Class Notes

Adrien Snedeker Dickerson reports that she and husband Adam “still have a baby.” Betsy Kiger West and husband Michael also have a baby, albeit a newer model; Ella Elizabeth was born in June. Alexis Kingham Fuge and husband’s second child was due in January. Robyn Oliver Hedges and Mark Hedges ’95 welcomed daughter Sierra Rachel in July.

Stephen O’Connell, who has taught geography for three years as an adjunct and visiting professor at UMW, and wife Maggie were to leave Fredericksburg for Little Rock, Ark. Stephen accepted a tenure-track position as an assistant professor at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, where his cowboy boots will seem slightly less out of place. James Creegan and wife Meg live in New Jersey, where James recently made partner at his law firm. The highlight of his year was traveling to UMW for a rugby alumni weekend! Michelle Ciarlo-Hayes and husband looked forward to celebrating their 10th anniversary. Philadelphia City Hall was to display some of Michelle’s photography during the Score exhibit there from July to September, and her artwork is included in a calendar available at bookstores.

Caitlin Jenkins Losh and husband Jason were to move from one coast to another, leaving Brooklyn in the rearview mirror and heading to Los Angeles. Caitlin and son Paul were to meet up with Jason in December after Caitlin finishes her fellowship at the Brooklyn Museum. Mandy Grandle Freds, husband Will, and their children drove across the country from Toronto to Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Seattle after Will finished his course at Canadian Forces College.

Finally, in truly epic news, Sean Tuffy was wed in Dublin, Ireland, in October. Deacon and I, along with Michael Cirami, Erik Kloss, Ed Kriete, and Ashley Hicks Weisleder, made the trip to the Emerald Isle to watch him make an honest woman out of wife Lorraine.

And that’s the news from the Class of 1998! Email updates and happenings you’d like to share to the address above. You don’t even have to wait for me to ask.