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46 MH enjoy it or at least enjoy the great outdoors. Some- with the medals his father had earned in WWI. HUGH FINDLAY times with the advancing years and responsibilities As Bob noted, “The wheels of government grind of family it is not always possible, but keep trying. slowly, but they do indeed grind onward.”500 Ocean St Apt 152 I will do my best not to screw up deadlines, so From the Show Me State, John Sanford opinesHyannis MA 02601-4766 I hope you will take the time to write or email me that although he is “well past my ‘sell by’ date, so I can pass along your news to classmates. Best I’m still alive while fervently hoping that all [email protected] wishes and good health to all of you. progressive-liberal classmates are not.”[email protected] 47 N Winters in Florida are now short visits for JOAN PEARSON TURNER Emma and Bob Willard. They now weather itI send you apologies for my delay in getting notes out in Michigan. From our days, he remembersout. I had a little vacation at Cape Cod Hospital; 49 Seymour Ct Al Petschke in West Hall; Louis Smith, masterit must have been a vacation because it cost a lot of teacher of English; Al Raymond and the choirs;money. However, all is well, and I am getting up to Concord MA 01742-5753 and his roommate, Dave Wendell ’48. Bob alsospeed again. My best therapy is that Amelie and I remembers the rousing songs we used to sing aboutexercise every morning, and I go to the gym three [email protected] life at Hermon and wonders what has happened todays each week. Plus, I am giving better attention them. Read on.to what my doctors tell me. 47 MH CHARLES A. KENNEDY Albert “Andy” Anderson had a faculty favorite, I received a couple of great letters from Bob Gordon Pyper ’28, who taught him evolution andMulcahy and Bob Murtha. Murt took a trip to New PO Box 112 “was a friend to the end, even as I chose creation, itsEngland and met old friends, including Bill and Jane biblical truths, and scientific evidence.” Andy andEverett Haslun. I miss seeing all these people and Newbury NH 03255-0112 his wife, Anne Denisevich Anderson ’48, havehave not been up to the school for two years. Amelie been slowed by medical problems, but insist thatand I hope to make it up there this year. [email protected] “God’s kindness keeps us day to day.” Murt and his wife, Ann, live in a retirement vil- Joe Elder is seriously, finally, most likely, going to In going through his files to write his memoirs,lage in Boulder, Colo.. They have 17 great-grand- retire from the University of Wisconsin. He has Roly Coates found a copy of “Hermon Songs”children, nine living close by, but he has trouble been teaching in sociology, languages and cultures from 1926 that Everett Clement gave him yearsremembering all the names and who belongs to of Asia, and integrated liberal studies, where his ago. One verse caught his eye: “Come let us singwhom. Murt is still involved with a health-care most popular course is Intro to LGBTQ studies, a together, boys, a song of jolly fun./Sing it with acompany as well as other business projects. He subject that didn’t exist when we went to college. hearty will, let none the chorus shun./Sing it as wealso is involved with a company that specializes in He and Jo became great-grandparents this past year. used to sing it, every mother’s son,/When we werehistoric restoration projects. Murt is still very in- meandering to Northfield./Allarah, allarah.”terested in keeping in touch with all of us. He has Bob McManus writes from Florida that hea tape of one of the Christmas concerts and loves and his wife, Tricia, are now living year-round Keep that thought as we plan to celebrate ourto listen to it. I have to admit that I have copies of in Nokomis, Fla. Bob is “still working energeti- 70th reunion in only three years. In the meantime,most of the concerts in which I sang and listen to cally to promote the use of available, but grossly keep your emails and comments coming for thethem whenever I can. I confess that I brag to all my underutilized, environment-friendly insect control. next class notes.friends as to how good we were. My present goal is to place our company’s patented technology in a foundation to assure its perpetuity 48 NMH Al Raymond really taught us well because they in the hope of providing modest support to com- PHIL BAKERstill let me sing solos at age 85, and I keep helping munity programs working to mitigate social ills.”in the tenor section, but it sure is harder to get up 1900 N Signal Hills Drto those high notes. The only way it can be done is From the West Coast, George Becker reportsto keep practicing during the week. he keeps busy in his practice and notes that “my Kirkwood MO 63122-6831 age seems to attract patients (including several men Bob Mulcahy used to write to Bill Haslun and and women in their 20s), and they keep me apace [email protected]Rod Davis to keep up with things. Bob would like with the new generation. I am thinking of retiringto drive back to see his old friends and classmates in about five years. I do not look forward to retire- 49 Nbut the drive is just too far for him now (he lives ment, but I love afternoon naps, after the gym.” He CAROLYN “CARRIE” NOBLEin Oklahoma). Bob says he’s not very good with continues to play the organ at the Old Presbyterianemails and usually screws them up, so he would Church five or six times a year plus guest appear- SANTOROrather write. It sounds like he is a good golfer, and ances elsewhere. A family reunion in the spring (anhe has a part-time job at a course so that the rest of early celebration of his 85th birthday) included his 88 Henry Avethe time he can play for free—pretty smart. three daughters and their families and five of his six grandchildren. George married his partner, Christo Harrison NY 10528-4421 Bob loves to write and went to a writing course Bresnahan, several years ago.for 11 years and enjoyed it very much. That surely [email protected]added to the excellent instruction we received at Leon Carapetyan had a slight stroke last Janu-Mt. Hermon and then in college. He does not ary. “After a week in hospital and a week in rehab, The weather couldn’t have been better for our 65thwrite or speak in public anymore, but says that it I continued with therapy and have completely reunion. We were a small but animated bunch:was pure fun while it lasted. recovered. I am thankful for good genes and good Nancy Crosier McKersie, Nan Ellis, Joyce Heis- care, and I welcome each day as the gift that it is.” I heard from Rod Davis. He has macular degen- senbuttel Neill, Phyllis Meras Cocroft, and Caryeration, so it is hard for him to see. If you write to For two weeks in London last spring, Jack Noble Santoro. Joyce was not able to stay for thehim, use large print. Daggett and Jan “saw the sun for two days, plus whole weekend, but she is the spark plug behind four hours. We were lucky on our visit to The Eye, our reunions. We had some dandy what I call blizzards this the huge Ferris wheel; we had a sunny two hoursyear. I am fed up with the snow. I am not allowed and a fine view of the city.” Nancy went to Symphony Hall in Boston thisto shovel anymore, so I had to wait until some of past year and fell down the stairs, breaking herthe men from the condo could help me dig out our Bob Bashian reports that after 61 years he foot. She has recovered fully. Nancy is active in thecars, then it was back to work. Now that summer received the three Korean War medals he had won Mount Holyoke Club. Her son, Bill McKersie ’77,is here, we can get back to the outdoors. If you are in that conflict and then topped that with the news a physician, took a medical trek to Nepal this year.near the water, as I am, I hope you can get out and that after 96 years the government presented him Her daughter, Alison McKersie ’87, teaches at the Bank Street School in New York City. Nan Ellis has moved into a life-care facility that fall 2014 I class notes I 49

has a lifelong education program with an academic We also laid claim for the weekend to Fred Monett two-bath apartment in an adult complex in the focus. She is very pleased with her decision. As for ’50 and Al Higgins ’50. same area. Her daughter, Jennifer, who lives in hobbies, Nan enjoys quilting. Harrisburg, Pa., was married in May to her horse- “We (more or less) had an official meeting, but farm partner. Jean attended Dick’s reunion from I have had a good year visiting with my daugh- no memorable decisions were rendered—officers all Westtown, a prep school, and was surprised to seeters and grandchildren. I will be having a cataract staying the same. Saturday afternoon we gathered Nancy Hansen Stevenson. She was attendingremoved in July ’14. at our class of ’49 tree near the gymnasium for a with her husband, who was roommate to one memorial service led by David. The names of 16 of Dick’s triplet brothers. Dick is the lone triplet We missed the rest of you at reunion and would Northfield and 16 Hermon alumni from our class survivor. Dick and Jean sent their three daughters love to hear what you are doing. Please send me who have died in the past five years were read. to Westtown, as they wanted them close to home. any news so that we can keep in touch. “We left the weekend with a delight at renewing Barbara Bolger Collett was pleased to receive49 MH old friendships and with renewed pride and confi- the Annual Fund letter from Mark Jander, who is JIM HANCHETT dence in the future of our school. We hope to see doing an outstanding job as class gift chair for both even more of you in 2019.” Northfield and Mt. Hermon. She sent a donation 300 1st Ave, Apt 8B to NMH this year in honor of her twin, David As of June 13, 1949, graduation day, there were Bolger, who with her turned 82 in August. NMH New York NY 10009-1844 187 the school considered to be members of the is one of his favorite charities. Dave has been class of ’49. As of the end of June ’14, there were very generous in his contributions over the years. [email protected] 105 who could be reached by mail or otherwise. Barbara feels grateful to Northfield for the gift it Ouija boards wouldn’t count. gave her of a great education and personal growth DAVID DURHAM and development. Condolences to Bobby and Two new houses, named for faculty wives and Dave on the loss of their older brother, William149 Ontario St. built in the faculty neighborhood on the northern Bolger ’44, who was laid to rest in Princeton, N.J., campus extremity, previously unimproved since the in July. Honeoye Falls NY 14472-1139 time of King Philip’s War, were dedicated in May. The wives, like their husbands, taught at Hermon. BJ Graves Porter called to say she’s [email protected] They were Alice Baldwin (English)—Mrs. John permanently moved into Veranda of Pensacola, a Baldwin (English)—and Mary Baxter (Spanish)— retirement community. After all these years, sheThirteen old boys of Hermon, wherever they may Mrs. Harlan Baxter (Spanish and Latin). finally met people who can play cribbage. At a be this day, came to Gill for the first weekend of recent function, she met a woman whose husbandJune and their 65th reunion. In addition to the tra- Note: Pres Blake was co-founder of Friendly’s Ice graduated from Mt. Hermon. She would like to ditional hymn sing and fine Alumni Hall (formerly Cream. Carroll is one of the many, many Rikerts of have visitors and would also like to receive calls. IWest Hall) fare, there was food for thought in the Northfield Mount Hermon. can give you her numbers. God willing, she will be classrooms, plus beer tasting from Dogfish Head at our 65th. Kitty Lamb lives 12 miles from NMHBrewery, rosé wine tasting, and the chance to meet 50 NMH and plans to attend our 65th.21st-century teachers and students. Here’s to Don JANET-MARIE Mayhew and his crew of reunion planners, includ- Mario Di Cesare, widower of Lee Hoskins Diing honorary ’49er Clark Neill, whose projected FITZGERALD WHITLEY Cesare, writes he misses her more each day. At 85,DVD starred familiar faces of our 1940s. he still teaches at the college for seniors. This past 6794 Willow Rd summer he made the first of the “post-Lee trips” to Here’s how David Durham saw Reunion ’14: Italy. Another “post-Lee” project he is resuming is“Can’t really be 65 years, can it? Well, over yonder Vacaville CA 95687-9425 a Shakespearean reading group. He assigns parts are Pres Blake ’34 and Carroll Rikert ’34, so we and the play is read out loud over a period of three feel pretty young. Our school outdid itself with [email protected] weeks. Lee was the inspiration for this project. lovely accommodations, outstanding food, a neat and beautiful campus, and young people with a ROBERT C. WHITE The class of ’49 had 17 attendees at their 65th smile ready to give us a lift in their golf carts to our reunion—12 from Mt. Hermon and five fromnext destination. Being among the ancient ‘grands,’ 100 Old Amherst Rd Northfield. Even though this is a good 65thwe enjoyed the privilege of eating in the Myra B. reunion turnout, I hope we can do better. OtherWilson room of Alumni Hall. Impressive were the Sunderland MA 01375-9558 than transportation, the only other cost is $100 for fascinating and educational seminars offered on Fri- a dorm fee if you stay on campus. For everything day—and the nine young folk on a student panel [email protected] else, we are guests of the school. Reunion starts answering questions. But top for me was the sense, on Thursday afternoon and goes through chapel exemplified primarily by Head of School Peter  on Sunday. You can attend all or part. Bob WhiteFayroian, that NMH is on its way to a fine future, attended Reunion ’14 as an observer, so I will let a future in tune with the creative juices of From Jan: Jane Heywood Brown, a Reunion ’15 him discuss it.D.L. Moody and Headmaster Elliott Speer, yet chair, was unable to attend Reunion ‘14 but willready for the changes and challenges of the 21st attend the planning session in March ’15. She Our great-grandson, Daniel (11), continues century. recently hosted 30 family members, which included to excel in Box Stock Karts. In ’14 he raced in four generations, for a nephew’s wedding. Marion California and Oregon and traveled to North “Conversations. Ah, the heart of our reunion. Clausen Gray and her husband, Woody, attended Carolina and Montana as a member of a racingGathered together were Sue and Larry Andrews, her 60th Skidmore reunion in June. Woody had his team. Grandson Nick had a dream to race in the Don Bond, Phyllis Meras Cocroft, David second hip operation this past spring and is doing Arena Cross National finals in Las Vegas someday Durham, Ken Hungerford (recipient of the well. They hope they can now do some traveling. and end up on the podium as one of the top three.Alumni Citation in recognition of his outstand- She plans on attending our 65th. He made that dream come true in ’14, placing third.ing volunteer service to NMH), Beverly and He races under his deceased father’s number, 351. Paul Jaques, Don Mayhew, Sandy MacIntyre Solveig “Liz” Johannsen has been widowed and her granddaughter Sylver-Lynn Penney ’12, 21 years and is now using her maiden name. She I recently received a condolence note on the Nancy Crosier McKersie, Bill Mellin, Clark and is living in Anderson, S.C., and would love to hear death of my sister from my Northfield roommate,Joyce Heisenbuttel Neill, Paul Rikert, Don and from classmates. For her phone and address, contact Shirley Vanderpool Romoser ’51. She and her Carolyn “Cary” Noble Santoro, Barry Stein, Don me. All her kids live in Florida except one son, who moved to South Carolina to care for “his aging Swicker, Harland “Will” Williams and Iris Helk mother.” She has 12 grandchildren and 11 great- Williams ’52, and Nancy and Dick Worthington. grands. Finally found someone who outdoes me. Jean Cook Glidden and her husband, Dick, moved to Lititz, Pa., in October ’13, and in June of this year, they moved into a two-bedroom,50 I NMH Magazine

husband, Eric, are building a smaller home on their 51 N 51 MH property in Huron, Ohio. PAT MCCORMICK HOEHING FREDERICK W. MILLER 7125 San Benito Dr 479 Carleton Ave You will receive this in November ’14, so this is Sylvania OH 43560-1129 Glen Ellyn IL 60137-4705 my last shot at encouraging your return to campus [email protected] [email protected]in ’15. I encourage all of you to be in touch if thereis anything I can do for our class. Hope you all had News from Mary Alice “Sammy” Shuman Carr Richard Forsberg of Orange, Conn., passed away a wonderful summer. Stay healthy, happy, and alive. relates a full life in Ft. Myers, Fla. She teaches on 12/ 30/13. Nicknamed “Swede” in the 1955 weekly classes to mountain dulcimer students and Gateway, he was a graduate of Dartmouth College, From Bob: The countdown has begun as participates in a dulcimer group of about 40 people. a U.S. Army veteran, and a retired data-processingReunion ’14 is now completed and plans are afoot She swims regularly at dawn and still bikes and hikes. manager for Southern New England Telephone Co. for our 65th in ’15. It’s up to you to carve it in She also works in her pottery studio and does draw- At Hermon, Richard participated in football, bas- stone (like 1950 on senior rock—thanks to Roland ings with pencil, pen, colored pencil, watercolors, ketball, and baseball, was in the outing and camera Smith) on your calendars. Be prepared to see some and pastels (her new love). With time to spare, clubs, and worked on the Hermonite. Richard is great additions to campus, experience excitement Sammy still makes pine needle baskets and enjoys survived by his wife of 55 years, Fanny Lou, twoin the air, walk some old familiar paths, and greet bird watching with friends in Florida’s natural sur- daughters, and three grandchildren.the tried-and-true classmates of ’50, along with roundings. Sammy writes: “My three years at North-those of adjoining years. As an observer at Reunion field really saved me and opened up a girl (then) and Word from Cape Cod from Leif Carlson: “A’14, I was pleased to be present for the dedication of woman (now) that had been hidden before.” little over a year ago, I lost my dear wife, Cora one of the new faculty residences named in honor Lee. Before she died, she said it would make her of “our” Mary Lighthall Compton ’44, who, along From Shirley Vanderpool Romoser in Huron, very happy if Cynthia and I got together. Cynthiawith Bill Compton ’44, were the house parents for Ohio: “Other than soliciting for the NMH Annual and I have been living in my house for severalNorth Crossley our senior year. Fred Monett, Al Fund (thanks everyone), I keep busy volunteering months, and life is worth living again. We are both Higgins, and I shared a pew at the annual Con- at hospice, teaching ESL classes, and giving tours 81 and think that is the new 65. Bob Owen callsvocation held in the chapel. Al showed good voice at our local Merry-Go-Round Museum. I also have frequently, and we saw each other in Chatham during the hymn sings and was a keen reminder of been supplying table decorations for several nursing during the summer. He does a fine job as our classAl Raymond’s choir boys. homes and our Senior Center each month. I try to president, visiting old Hermon soccer players and swim and exercise at our local rec center each week.” checking up on them.” Our class chaplain, Vic Scalise, attended his60th reunion at Colby, has been attending family Leo and Rae Pullen Alexakos returned to “Still getting over the news that Hermon is drop- graduations, officiating at weddings, and has Quechee, Vt., from June through October. By the ping football. What’s next? Hockey, soccer, lacrosse, preaching dates in Maine, Massachusetts, and time you read this, they will be back in Sarasota, all contact and team sports?” asks Bill Butler fromRhode Island all summer. His youngest grandson Fla. Family and friends celebrated Rae’s 80th birth- Atlanta, Ga. Bill was a wrestler, played football andwas accepted early admission at Harvard and day in August ’13 in Vermont and Leo’s 90th in lacrosse, and swam. “Not that I’ve attended thatreceived his Eagle Scout Award. Vic’s counting on February ’14 in Sarasota. “We are both blessed to many games over the years to affect me, but I can attending our 65th and is praying “for continued still be around to enjoy our family and friends.” imagine how exciting Homecoming will be while good health, physically, mentally, and spiritually for watching a debate or perhaps a cross-country meet.you, me, and all our classmates.” I received a beautiful letter from the family of Just had Mohs surgery (skin cancer) on the top of Janice Swanson Burbank sharing the sad news my head, and I think what little gray matter that John Stainton is crossing his fingers that exten- that Jan died in her sleep on 2/23/14 while at her was left has disappeared. That, in conjunction with sive family graduations, weddings, etc., don’t inter- winter home near her youngest son in San Antonio, political correctness and diversity, is doing me in.” fere with his current plans to be at reunion in ’15. Texas. If anyone would like a copy of his complete letter, please contact me. Betty Eaby Taggart Art Schuman writes from West Hartford, On Father’s Day, my son, Bob ’73, delivered a writes: “Since Don died in January ’14, I have been Conn., that on 7/1/14 his company turned 34. steamed five-pound lobster to our house, which busy rescuing the house from years of neglect and “It has been quite a ride. I still go to work every provided me with multiple opportunities to in- really enjoying the process. Life is good.” day, even though my son runs our association dulge even more so than with the four-pound one management firm, and I now work for him. It is pictured in the last issue. Herb and I crossed off another “must” on our really enjoyable watching him do great things with bucket list in May ’14, visiting Acadia National something I started. Not much is really new.” While on campus, I always pause at our class Park in Maine. I want to thank all you Maine memorial and remember those classmates who natives for sharing your first really nice week after Another note from Cape Cod, this from Bob are no longer with us. This time, Northfield ’50 your hard winter. Mostly sunny, clear, and light MacFadyen: “At the request of NMH, I providedwas at “our” tree second up from the chapel, but jacket only. a sentiment and attached pictures on behalf of meMt. Hermon was “missing.” An inquiry through and reunion co-chair Don Russell to be includedthe Advancement Office provided the answer: The I have just returned from two weeks in beauti- in a package for Josie Rigby, who retired in June“missing” has been relocated to a tree on the left of ful southwest Ireland (June ’14), traveling with after 20 years of organizing class reunions. Ithe path near the Bolger Admission Office, where Adrienne “Jonni” Audette Feige. We stayed in thanked her for being a guide and friend in helpingyou will now find it. Let’s make a pact: that those two villages, enjoying the ambience of each along us personalize our reunions. Seventy-five others con- of us remaining will make every effort to view it with Ireland’s sunshine and “soft mists.” Not being tributed sentiments.” Thanks, Bob, from all of us.together at Reunion ’15. gifted in the ability to learn and converse in a for- eign language, I am proud to have picked up a few Any thoughts about our 65th reunion in ’16? Unfortunately, Josie Rigby, who has helped our words in Irish. We enjoyed the “craic” (pronounced class so much to prepare for our campus reunions, crack), meaning a fun atmosphere and good con- has retired. Her good-natured competence will versation; recognized “lei thras” (toilets); and were be missed by us all. In testimony to that, she was entertained with “Uilleann” pipes (elbow bag pipes) presented the William H. Morrow Award at convo- while listening to “trad” (traditional Irish music). I cation for having “had a significant impact on the will close with “slainte,” which means “cheers, to life and spirit of NMH.” Amen. your health” in Irish. fall 2014 I class notes I 51

52 NMH add to the discussion. Holly Goodhue VanLeuven ’53 and Bert Whittemore JULIE TAYLOR CLEMENS More news from classmates. Russ Broad re-2258 Lamberton Rd enjoyed Martinique last March.Cleveland Heights OH 44118-3552 cently let Bruce Holran know that his wife, Nancy,[email protected] has been battling cancer and has had two surgeries. Board tests. He went to Turkey on a spring break This long-term ordeal is a difficult one, and Nancy travel opportunity, visiting Istanbul and twoBRUCE G. HOLRAN would love to hear from classmates she has met at other cities. He loves to read about all sports and80 Sycamore Dr, Apt 313 reunions over the years. They live in Dover, Mass. is toying with becoming a sports journalist. If heElizabethtown PA 17022-3016 (10/1–5/31) Contact me for their address. thanked me once, he thanked me a half dozenPO Box 293 times for our scholarship. It is rewarding to see theLake Clear NY 12945 (6/1–9/30) It was great fun to receive an update, including a impact of our class gift to the school.”[email protected] youthful picture, from Bruce Gordon, who has just published a book, The Spirit of Attack, about his Steve was more philosophical as he remarkedFrom Julie: Some members of the class of ’52 don’t career flying fighters in the U.S. Air Force. He flew to Bruce: “But the aging and passing of friendsreceive all the class communications by computer. for 20 years and “had some brushes with North does give one pause, a need to peer back over theThose members may have been concerned when Korean MIGs, buzzed Russian warships, and flew decades and try to find some sense of it all.” Asthere was no news in the spring ’14 magazine. 132 combat missions in Vietnam.” Anyone inter- Steve looked back he realized that he has neverSomewhere between your scribe’s delivery of news ested can find the book on Amazon.com. The book gotten out of school: “first a student, then a teacher,and the printing, it was overlooked. There was jacket, with the subtitle Fighter Pilot Stories, reads: administrator, trustee, consultant. Since retirement,news but it is rather stale by now (sent in January “Only the spirit of attack borne in a brave heart will I have served on our school board and enjoyed a’14), so this time your scribe will repeat some of the bring success to any fighter aircraft no matter how host of opportunities in the public sector in Newnews being sent by computer to the class so you highly developed the aircraft may be.” Hampshire. It has been a blessing to be able towon’t miss what’s going on. do what was meaningful and fulfilling for me and, Postcards are a great way to keep in touch: hopefully, make a difference along the way, and to One of the most shocking pieces of news to Leanna Young Brown sent one recently, saying: continue to this day.” Jane and Steve recently movedbe received recently was that of the deaths of two “My son, Steve, and I attended his son, Joseph’s , to a retirement community in Hopkinton, N.H.longtime members of the NMH community: Anne graduation from Carleton College in Minnesota.Webb Burnham ’44 and her husband, David. They Time marches on.” This is probably Leanna’s Bruce ended with news of the NMH Annualdied within a day of each other, 6/4/14 and 6/5/14. youngest grandchild. Fund: 65 of our class members have already givenAnne had never recovered from heart surgery in $28,342 to NMH’s Annual Fund for 2013–14.April, and Dave went “peacefully in his sleep” the Another nice note came from Jane Teufel This campaign generates more than $3 million eachday after she died in June. “Tuffy” Burdick. She wrote in shaky handwrit- year for NMH’s programs, activities, and scholar- ing: “Because of Parkinson’s, I live in a care facility, ships. By the time this magazine gets to you, there Anne was one of the class teachers for Northfield Highland Cove. My family is doing well. Cynthia will be a new fund for 2014–15.’52. She was a math teacher during our years and is a physiologist at Texas A & M. Elizabeth issocial director as well. After we graduated, she mar- an accountant for a large plumbing firm. Two 53 NMHried Dave Burnham, an English and Bible teacher grandchildren: One is a graphic artist; the other is WILL LANGEat Mt. Hermon. He also was a counselor, so many an ornithologist. I have a hard time printing.” That 1309 Towne Hill RdMt. Hermon classmates knew him well. was such a good note, Jane. Your scribe would have E Montpelier VT 05651-4143 responded earlier, but I couldn’t read the return ad- [email protected] What some of us realized as we read their dress, which had cancellation stamps all over it.obituaries is that many people were touched by ABBY “AJ” NICHOLSON HODGEStheir existence and in many different ways. Steve In early June, Bruce Holran sent out a class com- 2300 Totem TrailWaters met with Dave Burnham when he was munication by computer, and here is some addi- Minnetonka MN 55305-2242headmaster at St. Andrew’s, and there were many tional news from that. He talked about Josie Rigby, [email protected] between schools. Also, Steve saw both of who retired from NMH in June and has been thethem at the scholarship luncheon at NMH in April. one responsible for some of our minireunion suc- Not too much from you this news cycle. But here’s cess. She helped clear the way for our lobster dinner what I’ve got. So, a group of classmates who expect to attend Thursday night of our 50th reunion, and now otherthe minireunion this October (10/18–19) have classes have followed suit. As an honorary member Carol Wosak Hill emailed me way back insuggested we have a discussion about the faculty of the class of ’52, she will be coming to our future March. “We are still in Shelburne, Vt., looking outand staff of NMH and how they affected our lives. reunions. Meanwhile, it will take several people to at beautiful Lake Champlain, totally frozen for theMaybe it was the housemother at Moore Cottage? cover all she did at NMH for more than 20 years of first time in years. I am recovering from a brokenMaybe it was a particular teacher who taught planning reunions. Notes or cards can be addressed ankle. We live two miles from Shelburne Farms.Spanish? Maybe it was some houseparents during to Office of Advancement, NMH, One Lamp- Let us know if you get up our way. Maybe you canfreshman year? Let your scribe know if you want to lighter Way, Mount Hermon, MA 01354. come over for lunch and a peek out our window.”Bruce Gordon ’52 has just published a book about his 20 Bruce has continued to ask for responses from Gus White and his family vacationed at Provi-years as an Air Force fighter pilot. any class members willing to indulge in a look back denciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, in November ’13. at their lives and talk of time at NMH and its effect on their life. Several have done this, but Steve Waters Holly Goodhue VanLeuven and I are in regular has been particularly faithful in keeping in touch. He wrote a longer piece, shortened for this column. One important bit of news was about the class of ’52 scholarship recipient whom Steve met at the April scholarship luncheon. The young man is a junior from Kingston, N.Y., “who has his feet on the ground, thinks for himself, is well-organized, and loves the school. Now in his third year, he has taken a term off from his usual three-term sports program to better prepare for upcoming College52 I NMH Magazine

Gus White ’53 and his family vacationed on the Turks and 55 NMH Bonnie, and her husband, Joe, in Naples. TheyCaicos Islands in 11/13. DONALD HILLER toured from the Amalfi Coast to Venice with a side trip near Pompeii to a little hamlet from wherecommunication via our posts on Facebook. She 102 Javelin Ct Charles’ maternal grandparents emigrated. Charlesseems constantly on the go and is having far too was happy to stay in Kentucky with his computer.much fun. In June ’11, she reconnected with a man Cary NC 27513-5110 Next, Suzanne went to Wisconsin to see daughtershe’d dated way back in ’52, and they are now con- Susan, Sophie (10), and Teddy (12), and go tostant companions. She vacationed in Martinique [email protected] Sophie’s dance recital. Last August, Suzanne andlast March with Bert Whittemore. She and I also Charles returned to Connecticut to celebrate theirshared the experience of eye surgery this year: She LISA TUTTLE EDGE 50th anniversary with their wedding party. “It washad her “good” eye fixed by cataract surgery, and a two-day celebration with this ever-growing ItalianI had both of mine fixed the same way. I also had 1110 Cooperskill Rd family I married into. Bonnie gave a presenta-half an inch shaved from each eyelid to improve my tion of the family genealogy on both sides of ourperipheral vision; Holly clearly doesn’t need that. Cherry Hill NJ 08034 (11/1–5/31) family, which included photos Bonnie had taken in the area where Charles’ grandfather Sachatello Bob Chutter and I are in fairly frequent contact. 180 Main St emigrated from at age 14. Last spring we returnedHe’s still got a handshake that gets my arthritis go- to New Haven for Charles’ 60th reunion at Yale.ing for about a week. Stewart Crawford, my old Chatham MA 02633-2424 (6/1–10/31) Look forward to our 60th at NMH.”roommate, is in touch several times a week, thanksto the wonder of email. He’ll be coming east to his [email protected] Sylvia Barnard still teaches Latin at DoaneAdirondack cottage in July, and Ida and I will join Stuart School as a volunteer. “They enroll ashim and Nelva for dinner on the New York side of DON FREEMAN independent study, and I go to the school twice aLake Champlain. week to make them translate and tell them all the 23 Avery Brook Rd, PO Box 132 cultural/historical background. I went to Colonial I’ve been traveling. Next week—Canada and Williamsburg over Christmas with daughterMontana—and will be in Mexico this winter Heath MA 01346-0132 Siobhan Barbard Reagan ’87 and her husband.filming a television special on threatened grassland We made a side trip to Monticello, where they nowbirds. Ida and I had a great trip to Iceland, where [email protected] show you where the slave quarters were and admitI played host to a Public Broadcasting tour group. the existence of Sally Hemings. Went to EnglandNext week, off the New Hampshire coast, I’ll be  for a week in March for a huge 80th birthday partypaddling and filming beside a grandma who’s at my Cambridge college for my old teacher, Patkayaking from Maine to Guatemala to raise money From Lisa: Charlotte Hovey Petersen has finally Easterling, who eventually became Regius Professorto save kids who live on the dumps in Guatemala. realized a lifelong dream with the publication of her of Greek at Cambridge. I was 21 and she was 25Hope I can keep up with her. first novel, Gathering Honey. She writes: “The book when she first taught me. And I gave a talk to the is a story of three generations of women who deal St. George’s Society of Albany on the legends of St.54 NMH with life and are ultimately rescued by love. Yes, it’s George, which I expanded into an article on the DENNIS KELLY a ‘chick lit’ book in many ways, but not an overly Cypriot St. George that I sent off to one of my old668 Main Ave romantic one. If anyone wants to find my book, journals. Probably my last article.”Bay Head NJ 08742-5346 I’m on Amazon and Barnes and Noble, as well [email protected] at Trafford Publishing Co. Northfield gave me a Lisa Edge and Don spent a month in Europe wonderful education and the stability I needed in this spring visiting northern Germany, Benelux,BE JAY FROEHLICH HILL my life at the time.” Charlotte has four sons, and and Paris. They visited Lisa’s cousins in Bremen,50 West Main St Apt 105A, taught English, psychology, and drama in Iowa and Etelsen, and Duisburg. At the BremerhavenHopkington MA 01748-1662 Florida before retiring in ’01. She also works part Auslander Museum, Lisa looked up records of [email protected] time at her Unity Church, and is a certified applied mother’s emigration to New York by ship from poetry facilitator with the National Federation Bremerhaven in 1926. After a summer in Chatham,DAN FRICKER for Biblio/Poetry Therapy, which is a “method of Mass., Lisa is going to tour the national parks.165 King St therapy that uses poetry and/or literature to access Time to see more of the states.Waterville CQ, Canada J0B 3H0 people’s needs. We use talk therapy and [email protected] pieces of literature or poems to open people up to Don Freeman had a newsy letter from Dave their emotions.” Purcell, who lives in Hilo, Hawaii, having retired from teaching and administration at the For the past 10 years, Gay Griswold Schy and University of Hawaii campus there. After earning her husband, Chuck, have lived on an island off a Ph.D. in Japanese history from the University of Seattle, accessible only by ferry. She describes it Pennsylvania in ’67, Dave had faculty appoint- as “delightful, very rural, with lots of interesting people.” After working as a psychotherapist for 23 Connie and Don Hiller ’55 outside Banff, Alberta, Canada, years, Gay earned an M.F.A. and has been making August ’13 art and showing in galleries for years. She now works in encaustic, which is beeswax and pigment. Chuck retired 10 years ago as a psychiatrist and now grows grapes and makes wine. They are both active in their Unitarian Church. Gay has been visiting and working with detainees in the North- west Detention Center, one of the largest detention centers in the country, as well as mentoring new people who are starting to make visits. “I still have very fond memories of Northfield and would love to hear from old friends.” Charles and Suzanne Rowan Sachatello still have their home in Kentucky, which backs up to a thoroughbred horse farm, but they spend from September to May in Florida on Amelia Island, where their son and daughter-in-law are both emergency room physicians. Suzanne takes care of their toddler daughter, Sedona, for their 10-hour shifts—day, evening, or night. With Charles’ sister, Suzanne visited Italy this year and met her daughter, fall 2014 I class notes I 53

ments at Sophia University in Tokyo; California year. He was a very smart, very complex, very funny a photo taken on my first day of school in ’44.”State University, East Bay; and Miami University man, even then. George played lead saxophone in Dick MacKinnon reports having finished the of Ohio. He settled in Hilo, where he taught at the Hermon Knights, and was class salutatorian (hethe University of Hawaii, Hilo, from ’70 until his might even have ranked those accomplishments in latest leg on “our now traditional road trips” withretirement in ’01. Dave was dean of the College of that order). He went off to Harvard, but dropped wife Pat and daughter Carol. They spent timeArts and Sciences from ’76 to ’84. out after a year and went to sea. Later on he went in Charleston, S.C., “after having swept through to Boston University law school and became a Savannah and accompanied by Bill’s daughter, Kate. He writes: “One of my former students estab- lawyer in Chicago. Svein Arber and I tried hard to We love having the young people along to do all lished an endowed chair in my name, which will get George to come to our 50th reunion, but no the planning and hotel/restaurant selections, using make it possible to bring distinguished historians to dice. After God made George Gillmor, he broke their magical iPhones. Add JetBlue and stir.”the university for one- to three-year appointments. the mold, I think.” Speaking of fires, was anyone else present during “My youngest daughter was a competitive swim- 56 NMH the Deerfield football game in 1965 when the Sil- mer, so in retirement I became heavily involved in NELSON LEBO liman Science building burned? I was teaching andUSA Swimming, eventually earning certification as coaching at Loomis at the time, and had driven a referee.” 1046 Millers Falls Rd up to see the big game and observed the fire from beginning to end. Since coming to NMH in 1987, Woody Thelin died at his home in Papillion, Northfield MA 01360-9622 I’ve also observed the power plant fire and the Mt.Neb., on 11/2/13. Woody was a career pilot in the Hermon barns fire.U.S. Air Force. [email protected] On 6/21/14, Carol and I joined a huge gather- Dana Holman continues to lead a tough life. He DEBBY ADAMS MCKEAN ing at a church in Providence, R.I., for a memorial and Margorie flew off to the Bahamas in January service in celebration of the lives of Dave and Anne for the annual anesthesia conference that Margorie 633 Leyden Ln #203 Webb Burnham ’44. Dave was my English teacher coordinates. The year before the conference was in junior year and track coach for several years. SeniorCuraçao. Dana writes: “Of course, I can’t let her go Claremont CA 91711 (Oct–May) year, Terry Upson and I lived in Cottage II with and do all that work alone.” He’s still teaching at Dave and Anne and 16 freshmen.Fordham. 13 Osprey Ln 57 NMH Don Hiller writes: “Connie and I were fortunate Cushing, ME 04563.(Jun–Sep) DAVID C WILLIAMSto spend five days in the Canadian Rockies in fall’13. Highlights of the trip were Head-Smashed-In- [email protected]  619 East Side Dr, PO Box 6Buffalo Jump (Blackfoot) in South Alberta; Goingto the Sun Road in Glacier National Park; Banff; From Nelson: Phil Cook and wife Pat celebrated Alton NH 03809-0006Lake Louise; and the Athabasca Glacier. their 50th anniversary this summer: Fly to New Hampshire 7/1 with three weeks visiting family and [email protected] Art Duel reports seeing Judy and Ben Lindfors friends (and filling up on lobster in Maine); drivein Fairfield, Conn., in June. They had many con- to Ann Arbor, Mich., where both son and daughter JEANNE SWARTZ MAGMERversations and fun memories of Northfield and Mt. live; and fly from there to Amsterdam on 7/30 to 12705 SE River Rd Apt 103AHermon, Green Comet Diner days, Dr. Rubendall, take a 16-day Avalon river cruise from Amsterdam Portland OR 97222-9701 etc. Art has just retired from his law practice after to Budapest. “We are hoping that by doing this, [email protected] years and is moving to Naples, Fla. He writes: “I we’ll miss the worst of the Sun City, Ariz., heat.”want my age and ambient temperature to match.” Spring was great for us, with my granddaughter, Harlan Baxter writes: “In early May, I and Kendra Davis ’14, graduating in May—the third Ron Sewell had a bicycle accident in July ’13, representatives of the Baxter family attended the in our family to experience the incredible NMHriding with his grandson Chase (8). He broke his dedication of the new faculty residence named education. Likewise, we made two contacts with pelvis in three places, was carted off to the hospital, in honor of Alice Baldwin and my mother, Mary Northfield classmates. We met Joy Goddard and managed to recover in time for his and Baxter. We had a chance to meet Steve Fuller ’58, Knightly after worship in June at the Durham,Brenda’s 50th anniversary trip to Italy, where they whose generous gift and grateful remembrance of N.H., Community UCC Church, when we joinedvisited Rome, Assisi, and a villa in Tuscany. Ron two teachers who helped him in his early days at Mt. that congregation’s celebration of 150 years ofreports he is now back up to snuff. Hermon made this possible. I was especially grateful (combined) life for Carol Atwood-Lyon ’62 and that my granddaughter, Shannon Duffy ’17, could her husband, Fred, as they celebrated her 70th Sharon and Dick Fitts traveled to Madeira and be there to hear about her great-grandmother. For birthday and his 80th. Also in June, we hostedPortugal in June, spending most of their time sail- my part, my wife and I continue to live near the Gail Minault during her annual visit to Wolfeboro,ing in the Douro River Valley. They were in Spain Twin Cities in Minnesota. I try to keep the family’s N.H., to the home where her parents lived for sothe day before King Juan Carlos passed the crown Spanish tradition alive by serving as pastor for com- many years. We have not missed that annual visitto his son, Felipe. munion at La Puerta Abierta Church in St Paul.” since our 50th reunion, and, believe it or not, we are already talking about our 60th reunion. John Payne recently retired after 35 years as Steve Clapp writes: “As you know, I contrib- chief of anesthesiology at Howard County General uted my recollections of the great Hartford Circus Please know that we’d have more to share if youHospital in Columbia, Md. John reports having Tent Fire in 1944 to a ‘virtual scrapbook’ compiled would send me something to pass along. Hint:“great memories of all of you and of the teachers, by the Hartford History Center to commemorate Drop me a note ASAP.Messrs. Stetson, Forslund, Clark, Petschke, V.A. the 70th anniversary of the disaster. Some 167Campbell, Mirtz, and many more.” adults and children were killed and several hundred Bob Mansfield and Darrell Cooper continue more injured when the circus tent, which was to host our classmates for their “Maine Madness” Stan King has relocated to an independent waterproofed with paraffin and gasoline, went up gathering in Boothbay, Bath, and South Portland, living community for retired military officers in in flames. Five years old at the time, I was taken Maine, in September. Please contact Darrell so wePotomac Falls, Va. Contact Don for his address. to the circus by my Sunday school teacher and her can include you in Maine Madness ’15. parents. All of us were seated on bleachers near an Holly and Lloyd Fisk have a new granddaughter. exit and escaped the fire without injury, although From the Alumni Office: Avery Bates was inLloyd is still active in his church’s music, singing it was a scary experience for a little boy. Because I touch to let us know about the passing of J. Bairdin the double quartet and chancel choir. Al Smiley grew up in Portland, Conn., I submitted my story Pittman on 7/11/14. A graduate of Brown, Baird surprised them with a visit last spring. to my hometown newspaper, the Middleton Press, held executive positions in several international cor- which planned to publish it on 7/6/14, along with George Gillmor died 11/12/13 in West Virginia. Don Freeman remembers: “George and I wereroommates in South Crossley basement our senior54 I NMH Magazine

