From the July/August 2008 Issue

Adrienne Tsai Kung '03 MD and Justin Kung ('99 Penn, '03 MD) announce the February 13, 2008, birth of daughter Evelyn Li-Ling Kung. Adrienne is finishing up residency in anesthesiology, and Justin is finishing up residency in radiology. They are both at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and would love to hear from old friends. Contact Adrienne at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Elizabeth Pérez and Christopher Hays '95 announce that Reyna Elisa P√©rez de Hays joined the family on January 30. Aunt Aracely Pérez '05 flew in from Texas in time for the birth. Elizabeth writes: "Reyna was born not only on her due date, but on her aunt's 25th birthday. After a week in the hospital we all made it home. We also enjoyed a visit from Reyna's other aunt, Kristy Poonyagariyagorn '01, who whipped up delicious dishes in our kitchen. We are enjoying hearing from friends and are busy preparing for our summer travels. We'll be moving to Switzerland in August and are looking forward to Liz's tenth reunion."

From the May/June 2008 Issue

Nicole M. Clare writes: "I returned to New York City in 2006 after completing my master of city planning degree at Penn. I was recently promoted to associate in the New York office of Economics Research Associates (ERA). I have also been invited to join the board of the Highbridge Community Life Center (www.highbridgelife.org) in the Bronx." Contact Nicole at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it "

Anna Murphy Deutmeyer writes: "In March 2007, I married Hans Deutmeyer on a beautiful spring day in Stamford, Conn. Nearly 15 percent of the wedding guests were Brown Alumni including my parents, Brian Murphy '67 and Terrell Simon Murphy '69 MAT, and sisters, Carrie Murphy Guttman '96 and Maude Murphy '04. Also in attendance were Michelle Kral Dhanda, Raj Dhanda '89, Rachel Rubinger Kaplan, Kate Adamiak Davis, Drew Davis '98, '99 ScM, Michal Albanese, Jim Ancone '04, Jim Van Blarcom '67, and Jessica Kaplan Altman '97. We live in Brooklyn, N.Y., and can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it "

Jaime Abel Goldstein (see Sue Wotiz Goldstein '71).

Josh Markowitz '04 MD writes: "I am happy to announce that I will be finishing my residency in emergency medicine at Yale this June and heading down to Philadelphia where I will be joining my wife, Alison Barnstable '03, who is currently a veterinary student at Penn. I have accepted a position as the emergency medicine ultrasound fellow at Drexel Univ." Contact Josh at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Jenni Purchase Matsumoto writes: "My husband, Steve, and I are happy to announce the September 17 birth of our son, Ryan Drew Matsumoto. He was a healthy 9 lbs. 9 oz. Lissa Ziegler '01 even came to visit us in the hospital! We are enjoying every minute with our li'l Bruno. We still live in San Diego and would love to hear from old friends."

Matt O'Brien '04 MD started a clinic to serve the Latino population in Philadelphia and was profiled, along with the clinic, in a February edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Courtney Peters-Manning writes: "My husband, Tomas, and I are happy to announce the December 1, 2007, birth of our son, Seamus Peters Manning. Despite the lack of sleep, he's been a lot of fun so far! We've been living in Somerville, Mass., since I graduated from law school two years ago, and this summer I'll return to my job as an associate in the environmental law department at Foley Hoag in Boston. I'd love to hear from old friends!" Contact Courtney at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Paula Marie Robinson writes: "I just wanted to let everyone know that my first book of poetry, entitled The Dark Times, has been published. It is now available for purchase at www.Amazon.com and www.Booksurge.com, the publishing company. I am really excited about this achievement. Currently, I am working on a second book. I also wanted to let you all know that I have completed a ten-year stint in the U.S. Army Reserve, of which I am very proud. I would love to get in touch with some of my friends, especially those in the classes of 1997, 1998, and 1999. Go Bears!" Contact Paula at 528 Pomfret St., Pomfret, Conn. 06258; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Josh Torpey and Lissett Ferreira write: "We are overjoyed to announce the November 11, 2007, birth of our son, Nicholas Manuel Ferreira Torpey in Brooklyn, N.Y. Check out updated photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/jctorpey, where we are also accepting donations for his Brown tuition."

From the March/April 2008 Issue

Joshua Edelglass writes: "On November 18 I married Stephanie Raphael (Vermont '00) at a smashing ceremony in Boston. I was delighted to have so many of my dear friends in attendance, including my groomsmen Joshua Lawrence, Andrew Mirsky '00 ScM, and Seth Orkand, as well as Joshua Mandel and Richard Bettan '01. Steph works as a first-grade teacher in Sherborn, Mass., and I work as the director of programming for Camp Ramah in New England in addition to my work as a freelance illustrator." Contact Joshua at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Roger Mark Jr '00 MAT (see Yvonne Mark '92).

Greg Stoller married Joy Jankunas (Duke '00) on June 30, 2007 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Morgan Smith '00 was in the wedding party. Also attending were Andrew Hamilton '00, Ephraim Wernick, Ari Rosen, and Christopher Henderson '01.

From the January / February 2008 Issue

Derrick Barnes and his wife, Alisa (Cornell ’02), announce the September 15, 2007, birth of Nathaniel Allen Barnes. They would love to hear from classmates they have lost touch with at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Marcella Bombardieri writes, “I am delighted to report that Laura Brem is now Laura Brem Silberman! On May 20 Laura married Reuben Silberman (Yale ’00), the math teacher/poet of her dreams, in a beautiful ceremony in Washington, D.C. The bride and groom elegantly wove together Jewish traditions with words of wisdom from Paradise Lost, Pablo Neruda, and Winnie the Pooh. Joining me in the wedding procession were Esta Whitman Bernstein ’41, Amy Bernstein Brem ’66, and Rachel Brem ’94. Keeping Laura company on the dance floor all night were Mary Clark, Devaleena Das Ullah, Andrea Delbanco, Jeremy Derfner, Micah Greenberg, Elspeth Healey, Alex Low, Paru Patrawalla, Julie Roth ’04 MD, and Jeremy Giller ’98. Laura and Reuben then embarked on a two-month honeymoon through Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia. Laura would love to hear from you at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ”

Melissa Labonte ’06 PhD (see Thad Williamson ’92).

