Alma Matters The Class of 1999 Newsletter

Winter 2004 Class News by Michelle Sweetser South/Midwest Jennifer Moore graduated from Emory Law School in May and started working at a law firm in At- lanta, Georgia (Alston & Bird). She reports that Tully Pruden married Mark Murphy in Mexico in November. Three ’99s were members of the wedding party - Megan Hjermstad, Kate Berkely and Jennifer. Many other ‘99s were in attendance, including Kaitlin Reidy, Michelle Park, Carrie Bourdon, Sommer Pio, Will Leicht, Gus Moore, Jen Holden, Kristen Lucas, and Ali Wiener. The newlyweds now live in San Francisco. Also in Atlanta is James Mykytenko, who is currently a second year general surgery resident at Emory. He will be starting two years of research this summer in the cardiothoracic lab as he is thinking about doing cardiothoracic surgery. James has kept in touch with Matt Delaney and Nat Rink who both live in Somerville, MA, and he saw them most recently in Octo- ber when he also saw Andy Butterworth and Sean Taylor, whom Nat had invited for his birthday. James reports that there are a few other residents at Emory who went to Dartmouth, including Tommy Slaubaugh ’96, who is a fourth year urology resident. James has been doing some activities with the Dartmouth Club of Geor- gia, attending their wine tasting in November and a holi- Muhammad Hutasuhut poses in front of a huge bust day party in December. of Saddam Hussein (adjacent to the palace). Anne Newman is in dental school in San Anto- Muhammad is in Iraq until July, working for the Coa- nio, Texas, and is excited to be in her final year. lition Provisional Authority. After taking two years off between freshman and sophomore year for a Mormon mission to Spain, Justin Bunker graduated from Dartmouth with the class of ’01. After graduation, he went to work for AMS, an IT con- remain there until July 1 when the Coalition transfers sulting firm in Fairfax, VA, and loves the DC area. In sovereignty to the Iraqi people. The couple is planning June, he married Heidi Sessions in Salt Lake City (where an August 2005 wedding. both of their families reside) and the couple is now back Bloomington, Indiana is the new home for John in Virginia, living in Falls Church. Justin’s best man was Foulks, who is in his first year of graduate school in the Matt Walker ’01. Matt’s wife Michelle Gauvain Walker ’02 Germanic Studies department at Indiana University. John and Kristin Romberg ’01 were also in attendance. is working for the present on mostly linguistics, philol- Catherine McCarthy attended Ros ogy, and Scandinavian languages. He expects to re- Prabharasuth’s wedding in California and then spent ceive his PhD in 2008. time with Jeannine Murray-Roman in LA before Jeannine left for research in Paris. Cat also saw Grace West Eboigbe off to LA from Washington, D.C. Cat recently Camilo Ramirez has been in L.A. since gradua- was engaged to Muhammad Hutasuhut. Muhammad tion where he’s been working as an internal consultant proposed to her in the Shenandoah mountain range, for Countrywide Financial Corporation. He’s hung out outside of Charlottesville, VA where Cat attends law with Justin Duda ‘00 and met up a few times with James school. A week later, Muhammad went off to Baghdad Kaiser (when he is not out writing one of his nature to work for the Coalition Provisional Authority and will Continued on page 6 Winter 2004 Alma Matters Page 2

Class of 1999 Alumni Council Update Executive Committee by Adrienne Wilson Wagner

Dear Fellow ‘99s President Attendance at this past December’s Alumni Council weekend met me with the usual in Hanover: Dartmouth’s amazing undergradu- James Gallo ate experience, persistent commitment to progress, discussions with opinionated students and alums who share a passion for the place, the Vice President chance to work hard and play hard, and a blizzard. Typical Dartmouth. th Kendra Kosko The highlight of my official duties December 4-6 was the im- passioned discussion and vote on the proposed constitution that would unite the Council and the Alumni Association. The constitution passed Treasurer the required 2/3 vote in the Alumni Council Saturday morning after Jeffrey Fine thorough scrutiny in lengthy meetings that negated the emailed con- cerns of the current SA President, which many of you received. How- Newsletter Editor ever, the constitutional amendment failed at the Alumni Association meeting