Class Note 1987
Issue
Maury (Lawrence) Stephan writes “I am living in Suwanee, Georgia, which made it on Money magazine’s list of the best 10 small town places to live in the United States last year. I have lived here for almost nine years. I am mostly a stay-at-home mom to my children Oliver (8), Carter (5) and Angela (3 1/2). You know how important that ‘1/2’ is at certain ages! I was a practicing massage therapist in my former life (a.k.a. pre-kids and while living in California for 10 years), but when we moved to Georgia with a 2-month-old, knowing absolutely no one, I didn’t practice regularly for a long time. Recently I started practicing again, on a very part-time basis.
“The last time I saw a classmate was at the Women of Dartmouth celebration in San Francisco. I stayed with Lynn and Greg Nerland (both ’86s). Lynn and I planned a dinner with some other women who were in KAO with us, one of whom was Laura Gasser. It was fun to reminisce and wonder both how long ago that was and yet it didn’t really seem all that long ago either. Time is a funny thing, for sure.”
Lisa Snyder is living with her husband, Jeff Foster ’88, and her sons Pierce (11) and Malcolm (8) in Newton, Massachusetts. She has worked for the same law firm, Cooley Manion Jones LLP, since 1997 and became operations partner at the end of 2007. She is helping to coordinate the opening of offices in Wilmington, Delaware, and San Francisco. She enjoyed visiting Ann (Suchoza) McDonough and her family one day last November while campaigning for Obama in New Hampshire. [Class secretary’s fault on timing of inclusion!]
We received word that Allison Exall has been chosen by Who’s Who Legal as one of Texas’ top environmental attorneys. The announcement reports “Ms. Exall was nominated for this honor through independent research among clients and peers. Ms. Exall is one of only 44 lawyers in Texas who comprise their environmental chapter. She was also recently given the distinction as a Best Lawyer in America in Environmental Law for 2007 and 2008 and was selected as a 2008 D Magazine Best Lawyer.”
We have also been informed of the publication of an exciting new work by Chris Benner. Published by Cornell University, This Could Be the Start of Something Big: How Social Movements for Regional Equity Are Reshaping Metropolitan America is “a major contribution to the study of sociology and has already garnered considerable praise by scholars in the field.”
Mike Roy moved to Middlebury, Vermont, in July of 2008 with his wife, Lisa Gates ’88, and his kids Ethan (15), Anna (12) and Julian (7). He’s working at Middlebury College as the head of its merged library/IT shop. He’s found a great soccer game to play in on Sunday mornings and otherwise runs, albeit slowly, when he gets a chance. His classmate and teammate John McCright is also living in Middlebury and working at the local newspaper, The Addison Independent. Thank you to all the ’87s who have given their time to mentor a Dartmouth Partners in Community Service intern: Sarah McCraw Crow, Pam Haering, Alan Haig, Julie Park Hubble, Kim Jacobs, Meg Houston Maker, Veronica Rassias Markwood, Ben Moynihan, David Roccaforte, Lauren Schwartz, Alicia Altman Southwell, David Wiser and Sarah Woodbury. Please feel free to contact one of them about their experience and try to be open to mentor an undergraduate if asked in the future. Go to www.dartmouth.edu/~dpcs for more information.
—Wendy Becker, 2 Kensington Gate, London, England, W8 5NA; wendy.becker.87@alum.dartmouth.org; Melissa Wallshein Smith, 77 Benedict Hill Road, New Canaan, CT 06840; melissaj@optonline.net
Sept - Oct 2009
Maury (Lawrence) Stephan writes “I am living in Suwanee, Georgia, which made it on Money magazine’s list of the best 10 small town places to live in the United States last year. I have lived here for almost nine years. I am mostly a stay-at-home mom to my children Oliver (8), Carter (5) and Angela (3 1/2). You know how important that ‘1/2’ is at certain ages! I was a practicing massage therapist in my former life (a.k.a. pre-kids and while living in California for 10 years), but when we moved to Georgia with a 2-month-old, knowing absolutely no one, I didn’t practice regularly for a long time. Recently I started practicing again, on a very part-time basis.
“The last time I saw a classmate was at the Women of Dartmouth celebration in San Francisco. I stayed with Lynn and Greg Nerland (both ’86s). Lynn and I planned a dinner with some other women who were in KAO with us, one of whom was Laura Gasser. It was fun to reminisce and wonder both how long ago that was and yet it didn’t really seem all that long ago either. Time is a funny thing, for sure.”
Lisa Snyder is living with her husband, Jeff Foster ’88, and her sons Pierce (11) and Malcolm (8) in Newton, Massachusetts. She has worked for the same law firm, Cooley Manion Jones LLP, since 1997 and became operations partner at the end of 2007. She is helping to coordinate the opening of offices in Wilmington, Delaware, and San Francisco. She enjoyed visiting Ann (Suchoza) McDonough and her family one day last November while campaigning for Obama in New Hampshire. [Class secretary’s fault on timing of inclusion!]
We received word that Allison Exall has been chosen by Who’s Who Legal as one of Texas’ top environmental attorneys. The announcement reports “Ms. Exall was nominated for this honor through independent research among clients and peers. Ms. Exall is one of only 44 lawyers in Texas who comprise their environmental chapter. She was also recently given the distinction as a Best Lawyer in America in Environmental Law for 2007 and 2008 and was selected as a 2008 D Magazine Best Lawyer.”
We have also been informed of the publication of an exciting new work by Chris Benner. Published by Cornell University, This Could Be the Start of Something Big: How Social Movements for Regional Equity Are Reshaping Metropolitan America is “a major contribution to the study of sociology and has already garnered considerable praise by scholars in the field.”
Mike Roy moved to Middlebury, Vermont, in July of 2008 with his wife, Lisa Gates ’88, and his kids Ethan (15), Anna (12) and Julian (7). He’s working at Middlebury College as the head of its merged library/IT shop. He’s found a great soccer game to play in on Sunday mornings and otherwise runs, albeit slowly, when he gets a chance. His classmate and teammate John McCright is also living in Middlebury and working at the local newspaper, The Addison Independent. Thank you to all the ’87s who have given their time to mentor a Dartmouth Partners in Community Service intern: Sarah McCraw Crow, Pam Haering, Alan Haig, Julie Park Hubble, Kim Jacobs, Meg Houston Maker, Veronica Rassias Markwood, Ben Moynihan, David Roccaforte, Lauren Schwartz, Alicia Altman Southwell, David Wiser and Sarah Woodbury. Please feel free to contact one of them about their experience and try to be open to mentor an undergraduate if asked in the future. Go to www.dartmouth.edu/~dpcs for more information.
—Wendy Becker, 2 Kensington Gate, London, England, W8 5NA; wendy.becker.87@alum.dartmouth.org; Melissa Wallshein Smith, 77 Benedict Hill Road, New Canaan, CT 06840; melissaj@optonline.net