MILEPOSTS
Births: A son, John Paxton Marshall, to Carol Sly '80 and Stephen Marshall. . . . A son, Frazier Jack Sheehan, to George and Judy Sheehan Metcalf '81. . . . A daughter, Lauren Marie, to Todd and Denise Brunelle Preiss '84. . . . A daughter, Grace Connors, to Colleen and James Polk '85. . . . A son, Cameron Lockwood, to Paul '86 and Melissa Rustia Grosheck '86. . . . A daughter, Janet, to Jane and Bill Maher '87. . . . A son, Brian David, to Mark '87 and Linda Roberts Pagnano '87. . . . A son, Liam Thomas, to Heidi Irving-Naughton '88 and Kevin Naughton. . . . A son, Samuel Caleb, to Jeff and Mary Federle Porter '88. . . . A son, Gabriel Jonathan, to Scott '88 and Kristen Foss Smith '88. . . . A son, Andrew Jacob, to Ellen '88 and Steven Teplitz '88. |
NEWSMAKERS
Peter Hedberg has joined the Norfolk Surgical Group in
Virginia, where he and Lisa now reside. Peter's "primary interests are general
surgery, laparoscopy, esophageal and hepatobiliary
surgery." . . . Ann Albee Hoefle confides that she
and Ian '82 are settling down some now that they've dropped anchor in
Middlebury, Vt. (RD 1, Box 339A) and Colin, 4, and Kiera, 2, are getting a
little older. Ann is an administrative officer for the Salzburg Seminar,
overseeing its computer and in-house publishing activities; Ian teaches in a
drop-out prevention program. . . . Liz Yanagihara Horwitz
has returned to the work force--and is spending her days with 2-year-olds
as an intern at the Wellesley College Child Study Center. Not surprisingly, her
daughter, Alison, 7, has taken up the violin, and Michael, 10, already has
played with the Boston Youth Symphony; both also include soccer in their
repertory. Liz and husband Barry live in Newton, Mass. (18 Durant
St.). . . . Susan Mackenzie describes some exciting
work--and play--that she and husband Michael Donihue '79 have been at during
the last couple of years. They've had stops in Washington, D.C., where Sue
wrote a book on ecosystem management scheduled to be published next year by
Island Press and Mike worked in the Clinton administration; in Cambridge,
Mass., where Sue has a research appointment at Harvard's JFK School of
Government; at Colby, where Mike continues as an economics professor; as well
as in France, Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons--sites of similarly lofty
vacationing. In the midst of all this, Colin has reached 9 and Ross,
6. . . . Fred Madeira '80 is thrilled to report his
return to Maine (9 Hemlock Dr., Cumberland Center) after 13 years of the
nomadic life in Chicago, Boston and northern New Jersey. From his base as
eastern division sales manager for Wright Express in South Portland, Fred does
a lot of traveling keeping up with the 15 sales reps he has covering the
territory east of the Mississippi. On the recreational side, Fred and wife
Trish were part of a Colby alumni sailing "team" gliding a 42-foot catamaran
through the British Virgin Islands last April. Other crew members were Laurie
and Geoff Emanuel '79, Matti and Chris Bradley '78 and Steve Hart '77 and
friend, with an unexpected cameo appearance by seasoned Colby sailor Phil Kay
'67, whom they met while "refueling." Prudently, Fred already has a couple of
future crew members in training: John, 3 1/2, and Nathan,
1. . . . Tom Marlitt has moved to Los Angeles (1161
Amherst Ave., #302) to take a new job as college counselor at the Crossroads
School in Santa Monica. Tom adds that he enjoyed the reunion very much.
