From the May/June 2008 Issue

Caroline Carney writes: "I married Jonathan Hayes on November 3, 2007, in Brown's Manning Chapel. It was a blustery day and the campus looked as beautiful as ever. Katy Flynn-O'Brien was the maid of honor. Attending the celebration were Monica Candal, Ashley Harris, Kimberly Hagner, Jessica Brown, Katharine Barry, Kristina Casadei, Lindsay Hoban, Ihsan Speede-Franklin '02, and Andrew Puschel. Jon and I are living in the heart of Boston and loving every minute of it. I work as a strategy analyst for Digitas, an interactive agency. Jon is currently the creative director for Numark, a company that designs and produces DJ equipment. Jon spent ten years in Seattle working for Microsoft where he was the design director for Xbox 360. I met him at the Design and Business conference hosted by RISD and Bryant. He was one of the event speakers. I picked up his business card, set up a 'business lunch,' and the rest is history."

Ryan L. Roth writes: "In February 2007, I became program director for Rare Book School, a nonprofit supporting the study of the history of books, in Charlottesville, Va. Look for me in the March/April issue of Fine Books Collections magazine. I'd love to hear from other alums working in book-related fields." Contact Ryan at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the March/April 2008 Issue

Shirley Chan writes: "I am in my third year of medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. I love Houston and plan to stay here for residency and beyond. I am increasingly loving pediatrics and am considering a career working with kids. I also serve as an alumni interviewer for Brown and thus keep in touch with the new blood. I miss my Brown friends!" Contact Shirley at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .

Christopher Mendillo (see Bernard Mendillo '70).

From the January / February 2008 Issue

Rebecca Barker (see Dick Barker ’57).

Lisa Dietz recently finished her Peace Corps service in Ecuador as a Youth and Families Development volunteer. She taught classes on HIV/AIDS, family planning, and the prevention of human trafficking. She previously served as an English teacher in Bangladesh, also with the Peace Corps. Lisa currently manages the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Fellowship Program at Special Olympics in Washington, D.C. For more information about the program, please visit the official Web site at specialolympics.org.

Jennifer Hanson Isaacs writes: “On July 14, 2007, I was married to Russell Isaacs, a lieutenant in the U.S. Army. We were married in Summit, N.J., with a reception following at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield. Rebecca Dumas, Cary Goldberg, and Maria Kasparian were bridesmaids. Christina Blum, Gwen Fuertes, Elisabeth Reynolds, and Yongwook Kim were also in attendance. We enjoyed a beautiful honeymoon in Antigua and are moving to Tacoma, Wash., so let us know if you will be in the area!”

Emily Nemens writes: “This fall, I was the 22nd writer-in-residence at the Kerouac Project of Orlando (kerouacproject.org). The three-month residency gave me free reign over the Orlando home where Jack Kerouac lived with his mother 50 years ago. He was living here when On the Road was published in 1957; after the book’s hoopla in New York City he came back down to write Dharma Bums in the tiny back bedroom. It’s been a great break from postgraduate Brooklyn for me. In addition to working on my first novel, Blue-Eyed Apples, and a graphic novel project with Brown professor Paul Buhle and artist Harvey Pekar, I’ll come out of Florida with a book of short stories: Scrub was published in November. You can read more about my time in Florida at nemenator.wordpress.com, and of course, please contact me with any questions.”

Aaron Prosnitz writes that K. Winslow Farrell Jr. ’75 and Diane Goss Farrell recently celebrated the engagement of their daughter Hilary Farrell to Aaron over the Labor Day weekend in Westport, Conn., with friends, family, and several Brown alums. Hilary is working on a master’s degree in TESOL at the Penn’s Graduate School of Education, while Aaron is beginning his second year at Penn’s School of Medicine.

From the November / December 2007 Issue

William Starrett Esworthy and Emily Love celebrated their first wedding anniversary on August 19. They became inseparable after Starrett started borrowing Emily’s books for their Religious Studies 11 class during their final semester at Brown. Their wedding was held in the barn at Emily’s parents’ farm in Pennsylvania, and in attendance were Veronica Gonzalez, Yoori Oh, Jennifer Sparling, Beverly Young, Jamie Witmer, Zach Woodford, Jan Vezikov, Jarrod Lynn ’07 ScM, Amy Schneider ’06, and Matt Herman ’04 ScM. The Esworthys live in Miami Beach and love having visitors.

