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Annie Lainer Marquit ’01, ’06L and Jonathan Marquit were married in January at the Four Seasons Hotel in
Beverly Hills. The multi–Columbia-generational soiree included the bride’s father, Luis Lainer ’65; her sister,
Jesse Lainer-Vos ’04 SW; brother-in-law, Dani Lainer-Vos ’09 GSAS; Ken Krug ’74; Rabbi Sharon Brous ’95, ’01
GSAS (who officiated); dina Epstein Levisohn ’01, ’05 TC; Nancy Michaelis (née Perla) ’01; Jamie Rubin ’01
Barnard; Sarah Rosenbaum Kranson ’01; Donny Kranson ’99E; Billy Kingsland ’01; Susan (née Pereira) wilsey
’01; Lila Foldes ’01 Barnard; Joyce Chou ’01; Cambria Matlow ’01; dan Laidman ’01; Jonathan gordin ’01;
david Light ’95, ’02 Arts; and Toby Reifman ’70 SW.
PhOTO: MIChAEL BRANNIgAN
attendance, including the bride;
her father, Luis Lainer ’65; her
sister, Jesse Lainer-Vos ’04 SW and
brother-in-law, Dani Lainer-Vos
’09 GSAS; Ken Krug ’74; Rabbi
Sharon Brous ’95, ’01 GSAS (who
officiated); dina Epstein levisohn;
nancy Michaelis (née Perla); Jamie
Rubin ’01 Barnard; sarah rosenbaum
Kranson; Donny Kranson
’99E; billy Kingsland; susan
wilsey (née Pereira); Lila Foldes
’01 Barnard; Joyce chou; cambria
Matlow; dan laidman; David
Light ’95, ’02 Arts; and Toby Reifman
’70 SW. [See photo.]
Annie and Jonathan are attorneys
in Los Angeles and reside in
Santa Monica.
Marc dunkelman and his wife,
Kathryn Prael, welcomed Emilia
Prael Dunkelman on February
10. Emilia weighed 9 lbs., 7.6 oz.
My family and I visited Marc and
Kathryn in Washington, D.C.,
a few months ago as they were
preparing for Emilia’s arrival. Congratulations
to Marc and Kathryn!
Matthew wosnitzer married
Danielle Rudich ’04 Barnard on October
3 at Glen Island Harbor Club
in New Rochelle, N.Y. Matthew’s
brother, Brian Wosnitzer ’02E, was
best man, and other Columbians in
attendance included isaac darko
and david Epstein. Matthew and
Danielle live on the Upper West
Side; Matt is completing his fifth
year of urology residency at
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
University Medical Center and
Danielle is completing her third
year of ophthalmology residency at
Mount Sinai Medical Center.
samantha Earl and Francis
Manheim recently were married in
New York City, where they reside.
Sam is completing a master’s at
MIT in urban planning and design.
Francis is an investment banker.
Many Columbians gathered in
beautiful Sonoma, Calif., on September
25 for the wedding of ali Kidd
and Travis Ritchie. A lovely garden
overlooking a vineyard provided the
perfect backdrop, and several ’01ers
provided the party, including Jenny
tubridy, Jessie tubridy, Jaime pannone,
anne-Marie Ebner, becca
siegel bradley and Emily georgitis
stanton ’01E. The magical day was
truly a Columbia affair: The bride’s
father is Robert Kidd ’70, and the
party stretched long into the night
thanks to the entertainment provided
by James Tubridy ’97.
Ali is an associate at the San
Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn,
and Crutcher, where she practices
law in the real estate group. Travis
is an attorney at the Sierra Club.
Ali and Travis met at UCLA, from
which they both received law and
public policy degrees. While at
UCLA, they also were students of
former Massachusetts Governor
Michael Dukakis, who officiated the
wedding and noted that theirs was
the first wedding he has officiated
for two of his former students.
My family and I recently took a
road trip to the Bay Area and stayed
in the beautiful new San Carlos home
of Michelle nayfack (née Braun) and
her husband, Aaron Nayfack. Our
daughter, Julian, had a blast playing
with their son, Isaac, but we still miss
having them here in Los Angeles.
Best wishes to all, and please do
keep in touch.
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sonia dandona
hirdaramani
2 Rolling Dr.
Old Westbury, NY 11568
soniah57@gmail.com
trushna leitz-Jhaveri and her husband
moved in November to Zurich.
She writes, “We love our new home
and are making the most of this little
country’s beautiful mountains and
great cheese and chocolate.”
agnia baranauskaite grigas
moved back to California after getting
her Ph.D. at Oxford and completing
her posting as adviser to
the foreign minister of Lithuania.
She is based in Santa Monica with
her husband, Paulius Grigas, and
they are launching a technology
company. Agnia looks to connect
with old friends and alumni in the
technology sector. Please contact
her at agnia@grigas.net.
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MAY/JUNE 2011
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Michael novielli
World City Apartments
Attention Michael J.
Novielli, A608
Block 10, No 6. Jinhui
Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing, 100020, People’s
Republic of China
mjn29@columbia.edu
Well folks, this year marks our
eighth year as alumni of the College.
I would be lying if I said that
it feels natural to start thinking
about our 10-year reunion, but
in about a year’s time we’ll need
to start doing precisely that. I am
planning to return to New York in
June 2013 for reunion, and I hope
that you will as well. In the meantime,
let’s celebrate the continued
success of our classmates.
Katori hall continues to make
headlines. She was featured in an
article in the March 2 New York
Times for winning the Susan Smith
Blackburn Prize. This award is given
annually to outstanding women
playwrights, and Katori earned
$20,000 and a print by artist Willem
de Kooning for her play Hurt Village,
which explores the issues facing
families in a decaying Memphis
housing project.
Michael wolf is graduating in
May with an M.B.A. from Wharton.
He “will join a stealth startup based
in New York City. Stay tuned for
our launch this spring.”
nadege fleurimond writes, “I recently
offered a Groupon for my company,
Fleurimond Catering, and sold
more than 800 cooking parties, which
are weekly cooking classes that I offer
as a great way to have fun, network
and meet people. I have even done
one of my favorite cooking parties
for CCYA, which was really nice. In
other news, I started doing some TV
catering, and I boast BET News and
The Colbert Report as new clients.”
Ben Kopit ’02 is getting an
M.F.A. in screenwriting at UCLA.
dawn Zimniak is getting married
on June 25, with about 20 Columbia
alumni scheduled to attend.
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angela georgopoulos
200 Water St., Apt. 1711
New York, NY 10038
aeg90@columbia.edu
Congratulations to lydia roach,
who earned a Ph.D. in oceanography
from the Scripps Institution
of Oceanography at UC San Diego
and now is an environmental
consultant at Dudek in Encinitas,
Calif. anjlee Khurana graduated
from Vanderbilt Law in 2008 and
works at Harris Martin Jones in
Nashville. Finally, congratulations
go out to ben falik and his family,
who welcomed daughter Phoebe
in February.
Don’t forget to send me your
news! Let your friends and fellow
alumni know what you have been
up to.
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peter Kang
205 15th St., Apt. 5
Brooklyn, NY 11215
peter.kang@gmail.com
CCT should publish an infographic
that shows a breakdown of intraclass
marriages since 1983. It’d be