80s newsmakers Ski photographer Jonathan Selkowitz ’88 was presented with the 2012 International Ski Federation Journalist Award by the International Ski Federation and U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association. F Cheryl Pratt ’82 is serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Ukraine, helping a district library with community outreach and website development. F Psychologist Alice Domar ’80, head of the Domar Center at Boston IVF, coauthored a study on antidepressants and pregnancy. She contends that patients with mild Jonathan Selkowitz ’88 to moderate depression could benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy or relaxation techniques such as yoga without the risks posed by drugs. F Christine Putur ’84 was appointed executive vice president and chief information officer at Coach, Inc.
the game that day against Amherst. Y Sue James Geremia reports the good news that her husband, Lou Geremia, is back working in Boston after commuting to Denver for three years. Lou recently participated on a Colby finance panel for juniors and seniors at the Union Club in Boston. Their daughter Eliza is a freshman at the Tulane School of Architecture. Kiki is a junior at Dover-Sherborn High School and their son, Chris, is in sixth grade. Sue has been doing some human resources work for TripAdvisor for the past year and said that it has been fun to reconnect professionally and work with Chris Petersen again. She loves getting together every month for dinner with Cici Bevin Gordon, Carrie Rymer Elliott, and Katie Hollander Adams. Y A special thanks goes to Cici Bevin Gordon for hosting a fabulous cocktail party for the Class of ’85ers midway between our two reunion years. Great turnout, delicious food, and some crashing alum from the Classes of ’84 and ’86 made for a really fun evening! Y My family (Katie Hollander Adams) just returned from a trip to NYC to “watch” our daughter, Eliza, dance in the Thanksgiving Macy’s Day Parade. Apparently we should have arrived on the parade route about three hours earlier than we did; who knew there would be three million people there?!? Eliza was one of 600 girls (and one boy) in the “Spirit of America” dance troupe. Luckily we recorded the parade. Still no easy feat to pick her out as they were all wearing masks! Y Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and hope to hear from you again in a few months!
1986 Henrietta “Hank” Yelle classnews1986@colby.edu There’s not much news this time around. I hope that those of you affected by Hur-
ricane Sandy are recovering. Our thoughts continue to be with all of you. Y After the Haiti earthquake, when she worked with Partners in Health, Suzanne Battit thought her disaster relief work days were over. However, now working at Greater Boston Food Bank she feels fortunate to be able to help as opposed to needing help. In mid-November she wrote, “At the Greater Boston Food Bank, we know that what happened in CT, NY, and NJ Oct. 29 could very well have been the case a few miles north. We were spared, and hence we are doing whatever we can to help. We’re sending truckloads of food, water, and cleaning supplies to the food banks in the affected areas, and this week we’ll also be sending teams of staff to work there for a few weeks. We’ll continue to help in whatever ways we can and, as Thanksgiving approaches, will continue to be thankful for how lucky we are.” Y After an 18-month job search and having lost his dad this summer, Laurent Kosbach is feeling happy to have landed a new job as director of marketing and strategy at Nanocyl SA in Belgium, which makes carbon nanotubes at the industrial level and sells them in applications such as lithium ion batteries and the electronics market. Laurent would love to know of any Colby alumni in the Brussels/Namur area, where he works during the week. On the weekends, he heads back to Paris and his wife, Marie. Y Unfortunately Ellen Field Greene was one of those adversely affected by Hurricane Sandy. When she wrote 10 days after the storm, her home had no electricity, heat, or hot water, and she didn’t expect it for at least several more days. Ellen’s children—Andrew, 15, and Laura, 12—missed nine days of school. Showing great spirit, Ellen found time to write nonetheless and mentioned that, in other news, she has left NASDAQ
OMX Group and is now working at SIFMA, a financial services industry group. Y As for myself (Hank Yelle), I’m helping my mother, Alta Estabrook Yelle ’41, recover from a broken hip she suffered in late November. May 2013 bring you cheer in unexpected places, and may you find extraordinary joy in the ordinary parts of your life.
