Class Note 1998
Erin Wright and her husband, Eric Pilotte ’95, welcomed baby Andrew George on October 19. Andrew “is absolutely adored by his big sister Caroline (who shares a birthday with Betsy Lewis’ baby girl Paige, by the way).” Erin and her family live in Benicia, California, where Erin is a veterinarian and Eric is looking for a position as an elementary school teacher.
C.J. Gelinas and his wife, Lauren, had their first child, Livia Ann Gelinas, on March 8. Livia was 6 pounds, 15 ounces, and 20 inches long at birth. C.J. says that Livia’s name was inspired by “the excellent classics education I received from our friends in Reed Hall!” The Gelinas family lives in Jersey City, New Jersey. C.J. is a counsel in the capital markets group at SNR Denton US LLP, and an adjunct professor at the financial services LL.M. program at New York Law School.
Carter Jackson and his wife, Sarah Kate, welcomed baby girl Sofie Beatrice Jackson on March 15th. The Jacksons “are living out in Brooklyn, New York, and are busy with our new lives as parents of Sofie and the theater group we launched in 2011, d.i.r.t. company. After a wildly successful season of staged short-play readings at the Players Club last fall (called DIRTy SHORTs), 2012 is off-to a great start, with one of our plays from the readings making it into the finals of the 18th Annual American Globe Fifteen Minute Play Festival. (Support for our semifinal performance included fellow ’98 and N.Y.C. theater heavyweight Kyle Ancowitz).”
Tanner Morris Van Dusen and her husband, Edwin, welcomed Tate Alburn Van Dusen, who arrived a few days late on March 28. Tanner reports that Tate “weighed in at a whopping 10 pounds, 2 ounces. He has been a total joy and we are all slowly adjusting to life as a family of four. Max is thoroughly enjoying his new ‘big brother’ status and is very grateful that Tate did not arrive on his actual due date (the 26th), which happened to also be Max’s third birthday. I’m sure there will be plenty of years of joint birthday parties but at least each boy has his own day.” The family recently moved from Chicago to the suburb of Lake Forest. She says, “It’s been wonderful to have my family nearby and we are enjoying life in the burbs but certainly miss the hustle and bustle of city life (not to mention takeout).” Tanner also recently incorporated her own business, where she does freelance consulting work in market research and strategy. “It’s been a great (but busy) balance of work and mommyhood.”
Kara Josephberg Paldino and her husband, Chris, welcomed Jackson Miles Paldino to the world on March 29. Jackson was 6 pounds and 14 ounces and 19 inches long. Kara reports, “Big sister Livia is thrilled and loving him! We also just bought a new house in Miami Beach so are now officially Floridians. I am still working as a production lawyer for Bravo’s unscripted programming.”
Sara Lewandowski Proulx and her husband, Scott, welcomed Brendan Leo Proulx on April 12. Brendan—who weighed 7 pounds and 13 ounces and was 21 inches long—joins big brother Ryan, who is just 18 months old, “so we have our hands full!” Sara says. The Proulx family lives in Rye, New York. And Sara reports that she’s “still working at Brown Brothers (going on 13 years now!) but enjoying a summer vacation of maternity leave.”
Congratulations, everyone! Please keep sending in news and be on the lookout for a mini-reunion near you in the summer of 2012!
—Jo Golub, 851 Indian Rock Ave., Berkeley, CA 94707; jgolub@kvn.com
