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We've gotten like 1,000 emails this morning (Columbia, you're quite partial to the Weddings Section!) about the New York Times marriage announcement of PrezBo's son, who is also named Lee C. Bollinger and looks exactly like him. (Speculates one friend of Bwog, "Obviously PrezBo has really powerful genes.")

Lee C. Bollinger the younger, or Young Bo, was married on Friday to a one Ms. Jennifer Ellis. Ellis teaches elementary school in Illinois and attended Western Michigan Univeristy and then DePaul University. Her parents have very nice and respectable-sounding jobs, but whatever, on to the bridegroom's family.

Spawn of Bo is an intellectual property lawyer who attended UC Berkeley, University of Michigan, and Washington Sq.-based archenemy NYU.

And oh look wow, his father is the president of Columbia University! His mother, the elusive Lady Bo (or "Jean Magnano Bollinger"), is an artist.

UPDATE:

Philosophy professors Philip and Patricia Kitcher's son Charles was also married this weekend to fellow Columbia law graduate Sue-Yun Ahn. The wedding was held at the Columbia Club.

Charles is a law clerk but leaving his job to become a laywer in D.C., Sue-Yun Ahn is also a law clerk who's on the brink of starting to clerk for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Read more: Lady Bo, New York Times, Prezbo, Spawn Of Bo, Weddings, Young Bo

July 13, 2008 @ 11:38 AM | Comments 33 comments | Add comment Post a comment | Link to this article | | Email this post | Share on Facebook

Posted by 1!!: [#1] [reply] [track]
( posted July 13, 2008 at 12:01 PM )
That bottom couple is *terrifying*. They have the exact same face, except the eyebrows!
Posted by wow: [#2] [reply] [track]
( posted July 13, 2008 at 12:38 PM )
you are correct.
Posted by i'm not positive: [#3] [reply] [track]
( posted July 13, 2008 at 12:39 PM ) (from campus)
but "attended to UC Berkeley"?

that can't be right, can it
Posted by exactly: [#4] [reply] [track] (in reply to #3)
( posted July 13, 2008 at 12:58 PM )
it probably should read "attended to not some mediocre state school."
Posted by well: [#5] [reply] [track]
( posted July 13, 2008 at 1:29 PM )
I think they look pretty cute, actually.
Posted by cupcake: [#6] [reply] [track]
( posted July 13, 2008 at 3:32 PM ) (from campus)
"artist"? lets see some work Lady Bo!
Posted by usethegoogle: [#7] [reply] [track]
( posted July 13, 2008 at 4:25 PM ) (from campus)
Lady Bo was a founder of the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum, which is my favorite museum from when I was a kid.

[ external link to www.umich.edu ]

Lady Bo also is TC'71:

[ external link to www.columbia.edu ]

Lady Bo donated $1,000 to Hillary Clinton:

[ external link to fundrace.huffingtonpost.com ]

Lady Bo makes art:

[ external link to www.nyas.org ]

also came across this creepy post-Ahmedinejad obit for Lee:

[ external link to hubpages.com ]
Posted by ...: [#8] [reply] [track] (in reply to #4)
( posted July 13, 2008 at 6:45 PM ) (from campus)
young bo... spawn of bo... no no no... MINI-MO!
Posted by ...: [#9] [reply] [track]
( posted July 13, 2008 at 6:46 PM ) (from campus)
oh oh oh... does he have a daughter too? cos then we could have lez-bo!
Posted by hmm: [#10] [reply] [track] (in reply to #9)
( posted July 13, 2008 at 7:20 PM )
if she was actually a lesbian, then she could be lez-bo-bo
Posted by the whole family: [#11] [reply] [track]
( posted July 13, 2008 at 8:39 PM )
or liz-bo if her name is elizabeth, or some variation thereof.

and mrs bollinger, to her child (children) is mom-bo

and their family pet is a sony ai-bo
Posted by wedding season?: [#12] [reply] [track]
( posted July 13, 2008 at 9:46 PM ) (from campus)
also, a few weeks ago, there was an announcement about dorothy denburg's daughter getting married.