by 10 votes, receiving only 71% of the required 75% to pass. Michelle Sweetser Let’s hope that the proposed changes that came out of the discussion will fine tune the document to please all parties the next time around Secretary so that we can move forward with some much-needed amendments Seth Kelly like increasing representation and internet voting. Athletics saw its best recruiting year in recent memory and is working to better coordinate student athlete commitments with pro- Mini-Reunion Chairs fessor requirements. DOC is still reaching over 90% of all students. Catherine Maxson As far as the Greek System and affinity houses are concerned, the Brian Salazar college seems to be rewarding houses that uphold “Standards of Excel- lence” instead of just requiring “Minimum Standards.” An undergradu- Rahsaan Sales ate woman spoke about the need to improve pre-major advising, and it seems that the administration is listening. Student-administrative Head Agents relations are still tense: rebuilding trust after Swimming & Diving deci- Scot Berg sion last year. We are still harping on the severe space crunch for events/ Jonah Sonnenborn rehearsals/gatherings, and the current wave of construction seems to be (in part) a response to the Student Life Initiative and the call for Alumni Councilor more student social space. Plans for future construction include a new Adrienne Wilson Wagner dining and social center north of Maynard, a Math and Interdisciplinary Departments building on the former Kiewit site, and more dorms. Student health programs see increased demand for psychological services. Sexual Abuse Prevention, Response and Recovery support is starting. There is a dramatic in- Alma Matters crease in attention to security and health for international The Class of 1999 Newsletter programs post-9/11. The Board of Trustees will expand from 16 members Winter 2004 to 22 by the year 2010. As usual, all nominees for the com- ing year are rock stars. An alumni mentor program, for stu- Michelle Sweetser dents or young alumni, is in the initial stages. Should class Editor dues fund the Alumni Magazine or should the College? And if class dues continue to fund it, should classmates who never pay dues still receive the magazine? Good questions up for Landis Fryer, Dave Sussman, Adrienne Wilson discussion in alumni circles. Wagner & Jeffrey Fine, Columnists Ways to stay in touch with what’s going on in the Brian Salazar, Graphic Artist larger Dartmouth Community: The Alumni Association launched the new young alumni website, YADA, earlier this year. Check it out and use it while we still can (http:// The editor can be reached yada.dartmouth.edu/)! Also, the college has launched the e- via email at newsletter, Speaking of Dartmouth. And contact your friendly [email protected] Alumni Councilor with any little thing I can do for you. I’ll see you guys at reunion! Winter 2004 Alma Matters Page 3 Happy New Monkey Year! by Landis Fryer Hey, folks! By the time you read this several buttercream—easy truly magical and significant things will have occurred: enough. I made the Chinese New Year (Jan. 22); my graduation from Chipotle Pasta with the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts (Jan. 24); The Lime Marinated Return of Saturn/Golden Birthday (I’ll be 27 on Jan. 27); Shrimp in an Avo- and the BIG Birthday Bash to celebrate these previous cado Cream Sauce events (Jan. 31). But let me handle a couple of things for my creative— before we get to discuss these in further detail. child’s play. The tough First, I would like to thank Jeff Fine and Michelle part was the damn written Sweetser for their terrific work heading the Reunion Com- exam, where after page seven my hand got tired from mittee, and a special thanks to all those members of writing so much. The bad news is that there were four- the committee who are working ridiculously hard to in- teen pages after that, including essay questions. I don’t sure a great time for us in Hanover June 18th-20th. We’ve recall taking anything nearly as extensive at Dartmouth. received a magnet, a pre-invitation, a nice “Time” maga- It was insane! You tell me the fourteen steps to making zine-like bulletin and several e-mail reminders from the a perfect confit or the difference between Burgundian group, and I do hope many of you have RSVP’d (I haven’t and Brittanian cuisine. Well, I passed the three, and I yet because