From the July/August 2008 Issue

Terri Landon Bacow finished graduate school, received her doctorate, and accepted a job at Mt. Sinai in New York City, where she and her husband, Jay, reside. Jay works for Goldman Sachs Asset Management and trades government bonds. Contact Terri at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Anna Brown writes: "Colin Cheney and I got married last fall after a very long courtship. We're nestled into life in Brooklyn sharing our apartment with our cat, Mazzy."

Scott and Rachel Flood Doniger welcomed the birth of their daughter, Aileen Regan Doniger, in February.

Julia Strongwater Geffner writes: "I was married on September 8, 2007, at the New York Botanical Garden to Evan Geffner (Rochester Institute of Technology '01), president of the New York Technology Company. In attendance at our wedding were bridesmaids Terri Landon Bacow, Emily Levy Gutter, and Amy Kulak. Bradley Truding was present, as well."

Megan Kieffer Iyer and Ramesh Iyer are happy to announce the March 14, 2008, birth of their daughter, Riley Isabel. She joins big brother Nate, 2. Contact Megan at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Khatija Ladhani and Alykhan Lalani write: "Last summer, we welcomed the birth of our new baby girl. Baby Inaara is doing great and growing fast, and we are thrilled to have her in our lives."

Miriam Shapira writes: "On April 5, 2008, I married David Ross (UC San Diego '01) in Pasadena, Calif. In attendance were Rahul Agarwal, Joshua Bernstein, Matthew Boras '06, Ed Hu '87, Naomi Funahashi '00, Gabriel Marquez, Julia Shapira '08, Michelle Steingart, Yvette Wild '99, and Nathan Wilson. I am currently an attorney at Warner Bros. and would love to hear from you!" Contact Miriam at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Elizabeth Simson and Jason Weinstein (Cornell '01) married on October 20, 2007, in Columbus, Ohio. They met as law students at the Univ. of Michigan Law School. Brunonians who attended the wedding included Sarah Naseer, Takeshi Moro, Yukiko Moro '02, Hilary Smith'06 MD, and Jeremy Schwartz '02. Elizabeth and Jason are both attorneys in New York City. Contact Elizabeth at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Nguyet Tau graduated from dental school in May 2007 and is currently enrolled in pediatric dental residency at Boston Univ. School of Dental Medicine.

From the May/June 2008 Issue

Daniel Corey writes: "I was married to Elizabeth Griffin Corey (Stanford '01) in Seattle, Wash., this past August. My Cushing St. roommates, Chris Wolfe and Jeremy Flattau, were in attendance. We live in North Carolina and are completing our residencies at Duke Univ. Hospital."

Beverly Johnson '06 MD writes that she is delighted to announce her engagement to Patrick McCormick (MIT '98). A June wedding is planned. Beverly is active in the Brown Club of New York City and would like to hear from alums in the city. Contact Beverly at 435 E. 70th St., #32E, New York City 10021; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Brennan Gilbane Koch and Andrew Koch welcomed baby Grace Keegan Koch on January 12, 2008. They write: "Mother and daughter are both happy, healthy, and doing great." Contact them at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Emily Levy-Gutter received her doctorate in education from Nova Univ. in South Florida in January 2008. She writes that she is proudly putting it to use as the founder and director of a tutorial program in New York City for students with learning disabilities. Contact Emily at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Amy Mendel (see Victor H. Polk Jr '77).

Daniel Paduano writes: "My wife, Nancy, and I are proud to announce the birth of our daughter, Estelle Theresa Azul. She continues to amaze us on a daily basis. Photos of her and more on what's growing in the Santa Cruz mountains can be found at www.aboundingharvest.com. My best to everyone!" Contact Daniel at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Jonah Rosen (see Ulises Giberga '53).

Rebekah Splaine writes: "I went from playing professional soccer in the WUSA to working for a professional basketball team. As a community relations manager for the Boston Celtics, I work long hours, travel a lot, and am able to help a lot of kids out of unfortunate circumstances with resources and financial support. I'm pretty lucky!"

Kristen Falk Van Hull writes: "I am excited to announce that Patrick Van Hull (Univ. of Michigan '02) and I were married in Denver, Colo., on July 14, 2007. In attendance were fellow Brown alums Kelly Egan Turley, Hadley Hosea, Natalie Neusch, and of course my father, Peter Hastings Falk '73. Patrick and I met in Austin, Tex., while I was in graduate school and have been enjoying life in Colorado since the summer of 2006. I am currently working as an academic advisor for the Daniels College of Business at the Univ. of Denver, and Patrick is a senior production planner for Rio Tinto Minerals." Contact Kristen at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the March/April 2008 Issue

Laura Braslow (see Patricia Gerbarg '71).

