!"#$%&' %(7+ Polo Dobkin ’87 [polodobkin@gmail.com], chef at three Brooklyn restaurants (Dressler, Dumont and Dumont Burger) has been nominated again by the James Beard Foundation in the Best Chef: NYC category. If you haven’t been to one of his restaurants yet, you are missing out! Polo’s recipes are also featured in the New Brooklyn Cookbook. Thatcher Wine '87
Battalion and just returned from Afghanistan at the end of October. In the Army, commanding duty is rotated with staff duty. Currently, Chris is serving as the Assistant Operations Officer for 1/75. He will likely be deployed overseas again in the late spring. Chris and his wife, Heather, have a 7-year-old son, Michael. Class of 1987 classmates Jason Joseph, Shuui Hosoi, Alfred Burger, Zach Levin, Charlton Rugg and John Kirby got together with Chris Hallows at an Irish pub on the Lower West Side. Chris notes: “John Kirby brought some of our old A-S yearbooks which added to the fun and helped to draw out some long lost tales of mischief and mayhem. We all agreed that AllenStevenson was, and is, an incredible school that gave us the foundation we needed to be successful in life.” David Herzberg '89
Wesley Stanton ’92 (wesstanton@aol.com) married Natalie McClurg in December 2010. Winslow Ross Randolph Millhiser was born to
Ross Millhiser ’94 (rmillhiser@gmail.com) and his wife, Aaron, on December 16th, 2010. He joins sister, Jasset. Nicolai Shuman '95 (nshuman@gmail.com) is currently living in Madrid, Spain, pursuing an MBA at IE Business School.
(thatcherwine@yahoo.com), a former internet entrepreneur, now creates custom book collections and decorative “book solutions.” He is based out of Boulder, CO, and was recently featured on the front page of the Home section of The New York Times. U.S. Army Major Christopher Hallows '87
(dherzberg@gramercy.com) and his wife, Elizabeth, have a new baby girl, Kate Nina Herzberg, born December 7th, 2010.
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(hallowschris@hotmail.com) engaged our Ninth Graders last November in a rich discussion on U.S. foreign policy. The group considered the multiple interests of different stakeholders such as: the military, State Department, aid organizations, and investors. Chris has deployed nine times, to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kosovo with the U.S. Army, and currently is based in Savannah, Georgia, with the 1st Ranger
Colin McCabe '90 (colin@choptsalad.com) has been dubbed the "Willy Wonka of salads" by Edible Manhattan, a magazine published by his classmate, Brian Halweil ’90. McCabe co-founded Chop't, a chain of restaurants that primarily serves salads. Colin shared his enthusiasm for healthful eating with the A-S boys at a Monday Morning Meeting with Monica Matthew, Food & Nutrition Director at Allen-Stevenson. At Chop't, freshness has been a mission. There is nothing processed. No trans fats. No pre-cut or shredded anything. Its philosophy is: "Better Tastes Better.™"
Steve McCauley '96 (steven.mccauley@gmail.com) has moved to Washington, DC, where he is working as an architect librarian on a contract for the EPA. He's part of a team redesigning the EPA's website to make it more user-friendly and more logical. Matthew Ferraro ’97 (matthewferraro@gmail.com) sent greetings from sunny Palo Alto: “After nearly five years of working for the Federal government in national security affairs, I recently moved to California to attend law school at Stanford.” Nick Kinsey ’98 and Wyndham Boylan Garnett ’98 have self-released their first singles digitally as part of the new band Diamond Doves, and are embarking on their initial tour in support of The Felice Brothers. You can follow them on Twitter.com/diamonddoves. Jason Kraus '98 (jasonkraus@mac.com) is currently living and working in NYC as a visual artist.
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