Hopkins School Class Notes Spring/Summer 2020

CLASS NOTES Spring/Summer 2020

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1948 HGS Marvin Arons msarons@optium.com

1949 HGS Robert Archambault thearchambaults@optonline.net I am sorry to report that Bob Barry passed away on February 10. A good friend and an active alumnus at the school level and also an attendee at our local luncheons. He leaves behind two daughters and a sister. As we enter our 71st year after Hopkins Grammar School, it is time to look back a little. We were 51 strong then; today we have 16 for sure with two unknown (Joseph Aitro and Robert Miles.) I did an analysis as to what states we are residing in today and, not surprising, Connecticut came out on top with seven, followed by California with two, and one each for Arizona, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma and Vermont. Blair Hostetler stood alone in another country, Australia, where I hope he has not been affected by the forest fires there. My suggestion of sending me a brief summary of your memories of Hopkins is still open. I have a new idea! Email or call me at 203-795-3716 and we can discuss your thoughts and I will convert them to paper.

Remember, I need three replies to go to print. On December 9 of last year, Hopkins lost a good alumnus and a great friend when Gordon Perry ’51 passed away. We lived in the same neighborhood and I would meet him for school at his home on Forest Road, and we would walk to Hopkins. If we were 2 | Class Notes

lucky, Dr. Brown would pick us up; otherwise we had to climb that darn hill path. Not a pleasant memory. I think steps have been added! Late thought: an example of a couple of my memories of Hopkins follows. Best day: failed Ed de Noyon’s Latin II course, retook it and passed, thank goodness. Worst day: it was announced at morning assembly that two upperclassmen had been injured and two Westville boys had been killed in a truck accident at a local beach. I knew all four boys!

1950 HGS Robert DeFeo rhdefeo@att.net

Class of 1950 HGS Alumni at their annual Holiday Brunch at Racebrook Country Club in Orange, Connecticut. (L–R) Bob DeFeo, Larry Stern, Bob Adnopoz, Bob Newman, John Fenn, Wayne Weil, Al Mongillo and Ed Onofrio.

On Sunday, December 8, 2019 our annual Holiday Brunch was held at the Racebrook Country Club in Orange, Connecticut.

Enjoying the event were Bob and Jean Adnopoz, Bob DeFeo, John and Natalie Fenn, Al Mongillo and Judy Anibal, Bob and Carol

Newman, Ed Onofrio and Rachel Selmont, Larry and Betsy Stern, Wayne and Shelia Weil, and Harold and Carole Greenbaum. It was a convivial group!

1950 DAY AND PHS Alumnae interested in serving as correspondents for The Day School Class of 1950 or Prospect Hill School 1950 may contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@hopkins.edu.

1951 HGS John F. Sutton johnfsut@aol.com As I write these notes, we find our country in chaos as we deal with the major health problem of the coronavirus and with the political hubbub that every election year involves. And we are all getting older. Most of us will turn 86 in 2020, or have already reached that level. We are winding down.

Dick Lunt says that his and his wife’s bodies creak. Hal Bartlett regrets that he cannot do the things he used to do, like drive his tractor or his car. I share with him the challenges of writing clearly, speaking fluently, listening acutely, walking confidently. Eyeglasses, hearing aids, canes and walkers assist us. Yet life is good. Dick Lunt also says, “Out our back windows we see songbirds, hawks, deer, foxes, and turkeys living it up.” John Youmans, in Oslo, Norway, comments on the mild winter with temperatures mostly above freezing and little snow. Budding trees and flowers promise that summer will arrive at least a month earlier than usual. Paul Brown, in excellent health, is enjoying Florida for the 16th straight winter, where he plays golf at least once a week and downs Connecticut Blue Point oysters on a regular basis. Sam Velleca, also in Florida, reports on his hobby/business raising rabbits.

Unwilling to butcher them, he plans to give them away, then get some hens. Frank and Terry Foster, our inveterate travelers, are off this summer to the northern islands of Russia. We rejoice in the accomplishments of our children and grandchildren. My granddaughter is serving in the Peace Corps

in Mexico. Her brother uses his skills in mathematics and computers in his job with the Atlanta Braves baseball team, which, he assures me, does not involve stealing signs.

Dick Wilde’s grandchildren are in or ready for college. The younger is interested in pursuing a career in neonatology. This past February, Dick was invited to present a Smithsonian DVD of America’s Secret Space Heroes-the Lunar Module. In a lively Q and A session, Dick shared many personal experiences, as the only person privileged to participate “in the trenches” in the successful return of the Apollo 13’s crew after their ship’s oxygen supply exploded on the way to the moon. Dick says, “I need to do this (make presentations) while I’m still able to talk coherently and to drive.”

There’s that theme again, dealing productively with aging. We are in the midst of some challenging times, but even at our advancing age, pretty good times, too. I close on a sad note, the death of Gordon Perry. If you have details, please send them to me. Have a good summer, friends.

1951 PHS Joan Haskell Vicinus joanvicinus@yahoo.com Susan Myers Jacobs: This is a direct report from paying a visit to Susan in her Washington Heights apartment while at my daughter Julie’s New York City space. This is my annual visit with Julie, staying for a month to give the family some domestic support while also getting out to do my own thing. On this visit, I met Susan’s stylish and delightful daughter Allison who, with her husband, has moved from an adjacent building to Susan’s first floor (Susan is on the 6th). We had a short but spirited visit before Susan and I headed out to lunch at what has become our favorite Indian restaurant. We shared our book club’s latest reads, talked briefly about world issues and the national political scene, heard about her upcoming visits to the Met with neighbors, and touched on her interest in languages, which is an ongoing pleasure.

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copies to a number of key libraries. We talked about surviving the older years and came out smiling. I was not sure that I would be able to reach Gladys Bozyan Lavine. Her words to me the last time we spoke intimated that she was going to be selling the family home and moving to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to be near daughter Rebecca. I was pleased that I was able to reach her and the plan is indeed progressing, but more slowly than expected. Not sure what the final date will be, always sad to contemplate. Her macular degeneration has progressed, so she is more cut off from her favorite pastime, reading.

And she has other health issues with which she is dealing. Her daughter provides a good support system, likewise her grandson who is a student at Brown University and deeply into cryptocurrency. Gladys has an indomitable spirit and we always end our conversations with laughter and hopefulness. Lavinia Schrade Bruneau sent a quick response to my January email saying that all was well across the ocean (with the exception of what is going on in French politics). She continues to be active in the theatrical scene and is keeping up with her own exercises, having given up active dance instruction. I hope it is true that Lavinia will come through with her plan to pay a visit to the U.S. in the fall. It was with great surprise and delight that I heard directly from Ann Coleman Mandelbaum with an update. She tells me she is still teaching people how to have fun with their dogs, and that Ira makes occasional trips to New York City to print photos, and has also discovered an interest in and talent for woodworking. Their son, David, is a director at Google, which is pretty impressive. He and his wife’s home is in New York City and, according to Gladys, they have made their apartment headquarters for visiting family members. Grandchildren are Rachel, a graduate student at Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine; Bel, a graduate of Southwestern University Texas who is spending time in New York City “thinking about her options” and Adam, a fifth grader at Hamden Hall. He is the son of Ann and Ira’s deceased son Mathew, and he lives with his mother, Kris, in Hamden, 4 | Class Notes

Connecticut. In the family there is also the widow of Seth, who has remarried and is living in Newburgh, New York, where she and her husband are working intently to recondition an old battered house. Nancy Mueller Holtzapple sends news from Walnut Creek, California, that she is in a good place, in an active and warm community. She plays bridge regularly but has given up golf. Her big plan this spring is a trip to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for the college graduation of a granddaughter, daughter of State Department son, Rick. She, having been Class President at Wellesley, is heading back for her 65th college reunion this year via family in Washington, D.C. Janie Karslruher Shedlin emailed from Florida that she has been there since October and that her children have been to visit her and give her support. Her youngest daughter, Laurie, was married this year for the first time at age 56, and she and her spouse are living and working in Boston, Massachusetts.

Her other children and grandchildren are all doing well. Janie’s health report is that she has COPD, and she says, “don’t get it!!” It looks as if Sukie Hilles Bush has been lucky enough to do a bit of traveling. In May of 2019, she went to Florence, Italy with a Harvard Art Museum tour, and in October, she cruised from Barcelona, Spain, to Lisbon, Portugal, with her oldest son Jon, taking in sights along the way. She sent a lovely Christmas card with her smiling crew of grandchildren gathered about. A Christmas letter from Tammy Fenn (married Mary Rossman Jordan Bird’s son, Jeff Fenn), brings news that Mary moved to a memory care facility this past October (2019) called Bay Square. The place is located in Yarmouth, Maine, about 4-5 miles from her and Dave’s house in North Yarmouth. To quote Tammy, “though she missed Dave and her kitties and the comforts of home, having previously attended daily activities at Bay Square, Mary is enjoying the company of her new neighbors, and by her own admission, ‘feeling settled.’” Susan Adams Mott sent news that her husband, Paul, will be 90 in the spring and it is likely that they will not celebrate until this summer when most of the family can gather at Saranac Lake, New York. She sent me

two tales of Christmas trees. One was about a bird’s nest in the family Christmas tree that wasn’t discovered until it was time to take the tree down. And the other was about an injured saw-whet owl that a brother-in-law, a middle school science teacher, had brought home to nurse to health, only to find that it had left its nursery box the next morning and flown to perch in the family Christmas tree! Susan always has something special to contribute to each of our columns, and I like to save her thoughts until last. Everything is percolating along for me at my retirement community, RiverWoods. I will have been away twice by the time these notes appear in print. There was January with Julie in New York City and then a trip of shorter duration to visit dear friends in Toledo, Ohio. With neither my property nor my sister’s property available in Holderness, New Hampshire, this summer, plans are wide open. Meanwhile, I, like Mary Rossman, will continue to settle in. -Joan Haskell Vicinus, 7 Riverwoods Drive Apt C130, Exeter, New Hampshire 03833

1951 DAY Alumnae interested in serving as correspondents for The Day School Class of 1951 may contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@ hopkins.edu.

1952 HGS Matthew Smith elmatt56@msn.com Late breaking news from the March 21 Connecticut Post, spotted by Roy Wells’ eagle eye: “GUILFORD - The 80 employees at Bio-Med Devices Inc. are working overtime, seven days a week, to keep up with the demand for ventilators and air-oxygen blenders. ‘We’re running full steam ahead right now,’ said Bio-Med President, CEO and owner Dean Bennett III. Bio-Med is a small privately owned company that started in Madison in 1986 with five employees. At that time Bennett worked alongside his father, Dean Bennett, Jr. The company moved to Guilford in 1993-94.

Dave and Patti Steinmuller continue to lead

interesting lives, traveling internationally, attending concerts, opera, ballet and a full menu of art museums, plus an invitation to the Wistar Biomedical Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, where Dave completed his Ph.D. in 1961. Dan Ruchkin writes, “Just to let you know, I am on this side of the grass (or snow, as it happens to be at the moment), I keep myself busy by serving on a few boards: Harrietstown Housing Authority; Saranac Lake Fish & Game Club. I also walk a lot and sleep a lot. If you don’t mind putting out fake news (said to be very fashionable these days) I could come up with some real doozies (such as when I substituted for a mongoose in a fight with a cobra).” My response to Dan: “Hats off to anyone who’d get into the ring with either a mongoose or a cobra, even in dreams! (My taste would run more toward a wild-eyed, trumpeting bull elephant, whom I’d pacify with a white dish towel and a heliograph mirror in strong sunlight!) As to journalistic integrity, we might have a bit of schoolboy fun probing the limits of editorial forbearance at the alumni office!” We got a few other responses to e-mail and telephone outreach, though notably thin on detail. At least one classmate requested (cordially enough) not to be mentioned in class notes. Roy Wells hears from Bill Cramer and Burt Brockett from time to time; other voice messages produced no response. Emails are (only) a little more productive. Elma and I are – to borrow John Higgs’ term – “age-appropriate OK,” though at this time of year excitement mostly consists of church financial secretarial duties, choir, discreetly avoiding falls and hugging our wood stove! Finally, and sadly, Andy Turner’s wife reports that Andy passed away in 2018.

Regards to all, and please keep those calls and emails coming in! -Matt Smith ’52 HGS, Correspondent

1952 DAY AND PHS Alumnae interested in serving as correspondents for either the Class of 1952 DAY or the Class of 1952 PHS may contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@hopkins.edu.

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1953 HGS Hal Hochman kappieh@aol.com I’m sorry to report that John Somerville, who spent five years at Hopkins, passed away on June, 14, 2019. John was a leader in all that he did, a stalwart of the tennis team and student activities.

1953 DAY AND PHS Alumnae interested in serving as correspondents for either the Class of 1953 DAY or the Class of 1953 PHS may contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@hopkins.edu.

1954 HGS Alumni interested in serving as a correspondent for the Class of 1954 HGS may contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@hopkins.edu.

1954 DAY AND PHS Alumnae interested in serving as a correspondent for the Class of 1954 DAY or 1954 PHS may contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@hopkins.edu.

1955 DAY Alice Watson Houston alice.houston@yahoo.com This past winter, Anne English Hull, had a “great trip” to Arizona where her granddaughter is in college. Photos on her Christmas card showed a year with two family weddings – her daughter Jane and grandson Sam. Anne joined me last summer in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, to hear my stepdaughter, the soprano Diana Higbee, sing in a Salt Marsh Opera concert. M.L. Sibley Scudder enjoyed a winter vacation in Florida.

We plan to meet in Paris, France, when travel restrictions due to the coronavirus are lifted.

Nancy Kushlan Wanger, wrote from her home in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, that she attended three grandchildren’s graduations last June at Yale, Harvard and Stanford Law School. Nancy brilliantly conducted the 6 | Class Notes

MIT Women’s Chorale for 42 years. I, Alice Watson Houston, still living most of the year in Paris, France, with summers in Stonington, Connecticut, happily viewed dozens of exhibitions, concerts and food markets, and traveled also to Madrid, Spain, to see more remarkable art and archeology museums.

In Paris, I reminisced with Isabelle Carter Michel ’49 DAY, who lives in Marly-le-Roi, a Paris suburb, about when she had been our Day School gym teacher in ’54-’55, the year before she married a Frenchman and moved to France. Her full address is: 39 av. Auguste Renoir, 78160 Marly-le-Roi, France. Hopkins in 2020 had hoped to have our next reunion, a joy to gather also with PHS friends. It will be 65 years since we dressed in white and received diplomas from Miss Thomas in a ceremony where Nancy Kushlan Wanger was the conductor of our Day School Senior Glee Club.

1955 HGS Woolsey S. Conover, Jr. woolcon@aol.com I have recently been informed that Tom Young and his wife, Susan, have been honored by the gift of $1,000,000 to the Berkshire School to establish a scholarship fund in their name.

This gift was from an alumnus who wished to express his appreciation for what they did for him while he was a student there in the 1970s.

Bill Branon wrote another piece about dogs for the San Diego Union-Tribune, which has been reprinted in many papers and journals across the country. It is also printed here at the very end of Class Notes. My sincere thanks to many HGS ’55er classmates who have contributed to this column so willingly over the past three plus years...and with my hope that we will all be able to get back together for at least one more hurrah once the world returns to the “old normal.”

1955 PHS Lucie Giegengack Teegarden teegarden_lucie@comcast.net Dear classmates: It’s time for another update on our Prospect Hill Class of 1955, but this

edition unfortunately begins with two losses: our classmate, Louise Christian, and Lew Knight, husband of Anne Haskell (“Pickle”) Knight. Both Louise and Lew passed away in September, each surrounded by loving family, friends, and caregivers. Louise had been living in Newton, Massachusetts, and Pemaquid, Maine. She was predeceased by her sister, Edith Christian Minear ’56, also a PHS grad, and is survived by her daughter, Anne, and son, William. Louise graduated from Smith College and received her Ed.D. from Boston University in 1979. She was assistant director of Simmons College Counseling Center from 1980 to 2009, and held a psychotherapy practice in Brookline, Massachusetts, until 2017. She loved her home in Maine and frequented the local library. A celebration of her life and her dedication to the Bristol Area Library is scheduled for Summer 2020.

Donations in her name can be sent to the library to enhance its large print section (P.O. Box 173, New Harbor, Maine). Anne/ Pickle’s holiday letter included the sad news of Lew’s passing. As we know, he had been coping for some time with his Amyloidosis heart condition. He set his goal last summer to make it to a grandson’s wedding on September 1, and was able to do so, with extraordinary personal effort and help from family and his hospice nurse. Lew was known as Kif in his youth and was PopPop to his grandchildren.

He was a highly respected math teacher in high school (Winchester, Massachusetts) and colleges, especially in a long career at the University of New Hampshire. When he retired, a scholarship fund was established in his name to support creative math teaching.

If you care to join others to extend Lew’s legacy, contact UNH Foundation, c/o Lewis Knight Scholarship Fund (Elliott Alumni Center, 9 Edgewood Rd., Durham, New Hampshire 03824). Pickle says the celebration of Lew’s life packed the local church and gave her enormous comfort. She sold their beloved lakeside house in Holderness, New Hampshire, in fall 2019, but continues to be active in Durham as a library trustee and volunteer. Other plans include travel, three grandchildren’s graduations, skiing and tennis in season, and following the activities of Julie,

Catie, and Chris, and the 10 grandchildren.

I have received updates from a few more classmates. Cathya Wing Stephenson is now a step-great-grandmother! of a baby girl named Skylar, whose Russian mother, Sasha, was 11 when she joined her father Vladimir when he married Cathya’s daughter, Margaret. Sasha attended the Washington International School (WIS) and has stayed in Washington, D.C. Margaret’s son, Nicholas, 21, is majoring in cybersecurity at the University of Maryland, doing most of his classwork online, as he has a full-time job with a book publishing firm.

Cathya has ceased being an emerita trustee at WIS after 50 years of serving. Judy Bassin Peknik has just completed a production of an off-Broadway play, Edwin Farnsworth, with her partner and playwright Alex McFarlane, at the Strawberry One-Act Play Festival at the Riant Theatre in New York City. This was their sixth collaboration. Judy says she continues to paint, but finds the theater very seductive. She sees Emily Mendillo Wood on a regular basis.

Judy Buck Moore was here in Maine for a brief summer visit, and we had the pleasure of dinner with her son, Steve, and his friend Jane Burke, a mural artist. I, your correspondent Lucie Giegengack Teegarden, follow the exploits and adventures of five grandchildren in various colleges and one heading off next year to Rochester Institute of Technology, plus three still in high school. I am also still editing various books—currently one for the Monhegan Museum and one for the Maine State Museum, plus a catalogue raisonné of a Hudson River painter – plenty, along with ongoing participation in a chorale, to keep me busy. I am sure our classmates would be glad to have news of some more of you.

1956 HGS Stephen Raffel tuleton@sbcglobal.net Due to a clerical error*, the Winter 2019–2020 edition of Hopkins Views from the Hill Class of 1956 HGS report was not included. This report combines that unpublished report and the new news. (*Hopkins wishes to apologize to the Class of 1956 HGS for the error.) views from the hill

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William (Bill) Celentano died February 11.

Thomas (Tom) McKeon died March 15 and Joseph (Joe) Zeigler died March 28. We shall miss them greatly, as will their family and friends. John Bailey reports that his hobby now centers on following college and professional sports – some live, others via TV. He was married in 1988 and they chose not to have children. She died in 2013 and he retired in 2017. His entire adult working career was as a travel agent. Some obstacles to travel have to do with the usual aches and pains, and the effects of Parkinson’s disease. John’s address is 211 Carole Dr., Mandeville, Louisiana. Owen Cylke and his wife, Nancy, moved to Fort Lauderdale several years ago, just three houses up the street from their son and his family.

