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to their homes and/or rebuild. Kathleen Procario Hall and her husband Steve moved to Dallas, Texas, last year and haven’t melted yet. Please join our Facebook group to stay in touch and get me updates for this column in the future (it’s still nice to see your news in print, isn’t it?).
H ’01
Alexander S. Kaplan, 1602 Belmont Street Northwest Apt D, Washington, D.C. 2009-6546; 202-742-4623; Alex.s.kaplan@gmail.com Jonathan Goldsmith Cohen, 715 Bendemere Avenue, Interlaken, NJ 07712; 732-241-8115; jonathan.g.cohen@mac.com Alumni House writes: “Award-winning political journalist Chris Faraone, a staff writer for The Boston Phoenix, recently released his book titled 99 Nights with the 99 Percent: Dispatches from the First Three Months of the Occupy Revolution. “My book is not analytical,” notes Faraone in an interview with Boston’s Weekly Dig, where he formerly served as a staff writer. “It’s more like a time capsule of the first three months. No matter what happens after, from here on in, or what happened before the encampment era, those couple of months, what happened there will always be the same. I think that the way people look back on it will change.””
WS ’01
Katie Hanson Sisk, 76 Emerson Street, Denver, CO 80206; katherinehsisk@gmail.com Marilyn V. Perez, 104-46 110th St., South Richmond Hill, NY 11419-2412; marilyn.perez7@ gmail.com Hannah Ford had a baby girl, Chloe Maia Rudin, on March 6, weighing in at 8 lbs. and 3 oz.
H ’02
Steve Chabot, 146 Brackett St, Westbrook, Maine 04092; (207) 632-7750; Steve.chabot@yahoo. com; chabot@alum.hws.edu Hello My Hip Hobart! Well, our 10th Reunion in June was a total blast. If you weren’t able to make it, you need to give serious consideration to our 15th when the time comes. Everyone I spoke to had a great time and my wife, who had never visited HWS before, remarked, “Wow, now I get it. This is different than any other college.” Most definitely. I may just start attending Reunion every year. Some big news for my former roommate and teammate Justin Siuta. Justin married his fiancée and fellow high school teacher Melissa Mawhiney in Niagara Falls, N.Y. Kristen Parker was in attendance. It was a great wedding, and all of Justin’s former history professors would be very proud of their theme choices. The very next day Matt Dyson and Jaclyn Baer were married (see, sometimes those crazy nights in Odell’s DO end in marriage!) and there were many HWS alum in attendance, including: Bob Sutphen, Will Kamery, Jesse Aquilino, Sarah Barge, Dale Haysom, Shane Knowles, Mark Rendell ’01 and Maria Paoff ’03. Not to be outdone, I tied the knot myself on an island off the coast of Portland, Maine. There to witness the day we thought would never come were: Justin Siuta, Sarah Barge, Jeff Jordan, Caroline Miller Jordan, Scott Granish, Melissa Roberts, Mark Madden ’06 and my baby sister Kate Chabot ’06. On to
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the non-wedding news. David Sugar writes: “I’m halfway through my online graduate degree in information technology through University of Maryland. Enjoyed seeing everyone that attended the Reunion this past June. Hope to see even more at the 15 year Reunion.” Right on, David! And…that’s it. E-mail me folks. Or find me on Facebook and send me updates. Otherwise I’m just going to continue writing about my friends and myself. Even though that’s my favorite subject, we’d like to hear more from everyone else! Take care HWS…see you next June? Alumni House writes: “Jay Werther received a Juris Doctor degree from the Roger Williams University School of Law. Werther served as a member of the Association of Public Interest Law, Criminal Law Society, Family Law Society, Federalist Society, Moot Court, and the Women’s Law Society. In addition, he served as intern at the Rhode Island Legal Services in the Housing Law Department, Providence, R.I. He earned his master’s of business administration from University of Albany, N.Y.”
