Class Notes

Class Secretaries
Meagan Dodge (mdodge@alumni.middlebury.edu)
Ulises Zanello (uzanello@alumni.middlebury.edu)



Summer 2007

In February, Ben LaBolt started work as Barack Obama’s Senate press secretary. Ben will be the point person for media inquiries relating to the senator’s legislative record during the presidential campaign. • Juan Pena sent in a lot of news: “I’m finally graduating from a joint JD and master’s in public policy in international trade and finance from Harvard Law School and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. I’m still good friends with a lot of folks from Midd. Michele Connors is still rocking in New York, working for Le Cirque and doing tons of different things there. Maggie Howard-Heritakis is just as funny as ever and reminds me why I loved Midd so much. John Morgenstern is pursuing a doctorate at Oxford and teaching all the time! Nathan Davis is working at the Apollo Theater. Hamil Pearsall is pursuing a doctorate at Clark Univ. in Worcester, Mass., focusing primarily on brown fields. Very cool stuff! Reid Hamel is pursuing a master’s in education from Harvard. Kristin Weyman is graduating with her master’s in education from Northwestern and just recently accepted a job she is incredibly excited about.” • Simon Isaacs sent in some exciting news: “I currently work for the Clinton Foundation in Rwanda, helping to manage the Clinton-Hunter Development Initiative, a $100 million program on rural development in Rwanda and Malawi. I specifically oversee our field operations and manage our investments in water, sanitation, and irrigation. I was selected as one of 20 runners worldwide for the Blue Planet Run (www.blueplanetrun.org), a run around the world focused on raising money and awareness to address water and sanitation challenges. The team, which hails from 13 countries, is running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through 16 countries in relay format. The run began at the UN on June 1 and ends Sept. 4 in NYC. As we run through villages and towns, there are major press events, meetings with heads of states, road shows, concerts, parallel running races, and walks for local participants. The run will be some sort of a documentary or reality show (I don’t know who will be airing it yet). Dow Chemical is the title sponsor of the event and has provided $10 million for the event and for water projects related to the run. The run aims to raise tens of millions of dollars in addition to Dow’s commitment.” W A graduate student at the Univ. of Virginia, Katy Ott was recently one of six students to receive a Faculty Senate Dissertation Year Fellowship to support her teaching and research. The fellowship funds the final year of doctoral work, which will help Katy to focus on her dissertation entitled “Boundary Integral Equations in Non-Smooth Domains.” Katy is a Ph.D. candidate in mathematics. W On September 9, 2006, Carrie MacDonald and Matthew Dougherty ’02 were married in Charlottesville, Va. Carrie is a third-year medical student at Indiana Univ. School of Medicine. Matt recently completed active duty as a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps. W Congratulations go to Kate Perine. She was named by her league peers as the NESCAC women’s lacrosse coach of the year! Kate took the Trinity College Bantams to an 11-4 record that included a victory in the NCAA Division III tournament.

Class Secretaries
Meagan Dodge (mdodge@alumni.middlebury.edu)
Ulises Zanello (uzanello@alumni.middlebury.edu)



