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BAUM & HAYDON
BY ISABEL DRAKE PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN MULLINS BRIANMULLINSPHOTOGRAPHY.COM
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Alan Haydon, a first officer at Alaska Airlines, and Patty Baum,
senior assistant director of admissions at UNC, almost didn’t meet. Patty grew up in Miami and Charlotte and moved to Chapel Hill to attend UNC. Alan grew up in Raleigh, then attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach. After their introduction on Match.com and a month of emails back and forth, the two carved out a time to meet at The Crunkleton amidst the frequent traveling required by both their jobs. Although a few more hurdles threatened their first date plans – picture a dash across an airport for an early flight and a dead car battery – the pair finally met on October 18, 2014. It was during one of their routine neighborhood walks together that Alan got down on one knee and proposed to Patty. He had flown in for a weekend from his three-month training session with the airline
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and, after prolonging their walk several times to “explore pretty parts of the neighborhood,” surprised Patty with the big question. The couple celebrated afterward at The Crunkleton. The wedding will be held June 9, 2018 at University Presbyterian Church, followed by a reception at The Carolina Inn. CHM
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