Josh Lawrence writes: “I am excited to announce that I married Stefanie Tjaden (Dartmouth ’00) on September 8, 2007, in Northeast Harbor, Maine. In attendance were Rick Bettan ’01, Josh Edelglass, Dan Epstein ’00, Joel Grossman, Andrew Ho, Josh Mandel, Andrew Mirsky ’00 ScM, and Seth Orkand. We are now settled into our new apartment in London. I look forward to seeing everybody on campus for the 9th straight year since graduation. I’ll be one of the guys wearing a seersucker suit. Keep in touch at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .”

David Lichtenstein writes: “After a weekend of eating, singing, rearranging chairs, driving a golf cart, jumping into a quarry, and enjoying pleasant conversation, Becca Silver and I were married on September 2, 2007, in Plainfield, Mass. Our wedding was held in a birch grove and featured a musical processional created by Becca’s brother, Micah (Wesleyan ’03), and performed by our friends and family. We were blessed by Jonas Parker, serenaded by Matthew O’Brien ’04 MD, and toasted by Jason Marsh and Meredith Milet. We were also blessed to have in attendance Kelly Coleman, Hannah Blitzblau, Rebecca Trent, Rebecca Chernock, Brittany Kesselman, Simran Sethi ’00, LeRoy Danielson ’00, Daniel Berman, Daniel Morgenroth, Benjamin Castleman ’00, Joshua Torpey, Jennifer Plaut ’02, Anna Akerman, Sarah Bruner ’00, Lissett Ferreira, Caitlin Chestnut, Celeste Perri, Haley Mears, Rebecca Lowther Harrington, Amy Elkes Simon, Merrill Stubbs, Jeff Measelle ’85, Kristin Hayes ’77, ’77 AM, and Christina O’Connor ’02 MAT. We have recently finished PhDs in psychology from the Univ. of Oregon, and are taking time to travel to New Zealand and improve our Spanish in Mexico. In the spring it’s back to clinical work and research, we hope at a medical center in the Northeast. We also have an enthusiastic black Labrador, Cassidy, who was bitter because she could not attend the wedding.” Contact David at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Christine Marrese writes: “Michael Leone and I were married in Providence in August 2006 in a lovely, simple ceremony that included all our favorite people. I am in my third year of medical school at Penn State. Michael works for Clean Air Council of Pennsylvania on their global-warming agenda. We would love to hear from old friends at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .”

Laura Schmitt Olabisi writes: “2006 was an eventful year! I graduated with a PhD in systems ecology from SUNY Syracuse and became engaged to Michael Olabisi, who is originally from Nigeria. We are now married and live in Minneapolis, where I’m working as a postdoc at the Univ. of Minnesota Ecosystem Science and Sustainability Initiative. At our May wedding were my sister Kristen Schmitt ’02, Ninian Stein ’07 PhD, and Joanne Hsu ’00. Please drop me a line at 316 4th Ave. NE #2, Minneapolis, Minn. 55413; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ”

Jasmine Waddell writes: “I am happy to announce that, thanks to the long hard fight for marriage equality in Massachusetts, I was able to complete my life with my spouse, Jodi Johnson. We had a small wedding ceremony in Manning Chapel with our families and friends, including the officiant, Rev. Janet Cooper Nelson, Dean Robin Rose, Dean Linda Dunleavy, Dean Kelly Barrett, Heather Flewelling, Leonard Kirschen, Ninian Stein ’07 PhD, Kate Madden, Celia Garner, Shu-Yi Oei, Dulari Tahbildar ’00, Keith Catone ’00, Dani Simons, Katie Weir, Sarah Pierson, Lindsay Rosenfeld ’00, and Shradha Patel ’00.” Contact Jasmine can at 112 Thornton St. # 2, Boston 02119; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the November / December 2007 Issue

Andy Greenwald writes: “I’m writing to report the happy news that Rachel Bien ’00 and I were married on May 26, 2007, in New York City. Rachel and I have been together since Brown, where we fell in love writing and performing sketches in Out of Bounds, a campus comedy group that I hope still exists. Brown was well represented at the wedding: Max Finneran and Acacia Shields ’93 were in the wedding party, and guests included Rebecca Stark ’98, Shannon Coleman, Mara Gladstone, Gina Hirsch, Jesse LeCavalier, Chi-Wang Yang, Justine Williams’00, and Rachel Lissy ’00. We’re living in Brooklyn, where we’ve been since graduating. Rachel is a lawyer at Outten & Golden LLP, where she represents employees in individual discrimination cases and wage-and-hour class actions. I write about music and other matters for a wide range of publications including the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, and Blender. I’ve also published two books, Nothing Feels Good!: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo (St.Martin’s Press, 2003) and Miss Misery: A Novel (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2006).”

Joshua Markowitz ’04 MD (see David Markowtiz ’94).

Leon McCrea married Nikkisha Prentice (Xavier ’00) on May 12 in Pittsburgh. The couple met as students at the Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Adrian Williams was a groomsman in the ceremony. Other alumni in attendance included Juanita Chinn and Pelbreton Balfour ’00. Nikkisha is a resident at the Hospital of the Univ. of Pennsylvania and Leon is a resident at the Crozer-Keystone Health System in Springfield, Pa. The newlyweds reside in Philadelphia.

Sabina Moore-Cohen writes: “My husband, Seth, and I welcomed our daughter, Naomi Emma Cohen, into the world on April 13. She has brought such joy to our lives! My sister, Ruth Moore ’98, helped us take care of Naomi during her first month and now my parents are taking turns living with us. Seth and I are both in our last year of residency in New York; he’s in pediatrics, and I’m in emergency medicine. We hope to move back to California to practice next year.”

Andrew Shen ’00 MAT and his wife, Melisa, announce the February 15 birth of their daughter, Addison Kate. They write: “Older brother Hayden has been very welcoming of Addison—so far.” Andrew is attending Harvard’s Graduate School of Education as a student in their school leadership program. Andrew can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the September / October 2007 Issue

Katrina Haile Buckles and her husband, Robert, announce the May 10 birth of their second child, Charles. Big sister Grace is very proud. Kat is moving to Norwich, Conn., and would like to hear from old friends. Reach her at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Andrew Goldsmith writes: "On May 27 Miriam Fishman and I were married in a beautiful outdoor ceremony in Washington, D.C. We live in New York City, where I am a litigation associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and Miriam is an internal-medicine resident at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Brown alums at our wedding included my dad, Willis Goldsmith '69, my best man (and former Keeney Quadrangle roommate) Jeremy Derfner, Asaf Bitton, Liz Karp Bitton, Meena Datta Geverola '00, Sarah Halpert, Stuart Halpert '64, Amani Hemphill, Ed Kim '98, Natalie Reid, John Spencer '69, and Andrea Udoff '78."

