stay connected... bunch with many weddings, babies, travels, and other events to report, so without further delay, here are our class updates. In nuptial news, Liza Trafton married Joel Ndreu last December in a small ceremony that took place in NYC and was attended by their families. Liza and Joel celebrated their marriage at a reception in July in Little Compton, R.I., at which Andover was surely well represented. Emily Tompkins married Michael Karlin in June in upstate New York. Tysie Sawyer married Ben Webber in June on Cape Cod. Rachel Burnes Kinsolving and Melita Sawyer ’97 were bridesmaids. Other Andover alums in attendance included Dan Moger, Fred Flather, Liza Trafton, and Anna Larson ’98. Kris Hedges married Caroline Nacey, with classmates J.P. Chisholm and Barrett Hamilton in attendance. T.J. Durkin had what Nathaniel Fowler called an “epic” bachelor party in Charleston, S.C., in May. Attendees of said debauchery included Nathaniel, Teddy Dunn, Fletcher Boyle, and Matt Kalin. T.J. married Sarah Sisk this summer. In baby news, Morgan Madera Baroni and her husband, Roland, welcomed Isabella Caitlin Baroni in June. Morgan reports that motherhood and all of its perks (read: sleepless nights) are going well. Matt Kalin and his wife, Rachel, were awaiting the arrival of their second child this summer. At reunion, Matt was unsure of the baby’s gender, but stay tuned for that information in our next set of notes. Also expecting their second child are Connell Cloyd and his wife, Yuki. Their daughter, Yume, attended our reunion and is absolutely adorable! The newest Cloyd is due in December. Pete Salisbury and his wife, Adele, were also expecting a baby, in August. They made the move west and are now living in LA. Fellow West Coaster Ben Goldhirsh and his wife, Claire, also welcomed their second child earlier this year. A highlight of Reunion Weekend was a talk given by Miru Kim outlining her incredible artwork and world travels. Miru educated us on the process that she goes through to capture her stunning images. One of my favorite images is a shot of Miru atop the Williamsburg Bridge from her series titled Naked City. It is fascinating and awe-inspiring, as are all of her works. Miru currently lives in the desert of Jordan but spent some time Stateside this summer. For those of you who have not had the opportunity to see her work, I encourage you to check out her website, www.mirukim.com. John Bourne wrote that he regrets not being able to attend our reunion. Instead, he was at the U.S. Open in Pinehurst, N.C., starting a new phase in his career. Having recently left Scholastic, where he was director of digital strategy, John, along with a friend from Yale, started an e-commerce brand in June, called Holderness & Bourne. They make better-fitting classically styled golf apparel right here in the USA. In these early days, John is counting on word-of-mouth from friends and fellow alums to spread the word (www.hbgolf.com). So, if
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you’re a golfer, or shop for a golfer, check out John’s new venture. Lindsay Hoopes is also running her own business. After leaving the district attorney’s office in San Francisco, she took over her family’s winery, Hoopes Vineyard, in Yountville, Calif. She welcomes everyone to come visit the Napa Valley and try the wines (www.hoopesvineyard.com). Michael Foss has been quite busy, too. He graduated from Columbia’s master’s degree program in real estate development in 2012 and joined his partner, Peter, in San Francisco. Together, they took on some amazing world travels, including climbing Kilimanjaro, transiting the Northwest Passage, and spending some time in Asia, before moving back to NYC last year. Sara Smith reports that she expected to finish a master’s degree program in nursing at Penn in August. Then, after she (fingers crossed) passes the boards this fall, she will officially be a nurse practitioner. She planned to spend most of August in southern India working with a medical university and a private nonprofit health organization to complete her secondary concentration in global health. Liza Darnell is living in Dallas and working as senior manager for digital marketing across Frito-Lay’s portfolio of brands. On a whim, she auditioned for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and appeared on the show at the end of last year. Liza reports that the whole process was a total blast, and she thinks that everyone should be on a game show. After her TV appearance, she apparently couldn’t get enough of the spotlight, so she’s picked up a side gig performing improv at Dallas Comedy House and is sure stardom is just around the corner. If you’re in Dallas, please look her up! Collis Klarberg is still living in NYC and recently took a job with The Carlyle Group, which he is enjoying. After living in Dartmouth, Mass., Chace Wessling and her husband are moving to Suffield, Conn. Chace will be looking for work as an attorney and welcomes suggestions from anyone who may be able to help. I recently ran into Brett Farson, who is doing well. Brett and his wife live in Stamford, Conn., with their daughter, who turns 2 this fall. Last but not least, I’d like to thank Marisa Connors Hoyt for her 10 years writing our class notes. Marisa did a great job keeping us all connected and informed, and I hope that I will be able to do the same. Please keep the updates coming. Best wishes to everyone!
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[Editor’s note: In the spring issue of the magazine, the caption under a photo of Christina Chaplin’s
wedding inadvertently misidentified a friend of Christina’s as the groom. We regret the error and apologize for any resultant confusion.] The earlier part of 2014 was special for Rohan Kothare. In March, he took Natalie Myers, his girlfriend of three years, from their current city of Austin, Texas, to Boston, where they visited with Mark Ottariano and Mark’s wife, Katie. It was Natalie’s first trip to Massachusetts, so, says Rohan, “Of course, we took the obligatory trip to Andover, where I proceeded to show her all the fun spots on campus where I spent my high school life: GW, Taylor, Nathan Hale, [Paresky] Commons... all the fun places. Apparently Olivia Wilde ’02 and Jason Sudeikis missed us by a week!” Now, get this. Rohan spills: “The big news is that I proposed to Natalie in front of the George Washington statue [in Boston] as the sun set and the New England winter evening proceeded to set in—in March, mind you (it was 20 degrees that night). It was a great feeling knowing that not only was I about to get to spend the rest of my life with Natalie but I will also always have a reason to return to one of my favorite cities. Wedding will probably be in summer of 2015!” Congratulations, Rohan and Natalie! And see you in October at Austin City Limits Music Festival. On June 7, I reveled with Alicia Wagner Larsen, Christine Choi, Laura Lo, and Tenley Oldak Mueller at the wedding of Katie Casey and Gavin Mueller (no relation to Tenley’s hubby, Adam Mueller). KTKC’s brother, Sean Casey ’96, was also in attendance at the celebration at Westminster Hall (where Edgar Allan Poe found his rest) in Baltimore, Charm City manifest. The couple met in Chicago, where, says Katie, their “love unfurled like an R. Kelly metaphor.” Mm-hmm. After gallivanting through the Greek isles for their honeymoon, the newlyweds are back and happily nesting in Washington, D.C., where Katie works in international development and Gavin continues to pursue a PhD degree in cultural studies. Winslow Turner Porter III won this year’s transmedia award at the Tribeca Film Festival as the producer of Clouds, an interactive documentary about the emerging field of creative code made for the Oculus Rift (virtual reality machine, for those of you who don’t know). This was a nice follow-up to the doc’s premier at Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier 2014. As the creative technologist at the experiential agency MKG, Winslow also helped create the Social Soul, an interactive installation for Delta Airlines at TED 2014 in Vancouver, B.C.—a seemingly infinite visualization of the social media landscape. He is also working on the first Web-based projection mapping software, called Maparapa, which was released this summer. On fairly the opposite end of the spectrum is Sally Manikian, who completed her first 100-mile dog sled race this past winter and hopes to finish a 250-mile race this upcoming winter. Sally’s racing activities constitute material voluminous and fascinating enough to be the subject of a CloseUp feature, found on the facing page. This past