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Andover friends turned out in force for the Nantucket wedding of Lirra Schiebler ’03 and Dave Hill ’03 in July. Front, from left: Mari Ono Zilles ’03, Claire Reyner ’03, the bride and groom, and Alyssa Hill ’06, Dave’s sister. Back row: Meryl Mims ’03, Sam Levenback ’04, Zach Cafritz ’03, Matt Longley ’03, Alessandra Colaianni ’03, Shaalini Ramanadhan ’03, Rashid Galadanci ’03, Aneesa Sayall ’03, Bob Yamartino ’03, and Nick Ingaciola ’03.
2002 Lauren Nickerson P.O. Box 711477 Mountain View HI 96771 Lauren9@gmail.com
Aloha, Class of ’02! Before we get started, here is a quick reality check for all of us: Recently, I had a conversation with my husband and remarked that our “10-year reunion” was next year. He quickly responded, “How old are you?’’ Oops. We are coming up on our 15th Reunion next year! As it turns out, I am not the only one with memory lapse. Sam Takvorian concluded his update e-mail with “Hope to see you at the 10-year.” Guys, we aren’t in our 20s anymore! Without further ado, here are the notes. Caroline Van Zile had quite a busy 2015. In July, she finished working as a law clerk for Justice Anthony Kennedy. In September, she got engaged and followed it up with some world travel. She went to South Africa and Southeast Asia, where she met up with Paull Randt ’04. She is now living in DC again, working for a law firm. She got together with Nadeem Mazen, Chris Wegrzyn, and James Sonne to catch up and hear about Nadeem’s ventures in business and politics. In September, Emily Reynolds launched a 24-hour online news service called The Spark (www.sparkthenews.com), based in Brockton, Mass. The site’s mission is to provide unbiased, hyperlocal news and return journalism to its purest form—no endorsements, no opinion, just the facts. Check it out! Sam Takvorian, whom I look forward to seeing at our 15th Reunion, and his wife, Melina Marmarelis, were both matched into fellowships in hematology/oncology at Penn and look forward to their upcoming move from Boston to Philly.
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Stephen “Stevie” Brock moved to Detroit and started a songwriting and recording program for high school students. Stevie stays in touch with Wills Hapworth, who is “doing great things” with his Thought Into Action Entrepreneurship Institute at Colgate, and Dean Felch, a newly minted firefighter in New Orleans. Niki Roberts got married Nov. 7 in Houston to Krisa Benskin. Ryan Coughlan played the role of flower man (which sounds amazing, and I really wish we had photo evidence). Nancy Glober and faculty member Carol Israel attended, as did Niki’s stepfather, David Whittemore ’78. Katherine Cascio is currently working on a dissertation focused on improving mental health and trauma services for women trying to leave prostitution. She recently saw Kim Ramos and Dave Breen while home for winter break. Kim and Katherine enjoyed a lunch in downtown Andover at Bertucci’s. Laura Miller, Amy Galvin, and Melanie Cyr joined Sasha Corken at her new home in Reading, Mass., for a Halloween celebration. Regarding the location of her new home, Sasha remarked that if she and her husband ever choose to have kids, “I guess they will be day students!” Tony Bitz had an exciting 2015. He and his girlfriend quit their jobs in NYC and toured the United States in a counterclockwise road trip. Their travels took them to New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, and finally, our nation’s capital. Along the way, they saw Geoff O’Donoghue, Adam Arguelles, and Chloe Lewis. They also traveled to Hawaii and stayed with Diane Liu in Honolulu. Highlights
from their trip include camping in the Badlands and surfing in Maui. The entire trip was a “farewell to the U.S. tour,” as the happy couple will be moving to London next year. Not to be outdone by his former cross-country and track teammate, Pablo Durana once again contributed to my favorite game, “Where in the World is Pablo Durana?” He spent a month filming a documentary inside an active volcano in Vanuatu. He spent another month in Afghanistan documenting women’s rights and filming the first female Afghan mountaineering team. He also filmed in Angola, where he explored new rock climbing regions and helped set up an offgrid solar program. Kudos to those of you who know where Vanuatu is. Full disclosure: I had to Google it. During the holidays, husband Bobby and I joined Mari Ono Zilles ’03 and her husband, Kyle, for a delicious dinner where everyone upstaged me by doing “uni shooters.” Has anyone else tried this? It was definitely not my cup of tea, or rather, cup of sea urchin gonads. If any of you are ever headed to the Big Island, drop me a line. You are more than welcome to buy your favorite class secretary a cup of Kona coffee or a pineapple martini. In return, I may even be willing to play tour guide! Thank you to everyone who submitted notes. It is always wonderful to hear from classmates far and wide. Remember, no update is too small or big; we take them all! Until next time, go Big Blue! —Lauren
2003 Will Heidrich wheidrich@gmail.com
This past year was another productive one for the Class of 2003. To kick things off, several more classmates made vows in 2015. Lirra Schiebler married Dave Hill in Nantucket, Mass., in July with a host of close friends from Andover in attendance. Among the group were Meryl Mims, Zach Cafritz, Alessandra Colaianni, Matt Longley, Shaalini Ramanadhan, Rashid Galadanci, Aneesa Sayall, Bob Yamartino, Nick Ingaciola, Mari Ono Zilles, and Claire Reyner. Jeanne LeSaffre married longtime boyfriend Mitch St. Peter ’02 this past fall in San Francisco. They celebrated with some of their best friends from Andover, including Kelly Sinclair, Alexa Franchot, Nick Franchot, and Anthony Pucillo, as well as many others from 2002 and 2001. Jeanne and Mitch now live in San Francisco, as do an evergrowing number of our classmates. Ryan McChristian wrote from Tokyo, where he has been working for the state department for the past few years. He hosted classmate Itiah Thomas in Tokyo as she traveled the world this past fall. The two of them joined an Andover gathering with a number of alumni from other classes. Itiah has been on an eight-month trip