Nykia Omphroy writes that Taais Jacobs '03 married Karl Grosse on September 29, in a civil ceremony at the Mairie de Rennes in Bretagne, France. The couple currently lives in Paris and will celebrate a religious ceremony in Bretagne this summer. Contact Taais at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Hataya Kristy Poonyagariyagorn writes: "On August 12, 2007, I married Alejandro Perez (Harvard '96, Albert Einstein College of Medicine '05 MD) in my hometown of Portland, Ore. It was a beautiful wedding that included traditional American, Mexican, and Thai themes. Guests included Elizabeth Perez '99, Aracely Perez '05, Christopher Hays '95, Arif Shaikh '01, and Xiao Zhang '05." Contact Hataya at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Daniel Weiner writes; "On September 8 I married my partner of four years, Carl Roller, at an 18th-century inn in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. Our guests included Brian Healy, Trushna Patel, Philip Pierce, Dara Cohen, Michael Eisenkraft, Melissa Sontag, Jon Mooney '00, Ben Holzer '00, and Amanda Katz '00. Shortly after our wedding, Carl and I moved to Washington, D.C., where I practice law at the firm of Jenner & Block LLP. I always enjoy hearing from fellow alumni and can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it "

From the January / February 2008 Issue

Rachel Cruz and Todd Auwarter write: “Nine years after meeting in Professor Cheit’s intro public policy class, we finally tied the knot on June 30 in Winnetka, Ill. The Brown-studded affair included bridesmaid Maria Fusaro, groomsmen Robert Bishop, James Coburn, and Brendan Kaisershot, and wedding guests Tim Sackton, Kate Sackton ’00, Steve Baker ’03, Jason Blumenkrantz ’00, Sharon Sonenblum ’02, ’03 ScM, Chad Farrell ’02, Charles Hebert ’05 MD, Derek Janiak, Jamie Martin-McNaughton ’03, Michelle Menard ’06, Kevin Mernick, Beth Hollander ’04, Ray Prisament, Evelyn Saldana Prisament, Colin Rennert-May ’03, Roger Turner, and Chad Wolfsheimer ’00. Todd and I live in the Chicago area, where he is a consultant at Bain Company and I am an attorney at Tabet DiVito & Rothstein. We have a nice guest room and a fairly well-stocked kitchen, so if you’re in the area, please drop by. Contact us at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .”

Gretchen Staubly Harwood married James Harwood (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison ’00) in Galena, Illinois, on October 6, 2007. In attendance were Brian Palmer ’70, Maura Cahill ’00, Cecelia Magnani, Tatijana Divjak, Katherine Garmey, Jessica Vogel, Karl Rittger ’02, Matthew Dufour, Ellie Blake Sullivan, Christopher Sullivan, and Jessica Buck ’02. Contact Gretchen at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Brennan Gilbane Koch writes: “My husband, Andrew, and I just returned from Tuscany, Italy, where we celebrated the marriage of Elena Urgelles to Robin Eagleton. Robyn Shepherd and Milana Rossi also shared the beautiful day. Elena and Robin will live in New York City.” Contact Brennan at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Michelle Gross Lilly married G. Daniel Lilly (Auburn Univ.) in an outdoor ceremony in June 2007. In attendance were Sara Tindall Woodman, Regina Walsh McKie, Kara Laney, Mary Hale ’02, and James Bucher. Both Michelle and Daniel are completing doctoral studies at the Univ. of Michigan.

Andrew Paulsen writes: “On September 1, 2007, I married Libby Murrie (Westminster ’01) in Washington, Mo. We had an outdoor wedding in perfect weather overlooking the Missouri River. Thomas Kucera ’02 ScM was a groomsman. Tim Garrett ’97 was a guest and provided a photo booth at the reception thanks to his business, PhotoboothStL. Libby and I live in Jersey City, New Jersey. I work at Goldman Sachs, and Libby works at the publishing reprint firm PARS International.” Contact Andrew at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Acadia Wallace Roessner writes: “My husband, Mike, and I welcomed our first child, Augustus ‘Gus’ Tracy Roessner, on September 10, 2007. He was born at Georgetown Hospital at 10:45 pm and weighed 7 lbs. 12 oz. and measuring 20 inches. Gus showed us the dimples he inherited from his grandpa Wallace when he began smiling and laughing at five weeks old. We love being new parents, even the sleepless nights of feedings and diaper changes! I returned to work full-time at Booz Allen Hamilton in early November.” Contact Acadia at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the September / October 2007 Issue

Amelia Miller Collins and Nick Collins were married in Marina del Rey, Calif., on September 3, 2006. Members of the wedding party included Emily Collins, Danielle Horwich, Joanna Lack, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, and Alie Waldman. Also in attendance were Thomas Balamaci '00, John Bourne '03, Amanda Leader, Rebecca Cohen McGinn, Brendan McGinn '02, Rosalyn Menon, Meredith Sadin '03, and Jennifer Good Zurik. Reach Amelia at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Jamie Dokson and Seth Mrozek were married May 6 in Atlanta. Also present at the wedding were Robert Dokson '66, Christopher Gaydos '96, Laura Dokson Gaydos '98, Courtney Oliva, Elizabeth Hayes, Kathryn Canniff Welty, John Leffers, and Michael Slaby '02. Seth and Jamie have bought a house in downtown Baltimore, where Seth is an investment banker and Jamie is a genetic counselor.

Ryan Kasten received his law degree from Washington Univ. School of Law in St. Louis on May 18. Contact Ryan at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Terri Landon writes: "Jay Bacow (MIT '02) and I met in Boston when I was in graduate school for clinical psychology at Boston Univ., which I entered right after graduation. We got married on May 27 in Medford, Mass. Five of my eight bridesmaids were classmates: Rachael Nichols, Julia Strongwater, Amy Kulak, Emily Levy, and Kyuhey Lee August. I am now completing my doctoral studies. Jay is a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs, and we live in New York City."