Kevin McPherson and his wife, Amanda (Princeton '94), announce the April 17 birth of Charles Herrin McPherson in Washington D.C. After Kevin finished psychiatry training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the family moved to Columbus, Ga., where Kevin works as a psychiatrist at Ft. Benning. They can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Jordan '04 MD and his wife, Amy Kaplan Schecter '05 MD, announce the May 17 birth of Sydney Devon, who weighed in at five pounds, eight ounces. Jordan graduated from the program in internal medicine at Columbia in June, and Amy is at Columbia as a fellow in interventional radiology. They would love to hear good news from old friends at: 14-12 Water's Edge Dr., Bayside, N.Y. 11360; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the July / August 2007 Issue

Adia Benton writes: “After a series of disagreements with my mother over strapless gowns and wedding venues, Peter Bendix (Yale ’00) and I decided to elope to a beach in Barbados. The wedding, which took place on November 16, was a very intimate affair —two hotel staff, an Anglican priest, a steel drummer, and a few curious (and seriously sunburned) Brits were our witnesses. Now that we are married, we face our next challenge: living on the same continent. Currently, I am in Sierra Leone, doing research for my PhD in social/medical anthropology at Harvard. Peter is conducting clinical research in Haiti, and will be finishing medical school some time next year.” Adia can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Sally Tressler Connolly writes: “My husband, Damien, and I just welcomed our second son, Tiernan Lua, into the family on Dec. 21, 2006. To backtrack a bit, Damien and I met at the Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann (All-Ireland Music Festival) in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, in 1999 while I was in Ireland studying traditional Irish flute, thanks to Brown’s Arnold Fellowship. After I completed an MS in speech-language pathology at BU’s Sargent College, we married in June 2003. We had our first son, Colman Gregory, on Dec. 16, 2004. I am busy staying home in Fairfield, Conn., with the boys, teaching private Irish flute lessons and doing some per diem speech. Would love to hear from you!” Sally can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Adam Devlin and his wife, Jennifer Dail Devlin, announce the Feb. 28 birth of second daughter Lauren Olivia Devlin. They write: “Our older daughter, Katie, recently turned 3 and is really enjoying her new baby sister. We would love to hear from old friends at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ”

Katherine Huang writes that she finally left the software world in order to pursue her passion—jewelry! She started her own business and is now providing private showings, consultations, and design services in fine jewelry. She has been busy helping couples get engaged, as well as helping fellow alums buy presents for their significant others and family members. Katherine can be reached at www.personaljewelry shopper.com.

Kara Montermoso and her husband, Brian Altman (Tufts ’98), announce the Sept. birth of daughter Maya. Kara continues to work with Action Without Borders/Idealist.org in New York City.

From the May / June 2007 Issue

Timothy Barsky (see Aurorae Khoo ’94).

Eric Chow successfully launched his third prime time reality series, Fashion Star, in China, and it will premier on two national satellite carriers (Travel satellite TV and Qin Hai Satellite TV). The potential TV audience of these two channels combined will exceed 600 million people. This TV series is the result of one year of planning, along with funding support from PepsiCo China, Motorola China, Lay’s China, Diesel Jeans Asia Pacific, and Mac Cosmetics China. Just recently, Eric was invited by the Clio Awards to speak on the topic of sponsor-generated programming, branded entertainment, and immersive advertising. Eric can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Monica DeCasas married Jeffrey Patterson ’00 on Sept. 2, 2006, in Anaheim, Calif. The couple originally met as first-year residents in Andrews Hall where Monica lived on the second floor and Jeffrey lived on the mezzanine level. Participants in the ceremony included Anthony Morgan ’96, Dr. Margo Vassar ’95, and Alejandra Paulino. Eric Wallace ’98 also made the journey to celebrate. Sending their much-appreciated best wishes in absentia were Heather Ortiz Del Valle and Khari Joseph ’98. The couple will reside in Chicago.

Joanie Friedman and her husband, Jonathan Stoper (Oberlin ’00), are happy to announce the September 4, 2006, birth of their daughter, Natasha Stoper Friedman. They can be reached at 3436 N. Monticello, Chicago, Ill. 60618; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Jessica Meir writes: “In October I flew to Philly (I’m currently in a PhD program at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) to celebrate the wedding of my ‘roommate’ Jaclyn Mason to Doug Rosenblum (Villanova ’00, Villanova Law ’03). The intimate affair took place on a perfect fall day in the City of Brotherly Love. Also in attendance were Anne Worden Pell and her husband Nick (freshly married themselves); John Devine ’00 and Rebecca Dhouni Devine ’02 (Jaclyn and Doug’s next door neighbors); and Kathleen McGuire. The newlyweds live in Philadelphia. Jaclyn is a patent litigation attorney in Wilmington, Del., while Doug puts criminals in jail (CSI-style) as an assistant D.A. in Montgomery County, Pa.”

Kara Montermoso and her husband, Brian Altman (Tufts ’98), announce the September 19, 2006, birth of their daughter, Maya. The family is doing well and Kara continues to work at Action Without Borders-Idealist.org in New York City.

Elizabeth Perez, wife of Christopher Hays ’95 ScB writes: “Christopher was a lead researcher on producing the measurement of the mass of the boson. This result has drawn lots of attention from the media. This is the fruit of several years of work. He is currently a lecturer in the physics department at Oxford University.”

Dana Ross married Todd Rogers (Williams, ’01) this past July. In attendance at the Northern California wedding were Emily Dreblow, Heather Sneddon, Mark Cecil, Katy Davis, Courtney Overland, Aimee Maxted Morin ’00, Josh Schwartz ’00, ’03 ScM, and Kim Borman ’81.

From the March / April 2007 Issue

Meredith L. Ainbinder, of the Boston-based law firm Bromberg & Sunstein, has been appointed co-chair of the media committee of the Women’s Bar Association.

