00s NEWSMAKERS
Mark and Karli Gasteazoro McGill are thrilled to announce the birth of their first child, Parker Jane. Karli continues to enjoy working as an oncology and palliative care nurse practitioner in southern Maine. Y Alison McArdle received her law degree from Suffolk University’s evening program this spring then moved to Durham, N.C., to continue working for Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund. She’s excited to have her free time back and to explore N.C. with Lindsay Snyder and other Colby pals in the Research Triangle. Y Jennifer Hinson graduated in May with a master’s in higher education from the University of Pennsylvania. She works as a college counselor at Germantown Academy in Philadelphia counseling students in Beijing who wish to attend college in the U.S., UK, or Canada. Y Jeff ’06 and Kendall Kirby Miller celebrated daughter Hayden’s first birthday July 19 in Charlestown, Mass. Many of Hayden’s “uncle” and “aunty” mules joined in, including Pete Lagos ’06, Troy Lieberman ’06, Cassie Sancartier ’08, and Brittany Canniff ’09. Y Caroline Lyons married Petar Leonard June 13 at Lake Sunapee, N.H. Elizabeth Lyons ’09 and Ann Marchaland were in the bridal party. Jonathan Schroth ’09, Jan Lee, Katie Trionfetti Wolfgang, Jess Taylor, Kate Hanley White, Naomi Wilson, Andrew and Katie Lillehei Adelfio, and Stephen Zaharias ’11 made a strong Colby showing. Caroline and Petar honeymooned in Nantucket. Y In May Julia Hutchinson graduated with a dual master’s in social work and holistic health studies from St. Catherine University and the University of St. Thomas. She now works as a mental health practitioner with individuals impacted by domestic and sexual abuse. She also studies Reiki and therapeutic touch and officiates weddings! Y In August Jan
2008
twitter.com/colbycollege
Bobby Redwood has had a busy 2015. He’s working as an emergency physician in Madison, Wis., doing a second residency in preventive medicine at the University
Annie Mears classnews2007@colby.edu
|
Jen Coliflores classnews2006@colby.edu
2007
facebook.com/colbycollege
2006
of Wisconsin, and finished up his M.P.H. degree in August. Bobby and his wife, Susanne, celebrated a long overdue church wedding on the Bodensee in Germany with Cliff White ’07, Kate Hanley White ’07, and Francie McGowan ’04 in attendance. Bobby and Susi’s daughter, Frieda, turned 1 Aug. 1 and just took her first steps. Y Emily Boyle Westbrooks writes that her husband, Michael ’07, has taken a yearlong sabbatical from his job in Dublin and they’re spending the year in Houston, where they hope to reunite with some classmates. Emily and Michael spent the day with Michael ’08 and Tracy Kolakowski King when they were all in Maine last summer. Y Jonathan Bastian accepted a host/ reporter job with KCRW, the Los Angeles NPR station. He lives in Santa Barbara to extend KCRW’s programming up the central coast of California. Previously, he’d worked for Louisville’s NPR station (WFPL) while also hosting a weekly PBS TV program that aired on stations across six states in the southeast. In the last two years he’s interviewed Ralph Nader, Congressman John Lewis, Oliver Sacks, Barbara Kingsolver, and many others. Y Christopher DeSantis lives in Denmark with his wife, Kate, and their daughter, Olivia, who was born in 2013. Chris coaches swimming and went to the first inaugural European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, as a coach for the Danish team. Y Shari Katz is actively acting and dancing in NYC. Having just performed in her fourth Broadway Bares, Shari recently played a supporting role in a TV pilot (that will hopefully be picked up!). Her “survival job” has turned into a vocation she loves: fitness. She serves as a manager at the NYC Pure Barre and teaches Zumba, hip hop, spin, and pound at the NYC Crunch Gyms. Y Alex Kozen finished his Ph.D.
