can also now claim the record of winning the largest WPT in history in terms of field size,” according to www.cardplayer.com. BRADLEY MILES FRIEDMAN ’96 and Danielle Zoe Cohen were married May 2, 2009. The New York Times wedding announcement said: “The bride and bridegroom, both 27, are associates at law firms in New York, she at Cleary Gottlieb & Hamilton, and he at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. They both received law degrees from Georgetown University. Mrs. Friedman graduated from Cornell, and Mr. Friedman graduated from Duke.” JAISON CORREA-SPAIN ’97 (jspain@allen-stevenson.org) and CLARENCE GYASI FRUSTER '97 (jah13c13@gmail.com) performed at Southpaw, a performance venue in Park Slope, Brooklyn in May. ROBERT FARREN ’97 played piano at a benefit concert for the New York Art Ensemble. He played a piece of his own for four hands called “N Train” and also performed with his mother, Ellen Farren (who is on the board with Michelle Demko and other past parent, Susan Koeneke). See Alumni in Music article on page 34 for more about Farren.
C. ANDREW HUGHES ’98 (c.andrewhughes@gmail.com) is pursuing a joint degree between the Yale School of Management and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Science. He writes: “if all goes well, I will graduate in 2012 with an MBA and MEM.” ALEXANDER BRASH ’99 performed at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall in March 2009 to celebrate the release of his book of essays, Save Your Ritard for Juilliard! See Alumni in Music article on page 33 for more about Brash. ALEXANDER H. KLEBANOFF ’99 (ahklebanoff@gmail.com) has formed Alexander Klebanoff Associates which offers tours of galleries and artist studios beginning with a focus on Chelsea.
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MATTHEW F. FERRARO ’97 (matthewferraro@gmail.com) is living and working in Washington in national security affairs, having completed a Masters Degree in History from Cambridge University.
FREDDY GONZALEZ ’01 (freddyfuego@gmail.com) celebrated the release of his first trombone CD with a Halloween concert at a club on the Upper West Side. Gonzalez describes his band’s musical style: “It’s like James Brown met up with Bob Marley and they jammed out with Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis stopped by.” Check out his band called Freddy Fuego on www.Myspace.com/freddyfuego.
FREDERICK TAYLOR ISQUITH ’97 (freddy.isquith@gmail.com) has graduated from Law School and the Maxwell School of Public Affairs at Syracuse University with a joint LLC/MA degree. He is now working at a law firm, Lovell Stewart and Halebian LLP, in New York.
MICHAEL BESOBRASAW MELNITZKY ’01 (michael.melnitzky@gmail.com) graduated from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan (undergraduate program) and is now working in Manhattan.
ASHLEY SPRINGER ’97 is starring in the movie Dare with Emmy Rossum and Zach Gilford. Called “smart and edgy” by The San Francisco Chronicle, Dare was an official selection of the 2009 Sundance Film festival. After graduating from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Springer was cast in The Secret, Anamorph, and Assassination of a High School President. For more details, see www.darethemovie.com.
ALEXANDER BUELL MELNITZKY ’02 (thenintzk@aol.com) graduated from NYU and is going to Cardozo Law School.
policy specialists, lawyers, and organizers to solve major social problems. This
fall and spring, I will be overseeing an office of 50-60 college interns running campaigns to find solutions for issues like global warming/climate change, health care reform, hunger and homelessness, and the high costs of textbooks, among others. During the academic year, my students and I will be researching solutions with our state/national offices, holding press conferences, lobbying local and state politicians, and even helping to write effective legislation.” BRANDON M. FRANZ ’03 (bmf310@lehigh.edu) spent the summer in Bethlehem, PA, working for a professional women’s softball team, The Philadelphia Force. HARRY REID LEVINE ’03 (hlevine@georgiatech.edu) is a fourth year student in Civil Engineering at Georgia Tech. JEREMY MATTHEW EXSTEIN ’08 (jexstein@hotchkiss.org) writes “After a year of studying first year Chinese, I am embarking, with 15 others from my school, on a 3 week journey to China starting on July 10th.” ~~
J.P. WILLIAM SEALY ’02 (sealyw@gmail.com) graduated from the College of William and Mary in May. He is pictured here with his parents. “As I hoped, I will be living and working in California until next August. I accepted a job as a campus organizer with U.S. PIRG (the same position Obama held out of college) at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. PIRG is a student-directed, student-funded group that works closely with a professional staff of
IN MEMORIAM We are sad to report that these alumni passed away recently. Dudley Stoddard ’30 Christopher Shipley ’68
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