1987 Scott Lainer classnews1987@colby.edu This issue I got so much inspiring news, I considered removing all spaces and just making one big, eloquent word. Butthatwouldhavebeenfreaky. Y Sarah Graves Stelfox writes, “We moved into Calgary this spring from the ‘hamlet’ of Bragg Creek, after logging 300,000 miles on the stalwart Volvo. Finally, the sound of sirens lulling me to sleep, the smell of exhaust a sweet perfume on my morning dog walk. The children are good: happy, not in jail, which was my parenting goal all along. Wishing you a festive HanukIstmasWaanzaYule!” Y Ted Jobes lives in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, with wife Liz, son Taylor, 17, daughter Sarah, 15, and two dogs, Buddy and Scout. “I’m a partner at Fox Rothschild LLP, with an antitrust and commercial litigation practice. [I didn’t do nuthin’, Ted!] We spend time each summer at our place in Boothbay Harbor. I had dinner with Peter Steele in Portland a year ago and see Nick Papapetros from time to time.” Y Elaine Mullen Philbrick “runs The Goatscaping Company—yes, real goats, primarily at golf courses for controlling rough, but also power lines, parks, and residences for land clearing. We do pasture-based milking [That’s hot!]. We’re getting a Class-A dairy certification so golf clubhouses can serve the ultimate locavore food.” Y Keith O’Leary’s clan still lives at Thornton Academy, where he teaches psychology and economics. Says Keith, “To continue my armchair psychology, I bought a local institution, One SoHo Square ‘SoHo’s,’ a British pub near Old Orchard Beach. If you’re nearby over the summer, see me at ‘The Best Bar Under the Beach.’” [Or in county lockup most evenings.] Y Heather C. Anderson Silvestro and husband “cultivated an acre smack-dab in suburbia (Stoneham, Mass.) and called it Waltzing Matilda’s Organic Farm. We stuck a dozen chickens on it, built a hoop house, and found 12 families who paid us to grow vegetables. If it sounds idyllic, I’ve totally misrepresented myself. It’s hard work with a steep learning curve. Who knew that chickens only lay eggs for
three years but have a 12-year life span? [Is it weird that I did?] Also, kale is way overhyped!” Y Mitch and Jeanne Morrison Cook said, “While visiting son David, 18, at Dartmouth, we connected with Connie Gallagher Loescher, RB Klinkenberg and Eric Green. Thanks everyone for your hospitality! Son Merritt, 16, and I had fun taking Elizabeth Warren Bogo’s daughter Holly ’16 out for dinner while touring colleges. Jeanne met with Colby magazine’s editor, who’s highlighting her children’s book, The Laundry Monster. Younger kids Sam, 12, and Jillian, 10, helped Mitch build a pole barn to house his horsepower toys, complete with BB-gun shooting range in the attic!” Y Marianne Campbell Hockenberry’s son Maxx, almost 19, is a freshman at Green Mountain College in Vermont. “My son Jack is a high school junior, plays tennis, soccer, is an accomplished drummer, and works part time at our local grocery. Daughter Lola, 9, plays tennis, swims, models part time (Old Navy, American Express, Williams-Sonoma), was just cast as a ‘Munchkin’ and citizen of Oz in her school play, and was unanimously voted class representative for student council. I’m still loving my job as an agent for commercial photographers, with a second office on Madison Avenue. [I have a second office in our basement]. My biggest Colby connection, brother James ’86, lives down the road. I stay in contact with Gingy Harris Gable, Kathy Gates Karlik, Stuart Babb, Robert Brunelli, Gretchen Bean Lurie ’86, Tom Hubbard, Matt Elders ’88, Ned Scheetz, Tony Fazzone ’88 and others via social media. Recently in New York, I connected with Amy Shaw ’91 and Kersten Vasey ’10, art directors at Arnold, Boston.” Y Jen Carroll Schildge’s family and property came through Hurricane Sandy, though the NJ devastation was rampant. “I helped run the Salvation Army kitchen in Cranford. We served about 120 people for a week. I learned so much along the way and was astounded by outpouring of support from people in the community.” Y Can’t top that. Peace.
1988 Nancy Donahue Cyker classnews1988@colby.edu Suzanne “Susu” MacLachlan and Webb Fletcher ’87 live in Wellesley, Mass., with their three children: Katie, 13, Holt, 10, and Livvy, 7. Between school, sports, and what seems like hundreds of activities, the kids keep them on the move constantly. Susu has started doing freelance editing work, which she loves. Susu enjoys keeping
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