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Kara Gaughen ’02 married Damien Smith at the Red Lion Inn in Cohasset, Mass., in May. From left are Katherine Gaughen (wife of Patrick Gaughen ’99), Roxanne Beinart ’02, the bride, and Jessica Spradling Russell ’02.
a post-bar trip to Argentina and Antarctica, Niki began her legal career as an associate with the firm Bracewell & Giuliani in Houston. Victoria Yu started business school at Wharton in the fall. After four years practicing law at Cravath in NYC (where Betsy Burke is currently working), Baolu Lan relocated to beautiful LA for a change of pace and has been doing M&A work at Gibson Dunn. Finally, and perhaps my favorite update of all, an unbelievable documentary that Pablo Durana worked on, Life According to Sam, won an Emmy! Life According to Sam is based on the incredible life of Sam Berns, a young man with progeria. Pablo spent four years filming with Sam and his family. Pablo sent in a beautiful photo of the pair, both looking quite handsome in tuxedos, at a Progeria Research Foundation fundraiser. Pablo is currently working on a documentary about the illegal ivory trade for National Geographic and PBS and recently finished filming a paragliding expedition across the Canadian Rockies. Don’t forget to submit your life happenings to Lauren9@gmail.com. Aloha! —Lauren
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As always, there are great things to report from the Class of 2003. From weddings to graduations, our classmates have stayed busy and close. Kate Takvorian reported from Boston, where she is completing her third year of medical school. On June 14, she married her fiancé, Dan Hegg, in Boston, surrounded by many of her best friends from Andover: Matt Kane, Ali Rosen Gourvitch, Katie Regner Cannan, and Jackie Brown. Nate Meltzer wrote from Lander, Wyo., where he is stationed between outdoor education trips.
President Obama thanked Adam Arguelles ’02 for his service to the administration, as Adam, who worked at the White House for several years, prepared to leave for Stanford Law School. Adam’s wife, Megan, looked on.
Since completing a master’s degree in adventure education in May, Nate has led trips for both NOLS and United World College-USA in Wyoming and New Mexico. This fall, he proctored a three-month NOLS semester in the Rockies, leading expeditions in backpacking, rock climbing, and snow camping. Chimaobi Izeogu got in touch from Houston this past spring, shortly after completing a master’s degree in architecture at Rice University. When we spoke last, Chimaobi planned a potential return to the Northeast or Chicago at some point. He and I ran into each other last winter in Chicago, so perhaps we are due for a repeat soon. Marianna Kleyman completed a PhD degree this past May. While looking for a biotech or pharma research gig in greater Boston, she helped Ben Sprattler with his wedding this summer, both planning and serving as his best man. Earlier this spring, I ran into Kate Cooper Sawyer on South Congress Street while at a wedding in Austin, Texas. Kate and her husband, Ryan, moved to Austin from New England in March and have enjoyed the change of pace. They both attended Sam Beattie’s wedding to Julie Taylor in Connecticut this past May. Sam counted many other Andover alums among the supporting crowd, including Matt London, Brian Emery, Gardner Gould, and J.C. MacMillan, as well as his sisters, Nell ’05 and Sarah ’07. Matt London began teaching a digital storytelling class at Brown this fall. In addition, his novel, The 8th Continent, came out on Sept. 16, so check it out when you have a chance. On the journalism front, former Phillipian editor Cathy Rampell has started a new job as an op-ed columnist at the Washington Post. Her column runs on Tuesdays and Fridays in the print edition and usually appears online the night before. A trio of longtime Bay Area residents relocated to the Tri-State Area this past summer. Former
East Bay resident Tara Anderson moved to Connecticut in August to begin graduate school at the Yale School of Management. Brian Karfunkel followed suit, moving to Brooklyn to take a post at NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy. Oddly enough, fellow Andover alum Mike Mueller-Smith ’02 also works there, doing research while completing a PhD degree at Columbia. Finally, Kanyi Maqubela and his wife, Martha, also moved cross-country this summer. Kanyi had plans to circle the ’03 wagons in the Tri-State Area this fall, so keep an eye out for an e-mail from him. Before Tara left California, David Beyer and Janis Rice organized an ’03 bonfire on Ocean Beach in San Francisco. Tara, Viraj Navkal, Nick Franchot, Alexa Raducanu Franchot, and I joined for some s’mores and reminisced about our senior year. Despite losing Tara, Brian, and Kanyi, the ’03 Bay Area group has remained strong. After earning an MBA from Northwestern, Tom Oliphant has returned with his fiancée, Dana LaMendola. Janis Rice and her husband, Brandon, recently bought a condo in the East Bay. They also attended a couple of classmate weddings on back-toback weekends. On Aug. 31, longtime couple Bryce Kaufman and Rachel Levin-Epstein wed in Sonoma, Calif. Janis and the couple’s old friends Alex Minasian, Mimi Butler, and Evan Panich cheered them on. The following weekend, classmates Alex and Mimi exchanged vows in New York. Many of the same principals attended, joined by Bob Yamartino, Ryan McChristian, Zach Cafritz, and Piotr Brzezinski. Next in line may be Bryce and Alex’s longtime pal Evan Panich, who proposed to his girlfriend, Amy, this summer. Duncan Dwyer visited San Francisco in June. Matt Lindsay, Michael Ruderman, Duncan, and I had dinner during his visit, debating the outcomes of the 2002 cluster soccer season and recalling our favorite Phillipian articles. Margaret Ramsey Andover | Winter 2015
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