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Apparently my cry for class news worked! I will get all of the updates in over the next several columns. Stay tuned! A belated wedding announcement from Curtis Dozier, who married Emily Johnson (Stanford '99) last September in Oakland, California. Dartmouth alums in attendance included Leslie Cushner, Ben Mishkin, Steve Wiesenthal, James Lawrie and Sarah Craft '01, as well as Emilys uncles Bill Fitzhugh '64 and Josh Fitzhugh '70. In more recent news Curtis finished his Ph.D. in classics at the University of California, Berkeley and will begin teaching at Vassar College in the fall.

Spencer Jones and his partner of six years, Tyler Barrick, were among the first 10 couples married at San Francisco's City Hall on June 17, following the California Supreme Courts recent decision extending marriage equality to gay and lesbian couples. They plan a more formal ceremony sometime in the summer of 2009 with family and friends, but wanted to obtain a valid marriage certificate ahead of the vote in November on a state constitutional amendment that would again limit marriage to exclude them. They report that it was an emotional and historic experience, with dozens of news crews and supporters gathered to cheer on the more than 200 couples that received their marriage licenses that day.

Nicole (Kriss) and her husband, Gary Mazer, welcomed their son Samuel Matthew in May. "He is doing great. I am currently in my last year of a combined residency in emergency medicine and internal medicine at Long Island Jewish Hospital in New York."

To celebrate herjoth birthday Shay Lawrence and her boyfriend Nobu Hata went to Hawaii, and while there, he proposed! "We'll be getting married sometime in 2009 back in Hawaii. In the meantime we are living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with our feisty dog Jake. I own a company that teaches art to children and we recently purchased our first house. I also saw Kate Werley, Ciaran Connelly '99, Darby Green 99, Megan Jennings, and a bunch of other Dartmouth alums this June at Julia Ford s beautiful wedding in Palo Alto, California, after which Julia headed to Ireland for her honeymoon. I also heard recently from Lea Goryn, who is in the M.B.A. program at Tuck and is expecting her second child. And Lisa Bianchi started a great new job at a private school in New York City after returning from a fun-filled trip to Ireland." Also making their way to the College on the Hill are Nick Russell and his wife, Jen (Caine). Nick is at Tuck (class of 2010) and Jen, after teaching at Boston University this fall, will be joining the Dartmouth studio art faculty in January. They would love to hear from anyone visiting Hanover!

Caitlin (Sparks) Roache is currently living in Chicago and working toward her Ph.D in clinical psychology at Loyola University "Four years down, three to go! My husband, Joe Roache (Holy Cross '99), and I recently celebrated our one-year anniversary. We were married last July 28 on Cape Cod. In attendance were bridesmaids Bea Radakovich and a very pregnant Kathy (Schultz) Sweetland, Andy Sweetland, Lauren Ambrose and Dan Radakovich '71. Nathaniel Stephen Sweetland arrived September 19 of 2007, so he just celebrated his first birthday! Bea is living in Chicago and recently completed a masters in divinity at McCormick Theological Seminary. I also had the pleasure of seeing Lauren more recently when I attended her marriage to Chris Davis. The ceremony and reception were held at the Dartmouth Club in N.Y.C. The night was filled with gorgeous views of the city and amazing food! Other Dartmouth people in attendance were Jenny (Neuburger) Higgins and Sarah (Dray) Mondy Dray."

Lastly, Meaghan Fanning and Dylan Karczewski '99 were married on July 5 in Manchester, Vermont. I hear that the wedding was a blast and everyone had a great time catching up with many Dartmouth alumni!

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