Adia Benton writes: “After a series of disagreements with my mother over strapless gowns and wedding venues, Peter Bendix (Yale ’00) and I decided to elope to a beach in Barbados. The wedding, which took place on November 16, was a very intimate affair —two hotel staff, an Anglican priest, a steel drummer, and a few curious (and seriously sunburned) Brits were our witnesses. Now that we are married, we face our next challenge: living on the same continent. Currently, I am in Sierra Leone, doing research for my PhD in social/medical anthropology at Harvard. Peter is conducting clinical research in Haiti, and will be finishing medical school some time next year.” Adia can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Kristen E. Binck has just joined the firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart as an associate in the firm’s real estate department.

Noah Brown writes: “On June 24, 2006, I married my one true love, Anne Levy Brown, in Milwaukee. My sister, Jessie Brown ’02, was in the wedding, and joining us were many alums, including Charles and Elizabeth Bronstein de Saint-Aignan, Sarah Rahman and Zaid Ashai, Lisa Sunwoo and Andrew Schneller, Arian Hassani Tisserand, Kara Montermoso, Franklin Yates, Steve Cohn ’00, Josh Reader, Joel Grossman, and Bob Finnerty. Appropriately, we had a brown (chocolate-frosted) wedding cake. After sharing a single course at Brown, Anne and I were reacquainted during a fire drill in a Boston office building and later hit it off at a Brown alumni event. We recently moved to Evanston, Ill., where I am attending the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern, and Anne works for the Illinois Network of Charter Schools. We would love to hear from old friends, and can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ”

Lissett Ferreira and Josh Torpey write: “Eleven years after hearing about the uncanny frequency of intra-freshman-unit marriages at a Littlefield Hall outreach session, we happily perpetuated the phenomenon in a week-long celebration this August in Vidago, Portugal, where Lissett’s family is from.” Among relatives and friends attending were Josh’s brother, Ben Torpey ’03, Sarah Bruner ’00, Leroy Danielson ’00, Maiya Jackson, Dan Morgenroth, Matt O’Brien ’04 MD, Jonas Parker ’00, Apur Shah ’97, and Sabrina Tom. Joining a September state-side celebration at Waterloo Village, N.J., were Anna Akerman, Dan Berman, Christine Bustany, Yousra Fazili, Elizabeth Matos, Candice Benvenuti, and fellow newlyweds Jason Marsh and Meredith Milet. Lissett is a law clerk to a judge in Manhattan, and Josh is a Spanish teacher at Hostos Lincoln Academy in the Bronx.” Josh and Lissett can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it and This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Andrew Miller (see Lauren Cohen Starr ’94).

Molly Phipps writes: “I married Ralph Busby (Syracuse ’97) in July in Newport, Ore., which overlooks the Pacific Ocean. Jason Preciphs ’98 performed the ceremony. Among the alumni joining us were Martha Egnal ’01, who came with her lovely daughter Sylvia (her daughter Lilly was born a month later), Andrew Fortini ’02, Amy Lieberman ’00, Kate McHugh ’02, John Mermin ’00, Jared Rosoff ’00, Jenna Rossbach ’00, and Emmy Woessner ’98. A few of the resident grey whales also made an appearance. We are living in Albany, Ore., where I am working on a PhD in free-choice learning, or how you learn when you’re not in school.” Molly can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the January / February 2007 Issue

Rahul Ballal and Sonia Arora tied the knot at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 26. In attendance were Monica Harish, Devinder Singh ’98, Adhi Nagraj ’98, Ryan Bhandari, Anish Sheth ’98, ’01 MD, Shilpa Pai ’97, ’01 MD, Jimshade Chaudhari ’98, Puneet Masson ’01, and several others.

Keith Blechman started a residency at the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at New York University Med - ical Center. He can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Lowell Chase and Emily Brennan were married on Sept. 3 on Block Island, R.I. Many Brown alums were in attendance, including Jeffrey Chase ’70, James Ross ’70, Justin Blanco, Beth Boisvert, Scott Bowman, Jason Cha ’98, Sloan DuRoss, Jonathan Mekinda, Eli Rosen, Julia Schaffer, David Sullivan, Val Verrelli, Adi Segal ’01, Jeremy Chase ’06, and Sarah Modiano ’06. The couple resides in New York City and can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Joanie Friedman and her husband, Jonathan Stoper (Oberlin ’00), announce the birth of their daughter, Natasha Stoper Friedman, on Labor Day, Sept. 4, at 12:55 p.m. They can be reached at joanie. This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Shoshana Cook Mueller was recently announced as an attorney at Bernstein Shur. She will focus her practice on general municipal law and public finance. Prior to joining Bernstein Shur she worked as a public policy researcher and as an analyst at an economics and management consulting firm in Boston.

Caroline Kepnes wrote the season premiere of 7th Heaven. The episode aired on the CW Network on Sept. 25. Caroline can be reached at carolinekepnes@ gmail.com.

Jason Marsh and Meredith Milet write: “Eleven years after meeting in the Morris-Champlin dorms and ten years after we started dating, we finally tied the knot. Our weekend-long celebration in Blue Bell, Pa., included a picnic, some Wiffle ball, a soccer game, and a beautiful wedding ceremony and reception. We felt fortunate and grateful to celebrate with so many friends from Brown: Anna Akerman, Claudia Becker, Dan Berman, Asaf Bitton, Liz Karp Bitton, Sarah Bruner ’00, Ben Castleman Bruder’00, Kelly Coleman, Leroy Danielson ’00, Kate Evans, Amanda Evansburg, Lissett Ferreira, Megan Gaydos ’00, Sarah Halpert, Andy Isaacson, Dave Lichtenstein (who served as best man), Jen Livaudais ’00, Haley Mears, Dan Morgenroth, Matt O’Brien ’04 MD, Jonas Parker ’00, Celeste Perri, Kapena Pflum ’98, Jen Plaut ’02, Becca Silver, Stephanie Sterling ’00, Josh Torpey, and Andrew Volmert ’00. The day after the wedding we flew to Providence, got a little nostalgic, ate breakfast at Loui’s, then went on to Nantucket for the rest of our honeymoon. We currently live in Berkeley, Calif., where Meredith is an epidemiologist at the California Department of Health Services and Jason edits Greater Good magazine (www.greatergoodmag.org). We can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it and jhmarsh @berkeley.edu.”

