2004

Clare Gupta, Megan Fontanella and Carly O'Connell toasted the New Year from miles above ground, en route to their holiday in Tunisia. The trio did just about everything possible in the friendly North African country—from shopping in the souks to riding camels in the Sahara, and learning Arabic in the process. They proved Tunisia is "a small country but a big destination!"

Darren Thomas and Kate Minikel got engaged in February 2006. Theywill celebrate their wedding in Long Island, New York, in fall 2007. Heather Tatarski is engaged to Jim Wininger. He proposed on a surprise trip to Paris over the winter. Last but not least, Susan Napier got engaged to Alex Berger 'O2, while on vacation in Cobo Mexico. Susan works for Goldman Sachs in Chicago, but will soon be moving to Los Angeles where Alex lives.

Dale Apgar is in Greenville, South Carolina, living at "The Dome" and working for General Electric doing wind turbine blade aerodynamic design. He is in rotation-based training employment called the Edison Engineering Development Program. Dale shares The Dome residence (after Kublai Khan and Citizen Kane) with Eric Fitz, Th'05, and three other Edison engineers.

Todd Yezefski is taking a prolonged break from grad school to race on the Nerac Pro Cycling Team. He's spending the winter in Tucson, Arizona, and then will head back to Hanover in the spring to coach the Dartmouth team and race throughout the year.

Mark Lawley won an honorable mention from Zoetrope: All-Story's 2006 Short Fiction Contest. There were 2,500 participants, and eight were mentioned. Mary Gaitskill judged. Mark lives in New York City and studies writing and literature at NYU.

Finally, it has been a pleasure bumping into many classmates around San Francisco this winter. I share a group ski cabin at Tahoe with Abby Johnson, who recently relocated to San Francisco from New York. We often see Amy Benziger Averill Doering, and Betsy Winston '03, who are living together in Tahoe City for the winter. Laura Schleicher and Anne Bernard also live in the Tahoe area. Damon Grant, who is pursuing a masters degree in education at Stanford, hosted a joint birthday party in February with Matt Stevenson, Geoff Vitt and Sandy White. I enjoyed catching up with many '04s at the party, including Lauren Talbot, Laura Delaney and Clare Gupta. Please keep sending me the news, and hope you all are enjoying a happy spring.

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