Kamber D. Vittori ’08 and Kenton J. Hetrick ’07

For Kamber D. Vittori ’08 and Kenton J. Hetrick ’07, Harvard will always be more than just their alma mater.

The pair, who met at a Harvard football game, will celebrate their wedding on Dec. 20 at St. Paul Catholic Church and in the Dunster dining hall.

The wedding procession down DeWolfe Street will be a familiar one. Vittori, an economics concentrator in Dunster, and Hetrick, an anthropology and chemistry concentrator in Mather, ate most of their meals during their undergraduate courtship in the dark wood dining hall where their reception will be held.

Hetrick converted to Catholicism at St. Paul’s, and Vittori, a member of the Harvard-Radcliffe Catholic Student Association, was active in the church.

They will have a traditional, Christmas-themed wedding, though Vittori’s brother will be on her side of the party with her roommate and best friend as bridesmaids, while Hetrick’s female best friend will be the best (wo)man. The Rev. James Savage, who supported the groom-to-be during his confirmation, will celebrate the Mass.

The tuba and clarinet players, who met through their involvement with the Harvard University Band, began dating after a year of friendship. Before embarking on a relationship, they talked about their goals in life and realized the many similarities.

He proposed on the Weeks Footbridge a little more than three years after they met.

After their Cambridge wedding, the pair will live together in Pennsylvania. (The groom is from Ohio and the bride from Virginia.)

Hetrick already works for Merck Pharmaceuticals and Vittori will begin a master’s degree program at Lehigh University. Hetrick said he “probably logged 20,000 miles” on his car this year shuttling between Pennsylvania and Cambridge, but Vittori said the distance wasn’t a problem because they communicate so well.