Emily Levy appeared in the May issue of Entrepreneur magazine in an article titled "Maternal Instincts": "Emily Levy, 27, learned the art of teaching from her mom, who founded a school for students with learning disabilities. ‘That sense of gratification was something I always saw in working with my mother and observing her making a difference in the lives of these kids,' says Levy. She knew she had that same innate desire, and in 2002, she launched EBL Coaching, her New York City tutoring service for children with learning disabilities. While managing seventy-five tutors and earning seven-figure sales, Levy has also written a series of workbook materials, Strategies for Study Success." Reach Emily at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Doug Lincoln writes: "Jennifer Hewson (Washington College '03) and I were married at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans on April 20. Seth Wylie '04 was a groomsman. Other alumni in attendance were Justin Cherry, Mark Zeldis '00, Frank Nguyen, Gabe Shapiro '00, Peer Casillo, Sandipan Bagchi, Matt Bycer, and Miranda Chen '02. Jennifer and I honeymooned in St. Lucia. We graduated from Tulane Univ. School of Medicine in May and are moving to Portland, Ore., to begin our residencies at Oregon Health and Science Univ. I will be in pediatrics and Jen in obstetrics/gynecology. Reach us at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it "

Dagny Kimberly Yousuf writes that she is still enjoying London with her Bangladeshi/banker/soccer player husband, and after earning her PhD is taking time away from physics to raise her son, Ajani Karol Yousuf. She expects a second boy in September.

From the July / August 2007 Issue

Sean Gallagher married Ava Williamson (Rice ’02) last June in Brownsville, Tex. Several Brown friends came, including wedding-party members Dan Abramoski, Brendan Kelleher, David Ramsey, Kelly Gallagher ’02, and guests Adam Kendis and Doug Martland. The couple now resides near Houston, where both have started their residencies, Sean in orthopedic surgery and Ava in pediatrics. They can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Peter C. Greene can be reached at P.O. Box 472, Sag Harbor, N.Y. 11963.

Alex Hsu writes: “On Sept. 3, 2006, I married the love of my life, Arlene Andru (Case Western Reserve ’01 and Michigan ’05), at the Western Reserve Historical Society Museum and Garden in Cleveland. After days of rain, we were blessed with sunshine just hours before the outdoor ceremony.” Jason Iannuccilli ’00, ’05 MD was a groomsman, and guests included Aaron Kim ’00, Frank Hajdu ’00, Duncan Welstead ’00, and Taylor Garland ’00. The couple moved to Ann Arbor the following day so Alex could start school, he writes. “I have since promised to make up the honeymoon in summer ’07. I am working on my PhD in finance at the Michigan Business School, and Arlene works as a geriatric nurse practitioner at Sunrise Senior Living here in Ann Arbor. I would love to hear from friends and teammates from Brown.”

Ben Kruger is living in L.A. and writing for ABC’s Brothers & Sisters. He had his first episode of network TV, “Favorite Son,” air May 13.

Benjamin Percy was awarded the 2007 Plimpton Prize for Fiction for his story “Refresh, Refresh” which was published in The Paris Review, issue 175.

Cass Edward Sapir was honored with the Young Alumnus Award during Moses Brown School’s reunion weekend 2007. Cass has been working as an associate producer for WGBH’s Nova.

From the May / June 2007 Issue

Marisa Catalina Casey writes: “I wanted to share the good news that the IRS has awarded 501(c)(3) status to the community-based arts nonprofit I founded in 2006, Starting Artists Inc., located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Starting Artists Inc. will begin after-school and summer visual and performing-arts programming once I graduate from my masters program in arts administration at Columbia University in August 2007. In addition, Starting Artists Inc. has been invited to Phase 2 of the Echoing Green Fellowship, which will provide a start-up grant to the organization and a stipend to its founder for two years. Keep all your fingers crossed and thanks to all of my friends from Brown who have been so supportive!” Marisa can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Lisa Cisneros and Melissa Rodriguez ’02 were married this past summer in a beautiful outdoor ceremony in Salinas, Calif., officiated by Naima Lowe ’02. In attendance were their good friends Martha Lopez, Lisabeth Castro-Smyth, Kristy Juaire’02 ScM, Emily Caro-Bruce, Elizabeth Hoover ’02, Leora Cieplinski, Vivian Velasco, Michelle Wong ’06 MD, Beth Schwartzapfel, Sarah Kingan ’02, Senay Goitom ’03, Sarah Petersiel ’02, Charlotte Hayes, Ralph Johnson ’98, Anna Galland ’02, Anand Balakrishnan ’03, Luke Woodward ’04, Amanda Silver, Rachel Harris ’02, and TreaAndrea Russworm ’99.

Ellen Stern Griswold writes: “On June 3, 2006, I was married to Oliver Griswold (Colby ’99). We were married outside at Oliver’s family’s home in Old Lyme, Conn. We were so grateful to have Janet Cooper-Nelson officiate our ceremony. Emily Weinstein was one of the maids of honor, and Malina Brown was one of the bridesmaids. We were so happy to have many friends from Brown celebrate with us: Chloe Godwin, Megan Nicolay, Cristina Betances, Kristina Brittenham, Acadia Roessner Wallace, Moses Graubard, Joshua Mandelbaum, Alec O’Neill ’03 and Jessica Galante ’03, John Rego ’00, and Joe Coleman ’03 PhD. Oliver and I now live in Old Town Alexandria, Va. I am in my last year of law school at Georgetown University Law Center and in October of 2007 will be a first-year associate at O’Melveny & Myers LLP in Washington, D.C. Oliver is the communications director at the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center in Washington, D.C., and will be finishing his masters in American studies at George Washington University in June.”

