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36 Ellen Chan ’97 and Cali Tran ’97 were married on
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September 19, 2009, at the Sooke Harbour House, Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Alums at the wedding (back row, l to r): John Piazza ’97, Mathias Mortenson ’97, Mike Volpe ’97, Lukas Filler ’97, Marshall Iliff ’97, and Lei Shishak ’97. (Front row, l to r): Dave Austin ’98, Josh Dorfman ’97, Hiram Hamilton ’97, Cali and Ellen, Liz Burton ’97, Nahyon Lee ’97, and Tammy Yuen ’97.
and Jack Woodcock ’02 were married in Newcastle, Maine, on June 20, 2009. Polar Bears in attendance were (front row, crouching l to r): Brian Wedge ’97, Malia Adolfi Wedge ’98, Kate Connelly Wade ’00, Caitlin Woo ’05, Richie Pierce ’05, and Lenny Pierce ’10. (Second row, l to r):Angela Brooks ’00,Amanda Boothby ’00,Travis Buchanan ’02, Emily Reycroft ’00, Patrick Fleury ’00. Jen St.Thomas ’00, James Bass ’02, Julie Dawson Williams ’03, Kara Oppenheim Gerson ’04, John Woodcock ’72, Beverly Newcombe Woodcock ’72, Jack and Elizabeth, Heather MacNeil ’04, Helen MacNeil ’75, Lael Byrnes Yonker ’00, Amanda Newton ’00, Katie Whittemore Collin ’00, Kendra Emery ’00, Callie Boardman Curtis ’72, Erin Krivicky Nidiry ’99, John Nidiry ’00, and Patrick Woodcock ’04. (Back row, l to r): Sam Devens ’02, Hunter Walter ’02, Kelly
The 919 Fellowship When Ellen Chan ’97 and Cali Tran ’97 planned their wedding last year, they had a new take on a gift giving. “In lieu of a wedding registry,” explains Cali, “Ellen and I asked our family and friends to contribute to the 919 Fund.” Ellen and Cali established a fund at Bowdoin that they named “919” after their wedding date, September 19, that would fully endow a scholarship to assist Bowdoin alumni in graduate studies either in pediatric medicine (Ellen is a pediatric cardiologist) or at the Harvard Business School (Cali, a venture capitalist, graduated from HBS in 2006). Within a year, contributions to the 919 Fellowship Fund reached the endowment level that allows it to grant its first scholarships. “There are quite a number of Bowdoin alums who do marry one another, and we think initiating a fund instead of, or as a part of, a wedding registry may be a fun idea for others to consider.”
Baetz Boden ’96, Ryan Boden ’98, Lydia Lundgren ’02, Brian Williams ’00, Jason Pietrafitta ’02, Heather Nicholson ’02, Simon Gerson ’02, Rob Percarpio ’02, Ken Templeton ’01, Charlotte Williams ’10, Brian Matthews ’02, Stuart MacNeil ’08, Josh Jones ’04, Caitlin Riley ’00, Lisle Leonard Albro ’00, Steve Rucker ’72, Heather Hawes Dwyer ’00, Randy Curtis ’72, Chris Pierce ’71, John Bradford ’72, Sandy Ervin ’69, and Eddie Pierce ’03. Not pictured:Tim Woodcock ’74 and Katie Woodcock ’06. 37 Kelly Roberts ’03
and Jim Lane (University Minnesota) were married on November 7, 2009, in Castle Danger, Minn. Bowdoin friends and family joining them were (l to r): Jessie Roberts Fudge ’03,T.J. Fudge ’02, Kirsten Partenheimer ’01, Kelly and Jim, Dana Roberts ’07, and Ahron Cohen ’06.
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