|
and Jillian Parker Blakeslee welcomed daughter Vesper Estelle in June. Rachel Damon and Amy Squires have visited, as did Amanda Restell Mand, who brought her son, Cormac, to play with Vesper’s big brother, Parker, 2. Y Sarah Eilefson writes in with updates from her friends. On Dec. 24, 2014, Isabelle Reining and Steve Bayes ’04 welcomed their daughter, Eleanor Marlow Bayes. This summer Haid Garrett married Leon Bloxham in Highlands, N.C. Sarah and Allison Neumeister helped the newlyweds celebrate. This summer Sarah received a Ph.D. in English from Loyola University Chicago. Y Catherine Pappas Marks writes with exciting news that she and her husband, Will, bought a boat and will take a sabbatical from their jobs to sail all over the Caribbean next year. They left in October for their big adventure. Follow their blog at www.mondaynever.com. Y Lauren Smith Camera recently accepted a job as the national education reporter for U.S. News & World Report. She’ll still be based in Washington and looks forward to continuing to spend free time on the weekends with Jackie Dao Dinneen, Will van der Veen, and the rest of the D.C. Colby crew. Y Since seeing many of you at reunion in June, my husband, Brad, and I welcomed our first child, Madison Alexandra Callow, July 9. I am fortunate to be enjoying maternity leave until December, when I will return to Deloitte Consulting as a manager in the Monitor Deloitte Strategy Group. Best wishes for fall and winter.
colby.edu
Adam Choice ’07
Weidner and Elizabeth Hughes ’13 graduated from Pacific University of Oregon with a master’s of physician assistant studies. They’ll miss swapping Colby stories during long study sessions! Y Lee Emmons has taken a position teaching at a public charter school in southern Maine. He and his wife live an hour from Colby. Y Riley Doyle’s business, Desktop Genetics, received $2.15 million from investors to help accelerate the development of Riley’s DESKGEN genome editing software. Riley’s bioinformatics company aims to revolutionize the way genetic researchers work, according to a press release. Y John DeBruicker wrote and sang a Surf Punk song called “Drinking Soda Late at Night,” available on Soundcloud. Check it out! Y Shauna Welch married Adrian Gilmore last June on Cape Cod. Joining the celebration were Claire Conger, Justin Hayes, Marissa Meyer, and Laura Smith ’08. Cybill Gayatin Guynn ’06 and K.T. Weber were among Shauna’s bridesmaids, and Michael Howard ’06 served as Adrian’s best man. Adrian’s father, David Gilmore ’72, also attended. Y Jessica McNulty married George Sargent April 11 in Boston on “what felt like the first official day of spring,” surrounded by families and friends. It was an amazing night (celebrated into the next day!) with a large Colby contingent spanning from the Class of ’48 (her grandfather, David Marson) to the Class of ’11 (her brother, Mark McNulty). There’s a photo of the crew at colby.edu/alumni on the “stay connected” tab.
COLBY |
Jackie Dao Dinneen ’05 works in the Office of the First Lady on Let Girls Learn, Michelle Obama’s newest initiative. Dinneen is the associate policy director. ♦ Benjamin Morse ’09 was profiled in the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel for his work in West Africa. Morse was adminstering surveys in Sierra Leone aimed at analyzing the spread of the Ebola virus. ♦ Adam Choice ’07 was one of six Colby men’s basketball alumni quoted in a New York Times story on a game in which the Mules held Stephan Curry—now an NBA star, then with Davidson College—to 10-for-24 shooting.
in materials science and engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. He’s staying at UMD in a research faculty position working on materials development for solid-state 3D nanobatteries. Y In July Cathy White married Ajay Sethi in Newmarket, England. Claire Walsh and Caroline Polgar Perriello were delighted to make the journey across the pond to be bridesmaids for Cathy’s big day. Three weeks later, in August, Claire Walsh married Thomas Gallagher in New York City, and Cathy and Caroline made the trip to the Big Apple to be bridesmaids for Claire. Brad Petersen ’03 was also in attendance. Maddy Horwitz Boccuzzi was missed very, very much at both celebrations.
Palmer McAuliff classnews2008@colby.edu Thanks so much for all of the news. I’m delighted to write this column from Portland, Maine, where I now live and work for L.L.Bean—it is so nice to be back in Maine! Y As usual, our classmates have had an eventful few months. Brent and Sharon Fuller Aigler had a son, Logan, in June and report that big sister Ginny adores him! Y Annie Feutz is engaged to Chris Furlong, a Williams alumnus. They were engaged while hiking up Buckskin Pass around Maroon Bells near Aspen, Colo., and plan to marry next summer. They met 3 1/2 years ago at DC Doghead! Annie recently started working at Advanced Medical Technology Association as director of events and education. Y Jessica Osborne spent last year between Georgia and South Carolina involved in the new nuclear power plants being built there. Her company does nondestructive testing on components and welds to ensure quality and public safety. Jessica oversees implementation of new phased array ultrasonic
71