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In July, a few friends from the Class of ’03 met for a bonfire at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. From left are Nick Franchot, Alexa Raducanu Franchot, Viraj Navkal, Will Heidrich, David Beyer, Janis Scanlon, and Tara Anderson.
Tom Oliphant became engaged to his longtime girlfriend Dana LaMendola this spring. After Tom’s graduation from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, the couple moved back to San Francisco, where they met. Michael Ruderman ran into David Banker and Tony Pucillo in San Francisco this spring. David and Tony were en route to see classmate Kat Doyle and her husband, Marco. Michael also caught up with his former Phillipian colleagues Tara Gadgil and Evan Panich in early May at a conference in Boston. Fellow San Francisco resident Matt Lindsay joined several of our classmates at the wedding of Evan McGarvey and Allegra Asplundh-Smith ’04 this spring. Among the many ’03 faithful were Matt, Shaun Blugh, Duncan Dwyer, and Evan Panich. Matt recently spent a weekend in LA, where he caught up with longtime pal Lucy Keating. David Beyer has played host to many of our classmates at regular barbecues in San Francisco. Our most recent additions include Jeanne LeSaffre and Itiah Thomas. I have also kept in touch with former Frisbee golfers Andy Hattemer, Phil Caruso, Chris Skipper, and Tom Dimopoulos. We played a few rounds of Frisbee golf during our 10th Reunion and may find an excuse for another sometime in the next year. That’s it from here. Stay safe, and go Big Blue!
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Jisung Park, Patrick Holkins, Bill Beregi, and Seth Stulgis, all Class of ’04, enjoy themselves at Friday night’s dinner at reunion.
joined the Washington Post as an op-ed columnist earlier this year. Fellow Phillipian editor alum Stephen Fee has established himself as a respected producer and correspondent at PBS NewsHour. Formerly a Wall Street Journal London correspondent, Paul Sonne is now a Moscow correspondent for the WSJ. And after two years in India as a South Asia correspondent for Russian television network RT, Priya Sridhar has returned to the States, where she covers the Midwest for the AP’s domestic and international audiences. Stephen has also tried his hand as a wedding officiant:He officiated Boo Littlefield’s wedding in Sweden this summer! A handful of classmates celebrated the wedding, including Paul, Kelly Sinclair, and Abbe Anderson. Kathryn Moore wrote from Alaska, where she
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now lives. She attended her longtime pal Tami Fay’s wedding to Stephen Lightfoote in New York this past May. Kathryn’s former running mate, Katie Dlesk, started a master’s degree program this summer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. After several years in New Jersey, she is happy to return to the friendly confines of Red Sox Nation. On the West Coast, J.C. MacMillan made world headlines this spring when he threw the first pitch for the San Diego Padres—only he did so as a baby T. rex, from the “Walking with Dinosaurs” tour. Look for “baby t. rex first pitch” on YouTube for the video. I recently caught up with Janis Rice and Margaret Ramsey for brunch; Janis and her husband, Brandon, have settled in San Francisco.
[Editor’s note: Following this issue, Emma Sussex steps down from her role as class secretary. The Academy is very grateful for her service. Ali Schouten is the new class secretary for the Class of ’04. Please send news and updates to her using the contact information above.] I should start by saying how wonderful it was to see a lot of you at reunion this year! I cannot believe it has been 10 years, but I am glad to see that some things haven’t changed. You are still the passionate and wonderful people that I remember sharing my high school years with (and it doesn’t hurt that you still know how to have a good time). I got a chance to catch up with a lot of people over the weekend, and it sounds like exciting things are happening for the Class of ’04. Clem Wood moved back to NYC and is commuting to Princeton several times a week while he works toward a PhD degree in classics there. As he begins his third year, he is beginning to think seriously about dissertation topics and is looking forward to teaching Princeton undergrads next spring. Clem spent the summer traveling around Greece to visit archaeological sites, museums, and