Discovery Communications as senior director of corporate affairs and communications. He lives in Chevy Chase, MD, with wife Marla, stepsons Matteo (10) and Luca (8), and daughter Romy (2).
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1998
Correspondent: Mistie P. Lucht hohudson@yahoo.com Michelle Bata and Michael Bachelor welcomed a new addition to their family, daughter Margaret Anne, on August 8, 2013. They live in Worcester, where Michelle is an associate dean at Clark University, and Michael is a scientist with MatTek Corporation. • Singersongwriter Courtney Leigh Heins was honored with an IMEA Award for Country Song of the Year at the 2013 IMEA Awards last November in Ashland, KY. Her single “Bright Blue World” from the album of the same name was also featured in July’s Music Connection magazine. Courtney’s music has been heard on numerous TV networks, including WE, Bravo, and the Discovery Channel, and she has performed at the Sundance Film Festival, the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, and SXSW. • Frank Stamos, CTO of Student Nation, the Boston-based start-up he cofounded with Ari Kalos last autumn, was profiled in the Boston Herald in February. The company offers college students a new social app that bills itself as “the Facebook for this generation, sprinkled with a touch of Google and a dash of Groupon.” The free app is exclusively for students and aims to bring them together through real-time engagement and entertainment, including the latest videos and music, while offering discounts and incentives from area businesses. It also provides access to news from BC’s website; photo galleries; and event listings with realtime directions and ticket purchasing, as well as the ability to see which of your friends are going. • In May, Dan Collins joined Avison Young, a commercial real estate services firm, as senior VP in its Boston office, where he will focus on landlord and tenant representation in the Downtown Boston office market. Dan, a member of the varsity team while at BC, played football with the Dallas Cowboys and also with Rhein Fire, Düsseldorf, Germany’s NFL Europe team. He is active with the Life Is Good Kids Foundation, which partners with professionals and specialists working to help children overcome poverty, violence, and illness, and in 2013, the Boston Business Journal named him a “40 Under 40” honoree, recognizing his achievements both professionally and philanthropically. • I had a “tough” spring: My husband, Nathan, and I participated in Chicago’s Tough Mudder race, a 10-mile run interspersed with 20 obstacles. We had so much fun! I also ran a halfmarathon in Chicago and continue to take boxing classes. My iPhone app, Playground Pointers, continues to do well despite my only having time to work late evenings after the kids are in bed.
Claus Benjamin Freyinger ’00
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laus Benjamin Freyinger’s architectural collaborative, Los Angeles Design Group, LLC (The LADG), is not your average practice. Deeply interested in the properties of diverse materials, intrigued by history and by craft, Freyinger and his business partner, Andrew Holder, describe their work as “drawing on history to craft unexpected solutions to conventional problems.” Recent inspirations have included 1950s-era ice packs, which informed the design of a luxury retail space constrained by odd angles and obstructions, and Albrecht Dürer’s concept for a perspective drawing machine, which guided the remodel Claus Benjamin Freyinger sees the work of his of a shoe store. award-winning architectural firm, The LADG, The firm was recently awarded the as contributing to a “longer history of ideas.” 2014 Architectural League of New York Prize for Young Architects + Designers. Established in 1981, the prize recognizes exemplary and provocative work by young practitioners. This is the first time a Boston College graduate has received the award. what is one thing everyone should do while at bc? Goof up! BC is a special environment where you can take risks, and get the help and support you need, in a way that is not always possible later in life.
what is the secret to success? Luck, and the ability to identify and capitalize on those fleeting moments when opportunities open up.
For more of our interview with Claus Benjamin Freyinger, visit www.bc.edu/alumniprofiles.
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1999
reunion year class participation goal: 560 Correspondent: Matt Colleran bc1999classnotes@hotmail.com Correspondent: Emily Wildfire ewildfire@hotmail.com Hey, Class of 1999! It was great to see so many of you at our reunion. We had a strong turnout on Friday night at the Tavern on the Square (formerly known as the Kells). On Saturday night, the Eagle’s Nest was transformed into a nice bar/lounge with a DJ and a great representation of members of the Class of ’99. I had a chance to catch up with many people I hadn’t seen in a while, which was really great. Pat Neville started his reunion weekend by running the “Tough Mudder” twice in the same day at Mount Snow before heading to the Class of ’99 party. Gerard O’Shea and his wife, Julie, made the trip up from New York City and were seen closing the bar on Friday night. Lee Mita, Jodie Neville, Jeannine McGregor Ryan, and Kaitlin Mulcahy MA’02, were all www.bc.edu/alumni
tearing up the dance floor. Lee and her husband, Mike ’01, welcomed their fourth child, Suzie, into the world in May. Lenny Scarola, Matt Bonavita, and Damian Paletta were in attendance, catching up with Mike Sheehan and his fiancée, Jennifer Permatteo. Congratulations to Mary Catherine Savard (now Dr. Savard), who received her doctorate from Harvard on our Reunion Weekend! It was a great weekend. I am looking forward to seeing more people this fall at a football game. Also, start preparing for our 20th in June 2019! • In other news, Colleen McGee married Dan Brown ’94 at St. Vincent de Paul Church in San Francisco on May 26, 2013, with a reception following at the Flood Mansion. The song list was inspired by Who’s on First, circa 1999. Representing Dan’s Class of ’94 were Ernie Palazzolo, Eric Tennessen, Dan Hayes, Ally Resha Hayes, Pete Lynch, Mark Loftus, Joe Healey, Paul Colone, Jen Helin Colone, Chuck Fortin, Jay Colbath, Chris MBA’06 and Sarah (Bradshaw) Wise, and Christian Teja. Other BC alumni in attendance included Sarah Rees Carroll ’93, Jenny Henderson Sullivan ’95, and Lindsay Field. Colleen and Dan are also proud to announce the arrival of their first child, Ryan James Brown, on February