1996

It has been a quiet winter in the world of class news. The executive committee is starting a project to reconnect with classmates who have fallen off our radar, so don't be surprised if you get an e-mail or phone call from yours truly asking for an update on your busy lives after Dartmouth. Don't worry I won't ask for money or for your trustee vote!

Berit Campion reports that many '96s returned to Hanover this winter for the dedication of the ski racing start house built in memory of Jeremiplaque that now adorns the start house entrance. Clearly, Jeremiah's spiritwas with the Dartmouth skiers as they took home the national championship for the first time in 31 years.

Matt Garabedian checked in from California, where he is celebrating his first anniversary, his 33rd birthday and his fastest C-section to date. "I successfully accomplished my speediest C-section the other day, with it taking about 15 minutes, total, from first incision to last stitch. And I really wish I weren't in medicine and that I had pursued a far more reasonable career aspiration, such as ski bum." I am sure his patients are pleased with his career choice.

Kudos to Neesha Ramchandani, who had her most recent research paper published this past December. Neesha writes, "The results of this paper have traveled the world (and me with it!)! Since September 2005, they have been presented in Lyon, France; Kiev, Ukraine; Minsk, Belarus; Cape Town, South Africa; and, most recently, Jerusalem, Israel." Neesha reports that Shannon Smith has moved to San Francisco, where she is working as an R.N. and Jen Frontera, M.D., is "some head honcho in neurology" at Mount Sinai Medical Center

Dan Flax continues to jet between Baltimore and India, working for T.Rowe Price after completing his M.B.A. I gave him and Neesha a run for their frequent-flyer miles over my spring break from Brooks. I traveled to Uganda and Kenya to check on our exchange programs in Kampala and Nairobi. The highlights included getting peed on by an endangered silverback gorilla after hiking two hours through the Bwindi Impenetrable Rain Forest, performing a traditional wedding dance under the Kenyan stars with a Masai warrior (the actual marriage fell through, much to my boyfriends relief) and fighting off the biggest cockroaches I have ever seen in order to win the rights to the latrine. It was an adventure from start to finish and gave me a chance to get to know my students in a whole new way. I love my job.

Drop me a line about your latest adventures in working, parenting, traveling, etc.

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