Three recent alums make Forbes 30 Under 30 list

Alumni from the College fared well on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list this year with three alums making the cut. The magazine lists up-and-coming standouts in their various fields, but these youngsters haven't even hit the big 3-0. Impressive! The individuals ranked work in 12 different categories, ranging from media to food and wine.

 

Michael Ellis '06made Forbes' Law and Policy list. While at Dartmouth, Ellis was the editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth Review. He took a year off during his time in Hanover to work for former president George W. Bush's campaign.Ellis attended Yale Law School, then served as a White House official under Bush. He was also the Deputy Director of Strategy for Romney for President, Inc. Currently, Ellis is a law clerk for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

 

Joe Malchow ’08 also made the list for Law and Policy. He majored in government with a minor in English. On campus, Malchow founded the website Dartblog(unaffiliated with The Dartmouth) and has been a conservative advocate.

Marc Lajoie '08 received a B.E. from the Thayer School of Engineering in 2008. During his time at the College, he worked as an undergraduate researcher in the chemistry department and wrote his honors thesis on the development of a new class of potent anti-inflammatory, growth suppressive agents.

Lajoie is currently a graduate student in chemical biology and genome engineering at Harvard University. He made Forbes’ list as a result of his creation of new methods to change large numbers of an organism’s genes at one time. It is believed this could kick-start genome engineering — pretty impressive!