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At the wedding of Sarah Byrne Francis ’99
on Nov. 3, 2002, in Boston. From left to
right: David Byrne ’03, Beth Hoel ’99,
Sarah Byrne Francis ’99, Philip Francis,
and Emily Tuckman ’99.
96 Ryan G. Fields writes, “Ryan has finished
his year as chief intern at Mercy
Fitzgerald Hospital and will be spending the
next three years as an anesthesia resident at
the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Michele ’97 will be finishing her thesis
in immunology at UPenn soon. We had a
great time in Kentucky recently; we went
down for Alyssa Adams McAlpine’s ’97
wedding, and we also met up with Brad
Dickey while we were there.” For further
news of Ryan and Michele, see BIRTHS.
Libby (Elisabeth) Larson writes, “I’ve just
started a Ph.D. program in life sciences at
Arizona State University. I will be studying
urban stream ecology and biogeochemistry.”
97 For news of Alyssa Adams
McAlpine, see note on Ryan G. Fields ’96.
Andrew Ewald writes, “It has been a busy
year. I got engaged to Shannon Marshall in
November 2002, defended my Ph.D. thesis
at Caltech in March 2003, Shannon and
I were married in Pennsylvania on May 31,
2003 and then we moved from Pasadena
to San Francisco in August. Phil Perilstein
came out for my bachelor party in Philly.
Shannon and I are just getting settled into
our new apartment in the Inner Sunset district
of San Francisco, and I have just started
a new research job at UCSF. If anyone
comes out to San Francisco, look us up.”
For news of Michele Lutz Fields, see note
on Ryan G. Fields ’96.
At the wedding of Erin Herward Thurston ’98 and Adam Thurston ’98. Back row: Christina
West ’98, Amy Ayres ’98, Jonathan Lewis ’98, Andy Clinton ’98, Shira Ovide ’98, and
Evanthe Sophocleus ’98. Front row: Dara Bongarten ’98, Erin Heward Thurston ’98, Adam
Thurston ’98, and Joyce Kelley Clinton ’98.
Dr. Jonah Salz ’78 and Kate Howe ’98
in Kyoto.
98 Kate Howe writes, “Dr. Jonah Salz
’78 and I met in Kyoto where I was working
for a traditional Japanese gardening
company and Jonah is a professor of comparative
theatre at Ryukoku University. Currently,
I am attending a program at the University
of Washington, Seattle, for a master’s
in urban planning. Jonah is on sabbatical
this year at Wesleyan University.”
Geoffrey Seiler writes, “I am currently
working as a financial writer at Bloomberg
L.P., where I met my fiancée Colleen Cody
(Rider University). We are getting married
mid-November 2003 and are currently having
a new home built in central New Jersey
due to be finished shortly thereafter. We
will be honeymooning in Brazil, splitting
the time between Rio de Janerio and the
Amazon.”
Kate Smolenski writes, “Ciao from Rome
where I have been living since October
2002, after four years of working at Sotheby’s
in New York. Along with studying Italian,
eating gelato daily, and visiting my
brother Tom ’92, who lives in Frankfurt,
Germany, the highlight of this exciting year
has been working with Peter Rockwell ’58.
I recently had the pleasure of spending
time with Peter, his wife Cynthia, their son
Geoffrey ’82, and his family, at the Rockwell’s
home in Tuscany. Hope you all are
well!”
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