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Father of the bride Chris Abbruzzese ’83 led a Bowdoin group in a rousing chorus of “Raise Songs to Bowdoin” at the wedding of Kelsey ’07 and Glen Patrick Ryan ’07 on June 30, 2012.
A pile of Polar Bears enjoyed a holiday gathering in Cambridge, Mass., on December 8, 2012 (back row, l to r): Eric Gutierrez ’07, Mark Bellis ’10, Tom Marcello ’12, Ellis Pepper and Jay Tansey ’07 Molly Taft ’11, Eric Lee ’08, Elizabeth “were married on September 8, 2012, Gillespie ’09, and Michel Bamani ’08. on Mount Desert Island, Maine.” See (Second row, l to r): Sarah Horn ’07, Kate photo in Weddings section. Leonard ’07, Alex Ysasi ’11, Katherine Erik Shea “and Amanda Ice Stewart ’12, Jillian Neary ’08, Libby (American University ’06) were married Wilcosky ’10, Sonia Weinhaus ’06, Peter on March 31, 2012, at the Green Mills ’09, and Heidi Mills ’08. (Front row, l Building in Brooklyn, New York.” See to r): Clare Ronan ’10, Jayme Woogerd ’07, photo in Weddings section. Alison Coleman ’09, Emileigh Mercer ’09, Elissa Gervais ’09, Alexandra Franceschi ’09, Gen Hanft ’09, Liz Laurits ’07, and Julia Ford Barker “married Elizabeth Jacobs ’10.
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Marbury (Hamilton ’05) on June 30, 2012, at Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, Vermont.” See photo in Weddings section. Eric Davich was recently named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list in the Music category for his role as co-founder of the music app Songza. Davich, who holds the tile of chief content officer at Songza, and his co-founders are in good company on the list with the likes of Adele, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, and Bruno Mars. Songza, an app that curates music based on a listener’s mood, has garnered a lot of attention in recent months, named as Apple’s “App Store Best of 2012”; Time Magazine’s “50 Best Websites of 2012”; USA Today‘s “Best Apps of 2012”; and earning nods as PC Mag 2012 “Editors’ Choice,” Google Play “Editors’ Choice,” and Apple App Store “Editors’ Choice.” Bobby Desilets married Rozlynn Rozkuszka (Skidmore ’03) on July 28, 20112, in Warwick, Rhode Island. See photo in Weddings section. “The American Bar Association has published an article by Kelly L. Frey, an attorney in the Litigation Section of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., in its fifth annual 56
collection of the best writing on land use law, At the Cutting Edge 2012: Land Use Law from The Urban Lawyer.” From a Mintz Levin news release, February 11, 2013. David Duhalde is “finishing my master’s at Brandeis University in December. I am excited that Nicole Hart, my friend since Coleman, will be joining me in the fall. At Brandeis, I recently met fellow Bowdoin alumnus Kenyan ambassador Elkanah Odembo ’80. He told me he is excited to see the campus in the spring thru the invitation of President Mills.” Vanessa Kitchen “married Mike Taylor at her family’s home in Lake Tahoe, Calif., on July 28, 2012.” See photo in Weddings section. Ann Sullivan emailed on February 3: “In fun art news, I am currently in Gallery1988’s group show, ‘Young Adult.’ The exhibit is in conjunction with Hello Giggles and has received great press.” See accompanying photo. Willie Waters “married Susanna Whitaker-Rahilly (St. Lawrence ’06) on June 9, 2012, in Westport, Mass.
On September 30, 2012, Sarah Lord ’10 and other Bowdoin alumni organized and ran the Esperanza 5K in Boston to benefit Safe Passage, the Guatemalan non-profit founded by the late Hanley Denning ’92 (l to r): Carri Agusti ’04, Jessica Britt ’10, Emily Howe ’04, Sarah, Libby Wilcosky ’10, CJ Bell ’10, and Thomas Putnam ’84.
We met, and are lucky enough to work together, at Brooks School in North Andover, Mass.” See photo in Weddings section. Ben Yormak “celebrated his 30th birthday and his engagement to Jessica Breyman (Florida Gulf Coast ’10) from December 6-9 with other Polar Bears by escaping the chilly north to the southernmost point (Key West, Florida). We are looking forward to the wedding over Labor Day weekend 2013!” See accompanying photo.
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Nicole Colucci and Michael Ferrante ’05 “were married on September 29, 2012, at Church Landing on Lake Winnipesaukee in Meredith, N.H. The ceremony was officiated by Rev. F. Washington Jarvis, who holds an honorary degree from Bowdoin.” See photo in Weddings section. Alison Curtin “and Chase Dutton (University of Maryland ’07) were married in Lake George, N.Y., on June 12, 2012.” See photo in Weddings section. Priscilla (Dodie) Press “and Corey Gildart ’05 were married on August 25, 2012, in Hyannis Port, Mass.” See photo in Weddings section. In May, violinist Timothy Kantor ’07 was a Young Artist in Residence at the studios of Performance Today, America’s most popular classical music radio program. A music major while
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