Page 52 - Alumni Horae: Vol. 93, No. 1 Fall 2012
Basic HTML Version
52
Geoff to find out what has trans-
pired. As for the Van Amburg
family, the arrival of Malcolm
Henning Van Amburg on April
16 was the big event of the past
several months. He is shaping up
to be a smiley, sweet-natured
young gentleman. And with
some time off in August for the
whole family, Eliza James dis-
covered the joys of summer. As
always, please drop me a line or
give me a call, as I always love to
hear from you.”
1996
Emily C. Brands
Form Director
Emily Chang
Brands
writes:
“With the hazy
summer days behind us now, it
appears that many of our form-
mates are getting back into the
swing of things with travels,
work, and catching up with
formmates. For me, in addition
to working on ThePurplePass-
port.com with
Jenn (Connelly)
Garcia-Alonso
, I have been
enjoying spending time with
Catherine Ruedig Hunter ’97
and
Caroline Bruce Finholt ’97
and their babes down here in the
Durham/Chapel Hill area, and
hope to meet N.C.-newcomer
Ken Kim
’s twin girls soon. I had
a wonderful time at the Alumni
Association meeting back in
April, where I caught up with
Ayesha Brantley-Gosine
and
Ben Loehnen
. And I look for-
ward to celebrating
Patti Lin
’s
nuptials with
Alana Pietra-
gallo Bedoya
,
Caitlin Riley
,
Katie Zug Volkmar
,
Jill
Thompson Smith
,
Christine
Parker
,
Paul Delaney
,
Ryan
McCormack
,
Chris Cheang ’97
,
Billy Pietragallo ’93
, and, of
course,
Jon Lin ’94
. I hope ev-
eryone’s having a lovely fall, and
be sure to get on our Facebook
form page (St. Paul’s-Form of
1996) to stay in touch!”
Caitlin Riley
writes: “Just
moved to Austin after living in
NYC for 10 years. I’m producing
character-driven short docu-
mentaries for Whole Foods’
online magazine,
Dark Rye
(darkrye.com). I’ll be profiling
urban farmers, tree house
builders, eco-conscious furni-
ture designers, vegan NFL play-
ers, dudes who turn their snow
shovels into guitars, that sorta
thing. If you’re in Austin, please
reach out (caitlin.riley@whole-
foods.com), and if you know of
anyone whose story would
make for a compelling short
film, please let me know!”
Carey Wagner
says, “After
leaving my staff job in South
Florida last year, I’ve landed in
NYC as a freelance photojour-
nalist (
).
Next month I have a project
coming out on gender-based
violence in Papua New Guinea,
where I was in the spring as a
fellow with the International
Reporting Project. I have no
babies or husbands to report,
but I do love catching up with
my St. Paul’s family in the city.”
Amanda Filoso Schreyer
wins a gold star for making the
Paulie rounds: “I got to visit with
a few formmates this summer.
In June, my two-year-old
daughter, Arden, and I spent a
lovely day in Philadelphia with
the amazing
Jessica Martin
Hayne
and her three darling
children. In July, I was fortunate
to have the opportunity to meet
brand-new baby Mordecai
Cohen, while visiting his par-
ents,
Caitlin Durham
and
Matt Cohen
, in L.A. while there
on business. Unfortunately, I
missed
FranReathMerrill
that
day because she was at the
hospital giving birth to baby
Rex. In August,
Alex Tilney
and
I hit the town in NYC while I was
there for a conference. And in
early September, I had lunch
with the glowing
Nicole Hanley
Mellon
during N.Y. Fashion
Week.”
Stephanie Oliver
writes:
“Hello, fellow Paulies. I am cur-
rently enjoying my summer off
from pursuing a degree in ac-
counting. I am working for the
IRS and loving it. Any Paulies in
the Philly/N.J./Del./N.Y. area,
please look me up.”
Kenneth Kim
with exciting
news: “Wife Beth recently gave
birth to our twins (a boy, Elijah,
and a girl, Evelyn) who are all
healthy and doing well. Com-
pleted my fellowship training in
women’s cancer and joined as
attending faculty in the division
of gynecology oncology at the
University of North Carolina.
Received a national leadership
award from the Society of Gy-
necologic Oncology (SGO).
Looking forward to our new life
in the Triangle (and to seeing
other Paulies in the area, like
Emily Chang Brands
and
Catherine Ruedig Hunter ’97
,
among others!), but very sad to
be leaving our dear friends
Alex
Leigh
and her husband, Nate
Brown (whose operating room
was next to mine at the Univer-
sity of Alabama), and their
growing family.”
FORMNOTES
Julie Fwu ’99 and her husband,
Daryl, visited SPS in July.
Jennifer Belcher ’98 and Stephen
Maxon were married June 4,
2011, in Bolinas, Calif.
Ben Bleiman ’99 married Emily Bonelli-Padow on September 8, 2012,
at the Pema Osel Ling Buddhist Retreat Center in Santa Cruz. Many
SPS alums shared the celebration, including (l. to r.) back: Amy
Brown ’99, Pete Pachios ’99, Tom Schenck ’99, Brian Chen ’99, Brooke
Lloyd ’99, the groom, Sanford Livingston ’99, Jish Imbriglia ’99, Mark
DeVito ’99, Tavis Tenney ’99, and Mike Getz ’99; front: JP Aubry ’99,
Andrew Bleiman ’98, and Clay Nichol ’00.