Spring 2007

Sadie Hoagland was recently hired as a copywriter for the Freestyle Marketing Group in Salt Lake City, Utah. • After completing his master’s degree at Syracuse Univ., Kudzai Zvoma was hired by Quinebaug Valley Community College in northeastern Connecticut as a math instructor. He is now teaching developmental arithmetic, developmental algebra, and intermediate algebra. • Marissa Anshutz has returned to NYC after two years living in London, England. At Syndicate, where she works, Marissa manages hospitality and nightlife clients, including Ian Schrager’s Gramercy Park Hotel and Rose Bar, Soho Grand, and Tribeca Grand, as well as art/design clients Stellan Holm Gallery, Mark Seliger’s 401 Projects, and Sebastian + Barquet. • On December 16, 2006, Hallie Parker and John Prescott were married in Washington, D.C., with many close Middlebury friends in attendance. They spent their honeymoon skiing and sightseeing in Vancouver and Whistler, B.C. Now that the wedding festivities are over, they are back in Columbus, Ohio, where they are both graduate students at Ohio State Univ. Hallie is in her last year of medical school and John is finishing his master’s degree in higher education. 
• Katharine Decker writes, “After working as a reporter/anchor for ABC Alaska News, I’ve switched over to print media, and I’m now writing for the Jackson Hole News & Guide.” • Michael Apicelli is working on a dual degree in law and a master’s in international relations at Syracuse Univ. with an expected date of graduation in May. During his 2005–2006 school year, he worked with the Department of Education and U.S. State Department teaching university students in Yerevan, Armenia. • Kyle Dezotell returned to his hometown of Newport, Vt., last November to speak at the All-Orleans County Soccer Banquet, sharing his experiences with the All-County award winners.

Class Secretaries
Meagan Dodge (mdodge@alumni.middlebury.edu)
Ulises Zanello (uzanello@alumni.middlebury.edu)



Winter 2007

Amy Peterson and Rob Sherlock were married on August 19 at the Culinary Institute of America, which Rob graduated from in 2001. A Catholic mass in Amy’s hometown of Cold Spring, N.Y., was followed by a small, 70-guest reception. The couple met when they sat next to each other on a plane to Italy. Amy was en route to study abroad in Ferrara, while Rob was an executive chef just north of Venice. • Alison Mickey recently returned from a two-year Peace Corps assignment in Mauritania, West Africa, and she is looking forward to beginning a master’s program at LSE’s (London) School of Oriental and African Studies. • In October, Daniela Salaverry and Alexandra Wang were on campus to participate in an International Studies Colloquium entitled “Environmental Issues and Actions in China Today.” Daniela is a China program associate for Pacific Environment and Alexandra is a program associate for the China Sustainable Energy Program for the Energy Foundation. Also on the panel were Lila Buckley ’04 and Elisabeth Grinspoon ’90. • As part of a book tour this fall promoting Arabic for Dummies, Amine Bouchentouf had a book signing in October sponsored by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco and held at American Univ. Amine was enjoying the tour and liked meeting different people from different backgrounds. He found there is a huge interest in America regarding Arabic language study. • This past summer, Ariella Neville joined the sales staff of Prudential Joy Tarbell Realty in North Conway, N.H. She was previously a real estate agent for Prudential Arizona Properties before moving back home to the Mt. Washington Valley. • Betsy Dawson Drake is still teaching middle school language arts and reading at St. Adalbert’s School in South Bend, Ind. This past summer she enrolled in the Alliance for Catholic Education’s Teachers of English as a New Language program at the Univ. of Notre Dame. The program is designed to help teachers learn the most effective ways of teaching to students who don’t speak English as their primary language. Almost 70 percent of Betsy’s students are from Spanish-speaking families. • Several classmates have been involved in the political arena lately. Andrew Savage kept busy as the campaign communications director for Vermont candidate Peter Welch who won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. In December, Welch announced he was appointing Andrew his communications director in Washington, D.C. Andrew also co-authored “Local Environmental Groups and the Creation of Social Capital: Evidence from Vermont,” in Society and Natural Resources. • In Ohio, Ben LaBolt was the communications director for Sherrod Brown’s successful campaign for the U.S. Senate. Ben was up against Kevin King ’02, who was working for Senator DeWine. • Jamie McInerney also worked for Sherrod Brown at one time, but ended up as a legislative aide for Rep. Ellen Tauscher of California. His plan was to take the LSAT and possibly go to law school at some point but he says he’s keeping his mind open to other possibilities.

