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Adam J. Crane, Class Agent 932 Trail Ct., Eagan, MN 55122 adamjcrane@gmail.com
Alfredo Aguila ’90 and his wife, Maria Elena, visited Avon on October 22, 2008, enjoyed a tour with Peter Evans and George Trautman.
The children of Alfredo Aguila ’90: daughter Daniela and baby Nicolas
Bella (6 months) and Rocco (3), the children of Sari and Joe Biondo ’92
William ‘Shane’ Dobes and his wife, KathrynThornton Dobes, welcomed their son, William ‘Thornton’ Dobes, on September 12, 2008. He was 6 lbs., 10 oz., and was born at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Alfredo Aguila and his wife, Maria Elena, stopped by campus in October. The Aquilas have a two-year-old daughter and a son, Nicolas, born in March. Alfredo works at Banco Santander. Maria, who’s originally from Panama, met Alfredo in Miami. They worked in Geneva, Switzerland, which they enjoyed very much, before coming back to Florida and settling in Key Biscayne. Andrew Travers lives in Washington, D.C., and works for Accenture. Andrew and his wife have two children—Cecelia (3) and James (1). David Gordon and his wife, Connie, announce the birth of their son, Mason, born July 26, 2008. He was welcomed home by big brother Tyler (6) and big sister Olivia (2). The Gordons, who have a very successful construction company, Poirier Homes, were recently featured in Hartford magazine. A spec home they build atop Avon Mountain was honored as the Best Hartford County Spec Home by the Home Builders Association of Connecticut, Inc. Adam Crane emailed, “I work at Thomson Reuters and got to use my photographic skills shooting the Republican National Convention as a Reuters photographer. Entering my third year as head coach for the Wayzata high school boys’ lacrosse team and serving as president of the lacrosse coaches association.”
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Michael M. Mullin, Head Class Agent 23 Lakeside Ave., Darien, CT 06840 michael.mullin@db.com
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Damien J. Egan, Head Class Agent 54 White Oaks Dr., Longmeadow, MA 01106-1739 degan2@hotmail.com W. Steele Pollard ’92 married Lauren Bailey on September 6, 2008, in an outdoor ceremony at the Rolling Rock Club in Laughlintown, Pennsylvania.
Nuriana and Francisco Caro ’91 and Daniel Caro ’95 and his wife, Alexandra, enjoyed a tour on campus in February.
The children of Alison and John Ruan ’92: Abigail, Johnny, and Catherine
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Steele Pollard married Lauren Bailey of Monroe, Louisiana, on September 6, 2008, in an outdoor ceremony at the Rolling Rock Club in Laughlintown, Pennsylvania. Steele emailed, “Married life is good. We had a great wedding and a fun honeymoon. Angel Riva was at the wedding and won the prize for the best skeet shooting.” Lauren is from northern Louisiana and met Steele in Baton Rouge when they evacuated there after Katrina. She owns a women’s clothing boutique in Baton Rouge after selling the champion Arabian horse that helped her win 13 national championships. She is an equestrian and competes in a western event called Arian Reining though she is currently on break from competition to run her store. Steele is currently developing a Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND) near Baton Rouge.