of dinero issues, but that’s for another dis- will get my Professional Chef’s Degree the 24th. Whew! cussion). Anyway, apologies for being a slacker and I did want to get education after D, I just never thought kudos to you all for your work! Thank you in advance! it would be from cooking school. I also want to take this time to send out a spe- On the 27th, I’ll be 27. Now I remember a couple cial whassup to Matt Delaney, Rebecca Prestel, and John of people at Dartmouth who share this special day— Muckle, all of whom I have seen around Boston in the Jeana Chung and Courtney Shuster. Happy Birthday, past few months. Matt’s looking to move to NYC to join us!!! I don’t know if they (or others in our class who the NYPD (last I recall), I think Becky is either teaching were born Jan. 27, 1977) are celebrating this day as a or going to school (or maybe something completely dif- “golden” birthday, but I am. A golden birthday occurs ferent—I was at work when we met up) and Muckle was once—it’s the day you turn the age equal to the day of working on a local campaign. Maybe I’ll see them again your birth. I think this is a great age to have a celebra- at my party! tion like this—I’m old enough to drink legally but young Now, back to things that will be history before enough to recoup to get to work in the morning. The your eyes reach this column, the earliest of which is the same definitely can be said for 28 and 29, but if you’re Chinese New Year. Now I don’t know too much about thirty, you’re old! I’m just playing, since we are staring the Chinese Zodiac (other than the random stuff that thirty in the face. From what I thought, though, the 30s they print on paper place mats at some Chinese food promise to be a great decade ‘as our finances will come restaurants), but I do know that the Year of the Horse together, our relationships will solidify and our old hab- just ended, and this coming year is the Year of the Mon- its will die away.’ “Yeah, right,” said a good buddy of key. I also know that most of us born in 1977 are Year mine who turned thirty last year. “I’m thirty and I don’t of the Snake (how appropriate, K99, huh?) Anyway, I know sh*t,” he continued. ‘I thought that younger people read a blurb in the Boston Metro that said some women respected those in their thirties, and that there was even in China are trying to hold off giving birth until the Year a popular TV show based on those prime years.’ He of the Monkey because children born in that lunar year went on to say that folks in their twenties are scared of are clever, playful and inventive. So is the Horse some- the “3” in 30. He was looking for a roommate in Bos- thing less desirable than the Monkey? I just thought it ton, and would get pretty good offers until he revealed was strange; horses are steadfast, pretty, and friendly. his age to the folks. “They didn’t return my calls after I’d rather be a horse, since monkeys play too much, that. It’s just something about living with a thirty year especially with their “bananas” and all. I wonder what old that scares people off,” he told me. I laughed, of they say about us born in the Snake year. Does it mean course, because he does not look thirty and damn sure we are seductive, intelligent and precise, or does it mean doesn’t act thirty, but I do see his point. I guess I’m we are deadly, slow, and cold-blooded? I guess we have jacked up because I know now that I won’t have my a little of both sides (huh, K99?) Anyway, the New Year stuff together by thirty either. I got three years to get it will have past, and will be old news. right! Next, I will have graduated from the CSCA on Now I don’t have much to say about the BIG the 24th. I think things went well, as I did not receive a Birthday Bash, since anything could happen on that day. phone call telling me that I needed to come in and re- I do know that I sent out invites three different ways: take any of the tests. We had three finals, people: a Blitzmail, Evite and Friendster. Let’s see what happens. final practicum (where the school told us what to make), Maybe I’ll have more news for you soon! a creative practicum (where we got to make our own Later, foos, and eat Fluffy Puff Marshalades! dish) and a final written exam (over 200 questions— 20+ pages!!!). For the final I pulled a genoise with a Landis Fryer can be contacted at stabilized pastry cream, praline and mousseline [email protected]. Page 4 Alma Matters —

