2002

Hello fellow '02s! I received some blitz updates from our classmates over the past few months about new locations, new jobs, new schools, an engagement and a couple weddings.

Vicki McGrane wrote, "After two years, all the '02s in my neck of the woods (Keene, New Hampshire) are dispersing. Shannon Stoval just moved to Hawaii. Kristi Esmiol headed south to Florida. I'm headed to the London School of Economics in September to study international political economy. Allison Huggins, after spending the summer climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and teaching fifth-grade science and fourth-grade math in Uganda, will join me; she'll be studying international development. Lastly, Nathan DeLuke, who's living in my attic right now, is currently undecided on his next destination."

Back in January Dan Greninger wrote to tell me about his November 2003 engagement to fellow '02 Nicole Leiser. The couple was then living in Jerusalem, Israel, where Nicki was studying to become a rabbi at Hebrew Union College. Dan was taking a break from his previous job at Sandia National Laboratories, and then started medical school this fall. The couple hopes to get married in spring/summer 2005 in Colorado.

Pascal Lalonde wrote to fill me in about the wedding of Frank Nardella to longtime Chicago sweetheart Mandi Ryder that took place this past January. Pascal wrote, "The wedding was in Chicago and turned out to be an incredible time, with many '02s and '01s taking part in the festivities (Rob Delwo, Joe Vinci, Scott Mac Arthur, Ryan Sinclair, Peter Mahler '01, Mike Byrne '01, Doug Heitner, Mike Maturo, Craig Lund, Margot Sullivan, Sam Berdinka '01, Greg Buth '01, Ken Phelan and myself). Unable to attend were Chris Taliercio, Jamie Herrington and Trevor Byrne '03, who couldn't shake away from their pro hockey commitments. Special mention goes to Craig Lund, who not only rivaled Mr. Nardella's stellar performance in Vegas as weekend MVP, but also delivered an excellent speech as Frank's best man. Craig led the charge in a last hoorah before leaving for Iraq this week to join the Department of Defenses Coalition Provisional Authority. From all of us, congratulations Frank and Mandi, and good luck Craig!"

Ariel Diaz wrote to tell me all about Pete Holoch's wedding this past June. Pete married Adele Johnson (Smith '02) in Minnesota. 'All of the '02 lightweight rowers were there (Ty Garland, Jeff Dwyer, Matt Drossos, Jared Geller, John Pearson and Lynnie Rudner).Ty,John and I were groomsmen, and Matt, Jeff and Jared were ushers. It was the first time all of us had gotten together since graduation, and it was a blast. On a personal note, I finished the M.E.M.—master's in engineering management—at Thayer this past June, and then spent the summer traveling around Europe (first a Dartmouth formula racing competition in England, then visiting friends in Sweden, Denmark and Germany). Next I went to visit family in Peru in the middle of August, then I started working in Chicago, doing design engineering and product development for MacLean-Fogg. I'm living with Chad Steinglass, who also just finished the M.E.M., and is working doing options trading with Susquehanna. We hope we'll be getting involved with Dartmouth alumni clubs and stuff over there."

That's all for now! Keep sending me your updates.

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