Hugo Torres-Fetsco ’15 and Emma Krasovich ’15 took off halfway around the world to Australia to join professors Ellen Kraly and Adam Burnett for an extended study. The focus of the trip was the Noongar people native to Southwestern Australia and climate change.
2004 Moira Gillick Duggan Hello, beautiful people! I’m submitting my first class notes from Texas, so these will require international postage. I also need to type quickly and quietly while sweet baby Oliver sleeps away his afternoon nap — I’m a stay-at-home mom now! For now. Speaking of babies — hooray for Princess Charlotte and all the new Colgate babies. Girls up first. Hooray for Mia Corinne Chorev — born to Claire Putzeys and Matan Chorev on June 23, 2015, in Washington, DC. Claire writes, “what a wild ride.” No joke. Hooray for Miriam Elisa Vatsa — born to Shailer Barron Vatsa and Vikas Vatsa. Shailer writes, “On March 5, 2015, Miriam made her grand entrance into the world a few weeks early. She’s doing great and adores (and is adored by) big brother Ari!” Now for some baby boys — being born in record number to this generation. Hooray for Ryan Neil McMullin — born to Rosie Bancroft McMullin and Kevin McMullin on Dec 21, 2014. Hooray for David “Luke” Luckett — born to Emily Wright Luckett and Jason Luckett on Dec 22, 2014. Hooray for Nathaniel Lawrence Leedom — born to Lily Dupont Leedom and Tim Leedom on May 28, 2014. As Rosie writes, “Three baby boys for us 15 College ladies! I think Katie sent you the other two.” Yes. That’s insane. Too bad baptisms are not as fun as weddings. Hooray for William Wendell Henderson — born to Tracey Perazone Henderson and Joe Henderson ’03 on May 25, 2014. She writes with a robust update: “After 10+ years in Rochester, my husband, Joe, our 3-year-old daughter, Ellie, and I recently moved to Newark, Delaware, so that Joe could take a position as research faculty at the U of Delaware. I will be starting work as a pediatric hospitalist at Christiana Hospital here later this summer. On May 25, a few weeks after we moved, we welcomed our 4th family member, William. Funny story about Will’s birth — our friends Emily and Mark Pettit (both Class of ’08) were also living in Newark and were expecting a baby around the same time. Their little girl ended up being born <24 hours after Will, and we roomed just down the hall from them at the hospital! Both Colgate babies (future Class of 2037?) are doing great and got the chance to hang out a little bit before Emily and Mark moved back to Rochester.” Granted, the act of childbirth is a uniquely female thing, but if any of our male classmates have newborns and would like to write/brag about your babies, that would be really sweet, even adorable. Here are some males writing in about their weddings: Ken Clendenin writes: “I married Ellie Hindsley (Washington & Lee ’05, and Law ’08) on April 18, 2015, in Baltimore, MD.” It was a big donut reunion — the following celebrated with them: Adrienne O’Keeffe, Nick Shank, Peter Chapman, Emily Weedon Chapman, Joe Brennan, Andrew Kelton, Tim Warnecke, Matt Schutzer, Jess Oyer, Fletcher Strong, Samantha Didrikson Strong, 70
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John Bailey, Jenny Meachum Bailey, Scott Furgal, Alex Altman, Charlie Koster, Bill Dean, Brendan Spellman, and Kit Edwards. Alex Reed writes: “I’m getting married!!! The wedding [was] at the end of September in Captiva, FL. My bride-to-be, Katie Placke, did not attend Colgate; however, a few bridesmaids, groomsmen, and guests from Colgate [were] in attendance. Seth Bidder, Matt Cohen, and Ed Just [were] all standing by my side as groomsmen. My sister Caroline Reed ’07 [was] a bridesmaid, and there to celebrate with us [was] Liz Leedy Krick and Abigail Weisbrod ’05. We’re really hopeful the weather will hold out so the ceremony can be on the beach and dancing will be under the stars, but either way it’s always a great party when you get some fun Colgate alumni together in such a great setting.” Speaking of Liz Leedy Krick, her good friend Allison Taylor wrote in, “So I finally got to work for SEA Semester this winter/spring, running mostly out of San Juan, Puerto Rico, as the second mate, and then chief mate, on the Corwith Cramer. San Juan wasn’t a bad place to spend the winter, for sure, though I did wish there was snow on occasion, or that I could even think pleasant thoughts about a sweater or pants (it was pretty hot and humid all the time). I did a long trip down to Grenada and back, and the other long trip brought me to Brooklyn (by way of Bermuda) where I ran into my old apartmentmate Sara Donnelly randomly on a street corner. What a coincidence! I left Cramer days before she headed to Ireland and flew to Nova Scotia to get on Picton