theUnion: Alumni Contact: Justin R. Hartanov, 550 W. Fulton, Unit 301, Chicago, IL 60661; 312-237-0072; juhartanov@gmail.com FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE: Congratulations to Lauren Melissa Williams, who married Christopher Bryan Chesson, an N.C. State graduate, in Snow Hill, N.C., June 1.
2006
AS TOLD BY: Molly McGowan & Steven Gentile, Class Secretaries It’s been another exciting year for the Class of 2006! Without further ado, here are the latest accomplishments from our esteemed classmates, many of whom have celebrated beginning their fourth decade of life over the past few months: Adam Secrest and Christie Brough ’07 tied the knot in Davidson June 15 at Davidson College Presbyterian Church. Fellow ’06er Brad Poole was a member of the wedding party as was Jennifer Felder ’07. Several Davidsonians were in attendance to celebrate the newlyweds, who have made their home in Memphis. Christie is in her final year of medical school at University of Tennessee Health Science Center and plans to pursue a career as an ob-gyn. Adam is working on his doctoral degree in cancer biology also at UTHSC in coordination with the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Congratulations, Adam and Christie! Sharing a wedding anniversary with the Secrests, Brika Eklund married Alex Palmer June 15 in Chapel Hill, N.C. Bridesmaids included: Tessa Davis, Michelle Levin and Elizabeth Ireland ’07. Jimmy Squibb ’07 was the officiant, and the day was made perfect with the help of Davidson’s own Ruth Pittard, the former head of Davidson’s Community Service Center, who was Brika and Alex’s wedding coordinator. Brika reports that the happy couple lives in Boston, Mass., which they have called home for the past two years. Alex just finished his master’s degree in social work and is now a clinical social worker at the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services. Brika continues her good work in affordable housing finance at Boston Capital. Best wishes, Brika and Alex! Aubrey Groves recently moved from Massachusetts to the beautiful southern city of Charleston, where she will begin work at Ashley Hall as the school’s assistant international programs coordinator—recruiting international students and coordinating the study abroad programs. Aubrey will also teach a few humanities courses and will begin Ashley Hall’s Chinese language program. Kudos, Aubrey; we are excited for you as you begin your newest adventure! Graham and Heather Yopp Honeycutt report that life is good in Music City, Nashville, Tenn. They have just welcomed their first child, Mikayla Yopp Honeycutt, April 8. By the time you all are reading this, Mikalya will have been enrolled at the First Steps Child Development Center and already preparing to be a member of the Davidson Class of
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2035! Graham is a class A PGA golf professional and works as the director of operations for the Tennessee PGA. Heather continues to work as the director of student activities for her alma mater, St. Cecilia Academy. Congratulations, Heather and Graham! Mikalya may be joined at Davidson in 2031 by Jamie Neill (parents are fellow ’06ers Justin and Claire Shelhamer Neill). Jamie was born June 2, and the Neill family now calls Charlottesville, Va., home. They spent the last two years in Michigan, where Justin completed a postdoc at the University of Michigan and Claire taught in a Detroit-area charter school. Justin has now joined a startup company called BrightSpec, and the new family is happy to be back in the South with warmer weather! Wonderful news indeed! The Davidson Class of 2035 continues to shape up nicely with the birth of Adelaide “Addie” Rhodes Anderson June 16. Addie’s parents are Amanda Young Anderson ’04 and Yeatts Anderson. Congratulations to the Anderson family! Katie Delk shares the exciting news that she began a three year zoological medicine residency program in August at UC Davis’ veterinarian school. Katie will work at the Sacramento Zoo, the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Fabulous update, Katie! Peter Carolla was awarded the Best U.S./ International Documentary Short Award from the Kansas City FilmFest for his film The One Who Builds. The film is the story of the life and work of Dr. Omer Omer, once a Sudanese refugee, now an American citizen, who currently is the director of a refugee resettlement organization in Greensboro, N.C. Peter is finishing his M.F.A. at Wake Forest University, and made this film with his graduate school classmates. Davidson students were able to watch the debut of the award-winning film at the 2013 celebration of the Martin Luther King holiday last January. Congratulations, Peter! We look forward to seeing you at the Oscars in the not-toodistant future! Christian Davis wed Elizabeth Mary Burke July 5 at St. Peter’s Cathedral in their hometown of Scranton, Pa. The two are both graduates of Scranton Preparatory School, where Christian is now serving as the dean of students. Best wishes to the newlyweds! Preston Davis is the new chaplain at High Point University. Congratulations, Preston, and go Panthers (as long as they aren’t playing the Wildcats or Razorbacks)! Thanks, again, to everyone for sharing their news with us. Please keep those updates coming our way (stevenpgentile@gmail.com or momcgowan@gmail. com). Looking forward to seeing what our class achieves in 2014! It surely will be grand. Contact: Molly McGowan, 3603 Kavanaugh Blvd., Apt. C-11, Little Rock, AR 72205; 501350-4925; momcgowan@gmail.com Steven Gentile, 2000 24th Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37212; 828-226-2384 (c); stevenpgentile@ gmail.com
