Class Note 2009

I’m thinking of all of you and sending my best wishes to everyone impacted by the pandemic. Thank you to our classmates who are working hard on the frontline. Liz (Ellison) Baron and her husband, Art Baron ’07, welcomed a baby boy, Calvin Timothy Baron, on March 5. Diana Dinescu and Bryan Strother welcomed Jacob Lee Strother to their family on April 13. He and mom are doing well, and he is healthy and growing. His sister, Lina (23 months old), is not entirely sure about him yet, but she has decided they can keep him (for now) despite the racket. Kris Gebhard is happy to report that as of July 23, they will graduate with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from George Mason University and move to Chicago in August to complete a clinical postdoc at University of Chicago Medicine. They look forward to eventually getting back to the East Coast with a plan to collaboratively open an LGBTQIA community health clinic and research institute in Baltimore. Any other health workers in the area who would like to connect are welcome to reach out! Tina Harrison is doing an ecology postdoc at University of Louisiana-Lafayette. Johanna Hauer wrote that she is working hard in Hartford, Connecticut, and was reallocated to a Covid ICU. She is trying to stay healthy and hoping that everyone is staying safe in these challenging times. Dylan Kane took a job with the U.S. Forest Service and moved to Prescott, Arizona, where he is a squad leader on the Prescott Helitack Crew. He’s been climbing lots of mountains and is psyched to be in the Southwest! Thomas Kern is teaching at Landmark College, a small liberal arts college in Vermont specializing in students with learning disabilities, ADHD, and autism. Quinton Klabon wrote that he will wrap up seven years at St. Marcus Lutheran, Wisconsin’s best school for black kids. Among much else, he organized a yearly Dartmouth immersion for its top eighth-graders. Quinton is leaving to attend Harvard University for graduate school. Upon returning to Wisconsin, he’ll transition to government to continue closing the achievement gap. Marley McMillan finished her first year of business school at Vanderbilt University. She will remain in Nashville to participate in Deloitte’s shortened human capital consulting internship experience this summer. Jenna Newgard married her partner of 10 years, Nate Abbott. Molly Roy started working full-time for a group called Organizing Together 2020 that is helping to organize volunteers in support of the eventual Democratic presidential nominee. They are working from home currently, but in the future she’ll be out on the campaign trail in Sarasota County, Florida. Mark Wilson and his wife, Aspen Wilson ’11, had daughter Linara Rae Wilson on March 15. He’s very proud that she has his sense of timing. Jeff and Katie Wiltsey welcomed the newest member of the class of 2042, Grant Morimoto Wiltsey, born April 14. They’re weathering the virus well and would have been in new baby isolation anyway. Case Hathaway Zepeda and Dan Olson ’04 welcomed baby girl Robin to the world on March 1. Big sibs Basil and August love giving her kisses and arranging their favorite toys around the bemused baby. Other than that, their Hanover homesteading efforts are ramping up as Case practices her new chainsaw skills, Dan continues plotting the finishing touches on his timberframe barn, and the kids miraculously avoid the electric fence around the chicken coop.

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com