Central Schools. She has two grandchildren. After living overseas through her career in the Foreign Service, Holly Wise now lives in Arlington, Va., and teaches graduate students in international development at Georgetown University. She commutes by bike and scooter, loves to hike and kayak, and is somewhat patiently awaiting her first grandchild from one of her three kids.
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Correspondent: Kimberly Toy Reynolds-Pellerino, kimtoyhuh@ yahoo.com Beth Kreiger Jacober and husband Steve live in Potomac, Md. Steve is the executive director of Washington Hebrew Congregation, a large reform temple. Daughter Rachel and her husband, Chris, live in Columbus, Ohio, and have two children, ages 6 and 4. Rachel has a master’s degree in social work, and Chris works for Nationwide Insurance. Eldest son David is a captain in the Marines and just moved from Hawaii to San Diego. He is a helicopter pilot and instructor at Camp Pendleton. Son Benjamin, stationed in Virginia, is an operations specialist with the Coast Guard. He just won the prestigious Department of Homeland Security Secretary’s Award for Valor for saving a girl from drowning while he was on patrol in Panama. Youngest son Matthew lives in Cincinnati and works for Robert Half International as a recruiter for accounting and finance jobs. Richard Bernardo has been working from coast to coast with diverse communities in the fields of ethics, public health and communications. He earned a master’s degree in theology and ethics from Pacific School of Religion, which led to performing a lot of music and doing standup comedy. While developing statewide education and advocacy projects under Minnesota and California departments of health, Rick also played the piano, developed radio characters and acted on stage, though not all at the same time. Rick was on ABC’s
America’s Funniest People—for a full 11 seconds. In more recent Minneapolis years, Rick has run communications for the Minnesota Housing Partnership, and development/marketing for In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre. He keeps busy as a professor at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, teaching cybertech ethics, management ethics and organizational leadership. Rick also presents high-content “performance programs” incorporating music and theater. He created “Spirit Road Radio,” a theater-of-the-mind “broadcast journey” to various crossroads of spirituality and social change, which ran for three years on Minnesota’s 950 AM. Rick’s niece, Alexandra Rako Bernardo ’20, is excited to start at CC this fall. Last summer, Rick spent time with Michele Lewis O’Donnell and Alya Reeve. Rick keeps in touch with good friends Charles Moser, Jeffery Simpson and Valerie Gale Simpson. Kimberly Toy Reynolds-Pellerino reminds all classmates to visit her in Italy if they can! She celebrated her 60th birthday in March with family and friends at the Heineken Museum in Amsterdam. Husband Giorgio continues to travel throughout the U.S. and Europe for work. Son Ming-Tai and his wife, Eugenia, live in Cambridge, Mass., where their restaurant, Puritan & Company, is doing well. Son Marcus lives in Atlanta, Ga. He earned his master’s degree in hospital administration and works at Piedmont Hospital. In June, Kimberly attended Insights weekend at CC to help plan our 40th reunion in June 2017. There she saw Sheila Saunders; David Sargent; Ann Rumage Fritschner; Andrew Williams; Scott Davis and wife Mariya, and Lisa Podoloff Boles. After Insights, Kim visited Ellen Beach Shaw ’78 in Avon, Conn. They remain close friends. David Schonber has kept in touch with Michael Dubilier and Ted Von Glahn. Everyone has a few stories to tell after 40 years; his includes “one
“Athletics, fitness and wellness are key components in the overall educational experience for students at Connecticut College. By joining the Camel Athletics Club, your gift will help support our student-athletes compete at the highest levels.” —Fran Shields, Katherine Wenk Christoffers ’45 Director of Athletics For schedules, roster and online streaming of games, visit camelathletics.com. Contact Robert Young for more information at ryoung1@conncoll.edu.
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wife, three kids, no grandkids and an interesting business career, with a little time for extracurricular and eleemosynary activities mixed in. Memories of CC are all positive. Everyone should be so lucky.” David sends greetings to all he has not seen or spoken to in 40 years. Andy Williams still lives in Stonington. His carpentry work supports his love of sailing. He participated in the Newport Bermuda Race on a 65-foot custom sloop. “It was great, and the boat performed well. I sent tracking links to Dave Gosnell and Trae Andersen ’79.”
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Correspondents: Connie Smith Gemmer, 180 Glenwood Ave., Portland, ME 04103, connie@bartongingold.com; Todd Hudson, piratetodd@me.com Jonathan Etkin has had an eventful year so far. Daughter Bella, 13, celebrated her bat mitzvah in March. The ceremony was followed by a party at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in NYC in the very same room where Jonathan and wife Amy were married in 2000. Bella finished seventh grade in June. This fall begins her last year in middle school, and they will begin touring high schools in the NYC area for entrance in the fall of 2017: “How time has flown!” They spent Memorial Day weekend on the Maryland shore with Amy’s family, celebrating her mother’s 90th birthday. This summer, they traveled to France and Italy, spending a week in Paris and then flying to Italy, basing their stay in Florence (where Jonathan’s sister lives). In July, Amy celebrated her first year as the executive director of RIOULT Dance NY, a modern dance company in NYC. In February, Jonathan completed five years working for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
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Correspondent: Brooke Perry Pardue, 1711 Gresham Rd., Louisville, KY 40205, bppardue@gmail.com Nearly 60 Camels returned to Hotel Harkness in June for our 35th reunion, where we gave staying up all night the old college try. Peter Simpson, Brooke Perry Pardue and Chip Maguire got a jump on the festivities, starting their weekend in Mystic on Thursday evening. Friday afternoon brought sunshine to campus and lobster to Tempel Green. While Bryan Macdonald (managing partner at Westbury Group in Connecticut), Chip, Andy Storero and Peter chased a disc across the Green, some of us raised a glass to Francis “Beaver” Moran’s Harkness window and the ever-present speakers blasting “South’s Gonna Do It Again” during soccer games in 1977-78. We missed you, Bill Barrack, but know you’ll pick up where we left off in five years. On Friday evening, Duncan Dayton, Bryan and I (Talie Ward Harris) reacquainted ourselves with Mr. G and his fine pizza. He hasn’t changed a bit. Dunc joined him behind the bar for a photo as other Camels, including Alex Brash, wandered in for a pitcher and laughs. Later that evening, we joined the Class of 2011 shaking themselves silly to music we’d never heard before. Props to Russ Gregg’s wife, Marcia, for repeated attempts to sway the DJ: “Any Talking Heads? Earth Wind and Fire?” A few hearty souls accompanied Sue Cole Ross on the yoga mat at sunrise: Victoria
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