porations before founding his own destination travel Mass., and at NSMC Salem Hospital, from which the participants rehearse designated works with thecompany, Associated Hosts. He also was chair of she retired in the mid-’90s. She married the Rev. symphony musicians during the week and thenthe Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, a Robert Cummings, and they had three children. In play a Saturday-night concert at Meyerhoff Hall.board member of the Monterey County Hospitality 1986, Joanne married Ian Goddard, who survives The pros sit beside us in case we screw up. MarinAssociation, and a member of the Carmel Chamber her. Joanne was a founding member of the Salem Alsop rehearsed us and conducted the concert.of Commerce. He is survived by his wife of 26 years, Scottish Country Dance Group, “The Wee Bluets,” Mahler’s Sixth. Yum.” This summer’s plans includeElizabeth, two children, two stepchildren, and six and was a member of the Busy Bees Sewing Circle. attending other music camps in Bennington, Vt.,grandchildren and stepgrandchildren. She enjoyed traveling and had spanned the globe and Sonoma, Calif. Norma sits on the Wetlands from China to Alaska and Argentina to Greece. Commission for the town of Greenwich, Conn.,58 NMH and “weeds and walks the dog.” CLAIRE KURTGIS-HUNTER Now some light threads. Lynne Bodry Shuman7595 Solimar Cir recently returned from a visit with her grandson, Astrid Lundberg Navaiux reports that her sonBoca Raton FL 33433-1034 who is stationed on Oahu. She writes: It was Ward participated in the Pacific Cup Race [email protected]  “probably the trip of a lifetime. Stayed at Waikiki, California to Kaneohe, Oahu, about 1,100 miles. but drove about the island being a quintessential Stay tuned for details.WILLIAM HAWLEY tourist. Loved every minute. Returned in time toPO Box 91927 be a docent at The Castle—historic house museum Steve and Joan Millett Walker have anotherAnchorage AK 99509-1927 where I was executive director for 13 years. It was new “baby”—this time, it’s a sailboat, a 32' [email protected] fun to be a volunteer. The summer will be spent They call it Jack B. They had planned to follow the working on my podcast of travels. They are avail- newly overhauled whaler, the Charles W. Morgan,From Claire: Much has happened since we last com- able on my website, The Untethered Tourist. The which, after a three-year restoration in Mystic,municated—some dark threads and some light ones most recent podcast, of course, will be Oahu. All Conn., was wending its way to New Bedford andwoven into our life tapestries. First some sad news. this traveling, writing, and recording keeps me out Boston, but they got a late start. Instead, they of the pool hall.” headed for Newport, R.I., in time for the cannon Beverly Flores Downen ’93 writes: “It is with heralding the start of the Newport to Bermudagreat sadness that I inform you that my mother, Iris Bauer Larsson celebrated her 50th wed- Race. Joan said it was “thrilling and beautiful to seeMartha Ann Miller, passed away after a brief and ding anniversary in July with her husband and her the 200-plus boats start off.” She also reports thatsudden bout with cancer on 1/30/14. My mother daughter’s family (two grandsons) in the Lake Win- one of their two geodesic dome homes in Bell, Fla.,absolutely adored NMH. She loved every single nipesaukee, N.H., area. “My husband and I both on which they’ve been working for the past severalaspect of every moment of her time there. She deserve accolades. We’ve lived through good times years, is “finally about finished.”was extremely proud to say she was a graduate of and bad, but the reward is our wonderful daughterNorthfield School for Girls, and went on to send and her family. Her boys are the best.” And at this moment, your humble secretary ismy brother, Michael Flores ’94, and me to the herself racing to get this column put to bed whileschool. NMH is something of a tradition in my Mariamne Zipp Boothby writes: “2014 will awaiting Hurricane Arthur’s arrival here on Nan-family; there are a total of nine family members bring changes for me—retirement, probably back tucket. Don’t want any power outage to keep mewho attended between 1903 and 1995, including surgery in the fall, and anything good in between, from sending your Northfield news.her father, great-uncle, uncle, two brothers, and a such as getting back to the piano, lots of physicalnephew. She was a beautiful woman and mother, therapy, a trip or two—and just enjoying summer. From Bill: For the past nine years, Don Braueand a savvy entrepreneur in the elder-care field. In 2015, I hope to return to Vermont. My sons are and Donna Orange have enjoyed life in theirShe also possessed the most beautiful singing voice, fine—working, traveling, and in good health.” Sparta, N.J., home and a small apartment on thewhich will be dearly missed by her family, friends, Upper West Side of Manhattan (also Donna’s of-and those she taught and mentored throughout Jane Hougen Fast is traveling again. This sum- fice). However, they have decided to downsize andher years.” mer she is off to Geneva for a school reunion and are moving to Southern California later this year. then to Italy. Stay tuned for details. Donna retired from her clinical practice in May Peggy Herron Haring wrote of the loss of her but continues to write, lecture, and provide studyroommate, Linda Wharton Babson. “I felt lucky Tom and Ellie Watson Payzant are on the groups on philosophy and psychoanalysis. Donto have reconnected with her these last few years, move again. This time, they’re leaving beloved has sung his 14th and last concert, St. Matthewthanks to NMH. She was wonderful, wise, and Beantown (Boston) for Utah, where most of their Passion, with the Oratorio Society of New Yorkwitty, and I miss her.” family is nearby. New roots. in Carnegie Hall. Their new home is at Pilgrim Place (pilgrimplace.org) in Claremont, Calif., an Joan “Joanne” Buckley Goddard died 6/5/14 Over Memorial Day weekend, Norma Kerlin’s intentional continuous-care retirement community.following a brief illness. After Northfield, Joanne suffering from a “serious medical need for Maine Pilgrim Place is located three blocks from the sixearned a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy lobster” was royally assuaged at Bruce and Debby Claremont Colleges, the Graduate University, andfrom Tufts and was a physical therapist in Peabody, Martin Pearse’s Cape Porpoise home, where the School of Theology. “Pilgrims” in the com- they all feasted and caught up on news. Orchestra munity have a strong sense of social justice and eco- camp, sponsored by the Baltimore Symphony logical responsibility. Several of Don’s religion and Orchestra, followed for Norma, who adds: “The theology professors live there. One must have been program is called ‘Side by Side with the Pros,’ and employed for 15 years in a religious or humanitar- ian nonprofit organization to apply for admission.Jennifer Williams Davis ’87, Kendra Dawn Williams Betsy and Bill Hawley ’58 enjoy a rickshaw ride during theirDavis ’14, and David Williams ’57 gathered for Kendra’s trip to China and Tibet in May. Don and Donna plan to spend future summersgraduation from NMH in May. living in their RV on their 12 acres of waterfront property in Liberty, Maine. They have installed utilities and plan to kayak and bike, plant and prune trees, listen to the loons, read and write (Donna) books, and enjoy the cool nights. Don started piano lessons and will continue once they are ensconced in Claremont. He will also audition for the LA Master Chorale. Al Raymond planted a tiny seed that has continued to grow and thrive. fall 2014 I class notes I 55

Norm Barstow and his wife, Jane, have decided sible in his camper with his wife and dog. Mackin Kondras have made over the years. Theto end their Bulgarian adventure. This year they Your reporter and Betsy traveled to China and school gave Jim a plaque for his years of leadingsold the house, the old car, and the lawn mower, the Friends of Bill W. and Dr. Bob meetings, whichand gave away piles of tools, and furniture. Their Tibet last May. We were amazed by the booming have helped so many alums attend reunions withnext adventure will be dividing their time between economy and enjoyed the experience immensely. confidence and support. The class recognized themthe Hartford house, the Westerly, R.I., condo, and Since no one else sent in a photograph for this edi- for their service to us—birthday cards from Barb,visiting their grandson in Moab, Utah. Norm and tion of the news, I have supplied one of us enjoying Jim’s grilling, their work with reunion planning,Jane plan to return to Europe in the late fall of ’15 a rickshaw ride. and their consistent presence on campus—byto visit with Greek and Bulgarian friends. presenting them with NMH hats, which we all Reunion co-chairs Trinka Craw Greger and signed. Another highlight was a Friday-night Shab- Ken Dowd and his wife, Sallie, live on Spring John Stone remind everyone that our last formal bat observance, led by Steve Cohen, which wasIsland, Okatie, S.C., in the winter, and in South reunion (our 60th) is less than four years away. held outside Social Hall on a perfect evening. TheBristol, Maine, in the summer. Ken still works as blessings of Shabbat were delivered, along with thean executive and investor in StoneRiver Hold- 59 NMH bread and wine, and Charles Wantman led theings, a portfolio company in Stone Point Capital’s NANCY BISSELL GOLDCAMP singing. It was a moving service, and we hope itTrident IV fund. 2002 Chantilly Dr will become a reunion tradition.” Sierra Vista AZ 85635-4866 Last May, Trevor Dupuy attended the Texas [email protected] My senior year roomie, Nancy Johnson, sentstate GOP convention in Ft. Worth. Trevor reports me a note, with a delightful anecdote. “Since I gotthat conservatives have made significant inroads PETER WELSH up early and you weren’t there, I talked to someat the state level, thanks to the Tea Party, and that 10246 Old Shiloh Rd of the Hermon men in the lounge and then wentthe party is not dead—much to the chagrin of Pefferlaw ON, Canada L0E 1N0 off to Alumni Hall to get some coffee. They soonthe media. He was involved in three races, which [email protected] joined me, and we had breakfast together earlythe Tea Party won. He hopes the party will pick every day. Great guys. I asked one of them onup more conservative seats in the state legislature TOM BAXTER Sunday, ‘Where the hell were you guys 55 yearsin November and possibly unseat the Republican 30 Fortune Lane ago?’ He laughed and replied: ‘We weren’t the samein name only Speaker of the Texas House. Trevor Millville NJ 08332-9439 guys.’ How true.”continues to give talks on the 10th Amendment [email protected]and teaches ESL to legal immigrants. And we “girls” weren’t the same back then, either. From Nancy: Unexpected developments on the How wonderful that we can enjoy each other’s Harris Fairbanks is an associate professor of home front kept me from attending our 55th company now. One of the things I’ve enjoyed theEnglish at UConn, where he and his wife, Ruth, reunion. From all reports, it was a wonderful week- most in coming to reunions is getting to know ourteach in the English department. They live in end, and even the weather cooperated. Hermon classmates. It’s like finding a bunch ofCoventry, Conn. Harris has no immediate plans really terrific brothers I didn’t know I had.to retire, even though he says he is working for The women turned out in great numbers fornothing. In May, Harris and Ruth planned a trip to a non-milestone reunion: Doug and Nancy Hol- Karen Forslund Falb writes: “I had a lot of funIceland, Lithuania, and Vienna. brook Ayers, John and Anita Mook Cotton, Lily getting to know Nancy Johnson. What an interest- Shu de la Torre, Emily Tucker Dunlap, Karen ing life, which I knew she had and has, but there’s Scott Lowden has written a book on import Forslund Falb, Ty Bair Fox, Betty Blake Hinkley, nothing like getting the details. She and my hus-and customs compliance. You can read about the band had a lot of fun discussing stamp collections.”book on the website of the Braumiller Law Group. Nancy Johnson, Sue Hay Kapsalis, Donna From Tom Baxter: “We came, in good number; Ed Maher retired from Boeing and is enjoying Hayes Kennedy, Jim (Honorary ’59) and Barb we participated, with great zest; and we heartily en-life in San Clemente, Calif. Before joining Boeing, Mackin Kondras, Andy and Carol Close Leeson, joyed our time together. We talked often about manyEd spent 20 years flying F-4s for the U.S. Air Force, Orrin and Linda Knight Shane, Victoria Travis, of our classmates who were not able to be with us,which included one year in Vietnam. He reports and Nancy Goode Treadwell. Lily and Victoria and remembered our classmates who have left thisthat his health is good and his golf handicap is hadn’t been back for many years (ever?). In the next world since our 50th reunion. We experienced someunder control. few months, I’ll catch up with them and try to get new events, a luncheon for the men of Mt. Hermon, some of their impressions and news. and a Shabbat blessing conducted by our classmates. The new faculty houses under construction We had three speakers on the alumni classroomon the north edge of campus (known as Hogger Betty has been one of the hardest-working agenda, and two of the award winners were fromHollow) are being named in honor of much-loved members of our reunion team, and we all owe the class of ’59. Carol and I are already planning toteachers and alums. Our classmate and NMH her a huge debt of gratitude for getting our class attend our 60th reunion. Thanks to our reuniontrustee, Steve Fuller, recognized the profound website organized and working so well. She writes: committee for the great job, well done.”influence of Mt. Hermon teachers Alice Baldwin “Reunion seemed to fly by this year. There were lotsand Mary Baxter by donating construction funds of activities, and our class had a great turnout. The Paul White noted: “It is remarkable how weand naming one of the houses in their honor. Ellie highlight for me was reuniting with my junior- come to know each other better at these reunionsWatson Payzant, John Stone, and Trinka Craw year roommate, Victoria Travis, whom I hadn’t than when we were in school.” After reunion, PaulGreger attended the Baldwin-Baxter House dedica- seen in a very long time. Randy Foster arranged a and wife Margaret were headed to Seattle to visittion on Sacred Concert weekend in May. wonderful barbecue dinner for Saturday night, and their son and his family. They planned to stop at the weather was perfect, allowing us to set up on Yellowstone. Then in August, Paul planned to join Paul Severance has lived in the Indianapolis the patio and enjoy the evening and the company. his hiking gang in New England for another seg-area for 37 years. He retired nine years ago as the Many thanks go to Ty, who always makes a big ment of the Appalachian Trail.founder and executive director of a statewide senior contribution to the reunion planning, especially bycitizens public-policy advocacy organization. In keeping things on track. She also brought the flow- Robert Friedman’s son, Kent, who is chief ofrecent years, his attention has been drawn more ers, the snacks, the sangria, and the cake. Thanks nuclear medicine at NYU Medical School in Newto climate change. He has been a part of Al Gore’s also to Tom Baxter, who arranged the memorial York, married Ellen Webb from Boston. Kent wasClimate Reality Leadership Corps and is now en- service and conducted a wonderful class meet- recently listed in Castle Connolly Top Docs ingaged with others around the country in planning ing on Saturday night. The school, and the class, America, and listed as such in New York Magazineways to generate a movement of elders to address recognized the contributions that Jim and Barb and in U.S. News. He is teaching, doing research,this issue. In the meantime, Paul is writing his life publishing, running a large section of radiology, andreview/memoir and spending as much time as pos-56 I NMH Magazine

interpreting scans, such as PET/CT, PET/MRI, etc. was a plein air artist’s delight. I missed the presence Finally, there was a sad note when I learned Barbara Mackin Kondras writes: “We are off of Silliman and Recitation, but the Rhodes Arts that Dave and Anne Webb Burnham ’44 died Center, referred to as RAC (pronounced rack), is within 12 hours of each other and after 62 years ofon our travels again, even though we can no longer a more than suitable replacement and will serve as marriage. The news was conveyed to me by Richard‘Workamp’ as we have done in the past. It seems the touchstone for generations of future memories Kellom. In the past several years, Dave had stayedthat age has caught up with us a little faster than on the Hill. It’s clear that RAC serves as a dif- with us in Vero Beach while celebrating the life ofwe anticipated, but we can still enjoy the wide open ferentiating element for NMH. Several students older brother, Brad Burnham ’39. Both Dave andspaces. Our agenda includes Maine, Utah, and declared that it was the key factor in choosing Brad were Marines. Brad was an Iwo Jima survivor,Colorado this summer, and Williamsburg, Va., and NMH. Accordingly, it attracts a fascinating group landing with the second wave, and Dave developedArizona later this winter.” of active, eager, and talented minds. his patience for instructing us at Mt. Hermon by teaching reading and writing to illiterate Marines Nancy Goode Treadwell says to all who did not Steve Knapp and I had a late-hour conversa- at Parris Island.return, or have never returned for reunion—start tion with a young alumna from Shanghai, who justmaking your plans now, because you will never graduated from Parsons The New School of Design, Many thanks to the reunion committee. Youwant to miss another reunion. Nancy will go to and a Smith graduate with a major in bioscience, threw a good show.Alaska this summer, visiting Denali and McKinley, who plans to study mechanical engineering. Asrafting, whale watching, and panning for gold be- much as Steve and I were impressed with them, it On the matter of class notes: One model forfore boarding a cruise ship. Her oldest granddaugh- was reciprocal and enlightening for them to experi- relationships is that they are all about giving andter will be student teaching in Leeds, England, in ence two octogenarians who are still hip to the world. receiving, and that without this flow, they die forthe fall, and her next oldest granddaughter will be lack of vitality. Many members here have registeredstudying in Australia for her fall semester. However, one cannot help observe our progres- at nmh1959.com and offered little news. I can’t sive aging. Just when I felt that I was getting a trifle imagine that the paucity of words is a reflection of Linda Knight Shane especially enjoyed the old for the beds in Shea and tramping over the your lives. So, if you enjoy hearing from others andlunch for NSFG women. “That quiz was such fun contours of the campus, there were the members you haven’t done your part, it’s time to contributeand got us all remembering.” of the classes of ’54, ’49, and ’44, and former or the fate of this column shall be sealed. So make imparters of knowledge, the Higginses and Kelloms, it easy for Tom Baxter, who is relieving me, and In the last five years, Sandra Magoon Johnson showing the way. supporting Pete Welsh, our continuing classhas traveled extensively throughout Asia and spent secretary for life, and Nancy Bissell Goldcamp.a lot of time in the Bahamas and the Caribbean on The new Head of School, Peter Fayroian, is find- Au revoir.a boat they keep in Florida. “Highlights were the ing his way, and while he is less than fully nimblecoast of Maine, coming down to Florida on the in- and conversant with the history, culture, and lore 60 NMHtercoastal, and 10 days in Cuba. After that, we flew of the schools, he is affable and pleasant, and at HANNAH SIBLEY GRAYback to California to welcome our granddaughter, reunion, he no doubt got a heavy dose of nostalgia 306 Cotuit Bay Drcame back to Australia to catch up on the bills, then to bring him further up the curve. Cotuit MA 02635-2916back to the States to meet the boat in Aruba and go [email protected] through the Panama Canal. The boat has now safely There is much ado about diversity on campus,crossed the Pacific and has arrived in Tahiti, where which was self-evident, replete with meetings for From the Alumni Office: It is with great sadnesswe are headed on reunion weekend. After that we African Americans and the LGBT. We brought that we report the death of your class secretary,will take it to Fiji, my husband’s birthplace, where our own Shabbat blessing out of the basement of Alan Chase, on 3/27/14. Al spent his career as awe and the boat will spend our retirement. I’ll look Overtoun and celebrated it in the setting sun near sportswriter for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, whereforward to seeing everyone at the 60th.” Social Hall. In contrast, the ’59ers who returned he was known for his accuracy, attention to detail, were overwhelmingly WASPs, leavened with well- and his straightforward style of writing. Al brought Jack Stebbins couldn’t make reunion, but he assimilated Jews of the Diaspora, whose courageous those skills to reporting for the class, starting inis well, pursuing his interests, which were always parents sent them to a nonsectarian, nondenomina- 2010. When he retired in 2009, Al received thecentered around vocal and choral music. I have tional, Christian school. A cursory review of www. Wilbur Snypp Award from the National Collegiateheard from Christ Rieger, who is missing from nmh1959.com registrants suggests that few minor- Baseball Writers Association for being one of theboth NMH and Columbia records, via Facebook, ity classmates have provided an address or bothered top sportswriters in the country. Al is survived bythat he is happily retired on the beach in the Do- to register. I grew up in Hoboken, a swirling his wife, Lydia, his brother and sister, his daughterminican Republic. Jim McHutchinson and I have diversity of race, ethnic origin, religion, and socio- and her family, and a niece.also been in touch. Jim lives where his family has economic status. I find the NMH style of diversitybeen for generations in one of the loveliest areas of a created artifice, not unlike a re-created nature If you would like to serve as class secretary forthe lower Connecticut River, Haddam Neck. Jim exhibit to be vicariously experienced in a museum. Mt. Hermon ’60, please contact Andrew Heist ’06is leading an effort to preserve the Neck as was Museums, however, have their lessons to teach, at [email protected] intended and agreed upon at the end of and I have learned from the exposure to many.the nuclear power plant’s useful life. The plant has But gender aside, my Mt. Hermon was the least 61 NMHclosed, and now the power company would like to diverse school that I ever attended. If one came GRETEL PORTERdevelop the land as real estate. from a community where the grist mill produced P.O. Box 369 only flour for white bread, their Mt. Hermon was Damariscotta ME 04543 From Frank Partel: The campus was stunningly likely different from mine, but it could hardly be as [email protected] beautiful, from the shady entrance past Shadow different as those who grew up with less-abundantLake across the broad lawns and sweeping views breads from other grains. Perhaps we are too satis- CRAIG WALLEYdown to the Connecticut River and across to the fied with what we believe was a diverse experience 573 S 6th StNorthfield hills. The very cold winter seems to when others found it an unchallenged myth. Nev- Columbus OH 43206-1272have resulted in an abundance of vernal foliage. ertheless, democracy in America was an experiment, [email protected]All of this was highlighted by rain showers, which and experiments like D.L. Moody’s Northfield Mt.offered a freshness to the land. I just adore the Hermon are important. The intent is right, even iflovely fragrance of recently mowed lawns. Fortune they can’t fully bridge the gap created by a policy ofshined upon us, and the showers took their cue and inviting the challenge of differentness, rather thandisappeared as registration opened on Thursday; sameness, into the community.thereafter, brilliant sunshine sparkled upon usthroughout the weekend. The clarity of the light fall 2014 I class notes I 57

62 N Sharon writes plays for the Holiday Rambler Inter- than 1.3 billion people, they import me. It seems I SUE SAUNDERS CHANDLER national Rallies, including one for the September have two special qualifications: I am a Montessori- rally in West Virginia about Blackbeard’s 1718 trained head of school, and I am blond; one seems3/50 Walsh Street blockade of the Charleston, S.C., harbor. Sharon to be as important as the other.” Judy remarried and Paul play the Native American–style flute and in December to a British citizen born in Yonkers.South Yarra Victoria, 3141 Australia play with flute circles around the country. She writes: “Life does play jokes sometimes. To celebrate my 70th birthday, we had a few [email protected]  Alenda “Lennie” Canedy Morrison went days in Bath, where I stood guard with this local to Northfield as a junior. “It was a love-hate ‘Roman’ soldier, and then on to see Stonehenge.In April, I sent an eblast asking: “Were you born relationship at first (mostly hate), but I think it’s My sister, Priscilla Young ’57, and I will continuein 1944? Are you celebrating—or ducking for understandable, since I was assigned a single room the celebration in May in Croatia. My husbandcover—as you turn 70?” Here are the marvelous in East Hall. However, it didn’t take long before all and I will be living in Saugerties, N.Y., on theresponses that came in. There’s nothing quite like the singles on that corridor became friends. I am Hudson River, and going into New York City onour ’62 cohort. shocked I’m actually writing this, because I believe the weekends, where I have my own place. We met I’ve never written anything for the class in all these because of our love for tango and West Coast swing, Helen Thomas-Williams writes: “I turned 70 years. It must be this 70th year that has opened this though I am asking for fewer and fewer turns andin January and this prompted me to do some- door. I often think back to those years and remem- no dips these days.”thing very special and extreme—hiring guides ber it all so fondly. The traditions, teachers, andand taking an active, five-week trip to Ethiopia. especially the friends were the best. I learned more 62 MHThis trip made me forget, and also remember, my about life in those two years than I ever expected. E. SCOTT CALVERTage. It challenged me physically and stimulated I think one of the most important lessons wasme mentally. We trekked in the Simien and Bale discovering early on that I wasn’t so special in that 440 Terrace Stmountains, camping out at over 12,000 feet. In the there were loads of people there who were smarterDanakil Depression, we witnessed salt mining and than I. It was humbling and valuable to be hit in Ashland OR 97520-3004its transportation in camel caravans. We trekked up the face with that reality. It helped shape my life.the Erte Al at night and camped beside an active I’d love seeing you all again and hope I’ll be able to [email protected]volcano; we joined the crowds in Lalibela to wit- attend reunion sometime.”ness the important religious celebration, Timket. I On 5/31/14, Kip Johnson passed away after a longam still sorting out what happened and how I have Mary-Jean West Kledzik retired and then and valiant battle with cancer. In the communica-been changed. I know I am rethinking my goals for earned an M.F.A. in creative writing from Virginia tion informing friends and family, his childrenthe rest of my life, and I am walking everywhere. Commonwealth University in ’08, where she won wrote: “In the last couple of years, Kip became veryIn general, I am more committed than ever to em- the graduate poetry award in ’07 and ’08. She was active in helping the homeless and communitybracing a healthy lifestyle. I’m also embracing life awarded a fellowship to the Ragdale Foundation. of Greensboro, N.C. Kip always felt his time andin general more fully. You might say I’m winding Mary-Jean has had poems published or forthcom- effort was the most valuable thing he had to offerup, rather than winding down.” ing in The Paris Review, Hotel Amerika, Gargoyle, and often donated his time to help friends as well Margie, Western Humanities Review, AGNI, and as those in need throughout his life.” My persistent Ingrid Krohn asks if anyone remembers Suzy elsewhere, and has a book that has been a finalist personal recollection of Kip would be his ever-Chapstick. Born in 1946, Suzy Chaffee (her real in several national contests. She teaches workshops present ear-to-ear smile and general joie de vivre,name) was a celebrity athlete and spokeswoman for in museums, colleges, high schools, grade schools, despite the challenges he faced.Chapstick. She also advocated for women in skiing, and retirement communities. “Northfield was reallyand sports in general, and later for Native Ameri- hard for me academically, but something must have Bill Holbrook has become a sort of class poet/cans in skiing. “What I remember is a TV interview kicked in—perhaps struggle and persist. The light historian/commentator on the class Facebook page.in which the interviewer mocked her mercilessly. of my life is my grandson, Graham (5), and the vol- (You really should join.) Most recently he posted:Why? Because she had the temerity to say that unteering I do in his kindergarten. I’ve already had “I was sad to learn of Dave Burnham’s passingbiological age could be much different (younger) the children memorize ‘The Owl and the Pussycat.’ (please see page 94 of this issue). He was one of mythan chronological age, and she had the biological Graham said: ‘I love it; it makes me happy.’ You favorite teachers on the Hill. I can still cite frommarkers to prove it. Back then (even now) it wasn’t can’t start memorizing poetry any too early.” Mary- memory the introduction to the Fourth Gospel,a common outlook. It caught my attention and Jean and her husband, Ron, invite anyone passing the Book of John, which he had us memorize. Itsomehow I knew she was right. So, raise high the through Norfolk, Va., to visit them. is always interesting when both spouses pass atSuzy Chapstick banner. Nobody really knows what times close to one another. I am sure that he andthe limits of human potential are. It’s a good bet we Judith Young Townsend writes from Shanghai, his lovely wife, Anne Webb Burnham ’44, are inhaven’t reached them.” where she was the head of school for five years at a the hands of the One he taught us about. They Montessori school with 250 children, all under the were good people. We will be reading more of this Sharon Strachan Surhoff writes that she and age of 6. “I am back now to consult as the board kind of news. It is tough to lose people who wereher husband, Paul, are full-time RVers, wintering moves forward on completing three more campuses. meaningful in our lives.”in Tucson, Ariz., for the second winter. Before that, I laugh that with a population in China of morethey spent five winters in Sarasota, Fla. They havea motorcycle and two kayaks that travel with them.Helen Thomas-Williams ’62 with members of the Mursi Sharon Strachan Surhoff ’62 and her husband, Paul Judith Young Townsend ’62 and her husband in Roman garbtribe in southern Ethiopia in Bath, England58 I NMH Magazine

With thanks to John Wilson and some addi- 63 NMH repaired again in February. The 50th reunion wastions from your correspondent, we have a Phil DIANE SEWALL CHAISSON so great. Wish we could redo it and spend moreYampolsky update. Phil reports that he completed 25 Williams Rd time with some people we might have missed.”his Ph.D. only 35 years late. He continues a N Grafton MA 01536-123740-plus-year career as a musicologist and performer [email protected]  Susan “Dee” Freund Borden has visited aof Javanese and Balinese gamelan music and the number of classmates recently. In late February,percussion music of the Ewe of Ghana. He WILLARD THOMEN they went to the Cape to celebrate Bob’s 70threcently completed three months of fieldwork in 417 Nicholson St birthday with his family and had breakfast withTimor-Leste, Indonesia, researching a kind of duet Joliet IL 60435-7043 Tinker and Peter Waasdorp while there. Dee andsinging, and is now looking for a grant to go back [email protected] Bob joined John and Mimi Woodcock Karlssonfor a year of more research. He lived in Indonesia for an Easter brunch, and later in the spring theyfor 15 years, and spent the entire decade of the From Diane: We are now a year after the big had lunch with Phil and Katie Steinmetz Dater,’90s recording, editing, and annotating a series of reunion and still basking in the glow of getting along with Roger and Pam Sargent Ryley at amusic CDs, published in the U.S. by Smithson- together for such a big event. I have to admit, how- summer home owned by the Dater family in West-ian Folkways Recordings, Music of Indonesia. He ever, that I wish I had more time with each of you. brook, Conn., where the Daters spend a couplewas the founding director of the Robert E. Brown I hope you are still referring to the yearbook to pick weeks every June. In May, Dee and Bob had dinnerCenter for World Music in the School of Music up information on those you didn’t see or have with Bill and Ellen-Marie Hurter Bush. They liveon the Urbana campus of the University of Illinois. time to sit with for long conversations. You have an in the same town and cross paths periodically. TheyFrom his bio on the center’s website: “His research assignment for 2018—read about each classmate also had a brief visit with Deb Jenks in Marchinterests include: various genres of Indonesian and and reach out to someone who didn’t attend last and enjoyed seeing her lovely antique house andWest African music; intellectual property issues as year. Reunion ’18 will be less stressful—more time property. Dee and Bob went to Newport, R.I., re-they relate to traditional or communal music; the to just hang out. Visit each other whenever pos- cently and had lunch at a restaurant that overlooksrecording industry worldwide; the discography and sible. It’s great to share news of classmates between a marina. “With Bob being a sailor, it doesn’t getpreservation of early recordings; and the teaching of reunions via class notes. much better than that for him.”world music in elementary and secondary schools.” Carol Waaser has finished her three-year term Joan Erlanger and her husband, Chester, are In December ’13, my wife, Kori Hedman on the Tony Awards Nominating Committee this both well and gardening with a vengeance. “WeCalvert ’67, and I embarked on a long-planned spring. Cycling continues to fill much of her free continue to grow much of own produce. Theretirement/40th anniversary celebration, a two- time. She did a one-week cycling camp in Mallorca, apples are starting to blush red—eating cane fruit,and-a-half-month, 8,000-mile-long overland trip Spain, in February, and will be cycling from Paris strawberries, peas, and greens of various sorts.to nine African countries. Our multiple previous to Marseille in August. Then in September she Daughter Dakota recently married. Son Jude stilltrips to Africa had focused on South Africa, so we plans a five-day, self-contained tour through eastern works for the electrical co-op he started with whenwanted a wider experience, and we certainly got it. Connecticut and Rhode Island with a few friends. he was 18. Both his girls qualified for classes at theOur favorite country was Namibia, with its varied, In October, Carol and a friend will cruise the Adri- community college while still in high school—astark, desert geology and unique wildlife parks, atic along the coast of Croatia. “Don’t know how sophomore and a junior. I am still volunteeringfollowed close behind by the entirely different expe- I’ll survive all that eating without cycling it off.” weekly at a local garden conservancy. Chester hasrience of Botswana’s extraordinary Okavango Delta. two more years to serve on city council. He’s threat-We trekked to see wild gorillas in Uganda; had Suzanne Abbott visited Margery Attwater ening not to run for reelection. We would welcomeexceptional encounters with lion packs, individual Mosher in Putnam, Conn. Marge writes: “The visits from classmates.”leopards, and our favorites, giraffes, in profusion; grandchildren keep getting bigger—the youngestand I cage dove with white sharks in South African just turned 1. Our step-granddaughter (25) had a Harriet Goff Guerrero writes: “The big newswaters (which I describe as a strangely serene ex- baby boy in December, so we are now step-great- from Mexico is that our language school thatperience being a few short feet from an enormous, grandparents.” Marge tutors on a private basis we started in ’74 is celebrating 40 years. Whohungry predator). Throughout the trip, we saw up and proofreads the alumni/news magazine for a would have known that what we started way backclose the very difficult lives that most of the human school where she once worked. At her husband’s then would become what it is today? We haverace experiences daily, most notably in Zambia and 50th reunion at Greenwich (Conn.) High School welcomed thousands of people over the years whoMalawi—a reminder of the enormous inequities of last October, she was talking to the wife of Steve have come to study Spanish and the history andlife on this small planet. The entire trip was a once- Bruce, one of her husband’s classmates, who is the culture of Mexico. Many people have come backin-a-lifetime experience. director of Con Brio Choral Society, a choral group to visit with their families or to continue studies in southern Connecticut. “I mentioned that my for their professions. I welcome classmates to visit So that’s the content of my mailbox. It’s time. school had a lot of choir music when I was there— Cuernavaca. We have a guesthouse and will beBreak out your computer or mobile device and and she said: ‘Was it NMH?’ She is Abby “Jane” glad to put you up. It was great being at reunionpass along some of your news, or you will see these Ayers Bruce ’65. I am still dealing with repairs last year and seeing everyone.”pages go dark. to my pinky finger. I decided to have the tendon Susan Tobey Taylor is active on Facebook. SheChristina “VanDee” Van Deusen ’62 and her Scott Calvert ’62 and his wife, Kori Hedman Calvert ’67, is an avid yoga practitioner, even on a surfboard.granddaughters, Aria (8) and Whisper (1) traveled for two and a half months and 8,000 miles She rides a bike regularly and competes in triath- overland from Cape Agulhas to the equator in Africa. lons. It’s good to see how many of us are still active. Sue Hemenway Nealon, another Facebook regular, spent part of June traveling in Germany. Sue Aus- tin Ricketts spent part of May in Italy with Liz Martin O’Toole, celebrating their 69th birthdays. From Will: Thanks to all of you who responded to my email requests for news. Your messages are most appreciated. To quote Rick Weisman: “I am still in a glow from our reunion last June. Thanks to everyone who made the effort to be there.” Charles Bates and his wife, Ruth LeBar, have a new granddaughter, born in 1/14. Whiting Hous- fall 2014 I class notes I 59