WS ’02
Amy Dundas Pequignot, 107 Joanie Lane, Buffalo, NY 14228-1988; Adundas2002@yahoo. com Melissa Roberts, 135 Ocean Avenue, Apt. 5L, Brooklyn, NY 11225-475; Melissa@melissaroberts.org Thanks to all of you that came to our 10-year Reunion in June! It was so awesome to see and catch up with all of you. For those of you that missed it, you missed good times on campus and downtown and perhaps the best HWS speech ever from Chris McDonald ’77 (a.k.a. Shooter McGavin). I’m sure our 15th will be one not to be missed. I was excited to attend two HWS weddings this summer: Steve Chabot’s in Maine and Justin Siuta’s in Buffalo, N.Y. I’m sure Steve will talk all about them–both were an amazing time, and those guys both lucked out by landing some amazing women. At the wedding, I got the chance to catch up with Kristen Rawluszki Parker. She made the leap into the medical field after teaching high school English and theatre for the past 10 years. Now a medical historian for The Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine in Charleston, S.C., she loves her new job! Her oldest, Chloe (Justin Siuta’s flowergirl!), has started the fourth grade and is super excited to have Persis Buffum ’01 as her teacher. Olivia is starting preschool and can’t wait to see what school is all about. She hung out with Alyssa Kierkegaard this past New Year but was unable to attend Reunion, and she definitely misses everyone. And while I was in Buffalo, I got to catch up with Amy Dundas Pequignot and meet baby Bailey Marie! She’s adorable (and of course already a Giants fan). She’s been spending time with Meghan Miller Rozycki. Meghan and her husband Mike welcomed baby Victoria this spring as well. Josie Hewitt Marston and her husband Jon welcomed William Colby Marston this spring. He is adorable! Heidi Beach Walker and her husband welcomed Elodie Angela Marie this summer. They’ve lived in Sydney, Australia, since the beginning of the year. Caitlin Connolly Lombardi had a daughter Nora Elizabeth, who turned one on Sept. 8. Her big brother Owen started pre-K this year and is really excited. Caitlin is still teaching middle school science and loving it. Ashley O’Hara Kaufman is also still teaching fifth grade and bought a house in Westchester County with her husband. Matt Dyson and Jaclyn Baer were also married this summer. Attendees included Bob Sutphen, Shane Knowles, Sarah Barge, Dale Haysom Buckley, Will Kamery and Jesse Aquilino. Also attending were Mark Rendell ’01, Maria Paoff ’03, Brandon Baer ’07 and Bradley Baer ’12. They honeymooned in Switzerland and are now living in Seattle, Wash. Becca Green reports
that she spent spring in Key West singing in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” at the Waterfront Playhouse thanks to a recommendation from Quincy Perkins and spent the summer doing concerts and recordings around NYC. Most recently, she was awarded the Presidential Scholarship to get her MFA in performing arts at Savannah College of Art and Design. And she wanted to make sure that I mentioned that Sara Wingerath-Schlanger and Ian Schlanger just had a daughter named Eleanor Sydney Schlanger! Melissa Norvell just started LPN schooling at Marion S. Whelan, a school for nursing at Geneva General Hospital. Keely Dunleavy Reithlingshoefer is still working at The Key School in Annapolis teaching seventh and eighth grade, coaching field hockey and lacrosse, and leading outdoor education adventures. She reports that her school also just hired another HWS alum, Laura Moeller ’11, who teaches pre-K! Blair Dubak bought a house at the beginning of the year just outside of Boston. She’s still working as a project manager for a residential design/ build firm and caught up this summer with Kerry Gannaway, Brooke Gordon Bohnsack, and Megan Williams for a girls’ weekend. She’s also been having summer cocktails with Tasha Marecki ’00 and Nora (Eleanor) Riley ’01. Jillian Oberfield ’01 married Benjamin Fenwick in Media, Pa., on June 23, 2012. Keep the updates coming in! So great to hear from you ladies!
