As a result of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine starting to publish once every two months, I only have half the space each year to let you know about the goings-on in our class. So no introduction, just the news…
Cynthia Anderson wrote to let me know of her travels in Guatemala, where she and Patrick Hansen ’97 took a ten-day trip to work with Witness for Peace, a non-profit organization that plans awareness trips to Central America. Cynthia remarked that "the trip was a lot like an FSP crammed into ten days. We learned about history, politics, economics, the current challenges facing Guatemala, and tried to pick up some Spanish along the way." Jason Alderman also wrote from abroad. He moved back to the U.S. in early June after spending a year as an analyst at a large American real estate development firm in Beijing. Before he left to come home, though, he did have a chance to get together with Rob Isaacs; the two proceeded to wreak havoc for a night of good fun.
Not long ago I received a copy of a newsletter from inside.com that announced the acquisition of Jinn, the first novel by Matthew Delaney, as part of a two-book world rights deal with St. Martin’s Press. The "‘Michael Crichton-like thriller’ opens in World War II with a group of soldiers landing on a Japanese island in D-Day-like fashion, only to find that a group of American soldiers has gone missing." The rest you will have to read for yourself, but from the review in the newsletter, it looks awesome.
Matt Shevlin, living with Taylor Hamra in Los Angeles, has been spotted at L.A.’s sheikiest clubs alone several times. Taking on the city by himself has been no problem for Matt, a strong-willed and outgoing young man. His secret: "I just tell the women that my friends are in the bathroom when they ask who I am here with."
Kendra Kosko, who recently changed jobs to work for a law firm that specializes in political consulting, writes, "Sunday I was walking into the MCI center for a work party. I look down and what did I find but a brick with ‘Dartmouth-Curtis Wilgosh-Zach Hafer’ engraved in it. I can’t even begin to offer an explanation, neither of them are from D.C."
In New York City, Alyce Erdekian was recently accepted to be a New York City Teaching Fellow. She is going to teach for two years and earn her master’s degree in education at the same time. Also in NYC, Sean Taylor, Andrew Butterworth, and Anne Loomis made their stand-up comedy debuts. Among the witnesses were Alexandra Lavin and Julie Sloane. Sandra Muller is working at the American Museum of Natural History, learning tons about astronomy, paleontology, and other cools things that have nothing to do with what she majored in. She met up for dinner with rower buddies Cory Vogt (visiting from Seattle), Katie Daly, Caroline Kaufmann, and Kristin Heist, as well as Jon Rivinus, Andy Hilton, and Travis Gardner. Finally, when he was last spotted, Kyle Marchesseault was packing up and leaving San Francisco to head to the Big Apple, where he will be working full-time to plan the third annual Live Aid celebration with co-founder Julie Tallman. Tens of thousands are expected to be in attendance for the event.
That’s it for now. I’ve changed jobs and moved to northern Virginia. Please note the new address below and keep sending me your news. Cheers.
Seth Kelly,
seth.kelly.99@alum.dartmouth.org