CLASS NOTES | Alumnae
MILESTONES gram at Drexel University’s College of Medicine. She will finish her MD program in May 2015. In addition, her undergraduate research work at Bucknell University on Monomorphic Ornamentation Related to Oxidative Damage and Assortative Mating in the Black Guillemot was published in the journal Waterbirds in its March 2015 edition. At Bucknell, Nicole was a student of Dr. Mark Haussmann in the Department of Biology, with whom she collaborated on both projects. Amanda Becker ’09
graduated last May from Northeastern University (five-year co-op program) and is living and working in New York City. She landed her dream job in the marketing services department of American Express, and is a digital marketing analyst in their global merchant services division. She loves her experience and is in touch with other AIS alumnae who also are living and working in NYC. Lydia Berlacher ’10 says,
“I am now an aunt to three nieces and nephews: Owen, 4; Henry, 2 and Audrey, 1. I was recently promoted at Microsoft from an operations program manager to a strategic account manager working on Kraft. I am also working as a mentor for young women in Kenya through Global Give Back Circle, which sponsors college education through volunteer time
and financial support.
BIRTHS
Susanna Grundstein ’10
writes, “Time for the shameless business plug! I am a freelance theatrical electrician and a swim coach in the summer. For those who don’t know what a theatrical electrician does — she allows the actors be seen on the stage and the night scenes to actually look like night.”
1992
1997
2001
To Brian and Gyll
To William and April Tellam Timmerman, a girl, Harper Austin November 11, 2014
To Kyle and Kirah Miles George, a girl, Kennedy May October 23, 2014
To Erik and Jennifer “Jenga” Gatmaitan Watkin, a girl, Emi Joy
To Brent and Allison Scanlan Abbott, a boy, John Walker September 5, 2014
Anderson Samson,
a girl, Clare Gallagher December 9, 2014
1994 To Jacob Skeeters and Sandra Moser, a boy, Holden James October 3, 2014
December 19, 2014
2000 Hilary “Elee” O’Neill ’10
1995
was commissioned into the Army as a Second Lieutenant on Dec. 19, 2014, after completing four years in the Army ROTC program at University of Pennsylvania. Elee was branched in the Nurse Corps and will be serving in the Army Reserves with the U.S. Army Hospital 5501 located in San Antonio, TX. She is living and working in Austin, TX.
To Paul and Susan Joan Mauriello-Orlando, a boy, Elliott Joseph February 18, 2015
Molly Becker ’12 is in her
third year at University of Pennsylvania in its nursing program. This past summer, she did an internship with New York University Hospital, where she shadowed nurses in the post-anesthesia care unit and in the pediatric intensive-care unit. She also was an intern at the Transplant Institute of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and learned much from that experience. This fall, Molly did her clinicals in different Philadelphia area hospitals, as required by her core program. She continues to love the field of nursing and medicine.
To Emanuele and Allie Keen Vassalli, a girl, Emily Eleanor January 25, 2015
To Ryan and Stephanie Haldy Kelly, a girl, Lena Catherine February 15, 2015
To Thomas and Katie Comlo Seward, a girl, Isabelle Aldrich January 22, 2015
2003 To Alexander and Megan Doughty Shaine, a boy, Samuel Robert March 10, 2014
To Jonathan and Joanna Johnston Stott, a girl, Charlotte Sophia November 18, 2014
MARRIAGES
2000
2005
Katie Zaggrabbe
Allison Dillihay
Kathleen Bonner
To Rasheed James February 23, 2014
To William “Bill” E. Benjamin November 8, 2014
To Matthew Wellenbacj October 11, 2014
2004 Elspeth Fergusson
Elizabeth Kovich
To Jeremy Knighton October 25, 2014
To David Bilsky October 18, 2014
Alyson Laynas
Anita Sellers
To Drew Hoffman November 22, 2014
To Austin Helfrich August 9, 2014
IN MEMORIAM
1942
1970
1974
Barbara Gibbon Rowland
Laura Mercer
Margaret Durham
March 9, 2015
June 5, 2014
January 25, 2015
1948
1971
Jean Tomlinson Holdsworth
November 12, 2014
Anne Legnini
January 14, 2015
SPRING 2015
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