And now some news from our classmates: 

Rebecca Capasso has returned to the Bellevue Hospital Center where she is now the Assistant Director of Inpatient Psychiatry and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine. It has been quite a transition for her to return to hospital work after the pandemic! Her daughters continue to grow - both physically and in confidence -and they still love living in New York City.

Dana Whitley recently relocated to the Columbus, Ohio suburbs where she is thrilled to have a fresh start after 17 years in Washington, D.C. She has shifted her career from grassroots advocacy and healthcare policy to working as an editor for policy, program, and business reports, and documents. She’s so grateful for remote working, reduced stress, and a better life balance.

Emily Cole says that after trying out most of the New England states on for size, she’s finally found herself settled in Connecticut. She’s lived there for the past 5 years with her husband Ray, a professor of sport management, and their 6-year-old daughter Corinne, an avid chicken chaser. She’s spent most of the past 5 years working for American Farmland Trust as the New England Deputy Director, until this past May when she was appointed by the current administration to serve as the USDA Farm Service Agency State Executive Director. This work is far from where she thought her chemistry major would take her but working to support and maintain small agriculture through the turmoil caused by the pandemic has been very rewarding (and plenty challenging).

Cheshe Dow is busy chasing chickens, too! She has a farm in Botswana with chickens, ducks, goats, sheep, and 10 dogs, and she recently started a fruit orchard. She co-owns and runs a K-12 school, The Dow Academy, and hopes it will someday evolve into a liberal arts school. Her school welcomes interns and fellows and anyone who is passionate about its mission. 

Monica Cure can't believe it’s been five years since she came to Romania on a Fulbright and ended up staying. She’s excited to report that the first novel she translated, The Censor's Notebook by Moldovan-Romanian writer Liliana Corobca, is coming out in October with Seven Stories Press. 

James Greenwood loved seeing so many of you at reunion this May! He’s starting his third year as the Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, OH. He was just on campus a few weeks ago volunteering as an alumni rep on a committee working on supporting student emotional health and suicide prevention on campus. He recently published an article in Independent School Magazine on how leaders must address the challenges DEI practitioners experience today. 

Curt Foxx and his wife were delighted to welcome their fourth child on July 5th, a boy named Casey. He joins Evan (11), Emma (8), and Rowan (3). Curt recently retired from coaching after 24 years and took a new career with NCSA as a recruiting specialist. He’s happy to report everyone is doing well in Los Angeles!

Russell Carleton is happy to report that he’s living in Atlanta, GA with his Kenyon sweetheart (Tanya Klimova ’03) and their five kids (13, 11, 9, 5, and 5). He works as a researcher at the Center of Excellence for Children's Behavioral Health at Georgia State University. That psychology degree came in handy after all. In June 2023, you can read his second book, The New Ballgame: The Not-So-Hidden Forces That Shape Baseball from Triumph Books.

After spending his entire career in higher education Chris Van Nostrand made a big transition into strength coaching. His company is called Strength Wise Barbell, and he focuses on elevating performance for athletes who are 40+. It feels a little nuts to make the leap into entrepreneurship with a family and a mortgage, but he’s also excited about finding a passion and trying something new. His family is doing great after moving back to Evanston, IL following almost a decade in the Bay Area.

And I (Hilary Hodge) was delighted to see some happy faces from our class at my husband’s and my five-year anniversary celebration. Will Oswald and his wife Hala, Ashley ’03 and Grant Alexander, and Dave Bukzspan and his wife Natalia graciously flew all the way to Chinon, France where we drank wonderful wine, ate great food, and partied in a beautiful old chateau (and of course ended the night with Freebird).

Read notes from the Class of 2003 and the Class of 2001. 