Margery Attwater Mosher ’63, left, and Suzanne Abbott ’63 Ricker Winsor writes from Bali, Indonesia, an incredible experience. From the lobster dinner where he teaches part time at the Bali Center for on Thursday (yours truly, Pam Street Walton, ton enjoys skiing and tennis and works on various Artistic Creativity in Ubud and continues painting ate 10 oysters on the half shell, two lobsters, and boards and committees, generally as treasurer. and writing. He has just published his second six scoops of NMH homemade ice cream), to the Lloyd Jones had an extensive recovery in June/July book, The Painting of My Life, which he calls his chapel service and farewell luncheon on Sunday, 63 at Spaulding Hospital in Cambridge, Mass., from major life’s work. There is a section in the book Northfield and 44 Mt. Hermon classmates (many surgery for a severe bone infection. called “Boarding School” about Mt. Hermon, with with significant others) met and/or reconnected. emphasis on the singing, which he believes was the After more than 40 years of marriage, Robert best part of his experience. The reviewer Joseph To quote Diana Atwood Johnson: “To relax Milk was finally able to take his wife, Rosi, to Blatz states: “In his later years, Ricker remembers into old friendships was intoxicating.” It might’veOriente, Cuba, where Robert grew up (his home with startling insight the high adventure, early been the eyes, smile, stance, or familiar laugh, at the time he arrived at Mt. Hermon in ’59). They loves, and insane escapades of his youth in Spain in but suddenly you recognized a friend…and then participated in a two-week “people-to-people” visit, the ’60s and his coming of age and artistic maturity peered down at the name tag with senior photo towhich included meeting with artists, schoolchil- all over the world.” Rick plays tennis four times confirm your instincts…an uncomfortable move dren, entrepreneurs, and a group of fishermen. Lots a week and also golf. He plans to sell his house in for those of us with disintegrating cervical discs/ of music and dancing. Rosi loved it and wants Vermont next year and buy a place in Surabaya, arthritic necks.to go back soon. Robert’s personal highlight was his wife, Jovita’s, hometown. Rick loves living in meeting up with three childhood friends during Indonesia. “I have had an interesting life and am Would it have been nice to be on our North-their last day in Havana. more content now than at any other time.” field campus? Absolutely, but as Norma Chatfield wrote: “Being on the Mt. Hermon campus made B. Palmer Riedel and his wife, Susan, retired This past summer, Robert Haslun and his wife, no difference to me. Seeing so many faces from ain 10/13 and moved to Lincoln, Calif., to be closer Ursula, opened their 46th summer-stock music formative time was wonderful beyond words. Theto two grandchildren. They celebrated their 47th theater season with The White Horse Inn, a 1930 food was delicious (lots of Bishop’s bread), and thewedding anniversary in June. Tinker and Peter German operetta. Their College Light Opera joy of singing the ‘Northfield Benediction,’ ‘Jeru- Waasdorp had a great time at reunion. Tinker was Company is in Falmouth, Mass. They spent a week salem,’ and other familiar hymns took us back to“blown away by the beauty of the campus in general in Bermuda at the end of the season, and will be our Northfield days. We even visited our class tree and the art center in particular.” The highlight of cruising to North Africa and the Mediterranean in on the NMH campus (a cutting from our originalthe weekend for Pete was the class dinner, where November and early December. They’d love to see weeping willow by Perry Pond, rooted and planted he and Tinker got to sit with his three major loves classmates on Cape Cod during the summer. by Gail Myers Pare.” from Northfield: Sandy “Dee” Freund Borden, Debbie Eaton Peck, and April Dennis Lyon. Holt Anderson writes: “Thanks to all members Fundraising efforts by Peter Guild and the“What a great bunch of women, both then and now. of the class of ’63 who were the first to have a reunion gift committee over the past five yearsI owe them a lot.” Pete is still working in carpentry, joint alumni presence as NMH ’63. It was great boosted donations to more than $4 million. When albeit at a slower pace, and is still involved with to reunite with so many last June. While retiring you drive onto campus, remember the new plaques grass-roots politics. “Occupy Falmouth is still go- from full-time involvement in health-care technol- on the entrance pillars—our class gift.ing strong and has had a major role in foreclosure ogy and policy issues, I will continue to bring assistance and legislation, the efforts to close the the vision of a Learning Health System to reality. Our reunion schedule of options included golf,Pilgrim nuclear power station, and the successful Our younger son, John, who accompanied Susan tennis, alumni classroom seminars, hymn sing, the effort to raise the Massachusetts minimum wage to and me to the reunion, is now stationed with the Northfield luncheon, a memorial service at Round$11 an hour (former Mt. Hermon faculty member, U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, and we are Top for deceased classmates, alumni convocationLou Turner, has been a petitioning partner of mine). looking to a trip there later this year. Our older and annual meeting, and more.We also just launched a Cape and Islands node son, Will, is an environmental engineer with the of 350MA, which is working to get the state and California Water Resources Control Board.” Alumni classroom offerings included two bytowns to divest from fossil fuel investments.” Pete classmates. Jim Ault spoke of lessons learned whilewill be part of the People’s Climate March during Willard Thomen traveled in Bavaria, northern writing three chapters for Lift Thine Eyes (NMH’sthe UN climate summit this fall. He was also elect- Italy, and Dresden this past summer with a col- history), a gift to all 50th Reunion ’14 attendees. ed as a delegate to the state Democratic convention league from Plauen, Germany. This fall marks the Don Powell shared experiences of his 2,185.9-mile, pledged to Don Berwick’s campaign for governor, start of his 30th year at Concordia University of Georgia-to-Maine trek of the Appalachian Trail. even though Pete is a Green Party member. Chicago in River Forest, the start of his 15th year Learn more about Don’s three-summer endurance at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, and the timeline at donpowelladventure.wordpress.com. Rick Weisman will be working for another start of his 10th year directing choirs at St. Luke few years. His work keeps him traveling. He was Presbyterian Church in Downers Grove, Ill. Recognition of outstanding achievements atin Costa Rica and Portugal early in the year and in Convocation included awards presented to twoIreland and Nicaragua the latter part of summer 64 NMH classmates. Di Atwood Johnson, whose dedication on either educational trips with students or with EASTY (ROBERT) EASTMAN to her community has made a distinct difference,Engineers Without Borders. He usually brings his received the Community Service Award; and Pamtrumpet or cornet with him wherever he goes. As PO Box 218 Street Walton, for volunteer service, received the for NMH, he writes: “Congratulations on drop- Alumnae Citation Award. Also of note, Josie Rigby, ping football.” Shaftsbury VT 05262-0218 who retired in June and was instrumental in the planning and execution of our 50th, received the [email protected] William H. Morrow Award for her many years of dedicated service. Well deserved. PAMELA STREET WALTON The weekend can be summed up by Lucy Hann’s PO Box 33 observations: “The best parts of reunion were the moments when I would spot a familiar face across Spofford NH 03462-0033 the room and immediately know a friend—still so recognizable after 50 years. My only regret was that [email protected] there wasn’t enough time to talk to everyone. High- lights were the early-morning tennis with Peter  Fayroian, the Northfield School for Girls luncheon, the hymn sing, and the class march into chapel.” From Pam: I won’t say that reunion was better than winning the Powerball jackpot, but it was60 I NMH Magazine

Most of us remained for the entire weekend, but daughter, Meghan Brooks ’93, and while she and recent NMH graduates. Seeing Bill Compton some were able to stay for only a brief visit. Joan watched the sunset shared with Judith Bryant and ’44, as well as Pres Blake ’34 (98) and Carroll Latchis Amory blew in for four hours, because she Peter Marsh her thoughts that our 50th had been Rikert ’34 (98) at Convocation was amazing.” had to catch a plane to Paris. She emailed: “The se- a healing experience. With no retirement in sight,renity of the campus and the warmth of classmates’ she continues to work hard on Harvard’s capital Don Powell writes: “I’ve been going to reunions greetings lingered on the long trip home.” Wendy campaign. since ’89. As Jim Ault described in his seminar on Moonan scurried back to New York on Saturday Friday, the school had descended into completeto accompany her husband to Italy. Linda Seiffert Sue Creasy Case and her husband, Bob, chaos after the decision to go coed. It remained Reynolds departed early to attend a confer- returned to Wisconsin in June to rid their home that way for a long time. The school today is ence. Sue Chapman Melanson (who donated a and outlying buildings of family junk and treasures. so much closer to what it was when we werewatercolor of the Chat to raise money for our class Their daughters sorted, selected, packed, and pitched there. I’ve had a long association with Princeton scholarship) came for an evening despite lingering so that Sue and Bob could sell their house and University and had a lot of contact with students health issues. return to their newly purchased retirement abode up until the early ’90s. I remember asking a group on Lake Chapala in Mexico (30 minutes from the of students what they wanted to do when they Marianne Weisshaar Hirschman wrote that Guadalajara airport). Sue noted that they have two graduated. Most responded that they wanted toreunion was an “overwhelming success and totally guest rooms and two baths on the second floor. be investment bankers. I thought: ‘How sad.’ My seamless.” Kudos to Bob Eastman and Gail Myers experience at the reunion was that people were not Pare.” Marianne enjoyed herself so much that she Those unable to attend were sorely missed, but talking about what they had accomplished. People plans to return for reunion in two years rather than many of you contributed to the reunion yearbook. expressed much gratitude about their lives and thefive—to her mother’s (Helen Small Weishaar ’41) The content of the book is priceless. Purchase a relationships they had formed. They were grateful75th reunion in ’16. copy if you haven’t already. Bob Eastman, who about their experience at Northfield and at Mt. continues as our webmaster, has posted a multitude Hermon. For Marcia Eastman Congdon, reconnect- of reunion photos. Go to northfieldandmounther-ing with faculty and other day students meant so mon1964.com and reminisce, and do send me your “Although we did not have much contact with much. Day students Jean Thompson, Marcia thoughts and suggestions for our 55th in ’19. Northfield girls when we were at school, the few that I had were important. Ginny Reynolds Vogel Stacy Kemp, Pat Dunklee Putnam, Nancy From Bob: Reunion ended more than three and I dated in junior and senior year. We have been weeks ago, and I am still smiling. If you weren’t going to reunions since ’89. I dated Wendy Moon- Schouler Smith, and Joanne Westin were all in there, you missed a wonderful party. A total of 110 an at the end of senior year through the summer of attendance (they missed Betty Newton Antony), classmates from both sides of the river returned to ’64. And then Norma Chatfield gave me a taste of and Sally Atwood Hamilton ’65 joined them at celebrate 50 years. From the West Coast we had humility by reminding me that my memory is notthe Northfield luncheon. Connie Gray, the Hig- Bob Sparks, Clif Cates, E. Bond Francisco, and flawless. Apparently, we went to the Chat dance (at ginses, Carolyn Mann, and the Baileys helped them Joel Kuntz. I am not sure who lives the furthest the Homestead). These are three women who arereminisce and relive what Marcia called the “glory away, but E. Bond’s trip had to be the longest. He great people. I take credit for having good taste. I days.” Immediately following reunion, Marcia took started two weeks prior to reunion and is still on especially loved seeing people for the first time inAnn Wight, our former organist, a ’64 yearbook the return trip as I write these notes on 6/25/14. 50 years, Pete Tietjen and Mike Schechtman and some Bishop’s bread. Some reflections on reunion: Jim Ault writes: especially. Thanks to Stuart Feldman for making “Reunion this year seemed a special time to me. I such a generous gift to the scholarship fund and to Anne Wadleigh McAnulty emailed that the treasured so many of the conversations I had and Peter Guild for his financial leadership of our class.”weekend was so unbelievably wonderful that she noted several Northfield mates remarking aboutwas having trouble putting her thoughts into words. how healing this reunion was. So, thanks to all who John Rhine writes: “Even though I was a little“Mary Dannies Gustafson’s awesome homily on put in the hard work to make it happen and to all nervous about attending my first reunion in 50Sunday did me in.” Anne noted she was feeling who took the time and resources to come. I also years, my wife, Jeannette, and I had a great time.the loss of Ray Hughes, a constant at reunions missed those who couldn’t make it, such as Bruce Everyone was very welcoming: classmates, staff, until his death. Ray’s roommate, Jim Ault, with his Esterline, Jim Rubenstein, and others. Was glad volunteers, even the cooks in West (Alumni) Hall. ever-present camera, taped Anne, Connie Streeter to hear about you all, in any case. (Want to know Everyone we spoke with has had an interesting MacInnis, Linnea White Powell, Pam Johnson what was said?) Look forward to being in touch 50 years, and that made it easy to strike up an Smith, Yukiko Yamamoto, Sara Simon Stevens, and seeing y’all down the road.” enjoyable conversation with anyone we met. We and Gail Myers Pare reminiscing at Sage Chapel, definitely rekindled some old memories and made an appropriate farewell location. Maybe we’ll be Peter Beyer writes: “Most interesting fact I new friends. I think because we all had a shared able to view some of that footage at a later date. learned at reunion—that in ’69 I spent about a experience at Mt. Hermon, it didn’t matter if the week camping at a beautiful spot named after person you sat next to at one of the many delicious Turning to nonreunion news, wearing a dress Clif Cates’ grandfather. In Vietnam, they named meals or in the chapel was not a close friend duringwith hoop skirt from her family home’s attic, firebases after Marine commandants. On a more the ’60s. They became one at reunion.” Becky Elwell Axelrod played the formidable serious side, on the drive home I realized that dur-Aunt March in a 6/14 production of the musical, ing my three years at Mt. Hermon, I can remember To see the complete reflections of theseLittle Women, at the Community House Theater speaking with only four Northfield girls: my sister, classmates and many others, go to www.north- of Hamilton and Wenham. Kathy Childs Jones Carol Beyer Renwick ’62; Cynthia Dean Truax fieldandmounthermon1964.com/class_custom. attended a performance and said Becky’s singing ’63; Mary Savage Raub; and Cathy Pelton. At the cfm?page_id=333036. and dancing were superb. You may also remember 50th reunion, many Northfield women greeted methat Becky has been working to raise the minimum as an old friend and schoolmate. Those friendships If you haven’t joined our class website, pleasewage in Massachusetts, and since reunion, that bill were made at various reunions (the motorcycle do: www.northfieldandmounthermon1964.com. has passed. reunions, 20, 30, 35, and 40) and at the 45th. Now We plan to keep the site up at least until our 55th it does seem that we really did all go to school reunion. This is a great way to reconnect and to With her husband, George, Marcia Eastman together.” stay in touch. Any questions or concerns about theCongdon took their two grandchildren camping website, please contact Bob. for a week in Massachusetts later in June. John Merriman writes: “The weekend was one I’ll never forget. Staying in Crossley was a real kick. Diana Atwood Johnson’s photography show, I enjoyed seeing and talking with classmates onceBird’s Eye View, opened at the Lyme Academy of Fine again. I also enjoyed talking to current studentsArts on 6/27/14. She is a talented, busy woman. The summer solstice sun lured Weegee Look Brooks to Burlington, where she visited her fall 2014 I class notes I 61

65 NMH college; a week in Santorini, Greece, reveling in classmates. It is very exciting. We have heard from WENDY SWANSON-AVIRGAN the people and the food; and a week in northern a lot of people due to a shotgun blast announcing Spain, joining up with friends to walk the last 125 another lunch with our special guest, Bob Van106 Blueberry Dr kilometers of the Camino de Santiago. Then a few Wyck, and the tireless work of the committee days in Dublin, which we adored, before flying charged with creating an exciting 50th anniver-Stamford CT 06902-1828 home and settling into our summer place in Truro sary. I had a call from John Stinchfield, who is on Cape Cod. We are about to become full-time retiring from his real estate practice in Washington,[email protected] RVers and would love to hear from other classmates D.C. He summers in New Hampshire and stays who are as well—also from those who have walked in touch with Peter Barber. I hope to catch upHENRI RAUSCHENBACH the Camino. Hope to see you at our 50th.” with him on my next trip to D.C. Had dinner last January in Denver with Erik Carlson at John65 Far Fields Rd In May, Jan Finney Schilling found out that her Elway’s restaurant. Erik is in great shape, sees Frank dog’s tumors have shrunk and she’s doing great. In Shorter from time to time, and knows quite a bitBrewster MA 02631-5206 June, Jan was going to Mountain T.O.P.’s Adults in about wine. Of course, none of the prior applies Ministry week and then heading to Haiti for a week to me. Jamie Bennett was in touch from [email protected] of mission there. Then she and Richard will go to Angeles. He’s in for the 50th. As we had another China in September to visit their son and family. luncheon in Boston, Jamie will help us put togetherwww.northfieldmounthermon65.com a luncheon or dinner in L.A. in October. Your correspondent had a wonderful time repre-At the memorial service in Springfield, Mass., for senting our class as an official observer on Saturday Flash—Gary Bartman is looking for a copy ofBruce Johnson on 4/19/14, our class was repre- at Reunion ’14. The weather was delightful and the the poem that won the Senior Poetry Prize for ’65.sented by Tony Cantore; Jacqua Hill Yeomans campus spectacular. Highlights included: seeing If anyone has an idea, let me know and I’ll pass itand her husband, Bill, and her brother Anthony fellow reunion committee members Sally Atwood along to Gary. He also hopes that we get out to theHill ’61; Dave Stone and his wife, Sandy; and Hamilton, Russ Peterson, and David Stone, West Coast for an event. Dave Stone was recentlyNan Waite and her husband, Tom Cuddeback. and friends from school staff and the class of ’64; surprised by going onto YouTube and viewing theJacqua remembers Bruce fondly from her days at attending NMH Today in Memorial Chapel, at group Peking and the Mystics. What was surprisingNorthfield. He was one of the first to reach out which several current students spoke of their NMH is that our own Chris Parker is a member of theand make her feel welcome when she arrived in the experiences and answered questions from alums, group. Dave said the video was fuzzy and he couldn’tfall of ’62. She is also the lucky recipient of one of following which we all sang “Jerusalem”; a personal make Parker out. Parker says he was there. EllsworthBruce’s poems, for which he became famous over pilgrimage to the Northfield campus, where I McMeen recently had his latest book, Objectionthe years. She will remember him for his poetry, his strolled the grounds (Sage Chapel was open at Overruled, reviewed by the BookLocker. We heardlovely voice, and his gregarious personality. Nan designated hours on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday) from Gary Balleisen that he couldn’t make lunchwrites: “The memorial was, indeed, a celebration of and located our class tree (the catalpa that replaced with our celebrity, Bob Van Wyck. Gary had to beBruce’s life: a couple of videos of him singing and the copper beech?) and its plaque; the NSFG in Pebble Beach. Nothing to be sad about there.playing the guitar (one a promotion for the music luncheon, a new tradition and great fun, under the Attending our lunch were Matt Couzens, Charlesschool and the other a ‘performance’ during a fam- tent at Ford Cottage, where I sat with East Hall ’64 Washburn, Peter Barber, Bob Van Wyck, and me.ily get-together a few years ago), which let us hear friends Barbara “Shatzie” Brunner, Sue Creasyhis big voice, but also experience his ability to spin Case and husband Bob, Margaret Neuse, Karen The illustrious Jonathan Cole, model Germanrhymes into whimsical lyrics; his sense of humor Singer Baker, Jenny Stevenson, and Erin Moore student of Frau Donovan, was excited to see all theremembered by different people from different ’14, who gave a talk about a course she had taken Mt. Hermon names on the email blast about theparts of his life; music performances by people with on women in history and whom we regaled with lunch. He lives in Hawaii and is off to Germanywhom Bruce sang (the Rising Tide and a combined tales about life at Northfield in the long-ago ’60s; seeking investments. Jon also has a restored CD ofchoir of two churches who knew him); memories a very moving memorial service on Round Top, himself playing at Woodstock. His daughter hasof his kindness that many of us had experienced complete with bagpiper, for deceased members of made a documentary about it. Martin Dardani hasfirsthand; and since 4/19 was Bruce’s birthday, we the class of ’64; and time spent simply talking and moved to South Carolina, leaving the rest of us upconcluded by singing Happy Birthday. Perhaps a reminiscing with cherished friends. The day was a here in the Northeast thinking that we have to gobit of an unconventional way to conduct a memo- mountaintop experience for me, and my ambiva- down there to see him. Perhaps a southern lunch?rial service, but a wonderful way to remember lence about attending our 50th has ended. I look The incredible walking man, John Clark, wasBruce.” Rest in peace, Bruce. You will be sorely forward to Reunion ’15 with great anticipation. thankful for our luncheon invite, but he was fishingmissed at our 50th reunion. Please come, ’65 NMH. in Hudson Bay. He hopes to get down to our neck of the woods shortly. Larry Smith also responded, Penny Ackley writes: “I joyfully retired at the From Henri: What a busy time for our class saying he lives in California. Elias Thomas wasend of March from my work in geriatric psychiatry, with the preparation for our 50th celebration well tied up in New Hampshire for lunch.and I am discovering the joys of retirement. My under way and growing communication among ourwife, Lynne, and I celebrated with an extendedtrip in April and May, cruising to Rome and thentraveling around Europe. Highlights were a weekin Provence, when we returned to Aix-en-Provence,the ancient city where I spent my junior year ofNMHers at the memorial service for Bruce Johnson ’65 Jacqua Hill Yeomans ’65 and her brother, Anthony Hill ’61, Courtland “Corky” Van Deusen III ’35, center, with hislast April. L. to r.: Tom Cuddeback, Nan Waite ’65, Bill at the memorial service for Bruce Johnson ’65 son, Courtland “Vandy” Van Deusen IV ’65, left, and hisYeomans, Jacqua Hill Yeomans ’65, Dave Stone’ 65, Sandy grandson, Courtland “Cory” Van Deusen, rightStone, and Tony Cantore ’65.62 I NMH Magazine

I received a great note from Bob Kowal 67 NMH Since the last update, Bob Turner has joined theoutlining his travels and life after Mt. Hermon. DONNA EATON-MAHONEY board of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential LibraryHitchhiking, ROTC, Hobart, Air Force, M.Ed. in and Museum Foundation in Springfield, Ill. It iselementary school counseling, marrying an officer 97 Gifford St the only presidential library that isn’t a part of theabove his pay grade, the South Pacific, New Zea- federal government. Bob was also named private-land, stockbrokering, author, fly-fishing in Alaska, Falmouth MA 02540-3306 sector co-chair of the National Action Allianceand on and on. Chris Murray replied, suggesting a for Suicide Prevention. The alliance was created bygolf date in Phoenix. [email protected]  Congress to develop a national strategy for suicide prevention, a task now complete. Now the mission Bob Fries mentioned that he would only go DANA L. GORDON is to better coordinate the work being done acrossto the right coast if a relative paid his way, but he the country by a number of groups and programs,would like to see us out there. Dave Pessel just 106 Westphal St to identify opportunities to share best practices, andretired from his last job as a ski instructor. His to save 20,000 lives over the next five years. Thelife has included stints teaching at University of W Hartford CT 06110-1183 public sector is represented by the secretary of theRochester, and working at Standard Oil of Ohio Army as co-chair, the surgeon general of the United(now BP), FedEx, Invacare, Ninesigma, etc. He [email protected] States, the head of the Centers for Disease Control,hikes mountains in the summer and skis all winter. and a number of mental health leaders. For theHe particularly remembers a sermon by William We start with some sad news that reached us first time, the data set is complete enough and theSloane Coffin: you don’t have to be a Christian to more than a year after the fact. Sally Sutherland commitment is in place to make an improvement inenjoy his works. died in 5/13. She was diagnosed in 11/11 with reducing the rate of what is now the eighth leading glioblastoma, a relatively rare, always fatal brain cause of death in the U.S. And finally, our celebrity himself wrote that he tumor. According to her husband, Al Pickard, sheenjoyed our last email string. Mt. Hermon left its lived with the disease for nearly 20 months, which Tracy Ambler and his wife, Nancy, are continuingmark on him as a unique and meaningful experi- were active and as happy as possible. The end came their camper tour of the U.S., spending much of lastence. He may fly west to L.A. in October. Ahh, the very quickly, and painlessly. Throughout her life winter along the Gulf Coast and into Texas. Theylife of a celebrity. she had many fond memories of Northfield. Sally visited with family along the way, including brother taught a total of 37 years in Tennessee, Louisiana, Curt Ambler ’64 in Houston. They parked the66 NMH and Illinois. Even in her last teaching assignment at camper and flew to California and Colorado to see MARILYN ATTWATER GRANT Concordia, she retained an ardent enthusiasm for, the kids before continuing the Texas tour and enjoy- and commitment to, the classroom experience. ing the music in and near Luckenbach, Texas. Then,43 Spring St they went off to Puerto Rico, then to New York, and British exchange student John Cartledge was then to Colorado for their daughter’s wedding.Hope Valley RI 02832-1628 deeply saddened to learn, very belatedly, from the class memorial page, of the death three years ago of Always busy with his musical and artistic [email protected] Deborah Krum Douglas. John recalled he and his suits, Bruce Burnside started his 29th summer of family hosted Debbie, his date at our graduation concerts in the Lake Superior Big Top ChautauquaFRANK SAPIENZA ball in West Hall, for Christmas when she crossed tent. Bruce also wrapped up a year’s worth of work the Atlantic as an ESU scholar the following year. with a cinematographer doing a historical profile425 Washington St, Apt 6 John recently retired after a career in consumer DVD of the town of Cornucopia. After two years advocacy as deputy chief executive at London of work, Bruce’s radio drama, “The ContinuingBrookline MA 02446-6128 TravelWatch, the official agency that represents Adventures of Bumpy and Squeamish, Protectors and promotes the interests of the users of London’s and Guardians of the Secret Pencil Stories,” is [email protected] transport system. He now has more time to devote ing to shape up. Add in the usual firewood, home to other long-standing interests, including flags maintenance, and fending off bears and mountainFrom Frank: I’m a bit behind in my correspon- and elections. John gave a paper on Cromwellian lions while listening to the calming rain and gale-dence. I should take the advice I’ve been getting insignia at the International Congress of Vexillology force winds rip through the trees.from Ron Cooper and retire like he did years in Rotterdam. He is also a trustee of a charity thatago from his dental practice. OK, Ron, I will, if owns a unique library of works on electoral systems Helen Fowler is excited to announce her newyou will accompany me on a hike and ski trip up and procedures, and publishes an academic journal granddaughter, Hannah, who joins brother JoshuaTuckerman’s Ravine like we did when we were on the subject called Representation. (4½). Helen’s travels have taken her to destinationssophomores. Deal? from Belize and Guatemala to Slovenia, Croatia, Carole Drake Chamberlain, known during school and Bosnia, with trips to Scotland, Honduras, a I meant to report on the following news from days as “Ducky” Drake, lives in Ferrisburg, Vt. This getaway to her time-share in Grand Cayman, andYusuf DeLorenzo earlier. Yusef is a scholar of is her last year as a French teacher before retirement. another visit with family in California on theIslamic transactional law and an advisor on Shariah So this is also her last year to take a few students and agenda. Puerto Rico, St. John, and a lifelong dreamcompliance issues to global financial institutions. their families to visit their pen pals in Lus-la-Croix- safari in Kenya and Tanzania are also on her radarHe is also an expert translator and has published Haute, a small village in the French Alps. Retirement screen. Helen reports retirement has been a delight-several works translated from Arabic, Farsi, and also means Carole gets to spend as much time as she ful change from working, raising two kids as aUrdu into English, notable among them is a three- can wintering in her beloved Mexico. She also plans single parent, and making college tuition payments.volume work, Compendium of Legal Opinions on to visit her old roommate, Jane England Radford, atthe Operations of Islamic Banks. His most recent her summer home in Nova Scotia. The two have been Having been downsized from corporate Americatranslation is The Destitute, from the Arabic of like sisters all these years. due to the recession five years ago, and not finan-Mustafa Sadiq al-Rafii. You can find it online at cially or emotionally ready to retire, Carol Ball haswww.thedestitute.com. Yusef writes: “All of which Bill Johnson’s year has run the gamut from the spent the last few years as a server at the Farm Tablemeans that I’m doing less in the world of finance mundane, in the form of some home improve- Restaurant at Kringle Candle in Bernardston, lessand spending more time at what I love to do.” ments, to the downright exciting, with the anticipa- than five miles from the entrance to NMH. They tion of a first grandchild. And the combination periodically see NMH parents and even groups of Jean Penney Wheeler keeps me informed of of other doctors leaving or retiring and a looming students. Carol has run in the Bridge of Flowersski conditions at Sugarloaf in Maine, where she severe shortage of primary care physicians, Dr. Bill 10K race in Shelburne for the past 15 years, as wellworks as a ski instructor. Would you believe she has remained very busy at work.skied 104 days last winter? Alex Ives reports that his daughter, Amanda, Cheers, and think about our 50th reunion com- was accepted into the master’s program of the Janeing up soon. Addams College of Sociology, in Chicago. Alex notes half of his six grandchildren are no longer teenagers. fall 2014 I class notes I 63

Members of the class of ’67 gathered at Vin and Becky Parfitt Kennedy’s home to celebrate their 65th birthdays. L. to r.: and WCFR AM/FM Springfield, Vt. He was oneSheila Morse, Robyn Whyte Reisman, Bonnie Parmenter Fleming, Will Melton, Donna Eaton Mahoney, Becky Parfitt Kennedy, of the radio pioneers at NMH with campus stationVin Kennedy, Steve Meyerhans, Brad Waterman, Dana Gordon, Chuck Streeter, Wendy Alderman Cohen, and Dave Keene. WMHS.as the Pie Race with her sister, Shel Ball ’68, for 68 NMH Marion McCollom Hampton writes: “Myquite a few years; Carol seems almost surprised KRIS ALEXANDER ESCHAUZIER daughter, Sarah (15), just finished freshman yearthey didn’t finish last in the ’13 race. She continues 49 W Lynne Ave at Belmont High School. She’s great but I’m into lobby for a new category for veterans or senior Portland ME 04103-1656 that ‘you want to do what? ’ stage of parenthood.masters in order to have half a chance at a pie. [email protected] My business (Banyan Family Business Advisors) is growing and busy, so I’m trying to see the pathway Kori Hedman Calvert and husband, Scott ’62, PETER L. ESCHAUZIER to a less-work-more-play lifestyle. My best to all thecelebrated their retirements and 40th wedding an- 49 W Lynne Ave fabulous 1968s.”niversary with an 11-week trip to southern Africa. Portland ME 04103-1656They traveled by truck for 56 days through nine [email protected] Steve Tower appeared in the Silverthornecountries from South Africa to Uganda before re- Theatre Company’s inaugural production of Peterturning to Cape Town for relaxation. The Calverts MARK G. AUERBACH Shaffer’s Black Comedy. Silverthorne, the brainchildare delighted with their choice of Ashland, Ore., as PO Box 60784 of former NMH theater teachers David Rowlandtheir retirement home, and take full advantage of Longmeadow MA 01116-0784 and Lucinda “Cindy” Kidder ’62, presents profes-the education and volunteer opportunities, year- [email protected]  sional summer theater at the Rhodes Arts Centerround recreational activities, thriving wine industry, on the NMH campus.music, and incredible theater, as well as proximity Many NMH ’68 folk were on campus for reunionto Portland and San Francisco. weekend, including Richard Compton and Nancy John Hansbury has been on the board of the Alexander Randall, who attended the dedication Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF) since Patricia Watson Bartlett is trying to cut down of the Mec Peller and Mary Lighthall Compton 2000 and co-president for the last four years. Heher work hours to spend more time gardening and ’44 faculty houses; David Hickernell, Pamela got involved in the organization after his late wife,enjoying her grandchildren. Her second grand- Beam, and Mark Auerbach were involved in actress and comedienne Madeline Kahn, suc-daughter, Corinne, arrived in June. The Bartletts Alumni Council activities; Steve Tower and Jay cumbed to the disease. John and his board recentlyspend four to five months in Tanzania at Kiliman- Ward were spotted at Convocation. produced “An Evening of Laughter in tribute tojaro Christian Medical Center, splitting the rest of Madeline Kahn” at Caroline’s On Broadway. Jimtheir time between their home and work at Duke Richard Staples represented ’68 at the service Gaffigan, Nikki Glaser, Phil Hanley, Robert Klein,in Durham and escape to their cabin in Boone, for David and Anne Webb Burnham ’44, which and Lisa Lampanelli participated. Since 1998,N.C. Trish says “karibu sana”—all are welcome. was attended by hundreds, and in which NMH was OCRF has awarded 217 grants to scientists at more fondly and frequently remembered. “I felt proud than 65 leading medical centers in the U.S., an April brought a celebration of our recent to represent our class and saw a few other NMH investment of more than $57 million for ovarianor soon-to-be 65th birthdays by Boston-area alumni at the reception afterward. NMH played a cancer research. For information on the fund’sclassmates hosted by Vin and Becky Parfitt Ken- pivotal role in David’s and Anne’s lives, since it was work, go to www.ocrf.org.nedy. Attendees included Sheila Morse, Bonnie where they met (introduced by Nancy Alexander Randall’s parents), enjoyed many happy years Rebecca Schrom Lamb is still brokering insur-Parmenter Fleming, Robin Whyte Reisman, together, and helped shape the lives of hundreds of ance and enjoying it. She plays singles for her ten- students on both campuses. NMH has set up the nis team against people who could be her childrenWendy Alderman Cohen, Donna Eaton Mahoney, Anne and David Burnham Scholarship Fund in their or grandchildren, and is looking forward to a trip memory, in case you’d like to contribute.” to Lake Como, Italy, this fall.Gerry Sherman, Will Melton, Dave Keene, Mark Auerbach and Margaret McCasland ’64 Wendy Golenbock writes: “Our son, Max,Chuck Streeter, Dana Gordon, as well as Brad launched two rubber ducks into the Connecticut graduated from MIT in June with a degree in com-Waterman, who was in the area visiting family, River to celebrate the life of Keith McCasland, puter engineering. He will begin work in Augustand Steve Meyerhans, who came from Maine who passed away on 4/18/14 after a short illness. after a quick Birthright trip to Israel and a bike tripfor his first reunion in 47 years. Perfect weather, to Cape Cod. We are very proud of his accomplish-good food, and great company made a memorable Curtis Hansen passed away on 4/30/14 from ments. CB and I will be honored in September byday. Most of the aforementioned classmates were COPD and emphysema. Before retiring in ’12, the MIT Alumni Association for our contributionsinformed about the get-together through notices Curt was regional vice president for operations to the MIT community as administrators of theiron our class Facebook page. If you’re on Facebook and programming for Cumulus Media and former parents’ Facebook page.”and not already a member, you can join the 115- operations manager and program director ofplus who are by going to facebook.com/nmh1967 WEBE/WICC in Bridgeport, Conn. Prior to his Frank Rawlinson ’69 is still chipping awayand requesting membership. You can also keep up 29 years there, Curt worked with WKCI “KC101” at architectural projects. His daughter graduatedwith the class at our website at www.nmh1967.com. and WAVZ in New Haven, Conn.; WSAR (AM) from the Lycee Francais/Chicago and is headed for Fall River, Mass.; WEIM (AM) Fitchburg, Mass.; Wheaton, Ill., this fall. Frank is in touch with Mark Plans for the 50th are well under way. Vol- Johnson and Tony Dohanos ’69 and looks forwardunteers still appreciated. Just email/call/write toexpress your interest. CB Stein, Max Stein-Golenbock, and Wendy Golenbock ’68 at Max’s MIT graduation64 I NMH Magazine

to visiting Richard Dewhurst sooner rather than 50th reunion committee since the last issue of the husband have retired, so are able to spend fourlater (and getting a signed copy of his book). He’d NMH Magazine went to press: Virginia Haines, summer months in northern Michigan. Their sonalso like to touch base with Hank Montgomery, Anne Mitchell Murcek, Nancy Alexander Ran- is married and works for the State Department,Denver Collins ’69, and the elusive Jeff Riley. and their daughter is living at home and working dall, and Peter Szura. toward becoming a licensed nutritionist/dietitian. Judy Molesworth Darnell caught up with We’re sorry to report that Robert Schwartz Libby volunteers, teaching English to adults andDeborah Sliz in Washington, D.C., before heading helping with an elementary-school literacy pro-to Cape Cod to see Kathy Knapp Marn. Richard passed away on 7/18/14 after a long illness. gram. Elizabeth McClelland reports that when theStaples played the role of Judy’s chauffeur. corporate merger dust settled, she joined Benjamin 69 N F. Edwards in ’10 and is senior vice president for Ruth Stevens writes: “Len and I spent a lovely SUE PINEO STOWBRIDGE investments and a certified financial planner. She isweekend visiting Deborah Sliz and her husband, taking a break from responsibilities on many boards.Alan Yandow, in D.C., in May. We were hosted at PO Box 26 She married Gene Leach, retired U.S. Air Force,a lovely dinner by Alison Ely Barschdorf and her in ’98, and they are avid boaters in New England,husband.” Ruth also hosted a reception for Harriet Silver Lake NH 03875-0026 Florida, and South Carolina. They are busy withChessman, when her book tour for The Beauty of his twin daughters and her two unofficial adoptedOrdinary Things came to New York City. In atten- [email protected] daughters. “Everyone calls me Mom. I feel blessed.”dance were Pam Beam, Susan Donaldson James,Dee Duffey Glas, and Mark Auerbach. Jean Can you believe that this is the 45th reunion edi- Jeri Norris Rhodes is associate executiveDavis attended Harriet’s reading in South Hadley, tion? We gathered June 5–8 at Hayden Hall, mas- secretary for finance and administration at Friendswhere Harriet was introduced by NMH archivist terfully decorated with posters, banners, translucent Committee on National Legislation, a Quaker lob-Peter Weis ’78. class photos hung overhead, old uniforms, and bying organization. She is also president of VGIF, lots of memorabilia. There were alumni classes on a foundation providing microgrants to women Gary Hopson has been a traveling man for work Friday, our Service of Remembrance on Saturday, internationally for community-originated projectsand play, with stops in San Diego, an Alaska cruise and meals shared in the acoustically challenging improving the lives of women and children. Sue(for wife Shelley’s birthday), and Chicago for a Alumni (West) Hall. The reunion committee’s ef- Parker Belcher, now on her own, purchasednational conference. He writes: “I am hoping to forts paid off but all agreed more help is needed for a small home. She now divides time betweenretire from Amtrak after all of that travel but will the whopper reunion, probably June 6–9, 2019. Lakeville, Conn., and Nantucket “with some travelcertainly be hired as a consultant to any number of to bucket list spots.” She enjoyed Christmas inrailroad operating and safety enterprises. I am not Madeline Baum did a masterful job design- Hanover, N.H., with Sarah Allen-Oberstein andsure if I can ever stay put.” Gary is looking forward ing our reunion posters, banners, and class logo looks forward to seeing Sarah this fall. Emeldato the annual Bill Newman dinner for ’68 alumni buttons, and her husband, Bob Blythe, became an Peters Kennerly brought a stack of old photosin Washington, D.C. honorary class member when he pitched in to help and a sketch by illustrator Janet Hamlin, who with our fabulous decorations in Hayden. Back accompanied Dr. Eugene Calendar and Harlem Susan Donaldson James reports: “I am enter- home in Chicago, Madeline does pro-bono graphic Prep students attending the schools’ Afro Aming a new phase in my life as a grandmother. My design for good causes. Chris Fleuriel reports that Conference. Captured are images from the historydaughter, Megan, gave birth to Joni in April, and after two years of unwanted unemployment, she of the day with Stone Hall in the background. Wemy son, Alexander, produced Charlie in May. It’s cut 30-year roots in Massachusetts to work for the will identify the people in the pictures before 2019.been a whirlwind. I also had a great time this very first VA, in Augusta, Maine. Since then, she Emelda and her husband relocated to Jacksonville,spring with my dearest Northfield friend, Dee has done a lot of singing and joined a women’s Fla., where she still works for HUD and performsDuffey Glas. We met up with our former Moore- chorus in Portland. She also had a photo published “First Lady” duties as the wife of a church pastor.Daly roommate and novelist extraordinaire, Harriet recently in a Portland paper. In 2013, she and her They have launched Share and Seed Academy forChessman, in New York City. I have been in touch partner, Chris Andre, were married in a small mass the Performing Arts for homeless children andwith Priscilla Van Tassell Eakeley, and we hope wedding at South Maine Pride, the first such event those in foster care. See shareandseedgpc.org.to reconnect soon in the city.” since same-sex marriage became legal in Maine. She now lives in Brunswick. Son Samuel is a senior Gretchen Vandewater roped her ex-sister-in- Fred Cook writes “Denise and I have been 4x4/ at Champlain College and daughter Shoshana will law into driving from Stone Mountain, Ga., andoverland travel fanatics for many years. Last De- be a second-semester freshman at Syracuse. was seen modeling a dummy smock and cap atcember, after years of work, we completed our over- reunion, but she declined to try on the white dressland camper, ‘Ndeke Luka’ (‘Freebird’ in Sango). Cathy Handzo Gray says they have been in or gym uniform. She still lives outside Atlanta andWe have just completed a 60-day shakedown cruise Texas for 20 years, and she hopes to wrap up a is an occupational therapist in the school system.to Overland EXPO in Arizona and several points in career at the San Antonio Public Library before our She has also started bee keeping. Son Colin just gotbetween. All of the details and photos can be found 50th. She looks forward to joining classmates who his M.B.A. and is a software architect. Cory worksat diplostrat.org.” make retirement sound awesome. Don and Faith in Internet marketing, and Tommy is married and Goodwin Hodgkins are empty nesters again now working on a master’s in information technology. Spotted having brunch on Marco Island, Fla.: that son Thom, an attorney, has moved to Provi- Gretchen is anxious for the next generation to arrive.Steve Cole and Mark Auerbach, planning for our dence. Daughter Ally is in her third year of medical50th reunion. The following folks have joined the school at the University of Miami and doing Carol Ward has retired from ob/gyn work but is rotations in Palm Beach County. They visited Tim doing some teaching for Tufts School of Medicine.Ruth Stevens ’68, Deborah Sliz ’68, and Alison Ely Petumenos in May in Alaska and Steve Shapiro Alice Wimer Erickson enjoyed basking in the glowBarschdorf ’68 gathered in Washington, D.C., last spring. in Florida last November. Don is retired, but Faith of old friends and kindling friendship with some remains at SSA for now. she barely knew. After reunion, Alice and her hus- band went to the U.K. and Italy. Upon returning, Karen Hoff McMahon ably chaired our reunion she resumed her duties as a UCC supply minister with Brian Bauer and is in charge of our new and volunteer for Grace Center, a day shelter for private class database on Mail Chimp. If you adults at risk. Also in attendance were Felicia are not on the NMH database, contact her at Clifton Miller (New Jersey), Barbara Deinhardt [email protected] to join. Information will (New York), Susan Hanna Huleatt (Connecticut), not be shared, sold, or traded. Libby Leonard Siegmund traveled from Arlington, Va., by train to join us and worked hard to involve more of the “girls” from Merrill-Keep in our 45th. She and her fall 2014 I class notes I 65