. . . Lydia Mason writes from her educationally oriented
household in Farmington, Conn. (60 Main St.), that she is house director at
Miss Parker's School and the mother of Emmett Mason Ingram, 5, and Noble Cooke
Ingram, 1. Her husband, Mark Ingram, is teaching anthropology and French at
UConn and Westminster School, respectively, in addition to recently defending
his dissertation on these subjects at NYU. On top of writing for the Miss
Parker's School alumni magazine and editing the summer program newsletter,
Lydia also is branching into desktop
publishing. . . . Heidi Misslbeck writes from
Southhampton, N.Y. (Cow Neck Farm North Sea Rd.), that she is a landscape
architect, performing commercial site plan reviews for the Southhampton town
planning board. At home, she describes a family unit that Dr. Doolittle would
envy, including Otter the Giant Schnauzer, Bear the Maine Shepard, Thor the
Bullmastiff, Max the Wirehair Pointer, Erick the Koi dog, Jessie Poco and
Jimmie the Paso Fino's and Belgian Morgan. More personally, Heidi reports that
she has cleaned up her closet to accommodate some elegant new
suits. . . . I hear that Jay Moody is working hard
(as a geologist) and living the good life in Falmouth, Maine (34 Johnson Rd.),
with his wife Sue, a realtor, and their twin 5-year-old boys. Jay followed-up
our 15th reunion with a fishing trip with guide Andy Goode, bagging a
37-inch striped bass. . . . Thanks to everyone who's
written. To those whose news hasn't appeared in the column yet, you'll make it
into the next issue. I encourage those of you who haven't writ-ten to drop me a
line so that I can let everyone in on your life after Colby.
Correspondent: John Veilleux
Deb Cook has been developing a consulting firm for the past
two years, Cook Consulting, in Falmouth, Maine. Deb writes that most of her
work is in the public policy area with a concentration on small business and
community development. Last June she attended the White House Conference on
Small Business in Washington as one of 21 Maine delegates. And on Great Diamond
Island in Maine, Deb married Tony Holt, an attorney in private practice in
Portland, and now has three stepchildren, Christopher, 16, Gabrielle, 8, and
Jonathan, 6. Colby alumni attending the wedding were Ellen Freedman,
Ellen Huebsch Anderson '82, Susan Pollis '78, John '80 and Ronni-Jo Posner
Carpenter '78 , Deb's brother, Jim Cook '78, and his wife, Sue Conant Cook
'75. . . . Jonathan Light is living in Mt. Kisco,
N.Y., and is the treasurer of Banque Paribas in New York. He and his wife,
Melissa Waters, are busy raising identical twin sons, Ryan and Matt. Jon says
that the whole family has been studying karate the past two years. He sees
Peter Cocciardi often and says they are looking forward to our 15th
reunion in June and plan to take vacation around it. Jon writes that the whole
family went to Paris last September--business for Jon, vacation for everyone
else. . . . Sue Perry is living in Upton, Mass., and
is a large-animal radiology technician. Sue writes that she spends much of her
time with her horses, Magic and Snowy (who is 45 years old!). She spent two
weeks on Deer Isle in Maine last summer and took Magic on the carriage ride in
Acadia National Park. Sue keeps in touch with Sue Slawson Brown and
Nancy Welsh Isbell. . . . David Bolger is
living in Seattle, Wash., with his wife, Julie Rosenblatt. David bicycled
across Australia and Indonesia by himself in 1992, and he and Julie were
married on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound in 1993. Dave is at Antioch University
in Seattle pursuing a master's in education. . . . Peggy
Chamblin is living in Boulder, Colo., and is an instructor and an
admissions counselor for Colorado Outward
Bound. . . . Joel Harris writes from North Yarmouth,
Maine, that he and his wife, Talie, welcomed their third child, Madeline, in
May 1994. She joins big brother, Morgan, 8, and sister Phoebe, 6. Joel is
selling municipal bonds for Fleet Bank and has been working on a three-
year
C.F.A. (chartered financial analyst) program. Joel says Talie is making great
strides as a writer. She has written a Studs Terkel-
style book on Vietnam, a collection of interviews from both sides of the
domestic conflict, including some very big names. She hopes to have it
published. Joe sees a lot of Henry Kennedy '80, Bob Bower '80 and John '80 and
Ronni-Jo Posner Carpenter '78, who all live nearby. Joel wants to send an APB
on Shawn Morrissey, who was last seen on the oil fields of
Texas. . . . Mimi Pratt Valyo is living in Laguna
Nigel, Calif., with her husband, John, and their two children, Allison and
Christian. Mimi says they have moved into their "high school house," the one
that is big enough to get them through the kids' high school years. They enjoy
visiting friends and family in Connecticut each summer, including Jodi
Johnson Groesbeck and Brian
Picard. . . . Jose Sorrentino is a general
surgeon in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. He and his wife, Laura, have two sons, Sergio
and Jose. . . . Wayne and Jan Johnson Gombotz
are living in Kirkland, Wash. Wayne is the director of delivery and formulation
for Immunex Corp., a Seattle-based biotechnology company, and Jan is the
president of Info Systems Architects, a computer consulting company working
with biotechnology companies in Seattle. They have two children, Carolyn and
Richard. They have been busy building a garage on their house and landscaping
the yard but have also had time to hike the North Cascade Mountains.