Tom Pepinsky writes: “Last June, Juliana May (Oberlin ’01, Yale ’03) and I were married in my hometown of Harrisburg, Pa. Many Brown friends attended, including Dave Chung, Michael Eisenkraft, James Fichter, Josh Hartford, Janet Lin ’02, Ryan Overbey, Sarah Courtright, Jon Reiter ’00, Anna Goldberg ’02, Pat Macroy ’00 ’01 AM, Rafaela Dancygier ’00, Jason Rogart ’97 ’01 MD, and Jim Rosenbluth ’79. We still live in New Haven, where Julie supports me while I finish my PhD, but starting this fall I will be an assistant professor of political science at the University of Colorado. If anyone can teach us how to ski, shoot me an e-mail at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ”

Jessie Ratey married Aaron Cohen (Skidmore ’01) on July 29, 2006, in Cambridge, Mass. Brown alumni in attendance included Maura McKee D’Amore, Christine Andres, Julie Kaplan, Lisa Koulish, Melissa Bowman, Marian Thorpe ’04, Olivia Geiger ’03, James deBoer ’05, Brendan McGinn ’02, Rebecca Cohen, Jeanette Silberstein ’00, Jennifer Plaut ’02, Katherine Hewitt ’00, Benjamin Steinfeld ’05 MFA, Matthew Harvey ’97, Rachel Spaulding ’00, and Haruko Okada ’02. The couple currently resides in Cranston, R.I., where Jessie is executive director of a local non-profit organization, English for Action, and Aaron works for a marketing firm in Boston. Jessie would love to hear from long-lost friends at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the March / April 2007 Issue

Sylvia Alonso (see Jonathan Kagan ’64).

Nicole Neeman Brady writes: “On October 8, I married T.J. Brady (U.S. Military Academy ’96) in the N.J. Botanical Gardens. The Jewish ceremony in the gardens was perfect, and I was lucky to have so many Brown friends in attendance. The maid of honor was Alisha Bjerregaard ’02. Others present were: Saya Woolfalk, Sean Mitchell, Caroline Marcus, Lauren Frank, Jason Schreiber and Gabriel Marquez, Noel Neeman ’97 (brother of the bride), Ranee Chew ’00, and Allison Allen ’88.”

Janine Giordano married Bryan Manolakos (Lehigh ’01) in New Jersey on September 16. Megan Kieffer Iyer and Ramesh Iyer were in the wedding party. Also in attendance were Anthony Fluet, Elana Feldman, Cass Sapir, Sarah Cook, and Alison Leff. Janine and Bryan are still working as traders in New York City and moved to their new house in West Windsor, N.J. Janine can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Josh Klemme (see Naline Lai ’89).

Benjamin Percy writes: “My short story, ‘Refresh, Refresh’ (originally published in the Paris Review), has won the Pushcart Prize and appears in Best American Short Stories 2006. ‘Refresh, Refresh’ was also performed at Symphony Space as part of their Selected Shorts series and will be the title story of my second book, due out this fall with Graywolf. To learn more about my writing, drop by my website at www.benjaminpercy.com.”

Chris Sullivan and Ellie Blake tied the knot in a beautiful ceremony on September 30 in Shelter Island, New York. Brown alums in the wedding party included attendants Melissa Rennison and Jessica Vogel and ushers Matt Amengual and Dan Newman. Also in attendance were Annie Bernstein, Chrisjon Clarke, Matt Cross, Beret Dickson, Burke Gallagher, Kate Garmey, Justin Huxol, Cecelia Magnani, Mike Monfett, Megan Nicolay, Sara Rowbottom, Cory Schreier, Gretchen Staubly, Noah Stockman, Mike Albarelli ’03, Kevin Connolly ’02, Matt Grosso ’02, Matt Kelley ’02, Greg Metzger ’02, Jimmy Mormile ’02, Richie Mormile ’02, Daniel Creighton ’03, Michael William Fiorvanti ’03, and Matt Winkler ’03. Chris writes, “It was an unbelievable celebration for us, and I finally married my love of my life after meeting her more than nine years ago at freshmen orientation.” Chris and Ellie have recently relocated from New York City to Chicago and can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

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From the January / February 2007 Issue

Colin Cheney won the 2006 Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship. This award is one of the largest offered to aspiring writers in the United States and awards the recipient $15,000 to continue their study and writing of poetry.

