alumni news 1950s John horsman ’53 (gaston4@roadrunner.com) tells us that he is now living in Mt. Pleasant, SC, and is retired after being a group vice president at Wyeth and president of international at Alberto Culver. He is spending the year in Nice, France, where his two youngest boys are in high school. He has four older children in the United States.
Phillip Proctor ’55 (pplanet3@earthlink.net) publishes a monthly newsletter that, he says, "presents his spaced out view on everything under the sun, moon and stars." He writes to say that he is “still performing with my wife, Melinda Peterson, on stage at the Antaeus Classical Ensemble and touring the community doing live audio theater. Soon to broadcast ‘Firesign Radio’ online, 24/7!”
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1970s whitney ransick ’79 (whitneylife2@gmail.com) recently finished a new film that was written up in Variety. "Misfire: The Rise and Fall of The Shooting Gallery" is a documentary about the company Whitney helped create that produced "Sling Blade" and is a story of greed, hubris, and the independent film bubble of the 90s
artemis Joukowsky ’77 (artemis@joukowsky.com) recently accepted the Medal of Valor from the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, on behalf of his grandparents, in honor of their heroic work during the Holocaust.
nicholas kotsonis ’81 (nkotsonis@aol.com) writes to let his classmates know that he hopes to hear from them, noting that he hasn’t had a chance to get in touch… “lone wolf thing and all.” He reports having to shut down the health club last year, and has renewed his focus on real estate interests.
hiram ratliff ’81 (preacherhr@aol.com) pastors at a church in the Bronx that was recently featured in the Daily News. He writes to say “The young lady to the left with the white hat looking at the camera is my mother. God's continued blessings!”
Artemis visited Allen-Stevenson on April 24, and shared a screening of his film, “Two Who Dared: The Sharps’ War” with the faculty and Upper School boys. The film tells the story of his grandparents’ life-changing journey. tim nichols h’78 and David kersey h’98 attended a memorial celebration for Ned Hayes ’70 at the Yacht Club in Blue Hill, ME, over the summer. They were among more than 200 friends and family. Mr. Nichols spoke eloquently about Ned and his time at Allen-Stevenson in the late 1960s. He impressed people with his talk of the "little school on East 78th Street."
greg cukor ’62 and william west ’62, friends who first met at A-S in Third Grade, traveled together with their wives to St. Petersburg and Prague this summer. Pictured above, from left to right: Lois West, Bill West ’62, Martha Cukor, and Greg Cukor ’62.
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1980s erik cliette ’81 (cliette06@yahoo.com) has spent the past year working with a group of teenage filmmakers in New York. Their film “Triggering Wounds” recently won Best Youth Documentary at the TriBeca Film Festival. The film is Harlem Hospital’s Circle of Safety antigun violence and hard reduction film.
marc rice ’84 (marc.rice@opco.com) enjoyed a visit from his classmates rabbi tsvi landau ’84 and John goldstone ’84 over the summer. Tsvi was in New York visiting his mother from Israel and taking his eldest daughter to sleep away camp, and John was in town visiting from LA.