Class Notes Host of the Atlanta reception John Gordon ’84 welcomed more than 50 alumni and friends to his home, including past parent Jennifer Allred (Will ’10) and current parent Sherri Phillips (Ryan ’14).
Tim Orr ’85, Jon Usich ’89, and Headmaster LaRocque were part of the 32 Avonians gathered in San Francisco at the Pacic Union Club in January.
Dan O’Connor, R.C. Sayyah, and Frank Jones, all from the Class of ’82, met at the Avon reception in Atlanta last November.
Steve Collins ’82 and Erik Lanza ’06 met at the Pacic Union Club in San Francisco, California, for the Avon reception.
Triplets of Kathleen and Avon Director Jerry Garvey ’82: Kathleen, Anna, and Caroline (9)
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Gregory T. Fish, Co-Head Class Agent
John Gordon, Class Agent
56 Blue Ridge Dr., Simbury, CT 06089 greg@gregorytfishllc.com
246 Nacoochee Dr. N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30305 John_Gordon@timeinc.com
John G. Ashe, Class Agent 50 Edgewood Ave., Longmeadow, MA 01106-1308 jashe@olyfast.com
Wade McDevitt and his wife, Wendy, announce the arrival of their second son, Harrison Gage Stirling McDevitt, born in late December of 2011.
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Andrew Cordova ’89 at his induction into the Maryland State Squash Hall of Fame. He is pictured here with John Salmon, one of his best friends and a squash teammate while at Fordham University.
83 William E. Eschert, Co-Head Class Agent
24 Westlands Rd., Avon, CT 06001-3197 billeschert@comcast.net Richard C. Gregory, Co-Head Class Agent 30 Walnut Farms Dr., Farmington, CT 06032 rick@rcgregory.com Bill Eschert lives in Avon with his wife, Janice, and two children. Bill spends much time on campus in the Jennings Fairchild Rink with youth hockey and is looking forward to his 30th Reunion next year.
Sam L. Rubenstein, Head Class Agent 2640 Endsleigh Dr., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 richmondsr@aol.com Michael Conroy has a new legal talk show on Simsbury community TV that can be watched online at www.hgesq.com. Will du Pont and his wife, Samantha,
announce the birth of their daughter, Beatrice Esmeralda du Pont. “Bertie” was born on December 29, 2011. Bucky Polk was honored with induction into the Skidmore College Athletic Hall of Fame in September of 2010. He lives in Westmont, Illinois, with his wife, Noelle, daughter Shayne (6), and son, Quinn (4). He is midwest regional manager at Spectranetics, which he says is the “medical device world.”
Matt Green and his family are enjoying life in Pennsylvania, after having moved from the Pomfret School in Connecticut to the Haverford School in Pennsylvania, where Matt is the head of the Upper School. Matt likes connecting with Tim Stay ’97, who is currently the director of communications at Haverford School. Besides Avon, they also have Harvard in common, where Tim went as an undergrad and where Matt got his master’s degree after Tufts. Both Matt and Tim attended an Avon reception in Devon, Pennsylvania, hosted by Wendy and Wade McDevitt ’82 in January.
87 G. Garvin Brown, Head Class Agent
58 Lansdowne Rd., London, England W112LR garvin_brown@hotmail.com
88 Shawn E. Atkinson, Co-Head Class Agent
shawnatki@gmail.com Peter Reed, Co-Head Class Agent
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91 Butternut Ln., Southport, CT 06890 preed@caldwellpartners.com