Class Note 2011
Howdy, ’11s. Well, this is it, my last column after five years as your secretary. It’s been a blast having an excuse to badger you about all the incredible things you’re doing. Many thanks for responding to my emails, Facebook messages and texts, and special kudos to those of you who actually sent in updates about your lives without me pestering you. Seriously, never be shy about that. I can tell you from experience that you can never have too many updates when it’s time to compile a column. Hillary Cheng is taking over as secretary for me and I’m sure she’s going to do an incredible job. Be sure to hit her up at hillary.s.cheng@gmail.com.
Now, for the last time from me, let’s get to the updates.
Kasia Vincunas got married in May and has left her job at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is now off to London to get her master’s in Byzantine art at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Kasia writes, “We’d love to connect with Dartmouth alums in our new home!”
More news on the engagement front: Sydney Thomashow and Ben Gifford ’10 got engaged in May. Ben is entering his last year at Harvard Law School, Sydney is a product marketing manager at Google and they live in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with their corgi puppy Louie (which you can apparently follow on Instagram @louiecinnamon). Also, Elizabeth Howland and Adrian Doran got engaged in April. Big congrats to all!
Chris Silberman, who had been in D.C. and is making his way to San Francisco, first spent some time in South America. He traveled through Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Peru, living on couches, Airbnbs and, of course, a camper van.
Ki Suh Jung has been a Navy officer stationed in Japan since 2013. Because of his service, he couldn’t make it to reunion, and we of course missed him there. The highlight of his service, Ki Suh writes, has been providing humanitarian assistance to the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan hit the region. “My ship was in Hong Kong at the time for a port visit and we were ordered to leave a day early and make best speed for Ormoc,” he wrote. “We used our helicopters to deliver food to remote villages that were cut off from the city and we sent sailors to shore to clean up debris and rebuild at an Army base so that they could take charge of the situation after we left. Other Navy ships relieved us after about five days and we continued with our deployment.”
And lastly, some news on the grad school front. Jonathan Panzl graduated from Columbia Law School in May. Andrew Citrin, who spent the last few years leading research strategy at MediaLink, a boutique advisory firm, has headed to L.A. to pursue an M.B.A. at USC. He plans to concentrate on strategy management in the media and entertainment landscape.
That’s it for now and from me. Be sure to send Hillary your updates, and thanks for taking the time to read the column after the last five years. As Miley Cyrus famously said in that song that was popular freshman year, I can’t wait to see you again. Joseph out.
—Drew Joseph, 49 Grove St., Somerville, MA 02144; (510) 418-2244; aqjoseph@gmail.com