Correspondent: Beth Pniewski Wilson
In Rumford, Maine,
Edward Paterson is in an expanded market of
individual insurance and investments in western Maine. Ed has worked for
Prudential Insurance and Financial Services for 12 years as manager and
registered rep and is responsible for 15 representatives, recruiting and
marketing. Ed's wife, Diane, is an office manager in a medical office. Their
three children are Chelsea, 7, McKenzie, 3, and Delaney, born in July
1994. . . . Robin Meisner Lindquist is a law librarian,
and her husband, Eric, is an attorney. Their first child, Anna Rachel was born
last May. Robin is now working part time for an educational grant on Mt. Desert
Island, Maine, where they are currently living. They spent a great year in
London while Eric was getting his advanced law degree at the London School of
Economics and are now enjoying the peace and tranquility of Mount
Desert. . . . Brian J. McGrath and his wife, Jean
Blaney McGrath, have built a new home in East Troy, Wis., a small southeastern
Wisconsin town surrounded by farmland. Brian, a telecommunications sales
engineer, has switched from the user to the vendor side of communications and
says that the work has been more challenging and exciting than his previous
jobs. Jean is a homemaker and home-schools their two children, Megan, 6, and
Sean, 3. She also leads Megan's Brownie troop, while Brian coaches Megan's
soccer team. . . . David Marcus is an assistant
United States attorney in Los Angeles. . . . Cindi Moor
Young is an attorney with Chevron N.S.A. Inc. She and her husband, E. Kevin
Young, an attorney with the San Francisco city attorney's office, are living in
Walnut Creek, Calif. Cindi says hello to New England and wonders if anyone has
heard from Karen Shaps. . . . Eric Ridgway
and his wife, Patti, live in Sandpoint, Idaho, a small community with many
recreational opportunities surrounding them. They love to garden, and Eric
listed nine different fruit trees and bushes plus a variety of annuals that
they tend to. Eric and Patti own their private practice as licensed
professional counselors and have been so busy that they've needed to hire
additional counselors. They also are active in their community, with Eric being
on the boards of several committees. This past summer Eric, who is still
swimming as a master and competes in triathlons, organized the 1st Annual Lake
Pend Oreille Long Bridge Swim, an open-water two-mile event. . . . Ginny
McCourt McCurdy has been busy organizing speakers for a parenting center in
the Newburgh area of New York, where she lives with her family, and also has
been active on the board of the nursery school her children attended. Ginny
told me she enjoyed telling people the age of her kids: 2 (Annie), 4 (Ryan), 6
(Robbie), 8 (Katie)--it sounds like a cheer! Her husband, Bob '81, is VP of
sales and marketing for GTI Graphic Tech. When Bob isn't traveling for GTI, he
is painting the outside of their house, which got a new roof and porch this
past summer. . . . Wes Martin has started a new law
firm, Martin & Rome, in Norwalk, Conn., where he is an attorney. His wife,
Martha (Merrifield '85) is a high school English teacher. They have a
3-year-old son, Lucas. . . . Seth Medalie was
appointed general agent with The Guardian in 1993. His wife, Leslie, is in
public relations, and they live in Needham, Mass., with their children, Ryan,
5, and Caitlin, 2. . . . Patricia Philbrook Levine
and her husband, Tom, are the proud parents of a daughter, Katie, born in
April 1995. Patricia is a technical writer and Tom is a chemical engineer. They
are living in Lee, N.H. . . . Beth Ross is a
director for Redwood City 2000 and currently is facilitating a strategic
planning process aimed at improving the coordination of health and human
service delivery systems in Redwood City, Calif. She has had a pivotal role in
establishing two school-based family resource centers and developing related
programs to assist local communities raise healthy children. Her husband, Brian
McMahon, is an entrepreneur, and they are homesteading a piece of rural coastal
property located just outside the village filmed in Outbreak. They have
one pup, Bohdi. Visitors are always welcome!
