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1 Class of 1978 mates Christy Cook Bates, Margie Walker Hauer, Jackie Wetenhall, Allyson Pagnani Martin, Alison More Davies, Nora Maloney, Wendy Jones Gay, and Nina Hasner Yoder
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2 Phyllis Fogarty ’87, Julie Hughes O’Connor ’86, and Liz Fogarty ’87 at the wedding of a mutual friend in Chicago, June 2013 4
3 A reunion of two former Greenwich Academy Trustees—Howard Hillman and Carlos Arredondo—with their families at dinner at the Belle Haven Club, Spring 2013. Elise Hillman Green ’81, Mari Arredondo, Carlos Arredondo, Harrison Green, Howard Hillman, Ridgely Green, Andrew Rolfe, Isabella Rolfe, Fabi Arredondo Rolfe ’84, Greg Green, and Chandler Green. (Missing from the picture are
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Hartwell Green and Alexander Rolfe.) 4 Class of 1983 – Front row: Allison Daly McDermott, Laura Noonan Ford, and Amanda Snowden Bulazel. Back row: Reed von Gal Donohue and Christine Jacobson Popp 5 Classmates from 1973 enjoying dinner hosted by Pinky Crabtree Markey at Greenwich Country Club for Reunion 2013. Seated: Betsy Kreuter, Viv Patterson Pagnotta, Hope Fitzgerald Sexton, Anne Preston, Nicole Sandifer Burnett, and Kim Coleman; Standing: Carol McCardell, Maria Mannetti Kivijarv, Deborah Hennessy Grossman, Marion Morsey Boucher Holmes, Pinky Crabtree Markey, and Debra Zrike Cohn 6 Julia Mitchell Morgan ’81 and Cassidy Gifford ’12, who
met coincidentally at a film shoot in LA on which Cassidy and Julia’s son were both working 7 Jane Baumgardner Granruth’s ’73‘s children William, Caroline, and James Granruth at Caroline’s Greenwich Academy graduation, May 2012 8 Kat Stuart Wilton ’82 (far right) with daughter Noelle and husband David 9 Class of 1971 mates celebrating their 60th birthdays in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, July 2013. Front row: Ann von Gal, Deborah Willard LaBerge, Madeleine Slack Szabo, Mimi Efinger Hay, Linda Brown Salvatore. Back Row: Kirby Delany Williams, Mary Tietz Wheeler, Patty Standard Morneault, Mimi Bergen Matthews, Ginny Gold-Adams,
Pamme Devenney, Suzie Campbell Lowe 10 Dan and Chanda Gurley McKee ’77 in Ogonquit, Maine, May 2013 11 Class of 1983 mates at dinner, spring 2013: Verena de Cholnoky, Allison Daly McDermott, Clare Rooney Butler and Megan Wiesen Dowley 12 Class of 1973. Front row: Deborah Hennessy Grossman, Kim Coleman, Nicole Sandifer Burnett, and Betsy Kreuter. Back row: Anne Preston, Viv Patterson Pagnotta, Carol McCardell, and Maria Mannetti Kivijarv 13 Hilary Healey Watson ’83 (second from left) with daughters Jane and Josie Watson and GA faculty member Meryl French in Zug, Switzerland, spring 2013
(continued from page 47) Jekyll or Gasparilla Island playing golf in the winters. Best of all is gaining two great step-kids, Alexander (21) at UVM and Savannah (16) at Westover.”
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Kathryn Stuart Wilton sends this news: “Hey all! I’ve been so quiet for so long that I thought I’d send in an update for the next class notes … I’m living in South Central Virginia, and still deciding whether it’s the ‘boonies’ or the ‘sticks,’ but we love it. We have privacy and lots of room to roam. We’ve been doing some major upgrades to the property this year, including installing a geothermal heating/cooling system and developing our pool area so it is truly our own ‘Hawaii 2.0.’ “Our daughter, Noelle, turned 17 last spring, and is a senior at Chatham Hall. She’s very involved with the swim team and is thinking of a chemistry or biochem major in college. She’s growing up, and is still sweet and wonderful. It’s going to be very strange when she goes to college in the fall of 2014. “My husband David is still as wonderful as ever. He retired from the Navy in 2005, and has been working as a contractor in information security. We are blessed that he telecommutes. He’s also extremely handy around the property, and I have yet to find something he CAN’T do! We’re still each other’s best friend, and we indulge each other shamelessly—perhaps that’s why we’ll celebrate 27 years of marriage this July!
“I am still working with H&R Block during tax season. I love my tax family; they’re excellent professionals and good people, and I learn more every year. Outside of tax season, I do a lot of quilting, particularly baby quilts, which I sometimes sell, but often give away to my church. I’ve also been cooking (yes, and I’ve got that cook’s body, too!) and experimenting with new recipes. I love entertaining, and we host David’s family reunion every summer. “We travel a fair amount, including an annual trip to our time-share in Hawaii. I also frequently go to Orlando to visit Mom who turned 89 in August, lives by herself, and is still driving and steamrolling through life. Dad, sadly, passed away in 2010. “Hope the rest of my class is also doing well! You can reach me at romeokat@gmail.com and on Facebook at www. facebook.com/kat.wilton. I’d love to hear from everyone!”
