alumni at large Photos of weddings or commitment ceremonies involving Colby alumni may be submitted for use on “The Blue Light,” Colby’s alumni Web site. Visit www.colby.edu/alumni/photos to view photos of weddings and other alumni gatherings. Please identify all alumni pictured, including class years. Send prints to Alumni Relations, 4310 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901-8843, or e-mail digital images to alumni@colby.edu.
18-month-old daughter, Olivia. Josh is teaching at Tabor Academy, and Kate, enjoying motherhood, is putting her law career on hold for the time being. Y Colin deBakker finished his Ph.D. in microbiology at the University of Virginia and looked forward to a cross-country trek before starting post-doctorate work at the Whitehead Institute at MIT. Y Yawa Duse-Anthony was the maid of honor at Vanessa Newell’s wedding. She also reports that Rick Unruh recently relocated to Tacoma, Wash., with his wife and two children. Y Anna Thomson married Chris Patterson in July 2004. They have since moved from Colorado to Bozeman, Mont., where they occupy a historic home with their yellow Lab, Woody. After working as a creative director at Action Marketing Group in Boulder, Anna has ventured into the world of freelance design. Y Jason Klein reports his engagement to Judy Kokkinidis on February 12 aboard a Caribbean cruise. Y Jenny Lawrence Richman announced a name change to her business, now called Jennifer MAC (www.JenniferMAC.com). She recently joined the board of the East Bay Agency for Children (EBAC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring the health and educational well-being of children and families through specialized therapeutic, educational, and peer support. And she was anxiously awaiting the arrival of her first child in August. Y Amy Rzeznikiewicz Bachand moved from Baton Rouge, La., to Boston, where she is starting an internship at the Boston VA this fall. She recently received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from LSU (thankfully avoiding any major losses from Hurricane Katrina). She married Mike Bachand in May 2005, with Megan Stauffer and Amanda Goddard as two of her bridesmaids. Amy added that Amanda received her M.D. from UMass medical school in May 2005 and married Jamie Baker in March. Y Andrew Pease tied the knot with Laura Nemiccola on Martha’s Vineyard on June 10, and a group of Colby guests included Lucas Penney, Andrew Black, Tony 62 COLBY / fall 2006
Rosenfeld, and Galen Carr among others. After a honeymoon in Barbados, they are living in Somerville. Andrew recently started business school at Babson while continuing to work full time. Y Amanda Bligh enjoyed working as a translator at the World Cup soccer event. She received her M.B.A. from Suffolk University last year and has been living in Germany and studying German business at the International University Bremin as a Fulbright Scholar. Y With our reunion quickly approaching, I ask you all to consider attending. Colby has changed significantly and it would be a great opportunity to catch up with classmates and see all the wonderful things happening on campus! —Pat McBride
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last October to Anita Thompson. He finished his Ph.D. in philosophy at Columbia University and is teaching at the University of Missouri in St. Louis this fall. Y Jared Fine successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis and is now doing a post-doc at the Alzheimer’s Research Center in St. Paul, Minn. He and his wife, Liz (Hubbard ’01), have started house hunting. Y Corely Hughes is engaged “to a non-Colby person!” She reports that Laura Higginson moved from N.Y. to Chicago. Y Annie Merselis Bailey and her husband expected their first baby (boy) in July. She is still working at HBS in Cambridge but says that “living as dorm parents at Concord Academy in Concord, Mass., is quite an experience.” Y Geoffrey Herrick finished his first year of Berkeley’s M.B.A. program and headed to N.Y.C. at the end of May to an internship with JP Morgan’s real estate and lodging investment banking group. He lived in Soho with Andy Brown ’99, who also was doing a summer internship in the city. Geoff was already looking forward to skiing two or three days a week next year. Y Dave Dodwell’s wife, Kathleen, took him from Bermuda to Boston for a 30th birthday surprise gift. Dave says he’s enjoying being Bermuda’s first
