2002
After 10 months with the Spiegel Group (Eddie Bauer, Spiegel,
Newport News), Raphael Savalle was promoted to the position
of director of internal project consulting, reporting to
the COO.
Loyd Tarver Henderson and wife Kelly Gee welcomed twin
girls, Tai Olivia and Sydney Natalia, on Aug. 4. They live
in New
York City.
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From left: Miguel Devoto ‘01 Cristián
Letelier ’02, Juan Carlos Gay ’02 and Cesar
Andrade ‘01 at an international meeting of alums
in Santiago |
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Alvaro Belevan ’02 with daughters
Mathilde and Abigail Madeleine |
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Mitch Hu ’02 and Chris Zhang |
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Jeff Bougher ’02 (center) visiting Seiichi Goto ’02
(left) and Hiro Ishizaki ’02 on his trip to Tokyo |
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On Aug.
31, Dan Gingiss and Jodi Matthes ’03 were married
in Baileys Harbor, Wis., at the home of Jodi’s parents,
right on Lake Michigan. Dan was Jodi’s section leader
(Go, Highlanders!) The officiant was Rabbi Samuel Gordon ’85.
Other Kelloggians in attendance included Becky Evans Grimm,
Stephanie Freeth, Tim Freeth ’01, Joe Dziedzic, Stephanie
Levine, Ryan Fong ’01, Chris Nolte ’03, Deniz
Cultu ’03, Margarita Cultu ’03, Kelly Huntington
(Hetherington) ’03, Josh Holmstrom, Tindley Whipple
Gilbert ’03 and Amy Ravi ’97. Joe, Becky and
husband Brian, Chris and Tindley sang an a cappella version
of “With This Ring” by The Platters during
the ceremony. Joe was a groomsman, Amy was a bridesmaid,
and
Kelly, Stephanie and Tim were readers.
Carter Burton wrote recently with good news. He and wife
Sarah had their second son, Taylor, born on June 24. Their
first son, Isaac, turned 2 on June 29. Sarah is the customer
service quality leader for Home Depot, and Carter is in corporate
lending for GE Commercial Finance in Atlanta.
Abigail
Madeleine was born on May 30 to Alvaro Belevan and wife
Anne-Laure.
He writes: “She’s a beautiful,
healthy little girl who weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured
19.5 inches at birth. Mathilde is absolutely thrilled to
have a little sister to torture as she pleases! As I’m
the only recent Kellogg graduate in the Reno/Tahoe area,
we expect continued visits from Kellogg family members.”
Jim
Nollsch got married on June 21 in Chicago at the Peninsula
on Michigan
Avenue. He and wife Laura honeymooned in St.
Barts, and are now living in a home they bought in March
in central Denver. Quite a few ’02 Kelloggians attended
the wedding: Ian Milward (usher), Brian Buenneke, Mary and
Tim Sznewajs, Anuju and Parag Gupta, Aaron Levine and Annie
Purkey, Jon Resnick, Dan Rosenbloom and Ty Smith.
Mitch Hu married Chris Zhang (University of Michigan MBA,
Class of 2001) on Aug. 30.
Katie Arnold writes that she married Evan Norton and promises
to send more news and a Kellogg group photo for the next
issue.
Barbara
Liss recently attended the wedding of Greg Hughes and Katie
Butler, Barbara’s good friend. She writes
that several alums made the trek up north to beautiful Banff,
Canada. Being in Canada, Amol Dixit appropriately serenaded
the happy couple with Bryan Adams’ “Summer of ’69” and
followed it later in the night with a crowd-pleasing Bon
Jovi favorite. Other alums in attendance include Jeff Kelly,
Robert Zeunik, Mark Christenson, Dan Levine and Ross Evans.
Barbara is actually responsible for the entire event, since
she spied Greg in one of her classes and realized he’d
be a perfect match for her longtime friend. A setup followed,
and you now know the rest of the story.
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Jim Nollsch ’02 and bride Laura
with fellow Kelloggians |
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On Aug. 18 in beautiful Hanalai Bay, Kauai, Andrew McCollum
married Kimberly Bartlett. It was a beautiful ceremony
that concluded with a rainbow, which the newlyweds assumed
was
a good omen.
Megan Lewis writes that Amy Ballew got married in Kansas
City on Aug. 31 to a lovely fellow named Rob Kowal. Kellogg
alums in attendance included Teresa Lee, Amanda Hansen and
husband Mike, Geoffrey Lasry, Mark Christiansen and wife
Amy and Jake Remley. Megan is the director of fund-raising
for a nonprofit organization and is enjoying life in Chicago.
Deborah O’Fallon writes that she recently left her
job at Eli Lilly in Indianapolis for a job at American Express
in the Big Apple. She sends a hello to all the other NYC
alums.
Kathleen
O’Connell is enjoying life in the Bay Area.
She writes: “Last week I started working for Madison
Park Financial Corp., a local developer in Oakland. We currently
manage Madison Park REIT, which consists of eight properties
(mainly multi-family) in the Bay Area and are in the process
of raising and launching a new fund.” Kathleen and
husband Mike just bought a house in Walnut Creek, Calif. This November Jim Lutz is officially launching his new
travel company, Vaya Adventures, focusing on destinations
in Peru
(including Machu Picchu and the Amazon), Ecuador/Galapagos,
Chile/Patagonia, Costa Rica and Belize. The trips feature
hiking, rafting, sea kayaking, biking and horseback riding,
and accommodations at the best local lodges and inns. The
trips can also be customized to fit varying interests and
ability levels.You can check out the company Web site at
VayaAdventures.com.