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Class Captain Reed von Gal Donahue sends this news: “We had a low turnout for our 30th with only five of us attending the Saturday night dinner—a small group, but a fun group nonetheless! Chrissy Jacobson Popp came with her husband Adrian. They live on Long Island with their son Julian and daughter Clara. Chrissy is a writer and currently working on a travel memoir. It was so nice to see Amanda Snowden Bulazel who reports that her husband Sasha Bulazel BWK ’83 will be entering his 25th year of teaching at Brunswick this fall.
Their son Alexei Bulazel BWK ’10 is a senior at RPI, and their daughter, Alina, is in Group VIII at GA. “Laura Noonan Ford made the trek in from NYC to join in the festivities. She did not come empty handed as she brought her infamous scrapbook that details our high school years as well as her middle school years at GA. The scrapbook is incredible and brings back so many fun memories. Laura lives in NYC with her husband Chris Ford BWK ’81 and their daughter Mikayla (11) and son Leo (7). Allison Daly McDermott was so sweet to host me at her lovely home in Darien over Reunion Weekend. It was so great to hang with Allison and her husband JR and sons Quentin who is in ninth grade at Brunswick and Bennett. (Oldest son Riggs was off at school.) Allison is very busy keeping up with her sons’ sports teams, coaching a sixthgrade girl’s lacrosse team, and volunteering for various organizations. Allison reports catching up with Clare Rooney Butler, Megan Wiesen Dowley, and Verena de Cholnoky at a recent dinner. Sadly, shortly after Reunion Weekend, Allison’s dad passed away. Clare Rooney Butler has her own interior design business, and she sent me a link to her amazing new website that I thought I would pass along to everyone: www.clarerooneybutler.com. “As for me, Reed von Gal Donahue, I continue to co-direct a preschool in Newton, MA, where I live with my husband Mike, our son Connor who is just finishing up his junior year of high school, our daughter Mackenzie who is
finishing up her sophomore year of high school, and our two dogs Fletcher and Wilson. It was great seeing the four lovely ladies who showed up for our reunion dinner and hope to see more of you throughout the year.” Hilary Healey Watson wrote in with the following: “It looks like Reunion Weekend was great fun, and I am very sorry I couldn’t make the travel schedule work for this year. We were delighted to have Meryl and Jack French pass through Zug on their way to Wengen, Switzerland, last spring! We showed We are still loving our them around our quaint experience over here. ... If anyone else is passing town and caught up on through Switzerland, our lives and overseas come to Zug! experience. Meryl was - hilary healey watson ’83 my teacher 38 years ago for Group V, when she and I were both new to GA. Incredible! We are still loving our experience over here. We plan on being here while Josie finishes 12th grade and Jane eighth grade. We have traveled as much as possible and met amazing people from all over the world. If anyone else is passing through Switzerland, come to Zug!”
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Eve Szabo Wirth writes: “I was so sad that I missed the reunion festivities. It coincided with the weekend of my
son Russell’s high school auction and my son Spencer’s middle school auction, both of which I am heavily involved in. I do get to see some of you on trips back East: Chrissy Jacobson Popp, Karen Grund ’80, Kate Grund Kane ’84, Eileen Coleman Smith ’87, and Nina Coleman LeSueur. And in the small world department, Verena de Cholnoky’s cousin’s son is on Mock Trial with my eldest, Russell! I love seeing posts from those of you with whom I have connected on Facebook. If anyone is coming out to San Francisco, please look me up. We live in Mill Valley just over the Golden Gate Bridge.”
husband and two great daughters. The years are going by so fast, and Carter and Suz will be in college before we know it! My 25th University of Richmond reunion is in June, and I’m helping to chair that event.”
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Daphne Norfleet Lowe loves living in Woodstock, VT. She tells us: “Courtney is with the Woodstock Inn and I am with Williamson Group—Sotheby’s International Real Estate. Thankfully real estate is picking up in our area. Our girls, Elizabeth (19) and Caitlyn (17), are both doing very well; Elizabeth will be graduating from Millbrook School this spring and has been accepted to Dickinson College, and Caitlyn is a junior at Kimball Union Academy. We have just begun the college search with her.”
Sandra Lewis Orth writes: “CR, Carter, Susan, and I continue to adore Moorestown, NJ. Carter is swimming on a national level, and Suz has given up competitive swimming to pursue her passions of field hockey and lacrosse. I continue to enjoy every day of my life with my fabulous
Sandra Tananbaum Hart reports: “My husband Damon and I are enjoying time with our son Byron (10) and daughter Sylvie (7). We live in Weston, CT, and the kids love being so close to my parents. Byron still enjoys Tae Kwon Do, and now that he is a black belt, it is very challenging. Sylvie is very active in her ballet and jazz classes, and loves to perform. Both kids love tennis, so we enjoy doing that as a family. My sister Brenda Tananbaum ’89 and my brother Maxwell Tananbaum BWK ’87 and his wife Beth also live in Connecticut. The children are growing up together, and enjoy having cousins so close in age and proximity. Occasionally, Hilary Longstreth Ward,
Sima Davis Farmer writes: “We had a great 2012! Our older twins Lily and Henry (7) started first grade and the little ones, Anna and Olivia (3) started a preschool program in town. We are all healthy and happy and life is fantastic! I love catching up with Sandy Tananbaum Hart, Hilary Longstreth Ward, Patty Dunne Lewis, Sophie Matthiensen Cirillo, and Karen Wassong Hios every few months, as well as running into Cathy Roberts Bowman around town.”
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