Katie McGovern '97. She was ac this year's B read Loa f\Vriter's Con
ed Amy L. Vreeland
Mawn is currently living i n Medford,
department. She manages the daily public
year of teaching in Wenham, Mass.,
relations activities related to footwear and
w h i c h is part o f t h e H a m i l to n
ap parel products, marketing and grassroots
Wenham school disu·ict. S h e sti l l
ini tiatives, sales programs and research and
loves teachi n g second grade b u t also
development projects ·:· Clay K. Surovek
was excited about a summer vacation
'98 was featured in his local Florida newspa
and having time to do some traveling.
per. He established and di rects the Surovek
. . . Eric Schwartz and Maureen Finn
Print Gallery, which handles limited-edi
'95 were married i n Boston on May 2 8, 2000. Colby alumnae in the bridal party were Julie Rentz '95, Alyssa Falwell Ross '95 and Susan Clerke '95. Other Colby alums i n attendance '95, Eric Gordon and Katie Qua '99 . . . . B ra d S m i t h ,
'92 public relations
specialist i n its corporate communications
Mass., and is fi nishing up her fi rst
ckenbush
p a d cookbook o n l i n e . U n l i ke other
New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc., has appoint
fe rence in Vermont . . . . Rebecca
were Allan Ingraham, Jenife r Ngo
bigbowlbigspoon.com-a bach e l o r
NEWSMAKERS
cepted as a contributor i n fiction to
tion prints through the John H. Surovek Art
Amy L. Vree land '92
Gallery complex in Palm Beach, Fla.
Low, Dan Rheaume, Cathy Neuger
Samantha Strawbridge
'97, Gregg LeBlanc and Jeffrey
Karen Dunn
:
Amy L. Davis
he returned to Los Angeles, where he is now housemates with Rob Sutter. After quitting
.S. I n teractive re planned o n taking a
cently, Eri k
four-week backpacking and canoeing trip in Canada with Michelle Tor rens. At the end of their trip they were planning on meeting up with
Lori Kalisz, Aran Ryan and M i k e Yunes '95 in Bar H a rbor. After their
'90 to M. Stuart Lathers Jr. in Southbury, '90 to Steven T. Harmon in South Dennis,
mini Colby reunion in Maine, Erik is
'91 to Andrew H. Brydes i n Suffield, Conn. ·:· '91 to William Eddy in Jackson Hole, \iVyo. ·:·
Ventures, a technical consulting com
Conn. ·:· Kristen E. Nickerson ··
. S . Interactive, building an on
l i n e grocery store. After H o n g Kong,
Eric Loth, Sarah Langan, Dori
MmTiages: Jennifer L. Brackett Mass.
spent most of 1 999 i n Hong Kong with
Morrison, Rob Sutter, Rob Gold,
MILESTONES
Charles " C huck" Bowen, Betsy
dot cams, he predicts i t will not make a n y m o n e y . . . . E ri k G u s tavson
'92 to Nathan vVa gne r i n Stowe, Vt. ·:· Suzanne M.
Regnier
pany tl1at he co-founded . . . . Kylie Oessica) Taphorn passed the Cali
Sklarz attended the wedding of Ryan
'92
" T h e C h i e f'' S u l livan to L a n a
Richard M. Martin II in Washington, Conn. ·:· Julie Curran to Dickinson C.
at a small firm in Sacramento doing dependency/juve n i l e law. Kylie re
to M ar k R. Koschmeder in Worcester, Mass. ·:· Laura K. Eanes
'94 to
rem rning to L.A. to work at Bandini
forn i a bar l ast fal l and is now working
vVolfson i n vVest H a rtford, Conn. A
Gagnon '94 in Boston, Mass. ·:· Rachel A. Herf
good time was had by a l l . Ryan is
in Dennis, Mass. ·:· Heather L. Kaye to Ross T. Nussbaum
ports tl1at Linnea Basu is working
entering his fourth year of medical
tan, N . Y. ·:· Heather E. Post
for L i b e r t y M u t u a l
school at UConn. J eff is a lawyer at a prestigious Connecticut l aw firm and was to be married i n August. Gregg is an associate at Price, \Vaterhouse Coopers in New York and says that he loves living in Manhattan and sees Jesse Carlson '98 regularly. Gregg also reports that Alex Talbot is mar ried and runn ing a restaurant. Brad
'94 to Max E. Lamson '95 '94 in Manhat
'94 to Wayne LaFrance i n Plymouth, Mass. ·:· Heather Twomey to Michael T. Bombardieri '95 i n Cape Cod, M a ss. : Nicole A. Clavette '95 to Sean B. Devine '95 in Scarborough, Maine ·:· Robyn B. Kervick '95 to Sean D. Balon in Basin Harbor, Vt. ·:· Amanda E.
··
vVard to Timothy "Tip" A. Meckel '95 in New Canaan, Conn. ·:· Lisa D. Beene to Daniel T. Lavergne
'97 i n Odessa, Texas.