Katherine
Gregory writes with great news from the South: “I
am excited to share that I have accepted a new position with
Williams-Sonoma. I have left Lucent and the lovely state
of New Jersey for the land of Elvis, BBQ and blues — Memphis,
Tenn. I started work on May 28, and on the same day made
an offer on a house. As for the job, I am back to my roots:
distribution, warehousing and transportation. Hopefully,
this is the first step on my way to corporate headquarters
in San Francisco! Please drop me an email if you are ever
in the mid-South.
“I
thought you all (oops, y’all) might enjoy my very
first incident with Southern hospitality. A few months ago
I flew down to Memphis for a house-hunting trip. As I pulled
into the metered parking lot for the local chamber of commerce,
an older gentleman started yelling at me. I couldn’t
understand what he was saying at first (my Southernese has
started to come back to me since then). I assumed I was parking
illegally or in his spot or who-knows-what bad thing based
on his yelling. As he approached, I understood he was insisting
quite emphatically, ‘Young lady, don’t you put
your money in that there meter.’ I had no idea what
I was doing wrong. As he got closer he explained: He still
had money left on his meter and wanted me to wait until he
pulled out so I could take his spot. (A quarter will cover
you for an hour in Memphis). Welcome to the South!”
Chris
Jones writes that he and wife Amanda have recently moved: “We’re still in Santa Monica, and if you’re
coming through the L.A. area, please remember to give us
a call.” You can find them at 1338 19th St., Apt. A,
Santa Monica, CA 90404.
Raphael
Savelle and family had a lot going on this summer. “We
bought our house in July and moved from Lincoln Park to Hinsdale,
a suburb west of Chicago. This has been an interesting experience
in which negotiation and finance classes were put to good
use! Not even settled, we went on vacation in August to California
and met with classmates Alvaro Belevan and Anne-Laure and
with Ricardo Angel and Maria. Louis will turn 2 in November
and is already enjoying the yard and his friends on the block.
He speaks a bit of French and a lot of English. Isabelle
moved her home-office headquarters and enjoys the short drive
to daycare and to O’Hare. Finally, we have a guest
room now waiting for Kellogg visitors. Work has been very
exciting and challenging. I am still working with the Spiegel
Group (parent company of Eddie Bauer and Spiegel). I took
the lead of the department I joined last year and was promoted
to director in June. Our weekends are now filled with painting
and home improvement projects, but that’s all fun.”
Jeff
Bougher writes that in May he traveled to Tokyo on business.
While
there, he visited with Seiichi Goto and Hiro
Ishizaki. “Seiichi
took me to Kamakura to see the Big Buddha and Tsuruoka shrine,” he
says, “then we met Hiro in Shibuya (a ward in Tokyo).
They took me to one of the noodle places they always went
to in college, then out for a really nice dinner on the Ginza
Strip. We enjoyed catching up and drinking rice wine. On
the train ride back to the hotel, I got to experience a Tokyo
earthquake with Hiro - just a small tremor, but it made sleeping
in the high-rise hotel in Yokohama a bit unnerving.”
Neal
Freeland writes about life in Seattle: “I made
the ‘Face Value’ section of The Economist! This
is kind of like getting your picture in the WSJ. The article
was on Dean Jain of course, but you can clearly see me in
the photo looking up at him in the Atrium. I managed this
feat before I was 40 years old. Pretty cool! Otherwise, all’s
well in Seattle at Microsoft. MSN has great people. I work
reasonable hours and rarely travel.”
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Reunion: Jam Ramsinghani ’02, Nitin Goel ’02,
Clinton Kent ’03, Jag Reddy ’02, Hiren Thakar ’02,
Deepa Thakar, Amar Shah ’02, Chat Rivera ’02,
Annie Jerome, Gavin Jerome ’02, Jen Edstrom, Matt
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A group
of MMMs had a mini-reunion at Coach’s in early
September. Attendees included Hiren Thakar, Amar Shah,
Chat Rivera, Astrid Marechal, Dave Wolbert, Johanne Wong
and Rich
Saad.
Cristián Letelier writes about a recent international
meeting of alums in Santiago. Present were Miguel Devoto ’01,
Juan Carlos Gay and Cesar Andrade ’01. With a crew
like that, need we ask if they had a good time?
Brooke Brandes has been enjoying NYC: “Some of the
Kellogg Girls in New York have been reminiscing over dinners
once a month. It has been a fun and diverse group. Other ‘members’ are
Adriana McGrath, Sabrina Ayala, Irene Tarkov, Catherine Vaughn,
Johnette Kao, Paola Alvarez, Nancy Hoch and Angela Teng.”
Ashley
Stubbins writes: “Ed and I love Atlanta! We’ve
actually had several visits from Kellogg friends, including
Erin and Chip Walz, Dani ’85 and Catherine Barron,
Linsey Simpson, Amanda Hansen and Marcus Wunderlich. We have
a Kellogg group that gets together on occasion. Mary Anne
McConnel and Pablo Altman recently relocated to Atlanta (both
still work for Eli Lilly). Pablo, his wife Patricia, and
daughter Julietta live around the corner from Ed and me.
Mary Anne, Ed, Tina and Efrain Rosario, and I recently celebrated
Eric Autio’s 30th birthday.”
Carson Brown is still working on his golf game, but has
knocked 20 strokes off my handicap this summer. He is a marketing
services manager at HB Fuller. |