Class Secretaries
Meagan Dodge (mdodge@alumni.middlebury.edu)
Ulises Zanello (uzanello@alumni.middlebury.edu)



Fall 2006

Colin Davis was recently hired as the new director of the World Reuse, Repair and Recycling Association. His responsibilities at WR3A include coordinating communication between the members who have pledged to follow WR3A standards. WR3A promotes consensus of “Fair Trade” practices in recycling, patterned after “Fair Trade Coffee” programs. Colin has been signing up universities and government surplus property programs that should care about how their material is handled. WR3A will try to match suppliers with companies who can certify their processes, and match those companies with legitimate end markets, domestically or overseas. • Two classmates graduated from Williams College Graduate Program with a master’s in the history of art—Allison Perdue and Jason Vrooman. Jason was the recipient of this year’s Lenett Memorial Fellowship and gave the lecture, “Into the Web: Beneath the Surface of Jackson Pollock’s Frieze Paintings.” Jason’s next step is to intern in the department of French paintings at the National Gallery of Art in D.C. • Evan Osler has been named to the sales team at NRG Systems, a manufacturer of wind energy measurement systems for the global wind energy industry. Previously, Evan worked for Vermont Environmen- tal Research Associates where he managed the Vermont Wind Demonstration Project Performance Monitoring Program. • In coaching news, both Kate Perine and Kyle Dezotell have been named to head coach positions. Kate is the interim women’s lacrosse coach at Trinity College, a one-year position, and also continues as an assistant field hockey coach. Kyle has been named head coach of Norwich University’s men’s soccer program and will also be the head coach for men’s tennis. Congratulations, Kate and Kyle!

Class Secretaries
Meagan Dodge (mdodge@alumni.middlebury.edu)
Ulises Zanello (uzanello@alumni.middlebury.edu)



Summer 2006

Ingrid Erickson writes, “Since I’ve just returned from two wonderful years of teaching abroad, I thought it was a good time to reconnect with friends at Middlebury. I was the youngest and only foreign member of the international studies department at a university in southern China for the 2004–2005 academic year, and I just returned on April 24 from teaching at a rural middle and high school in northern Thailand. I enjoyed biking 30 minutes to school through banana fields, traveling by elephant and riverboat, learning Thai, and creating lessons using drama and art for my lively classes of 55 students. I am excited to be starting a master’s in elementary education at Brown University in June.” • Brian Harding, who received an M.A. from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington Univ. in May, was recently awarded a Fulbright for the 2006–2007 academic year. He will travel to Indonesia to study issues pertaining to historical memory, transitional justice, and democratization. He welcomes visitors. • After two years as coach of the men’s and women’s soccer teams, Kyle Dezotell has been named a full-time athletic recruiter by Johnson State College in Vermont. Kyle is working to connect top athletes to Johnson’s admissions office, coordinating camps and overnight programs, and representing the college at athletic showcase events. • On December 23, 2005, Margot Herwood and Matthew Dayton were married in Avon, Conn. Margot is a third-year medical student at Drexel Univ. School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Matthew is in his third year at UConn’s School of Law. • Maggie Beach was married to Kevin Flanagan on January 21. Jill Tarr, Stephen ’00 and Alaina Buckland Taylor, Wells Jacobson ’71, and Judy Goldenhill Clark ’71 were in attendance. • Celia Dalton-Meyer writes, “I met up with Stephanie Savell in northern Benin last summer for lots of laughter, a visit to a giant clay tata (traditional house) she built, an episode with exploding cans of tomato paste, and motorcycle adventures in the rain!”