Sarah Remes is happy to announce the Sept. 26 birth of her first child, Miriam Chaikin Sinton-Remes. Sarah can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Heather Sullivan writes: “I’m about a year behind on reporting a couple of major events in my life! On July 16, 2005, I married the love of my life, Zack Parsons. We were married in the beautiful outdoor courtyard of an old New Mexican hacienda. Also in the summer of 2005, I received a national award—a Disney Teacher Award for my work over the past five years teaching middle school mathematics.” Heather can be reached at 604 Vassar Dr. SE, Albuquerque, N.Mex. 87106; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Katherine Louise Tilghman was married to Clifton David Hill in Edgartown, Mass., on Martha’s Vineyard. Brian Benjamin ’98 served as best man. Sisters Melisa Tilghman Tejada and Laura Tilghman’05 served as bridesmaids. Other Brown University alumni bridesmaids and groomsmen included Alyssa Litoff ’98, Nancy Rimmer, Caroline Sharman, Marcus Hill ’07, Jeffrey Coviello, and Christopher Dodson; Kumi Walker ’00 gave a scripture reading. Guests included Andy Dixon, Yaw Boachie-Adjei ’01, Michael Young ’98, and Hima Muttana ’98. Katherine and Clifton can be reached at 21 Melrose Ave., Greenwich, Conn. 06830; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the September / October 2006 Issue

Michael Bhatia writes: “I am happy to announce my return (as of July) to Providence, where I will take up a one-year visiting fellowship at the Watson Institute. After seven years of wandering, I look forward to reconnecting with classmates, old friends, and all other alums.” Michael can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Kathy Martinez writes: “It is with great joy that I served as a bridesmaid at the wedding of Steven Colon ’98 to Zadith Pino (Penn. ’00) on April 15. Family and friends joined them on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Bergen County, N.J. Among those in attendance were Graciela Bauza ’98, Alexandra Ocampo ’06, Yousra Fazili ’99, Mariella Martinez, and Vincente Diaz ’00 and his wife, Ivonne Ferrer Diaz ’01. The happy couple can be contacted at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Congratulations!”

Nicole Narotzky joined the law firm of Maslon Edelman Borman and Brand as an associate in the firm’s litigation group.

From the May / June 2006 Issue

Claudia Becker writes: "On Dec. 29, I married Kapena Pflum '98 in a city park in Kapena's hometown of Hilo, Hawaii. It was a small wedding, but we were joined by many close friends from our years at Brown, including Nisha Bansal, Jaime Ushiroda, Jaimie Kane, Jay Candelmo, Meredith Milet, Jason Marsh, Sarah Halpert, Megan Gaydos '00, Rachael Holovach, Laura Freschi, Tze-van Poon '98, Joe Lee '98, Sierra Stoneman-Bell '98, Suman Raghunathan '98, and Ofiji Parris '98. Kapena works as a public policy and GIS consultant in Seattle, and I will be completing my MPA at the Univ. of Washington in June. We would love to hear from those we've lost touch with." They can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it and This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Diego Garcia, lead singer of the band Elefant, has released his second album, The Black Magic Show.

Rebecca Erickson Krasnof and her husband, Bruce (Tufts '90), announce the Dec. 8, 2005, birth of their first child, Jack Conrad Krasnof. Rebecca is in the second year of her family medicine residency at Tufts Univ., and they live in Andover, Mass. Rebecca can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Don Roach writes: "Another roach enters the world. On Nov. 2, my wife, Noni Ayanna Gobern Roach (Providence College '98), and I welcomed our second son, Sean Colin Roach. He joins his 2-year-old brother, Don-Don." Don can be reached at donroach34 @yahoo.com.

From the March / April 2006 Issue

Tim Alves writes: “Ryan Fitzgerald and Rebecca Silverman were married Sept. 17 in Woodstock, Conn. The rain held off long enough for a lovely outdoor wedding beneath a beautiful chuppah, followed by an open-air reception at the Mansion on Bald Hill. Brown alumni in attendance were Alice Mack (bridesmaid), Lauren Fahey ’98 (bridesmaid), Christopher Weeks ’03 ScM (groomsman), Glenn Hafstad, Seth Resler, Jennifer Krebs Gaffney, Kimberly Hemond, Dale Bertrand ’02 ScM, and Sara Fontes ’00. I served as best man and delivered what many proclaimed to be the most dazzlingly sentimental oration in the history of verbal communication. Understatement time! Ryan and Rebecca reside in Brookline, Mass., and look forward to a long, happy life together.” Tim can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Thomas Hill writes: “I married Katharine Wilson Hill ’01 MAT on Dec. 27 in Portland, Oreg. Virginia O’Rourke Ziler and Brian McDonald attended the ceremony. Guests at a second reception in Brooklyn included Brian McDonald, Dustin Gard-Weiss and Bridget Fitzgerald Weiss ’98, Trevor O’Driscoll ’97, Michelle Walson, Elizabeth Gray, Caitlin Hollister, and Gregory Schmidt. We are living in Providence, where Kate teaches history, English, and biology at the Lincoln School. I teach Latin at the Fenn School in Concord, Mass. In October we attended Elizabeth Gray’s wedding to William Wilmot in St. Louis, Mo., where we saw Joanie Friedman, Virginia Ziler and her husband, Mark, Anne Wohlfeld, Caitlin Hollister, and Liz’s father, Rockwell Gray ’60. Liz is teaching in Boston, where Bill is a student. Last June I was best man at Greg Schmidt’s wedding to Abigail Harada in Honolulu. Brian McDonald and Casey Christopher Gething ’02 ScM were also in the wedding party. Greg and Abby are physicians in Baltimore.”