Dale Faulkner writes, “my life is a blessing. Pat and I hope to celebrate 60 years of marriage in 2020. I’m 21 years cancer-free; the practice of law envelopes me full time as it has for 56 years; our children include an investigative reporter, two social workers, a lawyer, and a personal trainer (Equinox, unfortunately). We have 10 grandchildren: two girls, eight boys, ranging in ages from 28 to seven. I hope that all members of our class have fared as well and that their lives continue to be a bounty.” Dale adds, “ABSENT FRIENDS REMEMBERED– The deaths of three of my Hopkins’ friends in a span of 90 days–Bill Celentano, Tom McKeon and Joe Zeigler–prompted a mix of emotions.

On one hand was sorrow, which accompanied their death, and on the other the joy that we behold in honoring their lives well lived. Bill Celentano, who was an usher at Pat and my wedding 60 years ago, succeeded his father as a funeral director. But it was his unsung contributions which he unstintingly gave to New Haven and its firemen who protected the city he loved. His generous spirit too was extended to the homeless and the denizens of the Green. Tom McKeon–I saw him frequently in the last decade. I remember his athletic prowess and lithe body. Unfortunately, age was not his friend and he suffered from a plethora of medical conditions. Yet, he kept his Irish sense of humor. Tom attended Providence College and he and I were among the first proud occupants of the College’s brand new residence hall in 1955. We were sworn in 8 | Class Notes

as lawyers together in 1963, along with Bob Mirto. Our practices were not similar. Tom developed a wide transactional specialty, which he maintained for nearly 50 years. Joe Zeigler accomplished in life what he vowed to do in his early days at Hopkins. He immersed himself in the arts, particularly in theater. He served hundreds of art institutions throughout the United States in long-range planning, marketing, and communication. He published two books. Joe and I had fun working for The Razor. Many nights were spent at his parents’ lovely home in Hamden preparing the paper for the printer. I particularly recall one night where Joe introduced me to the music of Lena Horne. He played her most recent record (33 1/3) at the time, the singer’s live performance at New York’s Waldorf Astoria. Within weeks, I had my own copy after a trip to New Haven’s Cutler’s Record Shop. I still have it and it’s made all of our various moves over the succeeding 60-plus years. Unknowingly, it was Joe’s gift to me. But most of all, Joe introduced me to Broadway. At his urging, a group of us boarded the 6:30 a.m. train out of New Haven. We ‘just had to see a brand new play that had recently opened’ and we had to take his word for it. So began a love affair with My Fair Lady. The original cast of Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, and Stanley Holloway was all there and it was for all of us a glorious day. I remember it well. Their lives were a blessing to me and the others in the Class of ’56.”

Peter Knudsen’s family met in August for a week at Nickerson State Park on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He and his wife, Pidgie, stayed in a motel while the 12 of their total of 19 offspring, spouses and grandchildren camped.

Activities included at least one Cape Cod league ball game, a lobster feast, swimming, and lots of bike riding. The week, based on the years we have done this, usually includes at least one day of rain! Hank and Claire Luzzi are the proud great-grandparents of their newborn, Will Weyrauch. He is the son of Amanda and Bill Weyrauch. Dick Walton notes that one of his grandchildren had a skull fracture in two places by rolling an oversized ATV. On a happier note, he has a niece who is attending Cornell University and playing on its varsity soccer team as a freshman. As a senior

in high school, she was the second highest goal scorer in the country! He lives six months in Vermont and six months in Florida, but is ready to try Vermont in the winter again. He feels like all we see in Florida are old people.

He wants to see kids having fun and is tired of seeing and hearing political commentary, much of which he disagrees with. Reminders: We hold a Class of ’56 lunch twice a year in the New Haven area. It is an informal gathering with no politics and no fund-raising. Also, I am missing some email addresses. If you do not get occasional reminders, please email your address to raffel@post.harvard.edu so I can add you to the list. -Steve Raffel, Class Correspondent.

Owen Cylke ’56 HGS and his wife, Nancy.

1956 DAY AND PHS Alumnae interested in serving as correspondents for either the Class of 1956 DAY or the Class of 1956 PHS may contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@hopkins.edu.

1957 HGS Alan Cadan alancadan@mac.com Our class of ’57 is taking a breather from all the activities chronicled in past issues, so with the exception of the following, you’ll just have to wait until Spring 2021 to learn more about our escapades! Mike Apuzzo: “I’ve recently returned from Toronto, Canada, where I was invited to present a week of seminars, lectures and a final Keynote as the Alan and Susan Hudson Professor and Lecturer at The

University of Toronto. Alan and Susan are my dear friends for many decades. Alan, a celebrated neurosurgeon and remarkable administrator, also held the position of CEO of the highly evolutionary University Healthcare System.This Professorship was established and funded by action of the Premier of Ontario (Canada) to honor Alan.

The University of Toronto Department of Neurosurgery is generally considered North America’s premier service.The six hospital system represents a unique academic amalgam and is unchallenged in productivity and contribution to the field. My lecture, When Worlds Collide: Poseidon Meets Cushing, dealt with my experiences in nuclear submarines, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and NASA as they related to the reinvention of neurosurgery and the emergence of what is now considered modernity in the field. It was delivered to members of the neuroscience community, including faculty, residents, fellows, researchers, medical students and members of the support staffs. A note directly to the Alumni Office from Joe Schwartz. “Marilyn and I, since celebrating last year my 80th in Botswana with the Cadans, have traveled, on land, in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as well as enjoyed trips to experience in-depth the cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, and St. Petersburg, Florida. The legs still work!

Activities here in the Big Apple continue apace – community volunteer work, theater, music, lectures and occasional nights at home together, watching, for intellectual stimulation, Bowling For Dollars. On another subject, one that has occupied a good deal of thought, analysis and time, I’ve previously sent all of you copies of my Open Letter To The Hopkins Trustees and follow-ups in January and February (I’m writing this in March.) These epistles detailed in depth my multi-year efforts to encourage the Trustees to address the factual documentation of the relative under-performance of the Endowment Fund compared to “meaningful” benchmarks over the past 10-12 years, and to undertake full disclosure and transparency in reporting relevant performance details to all legitimately interested parties. You’re reading this about views from the hill

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six months later, so I’m hopeful that by now there has been constructive movement by the leadership in fulfilling their fiduciary duties.

After a late February meeting with Kai Bynum, our respected, concerned and understanding Headmaster, who came to see me here in New York, I came away with the belief this would in fact occur, in one form or another.

For the record, Kai defended the Trustees and subsequently wrote that he was confident in the strength of the current group. In that letter he also wanted it known that if anyone had reason to believe otherwise, it was not the case he was ‘unhappy with the dynamic of our group.’ I’ll leave it at that! Of course, nuance is important here!

’58 event at the DeLucia’s by the summer, but it’s going to be a moving target. So stay safe, maintain social distancing, wear a mask outdoors, keep the faith and of course, keep the news coming.

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There is a notorious Chinese curse – “may you live in interesting times” – which, as I write this in April, days after Easter, Passover and within shouting distance of Ramadan, applies now to all of us. All I can think of as I am doing this is a tune the Stony Creek Fife and Drum Corps played when I was growing up, “The World Turned Upside-down”. I didn’t know its history then – look it up in Wikipedia, it’s interesting – but it could well be the title for this chapter of our lives. I have been home from work since March 20, walking more now than I ever have, getting reacquainted with my spouse of 52 years much to her dismay and my delight. And when I go into a store now, properly masked, I feel like I’m about to commit an armed robbery. I have, miraculously, heard from a number of our classmates, all of whom are as mystified as I by the COVID-19 virus and its uncertain worldwide consequences. Steve McDonald is now in New Orleans, Louisiana, with Theresa and family and is refocusing his equine activities there. While he and I both agree that the members of our class are somewhere between third and home – close enough to see the black on the edge of the plate and just beginning our slide – we also both recognize that the virus presents for all a great unknown, and with that gnawing uncertainty. By the time these notes are read within the succotash of similar contributions in the back pages of Views From The Hill, perhaps there will be a clearer picture for us and importantly, for

Alumnae interested in serving as correspondents for either the Class of ’57 DAY or Class of 1957 PHS may contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@hopkins.edu.

1958 HGS Dan Koenigsberg dkoenigsberg14@gmail.com As I write this in mid-April, Connecticut is still in the thick of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Hopefully no classmates’ health have been adversely impacted, at least not that has been reported to your scribe. Little other news to report, but I did not want to have an absent class notes column during such a difficult time. Fred Wintsch has been sending out some choice and uplifting humor and words of encouragement, which are greatly appreciated.

This past fall, Dave Hummel stayed with yours truly whilst attending a Yale event. Dave is a delegate representing the great state of Montana to an annual Alumni Assembly, and it was nice to have a chance to catch up with him. Of course, he and Cindy remain on track to visit all countries, and Dave looked like a native in a picture in his yurt in Mongolia.

Not sure there are many Hopkins grads in Ulan Batur, but you never know. Eager to hear how others are spending their time in seclusion. Hopefully things will have quieted down at least enough to have the semiannual 10 | Class Notes

1958 DAY AND PHS Alumnae interested in serving as a correspondent for either the Class of 1958 DAY or the Class of 1958 PHS may contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@hopkins.edu.

1959 HGS William F. Dow III wdow@jacobslaw.com

our grandchildren. In the meantime, frankly, we are scared mostly for them and, I think, for our country. Mike Wilder advises that he and Sandy spend four months a year in Palm Desert, California, where he conscientiously digests the news offerings of The New York Times and says they will return east when the medical coast is clear. Idaho’s answer to the soon-to-be-retired Judge Judy, our long-since-retired jurist, Alan Schwartzman, reports he is moving from his pristine agrarian residence where he has lived for many, many years to metropolitan Boise to be closer to family. He proudly states that his exercise regimen has been memorialized eponymously as “The Schwartzman” by his local YMCA. It lasts, he advises, for more than an hour and a half and is guaranteed to leave its participants completely perspiration free. A miraculous accomplishment. Jimmy Shanbrom and Carol passed on Florida this year for health reasons, but remain in Woodbridge, Connecticut, close to family and especially his son, Michael’s, children. Bob Dickie reported from Our Nation’s Capital, where he was workingremotely of course – though not completely full time. Bob also reports that he saw Buddy Conrad in California on a recent trip. The next trip there or anywhere else, I suppose, will be determined by forces out of his control. Al Rogol, unlike your secretary, has managed to remain productive by writing what I describe as a heavy-duty scientific article – at this writing some 13,000 words and still going strong – as a tribute to his deceased mentor.

Bob Dickie writes, “About a month ago I ran into Frank Fowlkes’ younger sister, Rives Fowlkes ‘61 DPH, who is married to Dickson Carroll ’58 HGS, who some may remember was a year ahead of us during our first couple of years at Hopkins. Rives recently published a book about her and Frank’s father, titled Chaplain: The World War II Letters of Army Air Corps Chaplain Paschal Dupuy Fowlkes, (available from Politics and Prose Bookstore, Washington, D.C., 202-364-1919). As some may recall, he was killed during World War II. Rives’ book consists mainly of letters Chaplain Fowlkes wrote to his wife and family from the time he started the military and chaplaincy training through his posts in North Africa,

Sicily, England, France, and Belgium. Six weeks before the end of the War, he was part of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment dropped into Zone W of Operation Varsity and machine-gunned down within moments of landing. It is superbly written and would be of interest not only to those of us who knew Frank, but anyone who would like to view the War through the eyes of a perceptive and caring man from before he enlisted until after the services for him. In addition to all else, it is a touching and illuminating reminder of the costs of war. Speaking of books - The American Bar Association has just published the third edition of my book, Financial Statement Analysis and Business Valuation for the Practical Lawyer, this time with a co-author. Despite the title, it is not intended for insomniacs looking for a cure – indeed the ABA asked for the movie rights, and we are told by numbers haters that it is quite user friendly. A former Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court says, ‘best to immerse yourself deeply and without delay,’ and a former Chair of the Executive Committee of Sidley Austin calls it ‘a marvel…stunningly comprehensive and sophisticated, and yet accessible and practical’ and ‘will enhance the sophistication of audit committees and other non-lawyers.’ I hope it will not only make lawyers and others more financially savvy but also help keep our capital markets effective and fair and our companies functioning legally, high-mindedly, and successfully. I hope you are staying healthy!

- Bob.” In the meantime, Joann is producing masks in response to the virus consequences.

And so, I guess, I end with the hope that social distancing won’t become a way of life.

My concerns about our future are crystallized by our telephones. I yearn for the days of party lines, when people were required to be connected. You had to give the operator a number and, when the line was busy, you had to wait for someone else to finish. Interaction was required, and that interaction required a respect for others. Now, with smartphones, each of us can control the world from the palms of our hands and make it our world on our terms. It’s all about us. We can get what we want when we want it. Forget about respect views from the hill

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for others. Others are not involved. We don’t even have to think about them. Not so sure how good that is in terms of people working together toward a common goal. And so, Amigos of the Class of ’59, in order to avoid the hopefully pre-dementia musings of your secretary, please be kind enough to send me some news to be included in the future. Pax.

1959 DAY AND PHS Alumnae interested in serving as correspondents for either the Class of 1959 DAY or the Class of 1959 PHS may contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@hopkins.edu.

1960 DAY Kathleen Euston keeuston@me.com

1960 HGS Alumni interested in serving as a Class of 1960 HGS Correspondent may contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@hopkins.edu.

1960 PHS Tricia Swift TSwift@grubbco.com Sadly, I received an email from Stephen Ollerenshaw, husband of Nana Carroll Ollerenshaw, with the news that Nana died in September after a six-year struggle with cancer, about which she has been forthright throughout the years that I have been Class Correspondent. We send Stephen and family our condolences. Also, sadly, Mary-Louise Long (Weesie) has written that her husband, Carl Muskat, died on October 10, shortly after helping Weesie hang a show of her paintings in September. Our condolences go to Weesie and her family. Weesie has also just had a second knee replacement and is being helped by her sons, Christopher and Nicholas. On a happier note, she has a pastel landscape in a show at the Art/Place Gallery in Fairfield, Connecticut, where there is a reception being held as I write these Class Notes. Congratulations! From Ursula Goodenough: “All continues to be well 12 | Class Notes

on Martha’s Vineyard. Daughter, Jessica, her husband, and two young grandsons moved into my guest house in June, and daughter Mathea and her family live down the road, so much wonderful family surrounds me, plus travel to keep up with three sons and families in Paris, France; Washington, D.C., and Colorado. Writing three papers on the ultrastructure of lichens, which keeps my mind flowing. Wonderful trips to Boston, Massachusetts, for concerts with Tricia round things out.” And in New York City, Tita Beal had a March 2 reading at the Goddard Riverside Bernie Wohl Theater of her play, John McFerren’s Story, with actor JR Carter as McFerren, an African-American leader in the early voting rights struggle. He was a WWII veteran who fought to save democracy, but could not vote at home in Tennessee.

He mobilized hundreds of sharecroppers and farmers to register to vote in 1960, and, when they were evicted, housed them in army tents. Tita says McFerren has a warning for us in 2020. I believe that, and wish I had been able to get to the reading. I am just back from a Road Scholars Civil Rights trip to Atlanta, Georgia and Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham, in Alabama. It was a profound and impactful trip, with excellent ‘educators’ at every turn. What courage the Civil Rights Movement participants had! What brutalities they endured! And how much there remains to be done. Lynne Olson, in her book Freedom’s Daughters, does an excellent job of linking the Civil Rights Movement with the Women’s Movement. Continuing on that theme, and depending on the impacts of the Coronavirus, I am planning to visit Ruth Osterweis Selig in Washington, D.C. at the end of March and visit the Museum of African-American History. Sadly, unlikely to happen, but we are in phone contact. Before the Coronavirus hit, Anne Goodwin Draper sent news and photos of a jubilant happy Christmas family gathering at St. George Island with two of her four children, and their spouses and children. Missing were one daughter, who was in Norway, and another daughter, who Anne reports as having had merciful and excellent life-changing surgery in November. Anne has

also started a writing workshop in her town.

My email “pings” to the following have come back as undeliverable: Kathy Hovland Walvick, Georgianna Burbridge Wilson, and Carole Pfisterer Hart. If anyone has news of them or current email addresses, please send along to me so we can keep current.

Anne Goodwin Draper ’60 PHS with Dayvis, Erin, Trina, and Dane in the back, during a Christmas family gathering at St. George Island.

1961 DPH Valerie Banks Lane capecodwoman43@gmail.com Ellen Powley Donaldson and I had lunch last September in her beautiful home in West Falmouth, Massachusetts. We talked and reminisced and walked around her lovely garden, completely designed by her and her late husband. The house had been sold and we were saying goodbye to it. She will now be looking for new adventures in California and beyond. “Maybe some travel,” she writes. She also enjoys mentoring high school students in the Cochella Valley where she lives. “The goal is to help the students prepare for college admissions,” she says. She will continue to return to the Cape and rent for a while longer she assured me. Anita Fahrni-Minear said that she is eager to find active people of any age willing to teach English in country schools in Mongolia. “A gap-year possibility for high

school graduates or an opportunity for retired people to help young Mongolians: Americans can stay in Mongolia for up to 90 days without a visa, registering on arrival. Over the past 18 years, I have placed more than 160 people successfully in schools and universities there.

The demand is great, the rewards, too.” For more information, write to a.fahrni@clinch.ch.

Rives Fowlkes Carroll wrote to say, “Hello!”

Phoebe Ellsworth had already reported to us that her elder daughter, Sasha, and her husband moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, last year. “This year’s news,” she wrote, “is that our other daughter Emma has been accepted into the University of Michigan’s joint Ph.D. program in psychology and social work, so I may be one of the few lucky mothers to have all my children as neighbors next year.” She went on to say, “Retirement hasn’t changed my life much. I’m still working as an editor, serving on various boards and committees, serving as a secondary advisor to students, and writing, though the writing is often in response to requests for Old Lady reminiscences about what it was like to be a woman academic in the male-dominated olden days.” (Haha. Old Lady. Right. Say I, VBL. We’re only 76!) Martha Porter Haeseler wrote in to say, “I just finished a two-year stint as the market manager of the Dudley Farm Farmers’ Market in Guilford, Connecticut. It was fun and creative, but kept me far too busy to do my own crafts and keep up with the extensive garden. I know I am lucky to still be fairly vigorous, despite bionic knees and a few other wrinkles. So now I am happily felting and looking forward to planting seeds in March. I also have a new puppy, four months old now, so I have my hands full. It keeps me young. I stay minimally involved in the art therapy world by supervising art therapists and continue to present at conferences. My husband has some physical limitations so we don’t travel, but I get away occasionally with my daughters. My six grandchildren range from 14 to 25 and I would be excited to have great grandchildren, but there are no prospects yet. That’s all for now. I hope we class members get to see each other again.”

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to be okay, but at this age it’s hard to be sure.”

She said that she will be volunteering for Elaine Luria’s re-election to Congress this year.

She is an impressive former Navy Commander who was elected to Congress during the Blue Wave of 2018. Flora visited her daughter and granddaughters in Monterey, California, her niece and toddler daughter in San Francisco, and nephews in Los Angeles and Oakland – a total of three trips from Richmond, Virginia, to California for her this year. She and husband Stew live in Williamsburg, Virginia, a place they chose for the amenities of a good university, the College of William and Mary, nearby, good walking, and a Unitarian Church to attend, “To guarantee skeptics,” she added.

She is taking some of the courses offered in the Learning in Retirement program at the college. “I like Valerie’s suggestion that we celebrate our 60th reunion in New Haven. The 50th was great! What an impressive group of women we’ve become!” Sally Hendrickson Shaw sent in her news. “Life is good. We’re walking and talking. Had a fabulous trip to Scandinavia in September, my first to Europe in my 76 years. Enjoyed every minute. Joined an exercise group and a knitting group at the local COA… great people and lots of fun.

