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Michelle Kominz has finally checked in from the thawing north,
where her work in geophysics has put her on a tenure track at Western Michigan
University. We don't know if they canoe in Kalamazoo, but Michelle is just as
happy windsurfing, a sport she added last year while teaching at the University
of California-San Diego. What we are anxious to know, Michelle, is whether you
will give up playing bridge to adopt the state card game of Michigan,
euchre? . . . Candace Skelly Crouch also is enjoying
the active life. Besides skiing and camping, she bikes in "centuries"--100-mile
sprints through the countryside. Candace married Ken Leavee in August of 1995
and settled in Darien, Conn., where her leisure time is probably spent as
spectator for sons Ryan, 15, and Ian, 13, as they chase hoops and hockey
pucks. . . . Besides being busy with kids Rachel, 12, Nicole,
11, Lydia, 6, and Aaron, 1, Roger and Michelle Bernier Hatch
write that they somehow find time for work. Roger is director of the state of
Massachusetts's municipal databank, and Michelle is a daycare provider. In his
spare time, Roger escapes to the piano room for jazz. . . .
David Pinansky recently presented a number of his musical works at a
meeting of the Greater Baltimore Cantors Association. David lives in
Herndon, Va., with his wife Harriet (Buxbaum '76), son Sam and daughter
Sarah. . . . Barbara Breckenfeld is "living alone
for the first time and loving it." She changed careers (from design) and is now
enjoying managing the marketing efforts of NBBJ Architects in Seattle.
(Barbara, want to work in Colorado?) Blue, a thoroughbred gelding, has just
been added to Barbara's home circle, which includes Pearl, a golden retriever,
and Betty, a cat of questionable parentage. . . . If you're
up Waterville way, you may want to catch Joyce Smith in a performance at
the Opera House. (Joyce, please give us directions from the Pub.) Last June,
Joyce played two roles in Carousel and is also versatile enough to have
performed with Howard Koonce in Arthur Miller's classic, Death of a
Salesman. In July she was off to Australia to visit Spence Wright
'74 in Sidney. . . . Betsy Brigham Benton
may find her compass set on Maine as she makes the college circuit for her two
stepsons. Betsy and her husband, Peter, spend much of their time with their
son, Andrew, 10, who is severely impaired with autism. Their work with
therapists and consultants is a struggle to involve Andrew with his "typical
peers" at school and in community activities. Betsy feels it is well
worth the effort "to witness any small gains and smiles, as well as more
informed and accepting local children." . . . Checking in from
cyberspace is Russell Sehnert, who has opened a business and is doing
well creating Web sites. His wife, Twila (Purvis '74), works with him when
she's not watching their son Steen, 12, in tennis matches or their son William,
11, flying off the three-meter board. For variety, the Sehnerts scuba in
Cozumel and ski at Sugarloaf. . . . And at last our class
can claim its first link to royalty. Betsy Neidich was crowned Web Queen
of Newton-Wellesley Hospital, acting as senior for the site. The position fits
well with her goal of becoming a gypsy queen within the next five years. An
inveterate entertainer, Betsy was host to Claudia Bassis Hill and
Deborah Vose Roman over the holidays. She hopes to visit Lynnie
Bruce and Fluffy soon, right after she takes her allergy pills.
Ann Lyle Rethlefsen '71 received one of the 24 fellowships in the Bush
Educators Program for mid-career educators in
Minnesota. . . . Robert Diamond '73 was featured in
a Euromoney magazine article. He is director of the fixed income
division at the investment bank BZW. . . . Michael Roy '74
is the new president of the Maine Municipal Association.
. . . Gail Chase '74 was named treasurer of the Maine
Children's Alliance. . . . Elizabeth Knight Warn '76, has
been promoted to senior vice president in the retail mortgage department at
Peoples Heritage Bank. . . . Lynn Thommen '76 is
director of development for American Ballet Theatre. . . .
Steven R. Singer '79 joined the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as chief of
communications and principal spokesman.
Births: A daughter, Abigail Grace, to Neil and Donna Dee Genzlinger
'78.
Soaking Up Knowledge
The Flood probably won't do us in, but water--or
the lack of it--might. Thirsty big cities are expropriating more and more water
resources from rural agricultural areas and creating a wave of controversy in
the process.A century ago, rivers flowing from the mountains helped support year-round ranching in the South Park area near Denver. Today, says Cathy Kindquist '78, an assistant professor of geography at Radford University in Virginia, cities like Aurora, Colo., are buying up water rights to ensure their own growth, and ranchers are being devastated by the loss of their water. [CONTINUE]
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