class notes We give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. –Anonymous. I am writing this column the week of Thanksgiving, to be published early in the new year, and so I start with news of births and beginnings. • Elizabeth (Cotter) Mitchell and her husband, Joseph Patrick Mitchell ’94, welcomed twin boys, Graham Cotter and Miles Newton, on September 8. They live in Fairfield, CT. • Maureen Walsh Kramer and her husband, Shane, welcomed their third child, Phoebe Anne, on October 12. She joins big sister Lindsay (7) and big brother Griffin (4). They live in Bethesda, MD. • Christa Maher and her husband, Ryan Smith, welcomed their second child, Calvin Tylee Smith, in September. Big sister Ella Marie (4) is as proud as can be. • Chesley and John Correia welcomed their new daughter, Airlie Clarisse, on November 8. • Catherine and Larry Keating welcomed their son, John Anthony, on April 5, 2009. • Brendan Hickey wrote in with news about our classmates: Steve Riden, JD’99, married Siri Nilsson this past summer. Steve is a lawyer at Foley Lardner. Siri is a student at BC Law. Mike Giuffrida married Shannon Morgan in May. Mike is a doctor at Mass General Hospital. Dave Finnegan just
Schuyler and Michele (Figueiredo) Havens welcomed their second child, Devon Anthony Havens, on May 29, 2009. He joins big sister Summer (2). Michele continues to work for Northern Trust in Seattle, and she writes that she and her family are enjoying life in the Pacific Northwest. • Speaking of the Pacific Northwest, Tina Gustafson Pujalor was in New York City in September and enjoyed brunch with Elizabeth Mignone Jakic, Tom Adams, Loretta Shing, John Dempsey, and me. She is doing well and lives with her husband and three daughters on Bainbridge Island, near Seattle. • Baby news: Rich and Johanna (Roodenburg) Deleissegues welcomed a son named Richard Diego on August 12, 2009. Johanna will continue to practice homeowners association law in Encinitas, CA. • Michelle, MEd’06, and Billy Kelley welcomed a daughter, Julia Elizabeth, on September 26. Julia’s proud older brother Jack is a first-grader who plays hockey and baseball. Billy works for Fidelity Investments in San Diego and lives in Temecula, CA. • Michael LeDuc and Catherine Hussan-LeDuc welcomed their second child, Jacob Paul, on October 9. Older brother Aaron (2) has already begun coaching JP on the finer points of BC
Last summer, JiYoung and Marvin Chow ’95 moved to Shanghai, where Marvin works for Nike as marketing director for Greater China. joined Lee Kennedy construction. • JiYoung and Marvin Chow moved to Shanghai last summer, completing an Asia hat trick of Seoul, Tokyo, and Shanghai. Marvin still works for Nike, and is now marketing director for Greater China. • Congratulations to Matt Chapuran, general manager of the Stoneham Theatre, who wrote that the Stoneham just wrapped outstanding productions of Studs Terkel’s The Good War and Nathan Allen’s The Sparrow. • Nadia (Vizioli) DeLaurentis wrote with news that her triplets, Marlena, Julia, and Alyssa, are now attending preschool, and her son Robert is in second grade. • Cheryl (Pederson) Maguire, MA’97, is a stay-at-home mom to twins Logan and Lindsay (4) and Julia (1). In November, Cheryl had a story published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Count Your Blessings. Also, she has started Swap Savers (www.swap savers.com), a “Social Network for Frugal Folks.” • Please mark Saturday, February 6, 2010, on your calendar. An Evening for Bridget, an annual fundraiser in honor of Bridget Bomberger Slotemaker, will be held at the Boston Harbor Hotel. Contact Sarah Sullivan Williams ’97 (swilliams@evening4bridget.org) for more information. • A longer version of this column will appear on the online community. • Peace and blessings!
1996 Correspondent: Mike Hofman mhofman@inc.com 517 E. 13th Street, No. 20 New York, NY 10009; 212-673-3065
football, Catherine reports. • Finally, Julie (Beckford) ’07 and Dane Koepke welcomed their daughter, Willow Cora, on December 10. She joins big brother Maguire. • Here’s to a healthy and prosperous 2010!
