I think we have a competitor to Jayne (Daigle) Jones in the children department. Lauren (Geddes) Worth, and husband, Bill, welcomed William John "Jack" in March. He joins big sister, Casey, and big brothers Jake, Joe and Jamie. Heather Richmond's excitement burst through her email email when she let me know that she got married on September 6 in southern Vermont. Her fiancée, Dared Wright, is a graduate of The Boston Conservatory and Emerson College. He's an actor, director and teacher currently working on the HBO television series, "The Sopranos." Heather has left "The Producers" and is currently the hair & wig supervisor on the Broadway play "Enchanted April" with Molly Ringwald and Elizabeth Ashely. Jennifer Vookles is an assistant professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at Oregon Health and Science University (in Portland). Amy Singleton Adams wrote: "My bit of news for this year is the arrival of Alec in September. He joins brother, Benjo, who's now two and a half. I returned to Holy Cross last fall and foresee a pretty wild year! My husband, Bill, and I had a great time in August at Krista Thomas's wedding (a mini-86 reunion, really). "Congratulations to Andrew Schulz for being granted tenure as a professor at Seattle University. Caroline (Diamond) Harrison is a journalist and newspaper executive, and has served as general manager of the Staten Island Advance since 1999. Earlier in her career, she worked at The Patriot News Co. in Harrisburg, Pa., and at the New Orleans Times Picayune. In her spare time, Caroline serves on the board of directors of the Newspaper Association of America, the Staten Island Children's Museum and State Island Academy. Maryly Culpepper recently received her doctorate from the USC School of Music in L.A., where she studied with James Walker. She also holds a master's of music from Yale. Maryly is currently a director of the Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble and principal flute of the Danbury Hat City Opera. She is also on the faculty of the Riverside School of Music and performs with the Bridgeport Symphony and New Rochelle Opera. Paul Davis is at Welch & Forbes, L.L.C., an investment advisory firm. Previously, Paul worked for five years at David L. Babson & Company, Inc. Liz McClintock left her long-time post as director programs at CMG and moved out to Santa Barbara, California to be closer to her family. John Fendig's Kentucky National Guard unit was activated in May for a 12-month Homeland Security call-up. John is a major and is stationed at Ft. Campbell, KY where his unit is in charge of guarding that base as well as Ft. Knox, KY. His "normal job," as an attorney at the utility company in Louisville (LG&E Energy), will resume in May 2004. John and his wife, Jenny, have a 2 1/2 year old boy named Sam. To recap a letter from Howie Hayes, our head agent for the Dartmouth College Fund: Our class raised $161,096 for the 2002-2003 Fund, which represented 44.2% class participation. I think that given these are tough years for us to contribute - particularly with growing children - that's a solid result. Overall 45% of alums surpassed the Fund's 2003 goal by raising $30.3 million.
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