Castle for the summer as the second mate. Our first Tall Ships event was in Cape Charles, and I saw Kelli Wong across a busy ice cream parlor but just missed her! Since then we’ve been to Philly and now Greenport, NY, and we’ll finish off the summer in Portland, ME, before heading back to Nova Scotia. The fall is bound to take me out of the country once again!” And giving Allison a run for her money when it comes to the title of Carmen Sandiego is Melissa Miller Lonsk. She writes: I started writing an update for the Scene in August of last year but life just got in the way! Oops.” It happens! So here is her update: “2014 was a big year for me. I was honored to be a bridesmaid at Michelle Hellman’s wedding to Matt Daniels in March 2014 in Park City, UT. Everything was beautiful, especially the bride! My former roomie was kind enough to stand up with me when I got married to Seth Lonsk in May 2014 at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, VA. It was wonderful and went by in the blink of an eye! My husband and I both love to travel, so in August 2014, we left our jobs to embark on a trip around the world for 6 months. It was an amazing adventure! We went to Japan, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Turkey, and Belgium. Who knew 6 months could go by so fast? It wasn’t nearly enough time! In some countries we only saw 1 or 2 cities and even when we stayed for a month, there was still so much more to see. We knew everyone would ask us what our favorite place was, but we couldn’t pick just one! I could go into details of what we loved and why in all the places we went to, but that would take up too much space (I’m happy to tell anyone who asks, though). I will say that one of our highlights was Oman. It was a gorgeous,
friendly country and it happens to be where my senior year roommate, Carrie Brummer Hanna, lives! I had a great time catching up with Carrie and exploring the culture and natural wonders in her new backyard. Approximately 10,000 pictures later, we’re back to exploring our home base of New York City.” And to round out the updates is this gem from Michael E Brumbaugh: “Kseniya Melnick and I were in Hollywood recently for the launch of Mary King’s brand-new memoir, Bastards. Mary gave a reading to kick off her book tour (look for her to come to a city near you!) and the party was great fun.” I also saw online (via the Colgate alumni page) that she was interviewed by NPR — Google it for a quick read about her book.” I love this last update. Writing a book is a big deal, just like getting married, having a baby, traveling the world, so keep an open mind and write what is good in your life — whatever that may be. So drop me a quick note (those are the best) whenever you are thinking of it and you will “soon” read it in print. I look forward to hearing from you, and if not, about you. Best, Moira Moira: moiragduggan@gmail.com
2005 Ruthie Kott I wasn’t able to make reunion this year, so please continue to send in your stories that can help me live vicariously through you! Your former ’05 class correspondent Amy Griffin shared one reunion story that made me feel young again. “It was beautiful weather all weekend, except for when it started to rain Saturday night when the Skycoasters were playing. But the Colgaters — mainly Class of ’05 — were not deterred until it was absolutely downpouring and the band had to come off. The rain eventually stopped, the band came back on, and it was amazing!” Sean Devlin and co went all out for reunion weekend. It “started with an epic drive from Boston with John Mooradian, Amy Steigerwald, and Sarah Fitzgerald in a Winnebago covered with Patriots decals, driven by Jay Lincoln ’15 as DD. We played drinking games the entire 5-hour drive and continued the party when we arrived in Hamilton. The ’05 Dekes had a strong showing with 15 classmates returning to campus: Sean Logue, Denis Kinnally, Lucas Batzer, Angus Smith, Aaron Weddle, Chris Burns, Andrew Spievack, David Peters, Quinn Emmett, Peter Jacobson, Greg Jachno, Adam Yokell, Eli Rubin, and John Mooradian. Over the weekend, DKE announced a $3.3 million capital campaign with $1.85 million already raised toward our goal. As the unofficial ’05 perennial reunion representative, I hope to see more ’05ers at reunion 2016! “On a personal front, my wife, Betsy, gave birth to our daughter, Winifred Watt, on Oct 29, 2014. Winnie is doing great and just cut her first tooth! She’s tons of fun.” We’ll forgive Catherine Hartman for not writing in with reunion news — “I’ll leave that to my Jug co-conspirators,” she said — because it’s a very happy story! “This past May, I attended Lea Simonsen’s beautiful wedding in Copenhagen, Denmark, where she married fellow Dane Anders Eriksen.
