class notes Merk, Lee (Calamis) ’99 and Michael Mita, Michael Carey ’00, and Dr. ’79 and Mrs. Ray English ’81. The Halls moved back to New England a year ago from San Diego, where they met, to be closer to family; they now live in Portsmouth, NH. Carra is a registered nurse in the cath lab at York (ME) Hospital. • On August 11, Charlie Papazian ran the Falmouth Road Race and collapsed due to heat exhaustion. His condition remains serious, and he is currently in a rehabilitation hospital with a long road of recovery ahead of him. To receive updates on Charlie’s progress and send well wishes to his family, please go to www.carepages.com and search for “CharliePapazian” (one word). Thank you for your love and support of our classmate. • Kathryn (Walsh) McDonough recently married. She has been living in Hong Kong for the past seven years. • Kate Rado and her husband, Eric Warzecha, welcomed a daughter, Coralie Mireille Rado Warzecha, on December 27, 2011. Kate is happy to say that Coralie is “pretty cool” so far, but has “no manners.” • It’s double the trouble and double the fun for Jennifer (Bunt) Adams, MEd’02, MEd’04, and husband John, who brought twin girls Krista and Sarah into the world on June 11. • Randy and Lauren (Kazarian) Romano are the parents of a new baby girl, Kristen, born on July 12. She joins big sister Taylor. • George Leydon and wife Charlotte are living in Madison, WI, with their two boys, Henry (4) and Grant (2). George finished his residency last year at the University of Wisconsin and now has a busy office practice as a family physician. • Are you a horror junkie? Then tune into Get Out the Room, a biweekly podcast hosted by Damen Hymes. Each episode features a unique perspective on media, from classic horror movies and current TV shows to horror in the written form (books, comics, and short stories). Think you can get out the room? Listen and find out at http://getouttheroom. podomatic.com. • Finally, I’d like to offer personal congratulations to my BC roomie Carrie (Levitt) Klemovitch on earning her MBA from BC. Carrie is a project manager in the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs at Boston College. • Thanks for all the updates. Please keep them coming. I love hearing from all of you. • Enjoy the holiday season!
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2002
Correspondent: Suzanne Harte suzanneharte@yahoo.com Congratulations to Lauren and Edward Mullins, who welcomed daughter Elle on June 8. Mom, Dad, big brother Luke, and Elle live in Bayonne, NJ. • Oliver and Jamie (Schuler) Perez welcomed their son, Ryan Alexander Perez, on June 16. Big sister Norah loves having a baby brother, and the family is doing their best to get some sleep. They live in Minneapolis, where Oliver is still working at General Mills in marketing. Ryan is ready for his first BC football game this fall!
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2003
reunion year class participation goal: 645 Correspondent: Toni Ann Kruse kruseta@gmail.com Toni Ann Kruse, JD’08 (hey, that’s me!), married Jonathan Richard on June 9 in Stroudsburg, PA. The wedding party included Sara Rosen, Christina Neuner Boyle, Meaghan Traverse, Aisling Jumper JD’08, and Michael Dailey ’04. Classmates there to celebrate included Adam Baker JD’08, Sean Boyle, Jim and Amelia (Stephens) Clark, Andrew DelBoccio, Ariana Ebrahimian, Kelly (Agostinacchio) Forquignon, Stephanie (Wolfe) Sherlock, and Katie (Williamson) Sutton. Toni Ann is an attorney in the private client department of McDermott Will & Emery in New York. The happy couple reside in Brooklyn with their adorable dog, Zooey. • Yesenia Mejia married J.J. Saulino in August; Laura Burke and Victoria Criado were the maids of honor. Yesenia and J.J. live in Washington DC. • Erica (Camilo) DiNitto welcomed her second son, Alexander, in December 2011. • Bill Reeg married Kerry Ryan in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; Carter Beach was a groomsman, and James Chanes attended. • Katrina Pardo, MSW’07, and Matthew Hickey wed on August 20, 2011, at Castle Hill in Ipswich. Eagles in attendance were Jonathan and Courtney (Audette) Damick, Nicholas Leydon, Emily Peca, Karen Goldfeder, Sarah McKenzie JD’08, Laura Cassato Roe, Anna Nelson, Kelly Salerno Parker, and Conal and Elizabeth (Ancharski) Berberich. The couple reside in