2008

2008

Thanks, as always, to everyone for writing in! Below, some news and notes about the comings and goings of the Dartmouth College class of 2008. It has been my pleasure sharing these and other updates with you during my term as secretary. That said, I will not miss it. On to the notes!

Claire Dunning shares two exciting updates: In December she and Zack Dorner welcomed their first child, Jamie Allan Dorner. What’s more, Claire’s first book, Nonprofit Neighborhoods: An Urban History of Inequality and the American State, was published in June! “It’s a book for academics, nonprofit practitioners, and people trying to do good,” says Claire. “Two great additions to the world,” I say.

Hannah Rossman is still baking bread and says she’s proud her business (Blue Grouse Bread) is milling 100 percent of its own whole wheat flour from Colorado farmers. Hannah and her husband, Jesse Dudley, enjoy baby Nora, now a toddler. “Not shaping bread quite yet but I hope soon,” says Hannah. Jesse is still a wildland firefighterforthe Forest Service based out of their hometown in (very) rural Colorado.

Megan Strout Maher writes in to share that she, Dunia Rkein, Lauren Bennett, and Jacqueline Loeb descended on San Francisco to help Hannah Tsai shop for wedding dresses. The fun weekend continued with several other’08s, including Emily Chapman, Jenna Sherman, and Jean Ellen Cowgill. “It was basically a mini-reunion!” Megan says.

Amelia Alvarez writes in to share that she lives with her two dogs, Marley and Dodger, in Long Beach, California.

Luke Hathaway shares that in February, he moved from Trackee, California, to Delray Beach, Florida, to join his partner, Erin Lansky ’12, and dog-son (mini schnauzer) Dandy Lansky-Hathaway. “Seeking friends and watersports adventure companions in south Florida!” says Luke.

Pat Delgado married his beautiful fiancee, Kelsey, in Antarctica. They exchanged vows on the continent amongst the calls of penguins, leopard seals, and whales. They look forward to a wedding receptionamongstthe calls ofPhiDelts in the near future, says Pat. Congratulations!

In maybe a first for this column, Jacob Jurmain writes to say that he is retired, living in Seattle, and “independently mad-sciencing on regenerative farming and building coral reefs.”

Here’s a fun one. Sarah Stern and Zane Thayer, who originally met onthe 2007 winter anthrop ologyforeign studyprogram (FSP) in NewZealand, reunited for a catch-up in Maui, where Zane was leading the very same anthropology FSP (temporarily relocated from New Zealand due to Covid).

Josh Feder says he has seen some light at the end ofthe pandemic tunnel with a handful oftheater productions! He recently directed a virtual production of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost (which you can still check out on YouTube!) as well as a musical that ran through June at a dinner theater in Michigan. He and his husband, Philip Montana, Med’18, will be moving to Boston and are looking forward to reconnecting with friends in the area.

Finally, Michelle Gladstone wrote in to share that the class of2008 reunion planning committee was hard at work planning our 15-year reunion! She was excited to see everyone return to campus this June—I hope you all went and had a great time—but also said, “This would be just a tiny bit more fun if Chris had been able to make it.” —Chris Barth, 31514th Ave. NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413; (609) 405-9153; cbarthru7i@gmail.com

Chris Barth