Spring 2011 - Baldwin School

2006
Katie Collins
kcolli19@jhu.edu
230 Merion Rd.
Merion Station, PA 19066
LAWRON DELISSER proudly reports
that she is no longer the youngest person
in her grade, since she decided to spend
an additional year at Temple. She has
majored in accounting and received a job
offer as a Tax Accountant for the Big 4
accounting firm, Deloitte. After graduation
in May, Lawron will sit for the CPA
exam then head to Pittsburg for work.
ADRIANA MASSARA is working
with Teach for America and is placed in
Hawaii. She teaches a class of third graders
on a military base. She is also getting
her Masters in teaching at the University
of Hawaii. ALEX STEIN is working at a
small think tank which works in Middle
East issues in New York City. She will
be traveling in the Middle East for two
weeks this March. CHRISTINE GET-
ER is working as the Program Director
for a non profit in south Philadelphia.
She runs the after school program and
says she feels like she’s a big sister to,
about seventy elementary school kids.
She is still raising funds to build a library
in a village called Benim in Ghana. The
group recently held a successful bead
sale where they raised almost $4000 and
is looking to have another one soon.
BLAIRE WEIDLER is living at home in
Philadelphia, spending quality time with
her parents, and working with 1-3 year
olds. She is looking forward to starting
a Ph.D. program in psychology next fall.
RACHAEL GALE graduated this past
December from West Chester with a BS
in athletic training. Still living in West
Chester, where she is under a temporary
contract at a boarding school until April.
Rachael is teaching 9th grade health and
working as the athletic trainer. She is applying
for permanent positions. JACLYN
LAPORTA is working at a law office in
Philadelphia and applying to law school.
She is particularly interested in programs
that specialize in music and entertainment
law. LAUREN ANDRESEN is
very excited to have joined a neuroscience
lab at Tufts Medical Center, where
she is doing research on epilepsy and epileptiform
disorders. MARISA RILEY is
enjoying working for the Neuropsychiatry
Department at the Hospital of the
University of Pennsylvania (HUP). She
recently visited Baldwin to help teach
the current B-Flats two songs which she
can’t wait to have the rest of the Class
of 2006 hear at the reunion! ALEX
LIPPMAN is living in Columbus, OH,
working for Aspen Community Living
(a center for adults with developmental
disabilities) to develop their fledgling art
program, and interning at the Columbus
Museum of Art. DANIELLE BEHAR is
living in Houston working as a financial
analyst at BP in exploration and production.
She is doing a lot of running in her
spare time. MEGAN CARNEY is married
and expecting a baby boy in April—
right around the time of our reunion!
HANNAH CUMMONS is glad to
report that she will be graduating from
UPenn in May. ALEX D’IGNAZIO is
about to finish up a seven-week training
in Providence, RI with Amica Mutual
Insurance to be an Associate Account
Manager. She will eventually be managing
a team of sales and customer service
representatives. Alex has just learned
that she will be placed in the southern
California office located in Costa Mesa.
JENN TOYZER moved to New York
City last summer and has been working
with the Enterprise Risk Management
group in Barclays’ investment banking
division. Recently (and mainly due to
the cold/constant snow) she has given up
running in favor of bikram yoga, and occasional
spin classes with fellow Baldwin
grad JUSTINE KARP, who now lives
around the corner from Jenn. COURT-
NEY BEHAR graduated with honors
from Temple University in May and began
working for ING in Philadelphia as a
financial advisor. REBECCA GILBERT
is still living in Berkeley, playing ultimate
frisbee, and says “while I’ll be missing
the reunion in May, hope everyone’s
doing well!” STEPHANIE GROSS-
MAN has been working in Philadelphia
as a Research Coordinator for Drexel
University’s Psychology Department.
She is working in their eating disorders
program doing research, assessments, and
co-leading behavioral therapy groups for
obesity and eating disorders studies. She
says, “The experience has been great so
far, and I plan to apply to clinical psych
graduate school next fall. Can’t wait to
see everyone at our 5th (!!!!!) reunion!”
