1970s
WYNN NEWHOUSE ’70 died March 5, 2010. In 2005, he established the Wynn Newhouse Awards, a program to give grants to talented fine artists having disabilities. The website, http://wnewhouseawards.com states: “As a young man, Wynn Newhouse lost functional use of one hand in an industrial accident. He was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in midlife. As he became increasingly constrained by MS, he learned about the negative perceptions that many persons have about people with disabilities. He set out to correct these false public impressions, and began several programs to nurture outstanding talents.” Wynn built guitars and loved '60s-'70s rock music. He also was an avid art collector. 1971: 40TH REUNION: Reunion chair needed.
EDWIN “NED” SOLOT ’78 dropped by
from Ohio; he is an NBA scout for the Portland Trailblazers. NBC's DAN ABRAMS ’81, founder of Mediaite.com, and Dave Zinczenko, editor-in-chief of Men's Health, opened a restaurant, The Lion, on West 9th Street. The new eatery features artwork by Jean-Michel Basquiat, high ceilings and a huge skylight in the backroom.
Allen-Stevenson on a recent trip to New York from his home in Los Angeles. Ned and his wife live in Los Angeles with their two children. He got together with classmate Luis Ubinas ’78, President of the Ford Foundation.
1980s
Zach Braff of Scrubs fame starred in New York in a new off-Broadway play,
NICHOLAS KOTSONIS ’81 (nkotsonis@aol.com), owner of The Slope (a fitness center) in Park Slope, Brooklyn, came to the rescue of a local dance troupe by financing the group’s trip to Scotland for the Aberdeen Festival. The Daily News reported that: “The amateur teen troupe Dancewave won a slot last October [2009] to perform at the prestigious Aberdeen Festival -- the only American group invited to perform. To raise money for
JEFFREY BEERS ’71 (jgb812@aol.com) designed Todd English’s new brasserie, Ça Va, on West 44th Street; he also had a hand in the new Plaza Food Hall in the former Plaza Hotel for Todd English. 1976: THE 35TH REUNION CLASS is rumbling to life for a stellar turn out. JOHN CARR, STEVE JUDSON, KEENE MILLER (flying up from Atlanta), BILL HANWAY (trying to plan a trip from his home in London), CHARLES ASHDOWN (coming in from Ohio), BAMBER MARSHALL, and STUART ROBINSON (Director of Athletics at SUNY New Paltz) are all hoping to come. ROBERT BURGE has created a class Facebook page and encourages classmates to join. RANDY SCHRADE continues to pursue his passion for music as a teacher and leader of the A-S orchestras. He will definitely be at the reunion. JOHN CARR just returned from nine days in Zimbabwe with his church, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, finalizing a partnership with the Harare Synod. He described the trip as “life changing.”
Trust, by PAUL WEITZ ’80 (Brenda@depthoffield.biz) last August and September at the Second Stage Theatre. Primarily a director and writer of films (American Pie, About A Boy, and Antz), and sometimes in collaboration with his brother, Christopher Weitz ’84, Paul likes to keep his hand in playwriting as well. “I learned a tremendous amount from doing plays directed by Mr. Kersey (Mister Roberts) and Mr. Landis (Of Mice and Men) at AllenStevenson. Part of what I like about doing plays is keeping a link to that time,” he said. When Braff missed the show for a short period, AllenStevenson alum and actor Charles Socarides ’92 stepped into his role. 1981: 30TH REUNION: EVAN GOLDFISCHER and ERIC ROTHSTEIN are starting to organize. They would love help. LARRY GREER (larrygreer@trailblazers.com) said he would like to come back for the reunion
the trip, the scrappy teens pooled their baby-sitting cash, held benefit performances and asked friends and family for help. They were on their way to paying for the journey when a phony travel agent ripped them off. Kotsonis, a third-generation Park Slope businessman, pledged to donate $10,000 to the troupe if it could first raise $10,000 on its own.” They raised the money and traveled to Scotland. JONATHAN BUSH ’84 (jbush@athenahealth.com) shared some of his views on health care economics in The New York Times in September. Bush is the founder and chief of Athenahealth, a web service that helps doctors and other
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