Class Notes Class of 1977 and Class of 1978 Erik Donald France efrance23@gmail.com Howard Barlow: “91-year-old Mom [Ann Barlow, beloved DA English teacher] remains glorious; personally, I’m still enjoying age 17, albeit with 40 years of added experience.” Mark E. Bozymski: “I am looking forward to our reunion this year. Hoping that many of our classmates will be able to make the trip in! We have a new puppy which pleases my wife, Mary, daughters Sarah and Abigail immensely! Mary and I have recently enjoyed fun times with David Carr and Denise, James McWhorter and Delaine, Howard Barlow, Grace Shelton ’80, Tom Shelton ’82 and Belo Shelton ’76, Malcolm Kendall ’79, Leigh Ann Carter
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’79 and husband, Betsy Boone and Eric Ashbaugh and Jimmy Parker and wives at Fridays on the Front Porch at the Carolina Inn! Cobras unite!! I have also enjoyed time with Jennifer Cobb Wells and Camille Izlar and their husbands recently as well!” Sherry Bartholomew Holtzclaw: “We are enjoying spring in Savannah after experiencing two hurricanes and extreme cold (for the South!) for too long. We have moved to a smaller house and are living over the garage while we renovate. The view out over the river at Isle of Hope makes it bearable. I thoroughly enjoyed my weekend in Durham last December for the Athletic Hall of Fame. It was fun to catch up with so many friends and faculty, see and experience a basketball game in the new gym and lunch with the girls — Camille Izlar, Jennifer Cobb Wells, Xandy Peete Jones, Meg Herbert and Patty Downey. We were sorry to miss Sally (Coonrad) Carroll.” Camille Izlar: “My husband and I built a house off Mt. Sinai Rd. and moved in last December. We have great access to hiking trails and are now closer to my horse so I can ride more often! I hope to start working part time in August at my current job at UNC. Gearing up for retirement!” Judith Krigman: “Working at Ohio State University microscopy department teaching multiphoton and confocal microscopy as well as developing projects for live animal imaging. Martin is still in Florida with the Air Force and Sam still making
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glue. And I have an obsession with pawpaw trees.” [I asked her to elaborate:] “They are an indigenous fruit tree, large mango size fruit, custard banana mango taste. Founding fathers had them and they fed the Midwestern natives. Trying to bring back a lost fruit that has excellent nutritional value and because it is native does not need a lot of care.” Kenny Randall: “I imagine I have the youngest child out of the class of ’78? This past year Anne and I enjoyed taking Cameron (8) to Washington State to experience Seattle, then go tide pooling at Olympic National Park, and hiking at North Cascades National Park and Mt. Rainier National Park. This year we’ll take him to California to experience San Francisco, then hike at Yosemite National Park and see the trees and caves at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Cameron continues to excel at sports, which gives us great enjoyment to watch. In the past year he was invited to play for an all-star baseball team. He got bumped up to play soccer with 10-year-olds and led that team in scoring. He was also the quarterback for an undefeated football team. More importantly, he is first in his class academically.” As for yours truly, I am still living on Fort Worth, Texas. This past year on the annual history trip, traveled with Jamie France ’88, Evan Farris and a college compadre to American Civil War battlefields in and around Nashville. I also made it back to Amsterdam. Finally, we mourn the passing of Patty Downey and Mr. Wallace (Stuart Alan Wallace), and extend our deepest sympathies to Jennie Harris Wallace. Gone but never forgotten!
Class of 1986 Jonathan Avery averyj461@gmail.com As many of you will have already heard, Rob Everett has followed through on his resolution to step down from the position of class recorder after many years of dedicated service. Under his tutelage, our class notes have
grown from a sapling to a mighty redwood, enlivened by such gimmicks as the mysterious “fillin-the-blank” updates; a simple listing of each classmate’s name with one, puzzlingly, printed in green; and, everyone’s favorite, wholesale fiction. (I was always eager to hear what would be next. Connect the dots? Classmate crossword?) This year — miserabile dictu! — the editorial voice of the Class of ’86 notes will lack the pizazz of previous editions. Fortunately, ROE has agreed to come out of retirement for a pair of updates. Lisa Tulchin writes: “My son is finishing second grade @ Seawell and looking forward to a summer spent at the Farm at camp there. I ran my fourth Tar Heel 10 Miler this past month, and now that the weather is getting hotter am very glad I get to do my regular running on the trails through the woods of Carolina North. Our backyard flock is now up to seven chickens. The indoor menagerie is holding steady at two cats, a lizard and a snake. I continue working as a software trainer and instructional designer. In the last year I started training a new product that has led to some fun opportunities for international travel, and I’ve taken my family along for a few of them. Finally, I don’t know about everyone else, but I’m looking forward to turning 50 this summer. Isn’t life after 50 all about qualifying for the AARP discounts? The actual day will be spent on an RV vacation with my brothers and their families in New Mexico.” Rob Phay reports: “Since 2015 I have been working in Boston for Mercer, a consulting firm that also manages money for corporate clients and their pension plans. I am working as their compliance officer, which has been consistently challenging and all-consuming for more than three years. Siu is still living in NYC, so we take turns visiting each other on the weekends. Sofia is finishing up her junior year at Williams, after doing a semester abroad in Vietnam in the fall. I am excited about the fact that she has an internship in Boston this summer, which means I get to spend the