1998

In a stunning turn of events, since my last column I've actually received MORE news than can be fit into the space allotted. This makes my job much easier—keep it coming!

Raili Cook writes that she has been accepted to a three-year program at the University of Colorado, beginning in June 2004, that will culminate in her becoming a certified physician's assistant. As you may recall from an earlier column, Raili plans to wed beau Judd Donnelly this summer, and shared this bit of detail about how Judd wove his magic spell on her: "We met when I moved to Denver in 2001—he helped me move a free couch into my house, and I gave him a beer and my heart in return. Pretty romantic, huh?" If you say so, Raili. Apparently I've been trying WAY too hard all these years.

A dispatch from Dartmouth Medical School brings news that Sarah Pitts and Stanley Weinberger were recently named Syvertsen Scholars for the 2003-2004 year, a distinction bestowed annually upon six students in their final year of medical school in recognition of their academic achievement, leadership qualities, personal attributes and community involvement.

I'm pleased to report that Minyoung Sohn's persistence has paid off. Min has been with Janus Capital Group since graduation and was recently rewarded for his hard work by being named portfolio manager of Janus' growth and income funds. File this under the heading "Whoa! We've been out of school long enough for our classmates to have jobs like that?" Nice going, Min. I'm introducing a new feature to the column this issue—the rapid-fire update. Since not all in- formation is as complete as we might like, and since it doesn't always make sense to attempt to stretch it out into a full paragraph (or even a full sentence, in some cases), I'm just going to compress all the random tidbits into a Faulknerian, stream-of-consciousness catharsis. It goes something like this: Joni Tracy checked in with Rodrego Byerly to let him (and us) know that she's working in southern Utah, though I've no information to pass along as to what, precisely, she's doing there. Guadalupe Veliz is holding down two full-time jobs in San Antonio—working for a securities brokerage and raising baby girl Mia Renee, born in October. Seon Harry checked in from N.Y.C. to let us know he's running the mutual fund tax desk at CSFB. Julie (Herron) Gendler, who is attending medical school in Las Vegas, recently gave birth to a baby girl named Avery. Kytja Weir is a staff writer for The Charlotte Observer, where she recently switched bureau assignments to focus on events in and around Lincoln County. Justin Carrino will finally make an honest woman out of Christine DuRocher—the two plan to wed this summer in Chicago, that is, if "friend" Mark Zanatta can keep Justin out of trouble during his bachelor party in New Orleans this spring. Jennie Jacobs, who works for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., married Sequoyah Simermeyer '97 last summer in Denver. Karen Chung was among the many Dartmouth alums in attendance. And, finally, George Pasvankas is in the midst of his anesthesiology residency at Mass General Hospital in Boston.

Cheers.

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