I’m sure you have some beautiful memories!

I wish we had received this news earlier to promote Jonathan Eisenman’s appearance on Jeopardy June 20. Jonathan, I am wishing you the best of luck as I write this column June 28 and I will be sure to tune in to support.

Speaking of Jeopardy, another former contestant, Matt Pressman, who is currently an assistant professor of journalism at Seton Hall University, recently received the Blanchard Doctoral Dissertation Prize, which is bestowed annually by the American Journalism Historians Association for the best dissertation in the realm of mass communication history. His dissertation, titled “Remaking the News: The Transformation of American Journalism, 1960-1980,” delivers a compelling argument that contemporary American journalism was shaped in the 1960s and 1970s. Matt granted me permission to include this in the news if I was “desperate for material.” No, Matt, I’m desperate to brag about my classmates. Congratulations on receiving such a prestigious award!

Jean Bredeche and Sabrina Singh ’05 recently had a son, Milo, born February 3. He reports that everyone is doing well, including older brother Kai. Congratulations on the new addition!

Thank you everyone for bearing with me the past few months. Please keep the news coming!

—Kellee (Harper) Hanigan, 4347 Golf Bag Lane, Terre Haute, IN 47802; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Hello, class of 2003! After my shameless Facebook solicitation (which seemed to be successful), Yovany Jerez wrote in to say, “I married Olivia Adams November 21, 2015, and we just returned from our delayed honeymoon through Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. We got scuba-certified to 30 meters, saw some colorful temples and met cool people from all parts of the world. We have a home with a guest room in Atlanta—classmates are welcome!” I wish I had known that, Yovany, as I was just in Atlanta for a whole week without anyone to talk to but myself!

In baby news, Kyle Yamamoto and his wife, Carrie, welcomed Tanner Dennis May 16, weighing in at 6 pounds, 14 ounces and measuring 20 inches long. And from one of our Vancouver friends, Derek Senft and his wife, Patricia, welcomed daughter Isabela on August 20 (6 pounds 13 ounces). Allison (Clancy) Kolta and husband Kris Kolta reported, “We welcomed our daughter Eleanor Eva on February 3! She joins big brother Joey.” Jethro Rothe-Kushel and his wife, Brittney (Henry) Rothe-Kushel ’07, are expecting their first girl, Leylah Sage, in September. Jethro made sure to mention that Leylah will be in the class of ’37!

Kristin Weekley reports,“Things have been busy since I last wrote in! My husband, Tony Del Signore (Brandeis ’04), and I welcomed a super happy baby boy, Anthony Oliver, last October. He’s loved by us all, especially his big sister! We also moved last summer to Wakefield, Massachusetts, so we are still very close to Boston. I also have changed careers. While I am still doing some social work consulting, I decided to turn our passion for flipping homes into a real estate career. If anyone is looking to buy or sell in the Boston area feel free to email me at kristin.weekley@commonmoves.com!”

John Burr also wrote in to say, “I’ve recently completed my feature directorial debut on a film called Muse. It’s a psychological thriller starring Riley Egan, Elle Evans, Kate Mansi and Lou Ferrigno Jr. We are in postproduction and it should be premiering early next year.” Amazing news, John! I haven’t been to a movie in a theater in about five years (thanks a lot, two kids), but I will be sure to check this one out!

Leah (Wright) Rigueur recently wrote an article for The New York Times (August 4) titled “Why Can’t the GOP Get Real With Black Voters?” Leah is an assistant professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the author of The Loneliness of the Black Republican: Pragmatic Politics and the Pursuit of Power. Congratulations, it was a great read!

Last, the ’03 class hosted a mini-reunion in Chicago in July. The word “mini” is probably the biggest understatement since someone describing Hop fries as “just okay.” (P.S. I still crave those things.) Those present included me, Charlotte Coultrap-Bagg, Justin Johnson and Laura Christman. Despite the intimate number, we had a blast eating, drinking, and people-watching as the venue played “Labyrinth” on giant TVs in the background (RIP David Bowie). If you’re not a member of the ’03 Facebook page, please join!

—Kellee (Harper) Hanigan, 4347 Golf Bag Lane, Terre Haute, IN 47802; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Greetings, all! I received some great memories about fellow classmate Kelly Polen, who passed away last August. Michael Lovett wrote in to share, “Kelly and I were never close friends, but he was one of the most gentle, generous, gifted people I’ve known. We met sophomore year, when James Colligan ’02 recruited us to join his short-lived (yet epic!) metal band. That summer, based on the strength of some demos, Kelly earned an opening slot in a music festival in Baltimore and he asked me to form a band. Kelly sang and played guitar, I sang and played bass and his younger brother, Tim, played drums. We spent a week at his parents’ house, rehearsing these odd, beautiful, deeply personal songs he had written. Kelly was a wonderful musician, never afraid to stray from convention in pursuit of the harmonies he heard. The day of our performance, the heat was oppressive and the crowd non-existent, but Kelly didn’t care. He tore through the set, singing with his eyes closed, bashing away on his PRS. Between songs he’d turn to Tim and me with a big smile, grateful we hadn’t screwed up. We closed with Nirvana’s ‘In Bloom’ with Kelly hitting high notes he’d never tried in practice. That’s how I’ll remember Kelly Polen. Big smile, eyes closed, playing his heart out.” Another memory comes from Sam Rothenberg,who wrote, “I remember him as an insanely brilliant guy that managed to remain humble and self-effacing. One night, while cramming for a psych test, he got so caught up in the material that he actually read the entire textbook! He was also a genre-defying musician who toyed with the idea of entering improvisation contests but usually opted out so that the contest sponsors couldn’t simply appropriate his riffs. He was well loved and respected.” Thank you both for your words of remembrance for our classmate. I am happy to report any and all that I receive.

Our most recent news comes from Jenny (Stewart) Manuel, who was married April 2 to Colin Manuel (University of Kansas ’05) in their hometown of Austin, Texas. “Lots of Dartmouth ’03s were in attendance, including Hillary (Shaw) Hyman, Beth Vadasdi, Kristen (Knoll) Miller, Matt Miller, Laura Grip, Allison Sydlaske, Erika Fry, Courtney Grimes, Katie (Brown) Mollere, Kate (McGinn) O’Connor, Lauren (Sherry) Gimlett and fellow Austin-ites Lindsey Wolf, Grace McNamara and Elsa (Sprunt) Broeker.” Congratulations, Jenny! I bet it was an amazing a party!