Lea looked absolutely stunning! Although most of the speeches were in Danish, our ears perked up every time we heard the word ‘Colgate!’ As you’d expect, the Colgate crew in attendance — Chrissy Hart, Caroline Langdale, Alissa Valiante, Joanna Allegretti, Laurel Koester, Courtney Bassett, Jenny Meakins, Ashley Nazarian, Nick MacDermott, and the bride herself — completely dominated the dance floor.” Lea adds, “It was an amazing weekend, and we were absolutely thrilled that they all chose to come all the way to Denmark to celebrate with us!” Allison Bernardini Ferrante also has great news: on June 10, she and her husband, Gian Marco Ferrante (Seton Hall ’04), welcomed a healthy baby boy, Vincent Gian Ferrante. “Luckily, I received valuable new-mommy advice from close friends Heather McSherry Maragulia ’06 and Kate Barrett Lukabu ’04. On a professional note, when I returned from the hospital, I found out that I passed the Professional Engineer exam, which will not be utilized until I return to work in the fall. Right now, I am focused on enjoying motherhood with our new little one.” Linda Chernak Meyers and her husband, Cliff Meyers (Brown, Class of ’04), welcomed their daughter, Julia Jean, on March 6. “She was 6 lbs, 14 ounces, and 22”, and we are completely in love! Julia’s first ‘official’ college visit was to Colgate for our 10th Reunion. I had a great time showing her where she will go to college, and she hung out with future classmate Rory, son of Alana Perrone and Pablo Patino!” Ruthie: Colgate2005@gmail.com; rekott@gmail.com
2006 Megan Sobel Yellin
Reunion June 2–5, 2016 Weddings: On April 18, 2015, Mikey Carrington married Emily Gerhardt (Fordham U) in Philadelphia, PA. Colgate attendees included Jarey Williams, John Morgan, Rev John Drymon, Ethan Bennett, Kyle Dolan, Jeanne Hansen, Greg Mole, Patrick Krisak, Cindy Krisak, Rizwan Chowdhry, and Professor Alan Cooper. The couple currently lives in Milford, CT. Jason Kaplan shared: “I got married this May on Long Island to the beautiful Stephanie Klorman (Binghamton ’05) and I had the pleasure of having two of my Colgate roommates, Frank Badalato and Bradford Claire Melius II, as my groomsmen. Seated with them at ‘Table Go, ’Gate’ (a real table at the wedding) were fellow ’06ers Carly Reed, Kevin Rondeau, and Steph Wortel. My third cousins Andy and Dana (Schifman) Colbert ’05 and Jake Musiker ’10 were there to celebrate as well. Colgate geology professor Rich April was also in attendance, because he set us up. It was an incredible night and we crushed it.” Lindsey (Byrne) Flynn was married to Rob Flynn on June 13 in Holderness, NH. Emily Dollar, Shannon Gallihugh, and Danielle Tierney were in the wedding party, and Emily Tansey, Zach Dollar, Mike Gallihugh ’08, and Doug Tierney ’05 were also in attendance. Molly Cyphers wrote in from Bali: “I was married on May 30 to Nicholas Berry (Georgetown) in my hometown of Haverford, PA. Leigh Cuttino Doorely and Eve Soderberg Armstrong were bridesmaids. Also in attendance were Reed and Courtney Olsen Walker, Kaylan Orkis Normandeau, Brice and Lyndsay Dinatali Chaney, Liz Pavle Mixer, Amy Dudley, and Abby King. It was a wonderful weekend! Another exciting update: Jess Winicki Kallaugher and her husband, Dan, welcomed their 1st child, Connor McKweon Kal-