into contact with both Jeff Zlot ’93 and Sam Jones ’91 (both seem to be doing well). * Whitney Adams Ward is still working part time in the men’s catalog division at Talbots Corp. office in Hingham, Mass. Chris and Whitney (also Hingham residents) have two children, Lily and Sam, and were expecting a third shortly. They attended the wedding of Lisa Black in Washington state, where they hung out with Tabby Biddle, Helen Hopkins Kellogg, and Dakota Glenn Smith. Y Kristin Wildman ’98 and Jun Shirahama were married in June 2005. Y Laura (Fogarty ’93) and Matt Nerney celebrated their sons’ birthdays in May. Will turned 3, Jack turned 1. They are settling into parenthood and suburban life nicely. Matt recently started with TA Associates in Boston, a private equity firm, as IT director. On a business trip to the West Coast he met up with Mick Soth ’93 and his blushing bride, Jimmie (Jimena), for a kayak in the Pacific with the seals. They later met up with Jay Moore ’93 for dinner and a mini Foss reunion. Y Richard ’93 and Ashley Weld Taylor, along with their son, Reed, are moving to Norwich, Vt., after four years in Michigan. Rich was to be working in the emergency department at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Y Shawn Gager lives in Beverly, Mass., and is doing IT effectiveness consulting for Darwin Partners in Wakefield. The work is great, he says, but the travel is a drag. Shawn did get to spend most of ’04 in Honolulu working for Kamehameha Schools. Y Jim Burke finally returned my calls, Chris Tosi ’93 is working in social services in Pittsburgh, and Brian Mulvey owes me a round of golf! Y Please go to Colby online for more news of our classmates. —William Higgins
93 I didn’t pick out my summer
reading because the influx of class news kept me sated. Kris Balser Moussette was recently named a partner at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP in Boston. She sees Jennifer Larsen Daileanes, Susan Sarno, and Valerie Leeds—who herself wrote in to say she was getting married in Mexico this summer and owns a personal training fitness studio in Soho with her fiancé. Y Scott Greenfield and his wife had their second daughter, Taliya (Tali), and Scott was named mergers and acquisitions finance manager at Intel. Y Jeff Kosc wrote that he’s moving to Chi-
cago to join Dann, Pecar, Newman & Kleiman as a shareholder. He says Eric Most got married June 11 in Jerusalem and that Mike Murphy is busy managing a guide service in Alaska. Y A girl, Quinn Mackenna Kelley, was born last April 14 to Nicole and James Kelley. Y Carrie Smith Woodruff was promoted to head of the world language department at Brookwood School and is expecting a baby in November. She recently spoke to Sumner Lemon, who is a correspondent for IDG publications in Beijing. Carrie adds that Anne Griffin is living in Russia. Y Siobhan McCloskey is finishing law school in Vermont and enjoying her dogs, Babe and Astro. Y Sarah Steindel Keating had a boy, Tyler, and still will manage to lead a wine tasting trip in Italy and France with her husband this fall. Y Sarah Weiland Holland is starting a private plastic surgery practice in York, Maine. Y Lael Hinman Stanczak is moving with her husband and children to Singapore. Y Beth Foohey Moore welcomed her second daughter in February. Beth writes that Sue Liacos-Dix returned to graduate school for her master’s in library science and is living in Manchester, N.H., and that Kristen Schuler Scammon and her husband, Jon, were expecting their second baby this fall. Y A my K raunz welcomed daughter Arden Skylar Kraunz-Brown in Los Angeles in February. Y John Cully is moving with his family to Vermont but still builds custom bicycles (Echelon Cycle Works). Y Stephanie and Chris Baynes had a second child, Sydney Elaine. Y John Mechem and his wife, Susannah, welcomed their first child, daughter Campbell Elizabeth. Y Gaynelle Peebles got married during the summer in suburban Philadelphia. Y Matthew Kearns works at Tetra Tech in Boston and was planning a September wedding to Lucia Pond Allen. Y Jonathon Yormak was promoted to COO of Broadway Real Estate Partners, LLC, in New York. Y The new director of admissions at the Holderness School in New Hampshire is Tyler Lewis. Y As for me, I’m just going to sit back, relax with a cold beverage, and wait for new people to write me their news because, frankly, it’s been too hot this summer in New York for much else! —Krista Stein
