1997

Mollie Greves Grow sent an update from the Pacific Northwest: “Greetings from Seattle. Hope this finds you well in 2012—a little scary to think of the numbers as they climb. I have to do mental math calculations sometimes of ‘just how long have I been out of college now?!’ I was wearing my Dartmouth cap on a jog with Abby Klingbeil around our beloved Seattle landmark, Greenlake, this weekend. Someone stopped to ask about us being from the East Coast and how well we liked living in Seattle. We paused and realized that we’ve both been here a long time—almost nine years for me and Abby is going on close to seven, I think.

“Abby and I were feeling pretty proud of ourselves for getting out for our almost-weekly jog (used to be several times a week and much further, but we are happy to squeeze in about 30 minutes now). Of course we spend most of the run on our kids and work-life balance. We both added a second child last July, and I can’t believe how the time is flying by. Dave Zipkin and Abby welcomed Ethan Jacob Zipkin, and we welcomed Emma Kathryn Grow nine days later.”

Abby and Mollie both work at the University of Washington (UW). Abby is in advancement communications and manages editorial efforts. Mollie is an assistant professor of pediatrics and adjunct assistant professor of health services. She noted that she is excited about new opportunities working with the UW pediband atric residents on advocacy and health promotion/obesity prevention this year.

Mollie continued: “I find myself nostalgic and missing Hanover. Finally got a brief afternoon visit there last summer with our kids on the way back to Boston, where we stayed with the best hosts in town, Sarah Lenczner Caputo and Tom Caputo and their mature and well-mannered 5-year-old twin girls (Sarah has a particularly impressive repertoire of parenting skills). While I love living in Seattle, I wish we were closer to all of our friends on the other coast (and in between!) as well.”

Abby added that Mollie’s research on childhood obesity prevention has garnered a lot of media attention and that she’s often quoted in local and national news. She wrote that Dave is staying busy with the two kiddos, his work at Amazon and training for his first triathlon in July.

Take care, everyone. Please keep sending me your news.

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