Just a reminder: If you haven’t yet contributed to the Dartmouth College Fund, you still have time to do so by the June 30 fiscal-year deadline. The dues are minimal and help to provide need-based scholarships to students. Please consider giving!

Last, the class executive committee (president, Mike Vidmar; vice president, Kamil Walji; treasurer, Jamie (Singley) Shatsman; and secretary, me) is planning a mini-reunion in Chicago the weekend of July 29. I will be there along with a few other ’03s and we are trying to get involvement from the ’04s and ’05s. Join the 2003 Dartmouth Facebook page as we will be posting updates there as well as on the website about the specific time and venue as we get closer to July. Have a great summer everyone!

—Kellee (Harper) Hanigan, 4347 Golf Bag Lane, Terre Haute, IN 47802; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Greetings, ’03s. I always hate to start columns like this, but unfortunately we lost a fellow classmate, Kelly Polen, on August 30, 2015. He was a member of Chi Gamma Epsilon as well as Griffin during his time at Dartmouth. He is survived by parents Larry and Rosemary Polen of Maryland. If anyone would like to write in with memories of Kelly, I would love to report them.

So, I must extend my apologies to you all. I have been soliciting (forcefully at times) for news and actually receiving it, but the email account it has been going to was not properly forwarding things to me. Now that the problem is fixed, I’m going to start disseminating the news that I have been receiving for (gulp) almost a year! Mea culpa!

The first bit of news comes from Adam Tapley,who writes, “Twelve years out of Dartmouth, I’m taking the dive back into school and into a new career. I started this past August at UC San Francisco School of Medicine—three months after my twin brother Asa ’02 graduated from UCSF himself.” Congratulations, Adam! I hope that your first semester went well and that your professors didn’t feel like they were in a remake of The Parent Trap!

Sarah (Murray) Sliva wanted to update that she and her husband, Stephen ’02, welcomed their second child, Violet Catherine, on January 15, 2015. Violet joined her older brother Calvin, age 2. Well, due to my promptness of reporting, I think it’s now safe to wish Violet a happy first birthday!

In other baby news, Megan (Riley) Kenney and husband Matt ’04 welcomed their second child, Finnian Thomas Kenney, on August 11 at 4:59 p.m., weighing in at 8 pounds even. She reports that “big sister Bridget, age 4, is adapting well and we are remembering what the throes of sleep deprivation are like after a four-year reprieve. Our other, rather delayed news is that we moved back into Washington, D.C., from Alexandria, Virginia, last summer and are very much enjoying life in the city again.” Congratulations on the new baby and the move, Megan! I hope that you’re getting more sleep these days and are enjoying D.C.

Lastly, I heard from S. Rosa (Kim) Ryals, who wrote in about some recently exciting news! “After a brief stint in Hemau, Germany, with Jeff (UF ’99) and our three girls, we moved back to Korea to continue work as an interoperability project manager for Northrop Grumman in 2014. Just recently I moved jobs to become a budget and programs analyst for the U.S. Forces Korea J6 (communications and information technology). We also found out we are pregnant again and due in January 2015. Ultrasounds show that this one might actually have a Y chromosome. I’ll believe it once he’s no longer on the inside. In the years since I’ve been away from the homeland (Dartmouth) I haven’t had much meetups with Dartmouth folks, sadly, but I did get to catch up with Suzanne Lee and her lovely son briefly on their trip out to Korea. If anyone else happens to be in Seoul, hit me up. Would love to meet up and introduce you to my herd.”

Thanks to all who have sent me news recently, I’m limited in the amount of space that I have each column, but I hope to get all caught up by next issue. In the meantime, continue to do great things and be the great people that (most) of you are. Kidding! Hope the holidays were filled with fun, laughter and love.

—Kellee (Harper) Hanigan, 4347 Golf Bag Lane, Terre Haute, IN 47802; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Howdy-do, ’03s! I actually have a bit of news this time, but am constantly looking for more. I’m never satisfied and so hard to please—so says my husband.

My first bit of news comes from the East Coast. After living in New York City since graduation and getting married in September, Tim Stanne and his husband recently moved to their new house in Norwalk, Connecticut. Tim will continue his job as assistant dean of graduate admissions at New York University Law and his service on the board of the Dartmouth Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Alumni Association. He and his husband are looking forward to settling in and hearing from others in the area.

Jillian Powers just signed a contract with New York University Press to publish her first book, which I presume to be about sociology! Congratulations on making the most eternal and enduring mark on your field!

Courtney (Anderson) DaCosta posted this on Facebook about her husband, Jason DaCosta: “Seven years ago he was working for Alarm.com from our dining room table after having relocated from D.C. and now the office of 60 that he leads was named one of the Twin Cities’ top workplaces and No. 2 among smaller companies. Cheers to the Alarm.com core and nice job, hubs!” Nice work, indeed, Jason!

Heather (Hanson) Manning wrote in to tell me about the birth of her second son, Henry, in June. She said that since I requested for all of you to think about me during all things important, she used a picture of me as her focal point during labor, which apparently really helped. Henry joined big brother James and Heather reports that they are all living happily in Holly Springs, North Carolina. If any alums are in the area, give Heather a shout! Well, not like she can do much with two kids under 3, but still…she likes to feel loved.

In other baby news, our very own class treasurer, Jaime (Singley) Shatsman had her first child, Clara Julia, on April 18 at 8:01 a.m. She was 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and 19.5 inches. Jamie also said that Clara has had many a playdate with William Knight Neundorfer, son of Dave Neundorfer and his wife, Jennifer. William was born on March 22 at 1:21 p.m. weighing in at 7 pounds, 4 ounces, and 20 inches long. Congratulations, everyone! I can’t wait for all our kiddos to be relaxing on the Green together in 2033!

I know that we have quite a few TV personalities in our midst, but Matt Pressman made an impressive three-day run on Jeopardy! recently. As I write this I’m watching his first episode, and not only was I impressed with his ability to write like an adult and have it be legible on that silly blue screen, but with his knowledge of Brer Rabbit, “A Christmas Story” and pasta. I loved that he mentioned his DOC trip, where he met Lauren (D’Elia) Pressman! Way better than the fondue story from the former champion!

Please visit our class website for a memorial about Russell “Rusty” Cheney written by his wife, Anna.

I hope to continue to get updates from you all. It makes my day when I hear of all the great things our class is doing (also when I don’t have to bore you all with details of my life). Stay classy, ’03s.

