Conn. Mandy Cumings is currently in Boston, working for State Street Corporation. Zach LeClair is continuing his acting career in two more works of Shakespeare, appearing in Much Ado About Nothing and Romeo and Juliet at the Gamm Theatre in Pawtucket, R.I., this past fall. Other performers include Alex Grover, who sang the national anthem at Salem Day at Suffolk Downs on July 11. Alex is pursuing a master’s in music education at Boston University. The college also let me know that Kurt Peterson and his band were among those performing in the Lyons Den at Wheaton during Homecoming Weekend. Amanda Chace is working as a legal assistant at a law firm in Newton, Mass., and started business school in the fall. Meanwhile, I (Brian Dundon) somehow managed to find a job and will be working for CHG-Meridian out of their Los Angeles offices. Until next time, 2009, please stay in touch. Brian Dundon, 11 Sycamore Drive, Middleboro, MA 02346, (508) 3398023, brian.m.dundon@gmail.com
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CE Bon voyage to CE scholarship recipient José Diaz ’08, off to his first international travel experience! After recovering from serious surgery immediately after graduation, he returned to work at Bank of New York Mellon in Boston and has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship and is now an English teaching assistant in Santona, Spain. Best wishes, and we will be waiting to hear of your triumphs! Dianne Holcomb ’84 and husband Marc Swan from Portland, Maine, happily traveled to London in September to launch a second book of poetry, Simple Distractions. Check it out on www.tall-lighthouse,co.uk/p_ marc-swan.html. Congratulations! Christiane Rubin Oudet ’86 is still busy at her manse in Norton and traveling often to San Diego to visit her daughter Melanie and grandsons Max, 4, and Myles, 18 months! Enjoy every minute with them! Hope everyone makes plans to attend our CE Reunion in May 2010! Please contact me to share your ideas for “fun together plans”—I’ll be waiting to hear from you! Jean A. Campbell ’01, 85 Desert Brook Road, Wrentham, MA 02093, (508) 384-2326, jean_campbell02093@yahoo.com
1. Nathan Phillips ’00 married Karen Jasinski on July 18, in Norwood, Mass. Wheaties attending the wedding included (from left): Jen Karman Kanyok ’01, Leah Thovmasian Hill ’00, David Blanchard ’01, Nathan, Alex Hill ’00, Mike Gray ’01, Jacob Alsobrook ’00, Ben Fenn ’00 and Thea Haigh ’00. 2. Eric Miner ’02 and Amelia Poole were married Sept. 6, 2009, in Avon, Conn. Wheaton friends at the wedding included Megan Stauble Bransfield ’02, Fred Marcks ’02 and Sarah Scranton Marcks ’02, Heidi Holzfaster Kostin ’01, Alison Mosher Murphy ’02, Robin Shea ’02, Dante Amenta ’02 and Sandy Cross Amenta ’03, Margaret Price Sims ’00 and Nash Oven ’02. 3. Alice Jin ’09 married Changsub Lee in Seoul, Korea, on June 12, 2009, at the Shilla Hotel. Professor Barbara Darling-Smith from Wheaton’s religion department attended and brought greetings to Alice and Changsub from all of Alice’s friends, classmates and professors. 4. Bernadette Reust Goncharova ’05 and Kirill Goncharov ’08 were married on June 20, 2009. Pictured are (from left) Kristen Carey, Casey Beaman ’08, Bernadette and Kirill, Sarah Arnone ’08, Jessica Libby ’06, Nate Toothaker ’08, Courtney McPhail ’05 and Meaghan Boyle ’07. 5. Carilyn Tately Cannon ’06 married Seth Cannon on Cape Cod on Aug. 22, 2009. The bridal party is pictured here with Carilyn and Seth on Old Silver Beach. From left: Allison
Reichentahl ’07, Nathalie Miniscalco ’06, Pamela Tately, Carilyn and Seth, Ashley Emerson ’07 and Julie Cunniff. (Not pictured, but also at the wedding, were Marriah Vengroff ’06, Caitie Meloski ’05, Tonia Smith ’07, Jade Lee Enzler ’07 and Alexis Liesman ’07.) Carilyn and Seth enjoyed a Hawaiian honeymoon before returning to their new home in Attleboro, Mass. 6. Danielle Kyes Herschler ’05 married Nathan Herschler ’05 on May 23, 2009, at the Washington Club in Washington, D.C. Wheaton friends celebrating with them include (from left): Catherine Boothby ’05, Lisa Madison ’05, Evan Leek ’05, Veronica Garrett-Young ’05, Sarah Young ’05, Callie Maguire Rozumek ’05, Adam Rozumek, Danielle and Nathan, David Carroll ’05, Jenn Andreoli ’05, Martha Makkas ’05, Kate Erstling ’05, Lauren Carlisle Brown ’05 and Barrett Brown ’05. 7. Abby Browne Morgan ’06 and Tom Morgan ’04 were married July 18, 2009, at Abby’s parents’ home in Peacham, Vt. Wheaton alums who attended the wedding included (from left): Hannah Army ’04, Charles Sawyer ’06, Tom and Abby, John Golebiewski ’06, Julia Atwood ’06 and Becky Lawrence ’06. (Also attending the wedding, but not pictured, were Abby’s aunts, Deborah Browne Carpilio ’75 and Rebecca Browne Lafferty ’73.)
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