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st. lawrence university magazine | WINTER 2015
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2009
Cassie Coughlin
4 Prince St. Apt 5
Boston MA 02113
802-779-3623
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com
Next Reunion: 10th, 2019
Elise Fitzgerald and Mike
O'Connor were married in Maine
last summer, but I don't have any
additional details.
Rebecca Dole Yohe wrote,
“Kevin and I welcomed our first
child, Elisabeth Emily, on July 1,
coming in (a week late I might
add) at 6 pounds, 11 ounces and
20 inches long. Get ready SLU
Class of 2036, she's already a
character!”
2010
Joshua Johnson
656 9th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
716-499-3016 (cell)
joshua.david.johnson16@
gmail.com
Next Reunion: 5th, 2017
(cluster with ’08, ’09)
Lots of news came in for this 2010
class update, and it was great
seeing so many classmates last
May at our reunion! I am excited
to share the following:
there for Q3 on a work rotation
with Google.”
Willette also shared that Jim
Quivey and Noel Luciano
were hitched over Memorial
Day Weekend 2014. And Matt
Landry and Claire Jenkins also
tied the knot. The couple married
last September 20 on Shelter
Island. Both couples had many
Laurentians present to share in
the celebration.
Jessica McPherson wed Matt
Carista on August 9 at Clarkson
University. Liz Boyd says, “It was
one of those childhood friend-
ship-turned-adult-relationships….
there were quite a few SLU
people there.”
Congratulations are in order for
Kirk Donovan, who recently
completed his doctorate from
Cornell University, in cell biology.
Dr. Donovan has been in Ithaca
since 2008. He writes, “I defended
my thesis last June, and it’s great
to be done! I’m figuring out the
next step for jobs and postdoc-
toral opportunities.”
Kim Myers plunged into the icy
waters of the San Francisco Bay
on September 27 to compete in
the Escape from Alcatraz Island
swim! In her waterlogged version
of Orange is the New Black, Myers
completed the 1.5-mile dip with-
out any shark bites.
Classmates want to hear your
story! Send your good news to
and see
it in print each quarter. Please
be advised there is a publication
delay. Help break class news by
Dave Bryant is in my hometown
of Atlanta, Georgia, working as
director of institutional advisory
sales at MFS Investment Manage-
ment. And I heard from Tanya
Milan, who enjoyed quite the ad-
venture with another Laurentian:
She and Mike Nieves ’11 jumped
out of a plane while flying over
Long Island, N.Y.! “We did it as a
group outing with friends, and for
me it was a bucket list item,” the
new skydiver says. “I’m not sure I
would do it again, but it was a lot
of fun!”
Did you know whenever I have a
Class Notes deadline, I send an
email to our class? If you’re not
getting the email, shoot me one
so I can add you to the list! I don’t
want anyone to miss out on shar-
ing news. Thanks!
2008
Justin Lynch
989 James Street, #7B
Syracuse, NY 13203
585-506-5592
Next Reunion: 10th, 2018
Here’s the Post-Reunion skinny:
He put a ring on it! Dennis
Willette writes, “Maureen ‘Mo’
Hummel and I are engaged!
I proposed in Ireland on the
grounds of Ballynahinch Castle,
near Connemara National Park
north of Galway. We celebrated as
we traveled through Ireland. She's
Kat Bagley Maher recently
wrote a story about how climate
change is causing more and more
animals to hybridize, creating new
species and posing a number of
difficult conservation questions. It
was picked up for the anthology
Best American Science and Na-
ture Writing, published annually
by Houghton Mifflin. The stories
are generally picked from a va-
riety of national print and online
publications, from The New York
Times and The Atlantic to The
New Yorker.
I hadn’t heard from Callie
Douglass in a while, so getting
this update from her was great!
In August, several St. Lawrence
friends helped her with the dis-
mantling of an antique 1850s-60s
timber-framed farmhouse in Ver-
mont that Callie had purchased to
save and restore (see the picture).
“It went smoothly with the help of
about 25 friends and family,” she
writes. “The weather was beautiful
and the frame is in dry storage so
repairs can be made throughout
the winter. The plan is to erect the
house and an 'L' addition by hand
in the near future. Pretty unbeliev-
able what good friends will do for
you — I owe them all big!” Lauren-
tians on hand included Louise
Gava, Ian Shea, Conor Welch
and Rachel Harrington, Blake
Harris ’09n, Erin Mallory ’06 and
Tyler Magnan ’05.
Kristen Manganini loves her
new job as the event and market-
ing manager at Downeast Cider
House, a company that started
at Bates College three years ago.
Seattle, with plenty of alumni
there to celebrate, including
family members and others from
classes between 2007 and 2010.
Both sides had family members
who were Laurentians, too!
Ellen Doble married a Larry—
Larry McIver, that is. They met
at the wedding of John ’03
and Leah Saliga Labbe ’04 in
2008 and got married July 5 at
her parents’ home in Essex, Vt.
Laurentians from five classes, in-
cluding Ben Sears and Kristina
Grube Lacroix, as well as Terry
Cowdrey, former vice president
for admissions and financial aid,
were there.
We also have some baby news!
Kristina and Jeff welcomed
their second son, Nolan Thomas
Lacroix, on February 15, 2014. He
joined 2 ½-year-old brother Har-
rison in their family.
