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Marie Lorrain Cerat ’00
Marie Lorrain Cerat ’00 won the 2011 Family Court Legal Services Advocacy Award. The award is presented by the New York City Administration for Children’s Services to recognize efforts to protect children and strengthen families. F Evan Reece ’01 was featured in a Boston Globe article about his company Liftopia.com. The company, based in San Francisco, “has established the standard for Internet sales in the snow sports industry.” Skiers can buy lift tickets for 150 mountains, shopping for last-minute deals and long-range bargains, the report said.
success partly to the support of his many Colby friends! Y Peter Loverso moved into the house that he built last spring. He got promoted to senior manager for mail pharmacy services at Catalyst Rx. He travels a lot for work, so look for him at an airport near you! Y Laura Shufelt married Patrick Kenney on Peaks Island, Maine, June 25. It was a great weekend and a fun reunion of the Colby ladies (they found time for their traditional human pyramid). The wedding officiant was Professor Tom Longstaff, Laura’s advisor. Y Christine O’Donnell married Dan Hagan Aug. 13 in Salem, Mass. Stacy Thurston Barton, Kara Hubbard ’02, and Amanda Walsh ’05 were bridesmaids. Other alums in attendance included Brock Barton, Jasmine Ashe Hodgson, Abby Kussell ’02, Adam Cohen, Dan Parise, Lauren and Ian MacPherson, Anna Schierberl Scherr, Katie Trainor, and Rick Forster ’81. Christine and Dan live in Burlington, Vt.* Rebecca Stern married Brendan Schulte Sept. 10 by the ocean in South Thomaston, Maine. They met in 2003 in Jackson, Wyo., and currently reside there. Rebecca is the owner and creator of RS Photography (www.rs-photography. com). Check out their wedding photo on our class page at www.colby.edu/alumni. Y Pam Sawyer received her Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara last summer and married Will Powers (CalPoly alum) in October. Rachel Merrick Maggs was a bridesmaid and Scott Maggs, Adam Bickelman, Andy Harnett, Amy Bennett ’04, Kevin Yardi ’05, and John McManigal were in attendance. Y Piper Loyd lives in San Francisco. She attended the fabulous union of Sean O’Grady and Amanda McKown in the fall. Y Sharon Herbert is a senior product manager at Burton Snowboards but also started studying at the New England Culinary Institute last fall. Y Thaddeus and Jill Laramee Feeney welcomed their second child, Maggie. She was born in good ol’ Waterville. They figure they’re doing their part to add to the Colby blood in town. Y Brie Drummond and
her husband, Jeff Williams, welcomed a daughter, Sophie Eleanor, Oct. 20. They’re living in Homer, Alaska, where Brie works for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Y Liz Kueffner Koors and her husband welcomed their second baby, James McQuade, Aug. 20. They still live in Richmond and Liz is anxiously waiting to find out where they’ll be located for her husband’s residency. Y Thanks for the news—enjoy the snow!
2004 Kate Weiler classnews2004@alum.colby.edu Lots of classmates welcomed babies this year! Alex Gaeth and his wife, Alison, celebrated the arrival of their daughter, Sydney Grace. Y Phil and Laura Barrow Geiger welcomed their first daughter, Alexa Marie, July 30. Y Erin Dube and her husband, Adam, welcomed their second daughter, Norah Elizabeth. They live in Rhode Island. Y Melissa Rosales Neff and her husband welcomed their second baby girl Sept. 22—Olivia Salem. They still live in North Carolina. Y Peter and Susie Blair Rufo welcomed their first child, Ryan Charles, May 7. Y Marley Orr is still in San Francisco and settling into a new job at AKQA, a digital advertising agency, and working on the Xbox. She finished her first half marathon and looks forward to running another soon now that she has her running legs back. In late summer she vacationed in Maine and visited Colby long enough for a trip to Big G’s. She also saw Susie Blair Rufo and her gorgeous son, Ryan. Y Nick and Jen Barrett Crocker moved to Boston in September and had their first baby, Thomas Chadbourne, Nov 3. They love being back in Boston closer to their families and near a bunch of Colby friends! Y Cynthia Davies started a new job at Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford as a physician’s assistant. Y Ryan and Grace Becker Lochhead moved to PEI for Grace’s job. It’s been an exciting change for them, and they’re slowly getting
