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senior video producer for FoxSports. com. There he was responsible for producing and directing the first live college football game streamed over the Internet. Currently, Peter is Vice President of Emerging Media with an expanded role of overseeing new technologies and data intelligence across the Turner Sports portfolio; Bleacher Report, NBA Digital, NCAA, NASCAR and the PGA of America.
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Mack, are at Deerfield Academy. They all looked at Berkshire, but I was not convincing enough. Their loss.”
in Lenox, MA and I look forward to finally getting back to campus after so many years.”
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89 David H. Wanamaker davewanamaker@yahoo.com Andrew D. Allen andrewdrexelallen@gmail.com
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Rhonda M. Bentley-Lewis rbentleylewis@partners.org Lara Schefler McLanahan lsmcl@optonline.net
Warner Brown writes: “My wife McCall and I live on a farm near Crestwood, KY and are growing organic horse hay. We sell the hay locally to race horses and pleasure horses. We are in the process of organic certification right now, so this will be the first year as organic. After a period as a general contractor, rebuilding old log cabins and timber frame barns as houses, I am now selling reclaimed wood and flooring. I have been a pilot since 1986 and have ATP rating and CFII and seaplane rating. During study hall in my room in Memorial, I would get interference on my radio. From time to time the music would fade and transmissions from the Great Barrington Airport would come through. Having wanted to fly forever, I attribute these transmissions to my finally learning to fly. I started flying during the summer following graduation. When Mike Maher came to Kentucky to explain Berkshire’s aviation program, I was naturally enthused. What a great way to teach physics, trigonometry and calculus without telling students that is what they are learning. I initially attended Centre College and had about a D average. At Christmas of my second year, I transferred to Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL. I was then on the Dean’s list and made almost straight A’s. McCall and I have three children ages 20, 18, and 15. My oldest child, Warner, is at Columbia and my younger two, Ballard and Mary
Children of Annalisa Hinckley Savin ’87: Ingrid, 11, and George, 14
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Ellie Glaccum Debenham writes: “I had my first real aging experience at the end of last year. After being knocked over by one of my father’s horses in June, I had an ache between my shoulder blade and spine that wouldn’t go away. Long and short of it was I had two blown disks and a spot on my spinal cord the size of a quarter. The nerve pain was indescribable. On October 7, I received a Synthes ProDisc C implant in between my C6-C7. An incredible work of engineering. I can’t tell it’s there, and I probably have a better range of motion than before. I haven’t had any nerve pain since I woke up from the operation and can even run again. I’ll never take my back for granted again. I guess the years of riding, field hockey, ice hockey, lax, trampolines, etc. caught up with me.” Pieter Ruig’s public relations firm, C&R Communications (www. discovercrc.com), is celebrating six years in July. Pieter writes: “We are based in Santa Monica, CA and run campaigns for individual hotels and brands, including: Auberge Resorts, InterContinental, Kimpton, Ritz Carlton, Rosewood, Park Hyatt, etc. My father recently purchased a home
Todd Thomas writes: “I am one of the co-founders of a great new non-profit manufacturing business incubator and commercial makerspace in Bristol, RI. I want to get the word out to Berkshire alumni who might be in the Metro Boston—Rhode Island area. If any alumni would be interested in helping us out (nonprofit and all) or if you would like to volunteer or mentor new and small businesses, I can be contacted at tinkerbristol@gmail.com or at 413-441-7608.”
90 Natalie Dillon natdillon@gmail.com Nina Bradley Clarke ninabclarke@gmail.com
Amanda Hill writes: “My news is that I am the same Amanda I was at Berkshire made richer by two kids, a husband, travels, running, winding career path and my best friend and roommate from Berkshire, Leci Guequierre McCrillis!” Deirdre McGaffey Schwein writes: “Chad, Dee, and Pirate (cat) settled into a new place in Hayward, CA late in 2014, and we adopted Sasha (cat) at the end of March 2015. Chad and Dee continue to watch and play ice hockey. We’re looking forward to watching the new AHL Barracuda in San Jose this fall! Watching the Sharks and Kings at the first-ever Stadium Series at Levi was definitely a once-ina-lifetime adventure. Our co-ed team, the Redshirts, lives up to its name, though we did manage to survive once this past season. We both continue to act as back-up goalies for the NCWHL, and Dee joined her first tournament Spring/Summer 2015
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