parasailing champion and having fun with his dog, Logan. Y Sara Rigelhaupt is still living in Newton, Mass., teaching Latin and working toward her master’s in classical studies at BU. She completed the Boston Marathon last spring in a time of 3:39.19 while helping to raise nearly $3,000 for Dana Farber’s Cancer Institute. Y Kristin Wildman got married to Jun Shirahama ’92 on June 18, 2005, in Connecticut. “After 8 (Colby Eight alumni) sang a few tunes,” she wrote, “and we were able to celebrate with lots of Colby folks, including Galen Nelson ’92, Christopher Frothingham ’92, Mark ’92 and Poppyann Mastrovita Longsjo ’93, Emma Longsjo (she’ll be 2023), Kris Boynton ’92, Dave O’Shea ’93, Carolyn Hart ’94, Stephanie Small, Kurt Kelley ’99, Kate Conklin, Lane Volpe, Peter ’93 and Mandy Ball Car uso ’97, Er ic Adams, Cameron Frothingham, Jonathan Frothingham ’95, Mark Winiecki ’90, Marile Haylon Borden ’94, and John Marquis (former chaplain).” Y From Steve Higgs: “Amy (Lyons) and I are living in New Zealand and enjoying our time. I am researching environmental conflict resolution, and Amy is researching sustainability education. Our 2-year-old daughter, Ella, is researching kiwis. We’ll be here till December 2006 when we move back to the States and new jobs in Oregon.” Y Robyn Thomlinson graduated from Temple Medical School in May 2006 and planned to pursue a residency in pediatrics at Stony Brook University Hospital on Long Island, N.Y. She was married to Richard LaBarca in Florida on March 29, 2005. In attendance were Liz Hubbard ’01 and Jared Fine and Jodi Beznoska. Y Sarah Whitford and Sean Sweeney were engaged last spring and planned a wedding for this fall. Sarah is employed at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, and Sean attends the University of Maine School of Law, both in Portland. Y Tina Goudreau Collison writes, “So let’s see, I had a baby boy, Andrew, on May 21, 2005. I celebrated my 30th birthday in N.Y.C. with Lis Pimentel (who came up from D.C.), Jen Rose (who is recently engaged to Charlie Costanzo), and Lizzie Ivry Cooper. Christine Vaughn got married last November in Chicago. Julie Williams, Emily Record Lane, Jen Rose, Lizzie Ivry Cooper, Lis Pimentel, and Steve and Amy Lyons Higgs were
present.” Y Please see the Colby Web site for additional news from Bill Hiscock and Andrea Bassi. Thanks for all your submissions. —Brian Gill
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lia Humes, Debbie Sabath, Melinda Stockmann, Charlotte Tiffany, and Jessie Davis shared an apartment, beer die table, and quality time in Davis Square, Somerville. Julia received a certificate in the culinary arts from Boston University and in September 2005 moved to San Francisco, where she is finishing an M.L.A. in gastronomy. She visited Demecia Lloyd, who is married and in March had a baby boy, Zaven Lokes Williams. This winter, Debbie married Andy Powers ’99 at a small family wedding in Hart’s Location, N.H. They live in Inman Square in Somerville, Mass., and Debbie teaches second grade in Andover. Jessie graduated this spring from Northeastern Law School. Melinda, after completing a year-long internship in Namibia with the Center for Global Education, took time to relax and visit friends before starting a master’s program in landscape architecture in Syracuse. She also flew to Montana in July to be in brother Keith ’95’s ranch wedding. Charlotte married Jon Stephenson in Vermont in August and is at Framingham State College pursuing a master’s in nutrition. Y Mike Eller completed his M.S. in geology in January and is now working as a field geologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Y Katie Curry married Jeff Porch in September 2003. They had their first child, Carter, in June 2005 and expected a daughter in September. They live in Cumberland, Maine, and run the seasonal family restaurant, The Lobster Shack, at Two Lights. Y Brenda Yun is living in San Francisco, teaching middle and high school English. She traveled to India, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Italy, and Croatia for three months last summer. Y Whitney Lawton married Frank Linnenbringer, whom she met while in the Peace Corps, on Dec. 31, 2005. She graduated from Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in May, and she and Frank were moving to N.H., where Whitney will work at Cheshire Medical Center in the OB unit. Y Sarah Andel and Fleur Hopper are living in Portland, Maine, with their dog, Zoe. Fleur graduated from Boston College with her master’s in social work. Sarah is in her last year at the