AndoverMagSpring2015

www.andover.edu/intouchIn January, Lucy Bidwell ’09 held a housewarming party in NYC that was wellattended by alums. In front, from left, are Erica Segall ’09, Anna Burgess ’09,and Catherine Crooke ’07. In the middle row, from left, are Chris Waskom ’08,Foster Jebsen ’08, Dominick DeJoy ’07, Alex Moss ’09, Eli Grober ’09,Jack Dickey ’09, and Lawrence Dai ’09. In back, from left, areSayer Mansfield ’10, Thor Shannon ’09, Lucy Bidwell ’09,Alexander McHale ’09, Marvin Blugh ’09, Graeme Clements ’09,Harrison Hart ’09, andJack Walker ’09.Karl Novick ’07 (center) got married last August in Richmond, Va., andclassmates Pete Dignard (left) and Chris Adams (right) were there to cheerhim on.U.S. John joins fellow Googler Kym Louie inLA. Emerson Moore stayed in New York butmoved in with Joey Mensah, Foster Jebsen,and Chris Waskom. (Their former roommate,Zach Feldman, moved uptown to Mount Sinai formedical school.) Finally, Hanson Causbie is headinghome from Afghanistan, where he has beenstationed with the 82nd Airborne Division, flyingApache gunships in support of ground forces.According to my Facebook feed, lots of 2008went sightseeing last year. Joey Mensah visitedCorbin Tognoni in Stockholm, and they traveledtogether through Copenhagen, Berlin, and Prague.Britney Van Valkenburg and Veda Eswarappaboth spent time in India, though judging by Britney’sphotos, she probably had more fun (Veda’strip was for work). Rajit Malhotra, who also worksin India, traveled to Qatar to attend the WorldInnovation Summit on Education.And a whole bunch of people went toBen Schley and Lambros Theofanidis’shousewarming in San Francisco,including Kristy Spiak, John Heroy,Jin Won Lee, Alyssa Warren, Sebastian Caliri,Hillary Baker, Murphy Temple, Will Hunckler,and Alix Peabody, among many others. The newroommates were also celebrating their new jobs,Ben at Salesforce and Lambros at SunEdison.On the job front, Kristy Spiak is now afinance associate at the World Affairs Council ofNorthern California, while Megan Richards andNkem Oghedo are both at Artisan HealthcareConsulting. Jade-Isis Lefebvre is teaching yogaand getting a PhD degree in clinical psychology (enfrançais). Blaine Johnson is in China, writing a thesison food-waste-sorting programs in Shanghai’sresidential communities. And Adam Giansiracusa,a consultant at Monitor Deloitte, is still enjoyingthe weather in Dubai, where he’s based.Between the engagement and the log cabin,you wouldn’t think Jen Downing would havetime for much of anything else. You’dbe wrong. Jen met up with Jake Bean,who was on his way through Boston forNavy training; attended one of Jessica Cole’sfamous potlucks; had drinks with Chris Wade andMegumi Ishizuka; saw Lisa Lian at a holidayparty; and briefly ran into Thomas Smyth at aHarvard-Yale tailgate.We don’t know if she saw Jen or not, but MurphyTemple lives in the same apartment complex atStanford as William Thompson-Butler ’09 and runsinto Sebastian Caliri and Will Hunckler fairly frequently.On a break from work, Rajit Malhotra visitedLizzy Chan and Sarah Gordon in New York.Penn dental student Silke Cummings also took atrip to New York to celebrate Paul Hsiao’s birthdayand hang out with Nicholas Koh and Steph Teointo the wee hours of the morning—hopefully,with champagne.Until next time. —Lydia2009Alexander McHale30 Waterside Plaza, Apt. 29JNew York NY 10010703-786-3330arxmchale@gmail.comDeidra Willis550 East Holly Ave., No. 39Pitman NJ 08071347-342-7447willis.deidra@gmail.comHello, all. A bit of a shorter submission this timearound. It seems we are all too busy living life towrite about it. Here’s what we’ve been up tosince we last spoke.Michael Kaluzny is currently living withKevin Ofori in Atlanta. He had a great timerock climbing with Jean Fang in Chattanooga,Tenn. Johnny Carmona rang in the New Yearwith Malik Jenkins at Johnny’s apartmentin Williamsburg, Brooklyn. David Luan andJohnny had a farewell dinner with the elusiveHyungtae Kim before he temporarily left NYC toconduct research in Silicon Valley. Tina Kit met upwith Johnny, David, Moses Kim, and Andrew Angfor drinks in Brooklyn.Moses also went ice-skating withVincent Jow and Christine Choi in Central Park.Vincent writes that it was “really romantic” and thathe got to “hold Moses’s hand so he wouldn’t fall.”What a lucky boy!Jessica Frey flew down from Boston toWashington, D.C., with Salena Casha andEliza Campbell to visit Marianna Jordan for a longweekend in November. Sophie Shimer also joinedin, driving down from Yale, where she is currentlyattending med school. The girls managed to meetup with Ricky Chen for a few hours and did abunch of typical touristy things (including takingwhat Jessica describes as “the world’s most awkwardWhite House selfie”). Jessica lives with Eliza andMegan Farquhar in Brookline, Mass., so, she writes,“Every day is an Andover reunion!” The group triesto get together with Salena, Carolyn Calabrese,and Tori Wilmarth as much as they can.Eddie Zhang works as a product managerfor Facebook. He regularly sees Charlie Dongin San Francisco and managed to catch up withVincent Jow over the holiday break. He plans to seeConrad Bastable and Tory Marvin soon as well.Stephanie Xu continues to work in Washington,Andover | Spring 2015123