2007
AS TOLD BY: Carson Sanders & Jaimie Matthews, Class Secretaries Hope this set of notes finds everyone well. If you missed our class reunion a year ago, we missed you, too. And please keep the updates coming. Jaimie and I want to hear from you and so does everyone else. The more you guys send in, the more we write. Now on to the updates…. Christie Brough wed her main squeeze Adam Secrest ’06 in June at DCPC. A longtime coming, with many years spent doing long distance, Adam and Christie are excited about their new life together. Christie reports that “Jennifer Felder and Brad Poole ’06 were in the wedding party and many of our Davidson friends came to celebrate with us. We are now back in Memphis and back to our busy lives. I am thoroughly enjoying the life of a fourth year med student and can’t wait until interview season/matching is over to take full advantage of a few stress free months before my ob-gyn intern year! Adam is starting the second year of his doctoral program in cancer research biology (also through UTHSC, in coordination with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where he is completing his research). Life is good!” Former Davidson tennis star and Flowe apartment legend John Bolton married Annie Hooper in Oahu at the Halekulani Hotel in July. Davidson groomsmen included KA fraternity brothers Luke Justus, Ross Rosenstein, Will Whetstone, Zack Stephens, Chris Clark, as well as best man Ted Bolton ’14. Annie and John met while traveling in Korea after graduating college. Annie is an Appalachian State graduate and actually a native of the town of Davidson. The couple resides in Charlotte. Congratulations to you both. Leigh Anne Harden is a doctoral candidate in the marine biology program at UNC Wilmington, where she has been “hard at work tracking the reptiles into the muck.” She has been researching terrapin movement near crab pots along the North Carolina coast and seems to love every minute of it. After spending the past few years finishing graduate school at William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., John and Patricia Massey Hoke “have recently relocated to Charlotte and are looking forward to being a part of the local Davidson mafia.” John is working as an associate at McGuireWoods LLP, while Patricia is a senior consultant with Deloitte Consulting. They welcome any and all Davidson folks who haven’t yet relocated to the Queen City to join them! Duncan Berry finished medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina in May and will be completing an intern year in his hometown of Spartanburg, S.C., before moving on to an ophthalmology residency at Duke starting in 2014. While Duncan is missing his genteel Charleston lifestyle, he’s looking forward to being back in North Carolina and being closer to his sister, Virginia Berry ’10, who is a nurse at Duke University hospital. Picking back up with the marriage davidsonjournal.davidson.edu
announcements, Keith Farrow married Catherine Robbs in Wrightsville Beach, N.C., at the end of June. It was also a wedding full of Davidson people including groomsmen Wilson McCrory, Christopher Burks, Carson Sanders, and best man and brother Jackson Farrow ’05, plus many more in attendance. Catherine and Keith met while working together in Atlanta immediately after college and have been inseparable ever since. Keith’s better half is a Tar Heel grad and a recent graduate of Harvard Business School. The newlyweds live in Boston, where Catherine has resumed work at Bain and Co., while Keith works for Nautic Partners. Chris Burks reportedly danced at the wedding. Out in the mountain west, Brett Dioguardi tied the knot with Lauren Houghton in Denver July 26. The wedding party included Johannes Zwick as the best man, as well as Rob Manire, Brandon Baila, Blair McGraw, and Niel Andrews. A slew of other Davidson folks were in attendance. According to Dio, “The wedding was super classy for the majority of the night—but the Phi Delt guys just couldn’t contain themselves, so shirts off for the final 20 minutes (jackets and ties were put back on for the after-party at the hotel bar—but still no shirts)!” Proof-positive that some jokes never get old. Dio also reports that he was just hired by Chipotle to join their sustainability department at their headquarters in downtown Denver. Brandon Baila also recently celebrated his marriage to Alex Bauernschub July 6 in Charlotte. His twin brother, Aaron Baila, served as the best man, and ushers at the wedding included John Falconi, Mike Chapman, Dan Devine, and Brett Dioguardi. In keeping with tradition, the reception was held at The Quarry. Emmaline Harvey writes in with an update, reporting that she recently joined the Atlanta office of the international marketing agency Brandmovers, Inc. She is thrilled to be working for a company that encourages her creativity and enthusiasm. When she’s not working, Emmaline is usually at Turner Field with her sister, Rosy Harvey ’11, cheering on the Atlanta Braves. Emmaline is also the new Atlanta Davidson Young Alumni leader, so please contact her if you are new to Atlanta or just want to get involved in young alumni activities. Margaret Elizabeth Brooks and Lawrence Russell Duke of Raleigh were married this past May. The groom is a graduate of Wake Forest University. The happy couple met while attending law school at Campbell and now makes their home in Raleigh. Contact: Carson Sanders, PO Box 13122, Charleston, SC 29422; carson.sanders@ gmail.com Jaimie Matthews, 1317 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Apt. 302, Washington, DC 20005-3729; jaimie.k.matthews@gmail.com