As for me, KATIE COLLINS, I am living
in Washington, D.C. and working as
a Research Associate at the Council on
Foreign Relations in their U.S. foreign
policy program. I am enjoying spending
time with a handful of Baldwin girls
in DC, not least of all my older sister
Rachel. I look forward to catching up
with the Class of 2006 at our five year
reunion!
2007
Ali McMurtrie
amcmurtrie@students.colgate.edu
2008
Lauren Stern
lstern89@gmail.com
813 Lawrence Lane
Newtown Square, PA 19073
Rachel Besvinick
RDB030@aim.com
1280 Brighton Way
Newtown Square, PA 19073
2009
Harisen Kardon
harisen.kardon@gmail.com
2010
Sarah June
aprilmayjune@gmail.com
Ashley Catalano-Leckerman
cashley@sas.upenn.edu
The Class of 2010 has a lot going on this
spring. ELLEN MORRIS (Northwestern)
has decided to double major
in Vocal Coaching/Accompaniment
and English and is very busy assistant
music directing, among others, the 69th
Annual Dolphin Show, which is the
largest student produced musical in the
country. Although it was very cold in
the winter, she’s having a fantastic time.
On the sunnier side of things ELENA
STEPHENSON (Stanford) is enjoying
getting a tan in February. She’s also
taking French, Spanish and Italian, and
participating in Model UN. For many of
us spring means a new season of athletics.
ALLIE HOELTZEL (Hamilton),
GABBY AMUNDSON (Colgate), ALI
CALLEGARI (Trinity), and NOELLE
NIU (Amherst) are all looking to start
rowing on the water as soon as the rivers
thaw, while JEN NEWMAN (Amherst)
is looking forward to a trip to Florida
with the tennis team over spring break.
And while ALEX SAWIN is just finishing
up a successful squash season at
Princeton, CHARLOTTE DAMICO is
getting ready for her lacrosse season up at
Bucknell. JESSICA COOK (Muhlenberg)
is joining Ellen by being a typical
Baldwin girl and getting involved in way
too many activities…she has 2 solos in an
a cappella group and is busy organizing
a “gender equality/gay rights/feminism/
environmental music fundraiser” while
still finding time to enjoy the fondue
machine in her room. ASHLEY CATA-
LANO-LECKERMAN (UPenn) is also
extremely involved on campus. She is
soloing in her acapella group, extremely
involved in her light opera company, and
has declared a double major in English
and Criminology. Meanwhile SARAH
JUNE enjoyed meeting up with Baldwin’s
Harvard Model Congress delegation
in February and is looking forward
the rest of her spring semester.
FORMER FACULTY NOTES
ELIZABETH CHESICK, former
science department chair, recently was
recognized by the Main Line Media
News when she was nominated for their
11th annual Volunteer of the Year award.
She was honored at a ceremony held
at Montrose Mansion at the Villanova
Conference Center on June 23, 2010.
Liz was credited with more than ten
years of service with the Interfaith
Hospitality Network Main Line. Over
the years she has served as a Coordinator,
Board Member and the Secretary of the
Board of Directors. She has stepped up
time and again to meet the needs of the
organization and the families it serves.
ALUMNAE RELATIVE
DEATHS
Spencer R. Stuart, husband of classmate
EUGENIA BIRDSALL STUART ’44,
passed away January 17, 2011.
Harry E. Stewart, husband of your
classmate LOUISE WOOLMAN
STEWART ’52 and father to NANCY
STEWART RIEHLE ’75, passed away
December 28. 2010.
Raymonde D. Cutaiar, mother of AN-
TOINETTE CUTAIAR HOFFAKER
’61 and BERNADETTE CUTAIAR
FORSTER ‘65, passed away December
18, 2010.
John T. Jackson, father of SUZANNE
JACKSON MCDEVITT ’72 and
JENNIFER JACKSON DAVIES ’74,
passed away December 17, 2010.
Dr. Baruch S. Blumberg, father of ANNE
BLUMBERG ’75 and JANE BLUM-
BERG ’78, passed away on April 5, 2011.
Dr. F. William Bora, Jr., father of TA-
MARA BORA GARRAFFO ‘85 and
FIONA BORA ’98, passed away on
February 23, 2011.
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