Marcy Nicks Moody received her MA in East Asian Studies from Columbia in February. She is now a Shanghai-based Research Fellow for NYU School of Law. She began a Fulbright fellowship to continue her research in Shanghai in September. Marcy can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Andrew Puschel is chief marketing officer of TheIssue.com, an internet blog newspaper. TheIssue.com launched to the public on August 27.

Christie Simpson (see Greg Clark ’94).

Pinn Siraprapasiri (see Celia Wu Sophonpanich ’83).

From the July / August 2007 Issue

Olga Abinader won one of the four 2007 Winner’s Circle Scholarships from Hispanic Business Inc. Olga is pursuing a master’s in urban planning at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.

Ian Cropp (see Michael Cropp ’76).

Leah Frank (see Dana H. Frank ’73).

Benjamin Goetsch (see Charles Goetsch ’73).

Hilda Hei Nam Leung and Douglas Fretty were married in 2006. In Feb. they threw a wedding banquet in Hong Kong, and in June they walked down the aisle in a California vineyard. Attending the Chinese celebration were alums Olivia Ma ’03, Olivia Wang, and Tze Yong Ng, who traveled from Singapore. The California wedding was toasted by John Feuerstein, Danish Aziz, Robert Rutherford ’06, Lizzy Klein, Adam Markovitz, and Mike Metzger. Doug and Hilda live in Los Angeles. The couple report that they met in French 60.

Max Levine (see Alan C. Levine ’67).

From the March / April 2007 Issue

Leanne Gallotta (see Alan Gallotta ’73).

Megan Gourley writes: “In June, Lauren Contursi ’03 wed Gary Slater of Providence in a beautiful ceremony at St. Matthew’s Church in Cranston, R.I. Guests included Lauren Wong ’03, Jen Ligums ’03, Aaron Salinger ’03, Tony Hatala, ’04, Mike Murray ’06, and me.” Megan 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

Matthew Balzer (see Julie Balzer ’98).

Meghan Gourley writes: “Lauren Contursi ’03 married Gary Slater in June in a beautiful ceremony at St. Matthew’s Church in Cranston, R.I. The wedding party included Lauren Wong ’03 and me. Guests included Tony Hatala ’04, Aaron Salinger ’03, Jen Ligums ’03, Taylor Mon-ica ’03, and Mike Murray ’06. The couple resides in Providence.” Meghan can be reached at meggourley@ gmail.com.

Bianca Nunes (see Julie Balzer ’98).

Joanna Sinha graduated in June from Harvard Graduate School of Education with a master of education degree in risk and prevention. She is now a doctoral student in school psychology attending Ford-ham University Graduate School of Edu-cation in New York City.

Laura Tilghman (see Katherine Louise Tilghman ’99).

From the May / June 2006 Issue

Alexander Boutelle (see William E. Boutelle '62).

Chris Guhin was awarded Alpha Delta Phi Order of the Sword and Spear Award for 2005, the highest distinction the society can give to one of its undergraduate members. He was presented with the honor during the closing banquet of the society's seventh convention and leadership training conference, hosted by its Brunonian chapter.

Quyen Truong is having an art show Dec. 20, 2006, to Feb. 2, 2007, at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center in Massachusetts. Quyen is working in Boston as a painting mentor to high school youth.

From the March / April 2006 Issue

Stephanie Morin writes: “Thank you for a fabulous four years at Brown and keep in touch. Don’t hesitate to e-mail or call when in New York City or Sao Paulo.” Stephanie can be reached at 64 Morton St., #5A, New York, NY 10014; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Chandra Singh writes: “Congratulations, class of 2005. I wish you all the best of luck in whatever you are pursuing and I hope Brown can always be that place to which we can all return to remember the undergraduate years, while appreciating them as alumni. Take care and enjoy life.” Chandra can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it