—Kellee (Harper) Hanigan, 4347 Golf Bag Lane, Terre Haute, IN 47802; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com

Happy winter everyone, or in some parts of the country, spring: part deux (I’m looking at you, West Coast). Perhaps everyone is still hibernating because the Class Notes email account has seen less action than a Nicholas Sparks novel (no offense Nick, The Notebook is a fave). 


I received some great news from our former secretary, Jill (Haltigan) Crist! Jill married Jason Crist (Grove City College ’04) December 6, 2014, in New Castle, Pennsylvania. The wedding was attended by Rob Hallowell and his wife, Deepa Rangachari, who brought along their adorable daughter, Asha, who basically stole the show. Others in attendance included Julie Matteini, Susan (Roy) Greenbowe, Katie (Lundquist) Swor, Elizabeth (Hamon) Reid, her husband, John Paul Reid ’02, and Kerry McGraw ’04. Jill also adds, “We are going to be moving to Ohio to fulfill my lifelong dream of being in an undecided voters’ group interview in a swing state. Look for me on CNN in late 2016, probably repeating a plea about the need for more than two parties.”


Our president, Mike Vidmar, has asked me to put out a call for anyone who would like to head mini-reunions in their area. Justin Johnson and I had a mini-reunion of our own when I was in Los Angeles for work, but that hardly classifies as a party (sorry, Justin), although Bellinis were involved. A mini-reunion chair would basically be a contact person who would organize periodic get-togethers in their respective cities. We also are in need of someone to manage our class of 2003 webpage. Please contact me if you are at all interested!


—Kellee (Harper) Hanigan, 165 Rome Court, Terre Haute, IN 47803; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com


So how does one go about becoming class secretary, you ask? Well, this highly sought after position was made known to me by Heather (Hanson) Manning, who originally nominated me as a joke. And if you all don’t remember voting at reunion, it wasn’t the ’03 beer-tasting extravaganza that caused you to forget. That’s right, the position was uncontested. Honestly, I’m happy that no one wanted to fight me on this, and I thank Heather for prompting (read: pushing) me to get more involved with our class. Hearing from people who I haven’t talked to in years has been so much fun and has brought back so many memories. 


After my shameless Facebook solicitations for news, Justin Latham threw me a bone and informed me that “nothing new has happened since the spring when I had a burst of changes. Baby No. 3 (Emily), with Adrienne (Brown) Latham (U Mass ’02), was born in March. Alex and Elliot are great big brothers to her. I also changed jobs, so I’m not in engineering anymore, but program management now. Lots of trips to Canada visiting my customers driving past Dartmouth on I-91.” How on earth do you drive past Dartmouth and not feel compelled to stop every single time? At least for some Hop fries or a Collis smoothie?


Pablo de la Huerta wrote in to say, “What’s up, Kellee! I finished a clerkship in Rhode Island and began working at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in Boston, doing litigation work. Watching my daughter get bigger and doing the Providence-Boston commute.” Congratulations on the new job, Pablo!


Congratulations are also in order for Michael Sinha, who informed me that he received his M.D. and J.D. in 2012 from Southern Illinois University! And now he went over to the “dark side” and is currently at Harvard School of Public Health, doing a one-year M.P.H. in its law and public health track. Just kidding, Harvard is okay, I suppose. I mean, it’s no Dartmouth. I’m just sayin’. 


As I have only received a few updates I’ll have to make good on my threat and tell you all about life here in Terre Haute, Indiana. I won’t blow your minds all at once, but my husband, Ryan (Creighton ’00), and I moved here with our two little boys, Jaxon and Miles, and our furbaby, Hershey, in August to start jobs at Indiana State University. I am an assistant professor in the new physical therapy program and he is the director of the physical therapy and sports rehabilitation clinic on campus. It has definitely been an adjustment for this Los Angeles native now living in a Midwestern town of 60,000 people, but it’s been great being back in the academic world. 


I hope sharing a bit about me will inspire you all to share more about yourselves and all of the spectacular things that are going on in your lives. Please think of me when giving birth, accepting a new job, moving to a new city, getting married or any other life-altering event that may occur like making the switch from whole to skim milk in your Apple Jacks. No detail is too small. 


—Kellee (Harper) Hanigan, 165 Rome Court, Terre Haute, IN 47803; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com


Well, there. Hasn’t that been the fastest 11 years of our lives? Seeing everyone again at reunion—it could have been senior spring yesterday. Even after all this time, Dartmouth is still home. You all looked great. Truly, no one has aged a bit—or more likely, were we ever really that young to begin with? We were still kids when we started in the fall of 1999. Now we’re young adults, many with kids of our own. All with our own unique journeys ’round the girdled earth. One of the greatest privileges of my life has been to collect our stories these past 11 years. I am so grateful for your forgiveness when I made mistakes and for your immense patience with my stories of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, sports glory. I will tell anyone that listens, “You will not find a more exceptional and inspiring bunch than the Dartmouth class of 2003.” Thank you from the bottom of my heart; it is an honor to call each of you classmate and friend. 


We are in such great hands moving forward. Possessing the rare combination of courage and insanity, Michael Vidmar volunteered to be our president. He writes, “I just graduated from business school at University of Illinois and am living in Chicago while touring with my polka band.” Extra thanks go out to our new vice president Kamil Walji for all his hard work organizing the reunion. Quite simply, without him it wouldn’t have happened. Jaime Singley Shatsman will be taking over as our treasurer. “I just celebrated my one-year anniversary of being married to Eugene. I took a completely different turn with my career and started running operations at a startup charter school in an impoverished school district. My title is assistant head of school at Steam Academy of Warrensville Heights, Ohio. Other than that, everything is the same. My dog Vito is still as crazy as ever and my husband is still obsessed with boating and just did his fourth upgrade. If any classmates are in the Cleveland area, we have plenty of spare bedrooms!” Finally it is my pleasure to introduce again our new secretary moving forward. As a long time Facebook fan I assure you that Kellee Harper Hanigan is far more entertaining than I. “Ryan (Creighton ’99) and I are moving with our boys Jaxon and Miles to Terre Haute, Indiana, where I will be an assistant professor of physical therapy at Indiana State University. I will also be starting a Ph.D. in epidemiology at Indiana University. I am very excited about staying connected with the ’03 class through life updates and trying to fill the shoes of our outgoing class secretary, who has done an amazing job for the past 10 years! Charlotte Coultrap-Bagg, Maura Pritchard and Justin Johnson are all very excited to be new members of the executive committee. They were inspired at the reunion and wanted to maintain a stronger connection to our class until we meet again in five years. Justin has been looking for some way to get involved since his days on ’03 class council freshman year!” Interested in helping out yourself? Contact Mike. 


