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Van Engelens Brady Van Engelen, ’02, and Anastasia (DeFelice) Van Engelen, ’02
Brady and Anastasia Van Engelen, ’02, on their wedding day, Sept. 2, 2006, and with their son, William.
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rady Van Engelen, ’02, and Anastasia DeFelice, ’02, met for the first time near the end of spring quarter during their freshman year. They would catch glimpses of one another as they crossed paths on their way to their math classes, which happened to be in adjacent classrooms. Initially, Anastasia made the first move—as friends—when she approached Brady at the Chieftain and introduced herself. But when he pursued her romantically, it took a few attempts before she accepted. When she agreed to a date, they went to
dinner on Capitol Hill and a movie. It didn’t take long for things to get serious. About a month later, when the two parted ways for the summer, they continued to communicate in a sweetly romantic fashion—they wrote letters. “E-mail was around, but I love old-fashioned letters,” Anastasia says. That summer Brady visited her in Sacramento, Calif., and they spent time getting to know each other on a trip to Lake Tahoe. By fall, and back at SU, they were dating each other exclusively. Brady was struck by Anastasia’s “big, beautiful brown eyes. And she has this outgoing personality and is easy to talk to,” The first real test of their relationship came after graduation. Brady, a business major who was in ROTC at SU, stayed in Seattle as an ROTC recruiter, while Anastasia, a communications and journalism major, was off to New York City for work. They continued their relationship long distance as Army training took Brady to Oklahoma and Georgia, then Germany—where he was
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