Melinda Herron (France), Merinda Herron (Geor- they’ll have an excuse to come east from Utah more During reunion, we remembered these class-gia), and Eileen Hoffman Christman (Georgia). often. Daughter Schuyler is studying nursing at mates at our memorial service: Anne Brown, Laura Westminster College in Salt Lake. Mary is doing Chang, Alyce Davis, Barbara Jones, Dorothy Many others were not able to join us but sent business development for a growing young com-in news. Uma Anand Segal has been a professor pany, RipeConcepts, and her husband, Monte, is McHutchison Bowes, Judy Miller, Suzanneat the School of Social Work at the University of still building his packaging and materials company.Missouri, St. Louis, since ’86. She specializes in Mitchell, Cherrill Mogensen Bretschger,immigrant and refugee issues and international Becky Rounds Michela was unable to come tosocial work education. She recently completed a our big party but hopes to attend the 50th. Wendy Elizabeth Provost, Leslie Robinson Sharp, Annfive-month fellowship as a Fulbright Scholar in Rosan Costa was sorry to miss reunion but wasIndia, developing a school of social work with both attending her mother-in-law’s 95th birthday in Tanner, and Ann Wheeler.rural and global foci. In ’12, Uma was elected to Spain. They moved to a smaller house last sum- Remember. Contact Karen Hoff McMahon atthe governing board of the Council on Social Work mer, but there are guest rooms, and she welcomesEducation, and in October she received that orga- any class members who are visiting Maryland’s [email protected], or write to me to join ournization’s Promotion of International Education gorgeous Eastern Shore. Her two older sons live in new, private class database. Go to our class page(PIE) award. Uma’s husband, Madhav, is professor California, and her youngest son is in Boston. She on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/of marketing at Southern Illinois University. Their sails a catboat in the Chester River, manages edu- NMH69/. See 316 photos by Dave Ross at http://son, Zubin, is regional communications director cational programs at a historic plantation, drives a judgeross.smugmug.com/Northfield-Mount-for Goodwill Industries of Central Texas and mar- water taxi in the Sassafras River, and greatly enjoys Hermon-School/45th-Reunion-June-2014/, whereried Kasey Fagan last May. Son Sahil is an intern this stage of life. Nancy Torrence Atkins was back GILL opens the virtual door.at the Gates Foundation in Seattle. Uma plans to east for a family graduation, so she couldn’t returnattend our 50th reunion in ’19. in June. Husband David retired from teaching 69 MH computer science at the University of Oregon last ROLAND LEONG Nancy Clark McGrath was sorry to miss year, and she fostered the final baby last winter—reunion. She continues her work as a sports 21 newborns over the years. Thus, she has given up 55 Kenmore Plnutritionist and author in Newton, Mass., with 2 am feedings and weekly judge-ordered birth-her husband, John, and their dog, Arctic. Her son parent visits. They celebrated with a camping trip Glen Rock NJ 07452-2013and daughter are in Boston, so she gets to see them to Estes Park, Colo., and saw son Curtis, who hadfrom time to time. “Hey, if laundry, cars, and food a summer job dish washing for the YMCA of the [email protected]bring them home, that’s fine with me.” Nancy has Rockies. Good character building. They also wentjoined Community Rowing, which has a great to their favorite Minnesota Boundary Waters Ca- All who came to the 45th reunion in June had aprogram on the Charles River in the early morn- noe Area for a week and are trying to work out how great time. Our reunion committee did a terrificing. She also now owns the family home in Little to be somewhere else during the dark, rainy winter job of putting together a decorative theme that wasCompton, R.I., and has been renovating the old months in Eugene. Last winter, they visited Mary the talk of the weekend. Thanks to all who came,house, a wonderful family gathering spot. K. Johnson Lynch ’70 in Reno on the way home. especially the regulars, who are the heart of the class, “That was the first time we had seen each other in for without you, MH ’69 would just exist on paper. Marti Hall Malabad reports that she and her about 30 years. And to think, neither one of us hashusband were spending a month sailing in Chesa- aged a day.” Otherwise, she remains active at their Ulgen Gulcat was sorry to miss reunion butpeake Bay during reunion. Otherwise, they enjoy church, still ushers at their local performing-arts enjoyed the pictures. That weekend he was hikingkayaking, hiking, and biking, and are busy with center, and is taking jazz dance lessons. at Taurus Mountains, famous for its cedar trees,two grandchildren. She hopes to be back for our with a group of friends, which reminded him of50th. Alice Hamilton Farley was celebrating with Wendy Wieber has been an educator of deaf Mountain Day.one of her children, who was graduating from MIT and hard-of-hearing children for almost 20 years.during reunion. Hopefully, in five years most of us She works in early intervention with newly diag- Steven Shapiro is busy with his four grandchil-will be past graduations, but there are a lot of June nosed babies and their families. She and partner dren, who are all live nearby. In May, he fished inweddings, and reunion plans are always subject to Elizabeth live in Asheville, N.C., are “lucky enough the Keymorada Fishing Tournament in the Floridachange without notice. to have made it beyond parenting, with five lovely Keys and won the whole thing. “I’ve been practic- ones, now grown-ups.” They enjoy playing with ing for enough years. It was a real thrill.” Margie Hord Méndez still lives in Mexico their grandchildren. Elizabeth is a clinical psycholo-with her husband, Refugio, “Cuco.” She teaches gist, “a definite benefit for Wendy, who is attempt- John Fitzgerald is still practicing law, workinguniversity English as a foreign language and linguis- ing to finish her dissertation toward an Ed.D.” primarily via foundation grants and occasionallytics, and does freelance translation. She recently Carolyn Brown and her partner, Carole, visited a does some pro bono. He helps many environmentaljoined the team of writers for the All about Puebla couple of summers ago. organizations with their affairs. He still plays soft-blog, which has been recognized by the New York ball on most weekends but sings only on occasion.Times as the best blog in English about the state of Uma Anand Segal ’69, far right, her husband, Madhav, farPuebla. Linda Larrabee wished us well at reunion left, with their son, Zubin, and his bride, Kasey, on their Richard Stone is chief innovation officer forbut was unable to attend, as she was recuperating at wedding day last May Synensis (synensishealth.com), working on the de-home in Shoreham, Vt., from shoulder replace- velopment of StoryCare and helping the companyment surgery in May. Katie Marshall Greenman develop new lines of business for the U.S. and thewas plowing through 36 years of accumulation Middle East. The company is located in the Atlantain Old Town and headed toward a new home in area, and Rick has been commuting betweenOrland, Maine, during reunion. Their goal was to Orlando and Atlanta for the last 10 months. Hebe settled down on the coast about the time we and Elizabeth are now contemplating a move to thewere gathering, and then comes the reconstruction. Atlanta area in the fall.Lisa Mathews-Bingham participated in reunionplanning but was unable to attend due to work Since Barry Tuscano retired from his roofingdemands in Denver. Mary Moebus Yedlin also had business in ’02, he has built a timber frame barn,a graduation conflict in June. Younger daughter, helped his son build a house in California, and builtKenzie, is headed to Middlebury in the fall, so a stone springhouse on his farm in western Pennsyl- vania. Barry writes: “I am active in outdoor recre- ation, specifically whitewater kayaking, cross-country skiing, and bicycle touring. I do a lot of volunteer work to build and maintain bike trails in our area. My wife of 38 years, Kitty, owns a successful natural foods store, and we have a son and two grandchil- dren, whom we visit regularly, especially during ski season. I am on the board of a local conservancy and66 I NMH Magazine

consider myself a climate activist. I welcome contact complications for them. Eric has had a series of leg visit their son and his wife. They all did the Bike from any classmates with similar interests.” problems over the last year himself, so “Michelle the Drive event, riding Lakeshore Drive through and I walk along looking like a couple of large downtown Chicago, which was closed to cars. Steve Pollock has been enjoying grandparent- penguins.” He sends his best to all. “Mt. Hermon David is “biking, traveling, attending plays, etc., hood with Maya Jane. He writes: “To all slackers, still remains a special place to me.” and enjoying life.”the MH Northern California ’69er contingent currently makes up about 20 percent of reunion Tom Drake was voted commodore of the Old Bill Johnson writes: “Kathy and I had a great attendees, so for those of you who live closer in, get Greenwich Yacht Club in January. “The position time at reunion, and it was clear that the setup,your butts in gear and join the fun.” entitles me to a hat and a club burgee that I can organization, and decorations of the class of ’69 in hoist to greet tugboat captains hauling garbage Hayden taking us all back to the flower power of It’s been quite a while since we’ve heard from scows out to sea. I think I got the nod because I’m our youth was the envy of every other class at the Michael Aisenberg. He writes: “My wife, Brandi, one of very few men who own white bucks.” reunion; it was fantastic catching up with all the and I have adapted to empty nesting in our Reston, classmates from Northfield and Mt. Hermon, andVa., home since our youngest, Josh, went off to After 39 years, Dana Barrows still loves his the 50th will no doubt be reunion without equal.”Andover in ’96, where he was lucky to come under work at Northwestern Mutual. He is the estate andthe influence of both Carroll Bailey and Hal Mc- business planning specialist with high-net-worth Of his life and family, Bill writes: “I have been aCann. Josh is now an architect living in Cambridge, business owners on their personal, business, and es- Crown prosecutor for 35 years and, after being anMass. Older son Jeremy lives outside of Richmond tate planning. Dana has recently created a succession assistant Crown Attorney for 30 years, I am now and presented us with our fourth grandchild in plan with 10 years to fully implement. He returned the Crown Attorney for the past five years for theNovember. We went through the rough patch of to skiing this winter, and now golf after two shoulder Algoma district of Ontario in charge of an office of parent care and losses. Since I’m an only child, and surgeries and 13 months of physical therapy. He eight other Crown prosecutors and five administra-Brandi is one of two siblings, it became a dramatic plays full rounds with John Mustone. Dana’s four tive staff. The work of prosecuting all criminal andwake-up call to the reemergence of the caregiver daughters and two granddaughters live close by, provincial offenses in the district with courts as farrole as parents age and die. Brandi struggles with a and he babysits overnight once a month for the as 130 miles away from Sault Ste. Marie is always complex of health issues, and spends six months in granddaughters. “I feel blessed with abundant and interesting and challenging. I continue to refereeFlorida, where life is a lot easier. deep friendships and family. I walk Ashely reservoir hockey of youth up to age 18, two to four games often, take tons of pictures, garden around my pool, a week, and play hockey three times a week in the “I continue to focus on technology policy. For train with Brett the torturer on Tuesdays, travel, read winter. In the summer, I try to relax on weekendsthe past six years, I have been at the D.C.-area voraciously, and at times even allow myself to just be and vacation at our camp on Batchawana Bay of offices of MITRE, focused on support to federal in the present moment. One day, I envision taking Lake Superior about a half hour north of Sault Ste. agencies (mostly defense and intelligence). I do my first nap. One final thought. I read monthly to Marie.” Son Michael (30) is a third-year electri- legal policy on technology issues in the national a third-grade class of 28 inner-city students, as part cian apprentice in Calgary, Alberta. Son Craig (28) security/intelligence communities and have had of our Link to Libraries Program, perhaps the most works for the Nishnabe-Aske Police Service and is assignments across most of the alphabet soup of fun I have ever had giving back. I encourage all to posted to the Sandy Lake First Nation, about 400 agencies, with issues such as supply-chain risk consider doing this in your community.” miles north of Kenora, Ontario. Daughter Kristen management, insider threat, cyberconflict, and pri- (25) graduated from Graceland University in Iowavacy. I also remain active in the ABA’s science/tech Peter Kropp was not able to be at reunion this and taught elementary school in London, England, law section, where I am a member of the editorial year but is already preparing for our 50th. Peter until 6/13. She is arranging to teach elementary board of The Sci/Tech Lawyer and am returning to and his wife, Sheryl Powers Kropp, celebrated school at Bearskin Lake First Nation, about 500the leadership ranks of the Information Security their 40th anniversary in 8/13 by cruising the miles north of Kenora, Ontario. Son Drew (20) isCommittee, which I chaired from 2005–08.” western Caribbean and later spending a few days in his first year at Nipissing University in North in New Orleans. Son Adam moved to Scottsdale, Bay, where he is majoring in psychology and Morgan Dodd has been at the National Parks Ariz., in November. “We visited him in January playing varsity soccer. Wife Kathy works at SaultConservation Association for 15 years. He writes: and took a trip to Sedona and the Grand Canyon. College of Applied Arts and Technology as a stu-“Have had some great opportunities to visit national Sheryl and I plan to visit once a year in the winter.” dent field placement officer for the community and parks, but spend more of my time visiting with Their older son, Jason, and his wife have two health services faculties. Bill’s mother, Jacqueline some of our 340,000 members. Visited Bandelier kids, Calder (5) and Elaina Rose (3). “They call us Snyder Johnson ’45, is still active, lives in Niagara-National Monument in New Mexico when my wife, Bubbe and Gumpy, and we love being grandpar- on-the-Lake, Ontario, and travels frequently inJura, and I were on a trip to Santa Fe to celebrate ents. Retirement is somewhere in the future, just various parts of the world. our 30th wedding anniversary last September. Our not sure when. I continue to appraise real estate on son, Nico (24), moved out in November, so we are Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard. Sheryl has been Tim Petumenos was in New York City in the officially empty nesters.” a hospice nurse since ’86.” middle of May to see his son, Nick, perform with Paquito D’Rivera at Carnegie Hall. Tim and his Eric Whyte writes that life has been challenging David Smith was not able to attend reunion, friends met Roland Leong and his wife, Kathy, at over the last year. His wife, Michelle, was involved but he sent some news. On Memorial Day week- the Carnegie Deli for a bite before the performance.in a serious head-on automobile accident that is end, Dave and his wife, Susan, were in Chicago to having ongoing physical, emotional, and legalSteven Shapiro ’69 won the Keymorada Fishing Steve Pollock ’69 with granddaughter, Maya Jane Roland Leong ’69 and Tim Petumenos ’69 met at theTournament in the Florida Keys in May. 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70 N each summer. Tom has exemplified the NMH spirit and Les met at a mixer in West Hall in September KATHERINE TRUAX SCIMENTI of service as an elected Twinsburg Township trustee of their senior year at NMH, graduated from1 Wood Stone Rise for more than 20 years. Bowdoin together in ’74, and taught at the same Pittsford NY 14534-3668 schools for the duration of their careers. Their [email protected] Andy Margolis Selzer and her husband, Steven, daughter, Catherine, graduated from Ravenscroft recently celebrated their 35th anniversary. They live School and Columbia University. As the reality ofHello from Kate. Thanks to Deborah Persons in Maryland, just outside D.C. Their oldest daugh- their retirement settles in, they have reflected on Brooke for gathering class notes these last few ter married last year and lives in California, where the rewards of a fulfilling lifetime spent teachingyears. She did an excellent job. Now it’s up to me— her husband and his partner have two locations of English and math to so many students. In addition, and you—to keep the column filled with news. I their restaurant, simplethings. Another daughter is Les looks back on his time coaching basketball, live in Pittsford, N.Y., and continue to work as vice president of development for Country Music baseball, and soccer as having been important parts the East Coast sales manager for an electronics Television, where she develops reality TV shows for of his career. Les resides in Pittsfield, Mass. Their company out of Chicago; part time as a design that network. Her youngest daughter just finished only specific near-term plans include “removing the consultant for Pottery Barn; and part-time in med school at Tulane and is in her residency at alarm clock from the bedroom and going on a va- business development for an IT training company. USC/LA County in anesthesiology. Andy is an cation for the middle two weeks of September.” Les My older son, John, lives close by and works for attorney with the federal government. “We kid that didn’t say, but I’m sure he has attending reunion onVerizon. Thomas lives in Brentwood (Los Angeles) one daughter is destroying civilization while the his retirement bucket list. and works for Paychex. Both sons excel in sales, other is saving it. I wouldn’t be surprised, though, if love the challenge and the commission checks. We we start thinking about moving west in the future. Also great to hear from Greg Warner for the welcomed our first grandchild, Hayden, in 2/13. At the very least we will be spending more time on first time, but he has kept in touch with a few class- My husband, Dave, and I love to travel when not the Left Coast.” mates. Greg majored in forestry, and after 10 years working and/or babysitting and are making plans in the woods, got a law degree, worked in Philadel- for our next adventure. 70 MH phia doing civil litigation, then left to go in-house NEIL KIELY 25 years ago. He is now the U.S. compliance lawyer Claire “Sammi” Schmidt Jones has found for a large international medical-device company. a dream job in her old age—working for NEC, 111 Ferry Rd Married 31 years, with two adult daughters, he where she manages Warner Bros. telecommunica- lives in southeastern Pennsylvania. Greg fishes in tions at the Burbank Studio Lot. While she admits Bristol RI 02809-2902 and around the Chesapeake, hunts (from Patagonia it is glamorous, having the rare and momentary eye to the Northwest Territories), and spends time on contact with the likes of Conan, Ashton, and Ellen, [email protected] his motorbike. most of her time is spent investigating why some big-shot producer’s speed-dial button doesn’t work. I hope you are all well and had an enjoyable John “JT” Witty and his wife, Ellyn Spragins She attended an NMH event in Santa Monica and summer. My summer began at NMH, where my ’72, are now empty nesters so have decided to met up with Carol Ramsey and Tess Pemantel Alumni Council responsibilities (reunion advisory downsize. They sold their home in Pennington, Dunhoff, who admired the dummy smocks and committee) include working with reunion classes. N.J., and are renting for a year in Malvern, Pa., white dress she donated to the NMH Archives. Her Even though I was not responsible for the class while exploring more permanent options. John weekends are spent riding her quarter horse around of ’69 45th reunion, it was wonderful to see and continues as a freelance financial writer. John “JD” the hills in Topanga Canyon and Chatsworth, Ca- reconnect with so many familiar faces and names Martin has announced that he will retire as head lif., where many old western movies were filmed. from that class. I spent time with Stan Stalla, who of St. Andrew’s School in Barrington, R.I., after 18 entered Mt. Hermon with ’69 but then took a year years. Our youngest son attended the school for In May, she had a sunset dinner overlook- off, which is why he graduated with us. It was won- two years, so I can report firsthand that he did an ing Laguna Beach with Athan Billias and Rick derful to see and spend quality time with Stan, who incredible job during his tenure. From enroll- Brown, who was in town from New York to visit spends most of his year living in Burundi, Africa. ment to increased endowment to physical plantDisneyland with his family. Athan uses his musical He had a terrific time connecting with friends from improvements to improved college placement—the talents and business acumen at Yamaha. Rick ’69 but said his “heart is with MH ’70.” Hopefully, difference he made is truly remarkable. The good manages budgets for the city of New York, working he can return in June for his second 45th reunion news for us is that we might finally get to see JD in downtown Manhattan in the financial district. in two years. at a reunion. Commencement at St. Andrew’s hasThe evening’s highlight was an impromptu phone always conflicted with NMH dates. Frank Cowan call to Michael Wilson, who is alive and well in Yes, this is my way to segue into reminding you has moved to Canaan, Vt., to oversee the care ofDenver, Colo., working with at-risk teens. He that our 45th reunion will take place next spring, his aging parents. surprised us by announcing he and his wife have a June 4–7, 2015. Our 40th reunion was wonderful new baby boy. and included many classmates returning to campus That’s a wrap for me. Always thrilled to hear for their first reunion. I am confident that we can from you and I continue to pursue obtaining email In June, Sammi visited her brother, Tom duplicate that success next June and begin to lay addresses for all of you. Schmidt ’73, in Twinsburg, Ohio, which is the the groundwork for our 50th reunion in 2020. If home of the Twins Days festival, a huge celebration you would like to participate in reunion planning, 71 N we would love to have your help. As usual, we will REBECCA GOHMANN Claire “Sammi” Schmidt Jones ’70 and Rick Brown ’70 had attempt to include unique and class-specific events, lunch together in California. such as a Friday golf tournament and a musical per- BECHHOLD formance. Mark your calendars and let me know if you would like to get more involved. It is both 4755 Miami Rd enjoyable and gratifying. If there are any members of Northfield ’70 who are reading this, you are also Cincinnati OH 45243-4037 encouraged and welcomed to get involved. [email protected] Nice to hear from Leslie Clifford. After a 40- year career in education, which included teaching Greetings and thanks to those who replied to my at Oldfields, Berkshire, Ravenscroft, Berkshire email seeking updates. I continue to be amazed by Country Day, and Miss Hall’s schools, Les and his how deep our bonds go with our Northfield class- wife, Elizabeth Lewis Clifford, retired in 6/14. Liz mates. I interact at various intervals with friends I hold dear from our school days. And each time, no68 I NMH Magazine

matter how long it has been between encounters, it bench press. Their “grandkids” are two rescued pit down the wintry hill, the ones who gave me theis as if we were never apart. We pick up right where bull mixes. The breed is outlawed in Denver, so the most laughs, and perhaps both. (However, I do re-we left off. Social media help keep us current on shelters near there are filled with the breed. Jane member as if yesterday the evening ‘quack’ sessionsone level, but it is that deep love and respect for says: “Most are very loving, loyal dogs.” that would erupt from Cottage V, and always dreweach other that makes our friendships unassailable. a knot of appreciative fans post-West Hall dinner.)” Alwyn Taylor Chase lives in South Florida, Is old age, senility creeping in? Whatever. Check Leigh Hansen and Janet Bruggemeyer Wilson where she works for Mercator Asset Management out the site. Maybe it’ll get Jamie Creed or Markmet for lunch in the Ft. Myers, Fla., airport in early as a marketing and client service person. She’s “Ben” Dover to resurface? Think about it.April. “We had a wonderful time thinking about slowly phasing into retirement, aiming at full retire-our time at Northfield and ‘where did the time go’ ment in ’15. “Then I need to find a new mission, To close out the column, at deadline came theand ‘who would have thought 40-plus years later, i.e., part-time work, volunteer activity, etc. I live following from Peter McFarren, who apparentlyhere we would be having lunch in the airport?’” in a condo near the beach in Boca Raton, so it’s a has escaped from Bolivia with his empire intact great location, but just don’t see myself sitting at and resettled in the post-Arab Spring of Sisi’s new Jane Linker pulled off a surprise sing-a-long the pool all day once I retire. Egypt as follows: “My wife, Mela, and I packed upwith more than 50 people for her father’s 90th and reduced our lives to five suitcases and moved tobirthday in 8/13 at his retirement community. Jane “I have so many good memories from NMH. It Cairo, where we have been living and working forlost her brother to brain cancer in ’12, and this was such a great experience for me, and much more over a year now. I am working for Hill InternationalMay was diagnosed with breast cancer herself. Jane meaningful than the years at Wellesley.” Alwyn stays as the fundraising specialist at the Grand Egyptiankeeps in touch with her junior year roommate, in touch with Anne Nashold, Sally Kilroy Talbot, Museum. It has been a great opportunity to workGinger Mead Schmidt, as she and her husband Jeannie Heston ’70, and Lisa Demartini Ogburn. at what is considered the largest museum project incontinue their work with the orphanage in Haiti. “I the world whilst getting to know the country andlove to read about our class and finding old friends 71 MH Egyptians, who have been very welcoming. It is afrom NMH on Facebook.” DAVID C. ELDREDGE very different world from our lives in Bolivia and the U.S. We have lived through the protests and political Claudia Istel just completed her 28th year 311 E 10th St, Apt 1B changes and gotten to appreciate the amazing history,teaching high-school math. She serves on the pro- culture, and peoples of Egypt. It is never too late tofessional development committee there and advises New York NY 10009-5106 start a new career and explore new worlds.the National Honor Society. She also is a deaconand the clerk of her church, serves as a trustee for [email protected] “Last year I also came out with my eighth book,the local cemetery, and is a 4-H volunteer leader. which I co-authored with Fadrique Iglesias, titledWhen she and her husband have free time, they Was it the coldest winter on record? If not in most The Devil’s Agent: The Life, Times and Crimes ofcontradance and take walks in the woods. Their recent memories? One that made trudging up Nazi Klaus Barbie. It is based on articles I wrote forolder daughter is married and lives in California. Chapel Hill to West Hall for breakfast in February many publications in the 1980s and his order-Their younger daughter is at home, taking college seem like a walk in the park? OK, I’m coming from ing my arrest while I was working on a New Yorkcourses part time. Claudia’s mother is in a nursing a Northeast perspective, and I know it’s midsum- Times article in 1981. The book tells of his workinghome, and she takes care of her mother’s affairs. “I mer, but in the middle of a frigid February, the as a U.S. and German spy, weapons trader, andfeel blessed to have a wonderful family, live in a following email arrived out of nowhere to warm my conspiring to overthrow civilian governments insupportive community, and have good friends, heart, as I hope it does yours. Bolivia and other Latin American countries. I hopemeaningful work, and activities that I hope help my next book with be on the people and culturalmake a positive difference in the world.” “I’m writing to you today because I see that you treasures of Egypt. I have also been studying and are the class correspondent for the Mt. Hermon preparing for certifications in fundraising and Nancy Peterson Crovetti: “You had me at Class of ’71. I was a freshman when you were a project management. I look forward to connectingbishop’s bread. I do, indeed, still make that from senior, and if my memory is correct (which it may with our former classmates.”time to time—well, OK, one time a year—usually well not be) you were Stetson Heiser’s roommatearound Christmas.” Nancy still works at Gumdrop in Cottage V your senior year. I lived in Cottage Our collective heart continues to go out to MikeBooks, where she is a bid coordinator and does V, 224, with Paul McGill as my floor officer or “Rookie” Ruane and ever-lovely wife, Marcia, duecustomer-service-type things. She finally finished whatever we called them. Anyway, a couple of years to the tragic and senseless loss of their son in aher bachelor’s from the University of Iowa in ’12. “I ago, when I got my first of two hip replacements, I helicopter crash in England last January.had been taking one or two classes a semester for was in the hospital bed, drugged to the gills, and10 years to finally finish. I live in southcentral Iowa, to try to restore some mental focus, I found myself But to end on a happy note, anybody want tothree miles from the Missouri border, with my dog, trying to remember the roster of the 1970–71 Mt. wager on whether Rookie and Marcia are the first toDillon. Widowed in 2000 after five brief years of Hermon hockey team. It actually came back to arrive for 45 in 2015? And to keep yours truly happy,marriage. My daughter, Dorothy (soon to be 40), me pretty quickly, in detail, and I later thought I how ’bout some fodder for the next column?lives in Providence, Ky., with her husband and two should write this down someday. It was, after all, assons. The elder starts high school in the fall, and you and your classmates can uniquely appreciate, 72 NMHhis brother will be in seventh grade. I have had a ‘the last Mt. Hermon hockey team.’ I have written KAREN BESHAR ZAKALIKfew essays published by Sasee magazine, a regional those memories down and posted them to www.publication in Myrtle Beach, S.C. A couple of hermonhockey71.com. It’s a weird labor of love. 397 Woodbridge Avethem are in the online archives (www.sasee.com)— When I think of the work assignments I’ve fallenone in particular, ‘Swan Song,’ is about having sung behind on because of this, I have to question my Buffalo NY 14214-1529in the choirs at Northfield. The other is about dogs.” sanity. No explaining the power of nostalgia. If you enjoy this, David, and want to share it with your [email protected] Jane Merrill Berube still teaches dance classes classmates, feel free. Best wishes, Ed Pitoniak ’74.”and directs the Mas Uda Middle Eastern Dancers. facebook.com/groups/47624874849Her husband retired this spring. Their daughter As I wrote back to Ed: “You remember me quiteand son-in-law still love living near Denver. She is a correctly; I wish I could visualize you. But then, be- TOM SISSONdoctor of physical therapy, and he’s a civil engineer. ing on the other side of Cottage V and not one ofTheir son still works part time for Goodwill and my ‘charges,’ I trust you can forgive me. And to be 86 Punchbowl Trailis involved in Special Olympics—he had personal truthful, I can only conjure just a few of those froshbests in recent regionals—175 lb. deadlift and 60 lb. faces/names, probably the ones who raised the most West Kingston, RI 02892-1033 trouble and ended up ferrying my laundry up and [email protected] From Tom: As I write this column, I want to give special thanks to all who contributed to this fall 2014 I class notes I 69

issue. There are many of you out there that receive she herded goats in the mountains of southern my commitments to the board.” Daughter Allysonthe magazine and jump right to the 1972 NMH France, which she writes about in her Pushcart- graduated cum laude from Columbia in ’12 with aclass notes section. We need all of you to take a nominated story “The Urban Goatherd.” With a degree in art history. She works at Sperone-Westwa-few minutes and tell us a little about what’s been master’s in social work, she worked with people ter and loves living in the West Village. Son Austingoing on in your life. You can also connect with the with disabilities for 20 years. Daughter Kristen is a graduates from Williams in December with a dualclass on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/ junior at MIT, and Elizabeth has returned to writ- major in astronomy/astrophysics and art. Bill pur-groups/47624874849/. We have a large number ing. She publishes a newsletter and website, The chased a chassis leasing business in ’12 with a pri-of members in the group. Take a look and you will Writers Connection, and is writing a gift book with vate equity firm and enjoys being back at work aftercatch up fast with lost friends. uplifting ideas called Life Kind of Sucks. She and her a six-year hiatus, serving on public, charity, and husband, Paul, live on Fox Island, Wash. school boards. “Final words on NMH—the school By the time you read this. I will have gotten is in a very good place right now. The consolidationthrough another season of summer camp, gone John Bleh is still a marketing consultant, which is completed and the school’s financial health, ashiking three times in the White Mountains in New leads him to interesting places around the world— well as quality of the student body, is secure. I amHampshire, rebuilt another old Jeep, and have my Norway in July, Argentina in December. John so excited about our NMH students—in a word,gear ready for another great season of skiing. No hopes to see Faith Glazier Toraby this fall on Nan- they are interesting. I enjoy every chance to con-plans on retiring—too young. tucket. He saw Steve White in Maine last summer nect with them when I am on campus. Our new and hopes to see him again this August. Son John head of school, Peter Fayroian, has acclimated well, Robin Smith-Johnson works two jobs: news- Bleh ’07 is the communications coordinator at and we are beginning the strategic planning processroom librarian at the Cape Cod Times and adjunct Sugarbush Mountain in Vermont. to guide NMH for the next decade.” Bill is lookingfaculty member in the English department at Cape forward to going back to the NCAA lacrosse cham-Cod Community College. Her first book of poems, David Kotfila writes that last year he read pionships with Bill Campbell, Chrispin Philpot,Dream of the Antique Dealer’s Daughter, came out more than 200 books on Buddhist concepts of en- Geno Pena, and, hopefully, Lance MacClean.in 12/13. Robin lives in Mashpee, Mass., with her lightenment and would love to discuss them withhusband, Greg, and oldest son, Ross. classmates who happen to be passing through Cam- After 22 years, Richard Klyce sold his business bridge, N.Y. David taught network engineering at and retired. Travel is on the immediate horizon. Toya Doran Gabeler became a grandmother Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for 13 years. He and his wife will tour the western U.S. a littlethis year for the first time. She has done a lot of bit at a time in their camper. This summer theytraveling—Singapore, Sarawak, Bali, Argentina, Andrew Howe lives in Jackson, N.H. He still planned on sailing on Lake Pend Orielle in Idaho.and Uruguay, and, of course, to her hometown of works in advertising sales for SAIL Magazine. No In the fall they planned a weeklong sailing classMattapoisett, Mass. In the summer, she often sees plans to retire. His two children have master’s on Puget Sound. “If we like living on a larger boat,Lisa Paszamant Clark ’71 and Ben Hansbury, degrees and are off and running. “Our life in the one idea is to spend winters sailing in the Bahamaswho both live there. As she nears retirement, Toya is mountains finds us Alpine and Nordic skiing as and summers exploring the country via camper ortrying to decide where to live in the winter months. much as we can in the winter. In the summer, we motorcycle, using our home in Oregon as a base. head to the Maine coast to spend a lot of time The transition from being immersed in the business Craig Ward was headed to his biannual trip cruising on our sailboat.” world to being retired has been a little difficult, butfor Atlantic salmon fishing with his brother-in-law surf, sun, sand, and sailing will be good substitutes.”in early July. Craig’s son, Michael, is on the four- Frank Brewer is busy at Criswell Automotiveman B team of the U.S. Nordic Combined Team. in Gaithersburg, Md., ”starting some new projects Bonnie Schwarcz Kurtz teaches early child-One of those four will make it onto the five-man supplying vehicles to Uber drivers in the D.C. area hood special education in an integrated pre-KOlympic team. This part of his life consumes him, and gearing up the local school systems to be ready setting. “I love my job, because I get to use all ofwith fundraising events, chasing races, and keeping with all types of vehicles for administration and the Spanish I learned for four years at NMH. Myup with his son. maintenance. We continue to supply many new po- husband of 36 years has just opened his new office lice vehicles to the state of Maryland and all of the in New York City, Kurtz Psychology Consulting Toby Wolinsky Liebowitz is an empty nester in counties.” Frank’s daughter got married in March PC. We are all so excited for him.”Rhode Island, living in a cottage on Narragansett and has landed a great job with a company calledBay. “Our older son married in October. We’re “2U.” His son, Eli, lives in Boca Raton, Fla., and Gwyneth Jones Radloff recently retired after 34heading for Chicago in July to visit our younger works for the Boca Raton Resort & Beach Club but years as a federal government attorney and movedson, a struggling but happy musician. I’m still will soon be traveling to all of the parent company to Baltimore, where her husband, Scott, worksteaching at the Rhode Island School for the Deaf properties to increase profit and efficiency. “Gloria for Johns Hopkins. “We bought binoculars andand starting to contemplate retirement.” She lost and I have been married 37 years in November and moved into a condo that overlooks the harbor. It istouch with almost everyone from NMH and now continue to plan for our retirement and love our fun watching the ships come and go, while I avoidenjoys catching up with them on Facebook. She time on the Wicked Blues in the Chesapeake Bay.” unpacking.” Daughter Katie (25) is a data analystdid visit Jean Earle Brown in ’02 and Sarah for the U.S. Dairy Export Council, and daughterChapin ’75 in ’11. After 13 years as an NMH trustee, Bill Shea Chrissy (23) is in an accelerated nursing program at will retire as chair in 5/15. “It has been an honor Georgetown to become a nurse practitioner. Gwyn- We heard from Elizabeth Corcoran Murray for to serve, especially with classmate Betsy Compton,the first time. She moved to the Pacific Northwest who often kept me focused and reminded me of allin ’74, where she’s remained, although in 1980Bonnie Schwarcz Kurtz ’72 and her godson in her Channing Harris ’72 and Doug Adair ’72 got together Dave Skinner ’72 and his family. L. to r.: Michael, Michelle,classroom recently in Connecticut. Robyn ’97, Dianne, and Dave. 70 I NMH Magazine

eth accompanied Scott on a work trip to Prague to our yearly trip to Prince Edward Island, which is more NMH friends there. After reconnecting with and Lake Como. where we’d really like to live.” Will Matthews at our last reunion, Brad had fun visiting with Will and Sharon over the summer. Ric Stobaeus invites everyone to Dominica, In May ’13, Mark Ellis graduated from Liberty a magical place of rivers, mountains, and the sea, Theological Seminary in Virginia with a Master Channing Harris writes: “I had such a goodwhere farming, teaching, and treating animals of Divinity in professional ministry and is now time at our 40th reunion that I returned the past keeps him busy. Daughter Keiko ’07 will be a sum- looking for a church to pastor. Mark took early two years to see other friends from the classes near mer teaching intern at NMH. Next is physician’s retirement from his job as an editor at the Telegram ours and make new friends, too. June is a beautiful assistant school and then a Ph.D. in public health. & Gazette of Worcester, Mass., in ’10 to go back to time to visit and great to see former faculty. This Nobuki ’04 is a vet in Tampa, Fla. Emiko is starting school. He first earned a master’s in liberal studies month I was impressed by the eight new faculty her third year at the College of Coastal Georgia. from Excelsior College in Albany, N.Y., before family homes built on the edge of the meadowKenji just graduated from Rabun Gap Nacoochee going to Liberty. In February ’12, Mark was diag- to the north of Crossley. Jeff Kessler joined meSchool and will be starting at Berry College this nosed with leukemia and has been under treatment as we celebrated the memory of Mary Lighthall fall, following Nobuki and Keiko. Youngest son, since then. Mark lives in Gardner, Mass., and is Compton ’44 and Mec Peller, for whom the twoAkira, is headed to India with the NMH Summer raising his granddaughter, Maggie (12), who he latest houses are named. Betsy Compton, a formerAbroad program. Akira will graduate from Rabun says is too smart for her own good. trustee, was instrumental in making the houseGap Nacoochee School in ’15. Both Berry College named for her mother possible, and she shared and Rabun Gap Nacoochee School were modeled DeeDee Higgins Nuanes and her husband, special memories. Sang ‘Jerusalem’ four times, in- after NMH, with strong farm and work programs. John, went to Spain last February to trace his cluding the Emerson Lake and Palmer version per-“It was a blast two years ago at our NMH reunion. ancestry back to Val Verde de Llerena near Sevilla, formed by Peter King’s ’74 band.” Channing hadGo visit NMH whenever you can. The students where they actually met a cousin in the town a great visit with Doug Adair when he returned and the faculty need to see a very engaged group of square. In Madrid, Claudia Costanzo and her to Connecticut to visit his father. They hiked East alumni. NMH is home for us. Keep it close to your husband, Javier, hosted them for a dinner at their Rock in New Haven. Channing promises to post hearts, always.” home. DeeDee was planning a trip to Nantucket on the class Facebook page the next time Doug this summer, where she expected to spend some is coming, so we can have a minireunion hike. Dave Skinner retired May 1 as the CFO and time with Lucinda Young, catching up on the past Channing’s work as a landscape architect keepsCOO of a reinsurance company (insurance for 40 years since they last saw each other. DeeDee and him busy on campuses in the Northeast. He givesinsurance companies) in Bermuda. “I’m managing Sarah Hollman Jennings recently celebrated their architectural tours with New Haven’s Preservationto fill up the time between playing music, serv- big 6-0 birthdays at lunch in L.A. DeeDee had the Trust and was a guest lecturer at Yale this spring.ing on several charity boards, and fishing. I just chance to talk with Denise Jones when she was in His daughter is studying nursing at Salve Reginafinished a tournament last week, which my team L.A. on business recently. On her next trip to the in Newport, R.I., and wife, Theresa, continues towon, qualifying us to fish in the Offshore World area, they plan a get-together. work for Yale, doing art restoration and teaching.Championship in Costa Rica next year.” Dave Channing has recovered enough from a leg injuryran into Brian Winthrop at the NAMM show in Erik Lindgren will be doing a weeklong music a couple years ago to continue hiking, swimming,Anaheim, Calif., in January after seeing his post residency at Tufts in late September culminating and a little kayaking. on Facebook. “It was cool to catch up over dinner.” with a 60th birthday concert retrospective. OriginalDave and his wife, Dianne, have three children: chamber compositions will be performed along 73 NMHMichael lives in London (U.K.); Michelle lives with works by his new-music ensemble, Birdsongs HEATHER BLANCHARD TOWERin the north of England; and Robyn ’97 lives in of the Mesozoic.Bermuda. “We rarely get to the U.S. these days, 46 Main St hence my nonattendance at any reunions, which is Jeff Kessler and his wife, Laura, serve on sever- something I regret. My work travel is mainly to the al community boards, and Jeff is a representative to Northfield MA 01360-1023U.K. I am on Facebook and am FB friends with their regional planning commission. Their daughter some of our classmates.” is a senior at Colby-Sawyer College, and their son [email protected] is a senior at Kimball Union Academy. Jeff writes: Celia Popper Carboni has a bachelor’s in politi- “I try to attend the few games KUA plays against BILL STEWART cal science and a master’s in social work, but some- NMH and usually wear an NMH shirt, which how she ended up in IT consulting with Fidelity, KUA’s head of school is OK with because he sees 28 Wildwood Pl consulting to internal business groups. Daughter who I am actually cheering for.” Laura and JeffGabby is a senior at Skidmore, and son Sandro ’15 ran into Brad Graves in Boston in February and El Cerrito CA 94530-2049 lives in Overtoun, now called Tron, is rowing and enjoyed a dinner with him. Channing Harris and playing hockey. “It is strange and wonderful to be Jeff were at the last reunion and had a great time [email protected] back on campus so frequently.” Celia lives in Need- getting to know members of the class of ’74. ham, Mass., where she is ruled by their cats and From Heather: The campus is quiet now; Sacred surrounded by friends. “All year, we look forward After 27 years at Roche, Brad Graves decided it Concert, the Chat, and graduation are all memo- was time for a new beginning. He is now consult- ries. Each was special in its own way and just as ing with a firm in the Boston area and hopes to see moving as you remember. I had the pleasure of hav- ing my children present for Sacred Concert (SaraFrank Brewer ’72 loves to fish off his boat, Wicked Blues. Jeff Kessler ’72 and Brad Graves ’72 in Boston Moshe Liebowitz, Gabe Liebowitz, Adam Liebowitz, Kate Lerner, and Toby Wolinsky Liebowitz ’72 at Adam’s wedding fall 2014 I class notes I 71