Finally I would be remiss if I didn’t thank our outgoing class president Alan Washington. He has spent a tremendous amount of time and effort on behalf of our class these past five years, mostly behind the scenes. Job very well done, friend.


—Jill Haltigan, 3537-4 Hunters Woods Blvd., New Castle, PA 16105; jill.haltigan@gmail.com


For starters, I somehow missed this update from Kellyanna (Johnson) Thompson before! My sincerest apologies; let’s get right to it. “I got married on June 29 to Matthew A. Thompson (University of Washington ’04) in an intimate ceremony at the Juno Garden in Caesars Palace Las Vegas. We were happy that so many Dartmouth alums—Jennai Williams, Trey and Brenda Sears, Shasta Smith ’01, Antrameka Knight ’04 and Desmond ’02 and Mikisha Nation ’01—were in attendance even though the temperature reached 117 degrees! We live in a Hartford, Connecticut, suburb.” Kellyanna is an attorney auditor at Liberty Mutual and was just appointed to the board of trustees for the Mercy Housing and Shelter Corp. Her husband works as an analyst for Carecentrix.
I’m also behind passing this along from Kyle Yamamoto. “I got married to long-time childhood friend Carrie Dekoski (Saginaw Valley ’06) in Buffalo, New York. In attendance were Rob De Simone, Derek Senft, Will Zimmerman, Jeff Hluchyj, Bill Shields, Eileen Wang, Evan Brennan and even Madeline Kaye ’10, who also made our wedding cake! I also matched in a facial plastic and reconstructive surgery fellowship in Atlanta with Dr. William Silver and affiliated with the Emory School of Medicine. I will be finishing my otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residency at SUNY Buffalo this year and starting the fellowship in July. Carrie will be finishing her nurse practitioner degree at the University of Rochester this spring. Looking forward to seeing everybody at the 10-year reunion this year!”
John Ashworth wrote to say, “During Labor Day weekend I married Michael Vondriska (Penn ’02) in a beautiful ceremony at Grace Church in New York City, followed by an amazing reception at City Winery just a few blocks away. Among the guests were Sara Baron, Abby (Drevs) Kempf and Michael Malia, as well as Melissa Fedders ’02, Eric Peterson ’04 and John Olsen ’05.”
I also heard from Abigail Drachman-Jones, who married Nathaniel Garnick (University of Pennsylvania ’03) this past June in Mamaroneck, New York. “Charlotte Haldeman Whitmore and Elizabeth Vadasdi helped us celebrate. We live in New York City, where I work as a senior editor and writer at Newsweek and Nathaniel is a principal at Sard Verbinnen & Co, a financial communications firm.”
Finally, this from Sarah Sliva, who was worried about time limits on updates. Nonsense! “My husband, Steve Sliva ’02, and I welcomed our son Calvin Thomas into the world on November 1, 2012. Things are great in Seattle. Steve and I are officially first-time homeowners in Seattle, so we’re West Coasters for the foreseeable future. We’re super excited that Dave Blindheim and Jen Ross just moved to town just a few blocks away.” Babysitters? 
Congratulations all around! 
—Jill Haltigan, 3537-4 Hunters Woods Blvd., New Castle, PA 16105; jill.haltigan@gmail.com



Fall is upon us again and my nostalgia for Dartmouth is overwhelming at times. How lucky were we to have spent four years in such a special place?


I recently heard that the book A Practical Guide to Racism by C.H. Dalton, written by our very own hilarious Sam Means, was officially deemed a national bestseller and can now be purchased in paperback too. Sam also received his fourth Emmy nomination this year for writing for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart; he won an Emmy in 2006 for the same category. In addition a short that Sam wrote called “Barack Obama: He Completes Us,” which was aired on the Daily Show and can easily be found on its Web site (and is definitely worth watching), was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Short Form Picture Editing. It’s probably safe to say that Sam is showing most of us up these days. Congratulations!


Sara Baron wrote to let us know that “On June 6 I was ordained as an elder in the Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church. Class of ’03s present to celebrate with me were Keith Burdette, Rod Beaton, Kristin Weekley, Rachel Wolfe, Hilary Alvarez and Alex Streeter (and their beautiful Brynna!). Mark Alvarez ’69 was there too. I get to see John Ashworth and John Olsen ’05 this coming weekend as we go to Miami to finish celebrating. Who knew it would be so fun to become a minister?” All the best, Sara, as you begin your ministries.


Congratulations also to Rebecca Gibbons (formerly Davis), who got married to Ryan Gibbons (Wake Forest ’03) on a beautiful Maine afternoon September 6, 2009. “Stephanie Bonan, the maid of honor, and Molly Miranda ’02 (formerly Stutzman), the matron of honor, delivered a memorable toast at the reception. Other alums present for the celebration included Jocelyn Bernatchez, Jorge Miranda ’01, Margaret Sloat ’01 (formerly Kuecker), Sarah Fougere (formerly Grisin), Josh Fougere, Rob Karl, Beth Rabbitt ’04, Alison End (who came all the way from Swaziland!), Ben Davis ’08, Ann Merrifield, Tu’79, and Wayne Davis ’73, Tu’79. We may have been slightly outnumbered by those Demon Deacons, but we knew our ‘Alma Mater’! Ryan and I continue to live in Washington, D.C., where I recently began a Ph.D. program in government at Georgetown University.”


Zachary Keane also sent in an update. “I turned in my dissertation on Tuesday so I have finally finished my Ph.D. in physics at Rice University. Next up I’m headed to Sydney to take a research position at the University of New South Wales. I’m very excited!” I’m sure Zach wouldn’t mind some visitors over in Australia.


Finally, I also heard that Joyce Fu Martin gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Ludivine Fu Martin, on June 29. Ludivine has already made it to see Hanover in person and posed for some pictures with mom and her grandfather, Dr. Freddie H. Fu ’74, DMS’75, all wearing Dartmouth green. 


—Jill Haltigan, 6316 Riverfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238; jill.haltigan@gmail.com


I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday season and that thus far the new decade is treating you well. Can you believe it was 10 years ago that we were back in Hanover for our very first winter at Dartmouth? Midnight snowball fights, sledding on the golf course, skating on Occom and, of course, skiing and skiing and more skiing. 


Tina Low wrote to say, “I have a somewhat belated entry for the alumni magazine. Jessica Walters just got married last August in her hometown of Seattle, in the Space Needle, to Mark Sabino, her delightful now-husband whom she met during her first year living in D.C. after graduating. So many congratulations to her!” Wonderful news, and, yes, belated submissions are always welcome!


