2003

2003

Hello all and happy start of fall, a.k.a. pumpkin spice season. Seriously, that stuff is everywhere! Hope the summer treated you all well and you’re embracing the cooler temperatures (or warmer depending on what part of the world you’re in). I received the following updates this summer which made me smile. Maureen Ellinwood married Mathieu Pluvinage, Tu’13, on May 20 in Biarritz, France (on the Atlantic coast, 30 miles north of San Sebastian, Spain). Mathieu, a French citizen, traded Paris for Hanover in 2011 to attend Tuck, and the couple met at a Tuck European alumni ski weekend (to which Europe-based Dartmouth alums were also invited) in Verbier, Switzerland, in March 2014. They ended up skiing together all weekend and soon started dating long-distance, with Maureen living in London after having completed her M.B.A. at Trinity College Dublin in 2011 and Mathieu based in Zurich, Switzerland. Their green ties remained strong even abroad, and they were incredibly touched to have 25.5 people in the Dartmouth and Tuck alums plus partners wedding photo, most of whom flew over from the United States to attend their special day. (Maureen’s close London friend and former Choates floormate Levi Hensel couldn’t attend at the last minute but his daughter, Pia, made the photo, hence the .5!) Maureen was especially touched to have 36 Leb housemates Jilian Sacks, Lauren (Welsh) Sparrow and Kala ShermanPresser with her, along with Mia (Yocco) Coffing, who was her swimming teammate from age 9 through their senior year. Maureen moved to Zurich after the wedding and is getting used to Swiss life, made more fun by the presence of Liz Yepsen’07, Tu’13, KristenLeFevre ’02 and Kelly Cockerill ’08. But she is happy they can get back to London easily to catch up with the Hensels, Kate Van Brunt ’07 and others. They’d be happy to hear from any Dartmouth or Tuck alums passing through Zurich for business or pleasure or any alums or friends of alums living abroad in Switzerland! (Editor’s Note: As we go to press, we have learned that Maureen died September 25 from injuries sustained in a cycling accident. More details in the next issue.)

Gail Sweeney wrote in with the following update, “I married Boulat Bash ’01 on July 15. We met at Dartmouth and got engaged at Dartmouth (while cross-country skiing at Garipay Field), so we decided to get married at Dartmouth at the DOC House on OccomPond. The ceremony was officiated by Andrew Heisen ’01. We had beautiful weather for the ceremony and the photos, which were taken by Rob Strong’04. The reception was, thankfully, inside the DOC House, as it did rain for good luck. Elliot Olshansky ’04 and Jesse Roisin ’05 served as groomsmen. And many of our Dartmouth friends celebrated with us, including Karilyn Heisen’01, Eric Shoemaker ’01, Kathryn Shoemaker ’04, Jeremy Fineman ’01, Elizabeth Terry’07, Dan Maxell Crosby’02, Sarah Maxell Crosby ’04 and Laura Quayle ’06.

Congratulations to both Maureen and Gail!

Kellee (Harper) Hanigan, 4347 Golf Bag Lane, Terre Haute, IN47802; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com