Class Secretaries
Meagan Dodge (mdodge@alumni.middlebury.edu)
Ulises Zanello (uzanello@alumni.middlebury.edu)



Spring 2006

Kate Perine is pursuing her master's in history at Trinity College, while also assisting the field hockey and lacrosse teams. • Dalton Cox is teaching science courses at the Green Mountain Valley School. She's also a dorm parent, along with Brian McCurdy. • Michael Stahler has entered Vermont Law School, after working as a legal assistant for Curley and Curley in Boston. • Caitlin Vaughn is a research manager at Corporate Executive Board in D.C. "I sit right next to Jacob Carney '04 who is also a manager in my department. I had the chance to catch up with Paul Gruber and Tim and Molly Fitzgerald Perry, who are also in D.C. and doing well!" • Amy Peterson is living in rural New Jersey, working as a kindergarten teacher in a Catholic School. • Betsy Dawson Drake will graduate from the Univ. of Notre Dame with her M.Ed. this summer. She continues to enjoy teaching middle school language arts and studio art. • In Beijing, China, Michael Hatch is working as a translator for China Guardian, a large auction house there. Last year he served as a Rotary Ambassador at the University of Gavle in Sweden. While there, he participated in the Vassaloppet, one of the oldest, longest, and largest cross-country ski races in the world. Mike reports that he "came in well behind Chris Rogers '06." In Beijing he has "had dinner with Emory Williams '78, caught up with Prof. Tom Moran and his wife, Becky (spending a semester in Beijing), caroused with Lila Buckley '04 and Charles Acher '05, and did some art exploration and hot pot with Phillip Bloom '05." • Eric and Kathryn MacDonald Spencer, who were married in June 2005, moved in October to Beijing, where she's selling real estate and he's an architect. • Jamie Davis and Spencer Godfrey '02 were married on Sept 24, 2005, in Stowe, Vt., by Justice of the Peace Jared Cadwell '76. The Middlebury multitude helping celebrate included Kate Fitzpatrick, Liz Wolf, Kara Mercer, Mike Barnes, Evan Osler, Jody Kramer, Liz Moore, Lindsay Gardner, Blake Whitman, Francis Connolly, Zach Hefferen, Alexis Studley, Evan Moppert, Pat and Meg Kumpf Duffy, Cary Costello, MK O'Brien, Laura Lee Burke, Anne Pennington, and Tyson Schoelzel. Jamie and Spencer proudly represent the entire Midd population on Miami Beach, Fla. While not beach bathing or hurricane hopping, Jamie is the associate director of foundation relations for the Univ. of Miami and Spencer is an underwriter for the Latin American Div. of American International Group.

Class Secretaries
Meagan Dodge (mdodge@alumni.middlebury.edu)
Ulises Zanello (uzanello@alumni.middlebury.edu)



Winter 2006

Matt Dougherty '02 is on his second tour of duty in Iraq with the Marine Corps, while fiancée Carrie MacDonald is in her second year of medical school at Indiana Univ. • Kate Pentkowski is now working for a new gallery space in Chelsea (NYC), the Danese Gallery. • Katharine Decker is a reporter/anchor for KIMO-TV, the ABC affiliate in Anchorage, Alaska. • Kathryn MacDonald and Eric Spencer were married on June 4 in a Central Park ceremony. In NYC, Katie is a real estate broker, while Eric is an architect with the SBG group. • The marriage of Brittany Atkins and Michael Csaszar took place on June 11 in Ridgefield, Conn. After doing science and technology consulting for C-STPS, LLC, Mike began med school at UConn in August. Brittany is a Lotus marketing program manager with IBM. • This summer Iuliana Marinov married Mihai Aldea, her high school sweetheart, presently an ecology Ph.D. student at Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Their wedding was in two parts: a civil ceremony in Redmond, Wash., followed by a religious ceremony and a memorable party in Bucharest, Romania. Iuliana still enjoys her time at Microsoft as a software engineer. Present at the wedding was also Iuliana's freshman year roommate Sally Olson, who started a dental hygiene program at the Vermont Technical College this fall.

