Hello, '99s!
Another summer has passed us by and autumn-and, with it, election season-is fast approaching. In the meantime, we have lots of news to share.
First, Wayne DeBeatham had wonderful wedding news to report. On March 24 Wayne married Stephanie Grant (Bethune-Cookman '98) in a beautiful afternoon ceremony at the Lofts at Castleberry Hill in the historic Castleberry Hill Arts District in southwest Atlanta. Wayne and Stephanie met at a diner near Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., where Wayne was a surgical intern and Stephanie a nurse at Georgetown. About 150 family and friends came from across the country and the Caribbean to see the two come together. As fate would have it, Wayne crossed paths with fellow Dartmouth College Marching Band alum Rachel Ciprotti '02 at the front entrance of his hotel on the morning of the wedding. Wayne and Stephanie had a beautiful day and a great start to married life. The couple reside in Atlanta and New York City.
Kristen Chartier also had great wedding news. On June 23 Kristen married fellow history teacher Steve Jasikoff in a beautiful outdoor ceremony in Westchester, New York. Kristen had lots of Dartmouth support on the day, with Amie (Servino) Kritzer as maid of honour and Meghan McMenamy as a bridesmaid. Other '99s joining Kristen in the celebration included Jeff and Holly (Smith) Munsie, Dave and Adrienne (Wilson) Wagner, Mariangelica (Martinez) Rojas, Debbie (Bender) Llewelyn, Catherine (Maxson) Pieroni and Sara Zrike. The very happy couple then flew off to St. Lucia for their honeymoon. They then came home to spend the rest of the summer holidays together until the school term begins in September.
In other developments, Allison Fisch and husband Tom Pierce welcomed son Ryan Asher Pierce into the world on March 13. Little Ryan got to know Dartmouth from his very start. On the day he was born several '99s came to visit, including Regina Beinstock, Leigh (Eisenman) Nemetz, Karen (Ho) Cobbett, Lauren (Brenner) Goody, and Alexandra Barth. The happy family are living in New York.
Cassie (Miller) Birwistle and husband Mike also became proud parents, welcoming twins Hank and Lila Birwistle on June 13. Cassie is the general manager of the Phoenix Cinema, the oldest movie theater in London, but looks forward to making the most of the generous British maternity leave and spend the next year at home with the little ones.
That's all the news for now. I hope you're all doing well and I look forward to sharing more updates with you soon!
Tony Perry
tony.perry.99@alum.dartmouth.org