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Betty Juncker Hagymasi
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Catherine Whelan-Wuest and Ian Merritt ’00 were married in August at Catherine’s family’s cabin in Lyndonville, VT. Maritza Cirigliano Schaeffer was a bridesmaid, and Brad Farran ’00 and Roger Sherman ’00 were groomsmen. The celebration brought together most of Catherine and Ian’s favorite people, including Stevie Howell, Than Peck, Owen Clements, Jeff Parker, Adam Castaldo, Matt Enderlin, Mark Polanzak, Betsy Low, Haley Cohen, India Clark ’04, Alexis Colantonio ’04, Lauren Pincus ’02, Lissa Grullemens ’02, Caitlin Schwager ’02, Ben Edwards ’02, John Eick ’02, Jon Har-Even ’01, Gareth Hughes ’01, Amy Santamaria ’98, Shawn McCormack ’00, Susan Browning ’00, Susan Tynan ’00, Tom Suberman, and Kate Seaver ’02. The couple lives in Chicago, where Ian is a professional photographer and Catherine is PR coordinator for Morton’s The Steakhouse.

On October 13 Andrew Meehan married Lindsay Randle. Rob Parks and Dan Sbano were groomsmen; also attending were John Thornton and Russell Dey ’05.

Karen Troxell married Conor McDavitt on August 4. Best man was Philip McDavitt ’09, brother of the groom. The wedding party included Taryn Howard, Jaclyn Flanagan, Kristin Dutcher, Jon Colozzo, John Olson ’02, and Ryan Mahady ’02. Also in attendance were Jeff Drake ’00, Chris Dunn ’02, Ashley Decker ’02, Alexis Romanow, John Patten ’04, Alexis Lenhart ’05, Evan Duggan, and Alison Mahoney ’97.

Jessica Terrone married longtime boyfriend William Roehr on July 28 in NYC. Bridesmaids included close friends Cynthia Aborn and Sanna Malick. Jessica (jess830@aol.com) is in her second year of medical school at New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine, and is interested in pursuing family medicine and ob-gyn.

In NYC Jennifer Sheffield (jennifershef@gmail.com) is a secretary in the education department at the Salvation Army Eastern Territorial Headquarters. She has also taken up yoga and returned to ballroom dancing, reconnecting with Margo Pattison ’02, formerly of Swing Fever! Look for Jenn at Reunion ’08 on a Harley.

Neil Kernis is in Timisoara, Romania, on a Fulbright scholarship. He teaches in the American studies MA program at the Universitatea de Vest and works in the university’s EducationUSA Center, advising US-bound Romanian students.

Sarah Ostrower (sarah@ostrower.com) lives in NYC and sees Jessica Gerstein (jessica.l.gerstein@jpmchase.com) and Joanna Nathan (jnathan423@gmail.com) on a regular basis. Sarah is manager of national advertising and marketing strategies at Estee Lauder and enrolled in a part-time master’s program in marketing and management at Fashion Institute of Technology. Jessica is an associate in prime brokerage at JP Morgan. Joanna graduated from NYU in May with an MSW and is a social worker at the NYU Counseling Center.

Ned Merrick (nedmerrick@gmail.com) lives in Portland, ME.

My husband, Seth Hagymasi ’02, and I welcomed daughter Molly on December 14; we are enjoying every moment.