U P DAT E O N A L U M N I
2002 Molly Zink and Francesco Finicchiaro tied the knot on Sunday, August 3, 2008. The wedding took place at Holy Rosary Church in Lawrence, MA with the reception at their favorite Italian restaurant, Bella Italia, in Tyngsboro, MA. The happy couple honeymooned in Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and Mount Rushmore. Derryfield alumni in attendance were: Andrew Tsai ’04 (an usher), Peter Russell, Julia West, and future Derryfield alumnus Patrick Finocchiaro ’15.
2003 Lee Rynearson and Anastasia Lorenz of Niskayuna, NY were married June 30, 2008 at Uncanoonuc Mountain Perennials in Goffstown. The reception was held at the Cherry Room at C.R. Sparks Restaurant and Bar in Bedford. The couple enjoyed a quiet honeymoon in Maine at a family campsite. Anastasia and Lee both recently gradu‑ ated from the Rochester Institute of Technology. They moved to Japan this fall where they both teach engineering to Japanese students.
2004 Cara Bishop writes, “I graduated cum laude from William Smith College with a triple major in Dance, Arts Education and Spanish & Hispanic Studies. I am
www.derryfield.org
attending graduate school at Temple University in the fall for my master’s in Dance Education. I think of my time at Derryfield often and truly believe that my education there helped me to thrive so well in college.” n Cale MacMichael‑Magruder writes, “Now that I’ve graduated from Carnegie Mellon, I’ll be working at Bechtel Corporation’s Power Division design‑ ing the “Next Gen” Nuclear Power Plants that will begin construction on U.S. soil in the next decade. It’s a good opportunity for someone just starting out as a mechanical engineer, but I’m not sure if I’ll be there for more than two years because the opportunities in DoD contracting are exploding right now, and it’s much more fast paced work, and thus a place I think I’d rather be.” n Michael Moran reports, “Next year I will be working in Manhattan for a middle‑market invest‑ ment banking company called Jefferies. Right now I’m dealing with the terrible process of finding an apartment in the city. On a side note, I may be rooming with Derryfield alumnus Tom Flahive ’03, who is also working in the city. I hope all is well at Derryfield and hope‑ fully I’ll get a chance to stop by and say hello before I head off to New York.” n Geoffrey Kirsch was named a Rufus Choate Scholar at Dartmouth College. The award is given to under‑ graduates with an academic ranking in the top five percent of their class. Kirsch was a Presidential Scholar Research Assistant during his sopho‑ more and junior years.
Alex Moerlein ’01 marries Dorothy Bandura on October 10.
2005 After spending time in Iraq, Emma LeBlanc has returned home. While in Iraq she served as a photographer for an article entitled “Awakenings” for JO Magazine out of Amman, which focused on the Sahwa Council, com‑ prised primarily of former insurgents who have now decided that Iran is the enemy – not the United States. GQ is planning to do a similar story on the “Awakening” for their February issue, also using her photos. Emma is cur‑ rently working on a book project as well as some other writing.
2006 Rachel Romanowsky has been named Conference Rookie of the Year for lacrosse in NESCAC, the conference in which Trinity College plays. n Sarah Umberger is continuing her stage work as Columbia, the tap dancer, in a pro‑ duction of Rocky Horror Show at Wittenberg University. She also danced in the school’s fall dance concert in November.
27