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Gordon St. John writes, “I was fortunate enough to return to Choate for the rededication of St. John Hall this spring. My sister, Susan St. John Amorello ’84, P ’15, and I were joined by our spouses and my daughter, Ashley. It was thoughtful for the Choate community to host our family for the event. The Board and major contributors deserve all the thanks and credit. It is a magnificent space - very different from when it hosted Sunday detention. Unfortunately, the investigator’s report was released the next day. I would like to think that my great grandfather George and grandfather Seymour (consecutive Choate headmasters from 1908–1973) would have been progressive advocates standing up to protect Choate students and holding anyone and everyone accountable for any inappropriate behavior. On the home front, our youngest son, Alex, recently graduated from UVM and is working in Boston.”
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Corina Alvarezdelugo writes, “I’m very excited to share that I’ll be teaching art, grades 6 through 12, at Ethel Walker School. I will also have the role as the school’s gallery curator, for which I’ll have the opportunity to work with professional artists to showcase their works at our beautiful spaces. As a professional artist myself, this opens up a whole world of new possibilities.”
Tom Colt writes, “I moved to China in August, where I have taken a job as a college counselor at the Shanghai American School. Megan and I were sad to leave Pittsburgh (a GREAT city), but the opportunity was too good to turn down. Shanghai has a population of 20 million people overall, with 107,000 expats, so there will be plenty of people to meet and lots of things to do there!” Patrick H. Gaughan writes, “In connection with my role as the Assistant Dean for Global Engagement at the University of Akron School of Law, I recently returned from a five-week trip to Vietnam. During the trip, I met with law and business faculty from six Vietnamese universities in Da Nang and Hanoi. My wife and I also managed to visit several world heritage sites. I am now trying to schedule a scooter or motorcycle trip for next summer in Vietnam and Laos with Peyton Gaughan (Choate ’18) – assuming her father continues to cooperate! Steffi Miller is still working/teaching for The Music Class in Atlanta (for two decades). She writes, “We are looking forward to (daughter) Rachel Miller’s Class of 2012, arrival back in Atlanta. I enjoyed an extended visit from classmate Debbie Racaniello Reed this last year but I miss her smile terribly since she went back to work in NYC.”
LEFT Jackie Koo’s ’82 latest architectural design from KOO Architecture.
BOTTOM RIGHT Gavin Galiardo ’20, son of Gardenia Cucci Galiardo
EMC2 is the newest member of the Marriott portfolio, a 21-story, 195-room hotel located in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood. The hotel opened in May. Michael Kleinberg Photography/SMASH hotels. TOP RIGHT Tricia Maher-Miller ’86 and Mark Leydorf ’86 were happy to reconnect for the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., on January 21, 2017.
‘86, finished up his freshman year at Choate. Says Gardenia, “This brought back many memories…packing him into Mem House, sitting in the Paul Mellon auditorium and of course seeing all the amazing new facilities that Choate has built over the years makes me look at this place with fresh, proud eyes .... Very happy to have my son live his high school years at Choate. Go Choate!”
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’84 Peter Gardner writes, “I have a new book out, Pearl Diving - Haiku, Longer Poems, and Short Stories, available on amazon.com. Next book coming out soon.” ’85 Lynn Grant Beck writes, “I was recently hired as Vice President of Production for Kopelson Productions.” Will Polese writes, “My eldest daughter, Samantha, is now at Elon University.” Elyse Singer is in her third year of the Theatre and Performance Ph.D. Program at the CUNY Graduate Center. Clips from her play ”Frequency Hopping” are included in the upcoming American Masters (PBS) program about Hedy Lamarr. She lives in Sunnyside Gardens, N.Y., a block from Sharmeela Mediratta, and her daughter Sophie is about to enter high school. Elyse had the pleasure of celebrating a big birthday recently with classmate Carey Bertini and ’86ers Ben Feldman and Mark Leydorf. ’86
Holly Folk writes, “My book, The Religion of Chiropractic: Populist Healing from the American Heartland (University of North Carolina Press), was published in May. It’s a cultural study of the early chiropractic movement, and the roots of the profession in vital magnetic healing and metaphysical spirituality. A milestone for me, though I’m eager to move on to other projects. My current research is taking a very different direction: comparing new, heterodox Christianities in the United States and Asia.” Holly is an Associate Professor of Liberal Studies at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash. Kern Konwiser lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Gina, son Avery, age 13, and daughter Addison, age 10, where he makes films with his brother, Kip. The Konwiser Brothers just completed a documentary series for Legendary Pictures called Make It Work, following young disrupters in science and technology around the country. Kern’s other recent documentary credits include The Fighting Season for DirecTV and World of Warcraft: Looking for Group for Blizzard Entertainment. Kern is still tap dancing, but not as often as he’d like. He keeps in touch with Tom Conway and hopes to see his other Choate friends and their families more often! Tricia Maher-Miller and Mark Leydorf were happy to reconnect for the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., on January 21. While the reasons for the march were sad for both of them, they had a lovely weekend together. Tricia, her husband Paul Miller, and their daughter Hannah hosted Mark and fellow members of GAG (Gays Against Guns). Check them and Mark’s sassy protest songs out online: www.gaysagainstguns.net. Tricia marched with Moms Demand Action, of which she is a member. You can check them out online: momsdemandaction.org. They invite you to join them for a rally or march in New York City, where Mark lives, or in Washington, D.C., where Tricia lives, any time! #resist #notonemore
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