Natalie Shimmel Drucker writes: “Steven Drucker ’00 and I were married in Roslyn, N.Y., on July 2. In attendance were best man Jeff Lebovitz ’00, bridesmaid Felice Le, groomsman Sandipan Bagchi, Julie Kaplan, Rob Hennis, Jen Cartwright, Bryan Tallevi, Hamutal Bernstein, Terri Landon, Kate Regnier Bender and Jon Bender’00, Gabe Shapiro ’00, Anthony Fluet, and Greg Scherban ’02. After living apart for several years while pursuing our respective graduate degrees, Steve and I are now enjoying life together in New York. Steve is a professor of finance at Columbia Business School and I am an attorney at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP. We 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 ”

Ivonne Ferrer writes: “After almost seven years upon meeting that fateful day at Brown, Ivonne Ferrer and Vicente Diaz ’00 wed in their hometown of New York on May 28. Thanks to all fellow alums who were able to celebrate in this joyous occasion—Angel Ferrer ’96, ’00 MD, Margarita Garcia ’97, Sanddy Marchena ’02, Steven Colon ’98, Ana Almeida, Julissa Medina, Grismaldy Laboy ’02 MAT, Joel Acevedo, Allen Feliz ’03, Jessica and Tim Petros ’00, Jeffrey Vargas ’95, Jared Weiss ’00, Caroline Giegerich ’00, and Moises Cascante ’02.” Vicente and Ivonne now reside in Connecticut and can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Igor Helman writes: “Ainsley MacLean ’05 MD and I were married on Sept. 9 in the Thousand Islands region of New York. The ceremony was held in Clayton, N.Y., followed by a reception at Ainsley’s grandparents’ house on beautiful Grindstone Island. The wedding party included Ainsley’s sisters Natalie (Harvard ’03) and Joanna MacLean ’06, ’10 MD, and my sister Elena Helman ’09. Bridesmaids included Celia Adelson, Lee-Lin Law, Emily Levy Gutter, Atiya Ali, and Caroline Marcus. Groomsmen included Lucas Ives, Adam Leventhal, Ryan Tunstall, Jerry Charumilind ’00, and Julian Devlin ’02. Matthew Amdur was the best man. We were delighted that many of our friends from Brown were able to celebrate with us, including Courtney Brown, Carole Vigne, Anne Robinson, Adi Segal, Kara Chew, Emily Carmichael ’02, Ethan Babcock, Shayan Shirazian, Jessica Zenk, Woody Anderson, Alyssa Letourneau, Bob Altshuler ’03 ScM, Nasser Khan ’00, Abigail May, Jennifer Wo, Jessica Riggs, Matthew Stein, Janine Mok ’00, Heidi Brown ’00, Lorraine Ng ’00, ’05 MD, Shirine Nassery ’00, ’04 MD, Eugene Fukudome ’00, ’04 MD, and Angela Turalba ’00, ’04 MD.” Igor can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Elizabeth Schoenfeld ’05 MD and Pranay Parikh ’99, ’03 MD were married at Blithewold Arboretum in Bristol, R.I., on Aug. 20. Elizabeth writes: “We had our Garbaa-Raas on Aug. 19 in none other than Andrews Dinning Hall. In attendance were Seth Orkand ’99, Matthew Kromer ’99, ’01 ScM, Megan Owen ’00, David Poznik ’99, Kedar Mate ’00, Sreekanth Chaguturu ’99, ’04 MD, Chad Stockham ’99, Michael Schwartz 99, ’03 MD, Taraneh Shirazian ’99, ’03 MD, Jonathan LaRosa ’00, Brian Kwong ’05 MD, CJ Hoppel ’04, Griffin James, Sapna Shah, Sabrina Yohai, Mollie Glick, Mohsin Malik ’06 MD, and Benjamin Reardon ’99. We had two ceremonies—one Hindu and one secular, the latter officiated by Brown faculty Rev. David Ames.” The couple resides in Washington, D.C., 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

Teresa Schwartz and her husband, David Schwartz, both graduated from Harvard Divinity School on June 8 with master of divinity degrees. Teresa is now serving as the Hallman ministerial intern at Unity Church–Unitarian in St. Paul, Minn. Teresa can be reached at teresa_ This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Lauren Wilkinson writes: “On Sept. 23 I got married! My new husband is Parker Thompson, whom I met in grad school at UC Berkeley. We had a wonderful wedding in San Francisco. Liz Miele made a fabulous wedding cake. Beth Alves and Kenna Stormogipson ’03 were bridesmaids. Other Brown alums present were Stephanie Lewis and Luisa Patino ’02. Parker and I live in San Francisco and both work in software.”

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From the September / October 2006 Issue

Megan Kieffer Iyer and Ramesh Iyer are very happy to announce the June 1 birth of their first child, Nathan Kieffer Iyer. They are living in Issaquah, Wash., 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

Joshua Saulle writes: “This fall I will begin work on my master of music in composition at the San Francisco Conservatory.”

From the May / June 2006 Issue

Reunion '06 weekend is almost here - May 26-28. Return to campus to renew ties with old friends. Start with Campus Dance and finish the weekend by passing once again through the Van Wickle Gates. Visit the reunion Web site for complete details: http://alumni.brown.edu/news_events/reunions.

Dan Kahn received his master's in earth and ocean sciences from Georgia Tech in 2004. He is now enrolled in a PhD program at Duke Univ. in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences. His research on the use of seismic data to model geothermal energy sources involves frequent trips to Iceland and Switzerland. In February, Dan qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the marathon, attaining the EA Standard with a time of 2:19:47.