I also heard from Alexis Jhamb. “Luke Turechek and I met up in Kathmandu in September after I came back from a two-week trek to Everest base camp and Luke was on his way to see the rhinos and tigers at Chitwan National Park. During our brief overlap we climbed the steps to the Monkey Temple (complete with monkeys), explored the alleys around Durbar Square and ate our weight in delicious street food. So nice to meet up with classmates in exotic locales!” Beware, if you google Kathmandu, you will end up adding Nepal to your list of future places to travel. Absolutely beautiful.


Hope to hear from some of you this year. All the best for 2010.


—Jill Haltigan, 6316 Riverfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238; jill.haltigan@gmail.com


Hello all and welcome to summer! Is anyone planning a return trip to Hanover over the next few months?


I just got word of some recent nuptials. “Elizabeth L. Smith and Igor Fuks were married on November 7, 2009, in New York City. The ceremony took place at St. Joseph’s Yorkville Catholic Church. The reception was held at the Harold Pratt House on the Upper East Side. Betsy (Holder) Bradley was a bridesmaid and Sarah (Murray) Sliva was a lector. Other grads in attendance were Lauren D’Elia Pressman and Matthew Pressman, Megan Lewis McConville and Drew McConville, Jonathan Eisenman, Glenn Jacobson, John Piermont, Rebecca Kurzweil and Ethan Levine and Stephen Sliva ’02. The couple traveled throughout Southeast Asia for their honeymoon, visiting Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam and Macau. They live in Manhattan, where Elizabeth is a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and Igor is a distressed debt analyst in the credit opportunities group at D.E. Shaw & Co.” I also heard from Sara Yablon-Smith with more good news. “Andy Smith ’98, DMS’04, and I had a baby! Rose Kasane Smith entered the world on March 9 weighing in at 7 pounds, 13 ounces and measuring 20 inches. We are so excited to have her here and have been busy introducing her to her friends and family. She has light brown hair and blue eyes and we’re hoping she inherits some of the Yablon curls.” Congratulations to both happy couples!


Elizabeth Tatkow sent some news as well. “I’m finishing up my first year at Yale School of Management. I’ll be spending the summer in New York at Morgan Stanley before heading to London School of Economics in the fall for an exchange program. Classmates at Yale include Colin McGlynn and Lydia Gensheimer ’06. Colin and I recently participated in the Australian international experience through Yale where we got to scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef.”


Finally I have a belated update to print from Patrick Granfield. “We’re well into our third year here in Abu Dhabi so I wanted to give you all an update on what we’ve been up to. Kerry (Quinn) Granfield has been promoted to a manager at AMIDEAST, a nonprofit that builds links between the United States and Middle East through education and training. Laura Grip paid us a visit on her way back from a business trip in Delhi recently. She and Kerry drove across the Hajar Mountains for a three-day weekend in Muscat, Oman. Also, I’ve been named the opinion editor at The National, the newspaper I helped to launch a couple years back. Any ’03s who are ever in this neck of the woods should pay us a visit. We’ve got plenty of room!”


—Jill Haltigan, 6316 Riverfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238; jill.haltigan@gmail.com


Fall is here again, which always makes me nostalgic for Dartmouth. Marveling at the bonfire, enjoying the beautiful foliage and guessing when the first snow would fall. I hope this time of year brings back good memories for each of you too.


Evan Konwiser, our esteemed class co-vice president, let me know that Rebecca Burke Galemba and Dan Galemba recently welcomed a beautiful baby girl, Elena Rose, on June 10. Lanie and mom (and dad!) are doing well. Also welcoming a new bundle of joy is Alice Gomstyn. She writes, “I’m thrilled to announce that my husband, Brian Maloney ’01, and I welcomed our baby boy Marshall Aaron Maloney in July. He’s already got a couple of Dartmouth onesies, courtesy of Ashley Nowygrod and Ki Mae Heussner ’01, as well as a slew of other wonderful gifts from too many Dartmouth folks to list here. Also, before the little guy’s arrival Shevani Jaisingh and Vivian Lee threw me a great baby shower, with Michelle Hogan and Kelsie Clark also in attendance—we played a couple of games, including diapering a baby doll blindfolded. I actually performed the worst on that challenge but I’d like to think that my diapering skills (by necessity) have improved by leaps and bounds since then.” 


I also heard from Katherine Sholly about her recent wedding. “A note to let you know I recently married Sean Gardner (Iona ’96). We met in New York City about six years ago and were married on June 19 at the Skaneateles Country Club in Skaneateles, New York. Dartmouth guests included Grace McNamara, Lindsey Wolf, Laura Grip, Emily Turner, Allison Sydlaske, Lauren Sherry, Kate McGinn, Julie (Von Bargen) Thom, Kristen Knoll Miller and Matt Miller and Jenny Stewart. Sean and I are living near the South Street Seaport in New York. He owns a contracting company and I am working as a litigation and intellectual property associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.” Congratulations to all the happy couples!


—Jill Haltigan, 6316 Riverfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238; jill.haltigan@gmail.com


It’s finally here! The year 2014 brings our 10th year reunion (which I for one have been waiting for since 2008)! I sincerely hope many of you are planning to return to Hanover this summer. Preparations are under way and it’s sure to be a blast. For the latest information I encourage you to join our Facebook page (“Dartmouth College Class of 2003”) and if you’ve married or moved or whatever be sure your information is current with the alumni office. 


I also wanted to share the fantastic news about Jethro Rothe-Kushel in cased you had missed it. He was a recent recipient of the Young Alumni Distinguished Service Award, given to alumni who have graduated within the past 15 years and “demonstrated extraordinary service” to the College. Jethro was honored at the inaugural Alumni Awards gala held on campus this past October, surrounded by family, his fiancée and even freshman-year roommate Richie Jay Nussbaum. In addition to all the amazing things Jethro did at Dartmouth, since leaving Hanover he cofounded the Dartmouth Alumni in Entertainment and Media Association, which was recognized as Dartmouth’s Affiliated Group of the Year, served as president and vice president of the Dartmouth Club of Los Angeles and is currently our class treasurer and one of our Alumni Fund volunteers. Honestly this isn’t even half of his many contributions to our alma mater! For more information and a film about his award, please go to http://alumni.dartmouth.edu/awards. Congratulations! 


