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Beck is the scientific director of the Histology and Comparative Pathology Facility of the Albert Einstein Cancer Center in the Bronx, N.Y., where she functions as a comparative veterinary anatomic pathologist....Carrie Curtis Clancy and Bernard, who were married in 2014, welcomed a son, Tucker Maurice Clancy, in 2015. Carrie lives in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia, and works as the music teacher at the local primary school....Jane Finn-Foley and Kevin welcomed Alexander Finn Foley on Oct. 8, 2016....Adam Heller, his wife Heather Bentrum, and their two small children are posted to Astana, Kazakhstan, for the State Department....Lori Jessup Lombardo, husband Mike, and big brother Logan welcomed Luke Anthony Lombardo on Aug. 24, 2016. She’s director of business development for Entrepreneur Partners, a private equity firm in Philadelphia....Melissa Palmer Lacy and Matt ’03 welcomed their second son, Jack, on June 27, 2016. Mason is 2. They now live in Wellesley, Mass....Carrie Smith completed a Ph.D. at the Univ. of Texas at Austin in 2014 and now works as a licensed clinical psychologist in Portland, Ore., serving English- and Spanish-speaking and refugee populations of children and families....Ryan Sparks did not vote for Donald Trump....In Nashville, Tenn., Annie Taylor Douthit and Drew welcomed Oliver Read Douthit on Sept. 28. 2016. Liam is nearly 3....Anne Wrigley Collins and Seamus welcomed Kit Margaret Collins on June 29, 2016. She joins Edison.
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2006 Reunion 2021, June 11–13
Reunion 2020, June 12–14 class co-presidents Kathryn Duvall duvall.kathryn@gmail.com Melissa Geissler melissa.geissler@gmail.com
“If you are coming to my class late, you are not going to pass,” Andrew Jarboe ’05 told his students at public Boston charter school Match High. Phil and Kara Stenback Barr welcomed Brooke Lillian Barr on Aug. 4, 2016....Siri Berman and her husband welcomed their first son, Miro Wallace Barsanti, in São Paulo Brazil, where they live and teach at the Graded American School of São Paulo....Anna Corliss and Amitoz Manhas were married July 2, 2016....Danny Dodson is the executive director of Peruvian Hearts, a nonprofit
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headquartered in Golden, Colo., that educates and empowers impoverished girls in Peru. He spends three to four months a year in Peru and often leads trips to Cusco for groups to hike the Inca Trail, visit Machu Picchu, and spend time with the girls his organization supports....Jon Furbush reports life is great with Anabelle (3) and Jonathan (1).... Nathan Harrington now teaches world studies to seventh-graders in Montgomery County, Md. He was named an Anacostia River Hero for his work with the Committee to Restore Shepherd Parkway and efforts to clean up National Park land in the Congress Heights community.... Andrew Jarboe teaches U.S. history at Match High School, a charter public school in Boston where student participation and punctuality are expected. The nonprofit Hechinger Report, which focuses on inequality and innovation in education, quoted Andrew in a U.S. News and World Report story. “If you are coming to my class late, you are not going to pass,” he told his students....Attorney Collin Keyser of Lancaster, Pa., was named a shareholder of the law firm Saxton & Stump.... Margaret Smith and Joseph Brazauskas Jr. were married Aug. 6, 2016. Maggie is a consultant on analytics problems in the Washington office of Accenture. Joseph is a senior counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology....Diane Tolis and her wife, Jayne, welcomed Jonah Orion Nucete-Tolis on Jan. 27, 2016.