’07 singing and Chris ’05 in attendance). Check living in New Hampshire, via Facebook or email. more time together and to return.out the pictures from Sacred Concert, and you’ll Contact Bill for his address. Those who came included: Chuck Adams; Ericsee a great picture of us all outside the Auditoriumafter the concert. I had a wonderful time joining Mark Spitzer writes: “Had friends visiting for Teot and wife, Kim; Eric Bam; Judy Armbrusterthe class of ’74 for reunion and saw many friends I climbing and just passing through. Got a call the from Colorado; Claire Bamberg, who officiatedhadn’t seen in a long time. The memorial service for day the crowd thinned out that Kamila’s father had at our class service of remembrance; Evelyn “Lyn”the Burnhams in Rhode Island brought together had a stroke, so we flew to Prague immediately. Her Tranfield Bennett, reunion co-chair, and hus-many more alums and faculty two weeks after re- dad has recovered fully. While there, some miscre- band, Dave; Kate Barber and husband, Edwardunion. It was a special service that brought chuckles ants kicked in our front door and burgled us, but it Pitoniak; Annette Blue and James Rodgers;and tears as we said good-bye to two people who was just stuff. Family is well, all that truly matters. Phyllis Martling Brackett with husband, David;impacted many lives. In the midst of the flurry of activity, I got a new John Burnham and his wife, Rachel Balaban, who job. I’m writing this from Skagway, Alaska. I’m came despite the recent loss of his parents; Jon David Holleb writes:”Regina and I cycled 300 now a passenger physician for the cruise ship line Begg; and Peter Allenby. Holt McChord, Scottmiles down Lake Ontario in early June. We started Holland America. August sees me on a cruise to Johnson, David Foell, and Jeff McDonough drovein Toronto with a group of alumni from Alfred the Baltic from Dover, England, to St. Petersburg, from New York City on Saturday. Peter OlsenUniversity, traveled through the wine country of Russia (and back, I trust). The cruise is chartered by took breathtaking photos of Northfield. CarterCanada, and ended our trip at Alfred, N.Y. The Garrison Keillor and the “Prairie Home Compan- Wooten Rountree emailed the day before sayinghighlights of the trip were Niagara on the Lake, ion” entourage. They said I could bring a spouse, yes, and got to room with former roommatesLetchworth State Park, and Toronto. Perhaps we but didn’t specify whose. Kamila has paddling Nancy Doonan Coppelman and Lisa Healdcould organize an NMH alumni bike ride.” plans already set for that time. I’ll follow up with Zuar. Pamela Miller Dysenchuk roomed again the next alumni news.” with Susan Fenske McDonough. Ginny Risk Mark DeGarmo continues to have amazing recently moved from California back to Mas-dance performances and ideas as he brings his Bill Stewart still works for AIDS Healthcare sachusetts. Andre Fleuriel came with Mark Boyd;energy to New York City children. Check out his Foundation. “In my off-time, I help care for a huge Doug Creed brought partner, Ricardo. Barbarawebsite—markdegarmoarts.org. succulent and rose garden on our small patio, play Forshay flew in from California to see friends recorder, and sing with two groups. I’m about to Alison Manes Krasner and Susan Perkins Stark. Please send your news to your faithful secretaries start lessons on viola da gamba. I’m on the boards Christopher Matthews, who recently returnedso your classmates know where you are and what of the West Edge Opera and the San Francisco Early to North Carolina from Seville, and I walked theyou’re up to; they really do want to know. Music Society, which just had a very successful fes- campus Friday afternoon, and on Sunday morning tival. Had dinner with Susan Hirschmann ’71 and we repeated it with Meredith “Merry” O’Dowd From Bill: Greg Burrill is celebrating 10 years of her three daughters during their visit to Berkeley. Adams. I roomed with Merry, who induced meliving in Portland, Ore., nine years as a substitute to row Saturday morning and who organized ateacher, and 22 years since he decided to go from After 17 years working as a journalist in Africa, bike ride that afternoon with Thomas Lawler andhigh-school dropout and professional musician to and then another 10 selling screenplays to Hol- Lyn. Others included Elizabeth “Betty” Edwardsphilosopher, teacher, and do-gooder. He still plays lywood studios, Michael Maren tossed it awaymusic regularly but no longer thinks of it as how in ’11 and set out to write, direct, and produce an Johnson, Ned Craun, Philip “Ska” Faulkner,he makes a living. Greg is looking forward to the indie film. That all came together this May whennext incarnation of the class of ’73 Reunion Band A Short History of Decay was released in New York Miriam “Mimi” Stinchfield, Aileen “Cricket”(Pierce Campbell, Brad Morgan, Joe Klein, Ja- and in art houses around the country. Michael wasmie Voos, and David Torrey). “Although I am still delighted to run into Dave King at a screening in Swenson Perry, and Linnea “Lyn” Maravell.single and childless, it is possible that I will give Millerton, N.Y., but then was dismayed to discover Also attending were Pamela Washer O’Connerbirth to my first book this year. I am writing about that he had been shut out of the sold-out show. with husband, Mike; Laura Nelson with husband,an ideal public education from the standpoint Michael writes: “I’m at the bottom of the mountain Bob; and Keith Gray with wife, Agnes. Josephineof various education stakeholders.” Greg enjoys again, about to pull together another independent “Josie” Hart and Anne Lawrence Sallee camethe class Facebook page. A recent post suggested film.” up from Florida. Jonathan Towne performed aminireunions around the country for those who clarinet recital in the Rhodes Arts Center, where Ican’t make it back to campus. Greg writes: “We 74 NMH ran into Dave Twombly, who ecstatically arrivedWest Coast folk would love to show you why we STEPHANIE LYNN GERSON Saturday afternoon despite family illness. Peterabandoned the East Coast megalopolis.” and Dawn Dayton King’s band played Saturday 877 Oakdale Circle night at Grandin Hall. Many danced and sang John Thomas was recently appointed to a three- along to “Jerusalem,” and John Burnham played ayear term as chair of the Department of Natural Millersville MD 21108-1434 somber tune.Sciences at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.Founded in 1959 on Henry Ford’s estate, the cam- [email protected] Andre Fleuriel writes: “I’m still reveling in allpus has about 9,000 students, a majority the first the fun I had at reunion. The weather was spectacu-in their families to attend college. Faculty members Fifty ’74ers descended on NMH for our 40th lar, the company was superb. I was reminded why Ihave dedicated research laboratories, core facilities, reunion, June 5–8. Banners and balloons beck- value NMH so much.”and more than 70 acres of the largest green space oned us to third-floor Crossley. Susan Fenskewithin miles of Detroit. John writes: “Our model is McDonough drove her SUV loaded with a party: David Foell offers: “Our adventure broughtthe teacher/scholar model, where research can often yummy cheeses, crackers, salsas, dips and chips, to mind the film The Big Chill. So what does theinvolve undergraduate students.” veggies and fruit, M&Ms and Twizzlers. David funeral of this film have to do with a reunion? It’s Jones procured beer, wine, and juices. NMH a collection of former friends, connected with Rob Howland reports that he has a new job reunion staff, Sam Downes ’13 and Colby Bou- the thin string of a common history, who comeat the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative in dreau ’16, provided cookies and bottled water, and together for a brief meeting. And like the film,Plymouth, N.H., after working as an independent carried bags. The only thing missing was the coffee the best parts of our reunion were unplanned,consultant in the electric power industry for most we stole from the class of ’64, two floors below. Jef- moments of unprogrammed time when we justof the last 12 years. It is a great job working with frey Kessler ’72, Channing Harris ’72, and NMH wandered, absorbing and reconnecting with thegreat people and Rob doesn’t think there is any archivist Peter Weis ’78 joined our crew. We had historical record hidden in our memories andtruth to the rumor that John Miller has disowned perfect blue skies, luscious greens of summer. How brought forward by the familiar features of thehim for taking a job outside of Vermont. Rob exciting to be back at school. People wished for Connecticut River Valley.”would like to hear from classmates, especially those Holt McChord had a fantastic time reconnect-72 I NMH Magazine

NMHers who attended the memorial service for Anne and David Burnham gathered at Moses Brown after the service: “For some unfathomable reason, I woke up at 4 amStanding, l. to r.: Joe McVeigh ’76, Paul Burnham ’72, Kathy Piscuskas ’79, Bob Compton ’72, Martha Piscuskas ’78, on Saturday and looked out the window to see theLouise Burnham Packard ’78, David Jones ’74, Neige Torrey Christenson, Will Torrey ’76, John Burnham ’74, Kathy Torrey, campus in fog. I walked to Overton taking photos.and Steve Burnham ’77. Kneeling: Deborah Allenby Albert ’78, Ellen McVeigh Crawford ’78, and David Torrey ’73. Sunday afternoon I went to Northfield to snap the Victorian architecture.” Merry Adams bought aing with friends, and regrets having to leave early NMH experience was framed. Sometimes life just sandwich in Northfield and then drove onto theSunday before he’d spent time with everyone. “A draws you where you need to be, and I needed to Northfield campus and took some photos.shout-out to all who worked hard to make dorm return to that school in the Connecticut River Val-living an enjoyable experience.” ley to be regrounded and refreshed. Thanks all. I’ll Betty Edwards Johnson brought memorabilia be back, and it won’t take another 30 years.” to share—a two-campus bus schedule, some theater Facebook connections helped promote reunion, programs, and her “flower power” dummy smock.says Barbara Forshay. “We nudged and nagged Josie Hart says this was the best reunion yet. Betty enjoyed meeting Peter Weis ’78, the son offriends to attend. It was a gorgeous weekend in the Her most memorable reunion events: Claire one of her math teachers, and seeing another mathsplendor of forgotten nature. The renegade group Bamberg’s remarks at the dedication of the class teacher, Al Higgins ’50. “Both were very influentialwanted to be outside as much as possible and tree; dancing and hanging out in Grandin listening and prepared me well for the rigors of college and amissed some class events and photo.” to Peter King’s, The Prescription; Jonathan Towne’s career in the sciences.” concert; hanging out in the lounge. “The weekend Allison Manes Krasner writes: “I felt like I was was full of special moments, and the Mec Peller John Burnham writes: “With the loss of my17 again. I left with a full heart from seeing those faculty housing dedication was that.” parents the Wednesday night before, I wasn’t surewho had made my youth so much fun. Our con- I would make it to reunion at all. Rachel and I ar-versations brought 40 years of life into perspective. Nancy Doonan Coppelman followed our rived a day later than planned, but by noon SundayI’m looking forward to another class party. Don’t reunion by seeing daughter Julia graduate from I felt loved, supported, and grounded in the uniqueforget to donate generously to our class scholarship Northwestern a few days later. Julia is now a legal history, space, sights, and songs of NMH. By then,and Annual Fund.” assistant at Sanford Heisler in Washington, D.C. my main disappointment was that I didn’t arrive Daughter Anna, a classics junior at Kenyon, is sooner to spend more time hearing all of your Ginny Risk regretted not being able to be studying in Athens fall semester. Nancy enjoys her stories. I’d like to thank Sue, Dave, and our othereverywhere. “Wasn’t it like that when we were work at Framingham Heart Study, recruiting par- organizers for making our reunion possible and forstudents, too?” ticipants for neuropsychology testing and keeping giving me such a welcoming space to come home the project moving. to. At least a dozen alums, including some in our Chuck Adams made it for an afternoon and class, acknowledged to me the roles my parentsevening after his daughter’s (9) soccer game. “I Judy Armbruster writes: “The older we get, the played in their formative years as students, whichlived at Mt. Hermon for three years, and there were more precious the reunions become.” reminded me what a difference a school, and themany people I never met on the other campus. Too teachers within it, can make, year after year. Forbad we have to wait another five years.” Lyn Tranfield Bennett says: “Relaxing in those of you who stayed for the Sunday morning Crossley lounge was rich with sharing memories service at Memorial Chapel, the ‘Northfield Bene- Annette Blue had a great time, as always, and and much laughter at teenage events. As we walked diction’ was sung beautifully in Hebrew and thenlooks forward to the next reunion. “Maybe Bonita around the campus, we said: ‘Wow, this place is in English by Charles Wantman ’59, who was aHyman will block her schedule to give us one of beautiful. Did we appreciate it when we were here?’ freshman in Cottage II in ’56 when I was livingher great concerts.” Followed by: ‘Yeah—remember watching the fog there in utero. He gave my father, his dorm head, rolling up from the river?’” full credit for ‘straightening me out.’ Stephanie’s “I hadn’t been back to campus since our 10th contributions to our class notes and our Facebookreunion,” writes Anne Lawrence Sallee. “I wasn’t From Chris Matthews: “It was like meeting community made a huge difference in the turnoutplanning for the 40th until receiving an invitation people for the first time. I enjoyed the walks and and quality of experience we had together. And allcovered with handwritten notes from a dozen talks around campus. It never ceases to amaze, all the of you pitched in, one way or another—even those,classmates, followed by a flurry of emails explaining splendid scenery that we hardly noticed as students.” such as Greg Baker, who couldn’t make it.”how I could leave my Friday meeting, hop a lateflight, be safely collected at Bradley, and driven to Peter Olsen took some phenomenal photos Peter Allenby writes: “The range and spectrumNMH. How could I say no? On arrival, I walked that you can view on our Facebook page. He writes: of travels through time, loves won and lost onthe campus solo, remembering moments of my all fields, was a delightful plunge into all sorts oftwo years there. I soaked in the experience without Sam Koch ’74 and son, Jeffrey Koch ’15, at the 2014 NMH memory banks. Thank you to all in this specialdistraction. This time I got to know and renew spring awards ceremony school and community for reminding us of the im-acquaintances. Then the weekend was over. There portance and priority in life that community holds.”were some I wish I’d had more time to speak withand those I enjoyed getting to know. I talked sail- “My reunion started later than planned,” writesing with Peter Allenby, listened to the music of Claire Bamberg, “and I still had time for hugsPeter King and Jonathon Towne, and caught up and laughs, leading the class in the memorial/with David Jones. We remembered classmates whopassed on, dedicated our tree, and madly tried to Lyn Tranfield Bennett ’74, Meredith O’Dowd Adams ’74,find a working television to watch the disappoint- and Tom Lawler ’74 at the old bridge to Northfield duringing Belmont. When John Burnham and his wife, reunion weekendRachel, walked up the stairs to third Crossley, the fall 2014 I class notes I 73

Members of the class of ’74 at the Northfield waterfall during and girls and whipped us into a reasonable facsimile gmail.com to join and connect. Wishing you all a of a children’s choir ready to participate in various happy and healthy holiday season.reunion. Kneeling: David Foell. Standing, l. to r.: Holt McChord, seasonal extravaganzas. I remember her enthusiasm and focus on the task at hand. Keeping a dozen or 75 NMHAlison Manes Krasner, Peter Olsen, Barbara Forshay, Jeff so little kids on point for anything is a major accom- KAREN PERKINS plishment. Mrs. Burnham succeeded where othersMcDonough, Susan Perkins Stark, and Tom Lawler. might have justifiably throttled one or two or five of 252 Monte Grigio Dr these little choristers. Thanks, Mrs. Burnham.”remembrance service for our classmates who have Pacific Palisades CA 90272passed, good food, and meeting new friends. It is David Jones writes:”Two weeks after reunion,a phenomenon of being a member of one of the many of us gathered for a beautiful service in [email protected] biggest classes in number ever to graduate (and Providence to remember Anne and Dave Burnham.being painfully ‘shy’) that there are many in the Dave served with my father during his Marine Kim Clough Blackwolf writes: “My daughter,class I have gotten to know since graduation. This Corps service and was instrumental in my father’s Quinn, graduated with honors from Ashland Highreunion I was able to greet in person many I had decision to move to Mt. Hermon in ’65. I first met School and is headed to the University of Oregonmet through Facebook and some whom I hadn’t the Burnhams when I was 9; they hosted my family this fall. She is in Mexico this week as the city ofmet before. We’re an amazing bunch. Highlights until we were ready to move into Dickerson House. Ashland representative to our sister city, Guano-were the hymn sing, the lounge and slide show, They gave selflessly to the NMH community, to juanto. She is also a dancer, a runner (cross-country),visits with friends—familiar and newly made. From students, fellow faculty, and facbrats. They had a and my whole life. I continue with my landscapingreunion I went to my son, Matthew Bamberg- profound positive influence on my youth. Theirs business, as well as teaching urban homesteadingJohnson’s ’02, wedding in Los Olivos, Calif.” was a life lived to the fullest with a beautiful grace; classes. I would love to hear from NMHers.” I consider myself lucky to have known them.” “What a truly amazing, fun, beautiful, bittersweet NMHers who attended the service included Betsy Cynthia Greene still works for EPA New Eng-weekend,” writes Susan Fenske McDonough. It Compton ’72, Dave Piscuskas ’75, Peter Weis land on climate change and energy. She’s busy withwas a pleasure to put together the hospitality lounge ’78, Peter Allenby, Joe McVeigh ’76, Paul Burn- a new clean-power plan proposal and working onwith Dave, Chris, and Betty, and to know that it ham ’72, Kathy Piscuskas ’79, Bob Compton how to help New England communities be resilientfostered connections and storytelling.” ’78, Deborah Allenby Albert ’78, Martha Pis- to climate impacts. Her sons, Nigel (24) and Hunter cuskas ’78, Louise Burnham Packard ’78, Ellen (27), live in the Boston area. Cynthia has been busy Peter and Dawn Dayton King note that the McVeigh Crawford ’78, Neige Torrey Christenson, with house renovations and enjoys kayaking andnatural beauty was matched only by the connec- Will Torrey ’76, David Torrey ’73, John Burnham, gardening. She says: “A good friend’s stepson is goingtions with many long-standing and new friends. “It Kathy Torrey, and Steve Burnham ’77. Our to NMH in the fall, and it has been fun discussingwas a learning weekend: David Jones discussed condolences to John Burnham, Phyllis Martling his next educational experience with him.”personal space and rowing under bridges; Rachel Brackett, and Bill Martling.and John Burnham talked men’s tie designs Henrietta Walker Koffi writes: “Tonight I got ainspired by radiologic images of human anatomy; Sam Koch, who was the soccer coach at UMass- text from Wallace Womble, teasing me about theEric Bam and Tom Lawlor talked about racing Amherst for 23 years, wrote me a month before he weather (it’s 105 in Las Vegas and only 85 here ina cargo ship in a scull. We caught up with Chris died on 7/20/14. His son, Jeffrey Koch ’15, is do- Brooklyn). We talked a little about Frenise Logan,Matthews and his family’s global travels and inter- ing well and loves the dance program. Jeff won the who just started his second career as an elementary-national missionary work. Jonathan Towne’s recital Contributions to the Dance Program Award. Sam school teacher and is feeling fulfilled. We’re both inwas amazing. Our senior French study-abroad was unable to attend reunion due to continued touch with him and talk to him often.”contingent—Judy Armbruster and Claire Bam- cancer treatments, but he said that Jeff enjoyedberg—are still flawlessly fluent in French. Claire working the weekend and was thrilled to meet John and Cynthia Fraser Gallagher’s youngestled a poignant memorial service for class members some of his father’s classmates. Sincere condolences son, Ben, just graduated from Bucknell and is offno longer with us, reminding me of the good to Jeff and the Koch family. Joe McCarthy, Dan to Washington, D.C., to work for an investmentfortune we enjoy in the ability to reunite with the Fickett, Greg Baker, Sam Roundy, Ned Craun, consulting firm. Daughter Catherine works inpeople who made NMH such an important part Dick Peller, and Al Burnett ’62 attended Sam’s strategic marketing in New York City, and Johnnyof our lives. Thanks to the reunion committee and service at Memorial Chapel on 8/3/14. Dick read Gallagher ’09 is a consultant with FactSet ResearchStephanie Gerson for keeping the class together.” the poem, “Farewell my Friends,” by Gitanjali Ghei Systems in New York City. Cynthia writes: “Need- at the service. Go to the Boston Globe and search less to say, we are very proud empty nesters. We John Burnham’s parents, David and Anne Webb for Sam Koch to read the newspaper’s story about will be moving back to Boston later this year, afterBurnham ’44, died on 6/4 and 6/5. David was a his passing. 22 years in Sherborn.”teacher and administrator at Mt. Hermon for manyyears, Anne taught between 1948 and 1973, and Come join our Facebook page. Email JohnS- Ruth Lapin had dinner with Ilene Feldmanthey were dorm parents. Peter Allenby remembers [email protected] or Susan.Perkins.Stark@ Steele and her husband, Mike Hickes, when theythe Burnhams: “I grew up on the Mt. Hermon came from London to New York City. Ruth’s son,campus. Like many of you, I participated in choir L. to r.: Quinn Blackwolf; her mother, Kim Clough Blackwolf Jake, graduated from Tulane, and son Alexanderand choral groups led by the peerless Al Raymond. ’75; Kim’s mother, Mildred Welch Clough ’46; and Kim’s finished his freshman year at the University of Ver-But he wasn’t my first choir director. It was Anne sister, Karyne Clough Dyer mont. Ilene’s daughter, Millie, just graduated fromBurnham. Among the many roles that Mrs. Burn- Clare College, Cambridge University.ham filled in her life at NMH, she took on the taskof corralling a bunch of fidgety, distracted little boys Hong Kong–based Karin Malmstrom finds herself serendipitously exploring the Middle East—Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Oman, and Jordan. In January, she trekked across the Omani desert in the company of seven other women, three camels, a GPS, and a support truck. Judy Stevens Wehrer returned to the Bay Area after 30 years. She met up with Sallie Dillingham Bowling, who hopes they can get together with Chris Blount Graves soon. Judy is looking forward to our 40th reunion next year. John Howley was thrilled to go onstage at Carn-74 I NMH Magazine

Jamison Pond Renning ’75 and her husband, Aaron Renning Judy Stevens Wehrer ’75 and Sallie Dillingham Bowling ’75 7/12/14 at the Basin Harbor Club in Vergennes, Vt. Laura’s sister, Helen Stookey Jones ’74, came egie Hall and present his son, Thomas Howley ’06, our days under Dick Peller´s soccer tutelage. Even from British Columbia to join the celebration.with a J.D. cum laude at the New York Law School though I haven´t played adult soccer in years (bad graduation ceremonies. John is an alumnus and knee), I have played third base for many years with Mary Worthington lives outside Boston and former trustee of the law school. He practices law a Japanese-Brazilian baseball team, which last year has an agency on the South Shore that providesin New York City, specializing in health-care fraud took second place in the national championships. I services to seniors in their homes, helping to keep and whistleblower cases. Thomas will join the New do plan to make it up for my 40th.” parents and their peers at home comfortably andYork law firm of London Fischer LLP as an associ- for as long as possible. She stills enjoys running, ate after the bar exam. As for me, I am enjoying the summer break cycling, and being on the Cape when possible. Her from teaching. I recently spent time with Jamison daughter just earned her master’s from UCLA, and Rob Migliaccio and his wife recently experi- Pond Renning and her husband, Aaron Renning, her older son just graduated from Dickinson Col- enced an eight-day whirlwind of graduations. His at their home in Ballston Spa, N.Y. My son, Bren- lege. Both are lucky enough to be employed. Her stepson, Jack, graduated from the University of dan, just completed his intelligence training with younger son is still at Dickinson College with twoColorado at Boulder with a degree in economics; the Army, and he is a member of the California more years to go. Mary’s been in touch with Phebe his oldest daughter, Kate, graduated from Bank National Guard. At the same time, he is starting atStreet School of Education in New York City with Santa Monica College, planning to major in politi- Gregson, Amy Gladstone-Fischbein, Cathy Cam- a master’s in museum education; and one of his cal science. My daughter, Shannon (21), has onetwins, Emily, graduated from Vermont Law School more year at Maryland Institute College of Art. pione Stein, Steve Hibbard, and Valerie Malter. and will begin practicing environmental litigation Nancy Waldron Smith writes from Lakein the fall. His other stepson, Sam, works in Bos- 76 NMHton, and his other twin daughter, Elizabeth, works SUSAN LORING-WELLS Havasu City, Ariz.: “My husband and I enjoy rid-in New York City. ing our motorcycle. My son, Zed (16), and I spent 12 Ames Haven Rd, PO Box 273 a week outside of Santa Barbara, Calif., camping Charles “Chuck” Theriault has never written with friends, a tradition we’ve had for years. In my until now. He has been working in the Napa Valley Shutesbury MA 01002 off-time, I work for the USPS. Our oldest daughter,region of California for the past 10 years. He has Shannon, lives in San Diego. Patricia, our youngest,traveled a lot to places such as Venice, Christchurch, [email protected] is in Wallace, Calif. Our two middle girls, Erin andTortola, and Peru. Chuck’s daughter graduated Jessica, live in Lake Havasu City. We constantly from UConn. While not at work, Chuck enjoys JOE MCVEIGH have our grandchildren in and out our door. Our his garden, which includes 1,200 strawberry plants oldest granddaughter starts her second year ofthat give him “balance from being in the office.” PO Box 883 college in Las Vegas in September. Our youngestHe makes “about 150 jars of jam annually.” granddaughter (3 ) learned to swim this summer.” Middlebury VT 05753-0883 Nancy has eight grandchildren. Whit Kennedy just completed his 20th yearin São Paulo, Brazil, after initially going there for [email protected] Caroline “Cal” Winer Philip’s twins finished a six-month consulting assignment to set up an high school a year ago and start community collegeinvestment firm. Whit writes: “That led to working From Susan: In March, my husband, Marty, and in the fall. Her son, Ben, received his M.B.A. inwith Brazilian investment banks and then in ’99 I joined Jennifer Nash Johnson and her husband, May, and daughter Laura’s business, Le Manoir de opening my own investment and advisory boutique, Royce, for a wonderful two-week cruise in the Paris, is France’s leading haunted museum. ThisKennedy Partners. We focus on Brazilian emerging Bahamas. After their four kids graduated from summer Cal celebrated birthdays for granddaugh- growth companies that have the potential to go college, they sold their house and moved aboard ters Jordan (2) and Audrey (1). public in the U.S. To say the least, it´s been a wild a 42' Manta catamaran. We enjoyed our weeksride doing business in Brazil, given the currency together aboard the Cerca Trova and loved having From Joe: I’ve been dividing my professional swings, CEOs that turn into crooks, and banks an extended visit after years of too many short ones. life between writing and editing ESL textbooks,that charge usurious rates for loans. But what has ESL consulting, and working for an accrediting surmounted all these pitfalls has been the warmth In the past two years, I’ve spent a lot of time in agency. With my wife, Leila, and son, Nat (10), I and joyfulness of the Brazilian people.” In ’99, Northern California and enjoyed lots of visits with had a great visit with Chris and Elena CaudleWhit also started a Brazilian family. He writes: our daughter, Kayla, who attends Santa Clara Uni- Thompson ’75 in Washington, D.C., in April. In“There is my second wife, Evelise, my daughter versity. In March, I drove with our oldest daughter, June, I returned to campus and had a chance to seeCharlotte (14), and three stepkids, who are now in Julia, from California to Texas, where she works for some members of the class of ’74. Shortly after that,their 20s. Charlotte is interviewing to enter NMH GEICO, with a quick tour of scenic Sedona, Ariz. I got together with Will Torrey. Will and his wife,in ’15. I was also a longtime neighbor with fellow Our middle daughter, Hannah, lives in Stamford, Becky, live near Dartmouth in New Hampshire,NMHer Addison “AP” Cook ’77 until he moved Conn., and works for Viridian as the manager of where he oversees clinical work in psychiatry at the back to the U.S. in January ’14 with his Brazilian sustainability. medical school. His son, John, works near home;wife and son. I almost convinced my former NMH daughter Lucy is teaching in Boston; and daughterroommate, Rob Brougham, to come down with Laura Stookey’s older son, Hobey, and his Kay is a senior in high school. Will and I attended his kids for some World Cup games and to recount wife, Kristen, transformed her into a grandmother a memorial service in Providence, R.I., along with a in June ’13. Laura still teaches freshman English number of other former faculty brats, to remember at MassBay Community College, where she says David and Anne Webb Burnham ’44, parents the student body is diverse in every way. Stephen of Paul ’72, John ’74, Stephen ’77, and Louise Johnson ’75 moved in three years ago, one year Burnham Packard ’78. after they met at Reunion ’10. They were married We were saddened to hear of the death of Ste- phen Piscuskas in July ’13. I have fond memories of sledding with Stephen down the hill in front of his house at Mt. Hermon as kids. After NMH, he attended Brown and then moved to New York City, where he became a noted designer, especially of furniture and accessories for the home. Stephen married Linda Zelenko ’78 and the two eventu- ally moved their business, York Street Studio, to fall 2014 I class notes I 75

Washington, Conn. Those at Stephen’s memorial writes: “NMH was an anchor for me and now is a antiques business after having spent many years in service included Phil Hosmer, Maureen Miller kind of touch-point as well. Nobody could imagine the corporate and nonprofit worlds. Phoebe’s son, how much those two years at NMH would affect Alec, and her mother live with them in a big stone Hallock, Mary Worthington, Ann Wenniger, my life. Only recently did I begin to realize just house large enough to keep out of each other’s how often my mind goes back to those days. I hair. In her spare time, Phoebe still enjoys medieval Elaine Monchak, and Valerie Malter. Among the loved the place, the people, the teachers, and the recreation activities, including jousting on her speakers was Bill Batty ’59, who told many fond staff, who were so dedicated to raising fine young horse, Fionnbharr, and making medieval costumes. stories of Stephen from age 6 until his later years. people. And the values taught there were special She says: “My sewing skills have advanced tremen-Stephen was remembered as a fierce competitor on and are increasingly rare in today’s youth.” dously since my NMH days.”the hockey rink or tennis court, and later in life as a golfer. Phil Hosmer remembered Stephen as Sarah Livingston and her husband recently In March ’13, Elizabeth “Biz” Dana became“an amazing man, an artistic genius, and a superb bought an apartment in Washington, D.C., and executive assistant at Oak Meadow School in athlete in whatever endeavor he pursued.” Many enjoy being back in the city. Son Peter is a senior Brattleboro, Vt. The school provides home-school of you will remember Stephen’s dad, former math at the University of Virginia. Son Max is an intern curricula and operates a distance-learning (notteacher, coach, and athletic director, Vit Piscuskas. with the Cleveland Indians baseball team. Sarah online) school for home-school families. Biz staysStephen leaves behind his mother, Barbara, who keeps busy with tutoring, household management, active with a dozen stepgrandchildren, tap dancing,worked in the library; siblings David ’75, Martha reading, and elder care. In April, she traveled to Par- camping, two dogs, and gardening.’78, Kathryn ’79, and Richard Piscuskas Anthony is with former roommate Ginny Sills Filkins. They’81; his wife, Linda Zelenko Piscuskas ’78; and rented an apartment and had a great time seeing Linda and Ken Crabbs split their time between daughters Ana (22) and Sacha (19.) the sights, eating, and catching up. Ginny writes: “I Glen Allen, Va., and a vacation home in Wil- live in the tiny hamlet of Mt. Washington, Mass., liamsburg. Ken works at Genworth Financial as After 37 years, I had a wonderful reunion in where I manage a nearby restaurant and a catering a manager in the actuarial department. Linda is aOctober ’13 with Mari Baumgarten Adam, who business. Our son, Wesley, lives in San Francisco pastor and was assigned to a new church closer to lives in Boca Raton, Fla., where she runs her and has followed in my footsteps, at least for now. their home. Son Christian is a high school junior in own personal financial consulting services firm. My husband, Jim, and I enjoy spending time in the the rigorous International Baccalaureate program.After leaving NMH, Mari attended Claremont Abacos Islands in the Bahamas in the winter. We Their eighth exchange student is from Spain.McKenna College in California and then joined still like to ski but are growing weary of the longthe Foreign Service, living in Europe, Russia, Brazil, winters here. Last fall we stopped at NMH en route After a committed relationship of 15 years, and Washington, D.C., later pursuing an M.B.A. to Acadia. Weird to see the Northfield campus Isabel Childs and her partner, Debbie Campbell, at George Washington. She subsequently moved deserted and Mt. Hermon looking so smart.” were legally married on 10/5/12 at a ranch in theto Florida, where she began working in financial Methow Valley of Washington State. services. Her daughter, Veronique (24), gradu- Mary Robinson Mailand is a speech/language ated from Carnegie Mellon. Son Andrew (21) is a pathologist in New Hampshire, where she has been Pam Kaull and husband, Dennis Cox, live injunior at the University of Central Florida. Mari working in the local public school system for 20-plus Alameda, Calif., five minutes from the water. They enjoys traveling, with recent trips to Cambodia and years. Her husband is a retired carpenter who enjoys love sailing on San Francisco Bay. Pam emailedFrance. She stays in touch with Beth Stevens Van golf and spending time in the woods around their from Fiji, where she and Dennis had just sailed Belle and Sandy Haiman. You can get great advice house. Son Samuel is a junior at Worcester Poly- through a group of islands near Tonga. by following Mari’s blog at www.chartingyourfinan- technic, majoring in computer science. Younger son, cialfuture.com. Mari credited NMH with starting Dillon, is a freshman at Plymouth State University, We always love to hear from you. Please be sure her off with an ability to learn foreign languages. majoring in outdoor adventure education. the school has your current email address so we can stay in touch. After spending her entire career in Philadelphia, Chris Kraus and family visited Terry Green in Helen Coons moved to Colorado in June to take a Washington, D.C., in June on their way to take 77 NMH position as a psychologist in primary care at Denver daughter Eleanor (15) to a student leadership ANNE HOWSONHealth. She enjoys seeing family, hiking, biking, conference. Chris is acting chair of the Depart-tennis, skiing, and snowshoeing, so it looks like she ment of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations 85 Sutherland Road #2 headed to the right place. at Yale and chairs a committee for a new initiative for the study of antiquity. She spent the entire Brighton MA 02135-7159 Nina Tufts Seidman and her husband, David, summer teaching Latin. Terry works independently, moved from San Diego to New Jersey, where David advising developers on the financial aspects of [email protected]is head of school at Hawthorne Christian Academy. creating low-income housing. Staying on top of theSon Nathan (15) is a student there. Nina had a ever-evolving federal and state policies is a chore. As usual, the cattle call for news squeaked out chance to catch up with Chris Matthews ’74. She Terry’s daughter, Lucy, lives in Maine and works at the last minute, and I have to say I am always enjoys having four seasons again. She stopped on facilitating study-abroad programs. amazed at how you all come through. You guys are campus during reunion and spent some time with the best. Find more action-packed features on the her parents in Northfield. In June, Dave Perry and his wife, Sue, visited NMH class of ’77 page on Facebook (under my Denise and Skip Weeks in Connecticut. They page if you cannot find). Naomi Benattar Yablong, who lives in Chicago, were joined by the families of Adam Saffer, Richis thrilled at the idea of coming back for our 40th Lennon, Jim Leyden, Phil Hosmer, and Pete Sarah Doerschuk Beshlian lives in Seattlereunion in June ’16. Her nephew is spending a PG Lovell. Dave and Sue live in Rochester, N.Y., and with her husband and family and is an orthopedicyear at NMH. After working on the stock market have five daughters and three grandchildren. The hand surgeon. “I ski and ride my bike and sing in for 15 years, she is transitioning to clinical social three older daughters are married and the two a fabulous choir, Seattle Pro Musica. Two teenagework. She is involved in training and rescuing youngest began grad school in the fall. girls keep us busy: one is a rower and soon to apply animals and in Israel advocacy. Daughter Michal to college, the other loves music and theater. We(24) is married and living near D.C., where she is a Janet “Bunny” Rider had open-heart surgery frequently spend time hiking, biking, and skiing in doctoral student in school psychology. Naomi’s son in June. She recuperated at home by watching the the Methow Valley of eastern Washington, whereis a sophomore at Indiana University in Blooming- World Cup on TV. it is almost always sunny and dry, in contrast toton. Naomi would love to get back in touch with Seattle. Greetings to all my NMH classmates.”Allen Underhill ’75, Marie Walker Monts, Char- Phoebe Goder Waller-Sharp and her husband, Jock, live in Hamburg, N.Y., near Buffalo, where John Greenup graduated in May from Suffolk lotte Bacon Holton, Laura Stookey, Nat Krieger, they run an on-site estate liquidation and online University law school and is studying for the bar exam. His focus will be intellectual and real prop- and former faculty member Karen Guthrie. Naomi erty, with a bit of trusts and estates. Sophia Severino writes: “I reclaimed my world76 I NMH Magazine

when United Airlines came calling in ’07, looking to Wellesley, Mass., a few short towns from her. John Spence writes: “I am enjoying some East for Arabic speakers for their flights to the Middle “When we got together her second day here, our Coast time with my family before heading off toEast. So I’ve been a global nomad, flying the friend- daughters (both 9) bonded immediately. Susie had central Europe for a few weeks traveling the Czech ly skies for the last seven years, mainly to Dubai, lived in Hastings-on-Hudson for many years, but Republic to Croatia. Summer is a lovely time to beKuwait, Paris, Brussels, and Geneva. I commute by she and her husband and kids made the move back a teacher.” plane from Nashville to Dulles to go to work. My to New England. My husband, Matt Thurber, and daughter, Alexandra (19), is a sophomore at the my two kids are doing well.” 78 NMHUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, and is working CARRIE NIEDERMANin South Africa this summer. I had the amazing The Jim Gullickson family is in Germany on experience of being an NMH parent when I sup- holiday. Sean (17) and Erin (13) are enjoying being 1021 Arlington St ported my son’s dream to attend NMH. Andrew dragged across Bavaria as much as any American teen-’17 was a freshman this last year. My younger son, ager can. Jim writes: “Perhaps if they weren’t with their Houston TX 77008John Christopher (13), is an eighth grader who square parents. Oh, but the castles. The sausage. Thewrites rap music and keeps me extra young. I’m bier. Having fun and even learning some things.” [email protected] passionate about my flying life, being a life coach, and balancing that work with being a single mom Paul Crowder spent a fair amount of the last 18 CATHY ABRAHAM HOPKINS having fun with my awesome kids. Facebook has months in South Africa on business: “I have visited been an amazing venue for reconnecting with you, frequently with Steven Ablondi and his wife, 2590 Centre St RR #1Anne, the great fruit, Grace Mauzy, Jeff Aliber, Cindy Burns, who have lived in South Africa, dur- Reem Abdul-Qadir, Susan Storms Rice, and Jon ing which Cindy’s career with UN Refugee Relief St. Catharines ON Canada L2R 6P7 Rubin, to name the ones I am remembering right came to a close after tours in and around conflict/now. Please find me on Facebook.” crisis zones in Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, and [email protected] Asia. Steven and I did several road trips in southeast Max Hartshorne enjoys being in touch with so and central South Africa, including a driving From Cathy: Thanks to those who responded to many members of our class, chatting and sharing tour of some beautiful, remote game reserves in my request for updates on your life. The prizes go photos and lives on Facebook. “Paul Crowder, Kwa-Zulu Natal and rock climbing at the Mount to the following, some usual, and some not-so-usual,John Spence, Cynthia Homet Baumann, Tom Everest Game Farm in Free State. Thanks to Steven, suspects. First, Tom French sent the most beautiful George, Keith Brown, Grace Mauzy, Laini I can now say that I’ve been chased by a particularly picture of his family and says that the French family Rudsten Andrews, Matt Thurber, Thom Gimbel, angry hippo and climbed at Mount Everest. My lives in Rumson, N.J. He writes: “I have marriedJoanie Kaplan Williams, and Maude Lewis are bucket list grows longer with each adventure.” a beautiful lady, Renee, who has given me fourjust a few whom I get to follow and share with, amazing children: Isabella (11), Tommy (10), and a and I just want to tell them and everyone how Kristina “Tina” Knapp Schwarz and her set of twins, Joseph and Nicholas (7). I am as proud much these interactions mean to me. Thank you husband, Ron, have lived in the mountains of as a person can be of this family. Professionally, my for being a part of my life now, more than just a southwest Virginia for more than 20 years. “Floyd career as a business strategy consultant has taken blip in my teenage growing-up years.” Max joined County is a wonderful rural community with only me from Hawaii to Germany and many places in Kate Hartshorne Cosme ’98 and 20 other family one traffic light in the entire county. It is home between. From building businesses to bringing life members for their third annual family vacation in to the Friday Night Jamboree. Some of the same to someone’s brilliant idea, or fixing them whenEagles Mere, Pa., and has been traveling all over, musicians also attend the Wild Goose Uprisings they are on fire, sinking fast while being shelled bywriting stories for GoNOMAD.com travel. “In a (an alternative worshiping community) that has a the competition, my job description is more akin to few weeks, I am cruising up the New England coast fellowship meal each Tuesday, then prayer, discus- fireman than businessman.” on an 88-passenger small ship. Having a lot of fun.” sion, and wonderful Appalachian music inside in a sanctuary without pews (they were replaced with Not too far away, that bundle of energy and zest Christine Simpson moved to the Florida pan- rocking chairs). My son, Daniel Corn ’02, lives for life, Rich Miller, wrote to say that there have handle to be close to her parents. “I have a golden in a yurt in the Grand Tetons where he is a guide been “big changes for my wife, Sally, and me. Afterretriever and a great husband.” for Exum, works for the American Avalanche 19 years living in Larchmont, N.Y., we are taking Institute in the winter, and guides for the Alaska our talents to Brooklyn. Looking forward to once David Allen found himself riding his bike to Mountaineering School on Denali in the spring. again living an urban life, walking everywhere, and class in a corduroy blazer this spring and thought: Daughter Emilie (20) is a student at College exploring the New York City culture.” No surprise“Wow, I’ve become Chuck Hamilton.” David is of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine. I harbor that he and Sally attended the Rock and Roll Hallteaching history this summer at Andover and has many fond memories of my time at NMH, and of Fame induction ceremony that included ’78 a teaching assistant who is headed to NMH in the it is frequently a topic at family gatherings, as my favorites, Cat Stevens and KISS. Rock on. fall. He thinks it would be fun to pick her brain mother, sister, aunt, cousin, son, and nephew, and about things next June. “Bill Cook: where are you?” another cousin’s daughter, all graduated from either Chris Crowder and his wife, Nuan, headed to the Northfield School for Girls or NMH.” lacrosse world championships in Denver this sum- Carol Hills reports that Susie Gray just moved mer. Their son, Tyler, graduated from high school Tom French ’78, his wife, Renee, and their four children and is going to Hobart and William Smith Colleges Sophia Severino ’77 with her sons, John Christopher in the fall. Their daughter, Laine, will be a senior in Thornton, left, and Andrew Thornton ’17, right, at the high school this year. Chris plans to catch up with 4 Points Sheraton in Kuwait his brother, Paul Crowder ’77, and will be playing on a grand masters (aka old fogies) team in the 45- plus division with a bunch of guys from Chris’ time in Seattle. In August, the family heads to Kenya for a 10-day safari, including the Masai Mara. After working at the public library in West Bridgewater, Mass., for more than 13 years, Ellen McVeigh Crawford moved to Bridgewater State University, where she’s a library assistant. “Although I do not interact too much with the students (I am in the acquisitions/collection development office), I enjoy the atmosphere devoted to learning. I continue to quilt and organized a small quilt show with three quilting friends at my town library in ’13. fall 2014 I class notes I 77

