1997

Wowzahs. Lots of good news this month.

Congratulations to Gisela Insuaste, otherwise known as Goose. She is the winner of the 2004 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Emerging Artist Award. The prize, which is given to a Chicago-area artist, includes a $10,000 prize.

Goose, who paints, sculpts and creates installations, completed her masters degree in fine arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2003. She received a fellowship for a January 2004 residency at the Vermont Studio Center and just recently had another residency at El Centro Cultural Flores Franco in Riobamba, Ecuador.

I did a quick Google search and came across some of Goose's great work at http:// subaltern.org/gisela.htm.Yay, Goose!!

Congratulations to Adam Nelson, who won a silver medal August 19 for the shot put at the Athens Olympics with a throw of 21.16 meters. The next day on the Today Show, Adam told Matt and Katie that he plans to compete for gold at the next Olympics in Beijing in 2008. Adam also won silver in Sydney four years ago.

I've had the honor of attending three amazing '97 weddings since I last wrote.

Jenny Noon and Tyler Post were married in a beautiful bayside ceremony July 3 in Cohasset, Massachusetts. Class of '97s in attendance included Dave Zipkin, Alison Schram Baldwin, Crissie Baseggio, Brian Boynton, Ben Chittick, Karin Kelley and Pilar Rodriguez. Jenny and Tyler live in Boston.

On August 7 Maura Troy and Coleman Bigelow were married in Larchmont, New York. The 97s who helped celebrate their union at an amazing oceanside reception in Stamford, Connecticut, included Carolyn (Abruzzo) Campion, Christie Carpenter, Erica Chong, Liz (Lipson) Glass, Meredith Epstein Goodman, Karin Kelley, Holly (Thomas) Landsittel, Jill McCammon McMahon, Vas Narayan, Amy Schneeberger and Dave Zipkin. Maura and Coleman live in Charlottesville, Virginia.

On August 21 Brian Boynton married Mailory Stewart at Mallory s family's beautiful horse farm in North Salem, New York. Dartmouth kids in attendance included Crissie Baseggio, Karin Kelley, Emily Sohn, Dave Zipkin, Jute Ramsay, Nate Somers, Seth Bouvier, Chris Whalen, Matt McGill '96 and Mark Lewinstein '98. Brian and Mallory live in Washington D.C.

Some news from the West Coast: Craig Whitmer recently stopped in San Francisco on his way back from a trip to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. He had dinner with Geoff Garinger and Rob Leathern before heading back east to start Tuck School of Business in the fall.

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