Emily Levy married Michael Gutter (SUNY Albany '91) on March 18 in Miami. Emily is the founder and director of EBL Coaching, a supplemental education company in New York City, which offers after-school, weekend, and one-on-one tutoring programs. She is also the author of the Strategies for Study Success student workbook series, which is being used at schools nationwide. She is currently completing her doctorate in educational administration. Emily performed a five-year research study developing an alternative strategy for teaching reading comprehension to students with learning disabilities, and for this research she was awarded a Westinghouse science scholarship at the annual science talent search by the Westinghouse Foundation in Washington, D.C. Michael is founder and president of Arista Leasing, an equipment finance company in Cliffside Park, N.J., which services clients nationwide. Michael and Emily met on a blind date through a mutual family friend.

Emily O'Dell '03 MFA has returned from her fifth season as chief epigrapher at the Great Pyramids in Giza, Egypt, where she also founded Egypt's first capoeira group, called Grupo Atabaque. She is happy to announce her engagement to Yehia Hafiz, which the couple celebrated in Egypt. She is working on her PhD at Brown, where she has taught in the literary arts and Egyptology departments. Emily can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Ray Prisament writes: "Evelyn Saldana Prisament and I announce the Jan. 18 birth of Elena Christine, at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. We are doing well and adore our new baby. We give special thanks to Melissa Cheng Subha Ghosh and Shree Shetty for organizing a marvelous baby shower. In September we moved to New York City after four years in and around Philadelphia. We will celebrate our third wedding anniversary on Feb. 15. In the better-late-than-never category, our wedding, held three years ago in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., was attended by best man Benjamin Master, bridesmaids Debra Berliner and Subha Ghosh, and a plethora of our wonderful Brown friends." They can be reached at ray@alumni. brown.edu and This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Juli Simon Thomas writes: "On Feb. 4, I married Russel Philip '03 in Manhattan. We were thrilled that Hung Nguyen '02 and Claire Holroyde were in attendance. For a complete report of the wedding and our life in New York City, send me an e-mail. I'd love to hear from everyone." Juli can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Hassan Wilson '02 MAT proposed to Grismaldy Laboy '02 MAT at her twenty-seventh birthday celebration dinner. The wedding date is scheduled on the anniversary of their engagement, July 7, 2007. Hassan is a high school biology teacher and Grismaldy is a high school principal in New York City. 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

From the March / April 2006 Issue

Matt Goldich writes: “I was on an episode of Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, which premiered on Jan. 27. I also contributed an essay to the book Bar Mitzvah Disco, a nostalgic look at bar mitzvahs of the 1980s and 1990s. I am always doing stand-up comedy here in New York and sometimes in other cities. For more information on my upcoming schedule, check out my blog at goldich. blogspot.com.” Matt can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Josh Klemme writes: “I married Kristen Mahon on Dec. 2, 2005. The wedding: A mix of Jewish and Christian tradition at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Williston Park, N.Y. The reception: The party to end all parties at nearby Westbury Manor. (Seriously, there will be no further parties. We had a Michael Jackson impersonator, dammit!) In attendance, groomsman Jeff Reichert ’00, Ryan Barlow, Camille Bryan, Caroline Giegerich ’00, Dan Parke, Becky Pohotsky ’00, and Alexa Ragozin ’89. It was great seeing all of you!” Josh and Kristen can be reached at 50-52 39th Place, #1, Sunnyside, N.Y. 11104; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Amanda Leader writes: “On a slightly belated note, I married Erik Metzroth (Penn ’98) in East Hampton, N.Y., on Aug. 6, 2005. The wedding was wonderful and included lots of Brown alums: Jessica Leader ’97, Courtney Joslin ’94, Jeff Joslin ’80, John Salinger ’70, Ann Salinger ’73, Lorrie Zimmerman ’76, Bud Zimmerman ’76, ’80 MD, Gary Grant ’67, Annie Bystryn ’01, Joanna Lack, Becca Cohen, Melissa Weisberg, Lizzie Fisher, Sari Aviv, Danielle Horwich, Amelia Miller, Nick Collins, Kate Scott, Liz Liebschutz, Rosalyn Menon, Justin Szal, Jenny Good-Zurick, Ben Berentsen, John Clingan, and Brendan McGinn ’02.

Jake Thomsen completed two years of Peace Corps service in The Gambia, West Africa. His plans were to travel to North Africa and return to the U.S. by January.

Lindsay Wolfington writes: “I am living in Los Angeles working as a music supervisor. Right now I work on One Tree Hill but am looking for additional projects. I also work with the Brown Univ. Entertainment Group (BUEG). Alums in L.A. who work in entertainment should look us up at bueg.org. Can’t wait for reunion! Let’s go Unit 1!”