Alexandria, VA. • Andrew and Alissa (Chang) Bain announce the birth of their first child, Amelie Lara, on May 26, 2011. • Kevin Meme and wife Erica Hayman, MA’06, welcomed their first child, Jonathan Robert, on February 1, 2012. Kevin recently left the Boston Consulting Group to pursue his MBA at the Wharton School. • Caitrin Claire Roe, daughter of Pete and Laura (Cassato) Roe, was born still on November 11, 2011. Her loving parents welcome prayers. • Keith and Amy (Branchini) Dahl welcomed their beautiful baby girl, Emma Frances, on February 23, 2011. Amy graduated from NYU this past May with a master’s in clinical nutrition. • Jeff and Nadine (Palermo) Guasto are proud to announce the birth of their son, Anthony Frank, on June 2. • Greg Johnson has worked as a stand-up comedian since his freshman year at BC. In the past year, he has performed at the Shubert Theater in New Haven, the Wilbur Theatre and the Royale in Boston, the Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia, and Carolines on Broadway. He lives in Brooklyn. • Allison Dizzine married Adam Dratch on December 10, 2011. The wedding party included Lauren (Gannon) Bent MA’04, Brook Donovan, and Nicole Farina. Highlights included a BC human pyramid and Kim Carlson planking. Also in attendance were Mark Cichra, Amy Davison, Tom Hardej, Seth Hoy, Katie (Califano) Kennedy MA’06, and Kate Scanlon. • John Perich’s debut novel, Too Close to Miss, a crime thriller, was recently released, and a follow-up novel is to be released soon. • Andrew and Christy (Zider) Pearce announce the birth of their first child, 23 class notes
Madison McDonnell, on March 30. • Kate (Zimmerman) Kaufman welcomed Cameron Jay on May 17. • Margaret Cardillo Fronefield’s new children’s book, Just Being Audrey, a biography of Audrey Hepburn, won the Florida Book Award gold medal for children’s literature and was a finalist for the Texas Bluebonnet Award. Also, Margaret was named Outstanding Graduate Student in the University of Miami’s motion pictures department, where she is getting her master’s in screenwriting. • Meaghan Traverse married Christopher Cox on August 10 in Boston. The bride was attended by Toni Ann Kruse and Kelly (Agostinacchio) Forquignon. Eagles there to celebrate included John Traverse ’67; Francis O’Neil ’67; Gregory Collins ’89; Christopher Collins ’90; Kara (Collins) Hannigan WCAS’93; John Traverse ’94, PhD’04; Jennifer Larson MEd’97, MA’00; Brian MBA’12 and Kristen (Cwirka) Swenson; Sara (McGovern) Albano MS’04; Bryan Albano; Steve ’01 and Lauren (Sabonis) Schlegel; Jeana Whitney MEd’05; Kristen (McCone) Gordon; and Sara Rosen. The newlyweds live in Arlington, VA, where Meaghan is a professional school counselor.
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2004
class participation goal: 515 Correspondent: Alexandra “Allie” Weiskopf allieweiskopf@gmail.com David and Jennifer (Curcio) Della Penna welcomed their first child, Joseph Christopher, on April 9. • Eric and Leslie (Martell) Napoli welcomed Isabella Elizabeth on May 19. Leslie writes, “The new family of three looks forward to attending many BC football and hockey games!” • Brianne Moskovitz married Philip Baxa on August 17 at the Martin Johnson House in La Jolla, CA. The wedding party included Courtney Valentine, Katherine Stainken, and Allie Weiskopf. Other alumni celebrating included Courtney Shea, Lindsay Williamson MA’05, Russ Pool ’95, and Noel ’95 and Carrie (Merrill) Duarte ’94. The couple live in San Diego with their puppy, Finnick. Brianne is a PhD candidate at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Phil is the commanding officer of the Coast Guard cutter Edisto. • Marika Beaton is now the chief of staff for Harvard University’s EVP. Additionally, she and her fiancé are launching Reuling Wines, a boutique family winery based in Sonoma County, CA. Reuling’s first vintage will be available in 2013. • In May, Stas Gayshan, JD’09, was profiled in the Boston Globe for founding Space with a Soul, a collaborative office space for start-ups in Boston. Current occupants include a food swap, a coalition of schools for boys of color, and a socially conscious chocolate company.
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2005
class participation goal: 675 Correspondent: Joe Bowden joe.bowden@gmail.com Correspondent: Justin Barrasso jbarrasso@gmail.com