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Liz Asche married Merrill Matthews on August 17, 2013, in Kiawah Island, SC. Bridesmaids included Sarah Brim, Anneke Baran, Jennie Natenshon, Simone Miller, and Katherine Moriarty. Also in attendance were Deerfield classmates Coco Cowan, Kelly Mulrow, Mike Hauge, Bo Swindell, Joe LaSala, Amos Denny, Nick Roth, Macrae Gould, and Gary Wong. Liz and Merrill will be settling down in NYC, as Merrill begins a career at Barclay’s Capital and Liz completes medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Lucy Drummond is assisting Laurin Raiken, founding professor emeritus of NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, to create an arts archive from over 50 years (roughly 3,000 books) of his teaching materials.
“After graduating from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service in May, I moved to Shanghai to run sales and operations for a startup, SafeSource Trading,” reports Elizabeth Schieffelin. “My company exports American agricultural goods to China. Outside of work, I am continuing my Mandarin studies and doing a lot of traveling. If any other Deerfield grads are in the area, I hope to meet up! (My email is elizabethschieffelin@gmail.com). Peter Van Oot, who graduated from Trinity College last year, was awarded a Fulbright fellowship to teach in Indonesia. A resident of Brattleboro, VT, Peter has long been interested in teaching, having helped start the Trinity Episcopal Day School in Hartford, CT. An economics major at Trinity, Peter spent the spring of 2012 at
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Liz Asche ’08 and Merrill Matthews were married on August 17, 2013, in Kiawah Island, SC. Bridesmaids included Sarah Brim, Anneke Baran, Jennie Natenshon, Simone Miller, and Katherine Moriarty. Also in attendance were Deerfield classmates Coco Cowan, Kelly Mulrow, Mike Hauge, Bo Swindell, Joe LaSala, Amos Denny, Nick Roth, Macrae Gould, and Gary Wong, all from the Class of 2008.
2010 “Hey everyone,” said Harley Brown. “My business partner and I just finished our 400mile bike tour around Connecticut in support of Bridgeport Youth Lacrosse. We are raising money to help them purchase a new van to transport the athletes to and from the playing fields. Watch our journey unfold here: igg.me/ at/supportBYL.”
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