From the March / April 2005 Issue

Marieke Beeuwkes is engaged to Graham Spence (Princeton ’01). “After our August wedding,” Marieke writes, “we are headed to Boston, where I will pursue a master of arts in law and diplomacy at the Fletcher School (Tufts) and Graham will continue working in the financial sector. We currently reside in New York City, where I am assistant director of communications at the Council on Foreign Relations. The talented Willis Sparks ’86 is also at the council, researching and writing on international affairs. I’d like to reconnect with former classmates in New York and Boston.” Marieke can always be reached at marieke. This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Kate Regnier Bender married Jonathan Bender ’00 on Oct. 16, in Kansas City, Mo. Alumni in the wedding party included Andrew Bender ’97, Dave Washburn ’98, Gabe Kuriloff ’00, Gabe Shapiro ’00, Andy Veit ’00 and Sean Conta ’00, and Matt Fisher, Abby Rabinowitz, Jen Trebby, and Kate Gulbransen. Others in attendance included Chris Porter ’97, Jessie Hastings ’00, Jeff Lebovitz ’00 and Steve Drucker ’00, Adam Leventhal, Natalie Shimmel, Felice Le, Kimberly Bartlett, Dana Marshall, and Sandipan Bagchi. Kate and Jon live in Boston’s North End and can be reached at atkate.bender @gmail.com and This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Christopher Hornand Jennifer Leighty— both members of Unit 24—were married on Oct. 10, at the Altamont Manor in Altamont, N.Y. They celebrated their honeymoon in Montréal and are applying to graduate programs for the fall of ’05. Jenny will pursue an MAT and Chris an MBA. They can be reached at 1600 S. Joyce St., #1109, Arlington, Va. 22202; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Josh Klemme and Kristen Mahon (Univ. of Mich. ’01) report that they are engaged: “No date yet, but guaranteed to be when the color orange is in season.” Josh works for the William Morris Agency’s New York City office, and Kristen is a professional actress. They can be reached at joshklemme@ yahoo.com.

Paco Tolson lives in Brooklyn with Kate Marks ’00, and was awarded the inaugural Robert Pastorelli fellowship from Ensemble Studio Theatre. In November, he appeared at the Arden Theatre in Philadelphia in The Arabian Nights. Kate’s play Ark (which she wrote, directed, and starred in) enjoyed a successful run at the Looking Glass Theatre in New York City. Paco can be reached at michaelpaco @yahoo.com.

From the November / December 2004 Issue

Jiminie Ha has been living in New York City for three years. She started a design and architecture office, Morality of Objects, and will be pursuing an MFA in graphic design at the Yale School of Art in September. Reach her at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Ramesh Iyer and Megan Kieffer Iyer were married in Gig Harbor, Wash., in a Catholic ceremony on July 10 and in a Hindu ceremony on July 11. Janine Giordano was the maid of honor, and Jermaine Matheson ’04 was a groomsman. Also in attendance were David Babin, Sandipan Bagchi, Chad Billmyer, Devin Borland, Matthew Bycer, Peter Carey, Peer Casillo, Justin Cherry ’02, Sarah Cook, Elana Feldman, Anthony Fluet, Jeffrey Friedman, Emily Hill, Clara Holzwarth, Neal Kemkar, Alison Leff, Frank Nguyen, Cass Sapir, Brian Swett, Philip Ugelow ’02, Christopher Elitt ’00, Jeffrey Lebovitz ’00, and Gabriel Shapiro ’00. The newlyweds write: “We are truly blessed to have such wonderful friends.” Reach Ramesh and Megan 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

Suzanne Karr and Keith Schmidt ’00 ScM will be married in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 8. Suzanne is completing a PhD in art history at Yale, and Keith is working as a software developer at Merck Research Labs.

Abby Silverman is a first-year MBA student at the Univ. of Michigan. Previously she spent three years as a development officer for Joslin Diabetes in Boston. Reach her at abbybeth @umich.edu.

From the September / October 2004 Issue

Julia Bulkowski (see Wendy Knox Bulkowski ’66).

Kristen M. Falk will enter the school psychology PhD program at the Univ. of Texas at Austin in the fall. For the past year she has been working as the business manager and after-school director at Paragon Prep Middle School in Austin, Tex. At Brown, Kristen was a member of the NCAA Division I national championship rowing team. She is in the process of establishing an official Brown Alumni Club for the Austin–San Antonio area with Kate Grossman ’02. Alumni in the area are encouraged to contact Kristen at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Cory Schreier reports that Justine Fox-Young has won a seat in the New Mexico State House of Representatives “and will be representing Albuquerque’s District 30 for the next two years (at least).”

Rebekka Weinstein and Ross Helford announce their engagement. They live in Los Angeles and 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

Kristen M. Falk was accepted into the school psychology PhD program at the Univ. of Texas at Austin. She works as the business manager and after-school director at Paragon Prep Middle School in Austin. At Brown, Kristen was a member of the NCAA Division I national championship rowing team. She is also in the process of establishing a Brown Alumni Club for the Austin/San Antonio area with Kate Grossman ’02. Alumni in the area can contact Kristen at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Maria G. Flores, whose sister joins Brown’s class of 2008, is a graduate student in architecture at Rice. Maria can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

After two years with AmeriCorps as a member of City Year New Hampshire, Ben Mercer leads a team of five members in a Manchester middle school. The team runs a literacy program for special-education and ESOL students and facilitates environmental and service-learning projects for sixth and seventh graders. Ben also recruits AmeriCorps members for City Year New Hampshire.He can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the May / June 2004 Issue

Noah Cirincione and Lucas Hrabovsky ’06 have launched Advance Mentoring Inc., a professional mentoring service. The company’s Web site is advancementoring.com. Noah can be reached at (818) 645-8169; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Jeffrey N. Mizrahi and Samantha G. Loria (Yale ’01) were engaged on Nov. 15 and are planning an August wedding. Jeffrey can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Mara Sanchez writes: “Matthew Recker ’02 and I got engaged. We have yet to set a date, as we are waiting to find out where he will be going to medical school. We are planning an engagement party in New York City for the spring.” Mara can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Abby Silverman (see Karen Grace ’94).