Peter Agnes III John Cruz Nader Akhnoukh Jason Dadakis Sara (Bauer) Victoria Dahir Alexander Chris Davidson Hannah Alldredge Elizabeth Davis How Amy Stone Altizer Eboni Dawkins Cynthia Anderson Kathleen de Guzman Eric Anderson Wayne DeBeatham Jennifer Anderson Frank DeLeon Imran Ansari Patrick DeLeon The 99 Reu Jessica Baldwin Christine DeLorenzo across the Alexandra Barth Kate Demling Christian Bateson Kevin Demoff th th Allison Bawden Arthur Desrosiers Which even June 18 -20 Ben Bawden Greg Dietrick Todd Becker Jeff Ding A) 2004 Charlotte Bednar Sarah Dinwoodey Debbie Bender Stephen Donahue Scot Berg Dave Dookeeram B) Friday, June 18th Kate Berkeley Rosalind Prabharasuth Moosilauke Day Trip or Overnight Katrina Betz Douglas Registration in Class Tent (Wheeler) Akbar Bhaidani Courtney duBois C) Casual Class Dinner Regina Bienstock Joe Edelman D) Kick-off Party in Class Tent with Bradley Bingham Lindsay Eichelberger Heather Brandling- Cathy Emery deejay and karaoke Bennett Dan Epstein Late-night snack George Braun Justin Evans Stephanie Little Tui’one Faleafa All your cla Saturday, June 19th Brennan Nathaniel Fick Moosilauke Day Trip Lee Bronsnick Kevin Findlan * List accurate Continental Breakfast Shauna Brown Jeffrey Fine Class of 1999 Meeting & Election of Candice Buckley Allison Fisch Taylor Hamra L Officers Danielle Unger Liz French Jeremy Hartman L Memorial Service Honoring ‘99s Buczek Becky Frost Laura Heinichen C Class Picnic Ian Campbell Landis Fryer Kristin Heist N Laurie Carafone Gordon Fu Historical Tour of Dartmouth Claire Heleniak H Sarah Carlson Jennifer Fulton Greg Heltzer J Mid-afternoon chat with President Michele Carlucci Pippa Gage Bunker Highmark D James Wright Margaret Cashion James Gallo Anna Miller Hill C Bus Trip to Quechee Gorge Liz Castellani Mitsuko Gardner Benjamin Hill N Cooking Class at King Arthur Flour Chris Chang Katie Garrett Bo Hinton J Student Organization Mini-Reunions Kristen Chartier Matt Garvey Karen Ho J Showcase of 99 Artists & Writers Derek Chau Beth Westman Casey Hogan J ‘Tails Ryan Chaytors Gaus Jennifer Holden S Elegant Class Dinner Louisa Childs Annette Gaynes Jenny Holland S Class Party Fatema Choudhury Dan Gestwick Brian Hughes L Matt Clendenny Alex Ghesquiere Jonathan Hummel M Andy Cohen Charles Gibson Karen Hung E Sunday, June 20th Michelle Coleman Stephanie Anna Kate P Annual Reunion 2.5 mile/10K Run Jill (Sorrentino) Nearpass Deutschendorf L Send-off Brunch Conors Gonzalez Hutter C Lauren Cornella Jason Gracilieri Robert Isaacs For more information or a more-up-to- Paul Costello Kenneth Graham Jaime (Ober) Jackett S date schedule, please visit us at: Bethany Crenshaw Graham Gunst Scott Jacobs J www.dartmouth.org/classes/ Kate Creskoff Sarah Halsell Ruchi (Kaul) Jaggi M 99/reunion To register officially go — Winter 2004 Page 5

Flynn Murphy Matthew Shevlin Tully Pruden Murphy Chris Showalter Margot Neebe Duncan Simmons likely are YOU to be Leigh (Eisenman) Ann DeBord Smith Nemetz Holly Smith Jaime Noce Jessica Smith atFall reunion??? 2002 Jorge Novello Pam Smith union Committee polled Dartmouth ‘99s Chris Nybo Leonora Snyder Josh Oberman Larry So country with the following question: Michelle Park Samantha Sommers Jennifer Parkinson Jonah Sonnenborn Tara Pennington Audra Spanish nt is most likely to happen in 2004? Tony Perry Todd Spanish Courtney Vanyo Katie Stark George W. Bush will win the presidency by a Peschel Jeff Steeves Sarah Piecuch Michael Stern landslide. Adam Piotrowski David Sussman JLo and Ben will get back together. (They Jose Pluto Claire (Goldstein) Laura Poplawski Swanson aren’t making another movie are they?) Alex Porcaro Michelle Sweetser Man will walk on mars. Emily Csatari Poulin Julie Tallman YOU will come to the Class of 99 5th Dhruv Prasad Rosanna Taormina Rebecca Prestel Sean Taylor Reunion to experience the Best of Dartmouth. David Rapson Liz Teutsch Emily Hallenbeck Matthew Traupman Regula Nicole Tsong assmates listed here answered “D”. Kaitlin Reidy Jorge Valcarcel Jamieson Reigle Sarah Valkenburgh as of 2/3/04. Brian Reilly Douglas Van Citters Erin Rewalt Marty Vona Lysa Janssen Kendra Kosko Catherine Maxson Damali Rhett Carolyn Wachsman Laura Jastrem David Kung Maureen McAleer Melissa Rikard Adrienne Wilson Catherine Johnson Pete Land Catherine McCarthy Nicci Rinaldi Wagner Nini Johnston Elizabeth Tripoli David McCarthy Jackie Rioux David