Class Notes
CLASS OF 1981 GRADS (from left) Dahira Lievano-Binford, Nell Smith, Carol Drobisz, Moyara Ruehsen and Paula Russo enjoying a mini-reunion in Baltimore last summer.
Jack and Frank have been practicing together for most of their careers, after having gone through the same residency program. What a bromance!
1982. This class needs a secretary. If you’re interested in helping with this volunteer job, please contact the Alumni Office. Jon Krome writes, “Last summer, my wife and I moved from Trinidad and Tobago to Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom. I continue to manage the production of oil and gas for BHP Billiton (Petroleum), now through offshore facilities in the East Irish Sea. We are having a great time, learning about the rich history of the U.K. and the rest of Europe. Our oldest daughter, Sam, headed west to San Francisco State University (where she sees John Goodman often), while our youngest, Cassie, attends an American school outside of London. I look forward to seeing many of you at Reunion this year.”
1984. Staige Davis Hodges sdhpdx@gmail.com
Robert Spencer-Strong robertstrong@hotmail.com Lindsay Leimbach writes that she was made director at Parkhill School in West Hill, Calif., a special education school for second through 12th grades. Being director is the same as headmaster/ headmistress. She states, “The tolerance, respect and caring that Friends School modeled for me, I bring to Parkhill School. Also, I was married on December 27, 2010 to Randall Shiffman. I am very happy to say I have two wonderful boys, 13 and 15, a stepdaughter, 16 and stepson, 20.”
1985. Amy Chen ajochen@sbcglobal.com Cary Anderson recently co-wrote and is an associate producer on the feature film, “The Vortex.” He also produced a couple other projects and has written and directed a few short films for Will Ferrell’s “Funny or Die” website. All of the films, “Chad and the Alien Toupee, Spotlight, Reformed Tramp, Blood Sisters” and “The Making of Spotlight” premiered last spring in Los Angeles. Cary is presently developing a few more features and is looking for investors. Hint, hint — seriously! So, if anyone needs a tax write-off ... Outside of the Hollywood hustle, Cary worked on “Veep,” the new HBO series starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and has been teaching a screenwriting class at Towson University. Congratulations on such wonderful achievements, Cary! Paul Armstrong writes, “I am steadily and happily progressing into obesity. My habits include too much food, a steady diet of adult beverages and an occasional fugue to somewhere I have not been before without my wife’s permission. I went to New Orleans for Jazz Fest with my brother and some friends. While there we plastered Natty Boh symbols all over town. A couple positive notes: My face has healed well and I have a couple of cool scars from my January 2011 ski accident in Alta, Utah. I returned to the scene in January with Jonathan Sacks ’87, my brother Yon Armstrong ‘87, Mark Eckley and my wife Gwyn, who came to supervise me! My softball team, Faze Electric/Nacho Mamas, ranked No. 1 in Maryland this past year and went to the World Series tournament in Michigan, where we placed fourth. Jim Palmer also mentioned us on the O’s broadcast that weekend because Baltimore was playing Detroit at the same time we were there. The biggest accomplishment of
Staige Davis Hodges ’84 and Atif Zaman ‘83 and their families gathered for dinner last fall. Pictured here showing their Baltimore spirit are (from left) Evelyn Zaman, 13, Kaelyn Zaman, 17, Landon Hodges, 15, and Larsen Hodges, 12.
1986.
my year was convincing my wife that she wanted to spend our 10th wedding This class needs a secretary. anniversary outside of Detroit, If you’re interested in helping Michigan at a men’s softball tourney. with this volunteer job, please Dinner at the highest five-star restaucontact the Alumni Office. rant there on the 72nd floor of the GM towers was just the beginning of Charley Case writes, “My wife Toni my attempt to appease her. We have and I are proud parents! Charlotte been together since 1994, married joined the family on September 27, since 2001.” Keep up the good work, 2012, a bit ahead of schedule thus Paul! And thanks for the stories! As for proving that she is her mother’s me, I’m just waiting patiently for the daughter. We are enjoying being a Facebook IPO so all the newly minted family.” Christopher Preston writes, millionaires here can start driving up “For any of the class that was in the the price of real estate in Silicon Valley decade club of the Class of 1986, you for the rest of us — a small consolation might remember James Henney. to make up for that brilliant decision James was part of our class in Grades I made back in 2007 not to join the 1-4. I connected with him on Facebook company after getting recruited. Speaka few months back. He came into ing of Facebook, a big applause goes town in January and we were able to out to Dr. Ken Wilson who posted his grab lunch. Back in Lower School, he talk, “Using Wearable Augmented left for Seattle when his Dad decided Reality as a Clinical-Decision Support to take a job there in the biotech field. Tool for First Responders” during the Coincidently, he moved to Seattle the Health IT Summit. I also got to see a same year Ellen Bledsoe’s family photo of Bob Scher briefing the Pentagon press corps back in November. As TONI AND CHARLEY CASE ‘86 welcomed baby Charlotte on September 27, 2011. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South & Southeast Asia, Bob spoke of the recently submitted Department of Defense report to Congress on its relationship with India. Bravo, Dr. Wilson and Mr. Scher! And I hope for the next issue of Collection, I will be reading it on my iOS device. As we like to say here in Silicon Valley, “There’s gotta be an app for that!”
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