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Andover friends celebrated the July wedding of Laurie Choi ’01 in Denver. From left are Erin Winkler ’01, Kate Larson ’00, the bride, Wendy Huang ’01, and Tara Rachakonda ’01.
and I moved up to Burlington, Vt., four years ago, where I work as the marketing director for Dealer. com—a software company serving the automotive industry—and Kayla works as a program manager in the global public health field. We feel fortunate to have found such enjoyable work here in our adopted city. I’m also happy to report that I’m not the only ’99er up here. Amy Teleron Findley also lives in Burlington, and we’ve recently reconnected. She and her husband, Joe, are awesome supporters of my band up here (the Al Moore Blues Band), and we see them from time to time at our shows. They always bring a great energy, and the loud club setting helps prevent Amy and me from boring our spouses with old West Quad North folklore. Meanwhile, I’m still in pretty good touch with a lot of my old PA pals. I see Ethan Brodie from time to time, recently visited with Katie Corwith on her new home turf out in the Los Angeles area, and saw James Horowitz ’98, Zachary Mexico (né Waldman) ’98, Eddie Hale ’00, Dan Scofield, and several other old classmates at Will Glass ’98’s recent wedding.” The most exciting news, though, is that Al and Kayla welcomed their first child, a son, in September. Babies Lincoln and Moore weren’t the only 2015 additions to the Andover Class of 2033 last year. Chris Kane and his wife, Pascale, welcomed a little girl in May. Also in May, Fred Flather and his wife, Kristen, welcomed their fourth child, Charlotte Benson Flather. Charlotte joins older siblings Finn, Sophie, and Kate. Joisan E. Decker DeHaan and her husband, Rob, welcomed their first child, a daughter, Anneke Evelyn DeHaan, in June. In August, Colleen Boylan Cooper and Conor Cooper welcomed a son, Zachary Francis Cooper, who joins older twin sisters Anna and Emma. And in case you missed it (you’d have to live under a giant rock to have missed this one), Connell Cloyd and his wife, Yuki, became
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A sizable Andover contingent turned out for T.J. Durkin ’99’s July 2014 wedding to Sarah Sisk in Danvers, Mass. From left are Eugene Cho ’99, Teddy Dunn ’99, Jamie Durkin ’05, Fletcher Boyle ’99, the groom and bride, Matt Kalin ’99, Nathaniel Fowler ’99, and Tiffany Horne Noonan ’99.
Internet/media sensations shortly thereafter when Yuki “Tootsie Roll”-ed her way through labor pains at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s hospital. What started as a video for family and friends quickly went viral, with the family appearing on local, national, and international news outlets. The result of Yuki’s dancing was a beautiful baby boy, Coji Alexander Cloyd, who joins big sister Yume. Stay warm this winter, ’99! Looking forward to hearing from all of you in the spring.
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Dear class, Was it my failure to show up to reunion (I told you, Kelly Elworthy and I were becoming ASAcertified sailors!) that caused everyone to be even more tight-lipped about the festivities and their lives than usual? Nevertheless, I see on social media and every other vector of news conveyance that your lives and budding families are positively blooming. Just remember what our parents are reading, though. Do it for them, and write to me about your achievements and adventures, your stumbles and your perseverance. Luckily for us all, Takashi “T.K.” Ikeda decided to be the hero of this issue. In an ultimate act of non sibi in action, he kindly responded to my birthday pleas for news from our dear classmates by writing, “I don’t think I’ve ever updated you on my status (aside from what you can see on Facebook), so here goes on my current life!
“I’ve been toiling away in Tokyo for the past seven years as an associate at Japanese and international law firms, Nishimura & Asahi and Squire Patton Boggs, respectively. In October, I’ll be joining the in-house legal team at Amazon Japan (I know, I know, I read the NYT article on Amazon’s work culture. Amazon Japan’s legal team is supposedly different, LOL). On the weekends, you’ll find me cycling all over Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures. “Regarding other Class of 2000 alums in Japan, I’ve had drinks with Kei Kushiro, who is an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo. I’m also aware that Yosuke Hatanaka is a managing director for an IT company in Fukuoka (says LinkedIn). I also had a chance to catch up with Dave Mankoff during his business trip to Google Japan. CrossFit has transformed him into the Incredible Hulk, and he looks nothing like the Mankoff we knew on the cycling team! “Aside from that, the Tokyo alumni get together pretty often, especially when Aya Murata (she says we don’t have to call her ‘Ms. Murata’ anymore!) is in town for the summer and on Non Sibi Day. “Regarding other Class of 2000 alums, Sarah Lindsay Carreira also told me that she plans on visiting Japan in the next few years! If it’s OK to talk about an event a few years back, I also attended Stefano de Stefano’s wedding in Bologna, Italy, back in 2011, where I had a chance to catch up with Jason Kaplan.” Congratulations, T.K. That’s pretty badass. Just keep delivery drones out of our futures, please. T.K. also shared his regrets about missing out on our 15th Reunion but supposes that Facebook is better than nothing at helping keep us all more or less abreast of one another’s lives. At the time of writing, T.K. was heading stateside in November 2015 to visit the Amazon headquarters in Seattle for a meeting of the global