Correspondent: Mimi Rasmussen
Everyone must be busy; these days, so please take a few to let me
report to our class your antics! I know as a mid-30ish mother and woman of the
'90s that there are a lot of firsts for us every day to share with other
'83ers. There's comfort in knowing other classmates are going through some of
the same experiences daily, so send me your news! And thanks to those who wrote
in response to my questionnaire. . . . Scott and
Ashley Lasbury Dow have enjoyed parenthood with daughters Samantha and
Eleanor. Scott works as a district agent for Northwestern Mutual Life in
Portland, Maine, and Ashley has been active with LaLeche
League. . . . Greg and Maria Jobin-Leeds live in
Cambridge, Mass., with 1-year-old daughter Casey. Maria's still working in AIDS
education as a training manager, and Greg is a political activist. They're
learning how to enjoy their activities "at a different
pace." . . . Also in Massachusetts, in Swampscott, are Lisa
and George Katz. George is associate district manager of Employee
Benefit Sales, and Lisa is a producer. Their daughter, Gillian, is almost
2. . . . Dan Matlack sent his news noting a new
address in Needham, Mass. Dan has taken the position of teacher/coach at Noble
and Greenough School, and he and wife Allison and daughter Hannah, 2, are
eagerly awaiting a new baby as you read this. . . . I
enjoyed running into Otto and Jean Christie Mejia last summer in Bar
Harbor as they vacationed from home in Arlington, Mass., where Jean is an
assistant director of occupancy for screening and Otto works as an HVAC
technician. Jean recently began a master's program at Suffolk University in
human resource development. . . . Scott '84 and Jane
MacKenzie Morrill's children are Kenny, 10, John, 7, and David, 4.
Jane has maintained her Canadian citizenship, and the family lives in Tualatin,
Ore. . . . Greg Marco is a science teacher, chair of the
science department, dorm parent, golf coach and karate instructor at
Westminster School in Simsbury, Conn. He and wife Cathy, a speech pathologist,
and children Sarah, 5, and Andrew, 3, note that boarding school life is hectic
but very enjoyable. Greg enjoys making a difference in the lives of young
people. . . . Finally, my last two newsletters came from
Delisa Laterzo in Charlotte, N.C., and Susie Macrae and her
husband, Eric Broadbent '84, in Woodside, Calif. Delisa noted that 1995 was
stressful and full of changes. She took a job as account manager with Maritz,
Inc. She and husband William Ritzel, who is president of American Family
Benefits, Inc., share their busy household in Charlotte with their son Austin,
2, and Delisa's stepson, Marshall, 17. They hope to sell their house in the
spring--needing more room! Eric and Susie and boys Charlie, Jackson and Scott
just left Boston to live in Woodside, where Eric works for Apple
Computer. . . . Thanks for new addresses, everybody. Good
luck to everyone! I'll be anx-ious to hear from others soon.
Correspondent: Sally Lovegren Merchant
Ken and Nancy
Silverman Levinsky
live in Portland, Maine.
She finds time to coach high school tennis, announce at college basketball
games and be a full-time mom to daughter Andrea,
2. . . . David Rosenberg lives in Marblehead, Mass.,
with wife Karen and two daughters, Shelby, 3, and Amanda, 1. He is an auto
dealer. . . . Another Marblehead resident is Karin
McCarthy, who just bought her first house, a little cottage by the sea. She
recently received her M.B.A. from Boston College. Karin is back in the public
sector as deputy director of Massjobs Council after a stint in
consulting. . . . Jay '81 and Maureen Hagerty Polimeno
recently purchased the Alpine Club and Pub in N. Woodstock, N.H. They also
run the rental company for the Alpine Village Resort near Loon Mountain Ski
Resort. Their two little girls, Katy, 6, and Aimee, 3, love to have the run of
the place. Please contact Mo if you're looking for a vacation
spot! . . . Lisa Patten is alive and well and living
in L.A.! Having graduated from UCLA Film School, she has signed as a
screenwriter with an agent. She wrote her first novel, which she hopes to find
a publisher for soon, and recently had a short play produced in
Hollywood. . . . Peter Necheles has been living in
Washington, D.C., since December '92 when he left work at a N.Y.C. law firm and
joined the Clinton/Gore presidential transition team. He worked for two years
on economic development issues for Rural America, including many areas in
Maine. Currently he is with the Treasury Department working on financial
policy, including privatization of government functions. In September '94 he
married Marlissa Shea Briggett. . . . Don and Sarah
Rogers McMillan are both teaching, French and English respectively, at St.
