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event in August. It was nice to spend some time
with
Angela Kotz Sommer
,
Erin Maloney
Dufault
and
Beth Bullock Larrabee
and
her State Trooper husband,
Rob
.
Congratulations to
Laurie Ballentine Ferris
and Jeff on the birth of their baby girl, Sally Bal-
lentine Ferris. Sally was born last June and Laurie is
enjoying being at home raising her full-time in New
York City.
Gillian Willcox-Jones Marziarz
,
Tori Davies Weil
and Liz Soule Murray ’98
threw them a lovely baby shower. Laurie reports
that they are all doing well and that she and her
family were looking forward to their annual trip
to Boston in November to visit
Pam Anderson
and
Dave Murray
and Liz Murray. Great to hear
from you, Laurie!
I recently heard from
Jason Mooney
. He re-
turned a year ago from three years in Heidelberg,
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in Afghanistan, real time.”
Jason has two boys, Raian, 4 and Alec, 2. He met
his wife, Masako, in Japan about nine years ago. He
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with the Navy. By the time you read this, he will be
a lieutenant colonel.
Best wishes to all. Please send in your recent
updates!
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MelissaWilson MacGregor ’98
4648 N. 23rd Road
Arlington,VA 22207
703-527-7525
melissa.a.macgregor@gmail.co
Next Reunion: 15th, 2013
(cluster with ’97, ’99)
Mark Cutler
and his wife,Melanie, spent last July
traveling in Spain with their daughters, Emmy, 5 and
Sophia, 3. They visited Mark’s host families from
semesters and summers in Spain. It sounds like an
amazing trip!
I also heard from
Kristin Dasher Helm
,
who I had completely fallen out of touch with for
several years since she left medical school. Kristin
graduated from Johns Hopkins University School
of Medicine in 2002, and then completed her en-
docrinology fellowship at the University ofVirginia.
She and her husband, Pat, now live in Milton, Mass.
She is an endocrinologist working part-time in a
multi-specialty group practice just south of Bos-
ton.
Kristin and Pat have two kids – Christopher, 4,
and Lauren, 2.Their family spent some time visiting
Kristin’s parents in Syracuse last summer, and the
kids loved swimming in their grandparents’ pool,
of course!
Sean Masterson
got married in Manchester-
by-the-Sea, Mass., last late September. He and his
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August (they met at work!). They plan to travel
and do volunteer work for the next six to 12
months before settling down again.“We’re heading
to Croatia and Italy for a month, then Belize for
two months of volunteering with children and ani-
mals,” he said. “Haven’t planned the rest, but we’re
thinking New Zealand andAustralia (where
Andy
Bardeschewski
and his girlfriend just spent a
year traveling) followed by a road trip around the
U.S. We’ll be looking to our SLU friends for places
to crash!”
I heard from
Megan St. Clair Marino
via
Facebook. She and her husband, Christopher Ma-
rino, were expecting a boy in December.They have
two daughters: Julianna, 4, and Norah, 3. She went
to Granbury,Tex., last summer for the wedding of
her sister, Maureen St. Clair ’00, to Matthew Karl,
and saw a lot of Laurentians.
Amy Tambini
and husband Josh Rothman ’00
welcomed the birth of their second child, a son,
Baylor Upton, on December 20, 2010. They also
bought a townhouse on Okemo Mountain, Vt.,
where their daughter, Piper, 3, learned to ski.They
were looking forward to
Kira Wind
’s fall wed-
ding in Napa.
Tiffany O’Connor Hofmann
,
Michelle Alexander Kolev
and
Lauren
Casey Conway
all planned to attend as well.
Congratulations, Kira!