—Jill Haltigan, 3537-4 Hunters Woods Blvd., New Castle, PA 16105; jill.haltigan@gmail.com


Hard to believe that it was almost 13 years ago now that I first learned the “Salty Dog Rag” with my new friend Katie. Well that friend, Katie (Lundquist) Swor, just recently tied the knot with Christian Swor (University of Minnesota ’02) in a lovely wedding celebration in St. Paul, Minnesota. Also making the trip to help celebrate were bridesman Evan Konwiser, bridesmaids Pam Piccola-Fales and Kristina Kleutghen, usher Michael Golub and wife Jo Weingarten Golub ’98, reader Sara Baron, as well as Ashley Nowygrod, Natalie (Ostrander) Gilliver, Julie Matteini and Keith Burdette. We did have the chance to rekindle our “Salty Dog” magic and, as Katie said, it was a “rousing success.” For their honeymoon the happy couple went to Washington, D.C., where, despite the hot weather, they still managed to have a great time.


I also heard from Kris Kolta, who wrote, “Allison Clancy Kolta and I are excited to announce the arrival of Joseph Dillon Kolta. Joey was born on May 29 and both baby and Allison are doing quite well. The Koltas recently moved to the Sellwood neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, and are happily adjusting to life as a family.” Congratulations all around!


—Jill Haltigan, 3537-4 Hunters Woods Blvd., New Castle, PA 16105; jill.haltigan@gmail.com


Lots of updates this time around! I heard from Jennifer Johnston Horner about her recent wedding to Timothy Horner (SUNY Fredonia ’96). They got married July 7 in Buffalo, New York, where they are now living. Dartmouth friends who were able to join in the celebration included bridesmaid Gabriela Sapia, Scott Stewart, Caryn Barnet Mutchnick and basketball teammates Katie Skelly, Keri Downs, Samantha Burnham, Jamie Lizbrizzi, Yah Demann and Michelle Strong. Based on all accounts the bride was radiantly beautiful!


I also heard from Dan Galemba: “Rebecca (Meyers) Galemba, our daughter Lanie, dog Oscar and I moved west to my hometown of Denver during the summer. After nine moves since graduating Dartmouth, we’re thrilled to actually settle down like grownups with real jobs and a real house. I left Bain for DaVita, a leading dialysis provider, and Rebecca is a lecturer at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. We miss our friends in Boston but have been having a great time getting outside every weekend and, of course, seeing Peyton Manning in a Broncos jersey. Visitors (or Denver residents we haven’t seen yet) welcome—we have room for guests now!”


Joel Vikre has been pretty busy since graduation too, mostly working in global health. “I spent three years helping Milton Ochieng ’04 and Fred Ochieng ’05 get the Lwala Community Hospital up and running, and get its footing as a nonprofit here in the States. For the last three years I’ve been working on strategy and innovation at Management Sciences for Health in Boston. But big change is on the way: My wife, Emily, and I are moving to Duluth, Minnesota, in late August and starting a craft whiskey distillery. We just met up with Jeff Hluchyj and Katie Martin Hluchyj. Jeff’s been doing marketing for Long Trail Brewery and attending Tuck and is our newest advisor. Katie is a Spanish teacher in Vermont. They’re in Spain now doing some serious ‘professional development.’ And Duluth is a little Dartmouth hotspot. The Rev. P. Joshua Griffin wisely married into Duluth first—he married Liz Harrington ’05. They’re in Portland, Oregon, where she’s doing a residency in obstetrics and gynecology and he’s doing a Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Washington, in addition to his duties as an Episcopal priest. Lately he’s commuting back and forth from a village in northern Alaska that’s suing the oil companies for global warming, which is sinking the island where they live. Several Duluth weddings have been Dartmouth events—with Jared Daugherty (he’s doing a Ph.D. in political science at Duke), Ben Terry (an ER doctor and instructor in Worcester, Massachusetts, who also briefly served as personal physician to the president of Liberia) and Peter Jenks ’05 (a tenure-track professor at UC Berkeley in linguistics), and about a million others.”


Finally, congratulations are in order for Lara N. Dotson-Renta on multiple fronts! She writes, “This has been a busy few months for my husband, Adam Dotson, and I. We bought our first house in Connecticut, and Adam began a new job as a senior associate at Ironwood Capital, a private equity firm in Avon. My first academic book, Immigration, Popular Culture, and the Re-Routing of European Muslim Identity, is off to press and will be released by Palgrave Macmillan in September. Most importantly, we welcomed our second daughter Clara Victoria on July 27. She joins big sister Catalina in expanding the Dartmouth family!”


—Jill Haltigan, 3537-4 Hunters Woods Blvd., New Castle, PA 16105; jill.haltigan@gmail.com


Rosa (Kim) Ryals writes, “Our family has quite a bit of change coming up in the near future! We have been living and working in Korea since early 2004 both with the military and as defense contractors and we have been blessed with two sweet and funny girls in the meanwhile. Jeff (U. Florida ’99) recently got a reassignment with his company and this coming summer, we are moving to Germany! One other little surprise is that we are expecting our third child, who is due in early March of 2013. Who knew I’d have three children in Korea? Who knew I’d have three children?! Anyhow, hope everyone is well, and I hope to make it back to the D in the near future—maybe this summer before we head to Europe? Maybe, just maybe.”


Speaking of new babies, Betsy Holder Bradley sent the following update. “My husband, Ryan Bradley (Loyola ’03), and I welcomed our third daughter into the world, Virginia Elizabeth Bradley. She was born on May 21, 2012, and joins older sisters Babette and Priscilla (‘Lilly’). We are happily adjusting to life with three very busy and energetic little girls.” Brent Jones is a new proud parent as well! “My wife, Marianne (Hall) Jones, and I had a son in October named Odin Peter Jones. He looks great in Dartmouth green and he cried when his grandpa dressed him in Harvard gear. I finished my internal medicine residency at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland and have started a two-year endocrinology fellowship there. Marianne is back working at her gym in a limited capacity. We also recently had a chance to visit Kate (Szilagyi) MacArthur and Scott MacArthur ’02.” Kathleen Paley also sent word of a new bundle of joy! “My husband, Matt (Berkeley ’02), and I just welcomed a second little guy into our family. Gram Rainer Paley was born on January 16 and so far he’s proven to be a fascinating distraction to big brother Max. I’m outnumbered 3:1 boys to girls and loving it!”