Mark's School in Southborough, Mass. They have two boys, Noah, 3, and Cameron,
1. . . . Sarah Lund Peck and husband David are
living at Mt. Home Air Force Base in Idaho. Sarah was working as a travel agent
prior to marrying into the military three years
ago. . . . Jane (McKenzie '83) and Scott Morrill are
living in Oregon with their three kids, Kenny, 9, John, 6, and David, 3. Scott
is an attorney. The Morrills recently went to British Columbia for a family
reunion, where Scott gave a speech in French that probably would not make his
ex-professors proud, but everyone there laughed. . . . Tom
McDermott is attending Northeastern University Law School in Boston, Mass.
Last summer he worked for a federal district court judge in Bangor, Maine.
Prior to law school, Tom spent three and a half years in the Army as an
infantry officer at Ft. Benning, Ga. . . . Helen
Kacoyanis Balzano and husband Silvio are both dentists and share a practice
in Dover, N.H. They have two boys, Joseph, 3, and George,
2. . . . John '83 and Dianne Grundstrom Lemoine are
living in Saco, Maine, where Diane is a physical therapist and John is an
attorney. They have one son, Andrew, 2, and another on the
way. . . . Catherine and Bill Rogers are taking a
leave of absence from their jobs--both of them attorneys in Boulder, Colo.--to
travel around the world for a year. First stop: Papua, New Guinea. They will
see how appealing the practice of law is upon their
return. . . . Vito and Barbara Duncan Marchetti are
living in Plaistow, N.H., and both own their own businesses. Barbara's is a
consulting firm. She also is on the public speaking circuit, which takes her
all over the country. She loves having her own company and the improved quality
of life it has provided. . . . Paige Lilly writes
from Blue Hill, Maine, that she and husband Bob Stephens have been married 10
years and had their first child, Lorna, in June '95. Paige is a
librarian/archivist at the Penobscot Marine
Museum. . . . Andy Lufkin is a vice president in
investment banking in San Francisco, Calif. . . . Marian
Leerburger-Mahl and huband David have completed their three-year tour
working in the outback of Australia and are back in the U.S. in Maryland.
Marian is completing her Ph.D., working at the Department of Defense, teaching
part time and taking care of son Alexander, 1. . . . Thanks to
all who wrote recently with news. I have too much to report, so some will have
to wait for the April edition. If anyone needs the latest address for
classmates, please contact me.
Correspondent: Maura Cassidy
I had so much news to write
about last time that I really
didn't have a chance to introduce myself as your new class secretary--so here
goes: I've decided to put off going back to work as my son, Dylan, keeps me
very busy, and it's wonderful to have so much time with him. My days are filled
with swimming lessons, music class and walks in the park. His favorite word is
"no," which I hear is typical of most kids around the age of
2. . . . Cathy Urstadt Biddle is also a proud
parent. Her daughter, Elinor Phoebe Biddle, was born November 24,
1993. . . . Paul Doyle was elected to the Connecticut
House of Representatives in 1994. . . . Lori Gustafson
Adams writes, "Having an infant, a preschooler, and a full-
time
job is quite a challenge! (But lots of fun, too!)" Her daughter, Jennifer Jean,
was born in April 1994. . . . Kelli Crump moved to
Wellesley, Mass., in August of '94. . . . John '86 and
Imogen Mintzer Church purchased a house to make room for Connor
Augustus, born last March 20. They moved into their home in September of
1994. . . . Rebecca Bullen returned to the States from
Paris in 1993. After substitute teaching in Claremont, N.H., for more than a
year, mostly at the middle school, she writes, "Unhappy things are going on in
the public schools up here--truancy, kids just floating from class to class
with no fear of being held back. It makes me wonder when it's going to get
better. It really seems like it can't get any worse." (We seem to have followed
the same path. I experienced a similar frustration in the New Hampshire public
school system after my return from Paris.) Rebecca is living next door to the
Goddard Mansion, which is run by her mom, Debbie Wilson Albee '60. Rebecca was
planning to move to southern New Hampshire last
summer. . . . Linda Carroll got engaged to Tom
Higgins, an attorney, and set the wedding for last September in Waitsfield,
Vt. . . . Carol Eisenberg sent me a beautiful
picture of her daughter, Maxine (thanks, Carol!), who turned 2 on June 8. Carol
has graduated from the University of Maine School of Law, and in September she
planned to start work as a part-
time
associate at the Port-land firm of Richardson, Whitman, Large, & Badger.