Class Secretaries
Meagan Dodge (mdodge@alumni.middlebury.edu)
Ulises Zanello (uzanello@alumni.middlebury.edu)



Fall 2005

It's been marathon madness for our class. Marty Wesolowski ran Los Angeles, Simon Isaacs ran one in Maine and then Boston, Mike Mazzotta ran one in Montana, and Sarah Logan ran Big Sur. Any others? • Celia Dalton-Meyer is having fun studying children's hygiene and sanitation education in Benin, but she says she misses the snows of Vermont! • Last June, Diana Kurkovsky received an M.A. in the history of art from Williams College. • Carl Larson has a program assistant position with Save the River in Watertown, N.Y. In addition to working to stop winter commercial navigation on the St. Lawrence River, the organization monitors water quality and works to restore threatened species in the Thousand Islands. • Somerville Johnston and J.P. Bevilaqua were married on October 2, 2004. Congratulations! The Bevilaquas are living in Colorado, where they are both working as outdoor educators.

Class Secretaries
Meagan Dodge (mdodge@alumni.middlebury.edu)
Ulises Zanello (uzanello@alumni.middlebury.edu)



Summer 2005

Lauren Henry has been working in NYC. "This summer, I'm heading back to Middlebury to attend Chinese language school! I'm hoping to find a job in Shanghai and move there fall 2005, so I want to improve my Chinese before then." • Danielle Perkins works in marketing in NYC, where she often spends time with Emily Lord and Julie Baroody. • Conor Soden has joined the firm NAI DG Hart as associate in its midtown office. He had been working as a clerk for a trading firm with the New York Mercantile Exchange. • Meg Bonney is living out in Jackson, Wyo., with '04s Eric Krieger and Jim Muhlfeld. After coaching skiing for the winter, Meg is gardening for the summer and heading East to coach soccer in the fall. • Ron Schildge is spending two years in the Peace Corps in Africa. He's teaching math and English to high school juniors and seniors in Malawi, Southern Africa.

Class Secretaries
Meagan Dodge (mdodge@alumni.middlebury.edu)
Ulises Zanello (uzanello@alumni.middlebury.edu)



Spring 2005

Susan Simpson is attending graduate school in the geography department at the Univ. of Ariz. She's also employed at the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, working for the Climate Assessment for the Southwest Project (www.ispe.arizona.edu). • Living in NYC, Kristin Hanley is working at Major League Baseball. • Ben Hayes and Beth Eisenhower are living in Eugene, Ore., where Ben works for the Oregon Festival of American Music and Beth is getting her master's in architecture at the Univ. of Ore. • Kent Newman was thrilled to see many Midd friends while on the East Coast last November to run in the NYC Marathon. • Congratulations to Andrew '01 and Katie Shutte Shogan, who were married on July 24, 2004. The newlyweds are living in Lafayette, Calif.

Class Secretaries
Meagan Dodge (mdodge@alumni.middlebury.edu)
Ulises Zanello (uzanello@alumni.middlebury.edu)



Winter 2005

Congratulations to Diana Kurkovsky, Allison Perdue, and Jason Vrooman, who are among the 10-15 students admitted this year to the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art. Graduates usually go on to museum administrative or curatorial positions or continue with doctoral programs. • Zachary Ambrose is the station manager at Valley Vision, a community nonprofit television station serving several communities around Conway, N.H. An accomplished videographer, Zach previously worked for Resort Sports Network, doing editing and directing work. He has written and produced video productions on John Lennon and the Old Man of the Mountain, plus he was a writing intern on the film set of The Shield in Hollywood. • Michael Hatch won a Rotary scholarship to study for a year at the Univ. of Gavle in Sweden. An international studies major, he is studying language, history, culture, and the arts. • Brian McCurdy is working for the Nature Conservancy, while Brendan Bechtel works with the Conservation Fund. • In October, Christopher Brown, Saad Kamal, and Victor Dan were interviewing Midd students for Lehman Brothers. • Best wishes to Reese and Rita Vincello Forsythe, who were married on April 24, 2004. They are living in Helena, Mont. • Mike Romankiewicz is apprenticing as a carpenter for a "green" contractor in Ripton, Vt. Over a year after graduating, he was still living on campus! He welcomes Midd visitors to the alum-friendly Adirondack View Pub at his residence on Adirondack View.

