Class Notes
Class of 1995
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Chris Sahl and his wife, Rebecca, welcomed a baby boy named Hank on November 16. Ben Wellenbach is in his sixth year of business just north of Chicago. BeWell Fitness (www.bewellfitness.com<http://www.bewellfitness.com>) is a performance gym training people in sport, tactical forces, and the "game of life." Ben, his wife, two girls (2 and 4) and dog (“can’t forget him”) are looking forward to their first spring and summer in their new house.
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spectators of this event targeted in a random act of violence and hatred is sickening,” he declared. “While the Marathon will never be the same, I have no doubt in my mind that the people of Massachusetts and the running community will only make this an even more special event in years to come. I, for one, cannot wait to run next year.”
Debbie, Holtyn, and Garreth DeBiegun ’94 at Saddleback Mountain
Class of 1994 Garreth DeBiegun and his wife, Debbie, enjoyed winter in Maine this year. Their son, Holtyn, is two and also loves the snow. Garreth is now medical director of the ski
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patrol at Saddleback and also an attending physician in the Emergency Room at Maine Medical Center. He and Debbie are excited about welcoming their second child in May. Marc Hustvedt writes that he’s living out in Los Angeles, where he’s heading up original entertainment for a company called Chill (www.chill.com), producing everything from comedy specials to digital series and documentary films for release online. Marc had breakfast with Jerry Ward when he was out in Santa Monica last November and adds, “On the personal front, not too long ago I married a beautiful young lady named Carly Feingold who works in film.” Curtis Singmaster writes, “My wife Meg and I are finishing up our first year teaching at the Besart Hill School in Ojai, CA, where I am the chair of the Fine Arts department. We love it out here. My latest art project was a solo show at the Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts titled ‘Family Portrait.’ ” You can check out Curtis’s work at www.curtissingmaster.com. Cort Stratton lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters (2 years and 2 months, respectively). He’s been a software engineer at Sony for eight years and is currently responsible for much of the core graphics technology behind the PlayStation 4 game console. Cort also teaches evening classes in game programming at a local college.
Jeff Berko is engaged to Laura Fox, and the wedding will likely be held in California sometime this year.
Class of 1998 Eric Berger attended Harvard and MIT and now works for Bain Consulting. Richard Connolly moved back to the Boston area and is now teaching at St. Sebastian’s School in Needham. Conor Maguire has been appointed Head of the English Department at Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School in Waltham, MA. His great love of literature comes directly from the inspirational classrooms of Read Albright and Walter Birge at Fenn and Laura Moore, Bill Mees, and Mark Haman at Lawrence Academy. Conor will finish his degree at The Breadloaf School of English at Middlebury College in 2014.
Class of 1999 Alex Artinian reports that he is taking over the family business, Artinian Jewelry, and is now part owner. “I am now an experienced goldsmith, buyer, artist, and businessman as I oversee the company business matters, while also making my own custom pieces by hand myself. I purchased a rental property in Somerville, MA, a few years ago and it is doing very well. I have taken up painting also. Hope everyone is doing well!” Taylor Sahl will be celebrating his first anniversary with his wife, Sarah, in June. They were married last summer in Belize.