Look forward to seeing you this summer on the Cape.” Nancy Newman Feldman wrote, “Good morning, Valerie. I was saddened to hear about Anita (Warner) Sause. She was a lovely gal. No changes fortunately. Just older.

My grandchildren are graduating from college.

I still reside in Fairfield, Connecticut. My daughters and their families are in Weston, Connecticut, which is great. Still doing design work. A lot of people are downsizing, just love it. Spend a lot of time traveling; Egypt, France, Italy, Cartagena (Colombia) and then some. I continue to exercise religiously and keep in contact with Sara Hemphill. Would love to catch up with classmates.” I was very happy to hear from Mary Deutsch Edsall after a long hiatus. She said she and her husband are enjoying their lives in Washington, D.C. Tom is still writing his column for the New York Times. “We are definitely slowing down,” she says. “We have been enjoying Library of Congress concerts – lots of chamber music with many more female musicians than even 14 | Class Notes

five years ago. We went to our nephew’s wedding in Turks and Caicos, which was gala and fun. We were all set to go on a 2 week cruise through the Panama Canal Feb 16- March 1, Tom was scheduled to be a speaker on the cruise – it was a New York Times Cruise – but a week before the cruise was due to depart, Tom came down with a wretched cold and his doctor told him that in light of the Coronavirus he shouldn’t go.

Very disappointing. We had to cancel the trip.”

Mary adds that her younger sister Margie who went to DPH in her freshman year three years behind us, just retired after teaching art history for 45+ years at Wellesley College, and has a book on Hieronymus Bosch coming out with Yale University Press. And lastly, I, your trusty correspondent Valerie Banks Lane, and my husband Jim, travelled in September on the Queen Mary II again to England and then to Scotland. We first enjoyed a few days seeing the Cotswolds with our friends, Barry and Elizabeth, who live in Alton, and going to London and touring Buckingham Palace.

Then we met Gwen Hutchins Workman and Robert Workman in London, England, and we all took a very scenic trip by train through rolling green fields dotted with cows and sheep, to Edinburgh, Scotland, a beautiful city.

After a few days touring Edinburgh, we took another scenic train ride to Inverness and then on October 1, went on a tour of the Isle of Skye. I got to see where my father’s Highlander ancestors, the ‘MacReynolds’ or the “Ranauld” Clan, came from. The Isle of Skye has magnificent views and the weather was sunny with blue skies. The tour guides told us that it was the best weather they had had all summer.

We all had a wonderful time and also did some genealogy research in the genealogical library in Inverness. After flying home on October 5, I only had jet lag for a week! In another vein, you know we have one more year until the 60th anniversary of our graduation from DPH. Hard to believe, I know. But I would like to remind you of it and hope that we can all meet for dinner again like we did at the 50th in New Haven. Think about it. As this column went to press, the Coronavirus began infiltrating the USA. I hope that all of our classmates are sheltering in place and are staying well.

1961 HGS Bob Kessler bobkesslerib@gmail.com

1962 DPH Judith Parker Cole judithparkercole@gmail.com Ann Carter-Drier had a truly glorious 75th birthday celebration: “My daughter surprised me on my 75th last October with a 10-day trip to Paris, France! We had fun simply walking the city, taking in museums not overly crowded, and of course some great food! I also was able to meet up with very old friends who live in Paris whom I had not seen in 35 years!

It was a memorable trip… just the two of us, and very thankful for the other grandparents and husband/father who held the fort down at home.” And speaking of adult children, it must be so nice to have them living in warmer climates to visit in the winter, as Ellen Kuhbach Lucas wrote: “Hank and I became snowbirds this winter after he retired in August, and have been enjoying being in Los Angeles, California, for two months with our younger son and his family, and the rest of the winter in Tucson, Arizona, in our new home near our older son and his family. It has been a warm and sunny winter. We just returned from touring Central Arizona: Sedona, with its striking red rock mountains, Prescott with its cowboy facade, and upscale Scottsdale.”

Mae Hultin also had a fun but slightly more bumpy vacation to the Southwest in fall 2019: “We (Mae’s two children et. al) had a family trip to Sedona and the Grand Canyon, which was great despite the fact that I fell and broke my elbow. There is an excellent clinic there, which gave me an X-ray, a splint and a sling. I had surgery and physical therapy when I got home.” So glad Mae has recovered from that challenge, but still enjoyed her trip. And last but not least, I got a lovely message filled with nostalgia from Mary-Jo Cipriano Amatruda about coping in these stressful times: “My solace comes from Audible recordings of Jane Austen and George Eliot books. They

Mary-Jo Cipriano Amatruda ’62 DPH fondly recalls that Mrs. Tate’s English classes inspired her love of Jane Austen, which she now listens to on her phone.

are a complete escape for me.” MJ goes on to relate a special memory from our school days: “The image of being in Mrs. Tate’s class at Day School and reading Austen. Ah that vocabulary. Dissolving into these stories not only takes me away from the everyday stress of our world, but also reminds me again of how much I appreciate my life and the people who have helped to forge it, including my DPHS classmates.” And with that perfect ending to our news, I’ll hope to hear more from each of you next time. Stay well.

Ann Carter-Drier’62 DPH celebrating her birthday in Paris with daughter, Barbara Halpin.

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1962 HGS Marshal D. Gibson mgibtax@aol.com From Fred Richter: I will be retiring after 39 years teaching and counseling at Hamden Hall, 30 of them as Director of College Counseling.

Also graduating will be my daughter, Orly, who will be attending Brown University in the fall. My son, Graham, has completed his term with the Obama White House and now works for the former President and his wife separately doing IT. He continues to have a longstanding relationship with his cousin, Paul Gutman, Dick’s son, and visited there most recently in New York for the weekend.

1963 DPH Carol Stock Kranowitz carolkranowitz@gmail.com During the winter, Caroline (Bunny) Stancliff Fazekas enjoyed sunshine and grandkids in Jupiter, Florida, while New England saw below-zero temperatures. She is pleased that Saddleback Mountain, where she lives in Rangeley, Maine, was sold to a Boston group, Arctaris. The town and condo owners hope that a four-season resort and housing for workers will be built. Bunny says, “Even though I retired from the Gathering Place board after nine years, I still say ‘Housing!’ first, (which also means stability first, and then services to move forward).” With coronavirus in the air, many of us are learning the art of “hermiting.” To paraphrase Dr. Seuss, “Oh, the places [we won’t] go!” Meg Bluhm Carey writes, “We had been planning to celebrate my 75th birthday in Sicily in April, but now those plans have changed due to the non-essential travel advisory and just plain common sense.

Maybe next year if all goes well! We continue to be very involved politically in our town and county, and have had encouraging results.

Onward to November!” Patricia Fiorito Oakes continues working at New Canaan Country School and is still loving it. Pat passed along the sad news that Kaatri Boies Grigg, 16 | Class Notes

a Mary Brewster Thompson scholar, died peacefully at home on February 15, 2020, from complications of fronto-temporal dementia.

After graduating from Wellesley, Kaatri received her JD from Stanford in 1971 and practiced law in the Wells Fargo Bank legal department until 1978. After her second child was born in 1979, she left the practice of law to devote her working life to a career in the nonprofit world. She served on and chaired several Boards of Directors: San Francisco Children’s Hospital, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco Day School, Breakthrough Collaborative, Chanticleer, and American Conservatory Theater. Kaatri is predeceased by her son, Jeffrey, and is survived by her brother, Stephen, her husband, Douglas, her son, Eliot, and five grandchildren. The world will miss her brilliant mind and generous heart.

1963 HGS Ron Groves groves18@gmail.com Chris Komisarjevsky just published his third book, Ramen Noodle Resume. “In a digital world, how to write a resume for the job you want … before college graduation comes around and those Ramen noodles run out.”

The book is geared to rising college seniors and shares insights from Chris’s 50-year career, hiring countless professionals and mentoring young people as they looked for jobs. Find it on Amazon as a paperback and eBook. Chris’s previous books include Peanut Butter and Jelly Management, written with his wife Reina, and The Power of Reputation. Floridian transplants Lucia and Dana Blanchard beat the clock on “social distancing” and paid a visit to Penny and Gordon Allen at their Bonita Bay home in early March (see photo). Hopefully, by the time you read this, COVID-19 will be under control and social distancing will be unnecessary. Stay safe, and let us know how you fared when the pandemic has passed.

(L–R) Dana Blanchard ’63 HGS, Gordon Allen ’63 HGS, and Lucia Blanchard.

1964 DPH Mary Stevens Rider gringastevens@gmail.com It has been so much fun hearing from you, some with news and others just to say “hi.”

Thank you for rallying on such short notice.

After 30-plus years as a wildlife research ecologist and university professor, Becky Field has “retired” with a full-time passion for photography. For the last eight years, she has been documenting the lives of immigrants in New Hampshire. Her first book, Different Roots Common Dreams, is a collection of photographs and won two national awards.

Her second book, Finding Home: Memories and Portraits of New Hampshire Immigrants, due out this fall, includes her photographs and stories in the immigrants’ own words.

She keeps busy with a lot of photo exhibits and talks. You can see more on her website, DifferentRootsNH.com. Michelle “Mady” Milikowsky Harman writes, “I have been living in New York City the 49 years I am married, raised our son and daughter here.

I have always kept my connections to New Haven as one brother still lives there. Now my son and his family live in New Jersey, my daughter and her family just two blocks from us. Everyone is close enough for us to see our five grandchildren often. My husband, Sandy, still works full time, and we enjoy the theater, opera, concerts and all New York has to offer. Saw Louise “Wezie” Lowe Fisher in Connecticut two summers ago when she hosted a mini reunion. Spent a couple of days last week in Washington, D.C. with Barbara Giaimo Koones.” Barbara is still living in the D.C. area. Her daughter, Tracy, is an attorney

there and she and her husband live nearby in Bethesda, Maryland. Barbara comments, “I’m lucky that they are so close.” From Tandy Beal: “(I am) in the midst of a three-concert series spanning 2021, celebrating the astonishing music of Jon Scoville, whom I met thanks to Laura Stein when we were juniors at DPH. The January concert was called Scoville Units with dances in urban dance, Ballroom, Balinese, and Beal. Next up is a HereAfterHere: a self guided tour of eternity, a multimedia work about what we think happens after we die, culled from 500 interviews… with a benefit for Hospice. We are also completing another year of ArtSmart, bringing art to 20,000 kids and teachers in three counties, with classes and concerts by Grammy winners, Cirque du Soleil performers and world dancers. Then there is just sitting watching the light change with Jon... sending love to all the amazing women with whom I managed to somehow navigate our teen years...(Yes, Miss Church, I do see the split infinitive!)” Salome Chasnoff is a Faculty member and Director of the BFAAE (BFA with Emphasis in Art Education) Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

She sent along the following: “I directed a feature documentary, Code of the Freaks, that will be premiering on April 1 in New York City as part of the ReelAbilities Film Festival.

It’ll also be screening in Boston, Toronto and Chicago over the next three months.”

From Terry Reimers Byrnes: “After 30 years of living and working in Ithaca, New York, my husband, Jim, and I have moved to Vero Beach, Florida, on a full-time basis. We are both enjoying exploring our new community, even though we have been coming and going to Vero for about 10 years as snowbirds. The weather here allows for biking, golf, walks on the beach and other outdoor activities most days of the year. No more shoveling snow for us! Our son, Andrew, and his wife, Camille, have two fabulous little girls (Hailey, age 3 1/2 and Nola, 13 months) and live in Victoria, British Columbia. Needless to say, we Facetime a lot and our travels mostly take us west.

Except for the craziness in the world right now, all is good here. Hoping the same for all my classmates.” Kate Tarrant Singer sends greetings from California. “Hello All! At 72, views from the hill

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I am working out every day in the water (yes, in Martinez, California I can go swimming in the winter!), trying to stave off the inevitable!

20 years behind a desk was bad enough on the ‘bod,’ but almost 30 years on my feet on middle and high school campuses. Have to say though, that all those years with teenagers was WAY MORE FUN than any corporate dealings! Don’t do much of that anymore… now I just bump into my old students at the grocery store and they want to introduce me to THEIR teenagers! I love it. Keeps me young (at least in my head, if not in the mirror!)

Have been married for 42 years, have two sons and one crazy two-year-old granddaughter. I intend to be around to embarrass her, as I did my sons with my shenanigans.” Mary Stevens Rider, that would be me, has reconnected with Susan Grieger Donovan. Before traveling, Susan contacted me with questions about Chile, where I had lived for 38 years. Since then, we have kept in touch and hopefully we will be able to get together when I travel east.

On a sad note, in August 2019 our classmate and my best friend for 58 years, Judy Leonardi Mathews, passed away. Judy had a very contagious smile and a witty sense of humor.

She was always concerned for the well-being of others and touched the lives of many different people. Judy is and always will be dearly missed.

1964 HGS Michael Adelberg mga@aya.yale.edu Roll having been called, the Class of ’64 reports as follows. In no order whatsoever, let Steve Barrett lead off: “Other than wrestling my weight back down to its Hopkins size, the last few years have been spent staying physically active (sailing, skiing, hunting, fishing, cycling), balance of time spent removing, replacing and repairing various body parts (next repair = 2/3), skiing/ keeping in touch with Chris Fenger and Neil Hiltunen, while fending off retirement.” [Ed: “removing, replacing, and repairing various body parts” – that’s really good, especially if repairing includes irradiating and having 18 | Class Notes

needles inserted into it. Anybody out there had an EMG?] This brings us to Fred Smith, and I quote: “I have two items I would like to share with you and other classmates. Earlier today, I spent a good chunk of the afternoon with Woody Hobbs and his truly lovely wife, Patrice, who live about an hour-and-a-half drive away from me in Gloucester, Virginia.

They live in a fairly rural, quiet area with a beautiful home with expansive yards and their new canine family member from the animal shelter, Pilot. Woody and I were never distant or unfriendly toward one another when we were at Hopkins, but we really didn’t know much about each other. So it has been quite a pleasure to meet up and, after more than 50 years, find a level of friendship and understanding that might have been surprising to us back in the day. My other news is that by the middle of April, I expect to have moved to Lisbon, Portugal to live. I have been researching living in Portugal for several

(L–R) Patrice, wife of Carl “Woody” Hobbs ’64 HGS, with Fred Smith ’64 HGS.

years and have found little to dislike about it.

The mild climate in Lisbon; friendly people, many of whom speak English; lower cost of living; ready and inexpensive access to the rest of Europe; and... I could provide at least another dozen reasons for living there. The one that stands out the most at this point is, I think, it will be the perfect place to focus on the research and writing of the historical novel that I have been working on since 2004, set in two separate time periods in West Africa. Lisbon International Airport is the closest European airport to West Africa, so my residence in Lisbon will allow me quick and relatively inexpensive access to the areas in West Africa that serve as locales for my novel and where I hope to find relevant research resources, as well. I hope this note

finds everyone well and pursuing their septuagenarian bliss! Please change my contact email address to: fred@fredsmith.com.” Next up is Fred Southwick: “Hi Fred (Smith), I can’t wait to read your novel. Ms. Barton would be proud of you. Great hearing about your life. Hard to believe it has been more than 50 years since Hopkins. I regard every healthy day as a blessing. I am hoping to write a book entitled Playing with Bees. It will be about being repeatedly stung. Carl “Woody” Hobbs: “Mike (and all), there is little I can add to Fred Smith’s note. I’m really glad that he and I have now made the connection we didn’t have half a century ago in New Haven and I look forward to seeing him again. Very little of our conversations is reminiscence; most is about what we have done since Hopkins and what we want to do in the future. Time truly does fly. It’s hard to believe that I retired seven years ago. As most of you know, retirement is not full time leisure, what with volunteer work, chores around the home and yard, tending our new dog, and spending time with my granddaughter, etc. Patrice plans to retire at the end of 2020, so with any good luck, she and I will be able to travel a bit, perhaps including a visit with Fred in Lisbon. p.s.

While my work email address (hobbs@vims. edu) still works, please shift to carlhobbsiii@ gmail.com. Paul Thim Sr.: “There is nothing like childhood in one’s seventies. Here’s my update: In July of 2019 I retired, two weeks later our daughter, who lives in France, was married there, in October our son, who lives in Atlanta, Georgia, was married, and those events were followed by Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings. I now feel that I am beginning to discover and develop what my ‘normal’ retirement life will look like. Most mornings begin with an idea for the day’s agenda, but also the awareness that I can change that, which is both a real challenge and pleasure. I would welcome hearing from – or seeing – classmates. John “Bearcat” Walker: “Nothing much to report – still trying to move out of California – 90% sure I will be in Nevada by the end of the year. Things keep coming up to interfere – mostly doctor appointments it seems. I’m not ambitious enough to write a book like Messrs Smith and

Southwick, but I look forward to reading their tomes. Still riding motorcycles and bicycles, paddling kayaks, camping, etc. No SCUBA for the last several years as my heart wouldn’t allow it – should be OK now after I had the surgery to correct my aortic aneurysm but it’s not the priority it once was. I find that I prefer less equipment intensive pursuits these days – snorkeling instead of SCUBA, photography with a pocket digital zoom camera instead of a view camera, paddling a kayak instead of running and maintaining a big power boat, even doing more walking than cycling. I look forward to seeing all who can make it to the 60th (!) in a few years.” Mark Blumenthal: “Sorry Mike, I’ve run out of interesting things to say. I keep playing bridge (at least four times per week) and meeting new people, some of whom are world class players. I wrote an article that appeared in the Bulletin of the ACBL (American Contract Bridge League) about my 97-year-old partner who I helped to attain life master last year. She is the 7th oldest person to do so out of 112,000. I did take Fred Southwick’s Coursera course on health care errors. It was intriguing, but the net result is that I now get a lot of emails from Coursera that I delete. I also saw in one of my MD’s offices, a sculpture of a soccer goalie that was donated by Fred and his siblings. (Ed: I am convinced this business of having run out of things to say is an illusion – one particularly threatening to Bulletin coordinators. If what people said were restricted to the new and significant, or even to the significant, the world would be one seriously quiet place.

If ‘new’ were a criterion, speech could never have evolved.) John “Maddog” Morgan: “I don’t know if my class note appeared or not, so I’m posting again. I have enjoyed Michael’s cartoons and comments, as well as the other responses by classmates. I have just returned from a three-month visit with my daughter and her family in San Jose, California. My faithful dog, Jack, and I drove there to be with my three-year-old grandson and to welcome my second grandson to the world. Being a grandpa is very satisfying because I can spoil the kids and not deal with the behavior issues.

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Mike Adelberg while I traveled through Sacramento, and Bearcat as I passed close to San Diego on my return to Colorado, but, alas, didn’t. My lifestyle in little Green Mountain Falls is mellow. Fishing season here in Colorado is year round, although I usually give the trout a break during the cold months. My civic duty is to serve on the fire district board of directors and we are now supervising the construction of a new $3.5-million station. I have been a widower for 26 years and still miss the love of my life, but, as I often tell myself, ‘One is not alone who has good memories.’”

Robert Guthrie: “Photo taken Christmas Day on Lake Norman near Charlotte, North Carolina. The two wonderful women are my step daughters Kathy and Ann. Kathy now lives near us here in Roanoke, Virginia, and Ann is just a few hours away at Lake Norman, North Carolina. What a blessing to have family nearby. Hope you are well.” Chris Fenger: “Although late to the game, I’ve become, like many of my classmates, a grandfather.

Not entirely sure what this portends, but I welcome it greatly. Cameron Mads Fenger at three months is my spit ’n image and has that insouciant cool that he’s undoubtedly inherited from his Hopkins-schooled forebear.

I can’t wait to tell him “uplifting” stories about my dispiriting encounters with (Headmaster) Sherk and (Dean) Meinecke. Or share the knowledge I gained from dating girls who were much smarter than me from Day Prospect Hill. As you might guess, I intend to make everything I share with him about me.

Solo life here in Maine continues to be both wonderful and challenging in equal measure.

