40 classnotes
Elsie Garfield writes, “I retired from the World Bank in December 2007. My husband, Woody, and I sold our house of 23 years in May 2013 and have moved from Northern Virginia to the suburbs of Charlotte, N.C. We are buying a house being built in Tega Cay, S.C. Our oldest daughter, Lizzie, is living in Brooklyn, N.Y., and working as an assistant designer for a company that designs and manufactures clothes for Target. Our daughter Kara is a junior at Hollins University, which has an excellent creative writing program. Look forward to our 45th Reunion.” Sara Woodhull writes, “Not much new – still loving my job at Wright State University. I am the Director of Development for the College of Liberal Arts (major gift fundraiser). On October 4, 2013, our 5th anniversary, Clyde’s youngest daughter got married on Maui with 20 of us in attendance. This also included his 94-year-old mother, who had a blast and tried to do everything with us.”
1970s
’75 C Kevin Weiss writes, “After five years in Bloomington, Ind., running a self-publishing company, we sold it to Penguin and I have move south to Phoenix to run SkyMall.” ’75 RH Annis Campione-Karpenko and her husband, Steve, welcomed granddaughter Haley Ruth Ryval born to daughter Alta, and her husband, Jonathan Ryval, on September 6 in London, Ontario. Annis’ daughter Cordelia took up her post as minister of St. Paul’s United Church in Ajax, Ontario, in January 2013, so while Annis and her husband greatly enjoy their life in Quebec, they are clearing off their calendars and making more time to visit their girls and granddaughter. Annis will complete her MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College in June 2014.
’76 C
Douglas McGrath’s new musical, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, currently in previews, opens January 12, 2014, in the Stephen Sondheim Theater. James Olcott writes, “I am working in the suburbs of Philadelphia each week where I serve as an IT Functional Lead for AmerisourceBergen. I am in Philadelphia Monday – Thursday and would love to meet other Choaties in Center City Philadelphia to plot revolution. After work, of course. My son Grant is currently Choate Class of 2015 and earned his varsity letter in cross country this past fall.”
’76 RH
Lisa Helme writes, “Our daughter Elizabeth got married on September 22, 2013, to Eric Schnoerr in Newport, RI. She is a Senior Associate at ICR, he is a banker with Wells Fargo and both live in Richmond. Daughter Allison graduated from UConn and is now working on her MBA. She is currently with Langan Engineering. Our son Chris is a junior at Fairfield
’77 I was pleased to meet some other parents
and Alumni at a Bangkok brunch reception this fall hosted by Jack Kingsley ’87. It was great to connect with other Choaties! –Bonnie Hutchinson Zellerbach ’77
University working on his Engineering Degree. All are well and happy. For the last 3 years I have been working with Chip Horton C ’76 to launch Direct Swap, the first online platform for derivatives trading created with the Dodd Frank End User Clearing Exemption in mind. It’s been wonderful working with my old friend to develop his vision and bring it to market. We are beginning the process of fundraising now. My husband and I also launched Coastal Angler Magazine Rhode Island last January, and we will be launching Coastal Angler Magazine Long Island in February. These will be followed by the launch of Boldwater TV in these markets - fun but terrifying."
’78 Anne Levine writes, “I had a great time back on campus for our 35th Reunion. It was my first time at Choate since graduating. Two of my best friends, Jonathan Baker and Joan Bigwood, flew in from California for Reunion. We all had dinner with Joe Rhodes III, Betsey Koffman, and very special attendee, Stephen Baker ’48, in Wallingford to kick off the weekend. The 7th anniversary of my weekly radio broadcast, The Anne Levine Show, on WOMR FM, is coming up in May.” ’79 Brooke Cohn writes that she visited campus and Lisa Zolkiewicz in June with her husband, Tim, and daughter, Victoria, 11. Her oldest son, William, is a sophomore attending SMU in Dallas. Her middle son, Edward, is in 9th grade playing football and basketball. Brooke and family still live in Oklahoma City, where Brooke teaches part-time at a local university. She also recently started in private practice as a licensed addictions counselor. She plans to attend her 35th Reunion. Tim McKay was recently named the boys Head Varsity Lacrosse Coach at Indian Hill High School in Cincinnati. Brad Welch and Lou Varsames traveled on a mission trip in July to Tanzania, Africa, together from Tampa with their families.
1980s ’80
Alan Reid, his roommate, Chris Ryan, and floor mate Tony Forstmann convened a high level meeting at Nobu last month. The trio debated challenging The Maddox Raiders to replay the 1980 Softball Championship. Bungalow, known better for their high competence in Ultimate Frisbee, upset the highly confident Raiders and are ready to do it again. Kenny Tung joined Geely Holding Group as its chief legal counsel and has been taking an inside look at one of the most entrepreneurial enterprises coming out of China since 2010. Since February, Kenny has been working on establishing an R&D center in Sweden, IPR-related issues, various joint projects with Volvo, as well as discussions with players in the alternative energy vehicles and supply chain in various parts of the world.
’81
Donald Kirby had dinner this past summer with fellow classmates Marc Cosnard and Greg Viscusi in Paris…great fun! Nike Irvin writes, “I was on the cover of Aspen Idea (www.aspeninstitute.org/about/magazine). As a Henry Crown Fellow, I was in Aspen over the summer for the first ever Aspen Global Leaders Action Forum. We were asked to write our action pledge up on these large outdoor walls, and when I recorded mine, they captured the image. To my surprise, I landed on the cover of Aspen’s magazine, in the company of real action heroes like Gabby Giffords and Richard Branson. By the way, my pledge is to help Los Angeles develop into a lab for nonprofits to restructure, merge, partner for greater sustainability.” Tiva Kasemsri writes, “I have recently been appointed Associate Chief Medical Officer at University Medical Center in Lubbock, TX, where I remain Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center."