2007 CLASS NOTES
MICHAEL DEGRANDPRE, Providence, RI, married Richard Pezzillo on November 14, 2015, in Providence, RI (see photo). SHAWNA WAKEHAM SMITH and THOMAS SMITH,
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Amdework Assefa ’09 and Hannah Crary ’13 were married on June 25, 2016, at Kingsland Bay State Park in Ferrisburgh, VT. Alumni or faculty/staff in attendance included: Nicholas Hunter ’09, Julio Patrone ’09, Kimoi Seale ’06, Michael Hill ’07, Almin Piric M’09, Eddison Santana ’10, Rick Leggett (faculty), Jerome Allen ’09, Andres Camilo ’09, Erik Lightbody ’08, Alazar Assefa ’09, Linda Tran ’09, Lucia Suarez Sang ’10, Erika Ahbel ’10, Ashley Cota (’09 MEd Program), and Hailey Kimball ’09. Not in photograph: Kellie Campbell ’08, David Crary M’76, and Ariana Wammer ’08.
Jericho, VT, welcomed a son, Asa Thomas Wakeham-Smith, on July 22, 2015. Thomas was baptized on November 21, 2015, in the Chapel of Saint Michael the Archangel on campus by Rev. Michael Cronogue, SSE. RYAN DULUDE and MEGGAN ROBERGE DULUDE, Milton, MA,
welcomed a son, Zachary Ryan Dulude, on October 9, 2016. Meggan is associate athletic director for the College.
2008 JOHN KUNKEL, Philadelphia,
Claire McQuillen’11 married John Contrada ’09 on July 23, 2016, at St. Mary’s Church in Cambridge, VT, with a reception at the Barn at Boyden Farm. Alumni in attendance: Christian Bilger ’09, Matt Foley ’12, Mike McDonough ’11, Connor Stewart ’11, Mairead Moore ’09, Marisa Cardin (Mulligan) ’09, Kyle Murphy ’10, LeeAnn Murphy (Mello) ’10, Eliza McDonough (Young) ’11, Meagan Sanko (Barber) ’09, Matt Sanko ’09, Mia Weber ’11, Josh Dixon ’09, Siobhan Lavery ’11, Emma Stenberg ’10, Amalia Zychowicz ’09, Ashley Brumby (Kaminski) ’09, Corey Mozisek ’09, Molly Moore ’11, Brendan Schultz ’10, Kerrie Weir ’11, Morgan Knapton ’09, Christian D’Amour ’11, Ashley Marlow (Laurent) ’11, Kyle Marlow ’10, Kalin Stewart (Burkhardt) ’11, Sarah Cuce (Manty) ’11, Olivia D’Amour (Hoeppner) ’11, Montana Palmer ’11, Kristina Iennaco ’11, Melanie George ’19. Writes Claire, “Not pictured but present was John’s younger sister Melanie George who is a sophomore right now at SMC! We had seven St. Mike’s married couples (not including us) AND two other couples that all met at SMC as well ...”
PA, graduated from the University of New England College of Medicine this May. He was accepted into his top-ranked residency program in Philadelphia, where he will begin his training as an orthopedic surgeon, working under the former team surgeon for the Philadelphia 76ers. John’s alumna wife, NOELLE GUARNIERI KUNKEL ’10, shared the news and adds “Go Purple Knights!” (See photo.) MOLLY COLE and JOHN HERMAN, Needham, MA,
got married at the Wauwinet Hotel on Nantucket on May 14, 2016, with just 26 guests.
Molly writes, “We then celebrated with our friends and family June 4 in Canton, MA — lots of SMC alumni were in attendance (see attached photo!), classes of ’83, ’08, and ’09!” (See photo.) MARIBETH FONDA, Brattleboro, VT, graduated from Antioch University New England with an MS in applied behavior analysis in December 2015. She became a board-certified behavior analyst (BCBA) in June 2016. This will be her third year as a co-coordinator of a behavior program in an elementary school. RACHEL MORTON, Winooski, VT, received her master’s degree in library science (MLS) from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (see photo). AMELIA HOLSTON HOLSTROM, West Spring-
field, MA, received the Massachusetts Bar Association Community Service Award on June 22, 2016, at the Hampden County Bar Association’s annual meeting. The award is presented to an attorney who “has performed an act or acts of outstanding public service within the community.” Amelia is a member of the board of directors and Executive Committee for the Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts, an ad hoc member of the Personnel Committee for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, and the clerk of the board for Friends of the