I also had the pleasure of catching up with my
old friend
Julie Pattison Eriksen
. In addition
to going to St. Lawrence together, Julie and I also
went to junior high and high school together. Ju-
lie and her husband, Oystein, have been traveling
around the world. Oystein works for the Norwe-
gian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.They lived, studied
and worked in Norway for four years, then moved
to Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, for three years
where Julie taught Norwegian and did freelance
work for a bank. They moved to Houston, Tex.,
in 2007, and Julie worked for a small Norwegian
company. Last year, they moved back to the sub-
urbs of Oslo, Norway. Julie and Oystein have had
a child during each of their postings: Karolina, 7,
was born in Norway; Helena, 5, was born in Bos-
nia; and Eva Nathalie, 1, was born in Texas! Julie is
considering taking some master’s courses in busi-
ness at the University of Oslo. Good luck with all
of that, Julie!
Liz Polzl Sanchirico
and Paul ’97 were ex-
pecting their sixth child (nope, not a typo!) in early
September. Liz and Paul live in Lewiston, Idaho,
where Paul is a radiologist.
Abi Howe Hastillo
and Mike also welcomed
a new baby last summer. Adella Frances was born
on July 16. Her big brother, Gunnar, turned 3 in
early October. They live in Coventry, Conn.; Abi
works in the geology department at the University
of Connecticut.
My husband,
Jim MacGregor
, had a chance to
meet up with
Matthew Thurston
for a drink a
few weeks ago. Matt lives in Falls Church,Va., with
his wife,Abby, and their two kids. He works for an
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Several of us had a major milestone in Septem-
ber: sending our children to kindergarten!
Edith
Ellis
sent her daughter, Bailey, to kindergarten
in Plattsburgh, N.Y. My oldest, Elizabeth, started
kindergarten in Arlington, Va. It may have been
tougher on Ede and me than on the girls!!
Thanks to my classmates for their updates. It’s
so great to be in touch with so many people
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LinkedIn!
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For information about becoming a reporter for
this class, please contact Sharon Henry, 315-229-
5585 or shenry@stlawu,edu, or Kim Hissong, 315-
229-5837 or khissong@stlawu.edu.
Next Reunion: 15th, 2013
(cluster with ’97, ’98)
Noreen Matthews
con-
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report that she is teaching
history at the High School
of Glasgow in Glasgow,
Scotland, for one year as
part of the FulbrightTeacher
Exchange Program. “I have
swapped lives with another
teacher,” she wrote. “She is
teaching my classes, living in
my home and driving my car
back in New York while I am in her life here in
Scotland.” When not on exchange, she is a social
studies teacher atWest Islip High School on Long
Island. For more, she offers her blog, norpatmat-
fulbright.blogspot.com.
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Joe Kerper ’00
8156 Centaur Drive
Evergreen, CO 80439
303-674-3181
SLU2000notes@mac.com
Next Reunion: 15th, 2016
(cluster with ’01 and ’02)
Jeff O’Donnell
writes in with news about lots
of travel he had planned over the summer with his
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not once but twice. Hopefully he has more luck
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of endearment than I did. Jeff also tells us Baylor
Johnson (of philosophy, our FYP and outdoor stud-
ies) and
Dan McDonnell
,who works in the SLU
Outdoor Program, were exploring the possibility
of creating a whitewater play park on the Grasse
River in Canton.
Everything sounds like it’s been great with Jeff.
He’s planning a trip out West next year, so maybe
I’ll get a chance to show a little bit of Colorado
to him.
Liz Thomas
succinctly informs me that she’s
engaged, planning a wedding for the fall and mov-
ing back to the North Country, ending that action-
packed sentence with an exclamation point. Good
luck to you, Liz!
Another brief note says that
Diana Walden
Abbott
gave birth to a baby girl, Evelyn Laurel,
on May 14, 2011. Both mother and daughter are
happy and healthy.
Stacy Eyth
and
Spencer Jones
welcomed
a baby boy on July 9, 2011. Tucker William is the
lad’s name.
Monique Nichols Porter
found my last
plea for news so amusing she was still laughing
three months later when she wrote back—some
excuse about a toddler was given, but whatever.
Monique and husband Chris welcomed a daughter,
Maya Grace, in March. “She’s quite the gem (i.e.,
she sleeps!),” she said. “We’re both already lobby-
ing with her about which ECAC school to go to in