Christmas Day on Lake Norman near Charlotte, North Carolina with Kathy and Ann, stepdaughters of Robert Guthrie ’64 HGS.

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Susan Collins, bless her valiant attempts to coyly make herself remain relevant in an increasingly liberal state, continues to flummox me. Guessing, like many of you, that this has been a year of navigating politically jaw dropping utterances and actions by our dear leader. I was a Bernie guy four years ago and struggle to come to grips with our potential nominees, all of whom I could easily support. Thinking I’ll just wait for the dust to settle, vote for the nominee we select, and hope for the best. As a (long-time-ago), New Havener, and a grad school alum from that city’s educational ace-in-the-hole, I wish for ‘Lux et Veritas’ in 2020. The conversation I would REALLY like to have with you, my classmates, and the Hopkins English Department is this: When and why did “spitting image” become the default expression for this wonderful metaphor. It makes no sense. Please describe to me what a “spitting image” is? You can’t, can you. I submit that the expression is “spit ’n image,” with the contracted “and” represented as a word (spitting) that has no meaning. To wit: one is the SPIT (which predates DNA testing, but is an obvious metaphor when it comes to genetic inheritance) ’n IMAGE, (the non-metaphoric comparator of “likeness,” of another genetically related human being). “Spitting” simply sounds like “spit ’n” when vocalized, and totally loses the meaning of the latter. I rest my case. (Ed: I’ve seen slang dictionary accounts to the effect that it’s a corruption of “spit and image,” further claiming that “spit” once had the meaning “exact likeness.”

I didn’t believe the latter but, sure enough, OED found three instances of that, nineteenth century. Surely Class of ’64 can do better than this. Please send me the correct answer so I can include it next round.) And finally: Bill Ablondi: “2019 was a great year for my family and me... I think any year is great when we all wind up looking back from the next year and realize we managed to have fun, enjoy new experiences, make new friends and rekindle old relationships. On this last note, it was at Jim Walker’s memorial that my wife Nancy and I enjoyed connecting with Chris Fenger, Deke Bowerman and Bill Sarris ’65 HGS and his wife. I was saddened by Jim’s passing,

but his memorial was a terrific celebration of a life well-lived. Hundreds gathered at Jim’s home on the shore of Long Island Sound in the picturesque enclave of Stony Creek, Connecticut, to share remembrances of him.

I’m continuing to work (Deke and I shared notes as he continues to enjoy work also) and plan to do so for at least a couple more years, God willing. Nancy and I are enjoying traveling and are planning a BIG birthday for her near Nice, France this May. She has always dreamed of celebrating a birthday at La Colombe d’Or restaurant in Saint Paul de Vence. This is the year!” My sincere wishes to all for a marvelous 2020! Respectfully submitted, -MG Adelberg, ’64 Class Secretary.

1965 DPH Alumnae interested in serving as correspondents for the Class of 1965 DPH may contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@hopkins.edu.

1965 HGS Tom Delaney tfed3rd@gmail.com John Braman: Into his 25th year in New Mexico, John is still co-directing the Rio Grande Mindfulness Institute with its mission of “ancient wisdom for stressed-out times.”

This mostly involves teacher training for public school folks who work in some of the most underfunded systems in the country. The training starts with the teachers, equipping them with the skills they need to sustain a meditation practice. Over the past four years, training has been provided for 800 teachers from 140 schools. His team also works with corporate groups as a way to bring in funds to support teacher scholarships (and to do a little good). Tom Burkhard reports that all damages to his “new” home in Beaufort, SC caused by recent Hurricanes Florence and Dorian have been repaired. In late May, he is planning a golf trip with buddies to Scotland.

John Cherniavsky: 2020 is the year that John and Maria retire after many years at the National Science Foundation and Universities.

Their plans are to remain in Washington,

D.C., enjoying the free concerts, museums, and access to recreation areas. They also plan to travel, with their first trip being an extended trip to Czech Republic and Bavaria and then trips to New Zealand, Scotland, England, and Ireland over the next year or so.

Finally, they also plan to visit grandchildren in California and Boston, Massachusetts.

Longer term plans include giving back to their community through volunteering.

As soon as the virus conditions subside, John hopes to visit Milford, Connecticut, too, where his 95-year-old mother still lives independently. Gordy Clark’s big news is that he’ll finally retire in June. He wants to “hang up his spurs” while still riding reasonably “tall in the saddle.” After retirement, Gordy and Gail will embark on an “Arabian Nights” tour, traveling to Istanbul, Turkey; Cairo, Egypt; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and Muscat, Oman, where a friend lives. Should be thrilling. “This past year turned out to be a year of home improvements, both inside and out. The projects started about a year ago, and were finally completed just in the last month.

The next step in the not-too-distant future is interior painting. In late March, Tom and his wife, Sandy, had been forward to their annual get-together with Gordy Clark and his wife, Gayle, during one of their family visits to the Los Angeles area. Regrettably, the virus changed that. Tom continues to rebuild his inconsistent tennis game, but notices small improvements each time he plays. A frustrating process. Tom is still not convinced he’s no longer 30 years old.” Dick Hutchinson: “Played golf with Jim Waterman. Jim had a hole-in-one on a par 3 third hole at Sleeping Giant.” Mark Esposito and Hutch bumped into one another at the Owenego Beach Club in Branford, Connecticut, where Mark loves reading on quiet days. Hutch participated in a regatta racing committee this past summer for a race from Milford to Essex, Connecticut, and then on to Fisher’s Island. Finally, he spent time in his home state of Texas – Hill Country (Austin-San Antonio) – riding horses, bird hunting and eating brisket. In addition to all these activities, Hutch continues his involvement with Hopkins activities, views from the hill

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and has contributed his thoughts to the class website renovation project. Robert Jose still plays paddle tennis three to four times a week throughout the winter, although it is getting a little more painful for sore legs, and the cold, a little colder. Thank God for Advil! Bob and Ann recently traveled to the east coast of Florida to visit friends and to look at buying another home to escape the winters. Based on generally positive feedback from friends and relatives, the concept of relocating to Florida on a full-time basis is under consideration.

They all have good jobs and love the lifestyle and the weather, heat included. However, the thought of moving somewhere else at this stage of life is very daunting. Bill Kneisel’s family, including his five grandchildren, are well and provide Anne and him with great happiness and, when they’re on babysitting duty, challenge. Bill’s doctor has ruled out tennis, so he is “all squash” every other day.

Bill sends the very best to all of our classmates.

Drs. John and Sunny Mordes report that 2019 has been another year that rewarded them with great pleasure in being alive among family and friends despite the backdrop of geopolitical malaise. The year was quiet and peaceful. They enjoy good health except for the aches and creaks associated with the aging process. They find continued pleasure in work, family, visits from many friends, and hope the same has been true for all.

They continue to work outside their home, but with a bit less intensity. John’s clinical workload has grown smaller, making patient care manageable despite the penance exacted by electronic records, digital re-education, and the time spent tending to the absurd demands of American health insurers.

Sunny is as busy as ever with god-parenting, committees, non-profit boards of agencies serving individuals with developmental disorders, research mentoring, planning their travels, opera, and culinary extravaganzas.

John continues his genetics research, but thinks the coming year will be perilous. Their group has made interesting discoveries that were published last summer, but resources needed to pursue these discoveries are limited.

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review. Hopefully something will come of it.

And as usual, they traveled… Havana, Cuba; Europe; Malta; Palermo, Sicily; Athens, Greece and all of the “Five Stans.” (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and finally, Turkmenistan). As ever, the Mordes’ wish all a 2020 endowed with good health, travel, prosperity, peace and, hopefully, new humanitarian leadership in Washington to alter our drift towards nationalism and authoritarianism. Bill and Lisa Sarris recently purchased a place in Bonita Springs, Florida, and have been down there since the end of October. It is an active community with golf, tennis, bocce, pickleball, and in a certified Blue Weather Zone. Come on down, guys, and say “hi!” Bill is proud that his family’s former restaurant, the Old Heidelberg, has reopened on Chapel Street in New Haven, with the same setup and ambiance as back in the day.

Herb Stocking checked in recently to say he enjoyed seeing the Class of ’65 write-up in the last alumni news. He had been planning to attend the 55th reunion, and was disappointed to hear it had been cancelled due to the virus restrictions. Billy Walik writes from his farm in Bend, Oregon, where he and Kathy relocated timporarily to distance themselves from the virus that hit close to their Bainbridge Island, Washington, home. Their current plan is to return again to Roanne, France, in mid-April, then to barge north to the Alps Region and back to Roanne in July. Billy was diappointed to hear that the 55th reunion had been cancelled.

1966 DPH Elisa Reisner reisnercpa@aol.com Deb Stillson Abbott writes that her “.... husband, Tony, and I are still working on our antique Cape Cod home in Guilford, Connecticut as well as looking after the family farm in Pomfret, Connecticut. I’m continuing to work as a clinical psychologist, though with fewer hours than in the past. I’m in part working less time because we take time to visit our grandson in Oakland, California,

along with his parents, Laura Abbott ’99 and Jay Miner, and our granddaughter in Denver, Colorado, along with her parents, Stephen Abbott and Stephanie Gold. Our grandson was born 11/25/18; our granddaughter, 10/25/19. Fortunately, our eldest daughter lives closer, in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where she is a freelance journalist with her own website, “btwberkshires.com. We’re all relatively healthy.” Deb added that she lives near Westwood Trails, a 1,000-acre preserve at the end of Dunk Rock Road (our street), that’s run by the local conservation outfit – it was actually begun in the 1920s by a donation from a local forester and then gradually increased, starting mostly in the 60s.

Wonderful variety of trails! I look forward to hearing about classmates, and would enjoy sharing a meal with any who venture to this area. My emails are abbott8@mindpsring. com and abbott8@gmail.com. Lisa Reisner writes that she, her husband, three children, (grown), and two dogs, still live in Merrick in Long Island, New York, near Jones Beach. “I’m retired from my job as a school social worker with the New York City Board of Education, and finally have ‘time,’ to do whatever I want, whenever I want... Of course one develops one’s own life and activities and friends, but still it’s wonderful not to always be on the go !” I loved getting together a few years when Sue G. organized it. If anyone else besides Deb and I are interested in getting together this summer, that would be great! My email is reisnercpa@aol.com

1966 HGS Charlie McClure cnmjr132@gmail.com

1967 DPH Alumnae interested in serving as a ’67 DPH Class Correspondent may contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@hopkins.edu.

1967 HGS Hopkins is very sorry to report that 1967 HGS Class Correspondent, George M. Keating, passed away on June 22, 2020. We are all very

grateful for his years of service, and extend our deepest condolences to his family, classmates and friends on their loss. George’s last Class Notes column, which he sent to us back in March, appears below. If anyone from the Class of 1967 HGS would like to step in as a correspondent for upcoming editions of Views from the Hill, kindly contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@hopkins.edu.

Mark Ardis regrets missing the 50th-year reunion, but he and his wife, Cheryl, were in the middle of moving at the time. As an update, he wanted to let everyone know that he had spent most of his career as a serial software engineering educator: helping to start new graduate and undergraduate degree programs at five different schools. He also spent nine years working for Bell Labs in Naperville, Illinois, which turned out to be a nice place for their kids to grow up and finish high school. After he and Cheryl finally retired a couple years ago, they moved to Albany, New York, where they spend as much time as possible with their granddaughter. Fortunately, they were able to find a house only a half-mile away from their kids, so they have lots of opportunities to participate in family events.

Seymour Bradley spoke for all of our class by observing that the recent “loss of Skip Atkins, Andy Harvard, and Peter Cook has taken an emotional toll, as have the notices of all those we have lost in years past. These men may not have been my neighbors nor been in my social circle, but there was a bond between us, because we were such a small class and we shared some very impressionable years together. When that bond is broken by death it is painful. I miss them all.” He singled out Geoff Robinson for his help in dealing with the death of our classmates, “as a voice of reason for which I am most grateful.” Seymour loves living on Virginia’s Eastern Shore with Susan, his wonderful wife of the past five years. They live near Cape Charles, which has become the fastest growing vacation destination in Virginia.

He uses his 17-foot skiff to poke around the Barrier Islands and to snoop around the nooks and crannies of the bay coastline.

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on Active Duty and 30 years as a Reservist in the Coast Guard) promoting boating safety through vessel examinations, underway patrols, and public education. He has also joined the local chapter of a Ford Model T & A group to feed his old car addiction. Last summer, he picked up a seasonal job, June to November, working for Fuji Film/Waco Chemical processing Horseshoe crabs to extract their blood because it is used to test all injectables such as insulin, vaccinations, and antibiotics. It was interesting work and he hopes to do it again this year. He and Susan invite any who happen to be taveling to the end of the Delmarva Peninsula to stop by. In particular, Seymour looks forward to connecting with Bill Kirschner, who was in nearby in Hampton Roads, Virginia, this past summer helping out with a new grandchild.

They had planned to get together, but life got in the way, so they will try again the next time he comes east. Jim Craig reports that he and his wife, Betsy, are still living in Maine with no plans to move to a warmer climate.

They are looking forward to celebrating their 48th wedding anniversary in June. All is well health wise and he is transitioning into full retirement as his company works to cover his eventual departure. Jim’s spare time is devoted to the Anglican Church and he is focused on community outreach. George Keating continues to enjoy living in Arlington, Virginia. He and his wife, Ellen, are enjoying retirement because there is so much to do in the Washington, D.C. area. He has become involved in urban planning issues, particularly stormwater management, as the president of his civic association, while Ellen has joined the board of the Arlington Chorale. Having reconnected with Carl Spatz at a recent Hopkins alumni gathering in D.C., they have all enjoyed several evenings together at the renowned Signature Theater, where Carl and his partner, Tom, are board members.

David Newton reports that he regularly sees Dan Milikowsky and Matt Walton for long runs, walks and hikes. Their conversations are mainly about family, politics and aching joints. He joined a number of classmates, including Dan Wasserman, Geoff Robinson, Bill Glenn and Paul Higgins for the very 24 | Class Notes

moving memorial service for Skip Atkins in Cambridge, Massachsetts. Other local friends and frequent contacts include Peter Halsey, who has run every New Haven 20K road race since its inception until this year due to an injury, but his daughter, Liza ’96, ran in his stead, wearing his number. John Lapides continues to run United Aluminum, Jack Healy is retired and living in Virginia, and Ed Nolan is in Florida. Jim Plunkett and Jim Stowe spent time with Andy Harvard before his “final climb.”

Mark Ardis ’67 HGS enjoys time with his granddaughter.

1968 HGS Alumni interested in serving as 1968 HGS Class Correspondent may contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@hopkins.edu.

1968 DPH Alumnae who wish to serve as ’68 DPH Class Correspondent may contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@hopkins.edu.

1969 DPH Susan Ward jcnynlnds2@aol.com Since this is our first column after the reunion last June, I’d like to put in writing our collective thanks to Cindy Saranec Livermore and Cinda Skinner Zemel for organizing a memorable afternoon of reminiscences, renewed friendships, memorabilia for viewing, and sharing of information. For those who

were not in attendance and may not have heard the sad news, we learned of the deaths of two classmates: Lynn Elston and Linda Shanbrom Wallace. From Bellingham, Washington, Cinda Skinner Zemel writes: “After attending last June’s 50th class reunion (where I really enjoyed connecting with many of you!), I headed to Israel for a wedding. My husband, Stuart, is often there and we found even more exciting historical sites to explore this time. Since I have retired from my private practice (psychotherapy), I am frequently in Kanab, Utah, hiking and biking, as well as in our glorious Pacific Northwest.” Moving from Cinda’s art of psychotherapy, we now proceed to the art of painting, and to the opposite coast as well. Nancy Glassman has lived in Maine since 1982, when she visited on her way to New York. (The big city still waits.) Nancy had studied painting in college and was inspired by the natural beauty of Maine. Shortly after arriving, she had the good fortune to meet a couple who opened a high-quality art gallery there. The gallery has grown over the years and has represented Nancy since its opening.

You can, and should, see some of her paintings in Rockland, at the Caldbeck Gallery, or on their website, caldbeck.com. Nancy works at the gallery two or three days a week and also gives lessons in watercolor painting. In her own work, she uses both watercolors and oils. She captures evocatively the atmosphere of coastal Maine and the transitory beauty of the flowering houseplants on her windowsills.

Nancy and her husband, an architect, live in Searsmont and have a daughter and son and three grandchildren, ages 14, 13 and 10.

Zig-zagging back across the country, we find Kathleen Plunkett McKenzie (formerly known to us as Kathy) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she has a business called Kat McKenzie Designs. She explained that she chose the nickname Kat for her business because “it sounded zippy.” This is a good description of the women’s clothing and accessories that she designs, sews, and sells on her website, katmckenziedesigns.com. They are lively, colorful, casual garments that manage to be both fashionable and different (a lot like Kathleen herself, come to think of it). As if that weren’t enough, she also paints fresh,

breezy watercolors of northern New Mexico landscapes, floral still lifes, and other subjects, including her family’s vacation cabin – in northern Maine. Small world. Kathleen and her husband have a daughter, a son, and three grandsons, ages 10, seven and three. Are there other artists in ’69 DPH? Please let me know.

And we’d all like to hear from YOU about this exciting time when perhaps you’re still enjoying an established career, or transitioning to part-time work, an active retirement, or even an entirely new field of work or study.

Don’t forget to stay in touch!

1969 HGS Bruce Jacobs bjacobs@jacobs-jacobs.com The Hopkins Class of ’69 held its 50th reunion last spring. I can’t tell you how happy we were with the turnout. So many people whom we hadn’t seen for 50 years showed up. Plus, it was fantastic to get a chance to see them back on the Hill and get to know them better. I’ve heard the mantra: “why would I want to hang out with people I haven’t seen, or thought about for 50 years?” (I know, that’s kind of long for a mantra). But if you felt that way, and didn’t come, you missed out big time.

Every one of the guys who came back have led very interesting lives. What a fantastic group of old(er) men. And, even more impressive, were our wives, who were more than game to come and put up with our sharing memories of the years we spent at Hopkins. And the nice thing about the 50th is that, at our age, no one feels the need to impress anyone. We’re all the same idiots who went to Hopkins, with 50 years of life experience added in. We started out with Friday night dinner on the water, at Amarante’s Sea Cliff. We were joined by four women from the DPH Class of ’69: Cinda Skinner Zemel and Cindy Saranec Livermore, who chaired their reunion committee, as well as Susan McCrillis Ward and Beth Kneisel Krumeich. Other special guests included Ed Paige ’68, Ken Paul ’68 and Brian Smith ’70.

On Saturday morning, there was a brunch in our honor at the incredible Swensen House, hosted by Kai Bynum, the Head of School. views from the hill

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Members of the Class of 1969 HGS kicked off their 50th Reunion Weekend on Friday, May 31, 2019 at Amarante’s Seacliff in New Haven.

One of the highlights was a cameo appearance

by John Conte, who has been one of the more difficult-to-reach classmates. Great to see you, John! Saturday night was the big dinner and cocktails. Not quite the same turnout from our class as the Friday night dinner, but impressive nonetheless. Fran Kuttner is still on the list of most interesting careers, making concert-quality violins and cellos (and living in Italy!), but he has some competition from Steve O’Brien, who writes songs recorded by some of the biggest country music artists in Nashville (some of whom could perhaps use one of Fran’s fiddles). A big shout out to the other members of the reunion committee, Michael Milone, Roger Joyce, and Mark Rosner, who did a great job of getting people to come from far and wide. Recently, I’ve heard from some of our classmates with some news. John Goldenring wanted us to know that as both an MD and a JD, he only needs to add Indian Chief to reach the trifecta. He also believes that he was the only member of our class mentioned in the Beatles’ ‘Oh Bla Di Oh Bla Da’ (actually that was me). He’s about to retire from his medical director’s position and move on to other pursuits. Art Baldwin writes from Seattle, Washington, that he is retired and, as the attached picture of him at the pyramids in Mexico indicates, enjoying it tremendously. Bob Klatskin writes from 26 | Class Notes

Palm Desert, California, that he is enjoying retirement after 35 years in engineering at Hughes/Boeing. It was great to see him, as well as Art Baldwin and Rich Zweig, who all travelled in from the west coast. As for me, I’m not yet retired and still chasing ambulances, although at my age, and having had my ankle replaced a couple of years back, I’m not getting

Art Baldwin ’69 HGS snaps a selfie during a visit to Teotihuacán and the Pyramids of Mexico City.

close to catching any. My wife, Irene, who was my law partner, is now a superior court judge. My daughter, Allie Jacobs ’00, took over Irene’s office. I’ve had the incredible fortune of being able to practice law with my father, wife, daughter and two uncles, plus my cousin Steve Jacobs ’76. I’m dialing it back a bit at work, so I can spend time with my three little granddaughters – two local and one in

Colorado – where I spend five weeks a year.

