Class Note 2000
On September 25, 2009, Stefanie (Tjaden) Lawrence and her husband, Josh Lawrence, welcomed Magnolia Rachel Lawrence into the world. Magnolia was born in London, where her parents have been living and working since 2007. Stefanie is presently the trusts and foundations manager for the Barbican Arts Centre, but is taking advantage of the United Kingdom’s generous maternity leave policy to focus on motherhood for the next several months.
Eli (Burak) Burakian wrote in: “It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year but I’d like to let you know that Julia Martiesian ’01 and I got married on September 6, 2008, at Camp Lenox in Otis, Massachusetts, where we had four days to pretend we were campers with all our friends and family. We combined our names and our new last name is Burakian. A lot of our friends were there from Dartmouth, including classmates of mine, Julia’s and a number of ’99s and other years. Also I just self-published a coffee-table book about Mt. Moosilauke titled Moosilauke: Portrait of a Mountain. It’s a book featuring photographs of the mountain landscape through the seasons and includes short essays by a number of contributors on the Ravine Lodge, the forest, the geology, the Appalachian Trail and the history. For more info and ordering through PayPal, please visit my Web site at www.burakianphotography.com.”
Todd Piro made a huge career change, giving up the practice of law for the bright lights of television. Currently he is an anchor/reporter/sportscaster for KPSP Local 2 News, the CBS affiliate in Palm Springs, California. Todd credits his time at the Dartmouth College Radio Station for helping him develop a love of broadcasting and for helping him begin his career in the medium. If you are ever out in the desert, taking a break from golf or getting a massage tune in to Todd on the weekends at 6 and 11 and Wednesday through Friday at 5, 6 and 11.
Ellie Off, Catherine Ware Kilduff and Megan Slocum Black met up for a girls weekend in Philadelphia in August to visit Katie Uhre, who was interning at Campbell’s before heading back to business school at the University of Chicago. Megan just moved to Princeton, New Jersey, after living in Botswana for nine months, Catherine is living in Davis, California, with her husband, Patrick, and 2-year-old son Lane, and Ellie lives in Cincinnati and works for Procter & Gamble.
Also, Adam Dansiger wrote in with the following update: “I was part of the ’00 class, but I had a car accident early sophomore year, October 17, 1997, and ended up in a coma that would span into January of 1998. In January of that year I was shipped to JFK in Edison, New Jersey, and soon afterward I returned to my Staten Island home. I spent the next few years in and out of the hospital, recovering slowly. My Dartmouth career was over and I began my new life. I started school again at Florida Atlantic University, near my new home in West Palm Beach, Florida. Assimilation was tough. But despite several visits to the dean, probation and eventual suspension I am thrilled to announce that in May 2009 I finally graduated with a B.S. in math. The easy part is over—now I have to find a job. I would love to hear from those of you who knew me. E-mail adamdansiger@gmail.com or Facebook me.”
—Kelly Heaps, 3666 Willowlea Court, Unit B, Cincinnati, OH 45208; kellyheaps@gmail.com