Samir Kelkar received his doctorate from the Weill Graduate School of Medical Science of Cornell in the fall. He is working as a consultant with Datamonitor Inc. and resides in Park Slope, Brooklyn. He can be reached at 308 Fourth St., #3F, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the March / April 2005 Issue

Rebecca Stallman Arnold writes: “I was married to Perry Arnold (Stanford ’94) on Sept. 18, in Pittsfield, Vt. We had a wonderful honeymoon in Corsica and London. I graduated from law school in June and passed the Massachusetts bar. I am now at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C., working on high school reform initiatives, among other things.” Rebecca can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Yousra Fazili writes: “Tyler Langton married Simne Ng in Narragansett, R.I., on June 13. Guests included Fred Melo, Mai Pho, Danya Reda, Elizabeth Perez, myself, and groomsman Samir Kelkar. Simne is a graduate student at Cornell, and Tyler is at Columbia Business School. The couple lives in New York City.”

Joanie Friedman and Jonathan Stoper (Oberlin ’00) were married at the Chicago Historical Society on Aug. 8. Other Brown alumni in attendance were: Polly Cline Baur ’00, Elizabeth Gray ’04 MAT, Caitlin Hollister, Irina Motaescu ’01, Katie Rhodes Peterson, Rachel Reichlin, Elana Shever Ripps, Julia Schaffer, Alison Tarbox Saperstein, Anne Wohlfeld, Nils Peterson ’98, Jason Cha’98, the bride’s brother, Bill Friedman ’96, the bride’s father, Arthur Friedman ’65, Michael Browde ’65, Daniel Kurtz ’65, and Charles Reilly ’65. Joanie and Jon can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Sara Levi writes: “I’m organizing art exhibitions in Italy and the U.S. and gave birth in July to a beautiful baby girl named Vivian Fontecedro—my husband, Andrea, is from Rome and grew up just down the street from me.” Sara can be reached at sara_levi@yahoo. com.

Ryan Lynch writes: “I am in Brazil, I have e-mail ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ), and I have a Web site (userwww.service.emory.edu/ ~drlynch/). Feel free to catch up with me in any of these places.”

Lisa Palin reports that after graduating from Boston College with a JD and a master’s in educational administration in May, she took a six-week road trip around the U.S., “meeting up with many Brown grads, including Patrick MacRoy ’00, Megan George ’02, Jason Beattie ’97, Abigail Gilbert ’02, Sara Boyd Payne ’00, Heather Groch ’01 and Avery Rosen ’02.” Lisa passed the Mass. Bar exam and is an associate at Mintz Levin in Boston. “When I’m not at work or hiking mountains and canyons,” she writes, “I’m living in Allston, Mass., with Melanie Etchison ’97 and Jennifer Kenyon ’96.” Lisa can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the November / December 2004 Issue

Hilary Aldama writes: “I’ve just moved to Austin after nine years on the East Coast, and I’m excited to be back in Texas. I don’t know many people in Austin, so I’d love to catch up with any alumni in the area.” Reach Hilary at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

J. Sloan DuRoss, captain of the Brown men’s rowing team in 1998–99, was named to the U.S. Olympic team for the men’s quadruple sculls. He competed with the U.S. Olympic team in Athens, where the U.S. team failed to place.

Sandi Pike Glauser writes: “I married Joshua Glauser on June 19 in Princeton, N.J. We were happy to have in attendance Andrea Aceves, Robert Finnerty, Christopher Frangos, Katie Torres, Andrew Schneller and Lisa Sunwoo, as well as Jennifer Dail and Adam Devlin. Our wedding was followed by two weeks in Greece, and we are now living near Ft. Lauderdale.”

Jason M. Lakin and Seymour Martin Lipset copublished The Democratic Century (Univ. of Oklahoma).

Julie Paquette writes: “Jonathan Green and Lauren Costa ’00 were married on July 17 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston. Alums in attendance included Robin Kerawala, Douglas NeJaime ’00, Vanessa Bohns ’00, Joshua Davis ’97, and the bride’s father, John Costa ’68. The couple resides in Manhattan. Lauren is pursuing a doctoral degree in evolutionary biology at Princeton, while Jon is an investment analyst at Luxor Capital Group in New York City.”

Camille Robcis has been awarded the Phi Beta Kappa Society’s Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship for 2004–05. She is a doctoral candidate at Cornell. Her dissertation is tentatively titled “Rethinking the Family: Psycho- analysis, Anthropology, and the Problem of Kinship in Post–World War II France.” The award is designated for female scholars in French or Greek who have earned a PhD or are completing their doctoral dissertations.

From the September / October 2004 Issue

David Baluarte, a student at American University’s Washington College of Law, was awarded an Equal Justice Foundation Fellowship for the summer and worked at the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project in Oakland, Calif.

Franco Capaldi married Irene Ho ’00 in June. In attendance were Laura Capaldi ’01, Scott Jackson ’99, Steve Maria ’99, Sylvia Yuan ’00, and Tien-Lih Chen ’01, ’02 MAT. The bride and groom reside in Boston.

Andrew Goldsmith (see Willis Goldsmith ’69).

Cedric Jennings (see Vicki Levy Krupp ’86).

Laura Wilkinson writes: “Although I was sad not to attend our five-year reunion, I did have the chance to participate in a mini-reunion at the wedding of Monica Garg and Manu Harish over Memorial Day weekend at the picturesque Saddlerock Ranch and Vineyard in Malibu, Calif. I had a blast with Rajan Agarwal, Rahul Ballal, Ryan Bhandari, Sandhya ‘Sundee’ Rao ’00 MD, and Caitlyn Waller.” Other alumni included Manu’s sister Shilpa Harish ’98 and brothers Kanishka Ratnayaka ’96 and Manjusri “Juice” Ratnayaka ’03, as well as Brittany Sanders ’00, Monica Madan ’98, Anjali Mehta ’98, Pratheepan “Deep” Gulasekaram ’96, and Sanjay Daluvoy ’96. Laura can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the July / August 2004 Issue

Adam and Jennifer Dail Devlin announce the April 5 birth of Katie Nicole. They can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Sean Morey, a wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles, was voted special teams’ Most Valuable Player by his teammates.

From the May / June 2004 Issue

Reunion weekend is May 28–31. For more information, contact reunion headquarters at (401) 863-1947 or This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Jessica Eve George married David Stanke ’98 in Bristol, R.I., on Sept. 13. Jessica works for Court TV, and David works for TheaterMania.com.

