Class Note 2004
Issue
Hello, ’04s! Hope everyone had a fabulous summer!
Jackie Murphy became engaged to Jake Harper (Middlebury ’07) on June 19. Jake planned a surprise gathering with their closest family and friends after he popped the question: Paul Bozzello, Blair Dickinson, Liz Bultman, Susana Guajardo and I were all there to celebrate!
Simon Weber proposed to Nicole Eisenman (Williams ’04) in May. Simon is leaving his position with an international lobbying firm in Washington, D.C., to start Wharton Business School. His roommate for the past four years, Nick Danoff (the two were also freshman year roommates in South Fayer), will start University of Michigan Business School in September.
Laura Rosow graduated from Harvard Medical School in May. She has relocated to San Francisco, where she will begin neurology residency at University of California, San Francisco, in June.
Miguella Mark Carew was awarded a Fulbright award to study intestinal parasites in Trinidad and Tobago.
Nick Blum was recently engaged to Christen Ardus (Wellesley ’04). Nick and Christen will graduate from Tuck School of Business next year.
Meredith (Benz) and Ben Bollinger are thrilled to announce the birth of their son Noah Stephen on May 6. Ben is co-founder of SustainX Inc. in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, and Meredith is a clinician at West Central Behavioral Health in Claremont, New Hampshire. The family is living in Windsor, Vermont.
Lauren (Ware) and Alasdair Groves wrote in to report that they “have a 1-year old daughter named Emily who is the most fun thing that has ever happened to us!” They are moving back to New Hampshire in July to open a nonprofit Christian counseling center called Twin State Christian Counseling.
Kristina Eaton is starting her obstetrics-gynecology residency at University of California at Irvine on June 22. She has offered to host the next mini-reunion in Orange County (spare bedroom available!).
Kerri Entin graduated from medical school at the University of Colorado in May and began her residency in psychiatry at the University of Colorado. She also became engaged to Jonathan Langer (Williams ’04) and the two purchased a new home together.
Kane Russel moved back to San Francisco with his wife, Ally Basak, after spending two years in graduate school at the University of Michigan with fellow ’04s Brian Van Abel and Alexandra Robbins. Kane is working at Waterfall Mobile (www.waterfallmobile.com).
Brett Martin was featured in Forbes Magazine for starting ProphetMargin, an online planning and finance tool for small businesses. Brett and his team unveiled the company during Startup Weekend, one of the final events of New York’s Internet Week. For more details, please check out the article at www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/06/14/business-us-no-sleep-startups_768759….
Sarah Sirota completed her second year of the three-year M.F.A. acting program at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. She is teaching basic acting to undergraduates and working on a variety of shows at school. Sarah will be performing in the first main stage show of the fall semester, Fen by Caryl Churchill.
Sarah also provided the following updates (thank you!): Cliff Campbell directed a production of The Fantasticks at Williamsburg Collegiate, where he teaches drama. Mark Orsini is a partner at Brett Adams Agency in the literary division. Marina McClure is in graduate school, pursuing a master’s in fine arts in directing at California Arts. Sarah’s last piece of news is that Matt Singleton is getting married to his partner Josh on Fire Island, New York, in September. Congratulations!
Please send all future updates to me!
—Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com
Sept - Oct 2010
Hello, ’04s! Hope everyone had a fabulous summer!
Jackie Murphy became engaged to Jake Harper (Middlebury ’07) on June 19. Jake planned a surprise gathering with their closest family and friends after he popped the question: Paul Bozzello, Blair Dickinson, Liz Bultman, Susana Guajardo and I were all there to celebrate!
Simon Weber proposed to Nicole Eisenman (Williams ’04) in May. Simon is leaving his position with an international lobbying firm in Washington, D.C., to start Wharton Business School. His roommate for the past four years, Nick Danoff (the two were also freshman year roommates in South Fayer), will start University of Michigan Business School in September.
Laura Rosow graduated from Harvard Medical School in May. She has relocated to San Francisco, where she will begin neurology residency at University of California, San Francisco, in June.
Miguella Mark Carew was awarded a Fulbright award to study intestinal parasites in Trinidad and Tobago.
Nick Blum was recently engaged to Christen Ardus (Wellesley ’04). Nick and Christen will graduate from Tuck School of Business next year.
Meredith (Benz) and Ben Bollinger are thrilled to announce the birth of their son Noah Stephen on May 6. Ben is co-founder of SustainX Inc. in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, and Meredith is a clinician at West Central Behavioral Health in Claremont, New Hampshire. The family is living in Windsor, Vermont.
Lauren (Ware) and Alasdair Groves wrote in to report that they “have a 1-year old daughter named Emily who is the most fun thing that has ever happened to us!” They are moving back to New Hampshire in July to open a nonprofit Christian counseling center called Twin State Christian Counseling.
Kristina Eaton is starting her obstetrics-gynecology residency at University of California at Irvine on June 22. She has offered to host the next mini-reunion in Orange County (spare bedroom available!).
Kerri Entin graduated from medical school at the University of Colorado in May and began her residency in psychiatry at the University of Colorado. She also became engaged to Jonathan Langer (Williams ’04) and the two purchased a new home together.
Kane Russel moved back to San Francisco with his wife, Ally Basak, after spending two years in graduate school at the University of Michigan with fellow ’04s Brian Van Abel and Alexandra Robbins. Kane is working at Waterfall Mobile (www.waterfallmobile.com).
Brett Martin was featured in Forbes Magazine for starting ProphetMargin, an online planning and finance tool for small businesses. Brett and his team unveiled the company during Startup Weekend, one of the final events of New York’s Internet Week. For more details, please check out the article at www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/06/14/business-us-no-sleep-startups_768759….
Sarah Sirota completed her second year of the three-year M.F.A. acting program at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. She is teaching basic acting to undergraduates and working on a variety of shows at school. Sarah will be performing in the first main stage show of the fall semester, Fen by Caryl Churchill.
Sarah also provided the following updates (thank you!): Cliff Campbell directed a production of The Fantasticks at Williamsburg Collegiate, where he teaches drama. Mark Orsini is a partner at Brett Adams Agency in the literary division. Marina McClure is in graduate school, pursuing a master’s in fine arts in directing at California Arts. Sarah’s last piece of news is that Matt Singleton is getting married to his partner Josh on Fire Island, New York, in September. Congratulations!
Please send all future updates to me!
—Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com