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1996
Emily Brands
Mark your calendars for our
20th reunion, June 3-5, 2016.
A busier-than-usual sum-
mer brought my family up
to the D.C. area for the year,
where I’ve been enjoying the
proximity of several form-
mates.
Jill Thompson Smith
and I are exploring Rock Creek
Park’s trails with my dog, and
I’m looking forward to seeing
Vee (Ogle) Ladejobi
, along
with meeting
Mike Shaheen
’s
family. A fantastic (and wild)
weekend at
Patti Lin
’s home
in Baltimore brought
Alana Pi-
etragallo Bedoya
,
Jenn Con-
nelly Garcia-Alonso
, Patti,
and me together with all our
children and husbands – this
was wild in the toddlers-and-
babies-everywhere sense, mind
you. Speaking of babies,
Diane
Maldonado Santillan
is keep-
ing busy with her little gal, along
with coaching a nutrition and
fitness group on top of teaching.
And
Caitlin Riley
reports that
she is enjoying life in Austin
and can’t wait to meet up with
everybody at the 20th.
I attended Alumni Volunteer
Weekend at SPS with Alana
Bedoya. We marveled at the
amazing updates to campus and
rekindled some gastronomic
traditions: Cheers’s chicken
and broccoli alfredo, In a Pinch
sesame noodles and seven layer
bars, along with Upper/Coit’s
eggs made-to-order. Work
preparing for our reunion is
underway, so stay tuned and
start booking your hotel rooms.
1997
Cornelia Van Amburg
Amy Singer
BrookeMcLaughlin
shares:
“My husband Alexander Magle-
by and I are proud to announce
the birth of Piper Blair Magleby.
Piper is preparing for her first
x-country ski season as we are
still working between Cam-
bridge, Mass., and Hanover, NH.”
Lily Fan
writes: “Anthony
Paul Arnold and I got mar-
ried on August 8, 2015, in New
York City. We were blessed to
celebrate the event with my
sister,
Mandy Fan ’95
, and my
cousin,
Albert Zue ’03
.
Leona
Hoyin Tjio ’96
,
Stephanie Oli-
ver ’96
(both of whom I became
friends with on my first day at
SPS), and
Quincy Gambrell ’98
were in my wedding.
Liliana
Polo-McKenna ’96, Kelli Phil-
lips, Natasha Cobb, Kareem
Roberts ’99, Jamal John-
son ’94
, and former faculty
member Karen Smith (who was
my adviser for four years at
SPS) were in attendance. We had
tons of fun and look forward to
next steps in our lives.”
1998
Andrew Bleiman
Over the weekend of June 20,
2015, SPS alumni band “Poor
Richard” played at the Se-
cret Solstice Music Festival
in Reykjavik, Iceland. Band
members
Will Dick
,
Chris
Eastland
,
Will O’Boyle
, and
Rich Thieriot
were joined by
manager
Charlie Smith
and
friend
Jimmy Crumpacker
for
their first foray on the interna-
tional music scene. The band
enjoyed the geological wonders
and warm Icelandic hospitality,
while playing their set under the
midnight sun. One band mem-
ber mused, “It reminded me of
playing EcoFest ’98, only bigger.”
Javier Hidalgo
writes: “I am
excited to share that I have re-
cently joined the newly founded,
Brooklyn-based Richman Law
Group, representing consumers
in a wide array of class action
litigation. Moreover, I will be
managing the firm’s federal
civil rights cases on behalf of
clients pursuing section 1983
claims against municipalities
for false arrest, excessive force,
malicious prosecution, denial of
due process, and other federal
and state law causes of action.”
Andrew Gustin
and his
wife, Bracken, were thrilled to
welcome the arrival of their son,
Spencer Henry Gustin, on Au-
gust 15 at Weill-Cornell Medical
Center in New York.
Lily Fan ’97 and friends at her rehearsal dinner in August (l. to r.):
Albert Zue ’03, Stephanie Oliver ’96, Quincy Gambrell ’98, Lily, Kelli
Phillips ’97, Karen Smith, Mandy Fan ’95, and Leona Hoyin Tjio ’96.
The 1998 alumni band “Poor Richard” performed in Iceland this
past summer. (L. to r.): Charlie Smith, Chris Eastland, Rich Thieriot,
Will O’Boyle, and Will Dick.
Pat Fox ’98 (l.) and Dodd
Loomis ’98 enjoy an impromptu
Spartan Race in Calgary, Alberta.
Alexander Magleby and Brooke
McLaughlin ’97 welcomed Piper
Blair Magleby on May 20, 2015.
Helen Kathryn Russell was born
to Marley and Stuart Russell ’97,
on August 31, 2015.
