CLASS NOTES
Matt D’Alessio ’01 in front of his new falafel shop in Davis Square.
David Pook led to a serious case of serendipity when—that of all the restaurants in all of Chicago—he and the Derryfield alums he was visiting with were randomly seated next to Tammy Klein, who was in town from Boston where she’s a lawyer. She fessed up to being a ringleader of the senior prank that year (certainly older faculty members will recall the smell of manure being tracked into the school?), and promised to atone for her crimes by coming back to see Ed Lemire and play in the Thanksgiving Alumni Basketball game. ▪ Anna Marciniak reports, “I live in Oahu, HI, overlooking Honolulu on the summit of Tantalus Mountain. I work as a designer: interior, landscape, jewelry, and furniture. I also buy and sell art, jewelry, sculpture, and mid-century modern furniture. I’m currently working to restore the sculpture garden at Spalding House (Honolulu Museum of Art’s Contemporary Museum). My husband is ex-military and works as a contractor for the Pentagon. He is on assignment in the Pacific, so we get to live here for a few years.” ▪ Derryfield alumni gathered for a photo shoot at the wedding of Lorelei Westbrook to Benjamin Lepesqueur on July 10 at Sheady Acres in Montgomery, VT.
2002
Maureen Harrington Aydin and her husband, Tarek, welcomed baby Lilah, who joins big sister Alina (3). (see page 60) ▪ Molly Zink Finocchiaro and Francesco Finocchiaro 56
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welcomed their first baby, Santino Francesco, on November 7, 2014. (see page 60) ▪ Rob Buchholz is practicing law at Mintz Levin in Boston. His practice involves public finance, which involves helping public entities, states and municipalities, 501(c)(3)s, schools and universities, and certain other private businesses borrow money for infrastructure and capital projects. He and his wife, Lindsey, also have two-year-old Claire Ryan Buchholz at home! ▪ After meeting in a study-abroad in Spain in 2004, and reuniting several years later, Matt Reno and Hope Huynh were married in Maine in August with two Derryfield groomsmen, Matt Boelig and Rob Buchholz.
2003
Sara Dewey was married last summer in a backyard wedding and is studying environmental law at Harvard. (see page 57) ▪ Steve Flagg’s Charlotte turned one on January 26—hard to believe a year has already gone by! ▪ Dee Dupuis Hammarsten and her husband, Carl, welcomed their first baby on November 14, 2014. Anders James Hammarsten weighed in at 7 lbs., 11 oz. and 21 inches. (see page 60) ▪ Mike McCormick is living in
Claire Byan Buchholz, age 2, daughter of Rob ’02.
Bedford, NH with his wife, Kelly, and their two children, Ava and Parker. Mike works for Liberty Mutual as a Manager of Data Visualization in Global Specialty IT. Mike’s brothers Mark ’05, Matt ’09, Marty ’ 11, and brother-in-law, Ryan Audley ’05 come over to spend time with their niece and nephew whenever they can. He and family spend a lot of time at Lake Winnipesaukee during the summer months, where they enjoy boating and swimming with the kids. ▪ Hanna Melnick and her husband,
Many alums gathered to celebrate Lorelei Westbrook ’01’s nuptials this July. Pictured from left to right: Front: Chubby Westbrook ’13, Finn Westbrook ’09, Tucker Westbrook ’11. Back: Ali Gieger ’00, Matt D’Alessio ’01, Brian Horton ’01, Zach Bioteau ’01, Lorelei, Moira Delahanty ’02, Ashley Westbrook ’04, and Meredith Leyden ’11.