Wagner Healy Jones Laughlin Scotty Erica Rivinoja Ara Walline ames Kaiser Dominic LaValle McConnaughey Jonathan Rivinus Beth Walsh Dylan Karczewski Jennifer Lawinski Kathryn McGovern Kyle Roderick Evan Walsh Caroline Kaufmann Allison Lee Meghan McMenamy Kyle Rogers Andy Warner Nahoko Kawakyu Jeannie Lee Heather McNulty Gemma Ros Chris Warren ennifer Kaye Stephen Lee Ann Sharfstein Dustin Rubenstein Jennifer Welsh ennifer Keller J. Alan Lemley Mielcarz Susan Rudders Diana Wheeler essica Kelley Philip Levant Daniel Mielcarz Cesar Ruiz Austin Whitman Seth Kelly Noah Levy Cassie Miller Emily Cornell Ruiz Allison Wiener Sarah Kelmenson Sean Levy Alyssa Mocharnuk- Kate Russell BJ (Robert) Williams Lara Kendall Jaclyn Lewin Macchia Gregory Sainnoval Rob Winn Melissa Kho Hai Gi Li Gus Moore Brian Salazar Andra Winokur Eugene Kim Alton Lo Jennifer Moore Stephanie Samuels George Wisecarver Paul Kim Leonora Lok Rex Morey Allison Sands Willy Wong Leslie Kinsey Meghan Lynch Douglas Morton Nicole Sanger Matthew Wrobel Carrie Bourdon David Lysy Lindsay McOmber Emily Schopick Amy Yamner Kisker Melissa Maggio Morton Elizabeth Serrill Karen Yen Sean Kisker Karen Mangold Cate Mowell Manisha Shah Meggan Young ohn Kline Kyle Marchesseault Emily Mulvoy Nell Shanahan Lauryn Zipse Margot Knight Matthew Margulies Jeff Munsie Dan Sheldon Sara Zrike o to www.dartmouth.org/classes/99/reunion Winter 2004 Alma Matters Page 6

Continued from page 1 books). Camilo is engaged to a Joanne Anthony (“a beau- This section removed from online version tiful intelligent woman”), and the two will tie the knot in to protect privacy of the individual mentioned.This Seattle on August 7. section removed from online to protect privacy of Los Angeles has also been home to Nick Ratliff the individual mentioned.This section removed since graduation, and he is currently in Venice. After a from online to protect privacy of the individual few years in advertising, he recently took a job as a pro- mentioned.This section removed from online to ducer for a commercial music house. So far, it’s report- protect privacy of the individual mentioned.This edly going great. Most of his spare time is still “wasted, section removed from online to protect privacy of playing guitar,” he says, although he does some studio the individual mentioned.This section removed gigs, and is playing in a band called The Setups. from online to protect privacy of the individual Greg Friedland has been in San Francisco since mentioned.This section removed from online to graduation, and was protect privacy of working for VMware the individual men- (a software startup) tioned. until a year ago. He W edding just started a doc- bells will also ring in toral program in bi- August for Lauren ology this year at Brenner, who will the University of marry Michael Goody California, San Fran- ’98 at the University cisco. As far as other Club in Manhattan. ‘99s go, he’s run into The couple met while Will Martinez a at Dartmouth and couple of times, who dated for several is in an MD/MS pro- years. Michael pro- gram at UCSF. Greg posed quite elabo- also saw Pete Woo- rately at the St. Regis druff at UC Berke- Hotel in NYC last July. ley a while ago They plan to honey- (Pete’s working in a moon in Hawaii, and PhD program there), for now, maintain and Bill Hwang is their apartment resi- Sean Taylor, Cate Mowell, and Damali Rhett enjoy this summer’s also in a biology PhD dence in Chelsea. class mini-reunion in New York City. program at UCSF. Michael currently While Greg hasn’t works for Deutsche talked Adriano de Bank Securities in In- Rose in a few months, he has heard that Adriano sur- vestment Banking and Lauren is currently a marketing vived a series of layoffs at his startup before it was ac- manager for Time Inc.’s interactive marketing division, quired by the Sporting News. where she has worked since graduation. Lauren also reports that Leigh Eisenman was Northeast recently married to Jake Nemetz (Columbia Univ. ’89). Joanne Fixman has been teaching 5th and 6th This beautiful wedding celebration was held in Ft. Worth, grade since 1999 in the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central Texas - Leigh’s hometown - on November 15. Several School District on Long Island. In October, she gradu- ’99s were in attendance and also in the wedding party. ated from Columbia University Teachers College with a Bridesmaids included Lauren