Andree Corroon was born c 1962. She was the daughter of
Robert Francis Corroon. Andree Corroon married
Christopher Brendel Foss on 26. Jun. 1998 at Convent of the Sacreh Heard, New York City, New York County, New York.
VOWS; Andree Corroon, Christopher Foss
AS a child, Andree Belden Corroon was known as a tomboy who wore a crew cut, climbed trees and sometimes traveled through her neighborhood by jumping from rooftop to rooftop.
Miss Corroon, 36, grew up to love wearing bright red 1940's-style dresses, listening to blues and jazz, and traveling around the world alone, often without hotel reservations.
''Andree is an adventurer,'' Helen Corroon, her mother, said. ''My father, James William Maitland, broke a time record in 1927 climbing the Matterhorn, and Andree is a total Maitland.''
Miss Corroon finally settled in Manhattan and now works as an assistant vice president of public relations for Christie's, the auction house. Polly Allen Mellen, the creative director of Allure magazine and an aunt of Miss Corroon, said her ''boyish, minimal style'' had attracted many beaus over the years, but none kept her attention for long.
In 1995 she started dating someone who did: Christopher Brendel Foss. ''You know the phrase 'six degrees of separation'?'' said Mr. Foss, who is 40 and a vice president and corporate strategist at Bozell Worldwide, the New York advertising agency. ''With Andree and me it was two degrees. We moved in the same social circles, but seemed to miss each other just by minutes at the same parties.''
The couple, who finally crossed paths at a mutual friend's party, come from very different backgrounds. She grew up in Cedarhurst, N.Y., in a big, conservative, business-oriented family. Her father, the late Robert Francis Corroon, was the chairman of Corroon & Black, the New York insurance brokerage company now known as Willis Corroon.
Mr. Foss grew up in a small, artistic family in a Fifth Avenue apartment full of music and paintings. His father is the composer, pianist and conductor Lukas Foss; his mother, Cornelia Foss, is a painter. The Foss family is also known for its annual Christmas party, which is always full of renowned artists.
''I remember in the 10th grade staying late after their Christmas party,'' Peter Pennoyer, an old friend of Christopher Foss, said. ''There were only 11 people left, and Leonard Bernstein was playing the 'The 12 Days of Christmas' on the piano. That sort of thing happens there all the time.''
As a child, Mr. Foss was known for anything but climbing trees. Friends describe him as gentle and studious. ''He's the earnest poet,'' said his sister, Eliza Foss, an actress. ''He's got more books than I can count, all of them with little notes in every margin.''
In Miss Corroon's and Mr. Foss's relationship, she's still somewhat the tomboy while he's the soulful poet. He reads poetry to her in a voice she describes as so mellifluous it puts her to sleep. She's the one who knows how to use the power drills, and she's the one who said ''I love you'' first. ''Andree's a pistol,'' Mr. Foss said. ''She is a major league, doe-eyed, hilariously brilliant, funny lady.''
Last December in Miami, he gave her a pair of gloves for a birthday present. Inside the left glove, way down at the tip of the fourth finger, she found a diamond ring, stuck there like a piece of popcorn.
On June 26, they were married at the Convent of the Sacred Heart on East 91st Street and Fifth Avenue. The ceremony had poetry readings chosen by the bridegroom and music arranged by his father. Lukas Foss played the wedding march from Mozart's ''Figaro'' as the bride walked down the aisle, and the wedding march from Mendelssohn's ''Midsummer Night's Dream'' as the couple left the chapel.
A reception followed in the convent, among winding stone staircases, balconies and hidden corners that made you feel as if you might run into Mother Superior at any moment. In her toast during dinner, the bride said, ''I want to thank my mother for this beautiful, festive party and also say she finally got me into a convent, which she always wanted.''
New York Times, Published: July 5, 1998.