I’m going to give Bob Koster the last word.

Bob, who along with Dick Casher (where were you Dick?) were the people I spent more years in school with than anyone else (Davis Street School plus six years of Hopkins), came back for the first time with his wonderful wife, Kate. It was so great to spend time with them. Bob writes: “I had not kept up at all with Hopkins or my classmates since graduation, but I figured that a 50th high school reunion only comes around once so, along with my wife, Kate Bell, we drove to New Haven at the end of May 2019 and had a wonderful time. It was fantastic to see so many of my classmates and revive old friendships. It was also quite a cathartic experience for me. My memories of my six years at Hopkins were not all that fond, and I had thought that because I was not a varsity football player destined for Yale, that I did not fit in. However, I discovered, speaking with many of my classmates who were both good athletes and went on to Ivy League schools, that they felt similarly. That was quite a revelation for me. It certainly appears that Hopkins is quite a different institution than the one I graduated from more than 50 years ago, and all for the positive. The campus is very impressive as are students who showed us around. On a personal note, we live in Sudbury, Massachusetts, just west of Boston. I recently retired from Eversource Energy after a 40-year career in the energy industry, working at various utilities and consulting firms.

Similarly, my wife of 45 years retired after 20 years as a school nurse. We have two grown sons, both married. One son in Colorado and the other relatively closeby, and they have two sons. In the year or so since we retired, we have been able to spend more time with our grandsons, enjoy long weekends around New England, and take a couple of road trips out west to visit friends and family.” See you all at the 55th! It’s not as round a number as 50, but it will be just as much fun (unless you didn’t have that much fun at this reunion, in which case, it will be a lot more fun).

1970 DPH Anne Bennett studentstrategies4growth@gmail.com

1970 HGS Brian Smith bcsmitty@gmail.com Brook ‘Easy Rider’ Reams and his wife, Rochelle, are grandparents of three and the youngest granddaughter turned one in March.

Their two sons and their families live closeby in Denver, Colorado. Craig Rutenberg teaches Master’s classes in opera at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia! Craig and Dave Kimberly got together this past fall in New York City, where Craig lives. They had not seen each in 50 years! Bill Schmiedel sends his greetings. Bill has four children (three girls and one boy) and three grandkids. Bill and his wife, Pat, live in Manasquan, New Jersey.

Bill is the President of Sims Group (worlds largest recycler). Among others, he is hoping to catch up with Bob Murray! Theo Jarowey was born October 5, 2019. Theo’s grandfather, our friend, Peter Jarowey, sadly passed away in September. Grandmother, Connie Morris Jarowey ’72 DPH, has relocated to Seattle, Washington. Brian Smith first walked up the Hill in 1966 and will have completed the cycle, as daughter, Chloe ’20, will be graduating this June 2020 and is going off to Boston College in September. Her brothers, Griffin ’15 and Riley ’17, preceded her at Hopkins.

1971 HGS Brian Smith bcsmitty@gmail.com

1972 HGS AND DPH Richard Hehre richardhehre@gmail.com Well, ladies and gentlemen… hopefully, by the time you read this, the coronavirus will be in the distant past, the stock market will have recovered, and things will have improved in Washington. ‘Nuf said. On a good note, John Scherr will be traveling more and enjoying his “retirement,” if he will allow himself to be doing so. Always love his Facebook posts with his buddy, Bert. And that cute imp, Lee Warren, has been traveling and reminding us views from the hill

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all about the importance of music in our lives, even the old time performers way back in the 80s. Despite the need for the occasion, we had a warm visit with Connie Morris Jarowey in Boston, Massachusetts, last December for Peter Jarowey’s ‘70 HGS celebration of life gathering. Tom Confrey, John “Nobby” Walsh, and Brian Smith (all ’70 HGS grads with Peter), Pam Castiglione Potolicchio, Betsey Harrington Hehre and yours truly (Richard Hehre) all had the chance to meet the family and share memories with Peter and Connie’s school mates, friends, and business associates.

Connie is now living in Seattle, Washington, with her family and has agreed to visit us on the right coast, hopefully before reunion in 2022. How could I have missed that? A great reunion, of sorts, for four guys who have been best buddies for 50 years... Peter Lozier posted a picture of John Clifford, Hank Maguire, Ernie Williams, and himself back in 2019, but it resurfaced on Facebook recently and the gang looks marvelous! Makes my job easier, too. Jamie McAndrews and I keep tabs on “Doc” Kirchhofer as he approaches 75 years of age, but he hasn’t really slowed down too much. He and Lynda were recently in New Haven to meet with Pearson Hill ’23 and congratulate him on earning the scholarship in Doc’s name for 2020. They then flew to Houston, Texas, to visit with the family and undergo some much needed surgery to relieve pain in Doc’s neck and upper spine. Have no fear… he still has that killer grip, which was the last thing we knew before we took to the mat to wrestle. Lynda is keeping him fit and active, and they would also love to share their beautiful bed and breakfast with Hopkins family that want to visit them and explore the beautiful Canadian Rockies. So what do the following names have in common? (Hint: sixyear HGS guys will get this first): MacArthur, Lipton, Kraft, Jewett, Grave, Patrick, Savage, Pearce, Estoclet, Spiro, Bailey, Biscoe, Preston, Meyer, Gillis, Repplier, Francesconi, Berrie, Greenspan, Reynolds, Walsh, Broadbent, Lowe, Emerson, Pelican, Seymour, Endruschat, Rezendes, Hastie, Buckman, and Hoblitzelle? This will surely be a conversation for reunion in 2022, and may they never be forgotten. Jim Redden and wife, Charlotte, are 28 | Class Notes

now both retired and spending as much time in quaint Cotuit, Massachusetts, whenever they are able to. Both attended a special dinner at Shell & Bones restaurant in New Haven on Friday, Feb. 9, and an all-school assembly at Hopkins School the following morning, along with fellow classmates Chad Lyons and Pam Castiglione Potolicchio, in honor of Dr. Jean Bennett. No slowing down for Chad, as he posts regularly on Facebook with great camera work following sailing, windsurfing, and ice pond sailing. Pam continues with her real estate ventures in Bethesda, Maryland.

Finally, we congratulate Jean Bennett on her well-deserved recognition as Distinguished Alumna for 2020. Her lifelong commitment to research at UPenn and the pursuit of a cure for those who have lost their eyesight, either through degeneration or blindness since birth, is now recognized as a reality, and has been duplicated many times. Despite the setbacks along the way, she and her husband, Albert Maguire, persevered and never doubted the science behind her work, proving to the FDA that their gene modification technique could truly restore eyesight in humans. Bravo, bravo, bravo, Jean! You have made us all proud, and we will see you at reunion in 2022. So, come on you scalawags !! Get cracking and send me some news.”

1973 Michael P. Finnegan mfinnegan218@gmail.com It is hard to believe that it is 2020 and the class of 1973 is going to be 65 (except you Joe Peg).

This is the age that we were supposed to retire.

How many of you have retired or are planning to retire? Personally, I did it for one year and went nuts. Write me your stories and tell me how you are doing it.

1974 Anne Sommer anne.sommer.editor@gmail.com Greetings all, I’m compiling our news in March 2020, as COVID-19 is terrorizing the globe. Cases have just begun to appear in

Connecticut, and it’s hard not to be anxious as we wait to see what’s next. At reunion last spring, I saw Janet Brown-Clayton, who writes: “After 20 years as a building-level principal for several schools in Connecticut and Georgia, I recently concluded a two-year stint as an Assistant Superintendent for Bridgeport Public Schools. On July 1, 2019, I began as the Executive Director for Highville Charter School and Highville Change Academy in New Haven. I love working with faculty, staff, parents, and students to chart the course for our students’ success! June 2019 was one of the few times I’ve been back on the Hill in decades. I really enjoyed the reunion and sharing memories with Dean Baker, Hap Perkins, Dave Margolis, and others. There were generational connections made as well that were phenomenal. I met Fred Smith ’64 HGS through the efforts of the Hopkins Black Alumni Network (HBAN) under the stalwart leadership of Medina Jett ’83.” Carrie Shepard became a first-time grandmother on February 20, 2020, when her daughter Talia gave birth to Eliana Josephine Schaffer in Chicago, Illinois. Margy Campbell Lamere writes: “I have another grandson, Sullivan “Sully” James Lamere, born March 24, 2019. He joins big brother Charlie, who is three.” From Sally Katz: “Last year, I was elected to the Wellesley College Alumnae Association Board of Directors. I am honored to serve and to bring an international perspective to the Alumnae Board (www.wellesley.edu/alumnae/about/ governance/board).” And from Julie Shemitz: “I am in Kuwait on an extended assignment for the Justice Department, working out of the U.S. embassy. It’s very interesting here and a challenging job. Of course I miss home, my family, and my menagerie of four-legged angels, but this was a challenge I couldn’t pass up. Coronavirus just hit here a couple of days ago, so we are on alert for that, and right now we are experiencing a dust storm, which is quite a phenomenon.” Thanks to all who shared news this time!

Sullivan “Sully” James Lamere (born March 24, 2019), grandson of Margy Campbell Lamere ’74.

Talia and Eliana Josephine Schaffer (born February 20, 2020), daughter and granddaughter of Carrie Shepard ’74

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1976 Alumni interested in serving as correspondents for the Class of 1976 may contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@hopkins.edu.

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1977 Diane Kolligian Shannon dshannon925@gmail.com Thank you to those who provided news and perhaps after reading this column others will be inspired to send an update for the next issue. Please do! In September, I had the pleasure of attending the lovely wedding of Tiffany Gagnon ’09 and Vincent DeSanctis.

Tiffany is the daughter of David and Cindi DeLuca Gagnon. It was a beautiful day at the Pine Orchard Club in Branford, Connecticut, and great to see the DeLuca family including Jeff ’72, Doug ’75 and Ally ’78. Special thanks to Ed Manning, who reached out after 42 years to share his interesting story: “Living in Brooklyn, New York, with Jane, my wife of 22 years and A.C., our 16-year-old daughter.

We’re about to have our first campus visits for her college search – much nervousness and excitement. About three or four years ago, after 35 years working in movie and TV visual effects and animation, I successfully and fortunately migrated my skill set into a wonderful job doing cool computer graphics stuff for an artist named Leo Villareal. If you ever go to London, U.K., you can see his, and my, work on the bridges of the Thames, four of which (London, Cannon St., Southwark, and Millennium Bridges) are now illuminated

by Leo’s constantly-changing computercontrolled LED lighting. Over the next few years, we’ll be getting up to 10 more of them lit, making it one of the largest public art projects in the world. #IlluminatedRiver.” It was also great to hear from Lascelles Browne. who sent this quote from Confucius: “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” Jonathan Goldberg was kind enough to respond to my final plea and send the following: “In the interest of not having a blank space under Diane’s name, I am heeding her call for some news. Happy belated 60th to everyone. Even though we have reached yet another milestone in years, I am finding this to be a nice time in life. Less pressure, more leisure time, and still in good shape to enjoy life. I am in my 30th year of practicing dentistry in Hamden, Connecticut. I still 30 | Class Notes

love what I do and plan to keep going for the foreseeable future. Sue and I split our time in Connecticut between Wallingford and extended summers in Milford, where we enjoy the beach life. Our daughter, Alison, was married in September to Mark Turczak. Alison is a Senior Communications Manager at Subway in Milford, where she has worked for the past nine years. Her job primarily involves inter-company communications. Mark is a physician’s assistant in the emergency room at a local city hospital. Over the past 15 years, I have had the good fortune to travel to nearly all of the western national parks in the U.S. My goal is to get to the remaining ones on my list before 70. Hope everyone is well and I look forward to running into classmates around New Haven.” I’m thrilled to share exciting news about the film Shirley, based on the novel by our classmate Susan Scarf Merrell. Shirley made its world premier at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2020, where Josephine Decker won a U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Auteur Filmmaking.

Then there was more good news: “Neon closed a deal for the Sundance Film Festival buzz title, Shirley, hours after making Oscar history on the movie Parasite’s dual Best Picture and Best International Film Oscar. Deal is for North American rights and went for low seven figures.” In addition, the February 2, 2020 Los Angeles Times lists Shirley as one of the 15 best films from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. The film stars Elisabeth Moss and Michael Stuhlbarg with Odessa Young and Logan Lerman also joining the cast. Shirley follows “a young couple that moves in with Shirley Jackson and her Bennington College professor-husband, Stanley Hyman, in the hopes of starting a new life. Instead, they find themselves fodder for a psycho-drama that inspires Jackson’s next major novel.” It’s been a pleasure reconnecting with Susie to celebrate the success of her novel and now the film. For those who haven’t yet read Shirley, enjoy and look for the film when it is released in your area. I’ll be looking for it in Naples, Florida, where I’m slowly relocating. I would love to see anyone visiting the Naples area, and yes, our visit may be mentioned in the news!

Alumni interested in serving as correspondents for the Class of 1978 may contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@hopkins.edu.

decades as ‘Mr Mom,’ has joined a law practice focused on representing families with special needs kids, enabling my career move. I invite any and all to visit us in Port Washington, New York, yoga class at Om Sweet Om... on me!!”

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Jeffrey A. Arons jeff@jeffreyaronsmd.com

Pierce Tyler ptyler@gmail.com

In March, David Hurwitz was supposed to be in Lucca, Italy, presenting a paper at a conference celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven in 1770. This has been rescheduled for December. He writes that “Lucca is a beautiful town in Tuscany, the home of both Puccini and Boccherini, and the conference looks to be very interesting, with a wide selection of papers from major Beethoven scholars who I look forward to meeting. It’s an honor to have the opportunity to participate.” David invites all to read his reviews at classicstoday.com. Congratulations to Ken Yanagisawa, MD, FACS, who has been nominated to run for President-Elect of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS). He completed his term as Secretary and then Chair of the Board of Governors of the AAO-HNS, and has been chosen as one of two national candidates for the position to lead the AAO-HNS, with the election taking place this spring. The AAO-HNS comprises 12,000 Otolaryngologist/Head and Neck Surgeons nationally and internationally, and helps members and their patients achieve excellence and optimal care through education, research, and practice management and health policy advocacy. Rachel Cooke Golder writes: “I’m thrilled to announce my imminent retirement from Goldman Sachs (23 years) and Wall Street (35 years)! I’ve been plotting this for a while as I have an exciting ‘third act’ coming into focus. In addition to family and church (always), I’m committed to growing the yoga studio I bought with a partner two years ago, and building a classical music immersion program for youth in my area with the not-forprofit I joined at about the same time. Huge thanks go to my husband John who, after two

As I write this, the news is dominated by COVID-19, the coronavirus which is sweeping the globe. More will be known by the time the alumni magazine is published. Surely, one question on people’s minds is whether we’ll have our 40th reunion in May or not. My guess is we won’t. But if it is canceled, we’ll have to double down on 41 and party like it’s 2020.

Some positives are coming from this current crisis, though. People report they are spending more time with family. With fewer cars on the road, the skies appear to be clearer. And I saw a news report from Venice, Italy, showing the waters there running clear, due to the absence of boat traffic. While the pandemic promises more tragedies ahead, there are these little bright spots we have to hold on to.

In a dispatch from Basel, Switzerland, Ethan Taub could be describing the state of play in any city here in the U.S. His report shows exactly why this is a world-wide crisis: “At this writing (March 17th), Switzerland has just gone into an official nationwide state of emergency. All gatherings are forbidden, the schools and universities are shut down, and only the stores that sell vital goods are still allowed to operate. In my hospital in Basel, all elective procedures are canceled, and the ICU has six COVID patients as of this morning.

So it is a tense time over here, to say the least, just as it is over there; and we are bracing for worse. Keep your spirits up, everyone, and stay well. Help those who need help. May finding an activity to pass the time at home be your worst problem. (I suggest learning Chinese, Ugaritic, the calculus of variations, or whatever else you have always wanted to learn.) Let us hope that the situation will have improved somewhat by the time you read this.” The pandemic is a tough act to follow,

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but I’ll do my best… Jenny Burwell is still loving Nova Scotia, which she describes as a “magical place” we all should come visit.

Her shop and gallery, Jenny Jib, is starting its 18th year. That’s a great accomplishment.

Congratulations, Jenny! Speaking of shops and accomplishments, Jeff Strauss recently opened an amazing “micro deli” in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The place is called Jeff ’s Table and they serve lunch all throughout the week. He’s been getting some great reviews. The Instagram photos and videos of people opening his carefully wrapped “sammies” make you want to go and order one right away. A place not to be missed when you’re in town. Drop me a line if you plan to visit and I’ll tag along! One nice thing about having moved to Los Angeles is that I see people more often than I used to. It turns out Southern California is much more popular with friends and family than Southeastern Virginia ever was. In fact, just the other day I got a surprise visit from Edwin Welles, who was at a hydrology conference in nearby Palm Springs, California. The big news with Edwin is that he cut his ponytail, which he’d been growing with great success for decades. Don’t worry, though. He’s still the same old Edwin. Finally, it was also so great to see Guy Iaccarino last fall, when I was back in New Haven for my father’s funeral. Guy took the time out to attend the service, as well as the reception afterward, where he and I had a chance to catch up. I can’t really overstate how nice it was to know my classmate had my back like that. Times like these we need each other.

Hope everyone stays safe.

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Jeff Strauss ‘80 serving up delicious eats in his new “micro deli” in Los Angeles, California.

on kids, I remembered to focus on myself too, and have taken up Pilates, which I love, and am entering my second year as a Peloton devotee. I had a great work trip to Tokyo, Japan, in early January that culminated in a delicious tour of the Tokyo outer fish market.

Pure joy for a Peter Luger’s pescatarian. I would say all is otherwise well here, but the grown-ups are beginning to panic over the novel coronavirus. Our kids’ (independent, Hopkins-like) school, Poly Prep, just canceled all spring break trips, including spring training in Florida. Our 17-year-old son’s senior year and final season in Varsity baseball has suddenly entered the Twilight Zone! Hoping that a semblance of normalcy will return and that there will be a graduation ceremony and prom in June. We are prepared to chill out at home when and if it becomes necessary.

Otherwise, it is March madness time for college admissions, and we are waiting to hear where he will end up. Our 14-year-old daughter is in 9th grade, loves dance and Mandarin, Chinese. She is dancing in the annual spring concert in late April (if schools are open...), but not unexpectedly, her Mandarin class trip to China has been postponed to 2021. I was delighted to hear from Mark Daley, who related “how proud my wife, Nancy, and I have been of our two girls and how they have grown into very special young women. First, Shana (our oldest) is 26 now and currently works as a Registered Nurse and Safety Manager on the liver/kidney transplant floor at Yale New Haven Hospital. I

know I could never do what she does every day, but I can’t tell you how hard it is to be a father, who still likes beer, having his daughter constantly check his test results whenever he has his annual physical exam performed. So far, she says my results have looked very good and to keep doing what I am doing, so more beer it is (in moderation of course). It is also timely to mention that Shana’s floor at the hospital is the one that prepared for patients who would have contracted Ebola when that was a huge scare a few years ago, and now is likely the floor to care for COVID-19 patients should that be needed. Shana is nearing the completion of her M.S. in Nursing at Sacred Heart University and plans to be a Nurse Educator or Nurse Leader. My younger daughter, Morgan, 23, is in her second year at Quinnipiac University Law School and is involved in too many activities to mention.

