Class Note 2005
Issue
Sept - Oct 2015
Happy fall, ’05s. I hope everyone had a great summer. First up on the news front, our very own Caroline Kerr has been asked to join the board of trustees. It’s an incredible honor and very cool to have one of our own represented at the College’s highest level. Please join the entire ’05 executive committee in congratulating Caroline on this accomplishment.
Next, Becca Heller was named the 2015 award recipient of the Charles Bronfman Prize for her visionary work creating and enforcing a system of legal and human rights on behalf of refugees who are at risk. As the director and cofounder of the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project at the Urban Justice Center, Becca merges her legal background and her advocacy work with her humanitarian commitment, impacting hundreds of thousands across the globe. The Charles Bronfman Prize is presented annually to an innovative and dynamic humanitarian under the age of 50 whose work is informed by Jewish values and has global impact that changes lives and inspires future generations. The prize will be presented to Heller by the Bronfman family at an awards ceremony this fall. Congrats, Becca!
Speaking of awards, Diana Sanderson received a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching grant to study art education in South Korea this fall. Congrats, Diana!
In wedding news, our own Nate Cardin married Benjamin Procter, in Santa Monica, California, on March 28. In attendance were classmates Devin Dwyer, Jessica Smith and John Lillywhite. Nate is a chemistry teacher in the upper school of Harvard-Westlake School, an independent day school in Los Angeles. Benjamin is a lawyer with Miramax, a film and television company based in Santa Monica. Congrats to you both!
On May 2 several classmates joined alumni around the world in the College’s first Alumni Day of Service. In Boston ’05s Nicki (Sass) Fleming, Peter Fleming, Lauren (Hoehlein) Joseph, Steve Joseph, Dave Hyde, Luke Gilroy, Ted Finnerty and Sabrina Singh sorted donations at Room to Grow and then went out to brunch for a mini-reunion. Thanks to these eight for their service, and thanks again to all the ’05s who volunteered and made special donations to the class of 2005 seed fund for social good.
Send more updates and be well everyone.
—Matt Nicholson, 4545 MacArthur Blvd. NW, #201, Washington, DC 20007; mtnicholson3@gmail.com
Next, Becca Heller was named the 2015 award recipient of the Charles Bronfman Prize for her visionary work creating and enforcing a system of legal and human rights on behalf of refugees who are at risk. As the director and cofounder of the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project at the Urban Justice Center, Becca merges her legal background and her advocacy work with her humanitarian commitment, impacting hundreds of thousands across the globe. The Charles Bronfman Prize is presented annually to an innovative and dynamic humanitarian under the age of 50 whose work is informed by Jewish values and has global impact that changes lives and inspires future generations. The prize will be presented to Heller by the Bronfman family at an awards ceremony this fall. Congrats, Becca!
Speaking of awards, Diana Sanderson received a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching grant to study art education in South Korea this fall. Congrats, Diana!
In wedding news, our own Nate Cardin married Benjamin Procter, in Santa Monica, California, on March 28. In attendance were classmates Devin Dwyer, Jessica Smith and John Lillywhite. Nate is a chemistry teacher in the upper school of Harvard-Westlake School, an independent day school in Los Angeles. Benjamin is a lawyer with Miramax, a film and television company based in Santa Monica. Congrats to you both!
On May 2 several classmates joined alumni around the world in the College’s first Alumni Day of Service. In Boston ’05s Nicki (Sass) Fleming, Peter Fleming, Lauren (Hoehlein) Joseph, Steve Joseph, Dave Hyde, Luke Gilroy, Ted Finnerty and Sabrina Singh sorted donations at Room to Grow and then went out to brunch for a mini-reunion. Thanks to these eight for their service, and thanks again to all the ’05s who volunteered and made special donations to the class of 2005 seed fund for social good.
Send more updates and be well everyone.
—Matt Nicholson, 4545 MacArthur Blvd. NW, #201, Washington, DC 20007; mtnicholson3@gmail.com