Class Note 2003
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