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class co-presidents Chelsea Cook chelsea.m.cook@gmail.com Katharine M. Nolan knolan06@gmail.com John Ritzo johnnyritzo@gmail.com Jeremy Fisher, a New Yorkbased technology entrepreneur, helped build Call to Action, an app that makes it easy to call your congressman. “Has been shared by Judd Apatow, Jon Favreau, etc.,” he wrote....Nate Hubbell was married Oct. 9, 2016. He now works for HP Inc. on its executive communications team....In Park City, Utah, Stuart Johnson and Julia McCarrier Edwards ’09 worked on the negotiating team for the city’s professional ski patrol union, representing nearly 200 coworkers, as it ratified its first contract with Vail Resorts, the parent company of Park City Resort....Zachary and Ashley Wentworth Kernan welcomed a daughter, Kasey Kernan, on Sept. 14, 2016. Kasey is also being enjoyed by grandparents Debora Furlong Wentworth ’79 and Nathan Wentworth ’79.... Cali Lanza-Weil Burstein and
Dan welcomed a son, Isaac Nelson Burstein, on Feb. 22, 2016.... Now licensed as a clinical psychologist, Hannah Lund Taylor is settling down in Maine with her husband and young daughter and couldn’t be happier....BJ Majeski, now in Hawaii, graduated from the Marine Corps’ Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course, its premier fighter weapons school....After two and a half years in Jordan, Michael and Meghan Getz Metzger ’07 have moved back to Maine.... Erika Millstein Newland and husband Ryan welcomed Mary Rivka on May 11, 2016....Nicole Nadeau Ferm and Nils, who were married in 2014, welcomed Erik Nilsson Ferm on Sept. 9, 2016....Fisher Qua received a Bates’ Best award for his work as a BOLD (Bobcats of the Last Decade) regional coordinator in the Seattle area, serving as a liaison for young alumni and supporting engagement and networking opportunities. “He makes sure that Seattle-based alumni have a strong and passionate long-distance relationship with Bates — and that time and distance actually make their hearts grow fonder,” his citation reads in part. “His interest in connecting with all Seattle-area Batesies — friends and strangers alike — is rooted in his love of the college and his desire to put alumni connections to work in helping young alumni get launched in the Emerald City.”… Lily Scott Trager and David welcomed their first child, Quinn Olivia Trager, on Oct. 10, 2016.
2007 Reunion 2017, June 9–11 class co-presidents Keith Kearney kdkearney@gmail.com Rakhshan Zahid rakhshan.zahid@gmail.com Kristin Barber, in Manhattan, works as a regional vice president at Appian and serves as the president of the Women’s Leadership Program....Aina Begim earned a Ph.D. in anthropology from Yale and started a postdoctoral fellowship at the Univ. of Pittsburgh.... Matt Capone is happy to be back in Maine, finishing a master’s degree and working as a vendor at music festivals here, there, and everywhere....Maine Gov. Paul LePage made headlines when he said Ben Chin and Mike Tipping of the Maine People’s Alliance, leaders of a referendum to raise the minimum wage, “should be sent to jail” because, he said, increasing it would lead to higher prices and harm elderly people on fixed incomes. Ben responded, “(LePage) wakes up in the morning figuring out how he can embarrass himself, his party, and the state.” Maine voters approved raising the minimum wage to $9 per hour this year, from $7.50, and to $12 by 2020....
Ben Clinton, a Ph.D. candidate in economics at the Univ. of Colorado Boulder and a teaching fellow at Harvard, spoke at Bates on “Providing the Spark: Impact of Financial Incentives on Battery Electric Vehicle Adoption.”…Emily Cohen-Shikora is now a fulltime lecturer in the psychological and brain sciences department at the Washington Univ. in St. Louis Teaching Center. She and Brent Dulle were married Sept. 27, 2015....Sara Culver manages a Planned Parenthood of Southern New England health center in Old Saybrook, Conn....Kelsey Engman has been assistant men’s and women’s squash coach at Drexel Univ. since 2013.... Luke and Mary Bucci Feinberg bought their first home together in Arlington, Va. She works as a director in donor programs at the National Geographic Society; he’s a renewable energy program specialist for the Department of the Interior....Laura French Rigby and Sam ’08 welcomed their first child, Sloane Grace Rigby, on Nov. 5, 2016. They live in Portland....Marian Goddard Carpenter and her husband are building a new house in Falls Church, Va. George is almost 2....Maria Jenness welcomed a daughter, Lena, in February 2016. She joined older brother Roy. Maria enjoys her work as regional stewardship manager with the Maine Island Trail Assn. and living in midcoast Maine where her partner runs a sea kayaking business....Marsha Larned, in Hong Kong, oversees the Asia Forums business for Institutional Investor, an international financial media company....Stephanie LeBourdais, in Denver, finished her residency in pediatrics and started a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at Children’s Hospital Colorado. She married Dave Staab in September 2016. They live a mile from Sara Gips Goodall and see her often.... Christopher Leonards earned a doctorate in medicine at the Charité Medical Univ. of Berlin, Germany, and began a residency in anesthesiology....Maine state Sen. Nate Libby, a Lewiston Democrat, was elected assistant minority leader of the Senate.... Claire McClintock opened The McClintock Law Office LLC, a Boston-based real estate legal practice. “I have represented a couple Batesies and hope to represent many more in the coming years!”…Nels Nelson, in Somerville, Mass., and his partner Eline welcomed their first child, Meike. Nels is an urban planner and designer working with communities to develop healthier and more resilient cities; Eline does environmental compliance for the railroad.... Emily Nichols earned a master’s in traditional Oriental medicine and specializes in fertility acupuncture in San Diego....Sarah