From the March / February 2004 Issue

Chad Billmyer writes: “Neil Wimmer and Lila Slovak are engaged. Neil proposed to Lila during a sunset stroll on a New Jersey beach this summer. The wedding will be in the Philadelphia area following Neil’s graduation in 2005 from the Univ. of Pennsylvania Medical School. Lila works for the Maternity Care Coalition, a nonprofit that focuses on improving maternal and child health and well- being.”

Jose Breton married Inger Tilsen in New York City on Nov. 16. He can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Merrie Ringel and Dan Morris ’00 plan to be married in July. They are both doctoral candidates in computer science at Stanford. Merrie 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

Daniel Paduano writes: “I am living in San Francisco right now getting certified as a drug and alcohol counselor. San Francisco is a great city. This past week was Fleet Week, and all day Sunday I sat on my roof deck reading ‘behavioral pharmacology’ while the Blue Angels flew overhead. Halloween marks the beginning of my fourth year of sobriety.”

Matthew Sanborn is in his second year at Georgetown University Medical School.

Erika Tate delivered the keynote address to the third annual READ Foundation Sister-Girls Conference in Macon, Ga., in October. She is a student affairs officer and undergraduate counselor for the electrical engineering and computer science department at UC Berkeley.

Paco Tolson has been living in Brooklyn since graduation with roommates Gabriel Marquez and Adam Zeidel. Paco is acting professionally and was a member of the Chautauqua Conservatory Theatre last summer. In April he can be seen in the premiere of Tooth & Claw at the Arden Theater in Philadelphia. He can be reached at michaelpaco@ yahoo.com.

From the November / December 2003 Issue

Moses Graubard, Robert Ettinger, and Nathan Kraft write that they hang out in Somerville, Mass.

Wayne Leighty writes: “I met David Kashinski ’93 in Haines, Alaska, surrounded by towering mountains as we were preparing for a twelve-day rafting trip down the Alsek River with Alaska Discovery. David has been guiding in the Grand Canyon for a decade and was along as a trainee Alsek guide; I was taking a break from operations management and trip development with Alaska Discovery. The trip was phenomenal.”

Hina Talib writes: “Monica Karuturi married Kumaran Sathymoorthy (Duke ’98) on June 27 in Princeton, N.J. The couple met while completing master’s degrees in public health at Columbia. Alumni in attendance included Hina Talib, Annie Fujimoto, Alexis Prussack, Andree Sosler, Felicia Kuo, Miabi Chatterji ’02, Seon Kim, Bridget Dolan, and Barrett Bready ’99, ’03 M.D. Monica was especially happy to have her thesis adviser, professor Wendy Verhoek-Oftedahl, share in the festivities. Monica will be starting Georgetown Law School in August, while Kumaran will be continuing medical school.”

From the May / June 2003 Issue

Michael Dewald is in his second year of graduate school working toward a Ph.D. He can be reached at 3524 Newberry Rd., Philadelphia 19154.

Daniel Fiori (see Geri and Don Williams ’70).

Letise T. Houser writes: “I am proud to announce that I recently self-published a poetry book, Mood Spectrum. The poems in this publication are separated into chapters by different colors meant to convey a mood. Despite also pursuing a Ph.D. in marine biology at the Univ. of Delaware’s College of Marine Studies, I am working on a manuscript of short stories and poetry that I hope to have completed for publication in the near future. Check out my work at moodspectrum.com.” Letise can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the March / April 2003 Issue

Dan Fiori (see Geri Lemoi Williams ’70).

Dagny Kimberly writes: “After a year of traveling, I have begun a Ph.D. program in theoretical physics at Imperial College in London.”

From the November / December 2002 Issue

Mahasin J. Abuwi writes: "I resigned from my job at a law firm in Boston, sold all my furniture, and am headed to Damascus, Syria, this September for the first of two school terms. I will be studying Arabic at the Abu Nour Institute as part of an immersion program with a delegation of African American Muslims from the Muslim American Society (MAS) Community." Mahasin can be reached at 2825 Dixie Ave., Savannah, Ga. 31404; mahasin_in_syria @yahoo.com.

Benjamin Percy was one of three runners-up in the Chicago Tribune's annual Nelson Algren Award fiction competition. His story, "Falling," focused on the relationship between two brothers, one of whom has recently died. Benjamin is a graduate student in creative writing at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

False and misleading academic, professional, and personal information was submitted in Matthew Perl's name by an unknown source and published in the September/October BAM. The editors apologize for any problems and embarrassment this has caused.

From the September / October 2002 Issue

Sushma Sheth writes that she was selected as a 2002 New Voices Fellow and will be awarded a two-year fellowship from the Academy for Educational Development to continue her work with the Miami Workers' Center in Miami.

From the July / August 2002 Issue

R. David Coolidge writes: "I am waiting to hear from graduate programs in religious studies, studying French at the University of Chicago, and spending a lot of time with my family. I also worked at Barnes & Noble for a few months." Robert can be reached at 323 Kenilworth Ave., Kenilworth, Ill. 60043; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Patricia Farley R.U.E. (see David Farley '64).

Drew Inzer (see Jerry Green '50).