That's all the news for now, folks.
Correspondent: Barbara Knox Autran
Because of the great response from the last two questionnaires sent
out by the Alumni Office, I am finally catching up in reporting class news. For
those of you thinking of writing in for the column, please do, and for those of
you who have already replied, thank you, and I promise to get to
everyone. . . . It seems that the baby boom has hit the
Class of 1986 (lots of new little people to welcome to the growing list of
Colby legacies!). Tim and Caroline Nelson Kris have been busy with the
publication of the New England Prep School SportsPage, a business they started
3 1/2 years ago. Their summer was highlighted by the birth of daughter Casey,
who joined big brother Cory, 4. . . . Jim and Lila
Hopson Monahan celebrated the first birthday of their daughter, Cassandra,
last fall. This sum-mer Lila will finish her first year of a fellowship in
pediatric critical care at Denver Children's
Hospital. . . . Bob and Beth Schwartz Kenney
welcomed Lauren Elizabeth last May. While Bob has started a successful new
management and team consulting firm, they say the arrival of their daughter was
many times more exciting. . . . Linda (Flight '85) and
Peter Lull are proud to announce the arrival of William, born last June.
While at a Red Sox game with Harry '85 and Trish Martin Raphael and
Jeff D'Agostine, the group saw the long-lost Bill
Yardley. . . . Maria and Michael Marra are
living in Barrington, R.I., where Michael is in his 10th year of teaching (and
still thinking it's the best job around!). Their son Matthew is 15 months
old. . . . Brenda and Stephen Poirier have two
children, Meghan and Kiernan, 2 and 1. Stephen is director of client service
for a systems consulting company in Portland. . . . Michele
and Philip Lapp moved back home to Vermont, where they bought an old
farmhouse. When not practicing medicine (endocrinology) or sighting deer, wild
turkeys and bear prints on their property, Phil and his wife are enjoying
parenthood with Katherine Grace, 1. . . . Lohini and
Chapman Mayo write from their home in St. Paul, where they are also
experiencing the joys of parenthood--Hugh Armstrong arrived last May. Chapman
is finishing up his M.B.A. at the University of Minnesota. . . .
Brian and Robin Venditti Stoll have their hands full since the arrival
of twin girls, Mary and Meghan, last March. They are finding life absolutely
crazy but full of joy. . . . Gary and Heather Freeman
Black's kids are four-legged and furry. Zeke, a cat, and Spritzer, a black
lab, help keep the home fires buring in Vermont, where Heather is a
photographer and her husband is owner and publisher of Ski Racing
International. They had an incredible experience last summer coming face to
face with a brown bear during a boat trip from Alaska to
Seattle. . . . Tom '87 and Pam Christman Sawyer
moved from Maine to Oregon in late 1993, found new jobs and bought a new home
in time for the arrival of Cole Jordan in January 1994. They report that they
are all out of changes in their lives for the next
decade! . . . After working in the Northeast with Otis
Elevator for seven years, Daniel Bullis got his M.B.A. at RPI and
relocated to Missouri with his wife, Dorothy, and 2-year-old son, Andrew. Dan
is currently a branch manager with U.S.
Elevator. . . . Suzanne Swain Masiello "retired"
from her job at an investment banking firm last summer so she could relax and
prepare for the arrival of her little bundle at Christmas time. (We hope to
hear all the fun details for our next column.) . . . Imogen
(Mintzer '85) and Jay Church also are expecting--their new addition will
be arriving in the spring. In preparation, they sold their town house and
bought a three-bedroom home in Sunnyvale, Calif. Jay is now working for Kirk
Paper. . . . Bill Nicholas reports for the first
time, he thinks, since graduation. After receiving a master of architecture
degree from Harvard in 1992, Bill worked briefly in London before returning
to Los Angeles, where he opened his own practice, Nicholas/Budd Design. In
Bill's last year at Harvard, Mark Gordon showed up for his first. Bill
speaks periodically to Peter Voskamp, who is in Austin, Texas, trying to
get his band's second CD released. Mike Vasquez '87 is also in Austin, running
a successful recording studio. . . . It will be great to
get everyone back up on the Hill in June--mark your calendars for the 10th
reunion, June 7-9! Until then, best wishes for continued happiness and success!
