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Britta Schell ’02 married Jonathan Stasiak on April 18 in Carmel, Calif.
she’s also taking flying lessons from her husband, Jeff, a flight instructor with Eagle East Aviation at Lawrence Airport. Raquel Leonard Moreno participated in a Philadelphia Non Sibi project in April with two local alumni: Jeff Zhou ’06 and Daniel LeClerc ’05. They worked with children at the Beckett Life Center in North Philadelphia, helping them prepare a delicious plant-based meal for their parents. In baby news, we have some new Andover Class of 2033 members. Andrea Daley Merin and her husband, Jonathan, welcomed their first child, Eliana Grace, just after Christmas! Jess Olans Hausman and husband Nick welcomed a baby boy, Will, in early spring. Amy Kalas Buser and her husband, Steve, welcomed their daughter, Brooke, into the world in June 2014. Amy is in her eighth year of running her private practice, Wholesome Harmonies LLC. She and her team provide music-therapy services and music lessons to children with autism and other special needs in Miami. Alida Payson and Eli Lazarus ’00 welcomed their baby girl, Marjorie Sura, on February 20 in Wales. Alida is on leave for the next few months from a PhD degree program, in cultural studies. Becky Stewart Dann Hewitt and husband Matt welcomed baby Henry, their second child, in January. They live in Portland, Ore., where Becky has returned to her job in urban planning. Hilary Farrell Prosnitz and her husband, Aaron, welcomed two new additions to their family in September 2014: identical twin girls Elizabeth and Sarah, who joined big brother David. The family moved to Massachusetts in summer 2014, so it was a
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big year with lots of changes. Wedding bells continue to ring for ’01 as Desiraé Simmons got married to Zander Fortier on June 20, with fellow ’01er Matteo Natale in her wedding party and Jadele McPherson performing an amazing musical arrangement. Just in time to escape the crazy winter, Dez moved from Boston to Michigan to take on a new job in a new department called the Center for Engaged Academic Learning at the University of Michigan. Kelsey Peterson became joyfully married to Tori Woodhouse on April 11. Ben Sprattler ’03 and his father, Tim Sprattler (former OWHL archivist), were in attendance. Sydney Freas is working for Expedia in Singapore, where she gets to see Theo Novak quite a bit. Sydney has hung out with Jeannie Kwok, who also lives in Singapore, and Katherine Chu ’02, who was visiting from Dallas. Sydney tied the knot in Vero Beach, Fla., on March 28. She had a nice showing of Andover attendees including Liz Parfit, Heather Woodin, Ife Babatunde, Devin Murphy, and Joe Mattison ’00. This past May, Greg Kimball and Kate Bartlett Kimball moved to Boulder, Colo., where they see James Kenly, wife Kristen, and daughter Emma frequently. James finished an MBA degree program at the University of Denver this summer. Greg’s work with his startups Nifti and Cinch Polls still takes him to NYC, where he’s had the chance to meet up with Charlie Alovisetti, Greg Sherman, and John Kluge, and he’s hoping to join our next ’01 event in the Big Apple! Scott Darci’s wife, Tess, has been working with
the Cinch team since December, so we’re keeping the “one degree of ’01 separation” alive. Greg and Kate miss seeing the East Coast Andover crowd, and their daughter Cora really misses her visits with Auntie Meg Blitzer, who still loves teaching and coaching at Choate. Sylvia McLean Elmer recently moved to the Boston area (Arlington, specifically) and is thrilled to be back in the neighborhood. Her oldest son started kindergarten this fall, and Sylvia is happily starting a new job teaching second grade. Deborah Linder is still in Boston and on the faculty at Tufts University, where she was recently named associate director of the Tufts Institute for Human-Animal Interaction. She received NIH funding to research the health benefits of pets. Most important, she was excited to bring Tufts therapy dogs to Andover for stress relief during their exam period this past spring. [See page 14.] Jess Watson, husband Zach Smith, and daughter Rosemary moved to Iowa City, Iowa, in July. Jess started a fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery at the University of Iowa, Zach took an academic/ teaching hospitalist position at the university, and Rosemary got a big backyard. They miss living in Philly with Jess’s sisters, Emily ’04 and Julia ’07, but are looking forward to a corn maze or two in the fall! As for me, I have recently been elected to succeed Tom Beaton ’73 as the next Alumni Council president, so I have big shoes to fill and a lot of fun ahead. The role also comes with a seat on the Board of Trustees, so I am thrilled to be getting involved in this new way at Andover. If anyone is interested in getting more involved with the school, please reach out to me—we would love for every alum to participate in one way or another!
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Lots of important wedding, career, and fantasy baseball news to report, so let’s get right to it. Cranston Gray will complete his residency in the anesthesiology program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Cranston and his wife, currently living in Charleston, S.C., are looking forward to their move to New England next year. Madeleine Fawcett tied the knot with longtime love Adam Atenasio in a gorgeous ceremony in Palm Beach, Fla., on April 18. Bridesmaids included Courtney Gimbel Bardo, Christie Checovich, and Mariel O’Brien ’01. Rounding out the incredible list of alums in attendance were Jesse Bardo ’03 (Courtney’s husband), Wills Hapworth, Stevie Brock, Matt Dougherty ’01, Erin Dougherty O’Connor ’98, and Polly Fawcett ’65 (mother of the bride). Love must have been in the air that weekend because, across