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carol competition that year — Garrison Keillor even joined in! You can visit Carrie’s website, www.carolinemallonee.com, to listen in. Carrie also traveled to North Carolina in January to attend the premiere of her piece for women’s chorus and piano, “Shine On, O Moon of Summer.” There, she visited Carmina Valle, who writes, “It was lovely to see Carrie last week and celebrate the world premiere of her beautiful choral piece. It’s hard to believe, but I’ve been living in North Carolina since 2007. I recently completed my Ph.D. in nutrition at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and am now a postdoctoral fellow with the university’s Cancer Health Disparities Training Program. My current research focuses on technologybased physical activity and weight control interventions to eliminate disparities in cancer prevention and control.” Chris Dove and Leslie Olsson had a new baby in November — Jack joins big sister Rose in their lovely and caring family. Fernando Rocha and Elise Pittenger welcomed their daughter, Elena Pittenger Rocha, into the world on October 30, 2012. I had the pleasure of meeting sweet Elena when they visited the States in February. They came to the United States from their home in Belo Horizonte, Brazil at the beginning of the year for Elena’s baptism, visits with family and friends, and a concert that Elise and Fernando played at George Washington University. It was “a provocative concert that
spanned electronic music, chamber music, theater and improvisation.” I was glad to be in touch with Gregory Seidman. He says that he and his wife Carrie have a daughter! He writes, “She will be 3 in a few months, right around when her baby brother will be born. That’s the main excitement going on with me. I’m still living in Laurel, Md. and enjoying my job developing software.” I asked him how he is enjoying parenthood, and loved his reply, “As tiring as it is, it’s pretty great being a dad. That last ‘night-night, Daddy’ is so precious.” Yes, indeed! Sarah Standiford writes that she and her husband Jeff “are enjoying our move to South Portland, Maine, close to the ocean ... and airport. Still traveling frequently for my role as regional field manager for Planned Parenthood Action Fund, where I’m helping build our 2013 electoral campaigns in Virginia and New Jersey. Recently I started trying to ward off middle-age by taking up soccer as a goalkeeper for a ladies’ indoor recreational team named Anger Management.” Scott Waldman is living in New York’s Hudson Valley and working as a reporter at The Times Union in Albany. He says, “My wife Frances O’Connor and I have two girls, Madeline, 5, and Phoebe, 2, and we enjoy renovating our 100-year-old home on the Hudson and raising chickens for fun. I hope to make it down for Reunion this year and find it hard to fathom that it’s been 20 years.”
1994. Steve Peterson oxenstjerna@yahoo.com Hi, Class of 1994! Is everyone as ready as I am for this winter to be over? February can be such a drag. Let’s get right into the scanty news that I’ve been sent: Otto and Tolya PfefferBacon Stonorov recently finished their design-build project in Alaska and moved back to the East Coast (i.e., the best coast) for the first time in 20 years. They are now based in Montpelier, Vt., where Tolya is teaching architecture at Norwich University. Their firm, Stonorov Workshop, is working on projects in New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont. They are enjoying lots of skiing with their little boy Niko and their dog Oscar. Tolya hopes the class of ‘94 is doing well! Lou Rouse is freelancing in New York City, and he is at present shooting a catalog for a company GQ named one of the 25 best stores in America. They sell tree swings, astronaut ice cream, vintage Japanese fabrics and, as Lou says, “jackets that cost over four times what my Thunderbird sold for on eBay.”Adelle Waldman’s first novel, The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P., will be released in July. For more information, you can check it out on Amazon, but, as Adelle writes, “Please consider buying it from a beleaguered independent bookstore!” Adelle also writes that Dan Ray, Lou Rouse, Myles Perkins and Matt Bonds are all in the acknowledgments.
TOLYA PFEFFER-BACON STONOROV ’94
and husband Otto recently finished this design-build project in Alaska.
“The book is written from the perspective of a male protagonist,” Adelle explains, “and each of them contributed observations or insights into the male mind that made it into the book. Myles contributed two, I think, one of which involves toilet paper.” The Baltimore-based party for Adelle’s book will explode on the social scene this summer as will the New York book launch. If anyone is interested in finding out more, please email Adelle at: adelle.waldman@gmail.com. Finally, in case you didn’t know, I bought a house in Hampden this past fall and I’m loving the deep Baltimore accents that float through the air every day. Come visit if you’re in town! Take care, Class of 1994, and have a glorious spring!
ELIZABETH CLIFTON ’93 and her children Ellie and Sam recently spent time with Elise Pittenger ’93 and Elise’s baby girl Elena.
1995. Trevor Soponis tsoponis@gmail.com
Taylor Smith taylor.c.smith@gmail.com Trevor wrote to share his classmates’ news: With the glow of the Ravens’ Super Bowl victory still lingering on, there are many milestones for the many beautiful people in the Class of 1995. Andrew Gohn continues the push for Maryland wind energy this year with the successful passage of the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013. This was the third time this bill came before the legislature. Andrew drafted the basic framework of the law and worked with the Governor’s office to help move it through the legislative process. This bill, along with a push to expand Maryland’s land-based wind sector this year, is helping ensure Maryland’s clean energy future. Hopefully, by the time you read this, the bill will have passed. Trevor Coe now lives in
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