2002
Annual Fund Total: $35,256  
Class Participation: 35.10%

Bexley Society
Donors of $2,500 to $9,999
Madeleine B. Courtney-Brooks, MD,MPH*
Andrew M. Dove 
Lisa M. Martell*
Adam A. Sapp*
Caroline Secor Masterson*

Kenyon Society
Donors of $1,000 to $2,499
Darren M. Bartlett*
Lindsay E. Bartlett*
Alexander S. Bryant*
Lauren E. Coil-Sherck*
James J. Greenwood*
Katherine E. Kapo*
Annis K. Kukulan*
Robert O. Passmore*
Chad D. Plotke*
Densil R. Porteous II 

Kenyon Society
Donors of $1 to $999
Patrick N. Abel*
Gabriel R. Acinapura 
Anonymous
Jennifer W. Armstrong 
Sara M. Beddow*
Jessica L. Bellama 
Erin D. Benson 
Claire E. Bohnengel*
Jessica Booth*
Abby G. Brethauer*
David M. Bukszpan 
Rebecca M. Capasso MD 
James W. Carrington*
Margaret A. Cattell*
Michelle H. Chapman 
Kristofer D. Cheney*
Elkinsette A. Clinton*
Kerry Colburn 
Nora E. Colburn*
James T. Corey 
Kristen Cornes 
Victoria E. Counts 
Meredith M. Crawford 
Sara B. Crawford 
Monica Cure 
Sarah Daily*
Charles B. Davidson*
Nicholas P. Deifel 
John J. DePowell*
Angela P. Dittmar Gaffney*
Cheshe M. Dow 
Elizabeth L. Dyer 
Sarah A. Eby*
Meredith Edwards Ficks*
Marcela J. Esqueda 
Erin G. Fitzgerald 
Marian L. Frazier 
Andrew P. Gerkey 
Lisa M. Gress*
Brendan P. Griffin 
Kyle A. Guthrie 
Neil Hall*
Lauren Hansen 
Anna A. Hargrave 
Bryn Harris 
Amanda L. Henninger*
Ericka W. Hively Miller 
Stephanie S. Hoffman*
Caitlin E. Horrocks*
Timothy G. Huff 
Amelia C. Johnson*
Shaun O. Kelly*
Cathleen C. Koch 
Michael J. Krejci 
Matthew E. Lane*
Rebecca O. Lewis 
Rachael B. Lizotte 
Sarah E. Longwell*
Amanda Lueck Grell 
Peter A. Malanchuk 
Justin C. Martinich*
Elizabeth P. Martinich*
Seena S. Mathew*
Timothy N. McAndrew*
Mairin McCarthy Weiner 
Renee M. McNally 
Benjamin J. Mellino 
Christopher W. Meyers 
Tracy L. Miller*
J. Andrew Mills*
Andrew J. Montgomery*
Joshua H. Montgomery*
Kate Murray Diersen 
M. Matthew Neimat 
Anna C. Novotny 
Larkin Page-Jacobs 
Emily H. Peterson*
Zachary A. Prout*
Heather C. Prunty 
Caitlin A. Ramsey 
Curtis Reis 
Melissa A. Romain*
Jeffrey M. Rosenthal*
Brant Russell*
Marta R. Russell*
Soubhik Saha 
Margaret A. Salas Atwell 
Robert W. Sale*
Margaret Scavotto 
Joshua M. Schmidt 
Ansley E. Scott 
Daniel D. Scott 
Aileen M. Sevier 
Ellen E. Sherman 
Megan B. Shotwell*
Julie B. Silverman 
Carrie N. Simon 
Andrea L. Skinner 
Sarah L. Smith 
Cary M. Snyder*
Gina M. Sorrentino 
Lauren M. Stancik Rosenthal*
Patrick B. Stewart 
Sabina Theodore Breece*
Benjamin B. Thorp 
Alison M. Trulock*
Mary B. Turbeville*
Elizabeth Twerdahl Stankus 
Christopher M. Van Nostrand*
Rhoda A. Vandyck 
Miriam Ellen Walden*
Eamon Z. Walsh*
Carl A. Weber 
Rebecca Lyn C. Whigham*
Dana L. Whitley*
Abigail W. Williams 
Meredith A. Wilson Montgomery*
Sarah Woelkers Prescott 
Alexander York 
Laura York 
Amanda Zivin 

George Wharton Marriott Society
These alumni have included Kenyon in their estate plans or have made other planned gifts.

Sabina Theodore Breece '02 and James E. Breece IV '04
Bryn Harris '02
Miriam Ellen Walden '02

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