’07 CLASS AGENT
The Class of 2007 is looking for Class Agents! Please contact alumni@spa.edu or 651-696-1302.
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s Nikki Stennes James and Emily James were married this June at the James J. Hill Library in St. Paul, MN. The newlywed couple was fortunate to celebrate with some fellow Spartans, who brought “fiendish dance moves and summer style” to the party. SPA classmates pictured with the couple include Beth Billington ’05, Merritt Swain ’05, Lindsay Giese ’05, and Joel Cornell ’05 in the second row, and Brandon Levy ’05 and Ilse Griffin ’05 in the third row.
Kelly Whitaker ’07 married Brendan Rousseau on June 13, 2015 in a lakeside ceremony in White Bear Lake, MN. SPA was well-represented across multiple generations at the wedding. Pictured below, back row, left to right: Phil Allen ’78, George Kinkead ’81, Paddy McNeely ’75, Charlie Whitaker ’74, Pierce Norton ’08, Clover Earl Zell ’78, Doug Whitaker ’76, Harry Whitaker ’10, Will Whitaker ’13, Spencer McMillan ’07, Evan McMillan ’10, Mary Victoria (Tory) Hansen ’07. Second row starting left with tall woman in gray: Irene McNeely ’82, Vicki Mateo Lincoln ’78, Andrea Garretson Potter ’78, Debbie Whitaker ’97, Beth Whitaker Tranchina ’99, Emily Whitaker Riddering ’00, Sarah Whitaker ’10, Kelly Whitaker ’07 and groom Brendan Rousseau, Harry McNeely, Jr. ’42, Steve
Whitaker ’78, Shannon Whitaker ’78, Jean Carlton Ambler ’49, CJ Whitaker ’12, Drew Whitaker ’12, Molly Cohn Cassidy ’07. Left side kneeling: Shawn McNeely ’78, Phillip Foussard ’78, Bobby Hartzell ’71, Bill (William) Whitaker ’70, (John) Jack Whitaker ’71, Grant Whitaker ’12, Robert (Bobby) Whitaker ’11, Nathan Johnson ’10, Andrew Bradley ’12. Also attending but pictured: Josephine Millard Chernenak.
’11 CLASS AGENTS Taylor Billeadeau shootingstars262@hotmail.com Kaia Wahmanholm kwahmanholm@gmail.com
Gavriella Levy Haskell graduated
from Smith College in 2015 and is now starting a master’s degree in the history of art at the Courtauld Institute in London. Samantha Pilicer started her PhD in Chemistry at Georgetown University this fall.
’15 CLASS AGENT
The Class of 2015 is looking for Class Agents! Please contact alumni@spa.edu or 651-696-1302.
s Dean Isaacson was named Hamline University’s Athlete of the Week in September 2015 for his outstanding performance in the net for Hamline men’s soccer. Dean was the starting goalie for every game this season, with 88 saves and an impressive 1.34 goals-allowed average. Dean’s success on the team was also the subject of a September 30 article in the Pioneer Press entitled “Hamline University freshman learns goaltending on the fly.”
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