William J. Gilbane III writes: “I got together with William J. Gilbane Jr. ’70, Catherine L. Gilbane ’03, and Nancy Zucconi, the widow of Dave Zucconi ’55, at the Square Grouper in Jupiter, Fla., where Nancy is spending the winters with her mother. Nancy is looking and feeling great despite the loss of her father just days before Dave’s one-year anniversary on Jan. 22. Nancy remarked on how much she appreciates all the support from Dave’s Brown family that she is still receiving a year later. William III also got together in Palm Beach, Fla., with Jonathan A. Ostrow, Maryanne Lombardo, and Phoebe Kemble. Maryanne had just finished her first semester at Harvard Business School with Bill’s cousin, Daniel M. Gilbane ’98. Phoebe has just moved to Los Angeles. Jon is still living in New York City and is enjoying his job at the Witkoff Group, a real estate investment firm. I’m living in Washington, D.C., and working as an engineer for Gilbane Building Company, which is the construction manager for the United States Capitol Visitor Center. I was also able to catch the Orange Bowl in Miami, where I visited with Amanda Richman and Annette Worden. Amanda and Anne are both busy applying to law school, Amanda from her home in Miami and Anne from her home in Los Angeles.”

Jen Kay and Chrissy Wilt write: “We visited Chrissy Woodward Dougherty ’00 ScM and her husband, Jack, in Houston. They are the proud parents of Allison Noel Dougherty, born Nov. 12.”

Caroline Kepnes appeared in the Academy of Performing Arts-production of the Woody Allen play Play It Again, Sam in Orleans, Mass., in January.

Justin Monti writes: “On June 22, I married Lisa Sutton in Newport, R.I. After a wonderful honeymoon in Bermuda, we returned home to northern Virginia. Members of the bridal party included best man Tom Druan ’00, Scott Lewandowski, Justin Brown, and Jorge Casimiro ’98. Also in attendance were Chris Gemino, Liberty Liscomb ’98, my grandmother Teresa Gagnon Mellone ’39, and my stepfather, Barrett Barnard ’58, ’70 MAT.” Justin can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the March / April 2004 Issue

Class Presidents Xochitl Gonzalez and Clifton Hill report that the 5th-reunion plans are complete and they hope to see everyone back at Brown on May 28–31 for a great weekend. Registration information will arrive soon, so please make your reservation early. Register online at alumni.brown.edu and address any questions to reunion headquarters at (401) 863-1947 or This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

The class of ’99 mourns the death of dear friend Carolyn “Charlie” Guild (see Obituaries). Classmates remember her intellect, beauty, easy laugh, thirst for culture, love of the arts, political activism, and countless other qualities, all of which made Charlie so special. Nicole Clare, Tiffany Fonseca, Erin Pitts, Jennifer Thompson, and Leah Williams attended her memorial service in San Francisco on Nov. 30. Her family is developing a foundation known as the Charlie Guild Melanoma Awareness Project (MAP) to foster awareness and education about the deadly disease. Melanoma is the biggest cancer killer of young women between the ages of 25 and 30. Charlie was 26. While the foundation is currently in the early planning stages, anyone interested in offering assistance may e-mail Nicole Clare at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it edu. A memorial service is planned for reunion weekend.

Todd Haugh writes: “Over Labor Day weekend in Chicago, Cara Francis (Univ. of Iowa ’02) and I were engaged to be married. In attendance at a surprise engagement party later that night were Jake Kramer, Mike O’Malley, Mike Orlandi, and Matt Salcone. Our wedding is planned for November 2004 in Galena, Ill.” Todd can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Nicholas Lanoie reports that after three years in the litigation department of Boston law firm Goodwin Procter, last September he began his master’s in Islamic history at the Univ. of Cambridge. He can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Julie Roth (see Charles Giller ’93).

Doug Ulman and Dana Waldbaum were married in Denver on Nov. 1. They were joined by Sabrina Spitaletta, Tina Govatos, Karla Jusczyk, Anne London Tcherepnin, Mike O’Malley, Chris Dodson ’03 MD, Kumi Walker ’00, Scott Sadowsky, Andy Dixon, Decker Rolph, Geoff Walker ’00, and Ryan Smith ’00. Doug and Dana live in Austin, Texas, and can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Ephraim “Fry” Wernick writes: “Law school has officially become a memory after three amazing years at the Univ. of Texas at Austin. I spent two months studying for the Texas bar exam, which I thankfully passed, and took an amazing trip to Europe with friends, including Thete brother John Toomay ’00. I also made an eagerly anticipated trip back to campus for Brown football’s 125th anniversary gala. I’m currently posing as a trial attorney for Strasburger & Price, in Dallas—I specialize in health-care matters, mostly in defense of doctors and hospitals. Some local attorneys and I recently founded the Triangle Neighborhood Project, a nonprofit dedicated to, among other things, providing free legal assistance to the underprivileged. If you’re interested in helping, please feel free to drop me a line.” Fry can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the January / February 2004 Issue

Jay Candelmo and Jaimie Kane were married on June 7 in Manning Chapel. The wedding party included bridesmaids Nisha Bansal, Claudia Becker, and Jaime Ushiroda; best man Martin Wyspianski; and groomsmen Nuwong Chollacoop, David Corvino, and Daniel Ewing ’00. Also in attendance were Alex Chan ’98, James Koch ’01, Emily Nelson, Dima Reda ’97, and Lora Schwartz ’98. Longtime admission office receptionist Marlene Schechter, who encouraged Jay to ask Jaimie on their first date, also was in attendance. Earlier the same week, Jaimie received her M.D. from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She is a pediatric resident at the UMass Medical Center, and Jay is a second-year M.B.A. student at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. They can be reached at candelmo @alumni.brown.edu.

Cliff Su writes: “In August we celebrated the marriage of David Tuan and Caroline Chen (University of Pennsylvania ’98) in Boston. The newlyweds now begin life together in California.” Cliff and Marc Hildenbrand ’97 were groomsmen. Also in attendance were Karen DeCastro ’01, Quang Do, Andrew Ho, Pitchayada Ruanglek, Ben Taylor, Jean Wang, Sarah Whitney, William Woo, Raymond Yang, and Young Yu.

