2001

The class news in this issue is filled with many, many birth announcements, news from around the world and even a citizen's award. But we went from an all-time record number of submissions to one of the shortest yet! However, knowing that you all will make up for it with news of many summer weddings, I'll just enjoy the nice, easy issue and start getting ready for the flood of wedding and travel news that I'm sure will arrive this fall. Hope everyone is doing well!

Arya Badiyan '01 with her new daughter, Jada May Badiyan
Todd Wincup '01 relaxes with his new son, Grant.
Julie and Andy Grieve '01 with new daughter Elizabeth
Karim Botros '01 and wife Allison welcome Lillian Marie.
Jonathan Gonsky '01 proudly holds his Citizen Recognition Award from the Chicago Police Department.
Lesley and Julio Casillas '01 with their children Sofia, 2, and David

Births: Jorge Aguayo and Pilar Grandaos '02 are very happy to announce the birth of their daughter, MarÌa JosÈ Aguayo Granados. She was born May 8, weighing a healthy 8 pounds, 5 ounces. Jorge writes, "Both baby and mom are doing great, and though the sleepless nights are a bit tough, we couldn't be happier."

Chad and Arya Badiyan happily announce the birth of their baby girl, Jada May Badiyan, born Feb 20. Arya and Chad are currently living in Mexico City, where Arya is working on an international assignment for General Mills and was recently promoted to marketing manager.

Alejandro David Casillas was born May 3 to Lesley and Julio Casillas.

Kristin (Tegtmeier) and Doug Higgins celebrated the birth of their son, Liam Tegtmeier Higgins, on January 26. Liam and big sister Lauren Ann Higgins are doing well. Kristin just finished shooting a feature-length documentary on the Wildflower Triathlon and hopes to have it completed by the end of the year.

Anne and David Genova celebrated the birth of their daughter (and first child) Claire Simmons Genova on April 25, 2003. After two years of working abroad and domestically for AMVESCAP, the family has settled in Atlanta, where David is working for AIM Investments. They just celebrated Claire's first birthday and are enjoying parenthood.

Andy Grieve and his wife Julie had a daughter, Elizabeth Marie, on April 25. Julie is a counselor in the CMC at Kellogg, and the whole family is doing well.

Randy and Katie White happily welcomed Charles Henry ("Henry") White to the world on July 6, 2003. He is a wonderful bundle of joy for his parents and big brother Keyler, now 2 1/2.

Todd Wincup and his wife Tammy had a baby boy, Grant Fitzgerald Wincup, on March 11, weighing 7 pounds, 15 ounces, and measuring 22 inches long. New baby Grant "already has more hair than his father."

Karim Botros and Allison Baines Botros welcomed baby Lillian Marie on Feb. 2. She weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces., and is already saving to go to Northwestern!

Other News: On April 29, Jonathan Gonsky received a Citizen Recognition Award, given by the Chicago Police Department to reward his efforts in breaking up a strong-armed purse snatching in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago!

Jon was returning home from his work as assistant manager of the Evanston Home Depot store, when he witnessed a purse snatching in progress. He jumped out of his car, tackled the assailant to the ground and held him. The assailant broke free as other citizens came to help, so Jon got up, chased the assailant down the block, tackled him again and held him until the police arrived. Jon's selfless actions led to the arrest of the assailant and an accomplice. In other news, Jon was recently promoted to store manager of a Chicago-area store as part of the Home Depot corporate store leadership program.

Pierre LeComte '01 enjoys a going away party with Kellogg School friends before he heads off to Sydney on a new assignment.

Pierre LeComte took both a promotion with Bain to manager and a temporary six-month transfer from the San Francisco office to Sydney, Australia. Of course, his Kellogg friends had a proper SF send-off, with a cable-car pub crawl joined by Renee Thibeault, Scott Barkley, Mark Gally, Nicole Conti, Jason Erdell and Susan Donahoe (from whom Pierre "recently had an amicable roommate divorce"). Pierre writes: "A few days later, I was on a flight to Oz, where I'll remain until August, despite missing wedding after Kellogg wedding back in the States this spring. (Sorry everyone. I'll send boomerangs!) I invite my B-school 'mates' to come Down Under and take surfing lessons with me out at Bondi Beach sometime, or at least drink something Australian other than Fosters Oil Cans (which pretty much don't exist here!)."

Isi Okogun survived her first 11 months in Nigeria working as a "repat." She writes: "I am still adjusting to many things, but glad I made the decision to return. I am currently attending my 10-year college reunion at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, and having a wonderful time. I plan to hook up with buddies in the Chicago and New York areas while I am here." P.S. Isi, my sincere apologies ... you will forever more be a "she" in Kellogg World!

Jason Schlueter was recently promoted to vice president, origination strategy for Option One Mortgage Corp. Jason will be developing long-term strategy for Option One's wholesale and national accounts business units, as well as for H&R Block Mortgage Corp.

Mark Rosen married Gunce Arkan on March 20 in the Puck Building in New York City. Mark writes: "We met back in college, and our wedding took place on the 10th anniversary of our very first date. Andrew Bodziak, Jason Brady, Mark Buschmann, Jason Erdell and Eric Haugen were among those in attendance. Pierre LeComte phoned in his respects from Sydney. We then took a fantastic two-week honeymoon in French Polynesia, enjoying the paradise of Tahiti, Moorea and Bora Bora."