However, somehow she found time to run for the Greater New Haven St Patrick’s Day Parade Queen and won! As a future lawyer and current queen, her motto is “Justice, not Judgement” and she plans to use her reign to not only represent the local Irish community with pride, but to bring folks from all backgrounds and cultures together. If anyone is in New Haven on Sunday March 15, please be sure to wave to the 2020 Parade Queen as she makes her way down Chapel and Church Streets!” Deidre Cuffee-Gray reported, “I have left my job as a college bound counselor in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the last 12 years for Amherst Regional High School (ARHS), where I’m the new College and Career Advisor. I loved being in Springfield, and I’m lucky enough to love this new job. ARHS is an interesting combination of the high-achieving academics that we experienced at Hopkins, highly educated and privileged families connected to the Five Colleges, and the low-socioeconomic status, first-generation college goers all under one roof. Amherst has the changing demographics that are true for many Western Massachusetts towns. Right now, we are dealing with the reality of college and university campus tours, and new student days being cancelled because of COVID 19 (I imagine our high school will be closed within a matter of days...). My run from my past and

myriad of jobs has caught up with me as my former student is a parent of a sophomore here at the school! He was in my advisory (and claims I haven’t aged...so, I love him of course!)

Andrew Grant-Thomas is around here somewhere, and I imagine I’ll run into him and his brood sometime soon. I see Chris Hilton on his visits to Northampton, we have met up as many times as we miss each other, and Jake Stevens and I were hot on each other’s trail while we were abroad a couple of years ago. Someday I’ll run into Jake when he’s in Brooklyn, New York. I was up at Hopkins this past May for a Hopkins Black Alumni Network (HBAN) event, which has been really exciting to participate in. So pleased that Black alums are active and engaged up on The Hill.

My family has pretty much left New Haven.

Because I am ‘Auntie Deidre,’ share nine god-children with my wife, Libby, (as childless educators, we are sitting ducks), and host Auntie Camp for my brother’s kids in wilds of Northampton every summer, Claire’s Corner Copia, and Atticus Bookstore have become landmarks for my niece and nephews. I get to show up unannounced at Cindy and Tyler Chase’s house. We are still in touch. I have also seen Karen Krieger in Pittsburgh and Northampton, Pennsylvania. The bonds that exist from our time at Hopkins never cease to amaze me. It is fun to see what you all are up to. I plan to hike a good stretch of the Appalachian Trail this summer, and I have a spot in the New York City Marathon for November of 2020. If it happens, I’ll run it the day before my 57th birthday. I’m not bragging.

I think I’m wondering how I became so stupid with age. It will be my fourth marathon. New York City Hopkins crew, it would be fun to see you at my Halloween pasta birthday party on the 31st (because doing one thing at a time is foolish...), or cheering wildly (FOR ME) along the streets of New York City. Be well everyone.

Fun to hear from you all. Be safe and keep healthy in these unprecedented times.” After 15 years in Amsterdam, Holland, Jonathan Gill is “finally taking the plunge and getting a Dutch passport – no, I’m not giving up my American passport (it costs thousands of dollars to do that, weirdly enough). Still teaching literature at the University of views from the hill

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Amsterdam and loving it, coming to the end of my term as chair of our local synagogue (hallelujah!), and publishing my second book next month (Hollywood Double Agent: The True Tale of Boris Morros, Film Producer Turned Cold War Spy). My wife, Eveline, works as a therapist/counselor at the National Cancer Institute (a job I certainly couldn’t do, but she loves it). Our oldest son, Primo, is in his third year at City College of New York (Jewish Studies and Fine Arts) and our youngest, Oskar, is on a gap year before heading to university here next year. People here are absolutely not freaking out about the coronavirus (can you say universal, cheap, quality health care?), but there’s a chance that the youngest daughter of my sister, Jennifer, who’s on exchange from Smith in Prague, Czech Republic, may be coming to stay with us until it all blows over. Love to hear from all of you!” Kenny Ballard sends greetings to all from Keene, New Hampshire. “We have been absorbed with local and national politics with all of the candidates coming through our backyard. Loving the access and the first-hand, behind-the-curtains view of the political scene. Democracy in action. My gig with The Mountain (tee-shirt company) ended in March, and I kicked in my consulting business and picked up a number of great clients and have enjoyed being on local boards (Keene Chamber of Commerce and Coopers Crossroad) and getting outdoors – riding, hiking, paddling and camping. Thanks to many for your support during a very challenging but empowering reliving and resolution of childhood trauma. 2020 has been great so far. Our 19-year-old daughter, Erin, moved in with her boyfriend and is pursuing her dreams of Equine Therapy and teaching horseback riding lessons. Our 17-year-old son, Liam, is getting his license and finishing his Junior year. My wife, Kelly, is continuing her advocacy work for mental health and eating disorders awareness and legislation. We just returned from eight days in Kauai, Hawaii, and are headed to Disney at the end of the month for Kelly’s 50th, as well as more travel planned locally, and to Europe in the fall. Cheers and best to everyone and your families.” Michael Lengyel is a comedian! “I’ve wanted to do 34 | Class Notes

standup for many years, but work (as a supervisor at the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance) or self-doubt always got in the way. Fortunately, my work has eased a little and I now have a partner who urged me to end the procrastination. I’m also lucky to have Bill Calamita living just a few blocks from me on New York City’s Upper West Side. And I want to give a shout-out to Andrew Grant-Thomas, who spoke very movingly at the memorial after my mother’s passing in January 2019.”

Eric Robinson is a “Greek and Roman history... professor at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where I’ve been for the last 14 years. Shocking to think that it’s the longest I’ve lived in any one place, even longer than my time in New Haven. My wife, Carwina, also teaches at IU (in the law school).

My two sons, Kyle and Kevin, are in 9th grade and 2nd grade, respectively. I play Frisbee with them and play nerdy games with them and others, activities I certainly enjoyed when at Hopkins. I have also been known to wear an A’s cap occasionally, something I was seen in at Hopkins. The more things change....” “Things are good here in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania,.” says Gretchen Papagoda Parisi, “just a stone’s throw away from beautiful Longwood Gardens. I recently took a new role as a senior communications specialist on Mayo Clinic’s Public Affairs team, where I am supporting their president in Rochester, Minnesota, and their CEO at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. by writing speeches and handling other executive-level communications. I went out to Rochester for onboarding in December and then to Jacksonville in January to meet with leaders there, and both sites are awe-inspiring places, bursting with hope and healing. One of the best parts of the position is that I can work remotely from home and continue to support my other clients. In a nutshell, I am very busy!

Hope everyone is doing well.” From Chris Traub in Taipei: “Surprisingly, Taiwan has been barely impacted by the virus, most likely because 17 years ago, it was hit hard by SARS, which created preparedness. I’ve been back for the past three weeks after a long tour of the U.S. and Mexico, where I held our 4th Vortex

Ignite retreat in the jungle of the Mayan Riviera, with a group of exceptional people.

Vortex is now taking a break from its intense pace of rolling out retreats due to the virus; though depending upon how things settle, we may still go to Far Western Tibet in late July to circumambulate Mount Kailash, home of Shiva (the Hindu divine masculine deity), and visit Lake Manasarovar, home of Shakti (the Hindu divine feminine deity). Executive search is in year 32, and surprisingly, we’re quite busy during this period, which we’ll appreciate as long as it continues. Kids are 26 (Terra) and 23 (Justin). Terra is trying to ride slopestyle snowboarding for Taiwan in the Chinese Olympics in 2022, and Justin got married this past summer and is in his last two years at USC Marshall School of Business.

Chief is happily at home (in our 35th year) with honeybees, and making five or six other things. Sending all of you Love.” Lisa (Kinstlinger) Lippman writes, “I still live in New York City, on the Upper West Side. My eldest son, Max, is a full grown man of 25, which is wild to think about. He works in real estate like me, but not with me (yet), my middle son Sam is graduating from the University of Maryland and looking for a job (he is open to ideas??? ) and my little guy, Jude, is 14 and so keeping me young! My parents now live next door to Hopkins, so when we visit them my boys occasionally “sneak” onto the fields to play ball and are always in awe of how gorgeous the school is- they are so urban it’s especially impressive. Good to hear all of the news from everyone. Stay healthy and safe!” Cameron Pforr, my bus stop buddy and neighbor, still lives in Boston, Massachusetts, and works at the Pru. Liz Holt reports that she had the pleasure in January 2020 of supervising a team of interns and residents on an internal medicine unit alongside Jonathan Bogan at Yale-New Haven Hospital. As I finish up these notes, it is now March 16, a beautiful sunny Monday morning. My husband and I are working from home, and the kids have been home for almost a week. They are now on spring break, and a test of the Virtual Poly was successful. Classes will resume April 1, online.

Our two dogs are delighted, reminding us to remember and appreciate the little things. So

much has changed in the past 12 days.

Museums, galleries, concert halls have voluntarily closed, and Broadway has gone dark. Grocery shelves are bare of bread and toilet paper, and New York City Mayor DeBlasio has ordered all restaurants and bars to close except for delivery and take-out.

Streets are deserted at night, and a curfew is imminent. School will resume remotely when spring break ends. Events we absolutely love and take for granted, like the kids’ spring a cappella and dance concerts, will not happen.

But so far, we remain healthy, and will continue to draw upon our community near and far for support. I truly hope that all of you and your families are, and remain, well, and that we can celebrate 40 years in 2022. Stay in touch!! #IKNOWWHATYOUDIDIN1982

1983 Andrew Levy alevy@wywhp.com This has been the most difficult Class Notes I have written. Given the daily changes in our world during the Coronavirus pandemic and knowing there is a period of time between when I submit notes and when they are published, I can only hope everyone is now safe, healthy and things are back to normal.

Covid-19 has no doubt upended life as we knew it, and each of us is coping the best way we can. In support of our classmates, Katie (Van Sinderen) Tucker shared her own thoughts on dealing with the crisis and life’s myriad challenges: “Here is a note that I recently sent to family and friends to remind them what really matters, coronavirus or not: a word of encouragement during this tough time. While this is a serious pandemic and we need to take the warnings and precautions seriously, we must also remember we are not in control – God is. Our health, our money, our families, our occupations – all come from Him and we must turn to Him during times of confusion and suffering. We also have a huge opportunity to serve Him and others right now, especially those who are His followers: give blood, make masks for hospitals, pick up groceries for elderly neighbors, love our views from the hill

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families in more intentional ways etc.

Although this should be our mindset all the time, we are often distracted by the things of this world. Ultimately, it is not about us or our kingdoms, it is about Him and His kingdom.

This is evident in the Lord’s prayer (Matt 6:9-15) and in His words to the disciples on Matt 25:35-40 - what we do for others, we do for Him ( and vice versa...). So, rather than focus downward and inward, let us look upward and outward - that is what Jesus did as he walked to the cross. Let us also be thankful for His many blessings, most especially His resurrection, which gives us ultimate hope and comfort, especially during suffering. I will be praying for you and your families.” Lisa Haury has opened a vintage/second-hand clothing shop in Montpellier, France. She shares, “It has been a dream for many years and now with the kids all grown up and a stable homestead, my project finally came to life. A passion for personal style and recycling textile are at the forefront of the business. In the past, my career path took many different directions so my skill set and experience has helped me launch BRAD… short for braderie! I am a proud, small, independent business owner thinking about my Dad and how he would be proud, following in his footsteps. Take a look and come visit me and BRAD! BRAD Boutique www.brad.boutique Instagram @brad_ boutique_mtp; Facebook Brad Boutique.”

Sadly, as a class, we express our condolences to Robert Jaffee, whose wife, Barbara Jean Jaffee, passed away on September 3, 2019. The night before, Robert read Barbara a story he’d written (Thrive Global, September 3, 2019) about Hopkins, Mrs. Giamatti and Mrs. Dawidoff. Robert said, “I am grateful that I got to be with Barbara, my angel, for 23 years.

Barbara was my Muse, a writer herself, and a former public school teacher.” There is a link to Barbara’s eulogy (Thrive Global, September 10, 2019) as well as all of Robert’s stories, which can be found on his website robertdavidjaffee.com. Robert reports that he recently wrote an article (Thrive Global, March 16, 2020) on Matt Lieberman ’85, currently running for the United States Senate in Georgia. In that piece, he praised Mrs. Feinberg, who was the adviser to the Razor.

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Dennis Donahue and his wife, Amy, are in their first year of empty-nesting and would be glad to host classmates who are visiting St. Louis, Missouri. Dennis writes, “For the second year in a row, my law firm, CreatiVenture Law, has been ranked in the top 5% of best performing patent prosecution law firms in the US. Wishing all peace, blessings, and love!” Marva (Jeffery) Walting reports, “As of the end of March, my enlarged family is observing the isolation and quarantine practices. Along with my four-person nuclear family, I am hosting two additional college kids, one a friend of my son’s whose family just relocated across the country, and another the son of friends living in Italy and on complete lockdown so he can’t possibly return home! In addition, we are caring for my elderly mother in law and have advised her to remain isolated.

So far, we are all healthy and actually having a lot of fun with various after dinner games and discussions (I highly recommend Telestrations if you have a good size group! I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time!) I am hoping that the combined creativity of four talented young adults will result in some interesting film and art projects. It is tough for them to focus on schoolwork without direct peer interaction, but it seems standards may be relaxed due to the technology challenges (six people on one temperamental WiFi connection!). My youngest is a senior in high school and has been accepted to the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. I admit to a lot of trepidation given how this pandemic has highlighted the instability of culinary careers. The potential lack of milestone events for high school and college seniors is another concern for many as we worry about launching our kids without the traditional ceremonies. I just hope this generation proves resilient and adaptable and this will not be the defining event for them.

Sending positive karma to all along with hopes for health and happiness!” Adam Perlmutter married Erica Roseman on February 2, 2020, the first worldwide palindrome date in 909 years. The wedding was held at Congregation Ahavas Israel, the oldest continually operating synagogue in Brooklyn, New York, that Adam helped save from closing in the late 1990s.

Adam left three days later for three days of sailing practice in Antigua, spent 3.5 days two weeks later racing 600 miles nonstop around the Caribbean, spent another 3.5 days at the finish in Antigua with his new bride, and had hoped to spend the end of April in Portugal and Morocco on his official honeymoon.

Instead, Adam is among the first criminal judges in New York presiding over arraignments virtually after the courts got shut down by the coronavirus. Melissa (Cannon) Guzy submits, “Since graduating, I don’t believe that I have ever sent any class notes, but perhaps the time has come. When I packed my suitcase at the end of January and boarded a flight leaving my home in Singapore to LAX, I never imagined that I would not be able to go home for an indefinite period. In fact, Singapore Airlines has just rescheduled my return for September 23. Fortunately, at Arbor we manage a global fund, and prepared early based upon our experience with SARS. I have now watched the waves of the Coronavirus spread maliciously across the globe since January. I am currently in the U.S. with my mom, and it is nice to be with family during this period. We arranged a Zoom link so that the family can connect every evening. I am an optimist. I know that we will be dealing with this pandemic at varying levels of intensity, for some unknown period of time. The uncertainty is hard. The economic consequences around the world are brutal. The rapidity with which many western countries have been overwhelmed is frightening. The Covid-19 is not an emerging market problem but a global issue. I find comfort in a quote from a Hong Kong government newsletter.

‘The human spirit is resilient. Epidemics have shaped society for centuries – think about the Black Death, plague, cholera, Spanish Flu, HIV/AIDS and SARS. Our forefathers survived two World Wars in the past century.

Economies recovered and life bloomed again afterwards. The new Coronavirus will most probably be added to this list and become part of our collective memory as an event that changed the world.’ To the class of 1983, stay safe and vigilant and there is a bright future ahead.” Carolyn Tesh O’Doherty writes, “What does anyone have to report except: Corona?

Working remotely with a problematic connection, alternating between bored and scared, trapped with my nearest and dearest, and watching lots of TV. These are neither interesting nor unique updates. All I can hope is that by the time the newsletter comes out this will be old news. Hope you’re all holding up OK.” David Keck and his wife, Karin, have just welcomed a new member of the family, Milo, a pit/lab mix puppy. Two things to note: first, this is delaying the urge to be grandparents, and second, the universe clearly has a sense of humor. A few months back, we said, “It would be great to have a dog again.

Only no puppies and no pit bulls.” And here we are with our new, beloved handful. Lynn (DiGioia) Cone reports on her son: “Brian goes to the Pierrepont School in Westport, and it was their inaugural basketball season as the school hadn’t had an organized sports program prior. He played on the middle school team, 6-8th graders, and took a pretty severe loss to the Hilltoppers. Despite that, he loved being there to play in such an incredible facility, see the campus with all its changes since we were there, and have an added bonus of being able to meet Rocco DeMaio ’86 and his son, too!” Nora Colliton shares, “Thought I’d be re-careering by now, leading student and adult tours of Boston, D.C., and licensed in New York City. But life has a way of ensuring that you don’t do something that, deep down, doesn’t align with your true self. In our case, COVID-19 rearranged the world and eliminated those tours I was to lead. So now, I am continuing my previous career as IT project manager, which I absolutely love; making face masks for our local assisted living, food pantry and front line workers, and spending family time playing games and getting back to the simple times. Again, sometimes, life happens differently than planned. Stay safe.” While we never seem to find the time in New Haven, Tom and Bonnie Pinchbeck and I were able to have dinner in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with his daughter, Ellie, and my niece, Serena Sachs, who are both currently enrolled at my alma mater, Lehigh University. I’m very happy to learn that we will get a “bonus” year as Ellie will stay on to get her masters in Management this fall. views from the hill

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Tom also shares that the Pinchbeck Greenhouses are now being used to grow hydroponic lettuce by H2O Farms. He will be sure not to give keys to David Amendola and Rich Ridinger. I did have an unscheduled meeting this winter at the old Rudy’s Restaurant (currently named “Three Sheets”) with Rich, Dave and Dave’s wife, Karen. Other than the phone booth finally being removed and the classic photos removed from the walls, the place hasn’t changed at all. It seemed like we were in a Time Warp. Bob Bua writes: “I enjoyed seeing Seth Stier, John Miller and Laurie Ades Penny recently at my little band’s gig in Needham, Massachusetts – Laurie will sing for us at the next event I hope! Looking forward to another fun ice cream season in Maine. Adding a 71st homemade flavor – Nutella with peanut butter swirls. If you’re in Boothbay Harbor this summer, I’d love to see you (DowneastIceCreamFactory.com). Stay well and healthy.” Diana (Lawson) Goldman and I flew down to Atlanta, Georgia, in December for Lesli Greenberg’s son Zachary’s Bar Mitzvah. Although Diana arrived a day late due to her “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” experience with JetBlue, we were still able to share a lot of laughs reminiscing about our days at Hopkins while we celebrated and enjoyed the Greenberg family Southern hospitality. While visiting my niece, Alyssa Sachs, who attends Wheelock College of Education & Human Development at Boston University with my girlfriend Luisa, we were able to connect with Jen and Seth Stier for dinner. It was great seeing them and as close as we are, we never get enough opportunities to do that, so it was very nice catching up in person. It was at that time, I learned Seth is still not a banker in Boston. All kidding aside, however, at the time of writing these notes, many, if not most of us joined Seth and were not what we once were. Let’s really appreciate what we have when the current crisis passes.

We are always the Class of 1983 and hopefully everything is back to normal and the days ahead are much smoother for everyone. Stay safe and stay healthy!

