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Several alums made it all the way to Lanai, Hawaii, for the August 2013 wedding of Drew Gallagher ’99. From left are Justin Gallagher ’03, Halsey Coughlin ’99, Brendan Gallagher ’06, Drew Gallagher, Patrick Sheehan ’99, and Robert Ramsey ’99. Justin and Brendan are brothers of the groom.
Blackcomb) to touring Seattle, then winding everything down in Southern California. Last issue, we mentioned Dave Holmes’s wedding; he married Alice, a French woman he met in China, in November 2012. Dave and Alice celebrated in their home countries and in Guangzhou, China. The civil ceremony was held at Dave’s parents’ house in Andover, Mass., the site of a number of delicious meals for many of us during our school days. In attendance were Steve Dise, Lisa Galluzzo Borgatti, and Alan Ginsberg ’00. A larger celebration took place in downtown Andover, where Dise, Lisa, and Alan were joined by Neil Kumar and wife Shruti Haldea, as well as Sandra Lopez-Morales. Helping Dave celebrate in China was Steve Tsou, who also joined the lucky couple’s final wedding celebration on the Île d’Oléron, France, this past July, along with Neil and Dise. Dave still works for New Balance and continues to be a world traveler, often traveling to Vietnam, Bangkok, Singapore, and Yangon, Myanmar. Sounds amazing! Also taking her vows in Europe was Alexis Olans. Alexis sends greetings from Germany, where she works for Adidas and has lived since graduating from the University of Michigan’s MS/MBA program in 2007. She spent one year on a professional fellowship (under the Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program) in Germany working on sustainability and business topics at IDEO and Adidas in Germany. Thereafter, she joined Adidas to lead the company’s product sustainability program, and she has been growing the program and increasing the amount of sustainable product for the company for the past six years. Alexis loves Germany and is
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Alexis Olans ’97 married Philipp Haass in Germany in August 2013.
quite fully assimilated, as she just married a German man, Philipp Haass, this past August, surrounded by friends and family in the Alps. We hope she will look up Henry Wu and Ida Hattemer-Higgins in Berlin. In domestic news, Hannah Weiner and husband Kenny Weiner ’96 are still living in St. Louis and plan to continue to make it home for the next two years. Hannah continues to work as a nurse practitioner in bone marrow transplant, while raising one of the cutest kids we’ve ever seen. Hannah did get to catch up with Katie Stewart and Rebecca Gutner Forter on Martha’s Vineyard this past summer. Katie recently added a new puppy, Packer, to her family, and Rebecca welcomed her second daughter, Cordelia, in July. Also summering off Cape Cod was Julian Dimery, who was on Nantucket with wife Laura and daughter Rosemary Grace. Jules hit Murray’s Toggery Shop for a pair of Reds as soon as he got off the ferry. Rasaan Ogilvie likes his summer a bit hotter and escaped to Mykonos before beginning his 13th year as an educator and administrator at the Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science in the Bronx, N.Y. Seth Moulton was sweating it out on the campaign trail, stating that it’s exceeding all of his expectations. The race in the Massachusetts 6th District is considered by some to be one of the top five primaries in the nation. Seth extends many thanks to several of you who have been extremely supportive of the campaign. Next issue we should have an update for you!
Ben Chen completed his residency and fellowship training in pathology and hematopathology at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and started a new job as an assistant professor in pathology at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass. On top of all of this, Ben and his wife, Becky, and kids, Eli and Aaron, recently decided to settle in Sudbury, Mass. In the Far East, Web Coates reported from Japan, where, after 10 years of working for Citi, he decided to take a new job as head of strategy management for MetLife Alico. It’s been quite a while since we’ve heard from Caroline Whitbeck, and she had wonderful news to share. Caroline received a PhD degree in comparative literature from the University of Pennsylvania this past August. Olga Massov is in the process of starting work on two cookbooks, one with Chopped judge Marc Murphy and another with New York artisan ice cream brand Van Leeuwen (work hasn’t started yet on this). Olga also has a cookbook coming out in April 2014 with Iron Chef Marc Forgione (in fact, at this writing Olga was sitting on the first-pass copy, which arrived in August and was awaiting edits). Julia Galaburda Henderson and husband Andy Henderson always put smiles on our faces. Andy’s woodworking business—Rain King Woodturning—has taken off, with his work appearing in galleries in Concord, Mass., and Denver, Colo. The Hendersons stepped out for a double date with Joaquin Escamille and Heather Barry back in July. Julia said it was like old times, hanging out at the Park Street Pub. Julia also caught up with