Brenner, Regina Masters degree in Cognitive Studies in Education. She Bienstock, Allison Fisch, and Jennifer Kaye. Other also just got engaged in December to Eric Loring ’93. Dartmouth guests also included: Kimberly Champlin, Joanne spent New Year’s in New York with Eric, Katrina Karen Ho, Allison Wiener, Jennifer Blankenship (Betz) Motch, her husband Arthur Motch ’01, Eric Demoff, Sheryl Koval, Adrienne Wilson Wagner, Greenberg ’00, and Dan Kang ’03. Michael Goody ’98, Jennifer Fulton, Amy Stone After working for two years at a pharmaceutical Altizer, Jake Shields, David Wagner, Katie O’Connor, consulting firm in Westport, Conn., Matthew Maserati Kevin Demoff, and David Berenson. The new Mrs. began medical school at Columbia University College of Nemetz is presently an associate with the law firm of Physicians and Surgeons in NYC, where he is now in the Willkie Farr & Gallagher in New York, having graduated middle of his third year. At the moment, he is contem- from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2003. plating matching in neurosurgery next year. Leigh’s husband, also an attorney, is employed by the Kyle Marchessault married Marisa Howe ’98 on law firm of Dewey Ballantine in New York. August 31 and moved to Somerville, MA from Brooklyn, Continuing the wedding party list, Jess Smith NY. served as a bridesmaid in the wedding of Aricca Dums A doctoral student at Harvard, Liz Stambler will and Doug Van Citters on September 6th in Hawyard, marry Tom Pasquini ’00 in the Berkshires on July 3, 2004. WI. It was a beautiful outdoor wedding! Christine Tom is a doctoral student at MIT. Winter 2004 Alma Matters Page 7

(Shaner) Horning was also a bridesmaid and a num- ber of Dartmouth friends were able to share the day, The Class Needs YOU! including Abi Holt, Ellen Halstead ’98, Josh Getchell, Paul Killebrew, Bunker Highmark, Michael Our class will be selecting a new slate of officers at re- union for the next four years (until our 10th reunion in Vasiliadis, Jason Dadakis, Scott McArt ’01, Chris 1998). The elected positions are President, Vice-Presi- Dums ’97, Ray Dums ’01, Malu Govindan ’01, Ken dent, Secretary, and Treasurer. Appointed positions are Clemmer ’96, and Stuart Hanson ’59. The newlyweds Head Agent(s), Newsletter Editor(s), Mini-Reunion spent their honeymoon in Hawaii and are currently liv- Chair(s), and Webmaster. Brief job descriptions follow. ing in Wilder, VT. Jess also provided some updates on Please send any nominations for the positions to the class the other attendees: Josh will marry Monica Randall e-mail account ([email protected]). The ’00 this summer, and Paul will marry to Daria Zibluk Nominating Committee will pass along a slate to the class ’98 this summer as well. Bunker just got a job in a for an election on Saturday morning of our reunion. small law firm in southern Connecticut, and Michael is working as a federal prosecutor. Jason will marry Katey The President will act as the executive head of the class. Ritrovado ’98 in May. It will be his/her responsibility to initiate new projects Earlier this year, Brian Reilly attended Blake and carry out policy of the Executive Comittee. In addi- Zidell’s wedding to Shoshana Grodin in Dallas. In at- tion, the President shall exercise general supervision over tendance were a number of Dartmouth alums, includ- all other officers, to ensure the proper performance of ing Steve Lehotski, Seth Graham, Gray Mead ’98, their functions. and Martin Kessler ’98 — all friendships formed in and around the Dartmouth Forensics Union. Brian is in his The Vice-President works with the President in carrying out managerial responsibilities; should be ready to fill in third year as a graduate student in French literature at for the President if he/she is not able to fulfill the respon- Yale. sibilities of the office. Jess McMakin is finishing her bachelor’s de- gree in Rochester, NY at St. John Fisher College and The Secretary prepares the Class notes for the Dartmouth will graduate with a degree in English and Adolescent Alumni Magazine and also serves as custodian of class Education this May. She has a three-year-old daugh- files and records. ter, Ella Marie McMakin. Jess keeps in touch with Dave and Michelle (Ouellette) Coleman, who had a baby, The Treasurer receives and disburses all funds of the Matthew, this past year. Jess went to Mike Novello class subject to the direction