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JIMENEZ-MARCOS, WG’99, AND LIEB, WG’99Seventeen years later, when Hodak encountered Boyce at the openingof Huntsman Hall, she looked vaguely familiar to him. “I’d justcome down from New York and was touring around the building forthe first time when I saw her. Then I heard her name, and it clicked.”At the time, Boyce was working in brand development forLennox International in Dallas, TX, but the two quickly developeda long distance romance. They got engaged in July 2003, and shemoved to New York at the end of the year.The turn of events may not have been surprising for Boyce, whohas long been an active member of the Wharton alumni network.“Over the years, I’ve been involved in the Wharton club in whatevercity I was in. Many of the best friends I’ve made have been Whartongrads,” says Boyce. She remembers once calling up Robert Crandall,WG’60, then-CEO of American Airlines, looking for job leads,around the time when she was thinking of relocating to Texas fromNorth Carolina. She was shocked when he called her back from hisyacht in the South Pacific to offer advice and encouragement.For Hodak, though, the 2002 event at Huntsman Hall markeda recently revived interest in nurturing Wharton connections.After graduating, Hodak lost contact with his classmates, and formore than a decade, he was focusing on his career in managementconsulting and raising his two sons, Max and Sam, from a previ-ous marriage. Earlier that year, he’d decided to go out on his ownas a management consultant and began to meet Wharton alumnithrough the New York Club. Since then, he has been rediscoveringthe virtues of the Wharton network, and Boyce’s involvement hasencouraged him to get even more active.“I’ve been carrying Theresa’s bags to alumni meetings. I likecoming to Philly with her for these events: I’m reconnecting with alot of interesting people,” he says.The soon-to-be newlyweds definitely plan to attend their 20-year reunions in 2005 and 2006, but it’s a safe bet they will be backon campus before then.MINI-REUNIONS All Over The WorldMarta Lieb, WG’99, and Florencia Jimenez-Marcos, WG’99Talk to Marta Lieb and Florencia Jimenez-Marcos, both graduatesof Wharton’s Lauder Program in 1999, and you’d think thatMiami Beach was just a couple of bus stops from Paris. The twoalums have managed to maintain a close friendship—and even asclassmates around them screamed with excitement at seeing long-16. S U M M E R 2 0 0 4 . C O N N E C T I O N S T H A T R U N D E E P