Aaron R Avallon graduated from Purdue University in December of 2000 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He is currently working for Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale California.

Kirsten L. Carleton, daughter of Stephen and Rebecca Carlton of Sandy Hook, has enrolled as a first-year student at Amherst College in Amherst, Mass. She is a graduate of Choate Rosemary Hall School.