Class Notes Committee (now for the 50th!), the largest task of which is usually having lunch and swapping stories.
Books of Moses Illustrated by the Masters. Lots of fun.” Bob Emerson (Syracuse, NY) sends, “After producing mainly TV ads for 40 years in NYC, I retired and moved with my wife and special needs daughter to Syracuse, NY, in 2013. Since then, I have been teaching production at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. It’s very nice being around the young and eager future directors, producers, and editors about to enter the working world. It’s keeping me engaged and it’s wonderfully different than advertising. My best to all my old friends at B&N and Buckingham.” George Kacoyanis (Wenham, MA) writes, “As my fellow classmates and I approach the 50th anniversary of our graduation, I look forward to seeing as many old friends as possible at the festivities in May. I am still working as a general surgeon in private practice at the Beverly Hospital, doing general and vascular surgery, along with a lot of wound care and hyperbaric oxygen medicine. I am married to my best friend Stacey, and we have two children. When I’m not operating, I enjoy singing with the Boston Saengerfest Men’s Chorus. A recent proud accomplishment is hiking the 26-mile Inca Trail in Peru to Machu Picchu with my son.”
1968
Browne & Nichols Class Secretary: David M. Banash 781-290-5855 d.banash1@verizon.net
Dear Classmates, as you have no doubt observed, the news of our departed classmates, John McKeigue, Bill Mulcahy, and Haven Storey resulted in unprecedented expressions of sympathy, reminiscence, and reflection—even literary pieces. So much so, that if you did not see your name in the Bulletin, it was likely because we did not have your current email address. Please contact me if you would be willing to supply your own email or help obtain those for the missing 14. As a bonus, you might be interested to know that there are vacancies on the Reunion 52
Tel: 781-290-5855 Fax: 781-207-0378 Email: d.banash1@verizon.net George von Mehren (Marco Island, FL) writes, “It was with sorrow that I learned from the Bulletin that John McKeigue died last August. We were classmates together at Buckingham Lower School in 1954 and 1955 and, of course, later at Browne & Nichols. I recall that in our senior year John was the quarterback, best athlete, and most of the offense on the football team. We were not a good team, but John never stopped trying to win. He would stand in the huddle looking at the rest of us with a twinkle in his eye—urging us on with confidence and a bit of humor. For that and many other things, I will miss him.”
1969
Buckingham
Class Secretary: Mary (Whiston) Moura 617-308-5290 maralton@aol.com
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1970
Buckingham
Class Secretary: Cynthia Chace 781-749-2598 ccborage@gmail.com Margaret Stokes Holt (Cupertino, CA) writes, “I’m still a medical assistant at Palo Alto Medical Foundation in Mountain View California at the Surgery Center. We get so many patients—an average year is about 15,700 patients! The news, though, is about my daughter Hannah, who got married in 2015 to Jerome Brunet. She took his last name. She is finishing up her internship at the West LA V.A. Hospital for her Ph.D. in neuropsychology. She is working with aging patients with neurological diseases and veterans with PTSD. She loves her work. She is just now interviewing for post-doctoral positions. My son Adam is still at U.C. Davis studying microbiology and biochemistry. He’ll finish one of these years. He’s taking his time. My dear mother died in February of 2015 so we are coming up on a two-year
anniversary of that. We all miss her terribly. I’m still in California because my kids are here, but I would move back in a minute if they moved!” Margie Bain Huoppi (Pomfret, CT) writes, “Rich and I are still happily living at our small farm in Pomfret, CT, with two horses, two collies, and three Papillons. I have worked in marketing and communications at Quinebaug Valley Community College for more than 20 years, and continue my involvement in town government, Pomfret Horse & Trail Association, and two purebred dog clubs. Becoming grandparents eight years ago brought a whole new and amazing dimension to our lives. We are fortunate our son Peter, wife Jennifer, and their two kids live only 45 minutes south of us in Waterford, CT. Our younger son David and his wife Hannah were married last summer in Exeter, NH. We love spending time as a family—four generations!—at our summer home in Biddeford Pool, Maine. I remain close with Linda Burnett Perry, who lives on the other side of Connecticut with her husband Curt. Exeter has become the common denominator for both of us: Curt and my brother George were classmates at Exeter; Linda’s son Todd and my dad are also Exeter graduates; now David teaches math at Exeter and my dad lives down the road from him. Would love to know what classmates and other friends are up to— send in your news!”
(ALSC) list for best children’s books of the year in the older readers (grades 6-8, ages 11-14) category and the Kirkus Best Middle-Grade Historical Fiction of 2016 list! Congratulations, Susan! She sent us the following, “Thank you to the wonderful Buckingham teachers who taught me how to write!” To see the entire ALSC list, visit ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb. Jane Lempereur Bradbury (London) writes, “For the past few years I have been busy writing a book about my family’s dress collection and its social historical context. American Style and Spirit: Fashions and Lives of the Roddis Family 1850-1995 was published by V&A Publishing of London, and the collection was exhibited at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI, from November 2016 to April 2017. I am still living with my husband in London and have two sons ages 23 and 21.”
1 PICTURED x 1 x Matt Stern ‘70, Jeff Lurie ‘69, and Roger Sohn ‘69 on the sidelines of the Philadelphia Eagles vs. Seattle Seahawk game in Seattle in the fall of 2016 x 2 x Linda Burnett Perry ‘70 and Margie Bain Huoppi ‘70 looking at the 1970 Buckingham yearbook x 3 x Huoppi family wedding (l to r): Rich, Margie ‘70, Peter, Hannah, David, and Jennifer, with Anna and Mason in front x 4 x American Style and Spirit: Fashions and Lives of the Roddis Family 1850-1995 by Jane Bradbury ‘71 x 5 x Jane Lempereur Bradbury ’71 x 6 x Heather and Thomas Blake ‘71 take a break (brake) from their bike trip through France to enjoy the sights
Browne & Nichols Class Secretaries: Roger B. Sturgis rs@rbsturgis.com
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Richard E. Waring 617-484-7895 re.waring@verizon.net Sandy Vershbow (Washington, DC) writes, “In November, I concluded my five-year term as NATO Deputy Secretary General in Brussels, and nearly 40 years in government service. Lisa and I have returned to our home in Washington, where I have joined the Atlantic Council think-tank as a senior fellow. We hope that the next four years will be easier to endure outside of government.”
1971
Buckingham
Susan (Sus) Williams Beckhorn’s (Rexville, NY) new book, The Wolf’s Boy, made not one, but two award lists. She made the Association for Library Service to Children
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