Class Note 2006
Issue
May - Jun 2017
Hi, 2006s! By the time you read this, our 10th (i.e., 11th) reunion will nearly be here! I hope many of you will attend what will I hope be a wonderful, sunny weekend in Hanover. Until then, news! Alicia “Cici” Cruz-Uribe and husband Greg Harkay, Th’08, are expecting their first child this coming August. They live in Orono, Maine, where Alicia is finishing her second year as assistant professor of petrology and mineralogy at the University of Maine. Jeff Grossmann and Grace Yang wrote in from the Bay Area, where they welcomed daughter Alice. Erin (Emery) Hartz and husband Neil Hartz ’07 had their first, daughter Violet Margaret, in February. Neil and Erin both work in tech in San Francisco. Vince Accurso and Erin (Arnold) Accurso welcomed their first child, daughter Francesca Olivia, in February. Julia Dillon Drury and Justin Blesy welcomed their first child, daughter Adalynn Dillon Blesy, in February. Diana (Kirschner) Haddad welcomed her twins, Lucas and Josephine, in August 2016. Diana is a fellow in pediatric critical care in New York and notes that she gets great parenting advice from her Kappa Delta Epsilon sisterhood and expert parents Dana (Haffner) Guernsey and husband Matt Guernsey ’05, parents to 10-month-old daughter Sasha; Maile (Carter) Madigan and husband Daniel Madigan ’05, parents to 1-year-old son Carter; Lynda (Tricarico) Daniel and husband Rawson Daniel ’05, parents to 2-year-old son Charlie, and Andrea (Smith) Goselin, mother to 1-year-old daughter Oona. She notes that she is also supported by Renee (Bissell) Castertano and Nina Fulmer. Nina got her M.B.A. in Chicago and is now director of business development and strategy at NBC. Lance Kramer’s film, City of Trees, had its encore broadcast on PBS last month, and the web-series he produced with CNN’s Van Jones called The Messy Truth was viewed more than 5 million times during the final week of the election. Kristen (Grant) Deschene and husband Joe are parents to son Joseph Thomas (“J.T.”) and live in Boston, where Kristen finished up her pediatrics residency in 2016. Kristen Callisto wrote in from Washington, D.C., where she is currently working as the director of outreach and organizational learning with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Kristin Wong also wrote in from Washington, D.C., where she lives with husband Christopher. Kristin graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in May with a doctorate in education leadership and recently attended Tracey Fung’s wedding in Puerto Rico. Heidi (Immesberger) Schmechel was married in July 2016 in Wyoming to Charles Schmechel and the wedding was full of ’06s: Ben Schwartz officiated and the bridal party (Jennifer Bordeau, Sarah Hackney, Pamela Brown) was all green, all the time. Ben writes to say that he is building a home and retreat center in Wli, Ghana, with his foster son, Charles, whom he met during his Tucker fellowship to Ghana during our junior winter. Jamie Coffin shared news from the Lone Pine cup—a Winter Carnival of golf, pong and “feats of strength” (his words exactly)—held in Arizona in December 2016. Brad Heritage won MVP honors in a losing effort and other honored participants included Josh Gregg (long drive), Paul Huelskamp (rhino tusk) and Jared Hyatt (red drum). Victors included Alec Hufnagel, Josh Gregg, Andrew Mayer, Will Pierce, Mike Reiss, Hans Reuter and Alex Tonelli. Shamed losers include Jamie Coffin, Griffin Gordon, Brad Heritage,Paul Huelskampand John Huelskamp, Joe Killefer and Andy Miller.
Congratulations to all for the babies, awesome professional work, and long golf drives. Keep the news coming, and see you in June on the Green!
—Jessica Tory, Schwab Residential Center, 680 Serra St., Stanford, CA 94305; jessica.e.tory@gmail.com
Congratulations to all for the babies, awesome professional work, and long golf drives. Keep the news coming, and see you in June on the Green!
—Jessica Tory, Schwab Residential Center, 680 Serra St., Stanford, CA 94305; jessica.e.tory@gmail.com