Gene Kahn was invited to submit an essay to POZ magazine, a monthly journal dealing with the medical, social, and political
Blair Goodman, blair@hvc.rr.com; Barbara Grossman, bsg51@aol.com; Emily Matlin, ematlin@verizon.net;
aspects of HIV/AIDS. His essay about sailing appeared in the June 2007 issue; in it, he talks about the quiet that can be found out on Long Island Sound, and how looking after the needs of a sailboat can serve as a distraction from the more insidious worries of living with HIV. You can find the story, “Summer Share,” at www.poz.com. Gene lives in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, and would love to hear from other Bard people. His e-mail is emkahn@earthlink.net.
Karen Zabrensky, jshkz@comcast.net Staff contact: Jessica Kemm ’74, 845-758-7406 or kemm@bard.edu
Peter Minichiello “toils happily” as director of development at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He oversees the funding for the world’s largest orchestral organization, which includes the Boston Pops and Tanglewood. Peter lives in Boston and in Columbia County, New York, and can be reached at pmagenda@aol.com. Rob Stephenson has lived in Toronto, Canada, since 1971. After a year doing medieval studies, he married Lucia in 1973 and joined Scotiabank. Their daughter, Kate, studies veterinary medicine in Edinburgh, Scotland. Rob and Lucia plan to eventually retire to their Lake Huron cottage in summer, and Sarasota, Florida, in winter. Carla Sayers Tabourne continues to assist in governmentsupported initiatives to develop the profession of recreation therapy (RT) in Taiwan and, soon, Hong Kong. She was the keynote speaker at two international conferences in Taiwan in May 2007: the Seventh International Conference on Sports and Leisure Management, held at the National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, and the International Conference on Therapeutic Recreation Services for Aging Populations, at Mei-ho Institute of Technology in Kaohsiung. Carla consults with RT Ph.D. faculty at universities in Taiwan, Korea, and Japan to develop academic degree programs and work with clinical agencies to develop RT services.
’71 For the past five years, Cynthia Gayneau has spent most of her time in France, playing country-western music with a French group. She continues to write music and is working on two recording projects, one with her French band and one solo. She gets to the United States about once a year to visit family, usually on the West Coast. It has been years since she has been to Bard, and she has lost track of many old friends. She would love to reconnect. Her e-mail is bottemusic@hotmail.com.
’72 Robert Wesson lives in Bellingham, Washington, where he worked as a vessel master for many years. He now works for the Washington Department of Ecology as an oil transfer inspector, protecting the marine environment. He looks forward to hearing from old friends at wesson@zeninternet.com.
’73 35th Reunion: May 23–25, 2008 Contacts: Adrianne Balcom, adrianne@adriannebalcom.com; Randy Buckingham, 212-972-9884; Arli Epton, eptona@yahoo.com;
Randy Buckingham’s watercolors will be shown at the North Light Gallery in Millinocket, Maine. The gallery is located near Mount Katahdin in a landscape that has inspired artists for years, including Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church. Elizabeth Cheslak and her husband, Ted Cheslak ’71, live in Ann Arbor, Michigan. For the past 25 years Elizabeth has worked with birthing families as a labor and delivery nurse. She also loves to travel and write. Ted has his own law practice and remains passionate about philosophy, international affairs, hunting, and fishing. They have three grown sons: Cyrus, who graduated last spring from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with a bachelor’s degree in government; Ben, a United States Army veteran of the war in Iraq, who now attends the Columbia University School of General Studies in New York City; and Sam, who is on a break from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Jana Vengrin lives in the Hudson River Valley near Bard. She writes that, after 25 years of paying various dues, she has finally gotten to where she wants to be professionally, working as a psychiatric nurse practitioner doing psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and therapy in various settings, including her private practice in Rhinebeck. She writes, “My kids are all good people and young adults now. I am divorced. Life is good.” Classmates can get in touch at janagale3@gmail.com.
’75 Callie Williamson practices law in North Carolina and continues her work in the social history of Roman law. Her 2005 book The Laws of the Roman People: Public Law in the Expansion and Decline of the Roman Republic was selected winner of the 2005 American Historical Association’s James Henry Breasted Prize for the best book in English on any period of history before the year 1000.
’76 Susan Stevens Emmons opened her own design studio in 2002 focusing on glass, textiles, and interior design. Her current work includes corporate branding, residential work, and commissioned art. For more information, visit www.susanemmonsstudio.com. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her 14-year-old son, Will, and is an adjunct assistant professor in the University of Oregon’s Department of Architecture. She enjoys all of what Oregon has to offer, is an avid skier, and in 2006 summitted Mt. Hood with the American Lung Association, in honor of her father. Walter Holland, Ph.D., lives in New York City with his partner of 20 years, Howard Frey, who is Manhattan regional operations controller for the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. After pursuing modern dance in New York City and performing in loft concerts during the late ’70s, Walter earned a degree in physical therapy in
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