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Steve Sherman '01 and Pam Bilski were married on Nov. 11 in Chicago with many Kellogg friends in attendance.
 

2001 — Full-Time

  Bendee Anzures '01 and Christine Wu '01 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for their fourth annual international girls' trip
  Bendee Anzures '01 and Christine Wu '01 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for their fourth annual international girls' trip.
   
  Lidan Yang '01 with husband David and son Lucas at the New York Botanical Garden
  Lidan Yang '01 with husband David and son Lucas at the New York Botanical Garden
   
  Quentin Kluthe '01 with wife Carol and daughter Cory Anne (pictured at 4 months old) in Manhattan Beach
  Quentin Kluthe '01 with wife Carol and daughter Cory Anne (pictured at 4 months old) in Manhattan Beach
   
  Bethany (Wenner) and Van Crocker (both '01) with son Percy ("Van") Vandorn Crocker III
  Bethany (Wenner) and Van Crocker (both '01) with son Percy ("Van") Vandorn Crocker III.
   
  Erica (Fleischmann) Norton '01 with son Aidan Michael Norton
  Erica (Fleischmann) Norton '01 with son Aidan Michael Norton.
   
  Karen O'Shea '01 with son OisÌn
  Karen O'Shea '01 with son OisÌn
   
  Martha Wofford '01 and John Knight celebrated the arrival of their daughter Nora on Christmas day.
  Martha Wofford '01 and John Knight celebrated the arrival of their daughter Nora on Christmas day.
   

Spring brings news of many new additions to the Class of '01 family, but I think the winner — with three kids under the age of 2 — is John Didrickson. Please read about this and many other exciting announcements below. And, of course, keep the news coming. Married last year and never let everyone know? On your second baby and never sent in a photo of the first? No news is too late! As always, I hope you all are happy and healthy!

Births:

Bethany (Wenner) and Van Crocker joyfully announce the arrival of their son Percy ("Van") Vandorn Crocker III, born March 3, 2006. They write: "Please look us up when you are next in Chicago!"

Danielle and John Didrickson welcomed their third son into the world on Dec. 20 at Northwestern Hospital! Casey John joins twin brothers Taylor and Jaden (2) to help fill out dad's golfing foursome!

Erica (Fleischmann) and Ian Norton '02 welcomed Aidan Michael Norton into the world on Oct. 19. He is the "sweetest baby ever" (according to his biased parents), and mommy and daddy are adjusting well to parenthood.

There has been lots of change for Karen O'Shea in the last year. She and husband Andrew moved home to Ireland in the summer of 2006 and their son Oisín was born in November. Karen writes, "He is finally sleeping through the night, so things are getting back to normal! I am starting back to work as trade and retail marketing manager at Kraft Foods in Dublin in April. If you are in Dublin, please look us up!"

Martha Wofford and John Knight celebrated the arrival of their daughter Nora on Christmas Day. Martha writes, "Life in western Massachusetts is good, although busy."

Weddings:

Steve Sherman and Pam Bilski married Nov. 11 at the Sofitel Water Tower in Chicago. Several Kellogg friends were there to join in the festivities, including Chris Freeburg; Peter McWeeny; Brad Turner; Josh Daitch; Corey (Halloran) and Andy Jacobson '00; Lisa Belcher; Ben Kutrieb and Erika Dillon Kutrieb '00; Peter Solomon '00 and Jason Moss, with special performances by Kelly Cornelis and Gretchen Hall, who accompanied Steve and the wedding band in serenading Pam with a rendition of "Signed, Sealed, Delivered!"

Brant Wilson married Amy Bartosik in Kansas City, Mo., on Nov. 4. On hand to enjoy the celebration were Chris Hsu, Robert Kurinsky, Gretchen (Escbacher) Koch, Robert Gotto and Chris Recker. They plan to remain in Kansas City, where Brant works at H&R Block and Amy is at Eli Lilly.

In Other News:

Where in the world is Bendee Anzures? She writes: "(Un)fortunately [I am] back in San Francisco. Yes, I quit my job at Intuit in September to travel while I still can and ended my too-short sabbatical in January to start at Diamond Foods as the director of marketing (did you see the Emerald Nuts ad during the Super Bowl?). Some of my travel highlights included a meat and wine tour of Argentina with Christine Wu, baby tour of New York with good friends (Robb Hoenick, Marisa O'Connor, Marie-France Nguyen, Debbie (Rebell) and Jason Moss), wedding in Oahu for former roommate Ky Vu '00 and Thanksgiving dinner in the Philippines (yes, turkey and all) with Xandra Ramos and hosted by Dennis Valdes '90. Getting back to the working world has been nuts (no pun intended)."

Marcus Arildsson and wife Carmen de Pablo moved to Madrid last year after a five-year stint in London. Marcus picked up a job with a small M&A advisory boutique called Arcano after leaving Merrill Lynch, and Carmen continues with Morgan Stanley. They had their first baby, Carmencita, in late 2005. Marcus was part of the Kellogg team that won the first soccer classic in Madrid against alumni teams from, among other schools, INSEAD and LBS. He encourages any visitors to Madrid to get in touch with them.

After more than five years at Deloitte Consulting in the strategy and operations group focused on financial services, Simon Breuer recently joined ABN AMRO Bank in Chicago to start and help build the bank's business consulting group. He's excited about the opportunity, but also looking forward to staying in town, where he hopes to run into more Kellogg people.

Lidan Yang sends her greetings from the Big Apple. After her husband, David, accepted a position as head of mortgage research with Credit Suisse, the family moved to New York City and Lidan joined Hyperion Brookfield Asset Management in 2005. She recently became director of RMBS/ABS research. She enjoys her work and playing with her son Lucas (3). This year's big project is to get Lucas into a great school.

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