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It's winter as I write and think: no matter where you are right now,
you are not as cold as you were on any given day during winter on Mayflower
Hill! Remember how the wind bit at your face? How it numbed your extremities?
How it congealed your nose hairs? Yes, the legacy of Maine chill lives on, in
our joints if not in our hearts! Well, you can be sure that a few people have
escaped the cold climates! . . . I just got a call from
Frank Robison, who finished a Peace Corps junket in Honduras this past
fall and is returning to that region to be the Central American/Caribbean
operations manager for Cigar International, Inc. He expressed some concern at
the prospect of being a strange gringo in a strange land, but I have every
confidence that he will succeed. . . . Also spending some
time south of the border is Anna Marie Wrin, who is a World Teach
volunteer in Baja, Mexico. She does nature-guide training and teaches English,
and she credits Jorge Olivares of the Colby Spanish Department as her
"inspiration in this job." . . . Jamie Perlman
recently moved back to the States after living in Argentina since
graduation. He wants to start a band. . . . Andy
Wright, also fresh out of the Peace Corps, is studying at the University of
Florida and is engaged to be married in May. Congratulations, Andy! The wedding
party consists of former Drummond basement cohorts Chris Chamberlain,
Sumner Lemon, Frank Robison and Jason Oberfest '94. Among other
attendees will be myself and Kat Creeden, who is working in Boston at
the Massachusetts Tourism Council. Speaking of Chris Chamberlain, he is living
in D.C. and working for the Bank Information Center--an organization that
monitors policies and projects at the World Bank. He plays bass guitar in a
band named Lucky and is giving bassoon lessons in his spare time. (I am amazed
at what interesting things some of our classmates are up to.) . . .
Emily Slater works directly for Bob Guccione Jr., the editor/publisher
of Spin magazine. . . . Libby Repass is a
microbiologist for Tom's of Maine, and Chris Thayer is a field
supervisor for the Appalachian Mountain Club, where he manages a system of
eight wilderness lodges, including Tuckerman's Ravine on Mount
Washington. . . . Louise Jalbert is studying for her
Ph.D. in Belgium and this past summer spent a week in the south of France with
John O'Brien '92. . . . Stephanie Doyon is a ghost writer
for a teen book series called Sweet Valley University, and Patrick Robbins
just finished a novel about a suicidal procrastinator (sounds like a
page-turner!) . . . Also writing fiction is Robin
Lauzon, who is living in Tuscon, Ariz., and just attended the wedding of
Jessica Graef and Gary Anderson '92. . . . Also
recently married is Lael Hinman Stanczak, who is also the proud mother
of a baby son, Teague! . . . Carrie Smith is a proud
mother, too--of two dogs! She works for an interactive advertising agency in
Connecticut and is working toward her M.B.A. at Fairfield
University. . . . We will soon have a large number of lawyers in
our midst as well: Kristen Schuler (who will be married to Jon Scammon
'94 this coming June), John Dingee, Dave Lauman, Jeff
"Biscuit" Kosc, Jon Yormak, Laura Schuler and Rick
Wallace, to name a few. Rick wrote that he recently went traveling out West
and "attempted to meet Andy Rossi at the docks in Long Beach, but his
ship never came in." Should we take that literally or
figuratively? . . . Well that's all I have room for
now--but be assured that I will do you justice if you send me the word! Take
care everybody.
Kathleen McKiernan '90, who worked in the 1992 Clinton campaign and up
through the ranks to become assistant press secretary at the White House,
recently moved to the Senate as press secretary for Edward M. Kennedy
(D-Mass.).
Births: A daughter, Sarah Shane, to Tracy and Matt Hancock
'90. . . . A son, Conor Crosby, to Dominic and Janet
Blaney Walsh '90. . . . A daughter, Emma Rebecca, to
Chris '92 and Angela Toms Forman '92. . . . A son,
Nicholas James, to James and Aliza Hernandez Whittel '93.
Marriages: Kristen M. Romans '90 to Craig J. Brown in Old
Field, N.Y. . . . Kendra L. Edwards '91 to Walter
H. Stowell III '91 in Old Lyme, Conn. . . . Maya C.
Glos '92 to Edward M. Walsh '90 in Fall River,
Mass. . . . Elaine W. Jorgensen '91 to Todd M. Lang
in Tariffville, Conn. . . . Jane E. Solomon '91 to
James M. Donovan in Boston, Mass. . . . Lisa H. Twomey
'91 to Bradford D. Bates in Montville, Maine. . . .
Heather S. Hamilton '92 to Roderick J. Lavallee in North Chatham,
Mass. . . . John J.K. Olson '92 to Erin K. MacPhee
in Kennebunkport, Maine. . . . Erika J. Sayewich '92
to Samuel W. Buell in Newport, R.I. . . . Jennifer L.
Curtis '93 to Bruce W. Army in Lorimer Chapel. . . .
Susan E. Kairnes '93 to Stephen C. Baker in Warwick,
R.I. . . . Trent G. Kamke '93 to Michelle M.
Hallisey in Brookline, Mass.
As Easy As ABC
Talk about landing on your feet. Less than one year after
quitting a lucrative Wall Street job, Kristin Hock Davie '90 has parlayed an
internship at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta into a full-time freelance
position as production assistant at ABC Sports. "The whole world tells you, `Don't quit your job without knowing what you'll
do next,'" Davie said. "I've never had one regret." [CONTINUE]
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