A Maine mini-reunion. (L-R) Tom Cheetham ’75, Joan Zaprzalka Cheetham ’76 and Sue Tweedie Sim ’79.
Mark Teschner ’79 celebrates his eighth Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting with daughter Amelia.
School of Business. Lucia is chair of the board of EnsenaPeru and on the board of alumni of Endeavor Peru. She loves to travel and visited Joan Pachner ’78 on her way back from Boston in September. Richard Belshaw is an ordained Episcopal minister, priest-in-charge of both Christ Church in North Conway, N.H., and a summer chapel in the White Mountains. He is studying for a doctorate of ministry in Cambridge, Mass., at the Episcopal Divinity School. His wife is selfemployed as a website/graphics designer. His daughter, 23, is a performance artist on staff at the Institute of Contemporary Art. His son, 21, is a poet-musician-language-philosopher type. Richard lives in Durham, N.H. Barry Norman has written his first book, Flipping Point, a streamof-consciousness exploration of his lifelong battle with depression, tinged with pathos and humor. Mark Teschner has won his eighth Emmy for Outstanding Casting (General Hospital). F. Wisner Murray recently moved with his wife Betts to South Dartmouth, Mass., after 28 years in Cohasset, Mass. Son Francis Murray ’11 is working on his MBA at New York University, while daughter Polly is at the University of Colorado for her master’s in structural engineering. Wisner serves as a class agent and on the Alumni Board for the College. Victoria Fitzgerald Cook and D. Shepard Cook ’77 retired a year ago to the Bethany Beach, Del., area, after many years with the federal government. Shep spends his days windsurfing, kayaking and sailing off the Indian River Bay. Viki is back into dance, ballet and theater, starring in a local theater production and performing in The Nutcracker. They keep in touch with Anne Verplanck ’80. Lionel Catlin and Lois Mendez Catlin ’80 live in rural St. James, Fla. Lois manages their health clinic, Phoenix Family Health Care Center. Lionel specializes in diabetes and hypertension management. Their son, 26, graduated from University of Pennsylvania, attended law school and now works as an assistant state attorney in Orlando. Vicki Chesler and husband Matt Kovner enjoy time at their home near Woodstock, N.Y., at their apartment in NYC, and on their sailboat, which they moved to New London last summer. They had fun seeing Amanda Marshall and husband Chris Zingg ’77 in Stonington. Daughter Melissa, 29, is production manager for the TV show Say
Yes to the Dress and lives in Brooklyn. Daughter Kelsey, 26, also lives in Brooklyn and works at the Bronx Zoo in the education and videography departments. Susan Zakin’s safari company, Cowgirls and Pirates, launched this year. The company specializes in bringing knowledgeable travelers to places around the world where local communities are involved in conservation: “We’re calling it the un-Hemingway safari.” Susan divides her time between New York’s Hudson Valley and Lamu, Kenya, with her husband, a former professional soccer player, and her twin stepsons. After many years as a school principal, Beth Kukla Hamilton is now an associate director at the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), focusing on supporting independent schools through the accreditation process. Her eldest daughter is in grad school at the University of Washington, and the other two girls are undergrads—a senior at Dickinson University in Pennsylvania and a sophomore at Denison University in Ohio.
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Correspondents: Connie Smith Gemmer, 180 Glenwood Ave., Portland, ME 04103, connie@bartongingold.com; Todd Hudson, piratetodd@me.com In October, Michael Litchman and wife Elisa spent a week in Barcelona living “like locals” and visiting son Josh, a junior at Wake Forest University, who was studying abroad. Their younger son, Zachary, just started his first year at Denison University, where he is following in his father’s footsteps by being active in college radio; he is a DJ at WDUB 91.1 FM, much to his parents’ delight.
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Correspondent: Claudia Gould Tielking, 6533 Mulroy St., McLean, VA 221015517, charlesbudworth@gmail.com Lily Holland ’11 and Barbara Lasley Reid are teachers at the Curtis Guild School in East Boston. They have become fast friends. These Camels are now Guild Gators! Anick Pleven attended the wedding of William Schirrmeister ’84 in October. Alumni in attendance included Cara Esparo Schirrmeister ’82, Marc Greene ’84, Geoff Farrell, Nick Burlingham ’88, Charles
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Alumni reunite in Portland, Oregon. (L-R) Kent Lewandrowski ’79, Elizabeth Lee Lewandrowski ’81, Joy Jerome Turtola ’83, Nancy Smith ’81 and Todd Hudson ’80.
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