Comment on State of the Unions: Real Life Can Be Raw, in Marriage and Death

The couple met at Muhlenberg College, from which they graduated.

The couple met at M. I. T., where both were studying in the M. B. A. program.

They were in the same coming-of-age novel class their senior year at Harvard.

The couple met at Penn, from which the bride graduated magna cum laude and the groom summa cum laude.

A mutual friend thought their shared love for golf might be the basis for a relationship.

She skied and he golfed, so after they met in 2013, through Match.com, they each learned a new sport.