Heidi E. Williams writes: “Since graduation, I’ve trekked in Nepal (with Marissa Lange) and traveled to India and Europe. On the work front, I had enough of technology while working in San Jose in public relations, enjoyed working in public affairs at Glacier National Park, and am now at Stanford working in publicity and student programming.” Heidi can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the November / December 2003 Issue

Sidney Chang writes: “I have returned to school and have entered the class of ’05 at the Wharton School and the Lauder Institute. The Lauder Institute is a twenty-four-month joint-degree program in which students earn an M.B.A. from Wharton and a master’s in international studies from the Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences. I recently returned from a summer studying Chinese in Japan (due to SARS) and will go to Beijing and Shanghai next summer.” Sidney can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Lisa Cole married Jonathan Olin on June 29 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston. Lisa is the daughter of Alan ’73, ’76 M.D. and Harriet Hanzel Cole ’72. Members of the wedding party included Rebecca Erickson, Joshua Markowitz, and Seth Coe. Also in attendance were Meredith Ainbinder, Sheryl Koenigsberg, Tad Heuer ’99 A.M., Heather Klemick, Elbert Ventura, and Emily Sullivan. Lisa is a third-year medical student at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. Jon is starting his second year at Penn Law School. Lisa can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Jane Hait writes: “I have opened a small photography gallery in Chelsea, New York City. After a brief stint at MoMA and assisting artist Bastienne Schmidt, I partnered up with a friend in this exciting venture. We have created an exciting space that shows photo and photo-related work in the hopes of nurturing and encouraging young talent. Our current show features the photo-based paintings of fellow Brown alum Isca Greenfield-Sanders ’00.”

Tad Heuer ’99 A.M. writes: “I’ve just completed my Ph.D. in social policy at the London School of Economics and will be starting my J.D. at Yale Law School this September.” Tad can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Sandi Pike writes: “I was engaged to Josh Glauser on May 2 in Warsaw, Ind. A June 2004 wedding is planned. We will be moving to Florida, where Josh will start medical school and I will continue to develop orthopedic implants.”

Mariah Sieber writes: “On Aug. 16 Emily Sullivan married Seth Coe on the cliffs of sunny Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. In attendance were bridesmaids Mariah Sieber, Rosalie Mello, and Rachel Reichlin, and groomsman Jon Olin. Other alumni at the wedding included Sheryl Koenigsberg, Lisa Cole Olin, Kimberly Hemond, Dale Bertrand ’02 Sc.M., Rob DelSignore, Amanda Hatton, Christopher Weeks, and Seth Resler. The couple honeymooned in Italy before returning to Boston, where Emily will be starting graduate school in education at Harvard and Seth will continue his work towards a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at MIT.” Emily and Seth can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Mariah can be reached at 1884 Columbia Rd., #418, Washington, D.C. 20009; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the May / June 2003 Issue

Marcella Bombardieri, of Quincy, Mass., has been honored as a “Woman Who Dared,” one of four chosen by the Jewish Women’s Archive. She was recognized for six weeks spent reporting on the war in Afghanistan.

William J. Gilbane III writes: “Along with Diane Scott ’75, I am cochairing the Brown Club of Rhode Island and the Pembroke Club of Providence’s 39th annual Commencement Pops Concert. I am pleased to announce that we have chosen Harry Connick Jr. and His Big Band to perform this year. The concert will also have a very special meaning, because we will celebrate the life of David J. Zucconi ’55. Dave was the longest-serving board member of the Brown Club of Rhode Island, and to honor his support for the club we are proud to have him as our honorary chair. Hope you will all join us on May 24.”

Ashley Russell Krasinski married Paul Krasinski ’98 on June 22, 2002, in New York City. They write: “We exchanged our vows at St. Vincent Ferrer church, followed by a reception at the Rainbow Room. Alumni in attendance were best man John Krasinski ’02, bridesmaid Anna Susman, Jenny McNamara, Kellie MacDougall, Jeff Lawler ’00, Michael Butler ’98, Dan Forbes ’97, Michael Catapano ’97, Eric Kroll ’98, Graham Amon ’01, Kathy Viveiros ’97, and Karen Sullivan ’97. We were also honored by the presence of professor Barrett Hazeltine and his wife. After a three-week honeymoon on the Amalfi Coast, we returned to the real world. Paul is pursuing his M.B.A. at Columbia Business School.”

Jeffrey Lais writes: “I attended the Delaware wedding of Mary Posatko ’96, who now works in news production at KCRW, a National Pulbic Radio affiliate. Her new husband, David Butler, is a sound editor in the film industry, and they live in Los Angeles. At the wedding I caught up with Maggie Lemos ’97, an attorney who’s clerking in the office of the U.S. Solicitor General, and Mark Russell ’97, who works for Dell Magazines/Penny Publications. They’re now both living in Washington, D.C, and I’m living in San Francisco, finally getting off my duff to prepare for the LSATs so that I can eventually attend law school. In the meantime I work as a paralegal.”

Don Roach writes: “I married Noni Ayanna Gobern (Providence College ’98) on July 29, 2001. We are expecting our first child, Donald Harold Joseph Roach III, on June 16.” Don can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Jared Stern and Lauren Meltzner ’00 were engaged on Feb. 13 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in London. They live together in Los Angeles, where Jared is a television writer and Lauren works in the television literary department at United Talent Agency.

From the March / April 2003 Issue

Janice Patacsil and Scott Trull were married on June 7 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Members of the wedding party included Hwakong Cheng, Chris Furbish, Rajiv Ramaiah, Irene Klein, and Yvette Wild. Also in attendance were Jed Schmidt, Maia Weinstock, Erin Clark ’01, Kena Fox-Dobbs, Stephanie Czech, Jill Frankfort, David Jollin ’68, and Scott’s father, Richard Trull ’68. Janice and Scott live in Philadelphia. They can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Sarah Pierson (see Cleo Palelis Hazard ’51).

Alex Pittz writes: “I married Trishanna Kouklis, my high school sweetheart, on May 12, 2001, in Fresno, Calif. The wedding party included best man Jason Lenderman and groomsman Greg Del Greco ’00. Also in attendance were Rolf Edelman, Adrian Smith, Peter Calabrese ’00, and Brad Grulke ’00. I’m a financial adviser with UBS PaineWebber in Merced, Calif., and coach high school football in my hometown of Chowchilla, Calif.”

From the November / December 2002 Issue

Asaf Bitton and Elizabeth Karp, of San Francisco, are engaged. They plan to get married next summer at a winery in northern California. They can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to