Class of 1995, front row (left to right): Elizabeth Carroll, Genevieve Groom, Paula Lyons, MC Hyland, Samara Alpern, David Colbert, Caperton Flood; row 2: Jeff Fine, Cynthia Needham, Sarah Aldrich, Walter Hinton, Lyle Bradley, Nicholas Chubrich; row 3: Pete Brooks, Jason Day Bolton, Sam Shaw, Michael Kirkman, Alexandra Pappas, Justin Bowers.
Jared Baird is finishing teaching his first year at Berkeley High School. Also, he is helping develop a two-week program on “what matters most in education” with the Center for Creative Inquiry. Laura Burnes lives in Medford, Massachusetts, and works as a project manager at a residential architecture firm. She reports that her brother, Ian Burnes ’94, married Gillian Ashley. Bob Collins ’94 and Sam Douglas
’94 attended the wedding where “fun was had by all and the boys even hit the dance floor!” Peter Vassilev wrote that he was looking forward to his September 4, 2005, wedding to Miriam Ingber. The couple met as undergraduate students at Dartmouth College. Steve Lehman, Justin Beal and William Bunting will be groomsmen in his wedding party.
Pam Smith ’95 married Roy Wildeman on October 4, 2004, in Boston.
1997 Martina Baillie reports that things are busy in London: She celebrated the launch of Cambridge’s first and only student-run academic law journal, which she founded last year, and of which she is editor-inchief. After time off between Milton and college and again after senior fall, Emily Bates received a bachelor’s in Italian studies from Smith College in January 2005. She hopes to enter the fields of teaching and translation. “Auguri a tutti!” Peter Curran graduated from Harvard’s School of Education in June and then moved to Lugano, Switzerland, to work at TASIS (The American School in Switzerland), where he will be the 10th-grade dean and English teacher. He invites anyone traveling through Europe to look him up.
Ohene Asare ’96 and Regine Jean-Charles ’96 were married June 27, 2004. Seated: Newlyweds Regine Jean-Charles and Ohene Asare. Standing left to right: Dr. Roger Jean-Charles, Mrs. Denise Jean-Charles, Abena Asare ’98, Yetsa Tuakliy-Wosornu ’97, Amma Asare ’02, Keisha Belinfanti ’95, Natasha Graham ’95, Brian Tobin, Sam Phinney, Mrs. Barbara Phinney, Mr. Ben Phinney, Kwaku Asare ’94, Rev. Dr. Seth Asare, Taiye (Eyi) Tuakliy-Wosornu ’97, Rev. Dorothy Asare.
Douglas Helm is finishing medical school at UPenn and will move to Boston to start his general surgery residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Douglas reports that Alex Helm is teaching mathematics at the Newton Country Day School and completing a master’s at Boston College.
Michael Silverstein was engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Kim, after proposing to her at sunset on the beach at the Ritz Carlton Kapalua on Maui in Hawaii. Mike and Kim live in Los Angeles, where Michael is trying to get his foot in the door of the film industry. He hopes to hear from Milton friends at Mikesilv1@aol.com.
1998 Justin Derrick Basilico married Julia Lillian Austin in June 2004 at St. Ignatius Church in Newton, Massachusetts, with many Milton alumni in attendance. Justin received a master’s in computer science from Brown University. He and his wife live in New Mexico, where Justin works for a national laboratory investigating artificial intelligence, while Julia completes a doctorate in clinical psychology. They report that they have two adorable dogs. Alexa Carter lives in Vermont and works with an at-risk youth group. She begins work on a master’s in education this fall. After his recent engagement, Greg Marsh and his fiancée, Julie, will move in September to Palo Alto, California, where Greg will begin work toward a master’s in education at Stanford University. 79
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