of the Executive Committee, and Meg Funke’s wedding this summer, and ran into and submits an annual financial report to the Executive Michael Bruno, Shayna Rich, Ben Guaraldi, David Committee. Kung, Annette Gaynes, and a whole host of other Dartmouth alumni. Jess still sees Ben Mishkin ‘00, and Class Executive Committee - Consists of 15 or more he occasionally updates her on Jess McCarter, who is members of the class who serve as a policy-making body either in NY or California (maybe he could write in to for the class and act on its behalf concerning the class clarify!). Finally, Jess periodically hears from Victoria and its affairs. (Thatcher) Otto, who lives in the southwest and works The Head Agent, who conducts the annual Dartmouth as a lawyer. College Fund solicitation. After hearing of the successful landing of the two Mars rovers, I wrote Marty Vona, whom Alma The Newsletter Editor(s), who is responsible for edit- Matters profiled in Winter 2002 regarding his work on ing the class newsletter on a quarterly basis. the rover project to see where he is now and to see what he might have to say about the successful mis- The Mini-Reunion Chair(s), who is responsible for the sions. After working at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab organization and promotion of all major non-reunion gath- (JPL) for two years, Marty enrolled at MIT again this erings of the class. past fall to continue with his Ph.D. His Ph.D. research is shaping up to be in the direction of integrating some The Webmaster, who is responsible for maintaining the artificial intelligence techniques into computer aided class’ web site and electronic communications with the design systems, like those commonly used by people class. who design modern machines. Though he is now a full- time student again, he is still a JPL employee in re- serve capacity, available in the event that they may want him to help with any issues that may arise with the down. This phase of the mission, which should last sev- software he helped develop (software that scientists can eral months, is where the software Marty helped develop use to visualize the 3D terrain images produced by pairs will come into play. It will be used by the scientists at of stereo cameras on the rover). JPL to analyze the information sent back from Mars ev- Marty traveled to Pasadena for the landing of ery day and to plan the next day’s activities. the Spirit rover in early January and he and girlfriend Brenda went to an auditorium at Caltech where many of Have news to report from your corner of the the non-critical mission people and their families gath- world? Drop an e-mail to the class account at: ered to watch the landing, and Marty notes that he is [email protected], and we’ll include your amazed at the quality of the pictures that are coming news in an upcoming issue of Alma Matters. Upcoming Dartmouth Events

Eleazar says: Meet me in Boston! Celebrate ‘99 Days ‘Til Reunion! Thursday, February 26 Join classmates in the following cities to countdown the fi- 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. nal days remaining before our 5th Reunion. Look for addi- Cheers - Beacon Hill tional details in your in box and on the reunion webpage at: Join fellow Boston young alumni for warm drinks, bever- www.dartmouth.org/classes/99/reunion ages, hors d'oeuvres & door prizes - YADA’s treat!

Chicago Bloody Chicago: Crime Fiction in the Windy City Thursday, March 11, 7-9 p.m. Saturday, March 6 Goose Island Brewery 9:15 AM - 4 PM 3535 North Clark Street Alumni Seminar featuring George Demko, Dartmouth Geography professor and mystery authors Barbara New York City D'Amato and Libby Fischer Hellman Thursday, March 11, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. To register: http://www.dartmouthchicago.org/events AMF Chelsea Piers Bowl Eleazar says: Let's Bowl in NYC! Boston Thursday, March 11 Friday, March 12 , 8 p.m. 6:30 to 8:30 pm Blue Cat Cafe, 94 Massachusetts Avenue (corner of Mass. AMF Chelsea Piers Bowl Ave and Newbury St.), 617-247-9922. Complimentary bowling, drinks, hors d'oeuvres and of San Francisco course great door prizes! Friday, March 12, 9 p.m. La Barca, 2036 Lombard Street (between Webster and Eleazar says: Meet me in Philly! Fillmore Streets) Nearest train is Muni Bus: 10, 20, 30, 93, Friday, April 2 60, 70, 80, 90 Look for more details on the YADA website: http://yada.dartmouth.edu/