Class Secretaries
Meagan Dodge (mdodge@alumni.middlebury.edu)
Ulises Zanello (uzanello@alumni.middlebury.edu)



Fall 2004

Kyle Dezotell is the new head soccer coach for Vermont's Johnson State Univ. • Julie Baroody, who grew up in Blue Hill, Maine, returned for a 10-week internship there at the Marine Environmental Research Institute's development/outreach department. • Jamie McInerney recently took on the role of systems administrator for Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.). • Kate Pentkowski is living in NYC, working at Marlborough Gallery. • During the summer, Daniela Salaverry was a field instructor for Montana Outdoor Science School's new Yellowstone Adventures program. • A student at Harvard Law School, Shihani DeSilva had the opportunity to work with the World Bank in DC during the summer. • Ellen Tompsett spent the past year in India with Global Ministries, teaching English, music, and computers. • Stephanie Savell was awarded a Fulbright grant, providing 10 months to study in Benin, Africa. Her topic involves "anthropology field study of the effects of cultural tourism on the Ditammari." • Samia Amin received a 2004 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship, the largest scholarships offered by any private foundation in the U.S. (up to $50,000 annually for the length of her graduate degree program). Samia intends to pursue a master's in public policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. She is committed to promoting universal literacy and improved public education in her native Pakistan.

Class Secretaries
Meagan Dodge (mdodge@alumni.middlebury.edu)
Ulises Zanello (uzanello@alumni.middlebury.edu)



Summer 2004

Lucas Farrell and Daniel Whitmore are travelling in Mexico, spreading awareness of renewable fuel sources. • Jason Simmons has been teaching in the Dominican Republic, Peru, and Costa Rica, before heading back to school this fall. • Lisa Jasinski completed her first year of film studies at the Univ. of Wis.: "It's been an exceptional year of watching great movies, teaching a public speaking class, and surviving the Midwest." Jeremy Holiday starts his M.A. there in the fall. Lisa's summer plans include "visits to both coasts to see Michelle Collette '02 in L.A., Jack Thurston '02 in Vt., Aaron Sawchuk '02 in Boston, and John Morgenstern and Nathan Davis in New York." • Aaron Copeland is a financial consultant in the Boston office of RBC Dain Rauscher. • Along with many other Midd folks, Leah Cumsky-Whitlock is finding life great in San Fran. She was in touch with Meg Bonney, Kate Perine, and Dana Chapin as they traveled through the South Pacific.

Class Secretaries
Meagan Dodge (mdodge@alumni.middlebury.edu)
Ulises Zanello (uzanello@alumni.middlebury.edu)



Spring 2004

Sonali Desai is working in Boston with children with autism. She also volunteers with the Samaritans of Boston, a suicide hotline, and is starting Spanish lessons. She keeps in close touch with Lauren Brierley and Andy Zimmermann, who also live in the Boston area. Although farther away from other close Midd friends, she's always planning trips around the U.S. to meet them! • Aaron Copeland recently joined RBC Dain Rauscher as a financial consultant in its Boston office. • In his hometown of NYC, Owen Strock is freelance writing for Mass Appeal and Dusted Magazine, among other publications. Owen reports that he's "having a good time, but NYC is pricey and talk is cheap." • Kent Newman is enjoying his leadership development fellowship with El Pomar Foundation in Colorado Springs, Colo. "Come do a triathlon with me next summer!" • Rookie defenseman Gary Baronick has joined the RiverDogs of the United Hockey League.

