AlumNotes
Class News who works for Bottom Line, a non-profit that helps low-income students get into and succeed in college, said several of the changes could help disadvantaged students compete with betterprepared peers.” From a Boston Globe article, March 6, 2014. Michael Taylor: “After five years working with and for the poor and the youth in Peru and Chile, I recently moved to Rome, where I’m currently studying philosophy as preparation for the priesthood.” Gillian Thompson: “Our daughter, Carlin, was born on April 2. We live on the island of North Haven in midcoast Maine where my husband, Nick, is a caretaker, and I’m loving being a stay-athome mom and managing our small farm.” Alex E. Weaver “got married in December, and am working as managing editor at Boston news and lifestyle website, BostInno.” Sam Weiss has “been working with Peace Corps as an English teacher trainer in Prey Veng, Cambodia, since July 2012, and will be finishing my service this August.” Derrick Wong: “My management advisory firm,
Winning Solutions Advisory, has been rapidly growing, refocusing on proprietary development. We have recently been involved with MassChallenge and Verizon’s Powerful Answers Business Plan Competition, which was very exciting.” Lauren Huber Zullo: “I have been living in New York City with my husband, Rick, since 2012. I’m working for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) on green building and energy efficiency issues.”
2008
The Bangor Daily News reported in January that the Maine Brewers Guild hired Sean Sullivan as its first full-time executive director. A new restaurant scheduled to open in Vail Mansion in Morristown, NJ, “will partner with Bennett Haynes, owner of Ralston Farm, to bring local produce and ingredients to diners’ plates.” From a nj.com article, February 11, 2014.
2009
Emileigh Mercer: “We managed to gather twelve Bowdoin women’s
hockey alums (from 2006 to 2013) for a pond hockey tournament in Rangeley, Maine, in early February. This was our fifth winter with a Bowdoin team! In prior years we have defeated Colby, Amherst, Yale, and Northeastern alumnae squads for the championship. We fell short this year, and Amherst took home the trophy. We have used the tournament as an unofficial young alumnae weekend for women’s hockey these past few years. We rent a house for all the Bowdoin women and have now introduced eight years of alums to each other. It is amazing how many memories we can all share about Dayton and Watson Arenas and of course Coach Meagher! We also all share a fondness for current head coach Marissa O’Neil ’05 as some of us played with her and others had her as a coach.”
aired Jan. 26 episode of The Barefoot Contessa depicted Garten throwing a housewarming party for Heuck, featuring appearances by a number of Bowdoin classmates and friends (including Simon Bordwin, Julia Graham, Peyton Kelley, Louisa Oakes, Matthew Marr, Alexandra Fradin, Molly Clements, Emma Stanislawski, and Marissa Rosenthal ’14), the episode follows Heuck as she shops around town in preparation for the party while Garten puts together a feast.” From the Bowdoin Daily Sun, April 4, 2014.
2010 REUNION
Jane Koopman and colleagues from the Brunswick-based nonprofit Teens To Trails traveled to Washington, DC, in March when the White House honored founder Carol Leone as a “Champion of Change.” From a Bangor Daily News article, March 20, 2014.
2011 - 2012
A polar bear, a bobcat, and a mule walked into a bar. . . Alumni Relations held a Maine Happy Hour Mixer in late February in Sacramento with alumni from Bates and Colby that drew Polar Bears (l to r) Scott Preble ’79, Andrew Bell ’11, Abhishek Sharma ’08, Jonathan Lee ’09, Arthur Binder ’85, Michael Tiska ’93, Brian Laurits ’04, and Beth Colombo ’07.
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2013
In early February, Bowdoin women’s ice hockey alumnae gathered for The New England Pond Hockey Festival in Rangeley, Maine. (Top row, l to r): Alexandra Fahey ’12, Alexandra Ysasi ’11, Emileigh Mercer ’09, Shana Natelson ’10, Jay Greene ’13, and Jayme Woogerd ’07. (Bottom row, l to r): Shelagh Merril ’12, Kate Pokrass ’10, Kelsey Wilcox ’06, Kim Tess-Wanat ’13, and Beth Battin ’09. 50 BOWDOIN | SPRING 2014
“These days Lidey Heuck is helping test recipes, sending out social media missives and traveling to cooking events around the country with Ina Garten, better known as the Barefoot Contessa. Garten, who hosts a long-running cooking show on the Food Network, hired Heuck last year as her assistant and social media manager working out of her East Hampton, NY, office. A nationally
Lidey Heuck ’13 with The Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten, and her husband, Jeffrey, in June 2013.