used to the Canadians! Benson Hyde, Bill Younker, and Rose Becker ’08 have already visited during their first two months of residence there. Y Betsy Ramos started a new job teaching at a public high school in her hometown of Lynn, Mass. She and her girlfriend of more than five years bought a new house. Y Morgan Pratt is engaged to Cooper Arvisais. They live in Colorado. He proposed during a surprise flight on a Flight for Life Helicopter over the summit of Gray’s and Torrey’s peaks. They’re shooting for a spring 2013 wedding. She’s been bit by the triathlon bug and plans to do a couple Olympic distance races next summer. Y Kristin Saucier wrapped up her M.P.H. and M.A. in international development from George Washington University last spring and moved to Nicaragua as an international fellow for Population Services International, for whom she had previously worked in DC. Y Rebecca Evans is completing her residency in anesthesiology at the University of Utah and Teresa Leyro is completing her internship in clinical psychology at UCSF. They recently reunited in San Francisco for the U.S. half marathon, which brought them across the Golden Gate Bridge and up the grueling Marin Headlands. They placed 14th and 27th in their age group. Y Sarah Wright and Christopher Sussman ’02 married Oct. 15 at Sleepy Hollow in Huntington, Vt. In attendance were Devon Anderson ’09, Greyson Brooks ’06, Ryland Brooks ’07, Andrew Bruening-Wright ’93, John de Perczel, Jennifer Munroe Downs, Isaac Griffith-Onnen, Daniel Kosmala, Kim Strader O’Leary, Claire Riley ’05, Anna Royer, Jennifer Rosenberg Schwartz, Robert Selover, Abigail Sussman ’09, Elizabeth Magner Tov, Rafal Urban, and Sarah Webster ’05. Sarah and Chris live in Belmont, Mass., and plan to through-hike the Pacific Crest Trail this summer for their honeymoon. Y Nick ’05 and Becca Taylor Malick live in Oakland with daughter Juliet. They expect their second child this spring. Becca teaches elementary music at a charter school in Oakland, and Nick teaches middle school humanities in Lafayette. Y Emily Quann Luth works as a special education teacher with the New England Center for Children and recently received her certification as a behavior analyst. She and her husband, Eric ’05, live in Newton, Mass., with their dog, Luna, and expect a baby boy in early January.
2005 Katie Gagne classnews2005@alum.colby.edu Lauren Baumgarten moved to New Orleans, where she began medical school at Tulane. Y Melissa Mullen completed her Ph.D.
in chemistry at Penn State and moved to Cleveland to start a postdoc at the Lerner Research Institute. She’s engaged to Michael Davis, whom she met at Penn State. Y Mallory Young shares wedding announcements. Ken Pitter and Meghan Barringer were married in the Poconos last summer and live in Manhattan, where Ken is working toward his M.D./Ph.D. and Meg is working as a physical therapist. Y Lori and Chris Duncombe were married in Portland, Maine, last June. Mike Booras, Brendan Crighton, and Daniel Oliphant ’06 were groomsmen. Y Lauren Smith and John Camera were married in Annapolis, Md., in August; Heather DeVito was a bridesmaid. Y While traveling, Tim Roberts took shelter with Eva Gougian ’08 in the Dominican Republic during Hurricane Irene. Y Katie Crocker Jordan still lives in London with her husband, Tom, where she completed her Ph.D. in systems biology at Warwick University. Kate started medical school at Imperial College. Isabelle Reining and Jeremy Little recently stayed with Katie and Tom while in London. Y Michael Walsh married Brianna Tufts ’07 at Lorimer Chapel and celebrated with a reception in Page Commons. Brianna completed her M.B.A. at Cornell, where Mike is finishing his Ph.D. They recently relocated to Somerville, Mass. Y Joe and Julianna Green Schump, who live in Fort Collins, Colo., welcomed a baby girl, Claire Elizabeth, in August. Y Nico ’06 and Melissa Hernandez Mwai relocated from NYC to Washington, D.C., for new job opportunities. Y David Acker visited Will van der Veen in Cairo in December 2010 and recently finished his M.B.A and master’s in education at Stanford. He lives in San Francisco. Y Megan Loosigian went on a crosscountry road trip and stayed with Colby classmates along the way. She currently lives in seacoast New Hampshire, where she helps with her family’s new apple farm business. Y Shawn Sato is in his second year of his radiology residency at the University of Iowa. Wife Kate (Durda) took a new job at the University of Iowa Cancer Center. They welcomed a new addition to their family—a puppy named Snoop! Y Adelin Cai is in her fourth year at Google in Mountain View, Calif., where she works on policy issues related to Google’s commerce portfolio. After a short engagement last spring, she was married in October in a small, family ceremony on the High Line in New York. Y Patrick Harner was married to UMass grad Leah Boisvert in September. Xavier Garcia was a groomsman, and Greg Lynch ’04 read Scripture. Y Patrick McGowan is engaged and will wed in April in Newport, R.I. Y Lauren Wolpin married Ben Bruno in August and now works at Middlebury. Lydia Durant and Jillian Parker Blakeslee were
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