2009.06.20: June 20, 2009: Headlines: COS - Madagascar: Marriage: Gay Issues: New York Times: Madagascar RPCV Teresa Sakash Marries Rebecca Zeitlin
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2009.06.20: June 20, 2009: Headlines: COS - Madagascar: Marriage: Gay Issues: New York Times: Madagascar RPCV Teresa Sakash Marries Rebecca Zeitlin
Madagascar RPCV Teresa Sakash Marries Rebecca Zeitlin
Ms. Sakash, 32, is the safety coordinator in the Boston office of the William J. Clinton Foundation. She manages the health and security of the foundation’s international staff. She graduated from Yale and received a law degree and a master’s in law from Duke. She was a Peace Corps volunteer in Ambato Boeni, Madagascar, where she taught English and raised money to build and equip a community English learning library.
Madagascar RPCV Teresa Sakash Marries Rebecca Zeitlin
Rebecca Zeitlin, Teresa Sakash
Published: June 20, 2009
Dr. Rebecca Marie Zeitlin and Teresa Ann Sakash were married Saturday in North Andover, Mass. Cindy Matchett, a Universal Brotherhood minister, officiated at the Stevens Estate at Osgood Hill, an old manor house.
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Ms. Zeitlin (left), 31, is completing her first year of an internal medicine residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. She received a medical degree from the University of North Carolina. She also received a degree in population studies from a one-year program at Rhodes University in East London, South Africa. She helped establish Aid Babies Battling AIDS, a community program in Mdantsane, South Africa, which seeks to decrease cases of mother-to-child H.I.V. transmission.
She is a daughter of Steven J. Zeitlin and Paula H. Zeitlin of Newton Center, Mass. Her father is a psychologist in private practice in Newton Center, specializing in family and couples therapy. Her mother is a music teacher in Newton Center and a violinist who plays at weddings and other events.
Ms. Sakash, 32, is the safety coordinator in the Boston office of the William J. Clinton Foundation. She manages the health and security of the foundation’s international staff. She graduated from Yale and received a law degree and a master’s in law from Duke. She was a Peace Corps volunteer in Ambato Boeni, Madagascar, where she taught English and raised money to build and equip a community English learning library.
She is a daughter of Mary M. Sacksteder of Cambridge, Mass., and George J. Sakash of Sycamore, Ohio, and is a stepdaughter of Lana C. Sakash. Ms. Sakash’s father is a counselor at Wyandot Counseling Associates in Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
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