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1984 Kathleen Hager Tasonis Oogg66@yahoo.com

(L–R) Class of 1984 alumni Giggy Martindale, Andy Livingston, Carmen Ciardello, Ron Delfini and Rick Fearon.

I received an update from Jenny Gifford, “Hi from Miami, Florida! I’m teaching art at New World School of the Arts, a public magnet arts high school in downtown Miami. Thanks to Eric Mueller’s example of how to live a fulfilling life as an art educator, I am lucky to be part of such a dynamic, creative web of other educators and awesome students. I live on South Beach with my partner of 15 years, Hans Evers, also an art educator. We are running the Miami half marathon in a few weeks and are riding our bikes in the 100-mile Miami to Key Largo ride on Team Gifford’s Soundponies (the name of my cousin’s bar in Oklahoma that sponsors a bike team) with my brothers David Gifford ’80 and Bruce Gifford ’82, their sons and other family members and friends to raise research funds for multiple sclerosis in April. I’ve been living with MS now for 16 years, and am going strong by some magical stroke of luck, excellent care from my neurologist, and support from my partner, friends, and family. I won an Ellies Teacher Travel Grant from Oolite Arts and will travel to Holland to make a body of mezzotint prints in March. Life is good! Come ride bikes with us!” Giggy Martindale sent a photo from a recent gathering along with this: “Andy Livingston and I ran into Ron Delfini and Rick

Fearon at the last Hopkins Event at the Union League Café a month ago or so. Andy and I hadn’t seen Rick since we graduated. We talked for only a few minutes, so a week or so later he sent me an email asking to catch up. I invited Andy and he invited Carmen Ciardiello and Ron. Rocco DeMaio ’86 was also invited, but he’s ’86 so he doesn’t count. Rick and Carmen both have kids at Hopkins right now. Carmen also has two kids in college. Ron and I also have two kids in college. Andy is the godfather to my kids.” If you have not connected with your classmates on Facebook yet, please like the “Hopkins Class of 1984” page at www. facebook.com/hopkins1984.

1985 Cristina Benedetto lucysmom1@optonline.net Hi All, I have the following news to report.

Classmate Dave Low has two kids attending Hopkins. Erin (10th grade) and Sara (7th) are enjoying their Hopkins experience immensely.

He reports that while it is still a lot of work, they appreciate learning from, and connecting with, great teachers, coaches and advisers every day. Dave is still having a blast teaching Ocean Engineering to 11th and 12th grade students at the Sound School in New Haven.

Projects include building and operating Remotely-Operated Vehicles and side scan sonar equipment to find stuff underwater.

The students are so engaged that they hardly notice that what they’re really doing is learning physics and math (shhhh!). Jon Bloch wrote in to report that he has two children under the age of two, a cat, and a dog. I am impressed that he even had the time to write in to tell me that much. Sounds fun but exhausting!! All the best to everyone! Keep writing in!!

1986 Jennifer Hulford Odell jhodell2@yahoo.com Hello class of 1986, winter is slowly starting to fade as the blooms of spring emerge here in Portland. But we still have snow in the mountains, which is great! We have spent the

winter cleaning out our house and updating the kids’ rooms (it was time!); Maisie is now comfortably in the throes of Online School per her request to be able to move at a different pace than the school system could provide, and is co-leasing an off-the-track Thoroughbred named Liam; Fia continues to wrangle her pony Scout and has been adjusting to the academics and inevitable drama of middle school; Will and his fiance are in full throes of wedding planning; Turner is working on two projects with the historic Willamette Falls Locks as well as Upper Klamath Lake; and I continue to work on STEAM stuff for kids and teachers. As I write this, we are all at home, newly hunkered down due to the Coronavirus. I wonder what things will be like once you actually all receive this in print. Hopefully good news. I only heard from a few folks for this newsletter, so if you have some news to share for the next magazine, please send it to me. My email address is listed above, so if you are not receiving my request for Alumni News emails, please contact me with your updated email address. Happy spring, and hope everyone is doing well. John Carangelo writes, “In November of 2019, I was re-elected to my fifth two-year term as a member of the Board of Selectmen for the town of Orange. It was a great campaign because I had several Hopkins students from John Roberts’ class join me.”

Julie (Polka) Zellner writes, “I am good here in Connecticut! I was able to visit with Michael Brodsky in Orlando, Florida, while attending the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention In November. My oldest son, RJ, is thriving at Alfred University, where he swims for the Saxons and is studying to become an engineer. My middle son, Joey, is a junior at Sheehan High School, where I am amazed at his dedication to the sport of swimming (He is a good student too.) Sarah, my youngest daughter, is finishing middle school and excited to attend high school.

My husband and I are busy working at our full-time jobs and completing home projects.

Looking forward to warmer, sunnier days in the near future. Be well my classmates.”

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1987 Megan W. Holbrook meganwh@gmail.com Dear classmates: I hope you’re all staying safe with this coronavirus going around, and that by the time you read this, the worst will have passed. Dan Tamarkin is “coming out of retirement this year to again perform live on stage, climb a few more Colorado 14ers, and finally wrestle a Komodo Dragon on the beaches of Bali. Probably that last thing won’t happen, but you never know…” Dan Appelquist writes, “Still in London; still weathering Brexit; still working for Samsung on web technology and standards (and putting special effort into bolstering diversity and inclusion in tech); in my spare time, taking my eldest on university visits, which is definitely not making me feel super old.”

Jeremy Kasha says “hi” to everyone; “My daughter is now 2.5 years old, super cute, and toddler-level trilingual. I’m still at the New York Attorney General’s office. Just had a big trial. Still playing music.” Jen Chernock Howland writes, “A perfect ending to a ‘50th trip’ this fall with my mom, sharing a bottle of wine with Matt Black and his awesome wife, Becky, at a Paris café. They have been forewarned I am plotting my return! Work wise, I’m settling in and enjoying the cardiac catheterization lab. I passed my cardiacvascular nursing certification and recently obtained Associate status in the American College of Cardiology (a multidisciplinary professional organization).” Ellen Shapiro writes, “For me and my small family, the last few years have had their challenges. I lost my husband, Steven, suddenly and unexpectedly six years ago this April. My son was eight at the time and we were both there when Steven collapsed. I am thankful that Steven and I had so many wonderful years together – we met on the first day of school (I didn’t like him), started dating midway through sophomore year, got married in 1994 after he graduated from Law School and he remained my partner, staunchest supporter and best friend to his last day. I still miss him every day. Our son, PJ, is now 14, a freshman in high school in New 40 | Class Notes

York City – he never ceases to amaze me. I have learned a lot through these challenging times and I am extremely thankful and grateful for what I have, especially for my son, who keeps me on my toes and keeps me laughing. I am the Director of PR for North America for the Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT), so I work over by the United Nations in the Israeli consulate in New York City.

My hours at IMOT are long and my days are extremely full between work, parenting and our wonderful rescue dog, Carolina, but I am always happy to hear from old friends (yes, we’re all old!) so drop a line – ellenshapiro@ gmail.com.“ Amy Kantrovitz Cillie writes, “My husband and I live in Cheshire, Connecticut, with our two boys (18 and 15) and Flat Coated Retriever, all of whom keep us very busy. Luckily, I have spent the last 18+ years working from home for LexisNexis as a legal editor, and occasionally picking up some side work for local attorneys, so I can keep up with all of them. Our oldest graduated from Choate in 2019 and is attending Johns Hopkins, and our younger one keeps us busy while we deal with his hockey schedule as he plays goalie at Cheshire High School. Apparently, Cheshire has a lot of 1987 Hilltoppers and I have occasionally run into Michelle Niro Schweighoffer, Rob Schatz, and Amy Benfer in the 13 years I have been here. I also still see Carrie Callahan Albert when we can get our schedules to match.” Nicky Weinstock continues to produce movies and shows out of his home base of Los Angeles, California, and will be filming a new drama series for Apple Television in New York City starting in April. His latest movie, Dinner in America, just premiered at the Sundance Film Festival; and the movie he produced last year, an R-rated romcom called Plus One, is now airing on Hulu. Bill Jaffee has been racing at Watkins Glen with Dan VanDeraue and has recently rescued a hound dog. Michael Iaccarino writes, “Like most of us this year, my wife and I, along with many friends, hit the big 5-0, so travel without kids seemed to be the big focus. I was able to spend some time in Iceland with fraternity brothers, Greece with another couple, and Portugal with my wife, Jennifer, all with the excuse of turning 50. Still living in

TOP: Bill Jaffee ’87, right, with Dan VanDeraue ’95 and others. BOTTOM: Bill Jaffee ’87 with his rescued hound.

Trumbull, Connecticut, and working for Dell Technologies leading a global team of Program Directors managing our client’s Digital Transformations. I’m not a social media guy, so this is my bi-annual blurb about my family, and like most of you it’s interesting having kids now the same age when we all knew each other. My oldest daughter, Bella, is a Freshman at Elon University, studying Film and Television. My oldest son, Michael ’21, is in Hopkins’ Class of 2021, and as I write this, I’m up in Okemo hosting the varsity basketball team for a boys’ ski weekend (reminds me of the days of the Stowe and Austria trips). My youngest son, John, is in 7th and daughter, Scarlett, in 4th in Trumbull, Connecticut.

Some of you in the last Views wrote about soon becoming empty-nesters – well, I have a long runway of tuition ahead. In 2020, my wife will hit her 10th Marathon and 10th 200-mile relay race, so as has been typical over the past 25 years, she continues to run circles around me. We spend as much time as possible in Martha’s Vineyard in the summer, and I ran into Jane Hoder and her family there this

past year, and in the fall and winter I always try to connect with Bill Jaffee and Rob Schatz for some Wooster street dining and house parties. I wish the class of ’87 all of the best as we face the back nine.“ Chris Hayes writes, “I continue to live in the Bay Area and work as a high school teacher teaching math. I really enjoy my job, which is good, because I’m certainly not doing it for the money. My family is good. My parents came to California for Christmas and stayed at my sister’s house, so we had the entire family together for Christmas in the Bay Area. My son will be going back to Colorado College after a false start his first time there, and my daughter is a Junior in high school. My girlfriend, Christy, and I spend as much time together as we can; we’ll move in together once my daughter goes off to college. Even though it has been 25 years since Jerry Garcia’s death, I still spend a huge amount of time going to Dead shows – JRAD, DSO, Dead & Co., Phil and Friends – I’ve either seen them all in the last month or have tickets for upcoming shows.

The Bay Area may be overpriced, overcrowded and have a power grid similar to a third world country, but if seeing Dead shows is your thing, there’s no better place to be.” As for me, Megan Holbrook, I’m running on parallel tracks right now. I’m really enjoying the first year of my five-year Psy.D. clinical psychology program (I’m older than the rest of my cohort by at least 15 years!). But I received a call in November that could change things: my State Assembly Representative has asked me to run for his seat if the dominos fall correctly in the April election and he runs for State Senate. I said yes! So, there’s a possibility you might be getting a fund-raising call, email or text from me some time in the future… As my Emerge training course on running for political office taught me last year, there’s no such thing as a too-old or too-distant friend! ;)

1988 Jordan Schwartz jordan@hive-mind.com The Class of 1988 notes section has been empty for lack of a collector recently, so I’ve taken the reins. I’ve been living in Seattle, views from the hill

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Washington, now in the same house for 27 years. I rarely get back to New Haven, but did pay a visit to my parents (retired to the Whitney Center in Hamden) this past January and gave myself a self-guided night-time tour of the campus. If you haven’t been back, it’s changed! The lower campus is more or less the same, but all the new buildings going up the hill left me dizzy. Things will have progressed by the time this gets published, I guess, but as I write, Seattle is taking the first wave of the coronavirus epidemic, and it has the city shellshocked. Between that and everything else that’s been happening since 2016, it all feels like a Hubert Robert-inspired fever dream.

May you live in interesting times, goes the old curse. From the notes I’ve received, it sounds like one of those 1980s reboot movies is going on at Hopkins. Jon Berchem’s son, Aidan ’21, is a junior and his son, Jack, will be joining the Class of ’26 in the fall. Jon reports, “I still live in Milford, Connecticut. I’ve been the City Attorney for the past eight years and enjoy working for the town I was born and raised in.” Likewise, Ken Potash says his daughter, Isabelle ’18, recently graduated and his son Jack ’20, will be finishing up soon, as well.

Ken adds, “Fun fact: One of Isabelle’s favorite classes / teachers at Hopkins was psychology, taught by Josh Brant ’88. I practice law at my own firm, Perelmutter, Potash and Ginzberg.”

Plus, I had breakfast at the Acropolis Diner on Dixwell last month with Burvee Franz ’89, who told me he has not one, not two, but three Hilltoppers siphoning away his retirement savings. Stacey Murray-Taylor moved to Farmington, New Jersey, this past year. She says that it “takes some getting used to, as a lot of my neighbors have horses and goats. (need I say more).” On a related note, Frank Perdue writes that his farm is doing well and the flock is growing, and I’ll take that cue to note that I have been keeping bees in my backyard for close to 25 years. Unfortunately, this has apparently given my son, Zevin, a nasty case of entomophobia, so I may have to give that up.

You can read about my beekeeping adventures at hive-mind.com. Rich Worms writes from Lutz, Florida, that he retired at the end of 2019 after 28 years of service with the U.S Navy and FBI. Now, he’s at JP Morgan Chase in its 42 | Class Notes

corporate sector. He has three kids; the oldest graduated high school and followed his father into the service, but this time the Air Force.

Jon Shaywitz is a psychiatrist living in Los Angeles, California, seeing patients in tony Beverly Hills. He says, “I have a six-year-old daughter who, having grown up in Southern California, is already spoiled with the weather, thinking 70 degrees is cold!” He also just co-authored a book, Overcoming Dyslexia - Revised and Updated, published by Knopf.

Heading back to the east coast, Dan Wilkinson writes, “I’m living in New York City and working at Human Rights Watch, currently directing the Environment and Human Rights Division and focusing largely on climate issues. My wife and I are still adjusting to the ‘empty nest’, since our son left for college last fall.” Ted DeGennaro wins the “far flung” award: “I have been living in Latin America since 2004 (Panama, with stints in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Antigua and Jamaica). Married to a fantastic Panamanian (Yanela) with two world-class kids (Carlos, 21 and Martin, 14). I manage Latin America operations for the third largest outsourcing company in the world (anyone looking to outsource to nearshore let me know).” Sounds like trips to the US of A are rare and short, but if anyone makes it to Panama, he’ll welcome you. Shieva Ghofrany is an OB/GYN in Stamford, Connecticut. Her husband owns a couple of bagel shops and, while she has bucked the trend of sending the next generation to Hopkins, she does say her three kids are at the same school as Natasha Lipcan’s daughter. Topping it off, Sarah Marchesi is the Head of School. She’s been active on social media, but more so on Instagram than Facebook, trying to help soothe some anxiety and educate folks in the face of the COVID pandemic. Nancy Dow Nowalk caught my eye on Facebook, with a profile featuring an amazing period costume.

She says that while she and her husband met 25 years ago doing community theater, they stopped because, well, kids: a college freshman at Fordham in New York City, two in high school, and one in middle school. About four years ago, though, they got back into community theater alongside some of their kids and “it’s been amazing to experience that

‘as a person not a parent.’ I can’t think of many things where you are alongside one of your kids as a peer (or in my case, a supporting ensemble member - dang kids have inherited my husband’s talent level for sure).” Melita (Walsh) Curtis writes, “Howdy from Austin, Texas! Been here for 21 years and while I still say ‘you guys’, my two children, who were born and raised here, say ‘y’all’. Maybe it’s true that everything is bigger in Texas: James (18) is 6’6” and Natalie (16) is nearly 6’. My husband, Jon, and I have been married for 23 years. I’m in Marketing at Dell (yay B.S. in Biology!) and he’s a PhD in Philosophy working in AI, with a part-time gig as a musician on the side.

We LOVE Austin. Great food and weather, always something fun going on.” Wei Cui has been living in Vancouver, British Columbia, now, after having lived in Beijing, China, from 2006 to 2013. “Before that, I practiced law in New York City (that was when and where I attended the last Hopkins gathering). My wife and I both now teach at the law school at the University of British Columbia, and we live on campus with our daughters, Simone (10) and Adele (6). For many years after I graduated, Connecticut remained ‘home’: my parents returned to the United States in the early 1990s and bought a house in Orange. However, about five years ago, they retired and migrated to Massachusetts. Still, I enjoy receiving newsletters from Hopkins and scan them: Hopkins defines for me the experience of growing up in North America, and therefore is what I think back to when observing my children’s experience at school now. Having spent a substantial portion of my career in China, I still think and write a lot about China as a scholar, but I’ve also set my sights on understanding the digital economy.

We live in interesting times. I am glad that, as an academic, I have time and incentives to learn about subjects that I never thought would become mine.” And finally, as for me, I’ve been running a small software company serving conferences and events for the past 12 years, and taking advantage of the fact that we all work remotely to travel as much I can.

My wife, son and I recently took a month-long road trip in our camper van through the southwest and up the California coast, and I

was able to stay “plugged in” all along the way.

What with civilization about to collapse, we may be able to enjoy even more travel time soon! For everybody that didn’t get something in this round, I’m coming for you in the next issue. You can’t hide.

1989 Curtis Groves curtis.groves@gmail.com In January, Phil Piazza attended the Walter Camp Football Foundation’s 52nd annual Black Tie National Awards Dinner. In addition to meeting former National Football League stars Luke Kuechly and Curtis Martin, Phil dined with fellow Hopkins football legends Jon Berchem ’88, Phil Noto, Kenny Potash ’88, Peter Sasaki ’87, and Scott Wich. Speaking of football, the latest book from Elisha Cooper was released in late 2019. River, depicting a woman’s solo canoe trip down the length of the Hudson River, garnered excellent reviews.

Scott Fisher occasionally sees Elisha after work at Eli’s favorite writing and illustrating spot (a bar in Greenwich Village). And I saw Scott in February at his daughter, Claire’s, bat mitzvah…. Bar and bat mitzvahs dominated class news this go-around. Jennifer Wolf said hello from Santa Monica, California, where Jennifer and her husband, Brian, have three children, one of whom is preparing to become a bar mitzvah in May. Jennifer recently became certified as an Emergency Medical Technician and at press time was looking forward to landing a job. In Western Massachusetts,

Hopkins alumni Phil Piazza ’89, Phil Noto ’89, Peter Sasaki ’87, Scott Wich ’89, Jon Berchem ’88 and Ken Potash ’88 attended the Walter Camp Football Foundation’s 52nd annual Black Tie National Awards Dinner in January. views from the hill

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Laura Marks is running her own bookkeeping business and hopes to hire her first employee later this year. Laura’s oldest, Aster (17) is finishing her 2nd year at Bard College at Simon’s Rock. Rebecca (12) is readying for her bat mitzvah, and Daniel (11) is starting to think about his... Noah Sachs is working on his second album of original songs, which Noah expects will be released in the fall. His first album, Present Tense, came out in 2016.

Noah is enjoying teaching environmental law at University of Richmond and says “recently I’ve been fighting a bunch of fossil fuel projects in Virginia, training for a 10K, and gearing up for the college search for my daughter, Claudia.” Greg Schneider is still providing enterprise risk security management and threat mitigation consulting services in Silicon Valley. Greg’s “bat phone” has been ringing frequently regarding several global and domestic security threats, and he has published articles in Skillset Magazine. Greg wrote, “I often joke that I have the skillsets of the Equalizer yet I can still dissect the inner workings of The Canterbury Tales and Hamlet on account of my years at Hopkins.” (Ed. Note: I’m sure I was supposed to read at least one of those.) Greg also recently re-connected with Cliff Melton ’90, Willie Melton ’90, and Mina Melton-Cowes ’85... Finally, Matt Baker learned to ski last year. After years of going to the mountains and managing his family’s gear, earning himself the nickname “Lodge Dad,” Matt hit almost all the trails (no black diamonds yet) with his wife and kids, and said, “it feels amazing to really push myself and try something new, and to show my young kids that even their dad can grow from trying things too.” That’s great, Matt! You’ve inspired me to... nope... I’m just going to sit here on the couch.

of our classmates now have children attending Hopkins. Alyssa Burger’s daughter, Madeline ’25, and Michael Lipcan’s daughter, Josie ’25, are both in the seventh grade at Hopkins.