My daughter, Elizabeth, graduated from Cham- burgers and drink some beer. David Steinberg, Rob Werner and wife Mary Ann, plain College summa cum laude with a degree in In closing, I wanted to share what Tom French Jeff Ravreby, Mark Rotblatt, our reunion chair, professional writing in ’12. She lives in Burlington, Estelle Dorain Burgess and husband Ray, and me,Vt., and is an account manager for Delta Market- closed his letter to me with, because it resonates for Paige, and husband Charlie. We had fun catchinging Group. My daughter, Amy, graduated from so many of us: “When I see photos or read updates up with the class of ’80 reunion observers LydiaSalve Regina University magna cum laude with a on all my beloved classmates, I am filled with warm Perry Schodel, Jeff Leyden, and Kristin Kellom, degree in sociology in ’13, winning the sociology emotions that can only come from memories forged along with the president of the Alumnae Associa- department award. She will be returning to school at such an impressionable age, so long ago, in such tion, Carrie Niederman ’78. at Bridgewater State in the fall to become a licensed a magical place.” elementary-school teacher. Meanwhile, she is a Heard here and there over the weekend: Buying unit head at a local YMCA camp. My son, Andrew, 79 NMH real estate in Chicago? Mark Rotblatt is your guy.just finished his freshman year at Plymouth State PAIGE RELYEA LEHMAN Jon Cline lives in the D.C. area and can be foundUniversity in New Hampshire. He is working on a biking or running on the many area trails. Terry landscaping crew for the summer.” 5236 SW 89 Ter Sawyer Harding will be moving from Tennessee to Colorado. Craig Weston has retired from teaching Finally, a fellow Canucklehead, Luke Pollard, Cooper City FL 33328-5140 in Vermont and divides his time between landwho lives 60 minutes away from me in Toronto (we surveying and substitute teaching. We’ve nominated have not seen each other since graduating NMH), [email protected] Mike Wise as our class photographer—check outwrites: “My youngest son (of 3) just graduated from his awesome reunion album via our class Facebook university in early June. I work for MasterCard Ad- CARY LIEBOWITZ BONOSEVICH page. Ralph Bledsoe and Skip Grant have as muchvisors in a global role focused on merchant solutions. energy now as they did in ’79—love your spirit,I keep in touch with a few NMHers on Facebook 1972 Littleton Rd guys. Thanks to Skip, who provided awesome signs and see Evan Steen from time to time in New York for our reunion lounge. Great suggestion fromCity when I travel there on business. I plan on mak- Monroe NH 03771-3275 Marjorie Salfas Powning: Before our next reunion,ing it to the next reunion. I was sadly turned back let’s each call at least two classmates and encourage at the border on my last attempt two years ago. It’s [email protected] them to attend. A personal call, nudge, encourage- a long story involving my middle son and his work ment from a friend makes a difference.visa for the U.S.” From Paige: “Back at the crossroads…this time with reading glasses”—Bob Bogosian’s comment Congratulations to Estelle Dorain Burgess Valerie Hendel de la Torre lives in Jacksonville, on our reunion sign-in board. for her well-deserved Alumni Citation awarded atFla., and celebrated her 28th wedding anniversary Saturday’s Convocation. In addition to serving asin June. Their son, Adam, graduated from Duke in Our 35th reunion was a blast. Connections our reunion chair, she has been very active at NMH’10 and is now in his third year of medical school. made, both old and new, friendships rekindled, lots over the years, including leadership roles with theTheir daughter, Jessica, graduated from Tufts in ’13 of laughs, enjoying Friday night’s entertainment by reunion advisory committee and volunteering her and is finishing up a master’s in education. She will Jeff Ravreby’s band (The Blackouts from Saratoga time to help NMH in so many ways.teach high-school math at the Episcopal School Springs), catching up, and hanging out on the grass of Jacksonville in the fall. On 5/4/14, a newspaper in front of Crossley against the backdrop of a sunny We held a brief class meeting on Saturday. There article appeared on the front page of the Metro New England weekend on the gorgeous NMH cam- was a moment of silence to remember classmates section of the Florida Times Union, featuring the pus. We heard from many classmates who wanted to who have passed away. Nominations were held for“Books of Wisdom” Valerie compiled for her chil- attend, but so many had kids graduating from high class positions. Mark Rotblatt will continue to be dren as gifts for their respective college graduations. school and college on the same weekend. We en- our reunion gift chair; Cary Bonosevich and I willYou can read about it on the paper’s website. Google joyed the company of first-time reunion attendees, continue as co-class secretaries; and Estelle will beMark Woods: graduation gifts simple. and they’re all planning to come back for our 40th. our reunion chair. Several classmates, including If you haven’t been back to NMH in a few years or Ralph Bledsoe, Craig Weston, James Philcox, On a personal note, Beth Graden Rom, Lisa since graduation, make it a point to come back for Rob Werner, Melanie Phippard, and Terry Glovsky-Zeien, Ellen Sennott McGillivray, and our 40th. In the meantime, visit our Facebook page, Sawyer Harding volunteered to be on the reunionI spent a hilarious and beautiful few days on Northfield Mount Hermon Class of 1979, to see committee for our 40th. If you would like to help,the Cape in May for a little catch-up time. One the reunion comments and tons of photos. please contact Estelle. highlight was lunch and a cruise on Lisa and Scott’s stunning new boat. Ken Fay recently started a position in the west- Check out the NMH Connect app for your ern Aleutians in Alaska as CFO of a small clinic (an smartphone. It’s a great way to connect with I made it through the horrid winter, training for interesting change from New York City) and had to classmates near your home or when you’re traveling. my fourth Comrades 89k race in South Africa in miss reunion for the first time. Search for NMH on the Apple App store or onJune, and am training for Ironman Arizona in No- Google Play and select NMHConnect.vember. After that, I’m going to eat a lot of vegan En route to NMH, Charlie and I caught up From Cary: Reunion weekend was amazing, even as with Sarah Heminway and her family. Sarah is the I hobbled around all weekend with a broken bone Chris Crowder ’78; his wife, Nuan; their son, Tyler, and director of the northeast corner programs for Con- in my foot. Thank you to the student volunteers daughter, Laine; and Chris’ mother, Suzanne Buckson necticut Audubon in Pomfret. She was sorry to miss who drove the golf carts for those of us in need of a Crowder ’54, and father, Jim Crowder reunion but had a good reason—eldest son, Cody, little help. Every time I spend time at NMH, I feel graduated from Williams the same weekend. Thank like a teenager again. Even if you only come back you to NMH trustee Carmen Garcia-Rodriguez once, the experience is worth the trip. and her generosity for the Annual Fund match chal- lenge. We missed Carmen at reunion, but she had Amy Grossman Dunkle loves coastal life in recently attended an important event—her son’s Rhode Island’s South County after 21 years in graduation from her alma mater, Brown. South Dakota, “where we landed in ’91 for my job as a newspaper editor. We returned to the East Reunion attendees included: Jon Cline, Wendy Coast two years ago for my husband’s job. After Mauser Moores, Dave Ehrenthal, Hannah Olney a newspaper career, raising four kids (24, 21, 18, 16), freelance writing, teaching yoga, and getting a Deming, Melanie Phippard, Kim Snyder, Bob master’s in journalism, I’m back in the workplace. Bogosian, Terry Sawyer Hardy, Steve Paradis and wife Jenny, Craig Weston, Ralph Bledsoe, Bruce Stanforth, Mike Wise, Deborah Tompkins Sheehan, James Philcox and his amazing daugh- ters, Marjorie Salfas Powning and husband John, Skip Grant, Cary Liebowitz Bonosevich and Len,78 I NMH Magazine

My job is communications coordinator for Rhode University of Rochester. She is director of writing portunity to catch up with several classmates. HeIsland EPSCoR, which conducts groundbreaking support services and the principal investigator on saw Tracey Wagner and Jack Farrell in February.research on the impact of climate change on marine Project CELLS: Western New York Collaboration Janet Neuwalder, Nick Chinlund, and Douglife and ecosystems. Enjoy running, biking, kayak- for English Language Learner Success. She co-edited McIntosh had hoped to join them for the ’80 Losing, and taking the dog to the beach.” Language, Literacy, and Learning in STEM Educa- Angeles gathering, but schedules got a little too tion: Research Methods and Perspectives from Applied crazy. While in San Diego, Jeff caught up with Tim Mike Wise writes: “The 35th reunion was so Linguistics, published this year by John Benjamins Eckel ’79 and Joe De Armas ’79. Tim has had amuch fun. See the pictures at mikewise07.smug- in Amsterdam. really interesting career in the TV and film industry,mug.com/nmh. Several of you thought that Wendy and Joe is a chiropractor, when he is not trainingMauser Moores and I were a couple because I, Cary, am still in New Hampshire while my and hunting with his falcon.we hung out so much. To that we chuckled, but husband is in Fort Worth, Texas. Looking forwardwhen you don’t see a good friend for 35 years, and to moving there sometime over the next year. My Jae So hosted the annual ’80 D.C. gatheringso much has happened, the more time the better, kids: Mike (28) lives in San Marcos, Texas, and is in March. Cab Dempsey, Lydia Perry Schodel,right? The morning row was definitely the high a medical transcriptionist; Sara (26) lives in Newpoint for me—in the two seat between Wendy and Hampshire and works as a nanny in Vermont Baman Rusby, Lee Coykendall, Ann TitcombJames Philcox, on a flat river, under a cloudless while she continues to work on her college degree;blue sky, with the morning fog just rising. Perfec- Sam (24) lives in Vermont and works as the IT Loew, Karen Lange, Chris Lindstrom Schaeffer,tion. Moving on from there, a few things have hap- coordinator at the Basin Harbor Club in Vergennes,pened. I’ve been hired to consult with an orphanage Vt.; Lauren (22) lives in Burlington, Vt., and is a Sarah Luche Durso, and Jeff all made the effort tofor HIV-positive babies and children in Chiang manager and art instructor for Creative Habitat. As meet (apologies if anyone has been inadvertentlyMai, Thailand. I plan to travel there in September always, an open invitation to anyone visiting north left off this list). A number of classmates, includingwith my wife. It may turn into a longer-term gig. of Franconia Notch and soon an open invite for Ft. Sarah Browning, Phil Schoenfeld, Sue Gibbs,My son, Zach (26), just got an invite to try out for Worth, as well. Henry Wooster, Kit Crawford Arthur, Jude LaneU.S. Army Special Forces. My daughter, Kelle (24), Landis, and Carlos Cavelier, responded to thestarts a two-year contract with Mission Teach at a 80 NMH invitation, and while they were not able to attend,Christian school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in July. JACK FARRELL it was great to see the interest in getting together.Speaking of travel, I love the NMH Connect App. 22314 Cairnloch St Future gatherings in D.C. and New York CityIt recently helped me connect with Bill Blackwell Calabasas CA 91302-5873 are being discussed. Jeff also saw Martha Verrillin London, and Dwayne Jones in Kansas City, [email protected] Schlager during that visit.both of whom are doing well. Finally, I want toencourage people to come to the 40th. Swallow ANTONY PANG While at Exeter recently, Jeff and Phil Perhamhard if you don’t like crowds, leave any grievances 33 Club St 08-14 continued their conversations as directors ofbehind, block out the time, save the dough, and go. Singapore 069415 planned giving (Jeff for NMH and Phil for Exeter).It’s hard to count all the good that can come from [email protected] Jeff and I also had a few minutes with Doug Kirktwo to three days, walking old stomping grounds, when he was visiting campus. Recent hellos haveand dialoging with people with whom you have a LYNELLE KUCHARSKI also come from Kristin Whitaker Tyler, Maracore experience in common. Time is short.” 94 Cambridge Dr Glastonbury CT 06033-1379 Keggi Ford, Fletcher Carr, Catherine “Cuppy” Melanie Phippard was so happy to see all of her [email protected] at reunion. “That was such a beautiful time,  Howe Gordon, Melanie Calitri Holden, Bill San-as the weather was fantastic. Everyone seemed ingood health and good cheer, which was great to wit- KRISTIN KELLOM tos, Carol Abizaid, Antony Pang, and John Berg,ness. This summer I am playing my music at clubs, 5 Main St who just rolled off the NMH board. I also saw Jeffweddings, receptions, and restaurants in the San Northfield MA 01360-1018 Goller’s sister, who said he is doing well.Francisco Bay Area. I recently played the graduation [email protected] for the Department of Graduate Educa-  Amelia Maloney and I had lunch with Miketion at Mills College. If you’re planning on being in Elkins’ parents in May. As some probably recall,town, please get in touch, and I can let you know if From Kristin: The most significant message to Mike’s parents established a memorial scholarshipI am playing anywhere.” convey with these notes: Please consider returning in his name after he died. Mr. and Mrs. Elkins con- for Reunion ’15. Unbelievably, it will be our 35th tinue to have a strong bond with NMH. I also have Peter Robinson writes: “I had a big smile seeing reunion. These have been wonderful weekends of had the opportunity to speak with Max Fezer’sthe pictures of my classmates enjoying the campus reconnection for many of us, and plans are already mother. Max’s family established the Ultimateafter all these years and rowing on the Connecticut. under way for our next one. Anne Shepard, Lydia Frisbee MVP Award in Max’s name after he died; itLiving in Cohasset, Mass., my wife, Janet, and I Perry Schodel, Jeff Leyden, and I were reunion is awarded each year at the athletic banquet.are adjusting to the empty nest. We have two girls observers with the class of ’79 in June, and we be-in college in New York and London who are both gan discussions for our 35th. Send us your ideas or, Sam Pettengill writes: “I can finally say that Iworking through the summer in their cities, so better yet, be part of the planning committee. The completed my M.F.A. The photography depart-we’ve been doing more visiting and traveling. Sum- more the better. We think Jim Hurwitz might want ment at UMass Dartmouth has offered me a jobmer on the water as much as possible and occasional to resurrect a class Facebook page as we prep for teaching a Photo I class (the same course I taughtsurf; in winter, sometimes lay out a cross-country reunion? And speaking of Facebook, Cathy Clark as a grad student). It being just one class, I’ll haveski track in the backyard, or head north. Race in posted a picture of a tote bag that included her to fill in around it with other things to actuallythe Head of the Charles in Wide Load Boat Club name within a group of book authors; I can’t recall make a living, but hopefully the opportunity will(Boston University alums), 26 years and still going, what organization produced the tote bags, but it lead to something full time and stable.”thank goodness. Sarah Dewey lives nearby and seemed like pretty cool recognition for Cathy.throws the best parties.” Finally, I am sad to report that David Reinsdorf In the last several months, Jeff has had the op- died on 3/1/14, leaving behind his children Bryan, Mary Jane Curry is an associate professor in Melissa, Max, and Nathan. We will remember himthe Department of Teaching and Curriculum in at reunion.the Warner Graduate School of Education at the Stay in touch, and we hope to see you in June. fall 2014 I class notes I 79

81 NMH affected. It was amazing to see the outpouring of a life-changing experience for me; opened my eyes FRANK CHANDLER support from the local community. I will start a job to a much broader world than I could have ever20 Overlook Park in downtown Seattle in July, as the office manager been aware of if I hadn’t met you all. When inNewton MA 02459-1344 for Evergreen Pacific Partners, an equity capital Hong Kong, I’ve always attempted to find [email protected] firm. We love the diversity of the area—a fantastic Lin to no avail, and NMH doesn’t know where heclass of ’81 website: www.nmh81.us city scene, with amazing restaurants and gorgeous is. If anyone has a lead, I would love to look him nature, with tons of hiking in the Olympics and up next time I’m there. Why doesn’t the FacebookMARINA COLMAN Cascades. Plus, we’ve been able to use the vacation NMH ’82 page have a single Chinese alumnusPO Box 3555 house on weekends.” Lynn saw Suzanne Smith on it? I miss my Cottage I Asian mob. Maybe aTaos NM 87571 Long and spoke recently with Toby Green, who WeChat link will get them in.”[email protected]  moved back to Maine from Rhode Island and intends to start traveling a bit in the fall. Lynn also Kelly Armor and Alison Mandaville met up atLILIAN BLACKEN HANNAPEL caught up with Shireen Rusby on her birthday. Alison’s home in West Seattle in May. Kelly writes:1242 Robin Rd She is still in Maryland with her husband, Mark, “We marveled at the similarities of our careers andMount Pleasant SC 29464-3811 daughter Maya (in college), and teenage son Jahan. shared notes on teaching literacy and art to [email protected] Lynn has been in touch via email with Stefan ers. Alison is an assistant professor at Fresno State Canas, who owns a beachfront resort in Santa University in the English department, teaching82 NMH Theresa, Costa Rica. Unfortunately, Lynn missed “wonderful things (like comics and graphic novels) SALLY WILLIS the San Diego reception to meet the new head of and directing the English teacher credentialing pro-PO Box 1456 NMH, but she did catch up with Andy Hewitt, gram. I’m an hour from Yosemite, Kings Canyon,Frisco CO 80443-1456 who was hosting the reception. Lynn and Richard and Sequoia National Parks. I’m splitting my [email protected] travel frequently—most recently to Thailand, Paris, between Fresno and Seattle, where I am, thankfully, Barcelona, hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu spending summers. Our daughter is a senior inMICHAEL RICKARD and exploring the Sacred Valley of Peru, London, college next year, and we are looking forward to a1470 N Grand St Fiji, Belize, Costa Rica, and several U.S. cities. “As tuition-free life.”W Suffield CT 06093-2521 I get older, I realize how lucky I am to be part [email protected] the NMH community. The bond that exists with Since NMH, Jessica Neary graduated from fellow NMHers is strong, regardless if we’ve stayed Wellesley with a major in Russian language andFrom Sally: It’s been a quiet few months for me in touch or not throughout the years. I am always studio art. After college, she pursued a career as anon the NMH front, but I did have the chance to open to speaking/visiting with fellow NMHers artist, having her first solo show at the Vermontski a few runs on a super-cold day this past winter and hope that if anyone is in the Pacific Northwest, Studio Center in Johnson, Vt., in ’92. She movedwith Tod Dimmick and his family at Beaver Creek they will let me know. It’s always great catching up to Ft. Worth, Texas, in ’93, and since ’94 has beenResort in Colorado. Those Dimmicks are hardy with old friends and seems more meaningful now with the Upstairs Gallery in Arlington, Texas. YouNew Englanders. at this stage in our lives.” can see Jessica’s art on the gallery website. “I’ve been told that 65 percent of people love my work Thanks to everyone who submitted notes. Only Scott Jensen missed Toby Green’s 50th birth- and 35 percent absolutely hate it. C’est la vie.” Inone-third of our class has emails registered with day party in Brooklyn a few months ago. He was ’11, Jessica moved back to East Montpelier, Vt., toNMH, so consider updating your email with the sorry to miss some of the New York City area gang take care of her parents. Her mother passed awayschool, so you stay in the loop. If you’re on Face- (Claire Rodman, Per Furmark, Dave Perrotta, in ’12, and since then she has helped her father,book, please join the NMH class of ’82 page. et al.). Scott says his son, Aksel (2), keeps him who has Parkinson’s disease. Jessica says: “I am young. He writes: “Some of you know I’ve wanted trying to transition to a larger stage. I paint in oils After 25 years in San Diego, Lynn Janis a child for quite some time, so my wife, Cyndie, and pastels, and draw with charcoal. My favoriteSchwarz relocated to the Seattle area. “We’ve and I couldn’t be more thrilled to watch him do subjects are nature: birds, flowers, trees. Also, I likewanted to migrate up this way, since we own a what he does.” Scott started Rhythm Superfoods, to juxtapose dissonant images. My dream is a solovacation house in the Olympic Peninsula. My a plant-based snack food company, four years ago show in Tokyo. I’d love to hear from any NMHershusband, Richard, received an offer at one of his after moving on from running Stubb’s Bar-B-Q for from ’80, ’81, and ’82.”company’s divisions up here, so we decided to go many years. He is still involved in Stubb’s, but hisfor it. We’re about five years ahead of our schedule, responsibilities for Rhythm are growing. The family From Mike: My daughter, Laura, had her sec-but since both kids are almost through school (Alex travels often to Mexico, U.S. beaches, Grand Cay- ond thyroid cancer surgery in May, at Sloan Ketter-graduated from Berkeley two years ago, and Max man, Asia, and anywhere that culinary adventures ing in New York City. The prognosis is good. I metis going into his junior year at the University of come into play. “I feel blessed (yes, blessed) to up with my old NMH roommate, Izzy Ramirez,Colorado, Boulder), it seemed we were at the point have had the opportunity to learn so much in my while in the city.where we could make the leap. Richard’s office is high-school years from all of you at NMH. It wasnear the landslide area, so lots of employees were We heard from Jeff Hotch for the first time in years. Jeff has two kids—William (14) and Jennifer (17), who starts Loyola University in Maryland thisLynn Janis Schwarz ’82 with husband, Richard, and Kelly Armor ’82 and Alison Mandaville ’82 at Alison’s home Andy Hewitt ’82 with Meb Keflezighi (2014 Bostonchildren, Alex and Max in West Seattle Marathon champion) after shake-out run before the San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon 80 I NMH Magazine

Janice Russell ’83 and her nephew, Jack Aylin, at the Farm John Mitchell ’56, Allyson Goodwin ’83, and Tim Lam ’83 in Russell Schwartz ’83 and his familyTable in Bernardston before she dropped him off at NMH Hong Kong in March ’14Summer School in June.fall to continue her dancing and to study govern- He’s entering seventh grade and is excited to take tal Cup lacrosse tourney in Richmond, Va.”ment, history, and political science. Jeff works in classes and be at NMH for the summer. Janice Claire Johnson-Hurry is “still working as a free-New York City, trading mortgage-backed securities, gives her nephews the chance to travel with her,now building out a group at Piper Jaffray. He has and their next big trip together is to the Grand lance editor, mostly on the emerging technologybeen in Westport, Conn., for many years and en- Canyon in October. front, but dabbling elsewhere a bit, too. Also, stilljoys all it has to offer. He’d love to hear from other dividing time between Riverdale, N.Y., and Colum-NMHers. Contact Mike for Jeff’s email. Jim Husson, Laurie Smith, Mark Short, Al- bia County, N.Y. Doug and I are preparing to take our son, Mac (14), to camp in Michigan, where83 NMH lyson Goodwin and their kids—Jordan Goodwin he’ll spend two weeks hiking around Isle Royale ALLYSON GOODWIN Short ’12, Jonah Husson, Haley Goodwin Short in Lake Superior. We welcomed Bill Schubart for45 Mount Hermon Rd ’14, and Anna Husson—vacation together every a visit last Memorial Day weekend and toured theGill MA 01354-8801 year on Newfound Lake in New Hampshire. They Vanderbilt home. We also saw Schuby in [email protected] usually go the same week in August, but with after he ran a race in Central Park. We enjoyed a Haley going off to Tufts, Jonah going off to North- great visit with Vera Heidolph in the San DiegoANGELA LAMBERT eastern, and Jordan working at his first co-op from area back in the fall, paddling around Coronado,249 Islington Street, Unit #10 RIT for GE Aviation, they had to change the date and hiking in Torrey Pines (I’m actually wearingPortsmouth NH 03801-4266 to June. It was colder but still a wonderful tradition. my NMH jacket in the picture). It’s fun seeing [email protected] pictures folks post on Facebook—keep it up.” Mark Lipton writes: “Except for a two-year stintJennifer Goller Letourneau writes: “On 2/5/14, in Boston, I’ve lived in the Bay Area since ’90. Life Tim Lam has been a huge help for NMH,we became grandparents for the first time. Brixton is fun and busy with my wife, Cindy, daughter Ella volunteering his time and his support when NMHLawrence Daigle made his debut. I was blessed to (9), son Josh (7), and goldendoodle, Fenway. We’ll travels to Hong Kong for admission and advance-be there to cheer on my daughter, Ashley, and her be camping a lot this summer. For the past 10 years, ment events. He enjoys running his real estatepartner, Luke. It was not for the faint of heart. If I’ve been a deputy city attorney on the trial team business and has two busy teenage daughters.that’s not enough lovin,’ we added two shih tzu of the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, wherepuppies to our household. They are a handful but there is rarely a dull moment. All the best, espe- Russell Schwartz writes: “After living in andso much fun to watch. Now my grandson has two cially those of you from East and Marquand.” around New York City for 27 years, my familycrazy girls to grow up with. July will bring the fam- (wife Patti and daughters Morgan, Sydney, andily vacation to Wells, Maine. My mother, Cynthia, Dan Ward completed a master’s in divinity Abigail) and I are moving to Charlotte, N.C., thiswill join us, as well as my brother, Jeffrey Goller magna cum laude in ’13 from Liberty Baptist summer. I have been working for TIAA-CREF in’80, his family, and my sister, Susan Tormanen, and Theological Seminary in Virginia and is now pastor New York for the past two years, developing insti-hers. I love seeing all my NMH peeps—Carol Lebo, of the Holderness Community Church in New tutional and consumer payment products (mostlyPam Shoemaker, Sheila Heffernon, and will miss Hampshire. Dan, his wife, Wendy, and their son, electronic payment cards and mobile paymentterribly Penny Block, as she and Jim are moving on Sam, live in Bridgewater on Newfound Lake. products) and will now work out of their Charlottein his retirement.” office. I am still playing ice hockey, and I am a loyal Lulu Lason Cannon writes: “We have been busy fan of my daughters’ extracurricular activities (soc- Janice Russell brought her nephew, Jack Aylin, with our son’s hockey and daughter’s lacrosse. My cer, dance, lacrosse, to name a few). We are all veryto NMH for summer school from Durham, N.C. daughter, Mackenzie, and I drove to UMass for the excited about the move and hope we can find some New England Cup lacrosse tourney and had the NMH alumni in the area.” amazing pleasure of staying at Allyson and Mark’s house on the Mount Hermon campus. It was great Speaking of which, check out the NMH Con- fun to show Mackenzie my alma mater. I will be nect app, available free in the app store. It provides seeing Sue Swift Warner in a month for the Capi-Claire Johnson-Hurry ’83 and Vera Heidolph ’83 in the San Dan Ward ’83 receiving his master’s in divinity from Liberty Claire Johnson-Hurry ’83 with husband, Doug, andDiego area Baptist Theological Seminary classmate Bill Schubart ’83 (on right) fall 2014 I class notes I 81

L. to r. starting in the back row: Jim Husson ’83, Allyson Smith, Mike Smotrich, Kate Dickie Supron, El- Wendy, whom I have known since high school days,Goodwin ’83, Mark Short ’83, Laurie Smith ’83, Haley and I bought a small building back in ’10, and weGoodwin Short ’14, Jordan Goodwin Short ’12, Jonah Husson, eanor Hager Temelini, Tim Tracy, Laura Vantine, are landlords and live there with our tenants. My sonand Anna Husson at Lake Newfound in New Hampshire is in CILA in New Rochelle—CILA is half Spanish and Kwok-Kin Wong. and half English classes—and in his spare time, hea great resource for alumni to find each other, From Jens Hermjakob: “I still live nearby goes on auditions for commercials and TV. He did aeither where you live or where you are visiting. Crest commercial a few months ago. I want to wishYou’ll also find an NMH app in the store, too. That Frankfurt (Bad Soden am Taunus) in Germany, all of my mates from NMH all the best.”one was created by an NMH grad from ’14, who where I work for an IT company as a service man-developed it for parents and students. It has some ager. I am happily married to Betti, now for seven Jens Hofmann reports he will be moving to Elgreat photos and other insider info. Incidentally, years, and wish everyone a great time at reunion.” Paso, Texas, in October. His company has a plantthis same student created an app to invite a girl to in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on the other side of thebe his Chat date. Pretty clever. Tom McKean is enjoying life on the California border, where he will have a three-year assign- coast as a West Coast rep for JPMorgan Funds, ment. “I am looking forward to being back in the Write in with your updates, think about NMH based in Santa Barbara. Tom writes: “I play a little U.S., but it will be quite a change for my family toand your experience and what it meant to you, and guitar and do a few triathlons. Now that being gay move to Texas from the lush and moderate southconsider your support. NMH is thriving, and we is legal, I married my partner (now husband) of 14 of Germany. My son will start his university studiesshould all be very proud. years, MarQ Taylor, in a private dawn ceremony in Stuttgart while my wife, Claere, and my two on Summerland Beach. Our adopted son, Jon (25), daughters will follow to El Paso around Christmas.”84 NMH sells suits at Men’s Wearhouse in Santa Barbara. MARGGIE SLICHTER In May, we traveled east to celebrate Anya’s bat Steffen Hillemann has been living in Burling-43 Cleveland St mitzvah at Brandeis. Anya is our goddaughter, Lisa ton, Vt., since moving back from Germany afterGreenfield MA 01301-1905 Kipen-Hershenson’s ’83 adopted daughter.” completing medical school and an internship [email protected] in ’96. He married his high-school sweetheart, I hope this finds you all well. I’d be grateful if Korinna, in ’98, and then completed training inWe celebrated our 30th reunion this June, and a anyone would be interested and willing to take over cardiovascular medicine. He has a private practicemerry group gathered on campus to reconnect with as class secretary. It’s a fun way to connect with in interventional cardiology. They have two kids,the school and one another. It was great to see so classmates. I’ve loved doing it, but I am ready to Malin (15) and Jacob (10).many friends and to meet families, share stories, hand it off to the next person or people. The schooland celebrate the school we love. Attendees includ- makes it easy to connect and everyone enjoys read- Ted Grey posted in the NMH class of 1985ed (sorry if I miss anyone) Eliza Edwards Burden, ing the news. Let me know if you’re interested. group on Facebook (please join if you are not al-David Cain, Doug Calvin, Phoebe Cameron, ready one of the 165 members). He lives in SeattleJoan Crowell, Kerry Doyle, Kara Driscoll-Hazlett, 85 NMH with his wife, Portia, and daughters, Georgia (17)Lea Thompson Emery, Corina Goulden, Molly JENNIFER BUELL HORSCHMAN and Logan (12). When he wrote, Georgia was atGreaney, Ed Hamilton, Trinka Hamilton, Kristin selection camp for the U.S. Junior National Row-Hanson Martin, Gigi Haycock, John Hinds, 67 Joyner Ave ing team. Ted started a youth lacrosse program, theNancy Huston, Heidi Kronenberg, John Lewis, Magnolia United Propellers. Daughter Logan is inAmy Titherington Manley, Chris Nagle, Adrian Ashville NC 28806-4308 her fifth year playing with his boys’ team, whereOates, Caitlin Dyk Palacios, Missy Paul, Leslie she plays attack and goalie. Portia is a real estateRichardson, Carolyn Ross-Lee, Gerard Sava, [email protected] broker, and Ted does strategic financial and taxSusan Turney Skewes, Marggie Slichter, Maja planning for business owners and the charitably Way to rally up the news, ’85. inclined. Faith McClure sent an update recently Kenny Solomon writes from Venice, Calif.: “I that was put under class of ’84, sorry. She writes: “I just discovered that C. Todd Everett lives just a few recently had the pleasure of hanging out with blocks from me in Lake Worth, Fla.” Rhys Eppich Alden Wallace (who must have made a deal with just returned from a trip to Scotland and England, the devil, because he looks like he did when he was following the life and death of Mary, Queen of 18) in New York City. We went to see a musical I Scots. “Beautiful countries, wonderful people, and am involved with—Heathers: The Musical—and we needless to say, I learned a lot. My partner, Cate, got to share a few laughs over dinner. Joe Ehrlich and I finally got married in December (thanks to popped by our house on the Left Coast recently the Supreme Court), after 20-plus years. Jennifer to say hello and catch up. What an incredibly Allen celebrated with us. We have twins (12) and beautiful family Joe has. Summer is here, and we live in Florence Mass. I still work for KPMG, are heading to Big Horn, Wyo., for our annual although part time for the last several years.” summer family get-together. My wife, Jocelyn, and I met at Vassar more than 25 years ago, and we have two girls—Dylan (11) and Luna (8).” Julian Dodds writes: “I just finished teaching my son, Oliver (8), how to ride a bike. My wife,Members of the class of ’84 at reunion. L. to r.: Phoebe Members of the class of ’84 enjoyed reunion on campus in June.Cameron, Tim Tracy, Nancy Huston, Leslie Richardson,Eliza Edwards Burden, and Kristin Hanson Martin 82 I NMH Magazine

