2000

As has been the case in every column I've written thus far, I have engagement news to share! Katy Weiss and Dustin Rubenstein '99 were engaged in January in Quechee, Vermont. Katy and Dustin are currently living in Ithaca, New York, where Katy is an assistant product manager on the Corning Ware brand of World Kitchen and Dustin is getting his Ph.D. in neurobiology and behavior at Cornell. "We're getting married on September 2nd in Springfield, Massachusetts, and Ithaca is home for the next five years as Dustin finishes his doctorate and, I hope, I will be attending business school." Congratulations!

Matt Kramar, who is studying meteorology at the University of Oklahoma, writes: "I had the good fortune to have one of my choral compositions performed at the Christmas morning Matins service at Canterbury Cathedral in England. I was lucky enough to be able to attend, and the whole experience was beyond belief. The piece was debuted in May of 2000 by the Dartmouth Chamber Singers and Hanover resident Jane Drorbaugh brought it to the cathedral. Other wise, school is good here in Oklahoma and I will be out stormchasing in the spring, which should be fun."

Speaking of stormchasing—on the professional athlete front, congratulations to Melissa Roth, who was drafted to the Atlanta Beat as part of the women's professional soccer league. Her season begins April 21, when the Beat take on the New York Power in Atlanta. I also hear that Kyle Schroeder is playing for the XFL as a member of the Birmingham Bolts.

I've recently heard from many '00s who are abroad this year. Erin Mackanin is doing part-time research in Hamburg, Germany, at the University of the Federal Armed Forces. She writes: "I'm looking for a job and would like to remain in Germany, if possible. A recent visit by Lorissa Foster made the winter here a bit more bearable. We visited Berlin for a few days, enjoyed the sites in Hamburg and celebrated her recent acceptance into medical school. Heather Wakeley is also in Hamburg, completing her MEM Thayer School project. The three of us went out to dinner and imagined what it will be like for Heather and Lorissa as they complete their B.E.s this spring at Dartmouth."

Carolyn Cummings writes from Brussels, Belgium, where she is working on a case for the consuiting firm of Dean & Co. "I've been here since December and expect to be back in the States around April. I have an apartment in D.C. that I'm looking forward to spending some time in for a change."

An '00 dropped me this note: "Will Owen made a trip to Boston recently and had an interesting experience at the popular Dartmouth bar An Tua Nua. Late that night Will saved dozens of lives by extinguishing a fire that had started at the corner of the bar. The flames had spread to an unwitting bouncer's leg, before Will luckily sprang into action. Andrew Weed also contributed to the heroics, as he and Yale Dieckmann helped douse the roaring blaze." Glad to hear that the Beantown did not go down in flames.

In late breaking news, I hear that Susan Barbour is preparing to move to Japan where she will teach English as a second language. Allison Aab has been teaching English in Tokyo Japan, since September, and is awaiting Susans arrival. Susan promises more details to follow.

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