KO 1987 Jim and Cindy Lipman Mill live in Eden Prairie, MN, with their three daughters, ages 10, 12 and 14. Jim is an assistant general manager with the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League, and Cindy does literary outreach with author Mary Pope Osborne.
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Oxford 1972 Diane Adinolfi Gent, left, and Diane RisCassi McAndrews were treated like royalty when they visited Linda Davis McElderry at her beautiful home in Sarasota, FL, in April. Says Diane Gent: “Linda’s husband Jack was a great sport about listening to three high school friends reminiscing until all hours of the night! We plan to make this an annual event -- just kidding, Linda!”
of West Hartford, who has two children at KO and one who graduated from Avon Old Farms. “How did time go by so fast?” Bill Donahue, a freelance writer in Portland, OR, recently won a gold medal for adventure writing in the esteemed Lowell Thomas Travel Writing Awards. His award-winning story, which ran in the November 2012 issue of Wired magazine, described the experiences of six astronauts who spent 520 days holed up in a basement in Moscow as they simulated a mission to Mars. Visit www. wired.com/magazine/2011/10/ ff_marsmission/ to read the piece.
KO 1984 Andrea Banbury writes, “After three and a half years in Hong Kong, we have moved to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where my husband, Alex, has opened an office for Permasteelisa, an engineering company. We are slowly settling into life here. My daughters, Emilia, 12, and Quincy, 10, attend an IB international school, where they ko fall 2013
continue to study Mandarin and are beginning to study Vietnamese. Feel free to contact me (coxbanbury@ gmail.com) if you’re traveling in Southeast Asia.”
KO 1985 Jill Pollack Lewis is a nationally known organizational expert whose advice often appears in newspapers and magazines. The host of HGTV Canada’s “Consumed,” a one-hour show in which she transforms lives by de-cluttering, she has also appeared on “Anderson Cooper Live,” “The Dr. Oz Show,” “Dr. Drew’s Life Changers,” and “The Tyra Banks Show,” and works with private clients like Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross and Jennifer Tilly. Previously, Jill was a producer on other TV shows, including “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” and “The Sally Jessy Raphael Show.” Jill and her husband recently moved back to West Hartford, the base from which she works and travels to Vancouver, where her show is taped. In March, she emceed a cocktailparty fundraiser for The Town That Cares, which assists West Harford residents in need.
Two classmates have recently excelled in competitions at the Hartford Golf Club. Laura Flynn Baldini, longtime women’s tennis champion at the club, took first place in the club’s women’s 18-hole club championship this summer. Gil Keegan also proved himself a top performer in two different sports last year: he was the men’s golf champion as well as the runner-up in the men’s A singles bracket in tennis.
KO 1991 Scott Fairbairn has been the general manager of the Tampa Yacht and Country Club in Tampa, FL, for the past seven years. His daughter Katie is 6, and his twin boys Ryan and Taylor are 3.
KO 1995 Will Porter and Will Rubinow have partnered with NBA AllStar Ray Allen in launching the Personal Golf Network, an online social community dedicated to golf. Members can share golf news, photos, course reviews, scores, and even sell golf equipment for cash. Visit www. personalgolfnetwork.com to create a free account and then join the KO group page.
KO 1999 Brian Talbott and his wife, Christine, welcomed Sarah Grace on Oct. 1, 2012. She joins Brianna, 6, and Caleb, 4.
KO 1985 Dr. Beth Hirschfeld (left) and Amy Kraczkowsky Hull visited the Rock of Cashel in Tipperary, Ireland, in August 2012. A veterinarian in South Florida who treats wildlife and does veterinary acupuncture, Beth works with panthers, black bears, raptors, otters, bobcats and other native Florida wildlife, as well as some lions and tigers. Beth also enjoys kayaking and hiking – she and her boyfriend did two sections of the Appalachian Trail during the past year – and flying: Two days after her 45th birthday, she earned her private pilot’s license.
KO 2000 In January 2013, Connecticut State Rep. Matt Ritter was named vice chairman of the Judiciary Committee by Speaker of the House-designate Brendan Sharkey. The Judiciary Committee has oversight of state criminal law and all matters relating to the judicial branch. On April 5, 2013, Matt and his wife, Dr. Marilyn Katz, welcomed their new son Jack Anson Ritter.
KO 2004 Zack Hyde is now a special assistant to Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy, with primary responsibility for staffing. Zack had previously served as the governor’s scheduler.
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