Correspondent: Gretchen Bean Lurie
Donna Rago Fahey's last three summers have been busy ones. In
June of '93 she married Michael Fahey. In June of '94 she completed her M.B.A.
at Bentley, and in July she and Mike relocated to Atlanta. In July of '95 they
were expecting their first child. Mike is a tax consultant for Price Waterhouse
and Donna plans to stop work for a while and stay home with the
baby. . . . Marianne MacDonald Wessman and husband John
have moved from Houston, Texas, to Nashville, Tenn. Marianne is busy working
for an insurance company supervising 15-20 employees and spends her free time
enjoying being an aunt to four nieces and
nephews. . . . Ellen MacDonald is still living in
Boston working for NYNEX. She is at BU pursuing her master's in social work,
which she was to complete last December. Ellen recently became engaged and
planned a wedding for January of '96. . . . Sue
Payne is living in Corona del Mar, Calif., but gets back East quite often
as she is still working for Talbot's, headquartered out of Hingham,
Mass. . . . Tim O'Donnell lives in downtown Boston, where
he runs a successful business doing health care consulting. Tim earned his law
degree from Suffolk University in 1993. . . . Helen Muir
Milby married Joe in October of '93 and lives in Alexandria, Va. Helen's
job keeps her active in the world of politics and candidates in our nation's
capital. . . . Gina Cornacchio Leahy wrote that she, too,
has added a new member to her family. Gina and her husband, Ed, had a baby boy,
John James, on April 5 last year. At the time she wrote, she was enjoying her
spring and summer off but planned to return to work last fall as an associate
at the Boston firm of Parker, Coulter, Daley & White. Gina has kept in
touch with Donna (Curran '86) and Dan Webster, who had Samuel Keith in
September of '94. They also have a daughter, Madeline Kay, who was 3 in June of
last year. . . . Lisa Bothwick and Glenn Wilson were
married in September of '94 and are enjoying living in Manchester, Mass. Gina
also sees a lot of Laurie Franklin Collins and her husband, Mark, who
live in Framingham. . . . My former roomie, Carolyn "Cece"
Crowe Hyce, is still living in Cantwell, Alaska, with her husband, Richard.
Cec and Rick, who is a foreman/superintendent of Veco, Inc., share their acres
of land with a dog, Roper, and several horses. In January '95 they made two
more additions to their family unit as Cec had twin boys, Reno Everett and
Lucas Raymon. . . . Timothy and Kelly Brown
Huntington honeymooned in Italy and recently celebrated their first
anniversary. They are living in Boston, where Tim is a writer and planning to
attend divinity school. Kelly is a research analyst currently working on a
research project at Mass. General involving pregnant women who are
alcoholics. . . . Steve and Deidre Boothby Carter
and their two children, Rachel, 3, and Nicholas, 1, live in Portsmouth, N.H.,
at the Portsmouth Abbey School, where Steve is a math teacher, housemaster and
coach. Four years ago Dede was living and working with autistic children when
Tom and Jen Shackett Berry introduced her to Steve. Dede plans to return
to grad school when the kids are a little older. Dede keeps in touch with
Elseke Membreno Zenteno, who recently had a baby girl,
Marianna. . . . Robert and Elizabeth "Buffy" Connor
Bullard are living in Alfred, Maine. Buffy gave birth to Matthew Robert in
July 1994 and has taken a year leave of absence from her teaching position at
Thornton Academy to stay at home with Matthew. She sums things up pretty well
when she writes that it is a "joyous, wonderful, exhausting
job!" . . . Greg Ciottone wrote from Wilbraham, Mass., to
say that on November 5, 1993, he actually delivered his daughter, Heather. Greg
and wife Laura are both physicians. Greg has joined the staff of University of
Mass. Medical Center in the department of emergency medicine. He will also
continue as a flight physician on the New England LifeFlight
helicopter. . . . Interested in hearing from any Colby
grads in his area is Ned Case, who has been living for the past
three years in Raleigh, N.C., and working for GE Capital Mortgage as a project
team leader. His reggae band, Waspafarians, is currently on sabbatical, and he
bought a house and is using his spare time to fix it
up. . . . Rebecca Binder and Charles Cohen moved to
N.Y.C., where they recently celebrated their first anniversary.
