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2006
— Full-Time
Hello,
Class of 2006! Our first-ever Class Notes entry features quite
a few significant events ranging from marriage to mountaineering.
Read on:
Emily
LeMaster and Eric O'Brien married on Oct. 7 in Atlanta.
Michelle
Devereux, Inessa Even, Rod Feuer, Emily
and Lance Garrison '07, Tim Hill, Jan Kengelbach,
Seth '05 and Jamie Lasser, Melissa Lynn, Phil
Marineau, Spence McClelland, Kate McCutcheon,
Sarah Sikowitz, Heather Smith, Eric Spielman,
Chris Thorne, Greg Trimmer and Becca Zoller
attended the celebration.
Emily
and Eric would like to say, "Thanks for getting keyed
up with us," and also want to thank Greg and Spence,
in particular, for their impressive swordfighting display.
After a solid six months, Emily is happy to report that she
is still working in marketing at Coke, where the stock price
has risen by more than $5 per share. Coincidence? We think
not.
Claire
Perrin married Eric Boireau on Dec. 2 in Paris. They are
the proof that two years spent on each side of the ocean can
lead to a happy end!
Mahendra
Nerurkar wedded his sweetheart, Pooja, in Pune, India
(Mahendra's aunt was Pooja's teacher when she was learning
Kuchipudi, a traditional Indian dance). The traditional Indian
wedding, attended by several Kellogg classmates, including
Dylan Dias, Tarun Pande, Suveer Kothari
and Pradeep Gode, was full of music, dance and festivities
and had a unique Latino theme, since Pooja's family owns a
Mexican restaurant in Pune. Mahendra, who works with Mercer
Consulting, now lives with Pooja in the River North area of
Chicago with their 4-month-old golden retriever, Deshmukh.
Masahiro
Hagiwara writes, "After graduation, I joined Bain
& Company in Tokyo and started a consulting life, which
is too exciting, and on Nov. 26, I married Masako Iwata at
Lawry's Tokyo, where Kellogg alumni organize TG Tokyo every
quarter. Celebrating a new year, some Class of 2006 Kelloggians
enjoyed playing golf at Atami, a famous hot spring resort
near Tokyo. As we enjoyed too much Japanese sake on the day
before playing, some of them had a terrible hangover."
On
Aug. 31, Katherine and Greg Krafcik welcomed Connor
Krafcik into the world. The family of three is living happily
in the Bay Area.
Andrea
Jackson had a baby boy, Alexander Stephen Jackson, on
Sept. 12 (his dad's birthday). They are all doing very well
and are settled into life in New York City. Stephen is working
at Deloitte Consulting and Andrea in healthcare investment
banking at JPMorgan.
Phil
Hathaway and his wife, Jessica, welcomed their first child,
Dana Ruth Hathaway, into the world on Oct. 18. Mom and baby
are doing well and enjoying their first winter in Seattle.
Yaniv
Zief and his wife, Becky, welcomed their first child,
baby girl Yael, on Oct. 29. Mom and baby are doing well and
enjoying winter in the nation's capital. Yaniv is working
with American Capital in Bethesda.
Brendan
Wright and his wife, Shera, welcomed son Alex to the world
on Dec. 18. Brendan writes, "He's a little blond-haired
boy, and everyone is doing well, including his big sister
Courtney (5). This past year we also had a house built, so
the springtime project is to put a swingset/playscape in the
back yard. We are currently enjoying the (mostly) nice winter
weather in Houston."
Peter
Wood and his wife,
Alex, recently had their first child. Their son, Connor Tod
Wood, was born Dec. 27 at Evanston Northwestern Hospital.
Connor weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces at birth. Connor and Alex
are doing well. Peter was happy to add two weeks of paternity
leave to the end of his Christmas vacation from Abbott Labs.
Gaurav
Wadhwa and wife Anjali welcomed their first child, Tejas
Wadhwa, on Feb. 10. Both mom and son and are doing great.
Bo
Parfet recently made
the summit of Cho Oyu (the sixth-tallest mountain in the world).
He was surprised to find out that he became the youngest American
to ski Cho Oyu. Bo is an entrepreneur in real estate and a
professional mountaineer. He is currently training for his
second attempt to scale Mt. Everest.
Lax
Madapaty and his wife, Aparna, vacationed in Mexico in
December. The highlight of their trip was meeting up with
Jose Mario Guille in Mexico City for some good times
and old Kellogg stories. They also visited the Pyramid of
the Sun on their way to Puebla, Oaxaca, Puerto Escondido and
Huatulco. Lax is currently working at Microsoft in Seattle,
and Jose Mario works with Booz Allen Hamilton in Mexico City.
A
crew of 2006 grads managed to get a couple of hours off work
to congregate at one of Washington, D.C.'s finest watering
holes — Buffalo Billiards. The warm weather and long
work hours these newly minted MBAs had endured were catalysts
for what turned into quite a raucous evening. No, it was not
the Deuce, Pete Miller's, or even the Keg on a Tuesday night,
but it was great for all to catch up and learn who else was
living in the nation's most powerful city. Attendees included
Sachin "milk 'n' honey" Gupta, Dave
Neumann, Mike Keymer, Andrew Cromey,
Simon Frewer, Jason Maga, Noreen Khowaja and
Greg Trimmer. Activities included reminiscing about the
"good old days," complaining about work, and dancing
the Canadian salsa. Look for part deux of the reunion in Q1. |
