Kate & Thomas: A Traditional Wedding in Princeton, NJ

Kate and Thomas met while studying engineering together at Dartmouth College, where Thomas was an exchange student for the year from Germany. They spoke at parties often and even collaborated on a project that fall, but it wasn’t until after Valentine’s Day that they had their first date. The Bride Katherine (Kate) Baus, 28, engineer The Groom Thomas Bogumil, 29, helicopter pilot and engineer The Date September 16 When Thomas moved back to Germany after the semester had ended, the couple decided to stay together, and soon Kate was planning to make the move across the Atlantic. But before she got there, Thomas surprised her with a romantic proposal while the two were vacationing at Disney World. They spent the next year planning their wedding, and the following fall, they married in a beautiful, bilingual ceremony.