Class Note 2001
Happy fall, ’01s! You may not be aware, but Connecticut seems to be a hotbed of Dartmouth ’01 activity. Joe Sondheimer and I were happy to host a pool party bringing together lots of Dartmouth friends in the Constitution State. Alissa (Abbey) Stoltz,her husband, Don, and their family moved to Weston about a year ago, and Miriam Ingber, Peter Vassilev ’00, and their children are very recent transports to Westport. We were joined by Kristin Delaney and her daughter as well as Suzanne (deVries) Decker and her sons, who were all willing to cross the New York state line for the afternoon. Debra (Brodsky) Shigley and Erich Shigley ’99 and their kids came down from Boston to join the festivities. Scott and Alisa (Beck) Harrison and their kids also visited Ridgefield for a concert in the park this summer. In other Connecticut news, Alexis (Vagianos) Siegel, Adam Siegel ’00, and their four children have moved from Greenwich to Miami.
In neighboring New York, Carolyn (Roth) Fiuza and her family departed the Upper West Side for the leafy streets of Bronxville just in time to welcome their second daughter, Isabelle, in June. Juliana, 4, is enjoying her new home and role as a big sister. Rounding out our discussion of the tristate area, Chris Tully and his wife, Lisa (Rutgers ’04), recently moved to new digs in Chatham, New Jersey, and welcomed their third child, Lucas Michael.
Further north, Rochelle Bourgalt, her husband, James Gotz (Michigan ’91), and their daughter, Margaret, 2, welcomed Benjamin to the family at sunrise on a lovely July morning in Marblehead, Massachusetts. And even closer to that which connects us all, Abby Gillard traveled home to New Hampshire from West Des Moines, Iowa, where she lives with her wife, Lisa. The high point of the trip was a day spent at a lake with Katie Gayman, Bri Johnsen, and Jen (Murray) Talmadge and their kids. They also met up with Bri’s husband, Eric Wang ’02, Riley Lochridge ’02, and Seth Smith ’02, who were on their way back from their annual trip to the Second College Grant. Abby reports, “We were missing a few members of the Dartmouth women’s soccer class of ’01, but it was epic nonetheless!”
In the Midwest, after many years in the fashion retail industry, Chris Miranda graduated from Ohio University College of Medicine and started his residency in family medicine at Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio.
Hope everyone has a great holiday season, no matter where you are!
—Rachel Milstein Sondheimer, 143 Branchville Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877; (203) 645-693; rachel.sondheimer@gmail.com