Jay Tolo lives in Enfield, Conn., with wife, our town of Lawrence, Kan. We just celebrated 26 Debra Koffler ’86, Jodi Tsapis ’85, and Alden Wallace ’85Michele. They celebrated their 20th anniversary years of marriage in May with our children, Carsonin September. They have two daughters—Sarah (24), Chamberlain (24), Henry (22), Tucker (21), if her daughter would like NMH as much as she(14) and Kristen (18), who attends High Point and Hutton (15). Jacqueline Lewis and I traveled did. Gillian would love to connect with Susan Lee.University in North Carolina, majoring in elemen- around Banff, Canada, last summer and had antary education. “Believe it or not, the thoughts of amazing time photographing some of the prettiest Chrissi Haas Deprez is enjoying time in heranother amazing NMH reunion are beginning to landscapes I have ever seen.” gardens and orchards in Chapel Hill, N.C., and shepop into my head. See you all soon. Tim McCabe, is starting the college tour with her youngest son,I saw that you retired this year. Good luck, my old Christina Canas Stinchcomb graduated in Loften. They will be looking at many Northeastfriend. I hope you find that tugboat you told me April from a two-year program for equine gestalt schools this summer. Chrissi is also looking for-about. Fix it up nice, sit back, and enjoy the ride.” coaching and “loves partnering with horses to ward to a reunion with NMH friends this summer connect people to their own inner wisdom.” She’s on Cape Cod. Bebe Brown and Nilda Lopez have Steffani Bennett lives in Boston and teaches still in Boulder, Colo., but says she and Bart “are planned the event, and as of now they expect to see:piano and voice. She still sings in New York from planning to move on to the next venture, which Li Lin Hilliard Hally, Deidre Anderson Detjens,time to time. Elin Gardiner Schran lives right up has yet to unfold.”the street from her. Nancy Wolfe-Huckaby lives in Julie Trela Tantillo, Kendel Leet, Julie PearseClinton, N.Y., with husband, Eric, and sons Max Dave Reinheimer is an associate professor of(17) and Beny (14.) She writes: “In September, I English and coordinator of Writing Across the Sullivan, Gretchen Ganzle-Kidder, Brita Mullerstarted as director of reunion giving at Hamilton Curriculum at Missouri Valley College. He marriedCollege. After years of being a teacher, this is a big Christine Margarita Relos in ’12, and their daugh- Boer, Cindy Decker, Kristin Sidwell, and Laurachange for me. Busy with college search, lacrosse ter, Azshara Angelina, was born nearly 25 weeks Longsworth ’87.tournaments, and hockey travel kids.” prematurely last April. “A long journey and excel- lent care from both Boone Hospital in Columbia, Kendel recently returned to the U.S. from Molly Sterner lives and teaches in San Diego. Mo., and the Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas Jakarta and visited Nilda and Kathrine Clark ’87She moved from fifth grade to third grade this City, Mo., and now Az is a happy and healthy baby in New York City. Kathrine moved to the city twoyear. “Had an awesome time hanging out with Jodi soon to come home from intensive care. Thanks to years ago from Los Angeles and is a self-employedTsapis and her brother, Adam Tsapis ’84, when my NMH friends for all of their support.” interior designer. Kendel and I recently spent thethey were in town last fall. Playing lots of tennis day together. We made a road trip to Williamstown,and traveling as much as I can. Had a great visit As for me, Jen Buell Horschman, my family and Mass., and visited MassMoCA (a contemporary artwith Rob Weiss in Oregon this spring. Heading I have moved back to the U.S. after five years living museum in North Adams, Mass.). Kendel moves toon a road trip to Colorado for a couple weeks and working in our immersion-abroad business in Johannesburg, South Africa, in August.and can’t wait to spend some quality time in the Costa Rica. We are living in Asheville, N.C., enjoy-mountains. So let’s hear from the rest of you guys. I ing the seasons, mountains, rivers, music, and art. In April, Ellen McCurtin ’85 ran the annualsee your Facebook posts, so let’s all share.” My sons, Nico (13) and Henry (11), are exploring Two Oceans 56K race in Cape Town, South Africa. new activities and are in stimulating schools. I have Ellen still loves running after all these years and has Erik Lovequist has been married to Melissa for been teaching Spanish, and my husband, Rob, is in the knees to do it.12 years, employed by Mediabase/Media Monitors health-care interpreting. I texted with Keith Finneyfor 16 years, and in the radio business for more and Ethan Garber, who were in Asheville, and I Bruce Mendelsohn writes: “In April, I wasthan 20 years. “I am blessed to be able to work hope to connect with them their next time through. fortunate enough to run the Boston Marathon; itfrom home and in a position that allows me to was a cathartic experience. Ran some miles duringtake advantage of my music knowledge. We also I am reminded that we have a reunion coming the long, cold winter with Caleb Daniloff ’88. I’mhave a side business, Lovequist Antiques, and do in June ’15. Start working out how to make it still at MIT (six years this September); it’s beenflea markets and antiques shows several times per happen, so we have a great showing and good time an incredible experience thus far to help developyear. We have two black cats, twin sisters Cleopatra reconnecting. Pura vida. tomorrow’s engineering leaders. In November, Iand Nefertari, are Red Sox season ticket holders, accepted an invitation to join the board of trusteesmembers of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, and 86 NMH for the Rensselaerville Institute, whose CEO is ouravid concertgoers. And, I have been a pollotarian (I GEOFFREY LOCKE old friend and classmate, Gillian Williams. So, Idon’t eat beef or pork) for almost 25 years.” get to see her more often—and as it was in the 19 Whittier St past—sparks fly. The work she’s doing is inspira- Alden Wallace: “Just had a great summer eve- tional. Closer to home, I continue to serve on thening walk through the village with Debra Koffler Northampton MA 01062-9722 Auburn Public Library board of trustees, a position’86 and Jodi Tsapis. Debra lives in New York City, to which I was elected in ’12. I’m lobbying Andrewworking on a documentary about Africa Bombata. [email protected] “Drew” Dimmick ’88 for a spot on his boat thisJodi is on vacation from teaching in San Francisco, summer—but if not, Heather and I plan to spend aand I am working with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. Hello, everyone. Please note that I’m writing this week in the Hamptons and a couple long weekendsLet’s just say we had a few laughs.” in the early summer, so forgive us if the news seems in Wilmington, Vt. I enjoy keeping up with class- old, now that we’re heading into the winter months. mates and schoolmates on social media and loved Dru Stewart Fritzel writes: “Our family has But for now it’s summer in New England, and the getting retweeted by Kim Raver ’85 before shehad an incredibly busy and blessed year. One weather is warm and beautiful. reprised her role on ‘24.’”of our companies, Bliss Sports, partnered withthe University of Kansas in the construction of Gillian Williams wrote to say it’s been 20 years Jennifer Seavey ’87 was appointed director ofRock Chalk Park. Consisting of women’s softball, since she has updated the NMH community about the Shoals Marine Laboratory on Appledore Islandwomen’s soccer, and men’s and women’s track and her life. She lives in Seattle and leads a nonprofitfield, the park enabled the university to meet its called the Rensselaerville Institute, “the think tankexpectations for Title IX and was also recognized with muddy boots.” Bruce Mendelsohn recentlyby the IAAF as the fifth Class 1 certified track in joined the board, and Gillian says he’s been athe U.S. This incredible certification will allow the wonderful addition. Christina St. Laurent is stilltrack to host meets at an international level. We are Gillian’s “partner in crime and best friend.” Gillianvery excited to watch the park grow and see what is the godmother of Christina’s daughter, and theya positive impact it will have on the university and frequently visit in San Francisco at Christina’s home. Gillian’s daughter is coming close to high school, and she’s thinking about NMH, wondering fall 2014 I class notes I 83

Molly Sterner ’85, Adam Tsapis ’84, and Jodi Tsapis ’85 competition with her husband, since he went to ing videos of my exploits from time to time online. Lawrenceville. They hope to be back in New Eng- The master’s degree thing never materialized. It justlocated among the Isles of Shoals, six miles off the land for a prep-school tour sometime soon. wasn’t as compelling as my physical activities, andcoast of New Hampshire. The University of New I’ve timed out of the program. Although a tiny partHampshire (UNH) and Cornell University jointly Alysa Ray continues as an adjunct teacher at of me is sad, most of me is relieved, as I continuerun the lab, and Jenn has joined the faculty of the Hunter College and New York University. Alysa to pour my energies and excitement into aerials,UNH School of Marine Science and Ocean Engi- recently had a minireunion with Schuyler Bush dances, and flips.neering. Jenn was recently in Paris with her sister and Charles Abel and their families, and plansand visited Matthew Andrews, who lives just out- to see Hiba Ramey Fennelly, Martha Slater ’87, Don’t forget to check out our class website atside of Paris. Matt visited the U.S. over the summer and Siobhan Reagan ’87 over the summer by nmh1987.org, where you can log in with your Face-and saw Sven Atema in Woods Hole, Mass. He motorcycle. Alysa has her own bike and is learning book login or create a non-Facebook login as well.also hopes to see Robert Jereski later this summer how to ride this “beast” safely. I’ll be posting class notes there, but you’ll have to bein Paris. Matt just produced and released a CD of logged in to see them. There you can also find linksoriginal songs under the name Moonz Arnett. Holly Bachman Bennett continues to work to the various NMH and NMH1987 groups and freelance as a journalist and marketing/PR “gal” email lists. You can find me on Facebook at kit.nmh. Amy Schwartz Saklad had a wonderful week in within the international triathlon world. ThisYellowstone and the Grand Tetons with her family. summer Holly will be in a tiny town in Bavaria And now, the news: Matt Albee enjoyed anLast year they did Yosemite, and next year they plan with 5,000 other triathletes for the Challenge Roth, unexpected visit from Ken Robinson a few monthsto visit Bryce and Zion. Amy enjoys keeping up with and she’ll be both a participant and observer, and back. What a treat to have dinner with an oldmany NMH classmates in person and on Facebook, will write about this 3.8 km swim, 180 km bike, friend. Matt and his family recently relocated (stilland soon she will start college tours for her boys. and 42 km run. Estelle Weyl has now written two on Bainbridge Island, Wash.) to Winslow Cohous- books—Mobile HTML5 and HTML5 and CSS3 ing and love the cohousing community lifestyle. Virginia Wasiuk Lay went “of counsel” with her for the Real World. Both have been translated into Matt also recently attended a puberty prep coursefirm to focus on her work as a special prosecutor for multiple languages and Estelle is now working on with his oldest son, Cole (11), and is at least aswhite-collar crime. Two jobs and two kids were too HTML5: The Definitive Guide. anxious as Cole is about the coming changes.much. Her daughter, Kate (13), will be attendingher third summer at Camp Betsey Cox in Rutland, After a 20-year run, Brita Muller Boer sold Christina Wright DeFranceaux and Carter loveVt., owned and run by retired NMH teacher Lorrie her child-care business and has transitioned into their new digs in “Deluxbury,” Mass. Sevy is goingByrom. Ginny’s son, James, stayed closer to home human resource consulting. She looks forward to into first grade this fall and starting the violin.for camp, in scenic Potosi, Mo. Ginny continues spending time this summer at the minireunion Carter purchased Duxbury Chimney, and Chris-to be grateful for her NMH community and our with Hibbard and Marquand girls. Michael New- tina has an awesome new job in administration atshared values. “My guest room is always open for som has moved to a new home that he built in East Boston Children’s Hospital. The commute is brutal,those of you that have not seen the Arch, the St. Otisfield, Maine. And Donna Kadis is on break but she comes home to lots of love, and of course,Louis Zoo, or Shaw’s Botanical Garden.” from teaching and will spend at least half of it at a beautiful house, and is 10 minutes from the best Wrightsville Beach, N.C., with family and friends. beach on the South Shore. Life is good. Anne Bartfay Platzner just finished her 15th Donna sends a shout-out to Kendel Leet.year as a family doctor at a University of Washing- Jessica P’Simer Henry is busy with school andton clinic. Anne is starting to share NMH stories 87 NMH taking care of her twin girls, Donley and Dana (2).with her daughter, Lizzie (12), with hopes of her KIT GATTIS Although she has already had several experiencespossibly attending NMH. However, there is some with student teaching, she will begin her full-time PO Box 380234 internship this August. She is so excited to getMembers of the class of ’86 gathered for a minireunion started. She will finally graduate from Dalton Stateon the Cape over the summer: Kristen Sidwell, Bebe Cambridge MA 02238-0282 College with a bachelor’s degree in early childhoodBrown, Julie Trela Tantillo, Kim Snyder Burke, Nilda Lopez, education on 12/12/14.Gretchen Ganzle-Kidder, Li Lin Hilliard Hally, Christina Haas [email protected], Dee Anderson Detjens, Cindy Decker, Julie Pearse Kristin Lang and her family met up withSullivan, Kendel Leet, Laura Longsworth ’87, and Brita www.facebook.com/NMH1987 Stephen Lin in Hong Kong during Easter break.Muller Boer. Stephen has his own shoe brand named after two of website: http://nmh1987.org his children—Andrew Kayla. Kristin’s son is good friends with the son of Denis Noonan. Although you won’t read this until fall, we’ve just passed the longest day of the year and are entering Brett Morrison enjoyed spring lacrosse season into the fullness of summer. July is a bit like a with all three of his kids playing for the first time. Saturday: It’s when we plan to get all the fun things He coached his youngest, along with Suzanne done, but if we’re not careful, we find ourselves on “Topsy” Taylor King’s son, and regularly saw Eric Sunday (i.e., August) wondering where the time Crawford ’88, who is one of the more active league went and scrambling to get things done before leaders. Brett plans a permanent move to Manches- they’re due on Monday. ter, Vt., this fall. I’m listening to music by Jamie Walters and Martha Slater had fun drinking beer, playing thinking what a wonderful class we have, and mahjong, and painting garden gnomes in Vermont all the wonderful memories we’ve made, both at in June with Siobhan Reagan and Alysa Ray ’86. NMH and beyond, and what a wonderful family Martha loves being a third-grade tutor at the school we’ve created. Unfortunately, while we have times for creative and performing arts in Cincinnati, and of great joy, there are also times of sadness. It is is finding lots of local theater and commercial work. with sorrow that I mark the passing of Bill Good- She spent part of last summer in Wyoming to ap- man this past May. He was always there with a pear in the world premiere of Waiting for a Chinook, smile and a hug, and his friends remember that he a play about the demise of the small-town newspa- always made things seem fun and achievable. He per inspired by a C.M. Russell painting of the same gave everyone such joy, and it’s our duty to follow name. She is very psyched to be performing the his lead and keep spreading as much joy as possible. show at the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Mont., this August, and at several other western I’m continuing to work on my circus skills and also a choreography class this summer. I’ll be post-84 I NMH Magazine

museums where the canvas will be touring. Most of Easthampton, Mass., where he teaches at Williston of the Orland Fire Department. all, she’s loving her family and trying to get used to Northampton. His wife and three kids are gems. Eric Olander couldn’t make it to reunion since having a kid that will be going to college in a year. Mike Benaquist ’88 and I hung out recently during one of his fly-by stops in Boston—he’s a he’s in Saigon, Vietnam, with his wife and son Katherine McGee Warren is in Houston, Texas, musician on cruise ships, working several month- (4), a future NMH Hogger. Eric’s been bouncingwhich is way cooler than people realize. The energy long continuous contracts, between which he takes around the world for the past few years, movingindustry is a good place to work, and she promises many more months off, exploring different locales from Los Angeles to the Congo to Paris and nowthat clients don’t invest in climate misinformation. around the world. He stops by in Cambridge once Ho Chi Minh City. If anyone’s passing throughKathy ran into Laura Sheinkopf ’88 at lunch—she or twice a year, and it’s always great just to hang. Vietnam, he’d love to catch up.is as gorgeous as ever. “The chemicals in the airin Texas help preserve our youthful complexions.” I see Patrick Reilly and his son once in a while Julia Hand came away from reunion with theKathy’s in Northfield in August and can’t wait to see on the soccer fields in Cambridge—last time I saw warm feeling that we have put the “head, heart,the NMH farm cows, Gill Tavern, and the Creamie. him, he was working as a patent attorney. A year or and hand” into practice in the world, making so ago I had the absolute pleasure of hanging out it a better place every day. A few months before Geoff Weed is in Chicago. Still. He wonders: with Christina Lee and her son, a star tennis player, reunion, she returned from an amazing three-week“Oh for the love of God, why am I still in Chicago?” in Princeton, N.J. vacation in Australia and New Zealand—her gift to herself for becoming a Licensed Clinical Social88 NMH Courtney Cook lives in San Francisco, where Worker in California in ’13. She fulfilled a lifelong ANNE STEMSHORN GEORGE she’s starting her 19th year teaching a bilingual sec- dream to scuba dive at the Great Barrier Reef. She10 Fox Chase Lane ond-grade classroom. Courtney moonlights as a DJ met divers from the U.S. and Canada who were Durham NC 27713-9458 and loved playing an impromptu late-night set for also headed to Melbourne. Unlike Julia, though, [email protected] her ’89 classmates at reunion. Watching Nat Grew, their destination was the Melbourne Grand Prix, and they had an extra ticket. Next thing she knew,Good news to share. Stephen Gauster writes: Rain Kramer, Kathryn Price, Aida Ashenafi, she was sitting in the front row watching practice“Kari Asperheim and I were married on 7/13/13 runs of the Formula 1 cars—an experience she will at St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Fifth Avenue Lauren Burns, Mariah Draper Calagione, Mark never forget. Sydney was gorgeous and she got toin New York City. We held the reception at Avery see Billy Bragg perform at the Opera House, thenFisher Hall, Lincoln Center, near where we first Medeiros, Chris Roof, Tyler Rust, Matt New- off to New Zealand, a whirlwind of wine and the met on a backstage tour of the Metropolitan Opera. most staggeringly beautiful landscapes, which ap-NMH was very well represented at the festivities. berg, Frankie Baker, Rebecca Holske, Charlie pear to be simply untouched by man.My brother, Eric Gauster ’90, was my best man; my Crossley roommate, Mike Yu, came all the Bankart, Malachi Weir, Gail Doolittle, and so David Febus, who has recently been an incred-way from South Korea. We were lucky to be joined many others get loose on the dance floor outside ible inspiration for ’89 and other NMHers, gradu- by Brendan Dillon and his wife, Eva Burt Dillon of Wallace was a major highlight of her reunion ated in May from Mercy College with a master’s’86; Julio Salcedo; Josh Kwiat; Jennie Kent weekend. Nate Cade had a great time at reunion. in childhood education. Even after his trauma, deMontoya and her husband, Francisco Montoya He wants to thank Joss French for bringing the including brain damage, he graduated with a 4.0Caballero; Bader El-Jeaan ’90; and, of course, my yearbook to remind us how young we looked. Nate and made Phi Delta Kappa. He will start work in parents, Wil Gauster ’57 and Norma.” recently opened his own law firm and works more September as an elementary-school teacher in the now than ever. He handles all aspects of civil litiga- Bronx at the school where Barbara Thomas’ ’8889 NMH tion (some criminal), as well as estate planning and dad is principal. Kevin McCaffrey was sorry to CHRIS ROOF business transactions. With three kids (13, 12, and miss the reunion, but his wife, Elaine Kwon, was465 Concord Ave 9) his weekends are not his own, but with the new playing concerts and mentoring other pianists at Cambridge MA 02138-1217 firm and less travel, he gets to see them more. Nate the National Music Festival in Maryland, and they [email protected] asks that you not be strangers and to let him know were celebrating their sixth anniversary. They’d cel- if you’re in Wisconsin or Chicago. ebrated their first at our 20th reunion. Elaine wasJOHN CARROLL amazed at the people and grounds, and Kevin was Box 4722, One Lamplighter Way Nate Rono had a chance to catch up with old so taken that he did a running tumble roll over the Mount Hermon MA 01354-9638 friends, meet new people from other classes, and bonfire—not advisable but fun. They are launching [email protected] enjoy the beauty of the campus during reunion. He’s a performance and conversation series, pairing still living in Belmont, Mass., teaching high school music with wine, beer, food, and other sensory CARYN CROTTY ELDRIDGE history and economics in Waltham. His twin daugh- experiences, called Savor Your Senses. The first one 2 Steele Rd ters (10) are going into fifth grade and so far seem to involved the NMH New York City alumni group. London W4 4AF UK have inherited most of their mother’s best traits. His Combined with Elaine’s lecturing role at MIT, they [email protected] house is a constant construction site since they have may get up to Boston more in the coming year. expanded into the attic with two dormers. Nate’s Most of Kevin’s time goes to his day job, build- From Chris: Life’s been a roller coaster for me biking a lot with his wife. This spring they rode 100 ing out capital introduction programs for private lately, and our 25th reunion couldn’t have come at miles to support Best Buddies International. equity and hedge funds at Thomson Reuters. He a better time. Having been to all of the reunions, I still plays some hockey and tries to keep his legs knew to expect the unexpected and that it would Michael Murphy met Alyson West on 05/05/05, prepped with Shaolin Kung Fu. be a great time, but I couldn’t have predicted just they married on 10/10/10, and are now proud how magical a weekend it would be. Thanks to all parents of a daughter, Alexandra (2). A year ago they Sheresa Arrington Melvin hated that shethose I re- and/or newly connected with—NMH created “We Are the 15 Percent,” a crowd-sourced had to miss reunion. Her church went on its firstis just such a special place for me, it’s hard to put photography project, charting the changing face of mission trip to the Dominican Republic to serveinto words. the American family. Michael manages programs for the poor, which was a wonderful and rewarding Atlanta Celebrates Photography, the country’s largest experience. She has enjoyed serving alongside her I recently saw Nat Simpson and his family in annual community-based photography festival. husband at their church. In January, she left her full-time position at the behavioral health hospital Julia Clark Downs is in her 14th year at the and is now counseling in a private psychiatrist’s Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine, and was office, allowing her more time for her husband promoted in June to director of collections and in- terpretation. She recently co-authored a case study: “The Abbe Museum, Seeking a Collaborative Future Through Decolonization,” for the book Interpreting Native American History and Culture, due out in October. In her other life, she is the assistant chief fall 2014 I class notes I 85

Sheresa Arrington Melvin ’89 went on a mission trip with everyone after 25 years. “It was so great reconnect- INI OBOT ing with such great people and spirits, and I look 297 Sickles Aveher church to the Dominican Republic to serve the poor. forward to seeing all my other classmates between New Rochelle NY 10801-3700 now and our 30th—so worth it.” He’s thankful [email protected] their son, Isaiah (7). Sheresa looks forward for an experience that still has him in awe. Katieto our next big gathering but is also hopeful for Clapp Sonin left NMH for Boston University with CATE STEELE HARTZELLencounters before then. She recently reconnected a love of the Russian language. She graduated with 18 Rockledge Terwith Kriya Lendzion ’88, who is counseling and a bachelor’s in Russian studies—a bit late after Chatham NJ 07928-1216living in Asheville, N.C. seeing the inside of far too many health facilities [email protected] around the world. She returned home to volunteer Ethan Kline was sorry to miss reunion, too. as a Russian interpreter at Beth Israel Hospital. 93 NMHHe and his wife, Sally, are living in Manila for Later, she moved to New York City to follow a METTA DAELsix months while she works for the WHO on the childhood dream of studying fashion design and Box 4804, One Lamplighter Wayresponse to Typhoon Yolanda. It’s a fascinating landed a job at Perry Ellis Menswear. She studied Mount Hermon MA 01354-9638place to be and they’re enjoying traveling in the toward an associate degree in fashion design while [email protected] and the region. He was blown away working. Katie left New York for Boston daysby Cambodia and Angkor Wat and writes from after 9/11. Like so many of us, she was eventually 94 NMHBorneo, where they’ve had an amazing time hiking diagnosed with PTSD. She met her husband, Ju- CAROL KOLDIS FOOTEand seeing the local wildlife. Ethan gives thanks to han, became a hot yoga instructor, and helped run 234 Skinner Rdall who posted pictures from the reunion. affordable housing lotteries in a small family-run Shelburne Falls MA 01370-9526 business outside Harvard Square. Katie’s now living [email protected] Josh Kirn left the Tilton School two years ago the quiet life as a stay-at-home mom in Arlingtonand has been teaching at Parker Academy and the to sons Udo (7) and Viggo (4), and is spiritual/ DAN FURLONGNew Hampshire Technical Institute since then. He fashion advisor to Juhan as he runs his thriving de- 450 Warren Wright Rdlives in Concord, N.H., with wife Sarah and their sign business down the street. Katie wants to thank Belchertown MA 01007-9364two girls, whom he gets to pick up from school her NMH family, as it’s been moving to reconnect, [email protected] take to theater camps, ballet, voice classes, ski either via Facebook or at the past two reunions.lessons, and everything else under the sun. Josh We, Nel Andrews and Laura Snyder Craford,thought it was great to find more classmates nearby If you’d like to be in touch with classmates have officially retired from our secretary duties asas reunion got closer, and he’s looking forward to mentioned here, let me know. I have all of their we were able to cajole (guilt) Carol Koldis Footegetting in touch with even more people over time. email addresses. and Dan Furlong into the job. Keith Clarson has been living in Shenzhen, 90 NMH Our 20th reunion was a great event onceChina, for four years. His quest to find any place ROBBIANNE MACKIN again. Some of the same faces from the 15-yearin southern China that serves a good cheeseburger 101 West End Ave reunion and some new (old) faces. A very pregnantand Dogfish Head beer is ongoing. Keith is work- New York NY 10023-6349 Sophie Middlebrook Hayward attended from Saning with his father in manufacturing LED lights [email protected] Francisco and has since given birth to Robert “Bear”at their factory, and is also working with his wife, Middlebrook Hayward. Bear joins big brother, Jack,Mina, to supply mobile phones and tablets for TRAVIS LEA and big sister, Eloise.various telco carriers in Europe, Southeast Asia, and 2447 Claremont AveAfrica. Keith said anyone passing through Hong Los Angeles CA 90027-4601 It was amazing to be together on campus again.Kong should swing on by Shenzhen. “It’s a pleasant [email protected] Already looking forward to 25.one-hour ferry ride from Hong Kong’s Central toShekou in Shenzhen.” He welcomes visitors and KRISTIN STEELE 95 NMHwould be happy to show them around town. 458 Montauk Ave AMINA GAUTIER New London CT 06320-4606 1219 West Grandville Ave Apt 3B Four years ago, Samantha Hunt moved to the [email protected] Chicago IL 60664-1925tiny Hudson River town of Tivoli, N.Y., where she [email protected] with husband, Joe, and daughters Rosa, Marie, TORYN KIMBERLEY STARKand Juliet, all of whom were amazed and pleased by 1828 Birch Heights Ct NICHOLAS VIDAthe ready supply of whipped cream in the dining Charlotte NC 28213-4047 8731 Venice Blvdhall at reunion. Samantha writes novels—her third [email protected] Los Angeles CA 90034-3216book will be published in the fall of ’15. She alsoteaches writing at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. At 91 NMH 96 NMHthe end of ’14, the family is moving to Spain for six DAIRO MORENO JON RINImonths and would be happy to meet up with any 3102 Durand Dr 47 Park Place Cir Unit 39NMHers living there. Los Angeles CA 90068-1614 West Hartford CT 06110-1424 [email protected] [email protected] Joss French can’t say enough about the emo-tional outpouring of positive energy he had seeing 92 NMH HEIDI GEIS JENNIFER SADULA DE VORE 2140 Woolsey St Apt B 2830 Brook Dr Berkeley CA 94705-1890 Falls Church VA 22042-2302 [email protected] [email protected] 86 I NMH Magazine

NMHers gathered at Stephen Gauster’s ’88 wedding in July ’13. L. to r.: Julio Salcedo ’88, Stephen Gauster ’88, Mike Yu ’88, Stephen Gauster ’88 married Kari Asperheim on 7/13/13.Eric Gauster ’90, Josh Kwiat ’88, Jennie Kent deMontoya ’88, and her husband, Francisco Montoya Caballero.Marielle Pleasant ’01 and Andrew Groundwater on their Nakeefa Bernard ’03 and Christopher Garay on their Sarah Port ’01 married Francois Laberge last November.wedding day in Italy, 5/24/14 wedding day in June97 NMH From Julia: Mason Butler and his wife, Lara, welcomed their second son, Philip “Pip” Patterson, LAUREL HAVAS moved to Boston in June. Mason, a vet, works in in January. Pip and big brother Mac will be future1513 K St SE Hingham, and Lara, a dermatologist, is continuing Hoggers, if Julia has her way.Washington DC 20003-3240 her training. They’d like to connect with [email protected] in the area. Also, Mason recently reconnected with Amelia Cushing Crimmins and her husband, Louis McDavid, a former Crossley friend who now Arthur, welcomed son Caleb Forbes in February.JULIA COHEN lives in Southie. He thanks Cari Wilder Theron514 Hale St PO Box 172 for the traveling advice she gave him for a trip to We send all our best to our classmates, and hopePrides Crossing MA 01965-0172 Mexico. Welcome back to New England, Mason. that wherever you find yourself and whatever you’[email protected] doing, you’ll get in touch. Julia Cohen and her wife, Maresa Patterson,The class of ’94 celebrated its 20th reunion in June. fall 2014 I class notes I 87

98 NMH Luria and his wife, Sara, live in Brooklyn with their Three friends from the class of 2001 together in New York: MATT GAMON kids, Caleb (5) and Eva (3). They took a new last Natalie Pavelock, Catherine Murcek, and Tesalia de Saram.4653 28th Rd South Apt A name together, Luria, when they got married in ’07.Arlington VA 22206-4125 After helping start the Jewish peace organization wedding anniversary on 7/6/14. They went [email protected] J Street in ’08, Isaac now trains religious leaders ing on North Manitou Island in Lake Michigan and organizers to do social-justice work at Auburn to commemorate the day. Noah was able to grab aBRIAN PRESSMAN Theological Seminary in New York City. Isaac drink with Jesse Beecher while he was on assign-14007 Palawan Way Apt 311 would love to hear from NMHers. ment for a documentary film program. It was greatMarina Del Rey CA 90292-6270 for them to catch [email protected] Catherine Murcek lives in Brooklyn and will be co-leading a yoga retreat with Sarah B. Yoga, While I was on campus for reunion, I sat behind99 NMH 11/20–23, at the Dragonfly Yoga Barn in North S. Prestley Blake ’34 (namesake of Blake Hall). AUDREY KORTE Sandwich, N.H. The focus will be on transitioning He and Carroll Rikert ’34 were celebrating their5 Oyster Ln into winter with strength and ease. In addition to 80th reunion. It was pretty incredible to see twoWarren RI 02885-1522 yoga, there will be nature walks, meditation, and 98-year-olds who have spent their lives giving [email protected] snowshoeing. Please contact Catherine for more to NMH and are continuing to do so. info. Joel Weber is working with the husband ofMELIA KNOWLES-COURSIN Julia Ledewitz Rogers ’04 on a start-up called I was able to spend a lot of time that weekend125 Longfellow Rd Apt B GearCommons. The company provides person-to- with my friends from the class of ’04, who wereGorham ME 04038-1848 person outdoor gear rentals, like Airbnb, except celebrating their 10th reunion—Hayley Cutler,[email protected] for tents, kayaks. Tesalia de Saram got together Scotlan Ryan, Brendan Mysliwiec, Jamieson in New York City with Natalie Pavelock and Baker, Kira “Blayne” Manso-Brown, and JaneMOLLY LOVEDAY Catherine Murcek. Warren. It was great to see Nicolas Popoli ’01,52 Curtis St #2, Dez Romain ’01, Daniela Frias ’04, J. PeterSomerville MA 02144-1254 Contact Chris for email addresses of classmates Donald ’05, Paige Landry ’06, and [email protected] mentioned here. McNair ’04.00 NMH 02 NMH I hope you have a wonderful fall. Thanks for KATHERINE “CRICKET” BORNTRAEGER- ANNE MORGAN writing in, and please continue sending in yourWHEELER NISBET updates.15 Allens Rd 76 Lincklean StSouthsea, Hampshire, PO4 0QB, UK 03 [email protected] Cazenovia NY 13035-1031 DEE GUO 57 ½ East St01 NMH [email protected]  Vernon CT 06066-3848 JOSH GRUBMAN [email protected] Deldorf St Hello, everyone. It seems 2014 has been a greatQuincy MA 02169-1820 year for many of you. Johanna Rangel Herrmann MIRA [email protected] and her husband, Frank, welcomed a baby boy, 350 Prince Arthur West, Apt 1105 Frank “Franco” Joseph Herrmann IV on 4/4/14. Jo Montreal, QC H2X 3R4, CanadaCHRISTOPHER A ZISSI is adjusting to motherhood. She works as global [email protected] Berkshire Dr communications manager for the Coca-ColaWinchester MA 01890-3233 Compay. Dee Guo ’03 visited them shortly [email protected] Franco’s birth. Johanna has also caught up with Bridgett Borg ’03 while on a New York City trip.Tara Innes completed her doctorate in interna-tional relations at the University of Maryland last Meagan Delaney has opened an incrediblespring. store, the Rising States, on the Lower East Side of New York City at 1687 Ludlow Street. I urge Dan Horstkotte married Beth Wear on 6/1/14 you to check it out. Lotte Friend Hall and herin Bisbee, Ariz., and Blake Hansen was the best husband, Robbie, had a baby boy, Briceton Thayerman. Sarah Port married Francois Laberge on Hall, on 5/18/14. Noah Balazs has been living in11/7/13 at Boston City Hall. They live in the Charleston, S.C., for a year and celebrated his firstJamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston with theirbeloved pup, Flash. They are planning a ceremony One group of alums who returned to sing in Sacred From the Alumni Office: Nakeefa Bernard Garayfor family and friends during the summer of ’15 in Concert. Front row: Jessica Scherm-Martin Corwin ’00,Francois’ home community of British Columbia. Steven Rozenski ’98. Back row: Genevieve Bergeret ’00, is an assistant program officer for Local InitiativesMarielle Pleasant married Andrew Groundwa- Janna Blais Patterson ’00, Ellen Richardson ’01, Nell Fay Support Corporation (LISC) in New Jersey. LISCter on 5/24/14 in Perugia, Italy, with her father, ’99, Meghan Flaherty ’01, Maggie Hanson ’01, Allan Olson is a national nonprofit community developmentWayne Pleasant ’69, and family and friends in ’02, and Chrissy Assad ’01. organization that helps local partners build livableattendance. communities. Nakeefa recently attended a training program in New York City for her new position Patrick Vincent lives in Stem, N.C., with and writes: “On the first day of training, I hap-his wife, Kristy, and their two children, Jeffrey pened to take a seat next to a fellow trainee, who(7) and Carter (1). Pat is the director of athletics turned out to be Ina Anderson ’86. Through casualand teaches healthful living, K–8, at Falls Lake conversation we quickly realized that we both wentAcademy in Creedmoor, N.C. Isaac Goldstein to NMH and both lived on the Northfield campus. Geraldine Baum ’73, senior vice president for communications and marketing, was a presenter88 I NMH Magazine

Johanna Rangel ’02 and her husband, Frank Joseph Lotte Friend Hall ’02 and her son, Briceton Thayer Hall Herrmann III, with their son, Frank “Franco” IV Patrick Vincent ’01 with son, Jeffrey (7), and wife, Kristy, 05 NMH mented children who have come to the United with son, Carter (1) DONNIE BLACKWELL States without a parent or guardian. 15 Rolling Green Dr at our training, so we thought it was an opportune Amherst MA 01002-2723 One-year countdown to our 10th reunion. More moment to take an LISC staff NMH alumni [email protected] reunion details to follow on Facebook—NMH picture.” Ina lives in Kansas City, Mo., and writes: class of 2005. Stay tuned.“I find it heartening that over the generations NMH ARJUN PANT continues to produce service-minded alums work- 14 Egmont St Apt 1 06 NMHing in the nonprofit sector. D.L. Moody would be Brookline MA 02446-3615 LAKOTA COON proud that our work embodies the head, the hand, [email protected] 67 Coon Holler Lane and the heart.” Castleton VA 22716-2931 JINGPING ZHANG [email protected] 04 NMH 94 Rivington Street, Apt.#18 BRENDAN MYSLIWIEC New York NY 10002-2257 07 NMH1854 5th St NW [email protected] Washington DC 20010-5111 Would you like to be in touch with classmates? The [email protected] From JingPing: Greetings from New York City. class of ’07 needs a class secretary to contribute col- My notes are brief, but read on for some updates. umns to NMH Magazine. If you are interested, pleaseJAMIESON BAKER contact Andrew Heist ’06 at [email protected] Driggs Ave #3 Hanni Thoma writes: “I will be moving to Brooklyn NY 11211-5364 Budapest in September to spend the academic 08  NMH [email protected]  year teaching English at a local higher-education EMILY JACKE institute and will also be working in their Educa- PO Box 342JANE LILLY WARREN tionUSA Advising Center. I don’t know where I’m Middlebury VT 05753-0342480 10th Ave Apt 2FS living just yet, but I’m looking forward to spending [email protected]  New York, NY 10018-1109 another year teaching in Europe.” [email protected] SARAH-ANNE TANNER Douglas Garrison and his wife, Robin, wel- 17 Powder House Ter DANIELA FRIAS comed a baby girl, Evelyn MacQueen Garrison, on Somerville MA 02144-2035779 Ave E Apt 2 5/23/14. Doug is director of communications and [email protected] Bayonne NJ 07002-4051 research at the Center for Middle East Studies at [email protected]  the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of From Sarah-Anne: Hi, everybody. I hope you’re International Studies, and is working toward a sec- all doing well. I decided to do something different Tara Innes ’01 earned her doctorate last spring. ond master’s degree, this time in religious studies. this time around, and instead of sending out a mass email asking for updates and hearing from the My NMH and college classmate, Stephanie Lim, will be a 3L at Cardozo this year and will be Nakeefa Bernard Garay ’03, Geraldine Baum ’73, and Ina editor in chief of the Cardozo International and Anderson ’86 discovered their common bond at a training Comparative Law Journal. program for new employees of Local Initiatives Support Corporation held in New York City. From my NMH roommate, Jade White, comes news of a baby. Jade and Tom Fries are thrilled to announce the arrival of their son, Thomas David Fries, 3/31/14. He is the first grandson of David P. White ’70, first nephew to Joni White ’91, and cousin to Lorraine White ’87 and Jamie Ander- son ’12. The White family looks forward to raising a potential future Hogger. Ashley LaRiccia graduated from University of Maryland School of Law in May 2013 and was selected as a 2014–16 Equal Justice Works public- interest law fellow. Ashley designed her fellowship project with Lutheran Services of Georgia, and will spend the next two years in the Atlanta area, providing immigration representation to undocu- fall 2014 I class notes I 89

same (though lovely) group of people every time, I years after NMH to play junior hockey—and now 10  NMHsent out lots of individual messages to classmates is headed to Cholet, France, where he will play ELI SPECTORwe haven’t heard much from since graduation. I hockey for Les Dogs. Finally, Peter Duplissie- PO Box 75was really pleased when so many responded. Johnson told me several things that are most Old Westbury NY 11568-0075 definitely untrue, from which I infer that he is not [email protected] As for me, I spent a long unemployed winter at only alive and kicking but also in good spirits andhome in Somerville, Mass., and am now working the same as ever. From the Alumni Office: Paul Kim was awardedas an international program consultant at an in- the certificate of achievement in economics by theternational education company based in Waltham, Tom DiDonato lives with his brother, Phil Economics Division of Babson College for his out-Mass., and am very happy with it so far. Maggie DiDonato ’09, in New York City, where he works standing academic accomplishments in the studyField wishes she could have made it to reunion, but as an investment banking analyst at Jeffries, and is of economics, and was invited into the Omicronshe’s been busy working for a hedge fund, doing transitioning to PepsiCo to work on their global Delta Epsilon Honor Society. Paul has a doubleinvestor relations for their publicly traded company m&a team. major in finance and economics, and will work onin New York City. She loves her work and being Wall Street in sales and trading after graduation.in the city. Rohan Ott realized that she can’t sit 09  NMHat a desk all day, so she has moved back home to DAISY LETENDRE 11  NMHCincinnati, where she is now in nursing school. OLIVIA VAN COTT 2635 41st St NW Apt.2 43 Cleveland St Marty Tarantino lives in Avon, Colo., where he Greenfield MA 01301-1905works for SOS Outreach, a national nonprofit that Washington, DC 20007-1272 [email protected]immerses underserved youth in outdoor programsand an extreme leadership-development curricu- [email protected] NISHA MALIKlum. Hallie Bean lives in Philadelphia and enjoys 409 Davis Sther job as a user experience designer. Tom Halley Hannah Perlman graduated from the University Greenfield MA 01301-1414describes himself as a rock-climbing bum—he of San Diego in the spring of ’13. She lives in San [email protected]recently returned from three and a half months Diego and is working in real estate. Melanie Beteof climbing in Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. He graduated from Trinity College in ’13 and now OLIVIA WOLPEreports that life is “astonishingly awesome.” lives in Boston, where she works as a business de- 3161 Washington St velopment associate for Tradestone Software. Katy San Francisco CA 94115-1619 Claire Petersen led a 45-day sea kayaking trip Stetson graduated from Colorado College in ’13 [email protected] in southeast Alaska last summer and then moved to and now lives and works in San Francisco.San Francisco. She’s an assistant buyer in the gear From Nisha: A big hello from NMH. I hope youdepartment of ZOZI, an active lifestyle start-up in Julian Tryba graduated from the University are all having an exciting and fun-filled summer.the city, and is taking advantage of all of the great of Vermont in ’13. He lives in Boston and is Olivia VanCott and I started the summer by work-hiking, parks, and amazing food (and drink) that participating in the Edison Engineering Develop- ing with the NMH advancement team hosting athe city has to offer. After graduating from College ment Program at GE Aviation. Elisabeth Jeffcote wonderful reunion. It was nice to see many familiarof Charleston, Christina Cushing returned to graduated from Providence College in ’13. She now faces from the class of ’09. Before we know it, itUruguay and reunited with the families from the lives and works in New York City. will be our reunion.NMH ’07 study-abroad trip to that country. Shehas since worked as a logistics analyst in Richmond, Galen Anderson graduated from Syracuse This past year, I went to Delhi, India, to internMass., and is looking for her next adventure. University’s School of Architecture in ’14. He lives at Safdarjung Hospital, and I am all set to go back in Providence, R.I., and works for Durkee, Brown, in August. This is my third summer back at NMH, Evan Abrams is in his third year at Georgetown Viveiros and Werenfels Architects. interning for the Upward Bound program. ThisLaw in Washington, D.C., and has a master’s in year, I am the assistant dorm head in Wallace.international relations from the London School John Lyons graduated from Connecticut Col-of Economics. Anna Briccetti is in Cambridge, lege in ’13, along with fellow Hoggers and Conn Melody Allan, Orelia Jonathan, and TuckerMass., studying at Boston University’s School of College roommates Brogan O’Connor and John White are working at NMH Summer School.Public Health pursuing a master’s in public health Gallagher, and is now in New York City, working Tucker is an economics major and is teachingin maternal and child health. She also works at for Brown Brothers Harriman. economics at summer school. For the last couple ofPlanned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, summers, he worked at the Burlington Communitysupervising their counseling and referral hotline. While working for a think tank in Barcelona, Boathouse, a marina in Burlington harbor on Lake Tara Opalinski was able to catch up with former Champlain. Tucker spent fall semester ’13 studying After graduating from Allegheny College, where lower South Crossley neighbor, Caroline Sullivan in Prague, Czech Republic, which allowed him tohe double majored in international studies and ’10. Tara is a paralegal at White & Case LLP in visit places such as Munich, Barcelona, Amsterdam,Mandarin Chinese, Luke Orndorff got a govern- New York City, where she keeps in touch with and Budapest, among others. He is a member ofment job as an analyst in Washington, D.C. As many of the friends she made at NMH. the lacrosse team at Bates College.soon as he arrived for the job, his agency sent himto Okinawa, Japan, to work in support of the Heather Livingston is teaching beginning Matilda Brown has been acting in New YorkNaval Construction Force. These days, he’s living Spanish at NMH Summer Session. This fall she City for the past two years after one year at Tulanein Guam, still working with the NCF as the lone will teach middle-school English and social studies University in New Orleans. This summer, she iscivilian in an otherwise entirely military command. at Monteverde Friends School in Costa Rica. She interning at WGBH in Boston, and in the fall sheHe’s learned a lot, loves his job, and is doing a lot is also happy to announce that her sister, Kim will attend the University of Edinburgh to continueof scuba diving, hiking, and snorkeling on the Livingston ’04, married Konstantin Prokoshyn, studying for her bachelor’s degree. Oliver Dormodyweekends. He hopes to get back to New England 7/26/14. is doing iOS mobile app development and has asoon to see everybody. black Lab puppy named Jackson. Dorothy Chong Daisy Letendre graduated from Trinity College is only two years away from becoming a doctor in David Rome lives in Boston and is entering his in ’13 with fellow Hoggers Melanie Bete and the United Kingdom.third year at Suffolk Law School. He recently got Nick Shaheen. Daisy lives in Washington, D.C.,a sailing license and enjoys going on adventures where she works as a communications associate foraround Boston Harbor. Colin Downey just gradu- a political nonprofit.ated from Bowdoin College—after taking two gap90 I NMH Magazine