and yes, i do read the times wedding announcements on a regular basis.
Posted by wow: [#13] [reply] [track] (in reply to #11)
( posted July 13, 2008 at 10:48 PM )
he looks exactly like his dad
Posted by ehh: [#14] [reply] [track] (in reply to #1)
( posted July 13, 2008 at 11:21 PM )
I was about to let out a cheer for same-sex couple rights, as I thought it was two women. NVM.
Posted by Alum: [#15] [reply] [track]
( posted July 13, 2008 at 11:49 PM )
"Charles is a law clerk but leaving his job to become a laywer in D.C."

Not quite. Most judicial clerkships are temporary jobs which only last a year. Charles Kitcher thus isn't "leaving his job"; his job is simply coming to an end.
Posted by wow: [#16] [reply] [track]
( posted July 14, 2008 at 5:36 AM )
did presbo's son have hs photos taken in front of a dorm door at broadway? thats what i first thought when i saw this picture anyway
Posted by ...: [#17] [reply] [track] (in reply to #16)
( posted July 14, 2008 at 7:00 AM ) (from campus)
yes, because broadway is the only place in the world with wood doors.
Posted by Racist Homosexual: [#18] [reply] [track]
( posted July 14, 2008 at 8:41 AM )
What's this, inter-racial marriages? Pshaw, what's next: inter-GENDER marriages?
Posted by haha: [#19] [reply] [track] (in reply to #17)
( posted July 14, 2008 at 10:50 AM )
you have a point but still, in front of a wood door is an odd place to take one's photo for a NYT WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT.
Posted by just noticed: [#20] [reply] [track]
( posted July 14, 2008 at 11:03 AM )
[ external link to www.nytimes.com ]

"Julia Hitchings and Scott Hitch"

That girl is going to have such a hard time not adding the "ings" to her new name.
Posted by Hitched: [#21] [reply] [track] (in reply to #20)
( posted July 14, 2008 at 12:01 PM )
You mean removing the "ings" but yeah, I agree. I'm just shocked that they didn't go for the obvious headline, "got hitched"!
Posted by the wedding section: [#22] [reply] [track] (in reply to #21)
( posted July 14, 2008 at 1:45 PM )
of the times has not yet become the front page of the new york post.
Posted by c'mon: [#23] [reply] [track]
( posted July 14, 2008 at 3:10 PM )
screw all of you guys all of you guys are mean what the hell just be nice or something i am done with you or something bye.
Posted by whatever: [#24] [reply] [track]
( posted July 14, 2008 at 3:10 PM )
wtv
Posted by news: [#25] [reply] [track]
( posted July 14, 2008 at 3:11 PM )
no news yet that's okay.
Posted by target: [#26] [reply] [track]
( posted July 14, 2008 at 3:11 PM )
target everytyhing co
Posted by bollinger: [#27] [reply] [track]
( posted July 14, 2008 at 3:11 PM )
lee bollinger
Posted by my apologies: [#28] [reply] [track] (in reply to #23)
( posted July 14, 2008 at 3:28 PM )
to you professor kitcher, but it isn't our fault that your son looks like he could pass for a lesbian.
Posted by EAL: [#29] [reply] [track] (in reply to #23)
( posted July 14, 2008 at 4:35 PM )
I say sir, have you ever heard of the period?
Posted by wow: [#30] [reply] [track]
( posted July 14, 2008 at 10:26 PM )
Young Bo is hot!
Posted by well: [#31] [reply] [track]
( posted July 15, 2008 at 7:55 PM )
young bo looks like an egg
Posted by surprise: [#32] [reply] [track]
( posted July 17, 2008 at 3:06 PM ) (from campus)
YEEEEELLLLOW FEEEEEEEEVERRR!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a surprise, a white boy with an asian girlfriend. THATS ORIGINAL.
Posted by pooh!: [#33] [reply] [track] (in reply to #32)
( posted July 17, 2008 at 6:13 PM )
yeah, intraracial dating is pretty cliche too. people have been doing that for, like, thousands of years.
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