2008
AS TOLD BY: Robby Hoak & Anna Hamilton, Class Secretaries The Class of 2008 recently celebrated our five year davidsonjournal.davidson.edu
reunion in June. Thanks to all those who were able to make it back to campus for a fun weekend. Many of us enjoyed reliving dorm life, seeing the changes to campus, and catching up with friends and professors. On the alumni home front, our classmates have been busy getting married and working on future Davidson alumni. Josh Sonneland and Haley Cook ’10, Anna Mitchell and Will Nolte ’09, Tarlton Long and Teale Clark, Kelsey Linville and Matt McKillop ’06, and Jen Willis and Sarah Catlin all tied the knot recently. Congrats to everyone, and many of the weddings were filled with fellow Davidson classmates and attendees! Jenny and Daniel Orr welcomed their son, Benjamin Riley Orr, in March. Meanwhile, Daniel received a doctorate in mathematics from UNC Chapel Hill, and they moved to Blacksburg, Va., where Daniel accepted a postdoc/visiting assistant professor position at Virginia Tech. This past May, after graduating with M.B.A. degrees from Harvard and Yale respectively, Fiete and Libby Hubbard Stegger welcomed their daughter, Thea. They relocated to St. Paul, Minn., where Fiete works in strategic business development at 3M and Libby is currently looking for roles in nonprofit strategy and management. Emily Diefendorf Higgs and Jeff Higgs were also thrilled to welcome Piper Shier Higgs to their family. Keep up the good work, and don’t forget to send us your updates. Contact: Robby Hoak, 2007 Dilworth Rd. W., Charlotte, NC 28203; 919-418-5298 (c); rohoak@gmail.com Anna Hamilton, 116 W. 75th St., Apt. A, New York, NY 10023-1911; 910-612-7301 (c); annahamilton08@gmail.com
2009
AS TOLD BY: Chieko T. Phillips & Cary V. Wright, Class Secretaries We look forward to seeing everyone at the fifth year reunion. In the meantime, please send us a note with your update if we have not heard from you in a while. Douglas Clark-Brown was recently featured in the Black Mountain News for his role as the recreation and community life summer director at Montreat Conference Center. Douglas lives in Nashville and is working toward a master of divinity degree at Vanderbilt University. In his native Sarasota, Fla., Patrick McArdle was recently named a new associate attorney at a Sarasota-based trial law firm. During his time as a student at Stetson University College of Law, Patrick received several academic distinctions and was a member of the Stetson Law Review. Davidson is now home to a new multicultural center housed in the Union. Our very own Ambrice Miller made a significant contribution to its creation in the form of a 27 ft. by 8 ft. mural, which depicts the college’s history and its diversification efforts over the years. Ambrice spent 17 days on
the project during a recent trip from London, where she currently resides. We are excited to announce the recent marriage of Myles Potter and Kathryn Mooneyham Potter. The two, who both attended the Medical University of South Carolina, exchanged wedding vows last April in Charleston, S.C. Andrew and Danielle Lokaj Tussing were married near Buffalo, N.Y. We heard that the festivities included fireworks and a candy bar. The celebration also included many Davidsonians including members of the bridal party: Alex Treyz, Rebecca Morton, Caroline McDermott, Lauren Forsythe Aldrich. Alex McArthur, a former Ms. Wheelchair America, is a disability advocate in the East Village of Manhattan—her home for the past two years. Alex’s effort to promote accessibility was recently featured on DNAinfo.com, New York’s “leading neighborhood news source.” Alex works at Taproot Foundation—an organization designed to lead, mobilize, and engage professionals in pro bono service that drives social change—and spends time exploring N.Y.C. with fiancé Owen Fitzpatrick. Paul Stroup, who also lives in N.Y.C., shared that he recently attended a Hurricane Sandy relief concert with Joe Clark, Chris Panfili and Sam O’Hair in New Jersey. Joe, who was back stateside from London where he works for Citibank, hosted the group at his family’s home in New Jersey. Howell Burke is currently enrolled in a postbaccalaureate premedical program at Tufts University and recently returned from a stint with the Peace Corps in South Africa. On his WordPress page, Howell shared that he served as an education resource specialist in the Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of northeast South Africa. Read about his experiences in the Corps by Googling his WordPress page “200 North Thompson St.” Brandon Byrd recently wrapped up his fourth year in Chapel Hill as a doctoral candidate in the UNC Chapel Hill Department of History. This year, Brandon is in the Arnold L. Mitchem Dissertation Fellowship Program at Marquette University located in Milwaukee, Wis. He will be teaching in the Marquette Department of History and soon, making his first foray into the academic job market. Simon and Kate Wiseman Reuterswärd recently married in Oxford, Md. Longtime friend Lara Moody was among the bridal party. A number of other ’09ers were present for the ceremony. Last, but not least, we heard unconfirmed reports through the grapevine that David Palko helped write the national constitution for the country of Georgia—way to go, David! Contact: Chieko T. Phillips, 1220 Boren Ave., Apt. A1, Seattle, WA 98101; 770-316-6140; chieko.phillips@gmail.com Cary V. Wright, 6382 Shady Brook Ln., Apt. 1230, Dallas, TX 75206; 806-206-4443; cawright09@gmail.com
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