Correspondent: Lucy Lennon Tucker
Matthew '87 and
Bevin Dockray Gove
have lived in the Big
Apple for the past four years. Bevin is a public relations specialist with
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc.; Matt is vice president at Landover Holdings
Corp. Rebecca Bruce, Suzanne MacLachlan, Jill Heslam and
Meg Galloway Pierce all attended their December 1994 wedding party.
Other nuptials this past summer: Toby and Vickie Caron Bell in
Portland, Maine, and Kristin Scholl to Michael Perry on Squirrel Island
off Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Kristin and Michael tied the knot a dozen years
after being high school sweethearts. David Brooks got hitched last
September to Kate Gilmore in Chatham, Mass. David recently was promoted to vice
president of marketing at Miramax, where he has been working since getting his
master's from NYU in 1990. He has been living in Brooklyn, N.Y., and loves the
neighborhood sense of community despite the looming city. Karen Adler
Walsh, an assistant vice president at Putnum Investments in Boston, got
married in the fall of 1994 to Joseph Walsh. . . . Of
course, after marriage comes the addition. Steven and Ellen Krause
Teplitz announced the birth of Andrew Jacob last October. Joshua and
Stacy Mendelsohn Marx returned from the Peace Corps last spring and now
have a girl named Sallie Aijlen ("the a is silent, a Chilean indigenous
word for happiness"). Stacy has taken time off to be a mom; Josh is still
working in local government as a legislative aide to an elected council member
in Seattle, Wash. Michael and Mary Shepard DiSandro had a daughter,
Elizabeth Lane, last April to go along with Sarah, 3. She has been busy with
the girls and working part time as the executive director for a small
non-profit group called The Haitian Project. They live in Rhode Island, where
Michael works for Fleet Bank in Providence. . . . Geoff
and Deedra Beal Dapice have two daughters, Coralie, 4, and Shannon,
2. Geoff is a technical sales rep at Binax Inc. in Portland, Maine, and Deedra
works as a science teacher at Massabesic High School in Waterboro,
Maine. . . . Nate and Mandy Howland Huber have been
building a home in Falmouth, Maine. Mandy has started classes in preparation
for possibly attending veterinary school; Nate owns a cabinet shop and
constructs furniture. . . . Across the ocean, Jennifer
Gaylord Donat has enjoyed not being allowed to work in Switzerland
and has relished all the perks of motherhood while traveling this past year.
. . . Whitney Gustin has enjoyed her five years of
Colorado and her many Colbyite encounters around the Boulder, Vail and Aspen
area. She has worked for Planned Parenthood for three years and is currently a
graduate student at the University of Colorado School of Public Affairs.
. . . Guy '86 and Amy Lumbard Holbrook bought a house in
Duxbury, Mass., last May and love having their own homestead despite the
horrible commute into Boston. Since she received her master's in American
studies from Boston College in 1993, she has been working for a linguistics
software company in Boston. . . . John Davie is an
attorney in the real estate department of the New York office of Sleadden,
Arps, Slate, Meager, and Flom. John and Kristin Hock '90 tied the knot in
September 1994, and the many alums in attendance included Ed Barr,
Dave Caspar, Kirsten Geiger Rider, Steve Masur, Harold
Rider, Todd Wallingford and Eric Zieff. John says that Dave
Caspar "is burning the midnight oil at NYU's business school" and by day works
for the Bank of New York in their mortgage-backed securities area. Todd
Wallingford picked up his master's in education from Boston College and is
teaching in the Boston area. . . . Jon Selkowitz
lives and works in Jackson, Wyo., as a photographer and ski
coach. . . . Kevin Oates is a commercial litigator
with the New York office of Cozen and O'Conner, and Jon Earl, also
living in the Big Apple, is working in his family's
business. . . . Noshir Dubash is an R&D engineer
of Superconducting Electronics in Silicon Valley after getting his Ph.D. in
electrical engineering at the University of Rochester. He loves biking to work
year round. . . . Also on the coast is Gil Falcone, who
teaches scuba diving while volunteering and teaching at the Monterey Aquarium
in southern California. Gil's roommate is Scott Stratton, who also works
in the area. . . . Keep the news coming!
Correspondent: Sara Dickison
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