Will Werblow is traveling in East Asia for the men in working to end sexual and relationship science teacher at Northfield and NMH. Happy, summer. He is interning at CCTV in Beijing. He violence. He planned to get home to western Mas- happy days ahead from your many NMH col- was lucky to catch up with Annie Chen in Taipei, sachusetts to play a few shows in early July. Jess leagues and friends, Claire. and with Paul Chang, Soosok Kim, Ik Soo Yoo Marlor, meanwhile, interned with a new opera’12, and Bryan Chang ’12 in Seoul. Later this being performed at the Kennedy Center. In the Needless to say, reunions are momentous to summer, Will hopes to see Bo Hao ’14 in Shanghai evenings, she found time to work on her own opera those reuniting. But what cannot help but be and Martha Neubert in Beijing. Meghan Cotter about events following the 1897 massacre of 19 memorable to everyone at Reunion ’14 was the is heading to Bangalore, India, to volunteer at a striking coal miners in Lattimer, Pa., which will be weather. Simply stated—glorious. Blue skies by day nonprofit organization. produced in her senior year at Smith. She says she and warm breezes at night favored athletic activities, is always looking for collaborators in the daunting seminars, receptions, Convocation, buffets, hymn Jenna Florio is going into her senior year at process that is creating an opera, so feel encouraged sing, Sunday chapel. Bright sunshine smiled upon Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif., where she to reach out to her on your own, or ask me to pass the dedications of two other new faculty residences, will be graduating with a double major in human along your interest. I am already hoping to make named in honor of Mec Peller and Mary Light- biology and ecology. This past semester, she studied it to a performance, and trust that I will be one of hall Compton ’44. A fourth residence, in honor of art history in Parma (home to prosciutto and many NMH people in the audience. Linda and Bill Batty ’59, had been dedicated a few Parmesan cheese), a small town in northern Italy. weeks earlier. Returning faculty and staff included For two months this summer, she is living deep in 13 NMH Bill Compton ’44, Bev Bolton Leyden ’53, Mar- the tropical forest on the mid-Pacific coast of Costa got Torrey, Rich and Eleanor Dorman Johnson Rica, doing research on spiders. After graduation, Would you like to be in touch with classmates? The ’62, Carolyn Mann, Ginny and Ed Brooks, Mary- Jenna plans to attend graduate school for biology class of ’13 needs a class secretary to contribute col- Ann Efird Higgins ’51 and Al Higgins ’50, Ginny and later pursue collegiate-level education. umns to NMH Magazine. If you are interested, please and Pat Mooney, Chuck Sanborn and Wendy contact Andrew Heist ’06 at [email protected]. Blackman-Sanborn, Sam Greene and Phyllis Beth Gillig spent last fall in Madurai, Tamil Gansz-Greene, Jeanne and John Rees, Carol and Nadu, India, and studied anthropology and reli- 14 NMH Nelson Lebo ’56, Bob Weis, Louise and Dick gion. She also took Bollywood dance classes. This Schwingel, Betty Congdon, Alice Kells, and Bill summer, she is taking two courses in order to Would you like to be in touch with classmates? The Schweikert. And as usual, I know there are people pursue a career in occupational therapy. class of ’14 needs a class secretary to contribute col- I missed seeing, hence mentioning—my apologies. umns to NMH Magazine. If you are interested, please I hope you all have a great summer and best of contact Andrew Heist ’06 at [email protected]. The 19th annual gathering of retired Faculty luck in your future plans. Please feel free to contact Fuds took place on 6/26/14 on the Kellom hillside. me if you are in western Massachusetts. faculty notes Attending this year were Ginny Brooks, Betty Congdon, Jeanne and Dale Conly ’52, Barbara12  NMH LYN KELLOM Elliott, Barbara Harris, Cynnie and Terry Irwin, PARKER PELTZER PO Box 1546 120 Passumpsic Ave PO Box 453 New London NH 03257-1546 Elliot Rowsey, Wendy Blackman-Sanborn Wilder VT 05088-0453 [email protected] [email protected]  and Chuck Sanborn, Margot Torrey, Glenn Vandervliet ’56, Mary and Bob Weis and chauf- WILSON JOSEPHSON On 5/4/14, the Kelloms joined many longtime feur deluxe Peter Weis ’78, Mary Covey Williams friends and colleagues at the dedication of the ’45, Jeanne and John Rees, and Lorrie Byrom. 50 The Oaks Baldwin-Baxter House, one of the new faculty resi- As always, the “potluck” was delish, conversation dences, given in honor of Alice Baldwin and Mary nonstop, friendships renewed. Henniker NH 03242-3450 Baxter. Since many of Alice’s and Mary’s teaching contemporaries have also passed away, it was heart- It is sad to report the deaths of these three [email protected] warmingly special to see the children of the many special people, involved and dedicated during their past faculty legends returning as representatives of lives to the schools. Member of the class of ’45, From Parker: From what I heard, it was a great their parents and to pay tribute themselves, while lifetime educator, and headmaster’s “supportive spring and summer for the class of ’12. Naomi recalling priceless stories of their mutually shared partner,” Joy Merritt Unsworth passed away Weitz wrote to tell us about the accomplishments campus childhoods. 3/31/14. I remember Joy as a gracious lady—gentle, in crew of Hannah Solis-Cohen, also at the sensitive, intelligent, warmly welcoming all to Ford University of Virginia. Hannah stroked her boat At the Northfield Trinitarian Church, on Cottage. I especially remember Joy and her big to a third-place finish in the NCAA finals and 5/17/14, Paul Montague ’78, father of Jim St. Bernard, Sherman, “as in tank,” the Unsworths contributed to a season that saw Virginia finish Montague ’08, hosted a 90th birthday party for would say. Since the Kellom family had earlier fifth overall in the NCAA. his mother, Claire Montague Underwood, former had their own beloved St. Bernard, Joy and I used to swap “Saintly” stories. Anne Webb Burnham On to the summer, but keeping with the theme ’44 and David Burnham died just hours apart on of athletics, Wilson Josephson worked coaching a 6/4/14 and 6/5/14. Devoted educators, they were youth swim team near his home in New Hamp- respected colleagues and valued friends, with time shire. He, too, was in the pool plenty as he trained for everyone and everything, in the classroom for the U.S. master’s championship in Maryland. and out. An avid singer, Anne belonged with the altos, but if the tenor section was thin, there she Adam Arsenault and I started the summer with would be; a constant knitter, no one could match a quick bike tour through the White Mountains, her speed, and never even looking at what she was and then we met Teagan Atwater to help his doing. Though he was happiest “in the saddle,” I family put up a building to house their sawmill. think, Fishers Island and sailing beckoned Dave We ended the day milling logs into boards on the each summer. The entire NMH community century-old equipment, an incredible thrill. Both extends sympathy and love to the Unsworth and Adam and Teagan have jobs in Boston—Teagan Burnham families. doing web design and Adam doing network administration. Marty Jaffe spent most of the summer in New York, interning with a group that supports fall 2014 I class notes I 91

vital statistics Janavrin LaGuardia ’37 (dec’d). ’47, and Ralph Wadleigh ’52. ’38 Lawrence Glazier, 10/24/12. ’44 William Bolger, 6/25/14. Brother of BettyBirths and Adoptions ’38 Mary Rhodes Glendinning, 1/2/13.’85 Azshara Angelina to David Reinheimer and ’38 Virginia Baker Holmes, 1/14/14. Daughter of Bolger Fleming ’46, Barbara Bolger Collett ’50, and David Bolger ’50. Uncle of Stuart Christine Margarita Relos, 4/12/14. Herbert Baker ’07 (dec’d). Sister of Jonathan Fleming ’81.’94 Robert “Bear” Middlebrook to Boe and Sophie Baker ’35 (dec’d) and Howard Baker ’39 ’44 Anne Webb Burnham, 6/4/14. Sister of Ruth (dec’d). Niece of Horace Baker ’09 (dec’d). Webb Martling ’44 (dec’d). Mother of Paul Middlebrook Hayward, 7/14. Cousin of Huntington Curtis ’38 (dec’d), Burnham ’72, John Burnham ’74, Stephen’97 Philip “Pip” Patterson to Julia Cohen and Winifred Curtis Stebbins ’40 (dec’d), Cynthia Burnham ’77, and Louise Burnham Packard Curtis Stehfest ’44, and Elizabeth Baker ’78. Grandmother of John Burnham ’11 and Maresa Patterson, 1/14. Johnson ’64. Daniel Packard ’14. Aunt of James Ward ’68,’97 Caleb Forbes to Amelia Cushing Crimmins ’38 Claire Robinson Roth, 4/11/14. Niece of Sarah Ward Neusius ’69, Barbara Webb ’70 Mabel Streeter ’24 (dec’d). (dec’d), Phyllis Brackett ’74, and William and Arthur, 2/14. ’38 Jean Hall Spasyk, 10/7/13. Martling ’74. Great-aunt of Virginia Neusius’02 Frank “Franco” Joseph IV to Johanna Rangel ’39 Sewall Butler, 3/11/14. Cousin of Ruth Car- Caramana ’99, Benjamin Neusius ’02, William roll Smith ’44. Ward ’07, and Bradford Ward ’10. Herrmann and Frank, 4/4/14. ’39 Shirley Plume Porter, 2/23/14. Niece of Min- ’44 Robert Davidson, 8/7/14. Husband of Doro-’02 Briceton Thayer to Lotte Friend Hall and Rob- nie Fairchild ’90 (dec’d). thy Reynolds Davidson ’44 (dec’d). Father of ’39 Mary Wright Rainey, 6/16/14. Sister of Lydia Robert Davidson ’65, Janet Davidson Dinan bie, 5/18/14. Wright Beaumont ’42 and Theodore Wright ’71, and Susanne Davidson Falzone ’74.’05 Evelyn MacQueen to Douglas Garrison and ’45. Cousin of Harriet Humne Waters ’39 Cousin of Judith Ives Hubbel ’51. (dec’d), Katherine Hume Reif ’43, and Charles ’44 Don French, 4/1/14. Robin, 5/23/14. Hume ’51. ’44 Joyce Kent Milner, 4/12/14.’05 Thomas David Fries to Jade White and Tom ’39 John Rennie, 5/2/14. Brother of Elwood Ren- ’44 Peter Leyden, 3/7/14. Son of Elizabeth nie ’28 (dec’d) and Robert Rennie ’35 (dec’d). Bridges Leyden ’22 (dec’d) and Peter Leyden Fries, 3/31/14. Husband of Marguerite Sowers Rennie ’41 ’22 (dec’d). Brother of George Leyden ’47 (dec’d). Father of Neil Rennie ’66. and John Leyden ’53 (dec’d). Grandfather ofWeddings and Civil Unions ’39 John Stone, 2/16/14. Peter Leyden ’02. Uncle of James Leyden ’76’75 Stephen Johnson to Laura Stookey ’76, ’40 Rendell Davis, 9/6/13. Father of Rendell Davis and Jeffrey Leyden ’80. Granduncle of Luke ’68. Great-grandfather of Chelsea Brunetti ’07. Leyden ’14. 7/12/14. ’40 George Howland, 4/26/12. Cousin of Wilson ’44 Eleanor Clayton Powers, 5/16/14.’76 Isabel Childs to Debbie Campbell, 10/5/13. Guertin ’35. ’44 Leonard Salvatore, 1/6/14. Nephew of Victor’85 Rhys Eppich to Cate Rowen, 12/13. ’40 George Jordan, 3/24/14. Salvatore ’00 (dec’d).’88 Stephen Gauster to Kari Asperheim, 7/13/13. ’40 Constance Gifford Tomlinson, 3/24/14. Sister ’44 Joan Stratford Spaulding, 6/15/13. Mother’01 Dan Horstkotte to Beth Wear, 6/1/14. of Frank Gifford ’41 (dec’d). of Gaye Spaulding Smith ’72. Aunt of Peter’01 Marielle Pleasant to Andrew Groundwater, ’41 Henry Doscher, 12/9/12. Cousin of John Brewer ’75 and Betsey Brewer ’77. Weeks ’36 (dec’d). ’44 Martin Spohn, 1/27/12. Brother of Herbert 5/24/14. ’41 Frank Gifford, 4/24/13. Brother of Constance Spohn ’40.’01 Sarah Port to Francois Laberge, 11/7/13. Gifford Tomlinson ’40 (dec’d). ’44 Anita Crawford Thomas, 4/22/14. Mother of’03 Nakeefa Bernard to Christopher Garay, ’41 Rebecca Heltman Griffiths, 4/14/14. Sister of John Thomas ’73 and Anne Thomas ’75. Judith Heltman Lamprecht ’35 (dec’d), Doris ’45 Fred Gross, 8/22/14. 6/1/14. Heltman Fisk ’38 (dec’d), and Mary Heltman ’45 Ruth Jones Sammis, 7/12/14.’04 Kimberly Livingston to Konstantin Prokoshyn, Malefyt ’42 (dec’d). Aunt of Cynthia Lampre- ’45 Joy Merritt Unsworth, 3/31/14. Wife of cht Wetzell ’66. Richard Unsworth ’45. Mother of Lucy Un- 7/26/14. ’41 Elizabeth Gardner Haskell, 3/6/14. Cousin of sworth Slosser ’82. Grandmother of Thomas Marion Hayward Lathrop ’54. Unsworth ’05.Deaths ’41 Theodore Skerritt, 12/21/13. Brother of ’46 Carolyn Hahn Jones, 7/27/14. Sister of Philip’34 Phyllis Johnson Pond, 12/14/12. Daughter of Dorothy Skerritt Brewer ’35. Uncle of David Hahn ’50. Cousin of Marjorie Burchard Brewer ’61 (dec’d). Haynie ’45 (dec’d). Gertrude Thomas Johnson ’14 (dec’d). Niece ’42 Alice Fritts Fowler, 2/9/14. Sister of R. Byard ’46 Raymond Milowski, 10/27/12. Uncle of Brian of Margaret Thomas Briggs ’16 (dec’d). Fritts ’40 (dec’d). Wiacek ’69.’35 Florence Haslam Cole, 5/23/14. ’42 Theodore Garland, 3/13/14. ’46 James Vock, 6/15/14. Cousin of Giles Erick-’35 Barbara McFee Kiarsis, 5/3/13. Daughter of ’42 Walter Wilson, 3/12/14. son ’55. Nephew of Ellis Erickson ’23 (dec’d). William McFee ’94 (dec’d). Sister of Martha ’42 Ann Hickernell Windes, 4/14/14. Sister of ’46 Douglas V’Soske, 5/14/14. McFee Serratore ’30 (dec’d), Anne McFee James Hickernell ’36 (dec’d) and Dorothy ’47 Christine Bosshard Carpenter, 3/27/14. Marston ’39 (dec’d), and Wilhelmina McFee Hickernell McInerney ’37. Aunt of Marguerite Sister of Anne Bosshard Fletcher ’56. Cousin ’43 (dec’d). Hickernell ’66 and David Hickernell ’68. of Robert Akeret ’46 and Kim Akeret Cookson’35 Dorothy Evans Luppino, 1/4/13. ’43 Alice Crawford Chandler, 3/1/14. ’71.’35 Miriam Bruce Swift, 7/10/14. Mother of ’43 Richard Converse, 5/6/14. ’47 Janis Wilson Clarke, 3/24/14. Sister of Cheryl Swift Doble ’65. ’43 Stephen Davis, 2/17/13. Uncle of Benjamin Roberta Wilson Merkl ’53. Mother of Valerie’36 Verna Mayberry Alexander, 6/28/14. Sister Orndorff ’01 and Luke Orndorff ’08. Clarke Brott ’73 and Lisa Clarke Leonard ’77. of Helen Mayberry ’33 (dec’d) and Paul May- ’43 Albert Johnston, 7/2/14. Brother of Donald ’47 Robert Lewis, 7/1/14. Brother of Carole Lewis berry ’35 (dec’d). Mother of Nancy Alexander Johnston ’44 (dec’d). Katz ’46 (dec’d) and Richard Lewis ’50. Father Randall ’68. Aunt of Deborah Mayberry ’67. ’43 Charles Keevil, 4/8/14. of Tracy Lewis ’71.’36 Marguerite Cavour Grose, 4/12/14. ’43 Edith Farrand Lubaczewski, 8/8/14. ’47 Robert Merrick, 6/19/12.’36 Gilbert Myers, 8/5/14. ’43 Donald Stauffer, 1/30/12. Brother of David ’47 Robert Nelson, 8/2/14. Husband of Patricia’37 Raymond Bartman, 5/27/14. Father of Gary Stauffer ’39 (dec’d) and Dwight Stauffer ’39. Rollins Nelson ’47. Bartman ’65. Cousin of Gardner West ’58 Cousin of Miriam Hall Wood ’32 (dec’d), ’47 Albert Peckham, 4/24/14. Son of Raymond (dec’d) and Soren West ’59. Nephew of Gard- Charles Hall ’41 (dec’d), David Hall ’42, Rod- M. Peckham ’18 (dec’d). Brother of Elinor ner West ’30 (dec’d). erick Hall ’42 (dec’d), Deborah Mague ’60, Peckham Gavin ’45, Norman Peckham ’47,’37 Albert Conklin, 6/6/14. Grandfather of George Timothy Mague ’62 (dec’d), and Benjamin and Gordon Peckham ’53. Cousin of Janice Conklin ’05 and Clara Conklin ’07. Uncle of Mague ’65. Peckham Chace ’49, Nina Peckham Young ’51, William Chater ’54 and Michael Chater ’65. ’44 Mary Wadleigh Austin, 5/24/12. Sister of Ian Walker ’52, Rachel Peckham Elder ’53,’37 Norman Gilvey, 3/12/13. Ruth Wadleigh Oberg ’41, Clarence Wadleigh Coll Walker ’63, and Ian Merrill ’11. Nephew’38 Harriet Fisher Bradley, 9/20/13. Sister of M. Jean Fisher Arnold ’40 (dec’d) and Henry Fisher ’41. Aunt of Gail Holmes ’63 (dec’d).’38 Dorothy Janvrin Dail, 4/4/14. Niece of Mary92 I NMH Magazine

of Bernard Peckham ’22 (dec’d) and Frances Youmans ’57 (dec’d). ’68 Robert Schwartz, 7/18/14. Peckham Walker ’22 (dec’d). Uncle of Jeffrey ’53 Janice Gray Maxwell, 6/11/14. Daughter of ’72 Richard Boggs, 2/4/14. Peckham ’78 (dec’d) and Tracy Gavin ’77. ’74 Samuel Koch, 7/20/14. Father of Jeffrey Koch’47 Ruth Fabricius Seymour, 8/9/14. Stewart Gray ’29 (dec’d). Sister of Nancy Gray’47 Barbara Jefferson Walker, 8/22/14. Sister of Dale ’50. Aunt of Thomas Dale ’75, Susan ’15. Bettina Jefferson ’44 (dec’d). Dale Houck ’78, and Daniel Dale ’80. ’74 Susan Borodunovich Wysk, 6/18/12.’47 Robert Wishart, 3/4/14. Father of Martha ’53 Karen Heinritz Stewart, 2/17/14. Sister of ’80 David Reinsdorf, 3/1/14. Wishart ’79. Gretchen Heinritz ’49 (dec’d). ’81 Peter Boyd, 4/2/14. Brother of Scott Boyd’48 Robert Ball, 8/21/14. ’53 William White, 4/27/14. Son of Alma Wil-’48 Hildreth Bailey, 2/9/14. Son of George Bailey liams White ’20 (dec’d) and Lester White ’20 ’73, Christopher Boyd ’74, Stephanie Boyd ’18 (dec’d) and Helen Caldwell Bailey ’22 (dec’d). Brother of Edwin White ’48 (dec’d) ’75, and Robert Boyd ’78. (dec’d). Niece of Miriam Caldwell Fuller ’18 and Robert White ’51. Grandson of Fannie ’83 Roy Greenberg, 12/7/13. (dec’d), Frederick Caldwell ’29 (dec’d) and J. Putnam Williams ’93 (dec’d) and Frederick ’86 Anton Hartmann, 8/20/14. Theodore Caldwell ’29 (dec’d). Williams ’99 (dec’d). Husband of Marilyn ’87 William Goodman, 5/31/14.’48 Leland Baum, 3/28/13. Son of Leland Baum Dimon White ’53. Father of Richard White ’87 Tracy Wood Patrice, 7/16/13. ’12 (dec’d). ’77. Cousin of Harland Williams ’49, Joan ’89 Kenneth Robbins, 5/16/14.’48 Carol Wheeler Brenner, 2/25/14. Williams Zukowski ’49, Donald Williams ’89 Thomas Roberts, 6/13/12.’48 George Getz, 9/1/13. Son of Carl Getz ’17 ’55, Richard Williams ’56 (dec’d), and Robert ’93 Mai Cashion, 6/17/14. Sister of Amy Cashion (dec’d). Brother of John Getz ’48. Williams ’60. Nephew of Harland Williams ’89.’48 Donald Gibb, 7/3/14. ’22 (dec’d) and Dorothy Williams Powell ’31 ’96 Jenna DeBoer Mauthe, 6/15/14. Sister of’48 Thomas Judge, 3/10/14. Husband of Barbara (dec’d). Great-nephew of Florence Putnam ’96 Brad DeBoer ’92. Holzka Judge ’49. (dec’d) and Jennie Putnam ’88 (dec’d). Grand- ’04 Alexander Dickey, 10/13. Brother of Caroline’48 William Kinder, 1/8/14. Cousin of Donald nephew of Harry Putnam ’00 (dec’d). Dickey ’06 and Charles Dickey ’10. Cousin of Bond ’60. ’54 Mary Browne Martin, 8/9/13. Sister of Ann Odette Lindsay ’98 and Matthew Dickey ’12.’48 Nancy Reuter Manseau, 7/4/14. Cousin of Browne Whisenhunt ’52 (dec’d). Aunt of Em- ’09 John Fields, 9/4/13. Joan Hull ’45 and Eleanor Hull ’46. ily Whisenhunt Lane ’81. ’13 Douglas Fischer, 5//14. Grandson of Richard’48 Richard Millhouse, 11/3/13. ’55 David Anderson, 9/5/12. Harland ’56.’48 John Powell, 4/17/14. Son of Emma Fitt Pow- ’55 Richard Berndt, 4/8/14. Father of Kimberley Deaths—Former Faculty and Staff ell ’15 (dec’d). Brother of Edward Powell ’42 Berndt-Maddox ’89. David Burnham, former faculty, 6/5/14. Brother and David Powell ’48. Cousin of Constance ’55 W. W. Woods Davis, 2/13/14. of Bradford Burnham ’39 (dec’d). Husband Moody Dickerson ’20 (dec’d), Mary Moody ’55 Lee Hartmann, 9/26/13. Brother of Richard of Anne Webb Burnham ’44 (dec’d). Father Packard ’20 (dec’d), Emma Moody Smith ’23 Hartmann ’52 (dec’d). of Paul Burnham ’72, John Burnham ’74, (dec’d), Beatrice Moody Malbon ’24 (dec’d), ’55 G. Woody Thelin, 11/2/13. Stephen Burnham ’77, and Louise Burnham Gordon Loos ’45 (dec’d). Uncle of Eileen ’55 Anthony Tietze, 5/23/14. Packard ’78. Grandfather of John Burnham McDonald Helms ’73. Grandson of Emma ’56 David Dodge, 5/17/14. Brother of Martha ’11 and Daniel Packard ’14. Uncle of James Moody Fitt ’81 (dec’d). Great-grandson of Dodge Clark ’55. Ward ’68, Sarah Ward Neusius ’69, and Bar- Dwight L. Moody (dec’d). Grandnephew of ’56 Edward Flory, 3/2/14. bara Webb ’70 (dec’d). Granduncle of Virginia William Moody ’87 (dec’d) and Paul Moody ’56 Barry Gerdes, 2/28/14. Neusius Caramana ’99, Benjamin Neusius ’02, ’97 (dec’d). ’56 Elijah Swift, 12/31/13. Brother of Susan Swift William Ward ’07, and Bradford Ward ’10.’48 Richard Rudolph, 12/14/13. ’53 (dec’d). Peter Hewitt, retired staff, 2/15/14.’48 Phoebe Jones Snyder, 4/1/14. ’56 David Tait, 7/10/14. Father of Elizabeth Tait Roberta Jakuboski, retired staff, 5/25/14.’48 Sylvia Manville Warsaw, 6/22/14. Sister of ’82 (dec’d) and David Tait ’85. Grandnephew John Stone, retired staff, 7/21/14. Harrington Manville ’47. of Frank Keever ’98 (dec’d). Marjorie Stewart, former faculty, 8/1/14.’49 Donald Waples, 12/9/12. ’57 J. Baird Pittman, 7/11/14. Phillippe Thurneyssen, former faculty, 6/6/14.’50 John Britten, ’12. Brother of Cynthia Brit- ’57 Joel Rosenblatt, 8/3/14. Cousin of Gerald Father of Oliver Thurneyssen ’71 and Joan ten Robinson ’48. Cousin of Emily Dean Lassoff ’60. Thurneyssen Gambro ’72. Greenberg ’48 and Britten Dean ’53. Uncle of ’58 Carol Smith Fisher, 8/10/14. Cousin of Aldace Marion Robinson ’77 and Catherine Robinson Howard ’57, J. Rogers Howard ’59, and Peter Correction: Hildreth Bailey ’48, whose passing we ’78. Howard ’61. Niece of Helyn Smith Howard noted in the Spring ’14 issue, is the son—not the’50 Donald Brown, 2/24/14. ’31 (dec’d) and Norma Smith Upson ’39. daughter—of Helen Caldwell Bailey ’22 (dec’d).’50 Edward Smith, 7/29/14. Uncle of Allison ’58 Joan Buckley Goddard, 6/5/14. Niece of W. Smith ’79. Gray Buckley ’38 (dec’d) and Howard Buckley’50 Janice Anderson Wilke, 12/24/13. Cousin of ’41 (dec’d). Donald Webster ’42 (dec’d) and Elsie Bentel ’59 Chung Chang, 5/30/14. Brother of Chung- Shapton ’43 (dec’d). Tsiang Chang ’63 and Songsri Chang ’71.’51 Montville Peck, 6/6/13. Brother of Gladys ’60 Gwyneth Hamilton Bear, 2/11/12. Peck Bowley ’47. ’60 John Baymiller, 3/2/14. Brother of Judith’51 Richard Swain, 2/18/14. Baymiller ’56.’52 Bradford Canterbury, 4/19/14. Son of Nathan ’60 Alan Chase, 3/27/14. Cousin of Marjorie Canterbury ’15 (dec’d). Brother of Caroline Brigham Cohenno ’34 (dec’d), William Canterbury Riem ’49 (dec’d). Father of Caro- Brigham ’41 (dec’d), and Mason Brigham ’49 lyn Canterbury ’81 and William Canterbury (dec’d). ’83. Cousin of Newman Page ’32 (dec’d). ’60 Harvey Hoffman, 3/15/14. Nephew of Malcolm Canterbury ’17 (dec’d). ’62 R. G. Kip Johnson, 5/31/14. Brother of’52 Annis McKinney Corey, 5/17/14. Richard Johnson ’64 (dec’d). Cousin of Jeffrey’52 Lois Logan Evans, 5/28/14. Sister of Penelope Baldwin ’59 and James Baldwin ’67. Logan Lohbauer ’55 (dec’d) and Haven Logan ’65 Sara Hopkins Farmer, 5/6/14. ’62. Grandmother of Sofi Baumgardner ’16. ’67 Sally Sutherland, 5/28/13. Daughter of’52 Marilyn Merwin Leindecker, 7/24/13. Daugh- Donald Sutherland ’36 (dec’d). Niece of Marie ter of Miles Merwin ’22 (dec’d). Young McCarthy ’42 (dec’d).’52 Richard Turnbull, 7/1/14. Brother of Silence ’68 Curtis Hansen, 4/30/14. Turnbull Roth ’43 and Thomas Turnbull ’45 ’68 Keith McCasland, 4/18/14. Brother of (dec’d). Margaret McCasland ’64 and Ken McCasland’53 Charles Craig, 3/8/14, Brother of Jean Craig ’68. Cousin of Christine Corbett ’66. Uncle of Anne McCasland-Pexton ’93. fall 2014 I class notes I 93

in memoriam degree at Yale and Joy taught English and opinion, but she always did so in a manner social studies at the Day School. Their next that made the hearer a better person. It isBY NOELLE ANSON move was to Smith College in Northamp- one of the joys of my life that our paths ton, Mass., where Richard was a theology kept crossing through the years.”Joy Merritt Unsworth ’45 instructor and college chaplain. In 1959, Joy earned a master of social work from After their retirement, Joy and RichardOn March 31, 2014, Joy Merritt Un- Smith and was later hired as an instructor moved to the Berkshire School in Sheffield,sworth ’45 died peacefully at her home in in its Department of Education and Child Mass., where Richard served as interimEasthampton, Mass., after a long illness. Development. head for several years, and then to Charlot-She had lived and worked at NMH from tesville, Va., to be closer to son John and1980 to 1991, while her husband, Richard By the mid-1960s, the Unsworths had his family. Later, they moved back to theUnsworth ’45, served as headmaster. four children, but despite her exceedingly Northampton area, resettling in the Lath- busy life, in 1968 Joy accepted a position as rop Community in Easthampton. Isabelle Joy Merritt was born in Great special education tutor for the Northamp-Barrington, Mass., on February 1, 1927. ton Public Schools, followed in 1972 by Joy is survived by Richard, her husbandShe arrived at Northfield School for Girls being named educational diagnostician of 65 years; their children, Lucy Unsworthin September 1941 and spent four years and learning disabilities specialist for the Slosser ’82, John Unsworth, Molly Gotwals,at the school, where she participated in district. Three years later, she became the and Sarah MacMillan; and eight grand-student government as a student officer first public-school psychologist in the children, including Thomas Unsworth ’05;and as a hall cabinet representative. She Commonwealth of Massachusetts, holding sister-in-law Margaret Unsworth; and sev-was a lacrosse player, swimming instructor, that position until 1980, when she and her eral nieces, nephews, and cousins. She wasreporter for the Northfield Star, and Winter husband relocated to NMH. predeceased by an infant daughter, Jane,Carnival queen as a senior. She met her fu- beside whom she was buried. Memorialture husband, then a postgraduate student Unlike many headmasters’ wives, Joy contributions may be made to the VNAat Mt. Hermon, at a concert when she was Unsworth did not give up her career to and Hospice of Cooley Dickinson Hospitala senior and, in the words of current Head help further her husband’s professional in Northampton, Mass. ♦of School Peter Fayroian: “They kissed for agenda. She simply added the responsibili-the first time as students here.” ties of the headmaster’s wife to those of her Anne Webb Burnham ’44 chosen profession. Shortly after settling and David C. Burnham After Northfield, Joy headed to Whea- in at NMH, she was appointed directorton College near Boston. While a student of special education for the Greenfield The June 5, 2014, headline in the Provi-there, she studied in Oslo, Norway, long Public Schools, a position she held until dence Journal read: “Distinguished R.I.before study abroad programs were created; she retired in 1989. Joan Pack, who served educators die within hours of each other.”served as president of her senior class, as Richard’s assistant, described Joy as a Anne Webb Burnham ’44 died in Provi-and earned a bachelor’s in June 1949. “treasure” who was not just the wife of the dence, where she had been receiving hos-She married Richard that August, and headmaster, “but every bit his equal. Joy pice care, on June 4, 2014. Her husband,the couple moved to New Haven, Conn., was the headmaster’s wife during some David, went home to Rehoboth, Mass.,where Richard pursued a master of divinity of the busiest years of her life, yet she and died in his sleep on Thursday morning, welcomed the community to their home. She would come home from a full day at her off-campus job and step into her next job as the headmaster’s wife. Her energy was remarkable, and her love of the school equally so.” Sheila Heffernon offered a heartfelt tribute, saying: “Joy Unsworth was a vibrant, intuitive, and strong woman who inspired me as the chaplain’s wife at Smith, the first lady of NMH, and as a daughter, a mother, and a mentor. While at NMH, her many kindnesses to students, staff, and fac- ulty were well known, as well as her expec- tation that people live up to their potential. At the heart of everything she did was her generous hospitality. In the company of Joy Unsworth, one always felt listened to, cared about, and given thoughtful consideration. Joy did not shy away from sharing her94 I NMH Magazine

June 5, 2014. The Burnhams both taught ing in 1946, and went on to Yale, where he Louise Burnham Packard ’78; 10 grand-at NMH for well over a decade apiece, majored in English and minored in religion children, including John Burnham ’11 andbeginning in the late 1940s. and philosophy. In the fall of 1950, David Daniel Packard ’14; and many nieces and arrived at Mt. Hermon as an English in- nephews, including Jay Ward ’68. Anne Anne Webb and her twin sister, Ruth, structor. He earned a master’s from UMass was predeceased by her siblings, includingwere born in Morristown, N.J., on January in 1962. her twin sister, Ruth Webb Martling ’44,13, 1927. The twins attended Northfield and David was predeceased by his brother,School for Girls, graduating in 1944. As Less than a year later, at the beginning Bradford Burnham ’39.a student, Anne was athletic, sang in two of the Korean conflict, David was draftedchoirs, and was involved in church and and served two years in the U.S. Marine Contributions in their memory may bemissionary activities. She went on to Ober- Corps, teaching reading to illiterate draftees made to the David and Anne Burnhamlin College, where she majored in physics and English to Spanish-speaking draftees Scholarship Fund at NMH. ♦and graduated in 1947. She taught high from Puerto Rico. He also wrote a textbookschool math and science in Ohio for one for teaching reading to illiterates. In June Verna “Bunny” Mayberryyear, and then accepted a position teaching 1952, David and Anne married, and David Alexander ’36, part-time English andmathematics at Northfield, beginning in resumed teaching English and Bible atthe fall of 1948. Two years later, she met NMH in the fall of 1953. Five years later, reading tutor from ’53–‘65 and a clerk inDavid Burnham, after he joined the school. he became academic advisor to underclass- the purchasing department from ’41–’43,They married in June 1952. men, and by 1963 he was named director passed away 6/28/14. She is survived by her of counseling. daughter, Nancy Alexander Randall’ 68, Anne gave up full-time teaching between and her niece, Deborah Mayberry ’67. She1952 and 1967 to raise the four Burn- In 1973, the Burnhams left NMH. Da- was predeceased by her husband, Edmund;ham children, but she continued to tutor vid became vice president for academic af- her sister, Helen Mayberry ’33; and herstudents and ran the dorms where she and fairs at the recently merged Loomis Chaffee brother, Paul Mayberry ’35. ♦David lived. The Burnhams took a year’s School and Anne became chair of math-leave during the 1966–67 academic year ematics at Miss Porter’s School. In 1978, Roberta Jakuboski, retired book-to teach in England. When they returned, David became headmaster at Moses BrownAnne resumed teaching, dorm duty, and School in Providence, R.I., and Anne keeper in the accounting office frombeing involved in community activities, taught math at the Lincoln School. They ’80–’96, passed away 5/24/14. She was pre-such as the Gill P.T.O., the Mt. Hermon retired in 1994 and moved to Rehoboth, deceased by her husband, David. ♦Church, and Pioneer Valley Symphony Mass.Chorus. In 1973, the Burnhams left NMH John Henry Stone, retired nightto take up new challenges. Over the next few years, the couple moved around, with David accepting one- watchman and custodian from’70–’85, David Burnham was born in Larchmont, year appointments as an English teacher passed away 7/21/14. He was predeceasedN.Y., on February 9, 1929, and grew up in in Japan, and interim head at St. Andrew’s by his wife, Bernice. ♦Bayside, N.Y., with older brother Brad ’39. School in Barrington, R.I., and at theDavid attended Loomis School, graduat- Northwood School in Lake Placid, N.Y. In 2001, David became the founding board president of the Paul Cuffee School, a charter school in Providence with a marine theme that merged his love of education with his passion for all things maritime. The Burnhams summered on Fishers Island and both belonged to the Fishers Island Yacht Club. David was an avid sailor who loved coastal and ocean racing. He was commodore of the yacht club and served as chair of the board of the Herreshoff Marine Museum. Anne had a passion for knitting, which she taught at the Handicraft Club, and both were involved with the Com- munity Church of Providence. Anne was a committed volunteer for NMH, serving for many years as class secretary for Northfield ’44. The Burnhams are survived by their chil- dren Paul ’72, John ’74, Stephen ’77, and fall 2014 I class notes I 95