Boston,
and just got engaged, and Carey Page is working for Amazon.com and liv ing in Seattle . . . . Joy C h ristoferson is l i vi n g in New Haven, Conn . , with John Daly. They are e ngage d and
Bi11hs: A daughter, Abigail Rose Malach, to John and Michelle Parady Malach
in
Nozomi Kishimoto is sti ll in Tokyo
'93.
planning a June weddi n g i n 2 00 1 . Both Joy and John are atte n d i n g master's programs at Y a l e Univer
recently fi nished his master's i n edu
sity, John in environmental sn1dies
cation administration at tl1e Univer
and Joy in nursing, with a specialty as
sity of Virginia and was moving back
Cristina is doing a year of internal
with Aronson Parmers, a hedge fund.
fam i l y nurse practitioner. They will
to Mayflower H i l l to take a position
medicine in Cincinnati. At Cristina's
He proposed to Kelly Oakes in Italy
both graduate in one year.
in the Development Office at Col by.
wedd ing Ruth saw Melissa Taylor,
last summer and is getting married in
. . . Stephanie Paul travel ed for tln·ee
Cate Kneece and Chris Wnek and
October. . . . Eben Dorros is i n
weeks in I n dia and Nepal tl1is spring,
Deirdre Foley . . . . Daniel Dente is
music school in N . Y . C. a n d is cur
half of the ti me hiking and mount a i n
working in tl1e international market
rently writing the score for a movie
-Amie Siccbitano
97
\-\'hat's up) Congrats, congrats,
congrats. (\Ve've started a tradition
biki ng, t h e otl1er h a l f working witl1 a
i n g d e p a r t m e n t o f the
OTTO
being fi lmed in Chicago . . . . Colin
here.) Here they go: Melissa O'Don
small group of Georgetown M . B.A.
Mai lorder Group in Hamburg, Ger
Harrington was named vice presi
nell married C. Brooks i\ lcPhail in
students working wi tl1 Indian busi
many, consulting subsidiaries in the
dent of energy investment banking
Lanesville,i\ lass., and Kara Marchant
nesses. I n addition, she was to gradu
U.K. and Northern Europe. Daniel
for the F B R & Co. in \Vashington,
Hooper also tied the knot in Texas.
ate from tl1e Georgetown M . B . A.
r e c e n t l y met u p w i t h C l a u d i a
D.C. . . . Gerry Perez is teaching
Jen Atwood was the maid of honor
program this spring and take a job
�'ehmeier i n London and toured
school and coaching at the Horace
while Ellie Peters, Austen Briggs,
with tl1e su·ucn1red fi nance group at
some bars and restaurants . . . . Adam
Mann School in N.Y. C. .
Tanya Semels and J .J. EkJund were
Spaulding & Slye Colli ers i n 'Wash
Muller completed a master's in eco
Foley is living in M i l ford, Mass., and
bridesmaids .
ington, D . C. . . . Ruth Bristol gradu
nomics at Tufts University and cur
planned to start grad school this fa l l
engaged to Denise Koe n i g, and Sarah
ated from Tulane med school in N l.ay
rently is working as an associate at
at \ V P I in biomedical engineering.
C h ristie has a J u n e ' 0 1 wed d i n g
and was about to start her residency
Charles River Associates i n down
She sees Julie Erickson and John
planned to John Carolan '95 .
in neu rosurgery at tl1e Ba rrow Neu
town Boston. H e is living in Som
Bond '94 regularly. . . . Ed Bourque
in the Boston University School of
.
. Deirdre
.
. . David Palmieri is
arah is
rological I nstitute in Phoenix, Ariz.
e rville . . . . After working in economic
rece n t l y recei\'ed an ,\ I . A . fr o m
Public Health and runs into Greg
She recently visited Carrie Califano,
consulting for fo ur y e a rs Azeen
Brandeis University in sustainable i n
Merriman, Beth Timm '95 and J i l l
who is in tl1eJAGcorps and stationed
Chamarbagwala is going back to
ternational d e v e lop m e nt. As of June
Kooyoo m j i a n '95 . . . . Mandy Ball
in Fairbanks, Alaska. Ruth a l so re
graduate school to do a master's in
he was looking for work in environ
married Peter Caruso I I '93 this J u n e
ports tl1at this past March Cristina
i11formation management and systems
mental policrlresearch in the area of
in Portsmouth, -:\'.H . . . . B etsy Eisen
Pacheco got married (to B i l l Chester)
at tl1e University of Califo rn i a - Ber
i ntegrated conservation and de\'el
is engaged . . . . Gregg Forger is en
in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a lso gradu
keley. . . . Chris Whitehead moved
opment. L i ke many people his age,
gaged to Danielle Rizzo '96 . . . . Ka
ated from med school tl1ere this N iay.
to Philadelphia in April to take a job
he is s t a r t i n g up a dot com-
ren Blaisdell was engaged o n -:\'ew
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