Candina Harmer welcomed a
daughter, Michaela Elizabeth Reya
Harmer, on July 29, 2014. Both
mother and daughter are doing
great. Candina is on track to finish
her master's degree in nursing
education this spring.
Mallory Craig-Kuhn is in
Medellín, Colombia, where she
is working on a doctorate-track
master's in literature at the
Universidad de Antioquia. “I’m
also the assistant organizer of the
Medellín Negro International Liter-
ary Congress, the most important
crime fiction academic congress
in Latin America,” she wrote.
Last year, her first three literary
Spanish-to-English translations
were published as e-books on
Amazon.
Hunter Wakeland on July 19,
2014, in Kennebunkport, Maine. In
attendance were alumni ranging
from the classes of 1962, including
her mother, Patrice Chester Burd
’62 and her mom’s sorority sisters
Diantha Cushman Harrington ’62
and Joan Thompson ’62, all the
way to 2008, including Rebecca
Riegelhaupt ’08 and Scott Smith
’08 (due to wed this January).
Classes in between were repre-
sented by Colin Heffron ’85 and
Sara Young ’86.
Congratulations to all three
couples!
2007
Megan Bernier
3 Mildon Road
Canton, NY 13617
404-617-7851 (cell)
Next Reunion: 10th, 2017
Short and sweet notes from our
class this go-around! First, a
couple of wedding updates:
Amy Laverack married Todd
Nordblom on June 14, 2014, at
Squam Lake in New Hampshire,
with a bunch of Laurentians by
her side, including Erin Mellow,
Erin McDermott, Christine
Hubbell, Allison Freeman,
Anna Kallman, Lia Prysunka,
Callie Douglass,Tracy Dana,
and others ranging in class years
from 1999 to 2010. Amy and Todd
live in Boston.
Katie Nichols and Kevin Russell
'08 wed on June 29, 2013, in
Mallory writes, “we met at Calling
All Saints during my freshman
year. I guess that makes us a SLU
couple!” Mallory and Bob live in
Watertown, N.Y.; Bob is a high
school math teacher and Mallory
a third grade teacher at schools
in the area.
Lauren Burd notified the maga-
zine staff directly that she married
Mallory Mumford and Bob
Augustus '03 were married on
July 12, 2014, in Lowville, N.Y.
Callie Douglass ’07 (top, center) invited several St. Lawrence friends to help
her with the dismantling of an antique 1850-60s timber-framed farmhouse in
Vermont last August, so she can restore and erect the house in the near future.
Laurentians on hand included Louise Gava ’07, Ian Shea ’07 (to her left and
right, respectively), and, left to right on the ground, Conor Welch ’07 and Ra-
chel Harringon ’07, with their daughter Emerson; Blake Harris ’09n; and Erin
Mallory ’06. Tyler Magnan ’05 was also reportedly working at the site.
1: Charlie Southgate ’04 and Caroline Bean ’04 ,
June 22, 2013, Lake Winnipesaukee, NH
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•Jamie Caroccio ’14 and Jorge Muñoz-Delgado Ramos,
November 29, 2013, New York City.
•Mallory Mumford ’06 and Bob Augustus ’03,
July 12, 2014, Lowville, NY*
•Jarell Roberts ’12 and Ryan Hubbard ’11,
July 18, 2014, Bolton, CT
•Nina Serach ’11 and Jeff Lauer, July 26, 2014, Salem, OR*
•Jessica McPherson ’08 and Matt Carista,
August 9, 2014, Potsdam NY
•Shannon Casucci ’06 and Brian Beauchamp,
August 23, 2014, Brookfield, MA*
•Ben Burds ’11 and Courtney Kuno ’12,
August 30, 2014, Long Lake, NY
•Sam Tyler ’11 and Amanda Bramble ’11 ,
Sept. 13, 2014, Longmont, CO
not pictured (* pictured in class column)
Boudrias: Stacy ’01 and Pete Landry, a daughter, Charly Kathleen, June 10, 2014.
Brinckerhoff: Coleman ’95 and Tina, a daughter, Charlotte Liv, August 2014.
Harmer: Candina ’07 , a daughter, Michaela Elizabeth Reya, July 29, 2014.
Frost: Thomas '97 and Alison Gately '96, a son, Luke Gately, June 7, 2011.
Kennedy: Kyle ’01 and Jen, a son, Finn Patrick, August 14, 2014.
Lyndaker: Matt ’96 and Anne Marie Reynolds ’94, a daughter, Maeve Elens,
August 18, 2014.
Sheff: Dan ’01 and Desiree, a son, Thomas, July 2014.
Spollen: Claire ’01 and Richard Bolduc, a daughter, Orla Marie, April 6, 2014.
Sweet: Wallace ’01 and Emily, a boy, Harrison .
Volpe: Kate ’01 and Wilson Aguilar-Garcia, a son, Blake, September 22, 2013.
Yohe: Rebecca Dole ’09 and Kevin, a daughter, Elisabeth Emily, July 1, 2014.
(For details, check the respective Class Notes. We publish wedding photos
that meet our technical requirements on a first-come, first-served basis.
Those that do not appear in this issue may be scheduled for a future one.)
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