I also heard from Jaime Singley, who writes “I moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 2003 and after jobs in operational management, marketing and sales, I’m currently a director at a retained executive search firm, ON Search Partners, where I place board members, executives and vice presidents. I recently worked on a project with Dave Neundorfer, as he is president of the company LineStream Technologies. Lindsay (Hirschfeld) Guzowski has been living in Cleveland since 2005 and (like me) decided to marry a Michigan graduate—no small matter in the Buckeye State! Eric Rettberg tries to stop by with his fiancée, Anna, on his road trips from University of Virginia to Chicago and recently Matt Bobb and his wife, Poonam, made the trip out as well. Tom Kaczmarek and his wife, Vanessa, also visited us during their move back to Santa Fe, New Mexico, from New York City with their two beautiful daughters Elaina and Zora. I got engaged to Eugene Shatsman (U Michigan ’06) on November 10, 2012, on a beach in Fort Myers, Florida. Last April we designed and built a house on Lake Erie (Eugene is an avid boater) so we are holding the wedding in our back yard on June 8. Our wedding party will include Dartmouth alums Laura Christman ’02, Charlotte Coultrap-Bagg, Kirtley (Nakarado) Ceballos and Kisa Brannen as well as Tom’s daughter Elaina and Kirtley’s son Roman. Sadly, our dog Vito will not be in attendance because he cannot be trusted around nice clothing and food. We look forward to celebrating with and seeing many of our Dartmouth friends soon!”


—Jill Haltigan, 3537-4 Hunters Woods Blvd., New Castle, PA 16105; jill.haltigan@gmail.com


If you’ve spent any time on Facebook recently you’ll have noticed how many babies our classmates have been popping out recently! I tried to track down as many as I could, but please send word of any that I have missed.


Betsy Holder Bradley wrote to say, “Priscilla ‘Lilly’ Elizabeth was born on May 26, 2010, and joined her big sister Babette Virginia, who was born on August 29, 2007. My husband, Ryan Bradley (Loyola ’03), and I live in my hometown of Champaign, Illinois, where we both practice law and are busy chasing after our two girls!” 


Abby Horowitz and her partner, Eli (Cornell ’06), welcomed their son Meir on December 13. “Being a parent is a real trip so far! We are still in Atlanta, where I work at Emory managing the relationship between the university and the bookstore vendor. Off hours I’m working on my letterpress business, Lulov Press, which specializes in Jewish stationary and bar/bat mitzvah invitations. Looking forward to returning north one of these days and introducing my two men to Hanover!” 


Kristin (Todd) Freitag and Heiko Freitag (Tuck ’03) said hello to their beautiful daughter Karoline last November, and from the looks of it it’s been a happy, busy time for Kristin and her family ever since. Also welcoming a daughter were Megan Bridget Riley Kenney and Matthew Kenney ’04. Their little girl Bridget Isabel (named after her great-grandmothers) was born on December 28, 2010. The new family lives in Alexandria, Virginia where Megan is currently working as an attorney for the National Taxpayer Advocate. 


Bryan Bollinger and Katherine Rue Bollinger are also happy to announce the arrival of their son Cedric Kent on October 26, 2010. Finally, Kathleen Reeder Paley let me know that “on December 6 my husband, Matt Paley (Berkeley ’02), and I were lucky enough to add a little guy to our family. Maxwell Charles Paley (a.k.a. Max, a.k.a. Maximum Trouble) has kept us busy ever since. We can’t wait for him to meet other alum babies!” Needless to say it definitely looks like we’re going to need quite a bit of extra room at our 10-year reunion!


We also have congratulations of a different kind to bestow on Lara Dotson-Renta. “So on February 4 I officially defended my doctoral dissertation at UPenn and am a Ph.D.! I will walk in May’s graduation ceremony. In other news I have also become a contributor to Muftah.org, a magazine dedicated to Middle Eastern/North African issues. Adam Dotson and I are headed toward our fifth-year wedding anniversary and our daughter Catalina will soon turn 2! Where did the time go?” 


No idea, Lara. No idea. 


—Jill Haltigan, 6316 Riverfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238; jill.haltigan@gmail.com


Oh the weather outside is frightful, but thoughts of Dartmouth are delightful! Or something like that!


Luke Turechek wrote to say, “Recently I attended the wedding celebration of Alexis Jhamb and Rafael Rosengarten ’01 in Austin, Texas. Also in attendance were Carlin Rosengarten ’05, Alice Gomstyn, Brian Maloney ’01, Rebecca Aledort ’04, Lidia Barabash ’05, Debbie Leight ’02, John Maloy ’01, Christian Haines ’01, Kyle Larson ’01, Joe Fraiman ’01, Laura Case Larson ’06 and Robin LeGros. The festivities included two fun-filled nights on the town and a reception catered with the finest Texas BBQ, peppered with amusing Alexis-and-Rafe-themed mad libs written and read by the attendees.”


I also heard from Courtney (Bigda) Kelley: “I married Chris Kelley (Union ’05) on September 17 in Mamaroneck, New York. Bridesmaids included Tatiana (Fernandes) Amlin, Heather (Boldt) Gill and Lauren Gee. Also in attendance were Timothy Faller, Jim Kelly, Bryn Alderson, Jessica Feingold and Farah Maloof ’02. My father, Donald Bigda ’69, walked me down the aisle and it was altogether a fabulous day.”


Congratulations to both happy couples!


Jodie Shields wrote that she and husband Bill Shields welcomed a beautiful baby boy, Parker Henry Shields, this past July. “He’s keeping us very busy but we are happier than we have ever been. Bill graduated from Kellogg School of Management this past year and we are now living in Minneapolis, Minnesota.” We are going to have quite the entourage of little ones joining us for our next reunion!


Finally it was brought to my attention that BioLite, the company founded and run by Jonathan Cedar, was named one of America’s most promising social enterprises by Bloomberg Businessweek for 2011. BioLite was founded in 2009 and makes fuel-efficient cooking stoves—for both the avid camping enthusiast and the billions of people who would otherwise cook on open flame to survive. Everyone from Men’s Health magazine to Hillary Clinton has praised the stoves. Kudos, Jonathan.


Just another example of how I went to a college where everyone is vastly smarter than I! 


—Jill Haltigan, 3537-4 Hunters Woods Blvd., New Castle, PA 16105; jill.haltigan@gmail.com


I heard from Brian Mason, who writes, “Jocelyn, Lynn and I are still out in the Bay Area. Jocelyn teaches fourth grade and I work at IDEO leading the medical products group where there are lots of interesting and challenging design opportunities—for both big and small companies. We spend a lot of time on our bikes and Lynn is becoming more and more a fan. Some days I bike her to daycare while she rides in her iBert behind my handlebars. This weekend we are heading up to the Dartmouth cabin in Tahoe, California, with several friends to enjoy the snow and mountains. It should be a great time and we love the chance to host our friends in this New Hampshire-ish home away from home.” 