Class Secretaries
Meagan Dodge (mdodge@alumni.middlebury.edu)
Ulises Zanello (uzanello@alumni.middlebury.edu)



Winter 2004

Conor Shapiro is spending a year in Haiti teaching English. He took along a duffel bag full of soccer balls and jerseys for the kids where he's teaching. • Laura Zarchin has been working at an economic consulting firm in Boston while attending grad school at MIT. • Nathan Davis is an intern at the Whitney Museum of American Art in NYC. • Blake Barkin is living in Boston with Cathy Schieffelin and Sareena Khwaja. They often see Midd faces around Boston. • Mike Frissora is going pro, having been selected third in the eighth round of the National Lacrosse League (indoor) draft by Colorado. • The Route 7 Ramblers spent the summer rambling around New England with Circus Smirkus. Touring in an old school bus purchased from the circus for one dollar, the Ramblers included peripatetic musicians Alex Reiser and '04s Ben Campbell, Bennett Konesni, Caleb Elder, and Abe Streep. In addition to providing background music for aerial, acrobatic, balance, and juggling acts, the Ramblers were involved in stage dialogue and provided sound effects for the clown routines. In summer 2002, the group rambled with Circus Smirkus during its summer Wild West Tour. • Fahim Ahmed reports that he moved into his new apartment in New York's Midtown West and began work in July as an analyst in the investment banking division at Goldman Sachs. • Kate Pentkowski writes: "Larcombe Teichgraeber and I moved into our new apartment in NYC on the Upper East Side. I'm working with Marlborough Gallery and she's moving her way up the ranks of PR." • Meagan Dodge is working in HIV testing and counseling at the UCSF AIDS Health Project, while sharing a San Francisco apartment with Lindsay McPherson, who is in investment banking at Morgan Stanley. Fellow Bay Area residents Nick Yim, John Mitchell, and Liz Beaton '02 frequent San Francisco for Midd reunions. • Uli reports: It has finally begun, real life that is. Our microcosmic utopia known as Club Midd has come to an end, and we find ourselves once again beginning our lives. It seems as though everyone is in good spirits and well on their way. I met up with a number of Midd alums at a party last summer. Celebrating the Fourth of July at the Cape were Ben Dow, Shayna Forbes, Steph Giannacopoulos, Kristin Ostrem, Andrea Russo, Maggie Moss, Heather Collamore, and Lauren Henry. While on the Cape, I ran into Katie Kenney, who is working in Boston with none other then longtime buddy Rom Braga. Little did they know that they would both be working for the same insurance company until the first day of work. In NYC I have had the pleasure of seeing a number of people at various social functions, including Peter Koh, Chrissy Fuld, Anna Bautista, Peter Liu, and others. I made my way up to Connecticut to visit Craig Schuette, who is starting pharmacy school. • It's that time of year again, when the names of the Angels Award nominees are being sent to the dean of students office. Middlebury College gives a huge thank you to the 77 percent of the Class of 2003 who helped to raise $70,100 to endow this gift and to support the Rural and Community Alliance.

Class Secretaries
Meagan Dodge (mdodge@alumni.middlebury.edu)
Ulises Zanello (uzanello@alumni.middlebury.edu)



Fall 2003

Andrew Boyce was awarded the National Barbizon Award for Excellence in Scenic Design at the Kennedy Center's American College Theatre Festival on April 18. The award was given for the design of Anna Karenina, his senior work, produced at the College in October 2002 and subsequently at the New England Regional Festival (January 2003), where it was named a national alternate. Of the eight regional finalists, he was one of only three undergraduate students....Ron Schildge, who worked on the biomass project at the College, was named a finalist for the 2003 Brower Youth Awards, a prestigious youth environmental award program. This recognition came for designing and building the operational refinery for the production of biodiesel fuel from used vegetable oil, from dining services, to produce over 90 gallons of biodiesel. He also hosted workshops in collaboration with the Middlebury Institute for Sustainable Development and got a biodiesel test vehicle to be used for educational purposes.

Class Secretaries
Meagan Dodge (mdodge@alumni.middlebury.edu)
Ulises Zanello (uzanello@alumni.middlebury.edu)





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