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’76 rh Sue Barrows writes, “After 30 years of practicing small and exotic animal medicine, and owning my own veterinary business in Montana for 22 years, I have retired. I am enjoying spending more time with my family including my two grandchildren, ages 1 and 5 years. I look forward to more opportunities this year to ride and pack our horses in the mountains, troutfish and travel.” ’77 RH Shannon Gilligan writes, “My husband, Ray Montgomery, and I are spending the winter in Ojai, Calif., writing and running our publishing company remotely. Based on the weather in the rest of the country, especially back home in Warren, Vt., this has turned out to be an inspired choice. We recently licensed Ray’s children’s series, Choose Your Own Adventure (which we also now publish), to Fox Films. The script is being written by the same team who wrote the Night at the Museum movies. They are also the creators of Reno 9-1-1 and are very funny guys and fun to work with. I hope to get together with Ileana Patrichi Wachtel ’78 soon for lunch. Otherwise we are not getting into Los Angeles as much as we thought we might. Ojai is too nice to leave.” Carrie McCully Brown has joined the faculty at Hollins University as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Creative Writing. Her sixth book and fifth novel, The Last First Day, was published by Pantheon in the fall of 2013, and a new novel, The Stargazer’s Sister, a historical novel about the relationship between William and Caroline Herschel, 19th century astronomers and brother and sister, will be published in 2015. She continues to remain involved at Sweet Briar College, where her husband, the novelist John Gregory Brown, directs the creative writing program, and where the University of Virginia’s Young Writers Workshop has recently established a summer residency. Jean Tabin just became a grandmother! Anderson DeMarchis Lamont was born on February 20, 2014.
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Joan Bigwood King writes, “What a hoot the 35th was! Fancy being serenaded by Mr. Generous on the ukulele. Times, they are a-changin’. Back home in Palo Alto, my ‘laugh-out-loud’ novel, Co-opted, just made the leap to Kindle. CRH Facebook friends already know this, but hopefully some old guy from the class of 1970 has nothing better to do than read our class column and decide on the strength of my news to buy the movie rights. Oh, that was the other killer moment of Reunion 2013: hearing from Dean Georgaris ’88, the producer of Life of Pi, and Geoffrey Fletcher ’88, the creator of Precious. And then there’s Doug McGrath ’76 … but I digress into self-loathing. Also, Anne Levine continues to kill the sound waves and livestream with The Anne Levine Show (where I have been a guest blatherskite). I had the great pleasure of seeing Anne on the Cape and Lucy Russell in my own backyard this summer. Our baby girl, Carly,
is off to Wesleyan in the fall and her little brother, Peter, starts high school. I am birthing a couple of new projects and one very, very old one.”
’79 Polly Ingraham, former faculty member and wife of Rob Hirschfeld, has been getting a big kick out of the fact that their daughter, Cora Hirschfeld, plays two sports at Bates College with Alex Briody, daughter of Tom Briody. They are both sophomores at Bates and have become good friends through both Club Ice Hockey and Varsity Lacrosse. Nicholas Lundy has been working as a production designer for television and film in New York (currently on NBC’s The Blacklist). He has two children, 16 and 6, and is married to Kathy Ciric, who is a television producer. He notes, “it all started at Choate!”
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Tom Colt writes, “I’ve been living in Pittsburgh for the past six years with my wife, Megan. We moved into a new house very close to the downtown area last year. I work as a college counselor at Shady Side Academy and work part-time as a narrator for Just Ducky tours. It’s a great city! My wife and I have been able to travel a fair amount: we’ve been to Cuba, Iceland, and Panama in the past few years, and we are currently gearing up to go to Peru this summer to visit Machu Picchu.” Steven B. Fabrizio recently changed jobs, from a partner in the law firm of Jenner & Block LLP (co-chair of Content, Media & Entertainment practice group), to Senior Executive Vice President & Global General Counsel of the Motion Picture Association of America, the trade association representing all the major motion pictures in the U.S. He remains based in Washington, D.C., but travels frequently to Los Angeles for work. Leslie Gallagher McMahon is the president of Two Hands Four Paws, Los Angeles’ premier canine rehabilitation center. Her work helping companion animals recover from surgeries, manage the effects of degenerative diseases such as arthritis and dysplasia, and deal with obesity has garnered her worldwide attention. A 2013 video of her rescue and rehabilitation of Kenny, a paralyzed Doberman Pinscher, went viral and has now been seen by more than 200,000 people. After founding her business in a garage, in 2011 she moved her team of veterinarians, physical therapists, and veterinary technicians to a 6,000 sq. ft. facility (the largest rehab facility west of the Rockies), complete with an indoor pool, water and land treadmills, lasers, and other treatment equipment. She is a regular presenter at local vet hospitals and a frequent guest on English- and Spanish-language television. Stories about her and her work have appeared in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and recently, the Middle East. You can learn more about Leslie and her mission at www.twohandsfourpaws.com.
top Sue Barrows ’76 has retired as
owner of her own veterinary business in Montana after 22 years. center Cora Hirschfeld, daughter of Rob Hirschfeld ’79 and Alex Briody, daughter of Tom Briody ’79, are sophomores at Bates College. bottom Leslie Gallagher McMahon ’81 is the president of Two Hands Four Paws, Los Angeles’ premier canine rehabilitation center.