Class Note 2000
Hello all! I hope summer has arrived wherever you find yourself these days. After this year’s polar vortex winter I know I’m enjoying the warm and sunny weather! Kicking us off this month, Melanie Kay and Jim Schoettler (Stanford ’96) were married on March 8 in Palm Springs, California. Melanie has been advocating for the environment as a litigator for the nonprofit environmental law firm Earthjustice. She and Jim reside in Genesee, Colorado, with their two dogs, cat, and a few elk and deer herds. Reflecting her enormous heart and large fan club, Melanie had a total of 11 bridesmaids, three of whom were Dartmouth classmates. Alums in attendance included Evan Rieder, Megan (Costa) Perna, Beth Duncan, Mitzi (Zarfoss) Cook and Julia (Henneberry) Sharma ’99. Highlights of the weekend included the glorious weather and beautiful outdoor venue so appropriate for a couple who love nature, blissful participation by a beloved canine ring bearer, a one-of-a-kind guitar serenade by Jim to Melanie and finally an impromptu glow stick ultimate dance party!
In baby news Meaghan Fanning and her husband, Dylan Karczewski ’99, and are happy to announce the birth of their son James Corwin Karczewski back in August. “Win is a joy and is especially doted upon by his big sister Cavan. The four of us have been happily living in my home town of Larchmont, New York, for the past four years.” Meaghan is currently the executive director of U.S. equity sales trading for J.P. Morgan. Also, congratulations are in order for Meghan (Sullivan) Candee and her husband, Tom, who welcomed daughter Maeve Florence and son Liam Thomas into the world on March 16. Maeve and Liam join 2-year-old big brother Cormac and family dog Coco in the Candee home in Salt Lake City, Utah, where Meghan is a pediatric neurologist at the University of Utah Primary Children’s Medical Center and Tom is an architect. Congrats, Fanning and Sully!
In news actually related to the reporting of the news, after anchoring the morning news in Palm Springs, California, Todd Piro was recently named morning anchor at NBC Connecticut, which requires that he get up every morning at 1:45! “I hope to be doing some legal commentary for the network soon as part of my job, to justify my law degree! Ironically, the anchor I took over for was a Dartmouth ’90. Disturbingly, I enjoy being called the Ron Burgundy of Connecticut!” While at Dartmouth Todd was news director and anchor at WDCR/WFRD Radio and returned to the media after practicing law for five years in Los Angeles.
Have a safe and happy summer everyone! Please feel free to email me your news anytime!
—Kelly Heaps, 3666 Willowlea Court, Unit B, Cincinnati, OH 45208; heaps.k@pg.com
