appearing in
Grease
Julie Atkinson and Joel Harrington
Joel Harrington, flower girl Julie Atkinson’s spouse, recently retired as a Laser Senior Manager, Engineer, and Scientist. He holds a BA in chemistry from Cornell and a PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Joel grew up in Rochester, NY and is fascinated by family geneology. Abigail and Anika (age 3) were honored to be part of Joel and Julie’s joyful wedding celebration.
Rachel Ruby and Andy Day
Andy Day, flower girl Rachel Ruby’s spouse, is a talented chef, gardener, and carpenter. With a bachelor’s degree, and an MEd from Penn, as well as an MPH from UNC Chapel Hill, Andy has worked in a variety of public health roles. He and Rachel visited Abigail when she was living in Instanbul, Turkey, after which the three of them met up in Debrecen, Hungary, where Andy and Rachel were living and working. Abigail and Anika (age 3 months) attended Andy and Rachel’s wedding on the UCSC campus in 1997.
Galen Hilgard went to Reed College, then studied marine biology at Stanford, where she met her husband Henry Hilgard, flower girl Addie Hilgard’s dad. They moved to Santa Cruz in 1967, part of the first wave of UCSC faculty families. Galen is a talented artist. Her mother, Adaline Kent’s works are currently on display at the Nevada Museum of Art in an exhibit entitled Adaline Kent: The Click of Authenticity. Galen’s father Robert Howard was a prominent sculpture who worked on many public projects, including Coit Tower in San Francisco.
Dorothy Ruby grew up in Nevada, where her family owned a gold mine (!). Flower girl Rachel Ruby’s mom, Dorothy met Rachel’s dad Ron, at UC Berkeley where they were both in graduate school, Dorothy for psychology and Ron for physics. Dorothy, like Abigail’s mom Barbara, were married to UCSC faculty members who were brought on as UCSC was first opening its doors. Abigail and Wendy are in Dorothy’s book club, though they don’t measure up to Dorothy’s meaningful observations, or success rate at finishing the book.