It was also brought to my attention that Anthony Webb was recently listed in Connecticut Magazine’s “40 Under 40: Class of 2013” list. After Dartmouth Anthony obtained his J.D. at the University of Chicago and is currently in business school at Yale. He was recognized for his commitment to empowering youth through a national program called Boys Speak Out that he created with Lola Adedokun and Claribel Vargas. Congratulations! 


This past weekend I was at a wedding for a friend from medical school and saw Sarah Mathew, who is in her fifth out of seven years of her general surgical residency at the University of Pennsylvania. “I’m soldiering on” she joked. I’m happy to report she looked well rested and as lovely as ever. It was fun to reminisce about how our paths had crossed in Hanover before really becoming friends in medical school. Sarah is considering a fellowship in either surgical oncology or trauma. 


Finally, I’ve learned that some of you apparently think you need to have a “Mount Kilimanjaro moment” before you feel you can write an update. Let me assure you that is not the case. I know how excited I get hearing what you all have been up to and I think most people feel the same! Nothing is too unimpressive. To put people at ease, I’ll give a personal example. I am still single, without a proper date in approximately three and a half years, and spend most evenings playing with my cats Margo and Bayliss. My primary hobbies currently are cheering on the Pittsburgh Penguins as they march towards their fourth Stanley Cup Championship and trying my best at re-learning some Spanish with Rosetta Stone. Es más difícil de lo que recuerdo! In any event, there have been no Mount Kilimanjaro’s, or even Mount Wycheproof’s (google it). But the valleys can be quite fun too. Please consider an update for the next column!


—Jill Haltigan, 3537-4 Hunters Woods Blvd., New Castle, PA 16105; jill.haltigan@gmail.com


After letting us know about the birth of their adorable son Cedric in the last column, Katherine Rue Bollinger wanted to add that husband Bryan Bollinger “will be starting at NYU’s Stern School of Business as an assistant professor of marketing this fall.” Congratulations, Bryan! Jonathan Eisenman will be packing up soon from the nation’s capital and heading clear across the country to southern California to take a job with the federal government. Fortunately there are a lot of other ’03 alums there to make him feel welcome (hint, hint)! Also, Jillian Powers wrote to say she’ll be completing her Ph.D. in sociology at Duke this May and is set to accept a postdoctorate position at Washington University in St. Louis in the American culture studies program. “If there are any alumni in the area, let’s be friends!”


Finally, given the ample space left, I’ll update you all on myself. (Try not to get too excited!) I’ll be graduating from UPMC St. Margaret family medicine residency this June and I’m set to start up a brand spanking new practice this fall located about an hour north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. If all goes according to plan by the time you are reading this I will also be a homeowner. Homeowner status means more than just that coveted tax writeoff; it also means I’ll have a posh spare bedroom. Anyone up for a trip to the City of Champions shall no longer need a hotel room. Yinz all are welcome to visit any time!


—Jill Haltigan, 6316 Riverfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238; jill.haltigan@gmail.com


I love this time of year. It always makes me think of Dartmouth!


Katie Ward wrote to say, “Ben Ward and I were excited to welcome our daughter Elinor Macaulay Ward on August 28. For the last four years we have been living in Boston while Ben completes his residency in orthopedic surgery. I work in the marketing department at Wiley-Blackwell, an academic publisher. Next summer the three of us will be heading out to Taos, New Mexico, for Ben’s sports medicine fellowship. We will miss being on the East Coast but are looking forward to a year of skiing and other outdoor activities!” 


Oliver Bernstein and his wife, Corrie MacLaggan (UNC-Chapel Hill ’02), also welcomed their first child, Carmen Miriam Bernstein, on July 4. Oliver and Corrie live in Austin, Texas. Corrie is a national correspondent for Reuters America Service and Oliver is the national communications strategist for the Sierra Club. He also recently wrapped up his term as board president at American Gateways, a nonprofit that provides free legal services and education to immigrants and refugees. 


And Brian Mason and wife Jocelyn Mason ’05 welcomed their daughter Lynn Heather Mason on July 29! “She was born a few weeks early at 5 pounds, 15 ounces, a beautiful little, wide-eyed girl. Everyone is doing well. Jocelyn and I are still living in Menlo Park, California, where I work as a project lead in our medical product development business. Jocelyn is teaching first grade. We look forward to taking Lynn to a Dartmouth homecoming soon!”


I also heard from Sara Yablon-Smith, who wrote, “Andy Smith ’98, DMS’04, and I and our 20-month-old daughter, Rosie, are moving to Guatemala in early December. We will be living in Santiago Atitlan and volunteering at Hospitalito Atitlan for the next two years. Andy will be working as a family physician and I will be working as a developmental specialist focusing on the maternal infant program. We spent some time in Santiago in 2006 and are excited to return. If you’d like to learn more about the Hospitalito or help support our mission, please visit our website at www.smithsinsantiago.com. Visitors are welcome anytime, whether to volunteer at the Hospitalito, study Spanish or just travel to a beautiful part of the world.”


Carl Burnett married Mary Stark on September 4 in Seattle’s Discovery Park. “Dartmouth folks in attendance were Jessica Adams, Lindsay Barnes ’06 and Kilsy (Torres) Barnes ’06, Sarah Hackney ’06, Will Meland, Sam Reisner ’02, Bonnie Tice and Matt Fagan, Adv’03. A great time was had by all, under gorgeous and atypically sunny Seattle skies.” Carl is in the process of earning his master of library and information science degree at the University of Washington. In other wedding news, Jean Bredeche and Sabrina Singh ’05 recently got married twice — first in a traditional three-day Sikh wedding in New Delhi, India, then again two weeks later in Brookline, Massachusetts. Highlights included Jean in full Indian regalia riding a horse in the traditional Baraat parade with full marching band and a bunch of Dartmouth people coming to India: Adrian Hartline, Adam Parker, Kristen Johnson Parker, Aaron Nutt, Grace Lee, Ainslee Withey ’05, Ashley Barton Bernstein ’05 and Nils Johnson ’73. It was quite the adventure for everyone! For more on the Brookline wedding, see the ’05 Class Notes. 


Finally, Lara Dotson-Renta is the new assistant dean of career services for the college of arts and sciences at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. “I also have a dual appointment as assistant professor and will be teaching a course on the Arab spring next term.” 


—Jill Haltigan, 3537-4 Hunters Woods Blvd., New Castle, PA 16105; jill.haltigan@gmail.com