94 I’m fresh off the plane from
Vegas, where I attended the wedding
of my old roomie Heather Eskey and got to see other roomies, Janet Powers and Michelle Satterlee, as well as pseudo roomie Colleen Brennan Thorndike. Heather is still living in Tokyo, Janet is in northern Mass. and is the VP of content development for Med Panel Inc., Colleen is a proud mamma of two lovely kids and is doing marketing work in L.A., and the ever energetic Michelle is at Pepperdine getting her law degree. BTW, if any of this information is incorrect, blame it on Vegas. Y The quarterly envelope from Colby was brimming with news about our favorite star, Billy Bush—including a wonderful article about Billy in the Los Angeles Magazine (April 2006). Y Keith Gleason had a second knee operation that forced him to end his men’s league hockey career. But in March he participated in a four-hour skate-a-thon for the Make A Wish Foundation of Maine. How this busy VP for BofA had time to train for the event is beyond me, but congratulations on a successful fund raiser. Y Kerry Sheehy Ward and family (Bobby ’93 and baby Ryan) have moved from California to Chicago. Y Weddings and things generally lovely: Heather Lounsbury is engaged to Mark Lysaght. Heather is currently a project manager at Praecis Pharmaceutical in Waltham, Mass. Sara Ferry Gyan wrote to tell me that the wedding will be in Jamaica, where she’ll be joined by Marile Haylon Borden, Carolyn Hart, Bekah Freeman-Schulze, Kim Morrison Lysaght ’90, and Dave O’Shea ’93. Y In early May, Marika Schwartzman married Chris Bruell in Martha’s Vineyard. Tracy Larsen Powell reports that the wedding was beautiful and fun. Barbara Coulon was a bridesmaid. In attendance were Missy Fraser Gramer, Brooke Porteous Skulley, Christy Lynch, Alicia Hidalgo, Soy Ahn, and Tracy. Y Karen Fried is living in Boston with her partner, Michelle, and is pregnant with their first child, due in October. Karen works for the mayor of Boston as a director of special projects and liaison to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities in the Office of Neighborhood Services. She recently attended a panel of alumni anthropology majors at Colby to talk with current anthropology majors. Y Thomas and Josette Huntress Holland are expecting their second child in November. Josette is associate head and dean
1990s Correspondents 1990 Barbara Clark Bullock 892 Warm Brook Road Arlington, VT 05250 classnews1990@alum.colby.edu 1991 David Shumway 33 Mallard Road Needham, MA 02492 781-444-1241 classnews1991@alum.colby.edu 1992 William Higgins 31 Colonial Road Hingham, MA 02043-3638 781-749-4746 classnews1992@alum.colby.edu 1993 Krista Stein classnews1993@alum.colby.edu 1994 Jessie Newman 3323 Clay Street Denver, CO 80211 classnews1994@alum.colby.edu 1995 Yuhgo Yamaguchi 5 Newton Street, Apt. 2 Cambridge, MA 02139 classnews1995@alum.colby.edu 1996 Mark Mortensen 314 Marlborough Street, Apt. 3F Boston, MA 02116 classnews1996@alum.colby.edu 1997 Patrick McBride 206 Annabessacook Road Winthrop, ME 04364 732-921-6743 classnews1997@alum.colby.edu 1998 Brian M. Gill 24 Concord Avenue, Apt. 213 Cambridge, MA 02138-2370 617-230-2254 classnews1998@alum.colby.edu 1999 Lindsay Hayes 71 Rowayton Woods Drive Norwalk, CT 06854 classnews1999@alum.colby.edu
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