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by the Chicago Architecture Club. Alison says she is happy to be back in her hometown and able to attend LFA events like Second City and Young Alumni Networking Night!
2006 Class Correspondents: Elisa Gutierrez and Phil Preiss Phil Preiss started working with his dad in the family business, Preiss & Associates, LLC, about a year and a half ago. He said, “I have enjoyed learning from my dad and being a part of both his personal and professional life. Hoping to buy a condo in Chicago by the spring and looking forward to another great Chicago summer.”
’05 Ernest L. Powell is graduating from his residency in OB Gyn at Advocate Illinois Masonic in June. He will start working as an attending physician at Advocate Trinity Hospital on August 1. Susie Schneider announced that she left the solar energy industry and accepted a job as Vice President of Operations for Green Thumb Industries, a national medical cannabis company that owns and operates cannabis cultivation centers and dispensaries across the country. www.gtigrows.com
2004 Cameron Ramsdell and his wife are expecting a baby girl this May; the couple just moved to a new home in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago, and Cameron is currently at Kellogg, working to complete his MBA. He is the Vice President of Strategic Projects at Coyote Logistics in Chicago, where he has worked since graduating from Denison in 2008. Cameron says he has many fond memories of his time at LFA.
Rick Lindstrom and his wife, Jena, announce the birth of their daughter, Amelia Fortune’e Lindstrom, on Jan. 17, 2017.
2007 10th Reunion September 8 & 9, 2017 Megan Gallagher Gosselin announced that she is organizing the third annual dash4dEBra 5k event at Lake Forest Academy. It will take place Sunday, May 21 at 9 am. All proceeds go to dEBra of America, the only national non-profit dedicated to funding research and finding a cure for EB (epidermolysis bullosa). EB is “The Worst Disease You’ve Never Heard Of.” To date, the event has raised more than $35,000. Megan is looking for volunteers, runners, or spectators to make the event bigger and better than last year - to register go to dash4debra.org. David Klein and his wife, Lindsay, welcomed their second child, Charlotte Grace, on Dec. 25, 2016. Valerie Gordon Sizelove graduated in January 2017 from Miami University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Integrative Studies. She currently lives in Oxford, Ohio with her husband Clay and their three children, Ian, Elayna, and Peyton.
2005 Matthew Rosso married Arielle Basile on Nov. 6 in Elgin, Ill. Standing in the ceremony was his sister Jessie Rosso ’14, and groomsmen Alexander Reed and Ritchie Wilson. Also celebrating were Kristen Hewitt, Kelly Hewitt, Sara Calfee, Mghnon Martin, and Lindsay Krempely ’04. Matt reports, “The day went off without a hitch, save a small electrical fire.” (Photo above) Alison Von Glinow married Lap Chi Kwong in the formal gardens of Lake Forest Academy last July 4th weekend. Alison and Lap Chi met at Harvard University Graduate School of Design when completing their Masters of Architecture degrees. After working at the architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland for two years, Alison and her husband moved back to Chicago this past December and founded their own architecture firm, Kwong Von Glinow Design Office. They are working on several local remodels and design competitions. In March, their firm was awarded the Chicago Prize, given
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The first dash4debra 5k Megan Gallager Gosselin hosted at LFA in 2015. CLASS NOTES
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