Dr. Alexandra Marie Ristow and Colin Patrick McDonell were married Jan. 26 at the Kualoa Ranch, a private nature reserve and cattle ranch in Kaneohe, Hawaii. Judge Richard Clifton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, with chambers in Honolulu, officiated.
The couple met at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif., from which both graduated, summa cum laude.
The bride, 32, is a primary care physician and the medical director of the Lakeland, Fla., market of ChenMed, which provides health care for low- to moderate-income older people. She received a medical degree from Yale and completed an internal medicine residency at the University of California, San Francisco.
She is a daughter of Therese A. Ristow and Gary J. Ristow of Lenexa, Kan. The bride’s father is the parks and recreation director for the City of Lenexa. Her mother, who is retired, was a paraeducator for special-needs students.
The groom, 33, is a federal prosecutor in the special victims section at the United States attorney’s office in Tampa, Fla. He received a law degree from Stanford.
He is a son of Susan A. McDonell and Daniel J. McDonell of Carnation, Wash. His father, a retired route salesman at Frito-Lay, now works as a crew member at Trader Joe’s in Bellevue, Wash.
