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cow‐tipping in New Hampshire.” Change in plans for Derek Boelig. He had planned to work for Ernst and Young after graduation, but decided to go to graduate school instead. More good news: he was offered and has accepted a job at Accenture during grad school.
Josh Levine ’95 to Sarah Wingert on September 5, 2010, in Pasadena, CA. Helen Gemmill ’96 to Dan Yechout on June 16, 2010, in London, England. Matt Purtell ’97 to Stephanie Brown on June 27, 2009, in Rye, NH. Sabrina Dunlap ’00 to former Derryfield teacher Stephanie Foote Abbott ’06 and her husband, Jeremy Abbott, on their wedding day.
2006 From the St. Lawrence University NET News: “Jacob Birchard ’10, of Amherst, NH, has won the Marleigh Grayer Ryan College Student Writing Prize for best student paper dealing with Asia, from the New York Conference on Asian Studies. Birchard’s paper is an abridged version of his senior thesis entitled, “State Intervention in India: An Analysis of Bureaucratic Change and Its Impact on Economic Growth.” Birchard’s advisor was Assistant Professor of Government Grace Huange.” Jake updated us in December: “I am living in Kakamega, which is in western Kenya. Since June, I have been working with renewable technologies in rural communities here. The first six months of my time here I was working with a solar cook‐ ing and lighting NGO and I am now with K‐Rep Bank who works in micro credit. I am helping promote solar lighting in local communities through micro‐loans. I am planning on being here until June and then I will have to see what the options are after this.” n The Alabama Orchestra Association is pleased to announce that Sean
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Pallatroni is the winner of their annual composition contest. His original work, When the Grass Was Still Green, will be premiered by the Festival Orchestra at the 2011 All‐State Orchestra Festival held February 10–13, 2011. n Stephanie Foote is sporting a new last name on her letterhead. On November 6, 2010, she became Stephanie Abbott when she wed Jeremy Abbott in down‐ town Indianapolis, IN. It was tough to get Derryfield folks out there, but Derryfield was still well represented with the Foote sisters: Sherrie Dvorak ’00, Kristie Foote ’03, and Stacie Foote. n Congratulations to Alix Reilley, who has just graduated from Drexel University. Alix’s B.S. degree included a major in psychology and a minor in anthropology.
Rob Childs on July 24, 2010, in Biddeford Pool, ME. Ellen Jipson ’00 to Bill Kelly on July 10, 2010, in Goffstown, NH. Becca Maglathlin ’00 to Peter Malkin on December 11, 2010, in San Francisco, CA. Em Scott ’01 to Brendan Norton on July 17, 2010, in Harwich Port, MA. Merritt Smith ’02 to Laura Moore on June 5, 2010, in Pittsford, NY. Chelsea Young ’02 to Brian Roberge on August 28, 2010, in Sharon, MA. Adam Desfosses ’03 to Megan Hedlund on August 14, 2010, in Manchester, NH. Dee Dupuis ’03 to Carl Hammarsten on May 23, 2010, in Bedford, NH. Cara Bishop ’04 to Adam Lavallee on June 19, 2010, in Bedford, NH. Annmarie Gaffney ’04 to Brian Stucker on October 10, 2010, in Atkinson, NH. Stephanie Foote ’06 to Jeremy Abbott on November 6, 2010, in Indianapolis, IN.
2007 Hilary Hamer recently completed a research fellowship in oceanography through the Graduate School of Oceanography at URI. She and a group of other scientists crossed the South Atlantic Ocean aboard the R/V Endeavor from Barbados to Senegal.
Morgan Melkonian Jerome ’00 and her husband, Matt Jerome, on their wedding day.
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