1997 Correspondent: Sabrina Bracco McCarthy sabrina.mccarthy@perseusbooks.com 464 Westminster Road Rockville Centre, NY 11570 Allison Moosally and Justin Woodhouse were married on August 8, 2008, in Cleveland. On November 2, 2009, Allison gave birth to their son, Luke Joseph Woodhouse, and a few weeks later the family moved into a new house in Gates Mills, OH. Both Allison and Justin are practicing dermatologists and Mohs surgeons. • Phil and Bridget (Lesutis) Hintze welcomed their first son, Jude Patrick, on November 20, 2009, in New York City. • Jenn and Matt D’Amico had their second child, Sophia Colette, on October 17. After seven years of practicing law, Matt returned to school for a master’s degree in teaching. He now teaches AP U.S. history and a law elective in a high school in Eastchester, NY. • John Gifford married Victoria Picarazzi on September 26 in Manhattan, and they honeymooned in Hawaii. Attending the wedding were Chad Vanacore, Michael Leporati, and Brian Kelly ’95. The couple will continue to reside on the Upper West Side. John works in fixed income institutional sales for RBC Capital Markets, and Victoria owns a wedding planning com-
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pany (http://theweddingdirectornyc.com). • After graduation, Allen Pegg lived in Spain and Colorado, then went on to graduate from Georgetown Law in 2001. He moved to Miami to clerk for two federal judges and married a woman he met while in Spain during his junior year abroad. He and his wife, Lola, now have four kids (a five-year-old son and two-year-old triplets). Allen is a partner in a boutique law firm focusing on commercial litigation and arbitration. • Kevin Kelly married Amanda Roberts on September 10, in Manhattan. Matt MacNeil, Sean Kelly ’99, and Paul Lewis ’99 were in attendance. • Jana Kilduff Brinkhaus started myBibzy (www.mybibzy. com), a company that makes and sells onesies with a built-in bib to keep babies dry. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each garment is donated to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Jana resides in Needham with her husband and daughter. • Gabby O’Boyle moved from New York to London in January 2009, transferring with American Express to be director of international business development in the London office. In August she married Dan Collins, an independent marketing strategy consultant, and they are happily settled in London. • Dan ’93 and Jenn (Fay) Laieta welcomed their second son, Jack Thomas, on August 12, 2009. Jack joins his big brother, Daniel (2). Jenn, a clinical psychologist, has a part-time private practice and is on the executive board of the Suffolk County Psychological Association.
1998 Correspondent: Mistie P. Lucht hohudson@yahoo.com 1281 N. Dayton Street Chicago, IL 60614 Allyson Megan Olewnik and Richard Gosselin were married on August 1, 2009, in St. Ignatius Church, with Fr. Robert VerEecke, MDiv’78, presiding. Alumni in attendance were Richard Olewnik JD’74; Ryan Kehoe; Michael Gostkowski; Kathleen Kelly; John Cofran; Caroline (DiMarzo) Haberlin; and Kristen (Dauenhauer) Babineau ’99, MA’03. Denise Anderson MS’05; Laura (Mooney) Carey; Erin Harper ’03, MA’06; Marc Chen; Matthew Bellico; and Brian Babineau ’99 were in the wedding party. The couple met in 2005 at a Maroon & GOLD alumni event! After honeymooning on St. Lucia, the couple returned to their new home in Newburgh, NY, where Rich recently joined the Hudson Valley Heart Center practice. • In July 2009, Tyson and Alison (Curd) Lowery and Calista made the big move back to San Diego, where Alison grew up. Alison is now working at Life Technologies (still in finance), and Tyson continues to grow his consulting business. They are definitely enjoying the fabulous weather and living one mile from the beach. • Kevin and Stacy (Reid) Clark, MEd’99, welcomed a daughter, Molly Anne, on August 17. She joins big brother Ryan (2). The family still lives in Santa Cruz, CA. • For Sylwia and Matt Scamardella, 2009 was a big year: In the first half, they bought a charming Dutch colonial in the Randall Manor section of Staten Island. Then in July, they welcomed their first child, Lucas Matthew. Matt is a VP at Deutsche Bank Secu-