H ’03
Kevin A. Kubera, 188 Long Avenue, Hamburg, NY 14075, (202) 577-7209; kuberak@hotmail. com; kubera@alum.hws.edu
WS ’05
Melissa Sue Sorrells Galley, 61 Strafford St., Mastic, N.Y. 11950; melissa.sue@gmail.com Caroline Wenzel, 8 West Street, Geneva, NY 14456; (315) 719-7979; caroline.wenzel@ gmail.com Ashley Olen Tucker and husband Greg welcomed their second child, Eleanor Brooke, on June 30, 2012. Eleanor joins big brother, Blake. Lauren Gollwitzer Russo and husband Jeff opened the Buffalo Scooter Company three years ago in Buffalo, N.Y., and recently acquired a line of Vespa Scooters. Megan Scanlon sent the following news to the Alumnae Office: “I wanted to touch base and let HWS know that I am the new enrollment adviser for the Office of International Programs at the American University of Beirut in the NYC office.”
H ’06
Lee Carrier, P.O. Box 41, Coxsackie, NY 120510041; (518) 248-0996; lee.carrier@gmail.com Alumni House writes: “Vogue magazine recently included Hand in Hand Soap, a company co-founded by Courtney Apple ’08 and Bill Glaab, in a feature, titled ’Green Matters: Earth Day Beauty Initiatives,’ about beauty companies that give back. ’To celebrate Earth Day, Hand in Hand, a sustainable soap company based in Philadelphia, will conserve 500 square feet of rainforest for each bar of soap sold,’ notes Vogue.”
WS ’06
Kathryn Chabot; katehchab@gmail.com
WS ’03
Kristen Mogilnicki Good, 22 McAllister Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06854; (203) 354-9850; kmogilnicki@yahoo.com Hard to believe but it has been almost 10 years since graduation. Please e-mail me with updates on what you are now doing. Mark your calendars for Reunion, June 7 – 9, 2013, and keep an eye out for more Reunion details.
H ’04
Brian K. Thompson, 9201 Long Branch Parkway, Silver Springs, MD 20901; (973) 338-0288; thompson21@gmail.com Alumni House writes: “The George Washington University Department of Athletics has hired John Pearce as the first-ever head coach of the Colonials’ sailing program, which will be elevated from club to varsity status beginning in 2012-13. Coach Pearce most recently spent three seasons from 2007-10 as co-head coach of the Dartmouth University varsity sailing team.”
WS ’04
Victoria Henderson Thompson, 9201 Long Branch Parkway, Silver Springs, MD 20901; victorialhthompson@yahoo.com Brooke Robinson sent a message to Alumni House: “I will finish my master of science in creative arts therapy at Nazareth College in May 2012.”
H ’05
Michael F. Hoepp, 419 Pulteney Street, Geneva, NY 14456; (315) 781-3947; hoepp@hws.edu
Steve Chabot ’02 was married to Alison Geer of St. Johnsbury, Vt., at The Inn on Peaks Island off the coast of Portland, Maine, on June 29. Steve is an assistant principal in South Portland, and Alison is a physician assistant in Portland. HWS alums in attendance were Justin Siuta ’02 (groomsmen), Scott Granish ’02, Sarah Barge ’02, Melissa Roberts ’02, Jeff ’02 and Caroline Miller Jordan ’02, Kate Chabot and Mark Madden. Alison is a 1999 graduate of Penn State University. Liz Harris is living in Philadelphia working toward a master’s in social work at Temple University. She is interning with a social services agency that works with the Latin American community to provide services to teenage mothers and foster parents and children. Tanya Parvez Akhtar Khokhar completed her master’s from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. She is currently in Mexico working in education and environmental projects with the state government of Chiapas. Rachel Henderson has made vice president at Ogilvy Public Relations in Washington D.C. She has been with the firm for six years and led several signature campaigns including the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Campaign and Huggie’s first-ever corporate social responsibility program. This spring she helped launch the company’s new global behavior change practice OgilvyEngage.
H ’07
Louis Guard, 814 Reading Circle, Lansdale, PA 19446-3985; (315) 694-2782; louis.guard@ gmail.com Congratulations are in order for David “Nate” Owen who in July tied the knot with Kate Brush. Alumni House writes: “Peter J. Gregory was recently featured in the Rochester Business Journal as a rising young professional. Trevor Moore ’09 and Rob Crane participated in 2012 London Olympic Games. Moore and Crane added to what has become a growing involvement by HWS alums in the Olympics. Rob Crane, the No. 1 ranked sailor