Avery Grauer has children presently in second, fourth and seventh grade at the Foote School and her daughter Abigail ’23 is in the ninth grade at Hopkins. Susie Hoffer’s daughter is in the eighth grade at Hopkins. Adam Kligfeld is beginning his 11th year as a Rabbi at Temple Beth Am in Los Angeles, California. His oldest, Noa, just graduated from high school and will spend a year in Israel in the same program (NATIV) that Adam completed just after graduating from Hopkins before starting college. Adam would be happy to attend and even host an Los Angeles-based reunion for any classmates in the area. Earlier this year, Paul Morris stepped down as Vice President of the Authors Guild. He is now Executive Director of the House of SpeakEasy, a dynamic literary non-profit that connects writers and readers and fosters a love of reading through direct engagement with literature.

Paul’s new company produces a series of storytelling cabarets featuring award-winning and critically acclaimed novelists, poets, journalists, playwrights and screenwriters. He also sends many featured writers into public schools and after-school programs in areas that are traditionally underserved by literary arts programing to help level the playing field for those students hoping to go on to college.

Paul recently launched a mobile book truck with the goal of visiting “book deserts” in New York City and beyond. This past June, he took the book truck on a 4,000-mile road trip, to bring the “Poetry to the People” tour, visiting more than 18 cities and delivering more than 5,000 books to children and families who were without access to bookstores or libraries.

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Brock Dubin bdubin@ddnctlaw.com

Alumni interested in serving as correspondents for the Class of 1991 may contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@hopkins.edu.

Hilltoppers: I hope you are all doing well.

I enjoy seeing your beautiful families on Facebook. I wish to thank all of our classmates who did reach out to me with updates. Several 44 | Class Notes

1992 Sam Ozeck samhome@juno.com Jeff Pressman and his wife, Amy, were proud of their daughter, Hannah, who recently celebrated her bat mitzvah in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Rob Klee, Eric Kutcher, and Steve Siegal were among the guests. Rob recently completed his service as Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and is teaching courses to undergrads and grad students at Yale, where he earned his graduate degrees. Eric is leading McKinsey’s partnership with LeanIn.Org to understand how his company can help other companies create an environment for women to succeed in the workforce. Eric’s daughter attends summer camp with Jeff ’s daughter (just as Eric’s and Jeff ’s wives had when they were that age).

Steve still enjoys his (relatively) new position in Camden, New Jersey, (although still living in Livingston, New Jersey, most of the time) with Campbell’s Soup, where he helps us live positively with, among other lines, Yes Soups.

Steve looks forward to catching up with fellow alums in the Philly area. Steve and his wife, Lauren, spend their weekends at kids’ activities for their sons, who are in 7th and 10th grades.

I recently attended a tennis match with Alicia Bromfield. At the match, we saw Amanda Oberg ’90. Amanda passed on greetings from her husband, Aaron Sack ’89, who works at Morgan Stanley, and her brother-in-law, Ethan Sack ’93, who fondly recalls his days as French Club co-president as a senior at Hopkins. Mandy Kosowsky continues her work at Centerview Partners and commutes to New York City from Darien, Connecticut.

Mandy continues to support Sue Wang after her husband’s untimely passing. Jeff Sklarz had his presentation ready for the American Bar Association meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, which was cancelled due to Coronavirus.

1993 Tara Cook-Littman taracook.littman@gmail.com

Tim Colleran: Tim has two daughters, ages six and nine. He thought all of you IMBL basketball players would appreciate this update. And as someone with a junior at Hopkins playing IMBL, I get it now in a way I definitely did not get it while I was at Hop. Tim shared the following: “Some of you may remember my mom, Wini Colleran, from her time running the Hopkins bookstore or the Parent Council. Well, she needed to have heart surgery this year (everything went perfectly and she is fully recovered!) and her surgeon was Dr. John (Josh) Forrest ’94. I don’t know about you all, but I always think that ‘grown-ups’ are the people that are in those life-changing roles like being one of the top surgeons at Yale New Haven Hospital, so I guess it is another example of us all getting so old that we are now the ‘grown-ups.’ Josh…

OK, ‘Dr. Forrest,’ was absolutely amazing in how he took care of my mother, and it was certainly a trip down memory lane to have him walk into the waiting room to let my dad and brothers Matt ’95, Kevin ’99 and myself all know that the surgery went great.

After we all digested the good news, there may have been some Intramural Basketball League (IMBL) trash talking!” Lisa Graustein: Lisa shared that she and her son, Xander (10), took a seven-week, 9,000-mile road trip this spring, visiting 27 states and a lot of people: “(We) had a fabulous afternoon in Washington, D.C. with Naomi Stern Transky and her kids; her son and mine enjoyed hanging out as much as Naomi and I did as kids. We did some shelter work at the border in Texas with families, hiked in the Grand Canyon, swam with manatees in Florida, and dodged eight tornados across the midwest.

I am still in Boston, Massachusetts, doing racial justice and equity work in schools and non-profits and as a Quaker minister. Life is full and busy.” Jason Pfannenbecker: The Pfannenbeckers moved into (another) new house in Woodbridge, Connecticut. Jason says they “should be settled for a while (granted our last two houses have been inside a 1/4 mile radius). Then again, I’ve learned to never say never. Especially when it comes to building things.” His wife, Brie ’94, is absolutely great.

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Connecticut Stone Supplies, “while keeping up with our very independent, but amazingly VERY needy, offspring.” Jason is back working for Hobbs, Inc. in New Canaan, Connecticut, building incredible projects in Fairfield / Westchester County. Their eldest child, Logan, is a senior at Avon Old Farms School and will be attending the Business School at Manhattan College next year, plus playing baseball for the Jaspers. Their middle child, Ava ’21, is a junior at Hopkins and is beginning her college search. Sofia, their youngest, is a sophomore at Cheshire Academy. AJ Kelleher sent in a great update: “All good on my front. It’s a relief not to do the notes anymore. It really frees up my time to teach Grady how to ski. He’s 4 1/2 now and well on his way to becoming a little ripper. We’ve been heading to Mount Snow on the weekends. I’m really having a blast watching him learn to do something I’ve spent so much time doing. Even Jess is getting in on the fun and learning to ski.” Aside from keeping busy with my kids, I’ve been leading a campaign in Connecticut to ban the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos. We had a successful public hearing in the CT Legislature, and hope the state will take action to protect our children from this known toxin being used on golf courses and farms across Connecticut. I’ll keep you posted on our success. Please keep the updates coming!

1994 Christian J. Sauska cjs.nola@me.com Adrienne Betz Oliver adriennebetz@gmail.com David Migliore opened his law office, The Law Offices of David S. Migliore, LLC, in Hamden, Connecticut in June. He specializes in personal injury. Brie Dellacroce Pfannenbecker reports a busy family update!

Her three children keep her busy with confirmations, conflicting sports schedules, driving lessons, and a high school graduation.

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Organization. She helped launch it five years ago and now has more than 800 members worldwide. This organization helps develop a mentorship program for female high school students currently enrolled in trade school programs nationwide. Tom Moore writes from London: “The last year has been about new beginnings for some (Henry starting ‘big boy school,’ Erin training for a new career as a hypnotherapist) and continuity for others (Anne in her penultimate year at her current school and preparing for the secondary school exams that are a BIG DEAL over here; me continuing to plow my junk bond furrow at Invesco). We’ve had some terrific travel – the art Biennale in Venice, cycling on the Ile de Ré, the February school break in Tenerife (half a mile from The Coronavirus Hotel). And of course, we would love to see any of you if you happen to be coming through London!

Kate Giordano reports that the end of 2019 was quite eventful for her family: a new job (October), a new house (December), and a new outlook on life (“December: our son underwent brain surgery for epilepsy, with no complications, and has been seizure-free ever since). So much to be grateful for!” I, Adrienne Betz, was honored to receive Quinnipiac University’s highest teaching award this past year, Center for Excellence Teaching Award. It was a busy fall! Directly after my acceptance speech, I hopped a flight to Chicago, Illinois, to give a nanosymposium at the annual Society for Neuroscience conference. Finally, Jeff Paul recently bought a home in Weston. He reports missing New York City, but is enjoying being back in Connecticut.

1995 Michaelangelo Palmieri michaelangelo_44@yahoo.com Luretha McClendon Tolson Lmctolson@gmail.com From Luretha McClendon Tolson: I am happy to report that in October 2019, I started a position at Allied World Insurance Company as a Senior Claims Analyst. I have the pleasure of working with some of my former law school classmates and colleagues and the transition

has been wonderful. My husband, Wayne, and I are still living in Prospect, Connecticut, so if you are in the area please give me a shout.

My daughter, Trinity (age six), and my son, Major (age three), are growing up so fast!

There is never a dull moment in our house and they certainly keep me on my toes! We miss hearing from everyone. Please reach out to Mike P and me so that we can share your great updates in our next edition of the Views.

1996 Ellyn Black ellyn@campfernwood.com

1997 Theo LeCompte theo.lecompte@gmail.com As I’ve been pulling these notes together over the past week (in March), the coronavirus crisis has been ramping up, so by the time you read this, the world will hopefully be a far less anxious place. But in times both good and bad, I love hearing from Hop classmates, so please keep the updates coming. The Class of ’97 has been up to some pretty interesting stuff. Big thanks to Brian Skope for helping to reach out and pull these together. Brian is busy with a Call of Duty League documentary project and a new Netflix series he’ll direct soon. Here in Washington, D.C., I had the chance to connect with Maura Leary and Laina Cox at the Hopkins D.C. reception at the Cosmos Club.

Dr. Bynum was unable to make it, so we were blessed with John Roberts’ presence (I still find it difficult to call him anything but Coachie).

Graham Gibson was not able to make the reception, but he and Eric Hersh stopped by my house for breakfast recently when Eric was in town visiting family. Like many of us this year, Maura also celebrated her 40th birthday in November and hosted a dinner attended by many out-of-town guests, including not only her parents but also Evelyn Scaramella and Megan Killelea. Dana Pagar is living in the TriBeCa neighborhood of Manhattan with her husband, Jon, and their three girls, Georgia (8), Lola (5), and Isabel (1). Dana is still

running an edtech company, Teachley, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, National Science Foundation and National Institute of Health to make fun, research-based math software and data analytics for grades K-6.

She and her husband are really excited about the opening of their new hotel, The Rockaway Hotel, in Rockaway Beach, New York, this spring. It’s their second hotel; the first is the Hero Beach Club in Montauk, New York.

“Come visit, go surfing, and we’ll buy you a drink at the pool!” Kieran Doherty lives in Madison, Connecticut, with his wife, Kelly, and his daughters Dylan (8) and Gray (5) and their newest addition, Molly the black lab puppy. Kieran is a Private Wealth Advisor for Snowden Lane Partners, an employee-owned boutique Wealth Management firm. He still keeps up with old Hop buds Brian Skope, Merrick Rosner, Mike Dudas, Seth Horwitz and Kevin Betz. Jon and Theresa (Santopolo) Nast live down the hill from Hopkins these days with their four kids (now ages eight, six, four and two). Jon has been teaching at Hopkins in the art department for three years now. After being in the bridal industry for 12 years, Theresa has switched gears and is developing a line of children’s clothing. The Nasts often get to the skatepark with “Coach Ben” Berkowitz and his family, love seeing Candice Norcott when she’s in town, and look forward to their annual double date with the Skopes! Matt Lucarelli recently hung out his own shingle in Cheshire, Connecticut, focusing mainly on workers’ compensation and personal injury matters, but also real estate and really anything else that folks might need some legal advice on. If you’re looking for a Connecticut lawyer, you can find him at www.lucalegal.com. He also recently finished up with his maple syrup season in Connecticut (he taps a few trees in the neighborhood every year). His son, Charlie, is nine and is the goalie on his year-round premier soccer club team. His daughter, Abigail (Abby), is four and is set on being the “girl-iest” girl ever – obsessed with Frozen and Disney princesses, she loves to dance and do gymnastics and sing. He and his wife, Leah, just celebrated 12 years of marriage in February! Leah is a views from the hill

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senior practice administrator and director of school-based health centers for the Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center in New Haven. He manages to see Pat Skuret every so often, usually at legal seminars, and he’s always up for catching up with folks in the Connecticut area. Meanwhile out in Chicago, Illinois, Peter Leckerling and his wife, Grace, welcomed their second daughter last September, Mina Yaqing Leckerling. She was big like her big sister, Anya, and hasn’t given up any ground in her first five months – she’s hanging out around the 99th percentile for height and weight.

The Leckerlings are still in Chicago as of this writing, but getting ready to move out to the ‘burbs in Wilmette this spring. As Pete says, “We’ve already committed to the minivan, why not go the whole hog, right?” Katie Sawicki reports that she is living in Portland, Oregon, spending half her time doing racial justice policy and organizing work and the other half playing with her band, The Cabin Project (www.thecabinproject.com). She lives with her partner, Zanny, and spends most of her extra time drawing, knitting, and being the “fun” aunt to all her friends’ kids. Risë Nelson reports that she has been preparing to host the 50th anniversary celebration for her center, the Afro-American Cultural Center, which is the first (and largest!) Black cultural center in the Ivy League. The event unfortunately had to be postponed due to concerns around the coronavirus, but they plan to hold it during the 2020-2021 academic year. Everyone is welcome, regardless of affiliation, and folks can learn more about the event at www.

YaleAFAM50.com. And remember Juan Querol Diago (Spanish exchange student)!

Juan reports that he now lives in “Houston, Texas y’all!” Juan is putting his architectural background to work as a regional manager for a construction vendor there. On the personal side, he now lives with his boyfriend, Mike, and his lovely daughter, Nora. “We are now in the hunt for a bigger house so our three puppies have more space to run around. Wish us luck with that!”

1998 Misha Body mishabody@gmail.com Tina Chen tina.chen02@gmail.com Eamon Griffin grifbear@yahoo.com

(L–R) Class of 1998 alumni Michelle Kaufman, Beth Birenbaum (Reger), and Tina Chen attended the Philly Cooks event on February 5, 2020, which featured Philadelphia’s 50 Best Restaurants.

Greetings from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania!

Not too much to update here. Beth Reger Birenbaum and I were able to explore the Philly Cooks event, which highlighted dishes from the city’s 50 Best Restaurants per Philadelphia Magazine. Philadelphia is a great food city to explore if you’re ever in the area!

This spring, Michael Fasano is playing the role of “Riff Raff ” in The Rocky Horror Show at Phoenix Theater Company in Phoenix, Arizona. Elizabeth Ballantyne said, “I have been living in New Canaan, Connecticut, for almost two years now, crazy how time flies!

My daughter, Ainslie, is 19 months and a full-on toddler. It’s been great being back in Connecticut and close to family.” That’s all for now! Please be sure we have your most recent email address so that we can stay in touch!

1999 Erica Schwartz erischwa@gmail.com Allison Grady alligrady2@gmail.com

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2000 Robert Curry rccurry01@yahoo.com

2001 Marissa Black blackmarissa@gmail.com Daniel Zlotoff zlotoff@gmail.com Jay Lee writes, “My wife, Penny Zhu, and I were married this past October in New Orleans, Louisiana. Our officiant was Richard Cresswell. Ed Giza ’00 sang “You’re Welcome,” from Moana during our ceremony.

Josiah Kaplan was my one groomsman. We were also joined by Josh Prober. A great time was had, as would be expected in New Orleans, complete with a second line marching band. Penny and I are very happy living in Brooklyn, New York, with our dog Reece, who was with us in New Orleans in cardboard cutout form. Reece will not be joining us in any form for our honeymoon in Vietnam and Laos.” Kate Bogart and husband, Matt Joyce, welcomed baby Maya Bogart Joyce on New Year’s Day 1/1/2020.

2002 Aaron Zelinsky Aaron.Zelinsky@gmail.com

2003 Courtney Hart courtneyleigh.hart@gmail.com Arielle Traub arielle.traub@gmail.com Lots of congratulations are in order for our classmates! Alison DeSimone published her first book, which she co-edited with Matthew Gardner (University of Tübingen), entitled Music and the Benefit Performance in Eighteenth-Century Britain (Cambridge University Press, 2019). Andrew Soberman continues flying helicopters for the U.S. Navy; he is stationed on NAS Whidbey Island Search and Rescue in Washington State.

TOP: (L–R) Josh Prober ‘01, Ed Giza III ’00, Josiah Kaplan ’01, Jay Lee ’01 and Jay’s wife, Penny Zhu at their wedding in October.

BOTTOM: Kate Bogart ’01 and daughter, Maya, born on New Year’s Day, 2020.

Campbell Cross graduated from residency in July 2019 and then started a new job in September 2019 at Leaf Medical in Brooklyn, New York, working as a primary care internal medicine doctor. Jessica Wilson Laliberte writes, “On November 2, 2019, I married the love of my life, Lori Laliberte, in beautiful Vermont. Alicia Wong was my maid of honor!

I’ve been working as a physical therapist at Massachusetts General Hospital since 2011, Lori and I bought a house in Quincy, Massachusetts in 2017, and we adopted a handsome little boy, Cooper, canine, from Puerto Rico in 2018. The three of us are loving life!” And, in some other baby news, Paige Rossetti Henchen welcomed her second child, Theodore (Teddy) on December 11, views from the hill

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2019. Zerennadi Nkem Umeugo and his wife, Lauren, welcomed Simone Adaeze Umeugo on January 7, 2020. She was six pounds 13 ounces. Olivia Haedt Stevens, who loves living in a small Vermont ski town, writes “(Stowe) is a great place to raise kids. Everyone really looks out for one another, and everyone is an outdoor enthusiast, so we fit right in!

My boys are now five and eight, so I love seeing all the baby and toddler photos from our classmates! Can I tell everyone... YES it does get way easier!!!” She hosted her annual Christmas cocktail party, which included Hopkins alumna Morgan Clark-Coller (who just moved to Burlington, Vermont!), Molly Triffin ’99, Sam Gaines ’99, and Polly Coassin Franzen ’02. As always, we love hearing from classmates and encourage you to send updates!

2004 Erin Johnson erin122@gmail.com Kimberly J. Lewis kimberlyjlewis@gmail.com As I write this column, I am sitting at my desk in my house in Fairfield, Connecticut, quarantined during the COVID-19 pandemic.

There is a strong feeling of déjà vu to doing Hopkins homework! Erin and I hope everyone is safe and healthy during this extreme time and send our best to our classmates, especially those on the front lines in the medical field and others directly affected by this pandemic.

Thank you for taking the time to write in!

I kick off this column with news from my co-secretary, Erin Johnson, who is in Chicago, Illinois, working (remotely, under a statewide COVID-19-related stay-at-home order) for the Office of the Provost at Northwestern University. After finishing a Masters of Science at Northwestern in December, Erin took on a special projects role that has since evolved to focus exclusively on the university’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to staying in touch with Hopkins classmates through the column, Erin is happy to have connected with Dan Turner-Evans and Leland Milstein during their Fall 2019 50 | Class Notes

TOP: Zerrannadi Nkem Umeugo ’03 and his wife, Lauren, welcomed Simone Adaeze Umeugo in January. MIDDLE: Olivia (Haedt) Stevens ’03 at her annual Christmas cocktail party, which included Morgan Clark-Coller ’03, Molly Triffin ’99, Sam Gaines ’99, and Polly Coassin ’02.

BOTTOM: Jessica Wilson Laliberte ’03 (left) and Lori Laliberte pose with Cooper (center) at their Vermont wedding on November 2, 2019

visits to Chicago, and hopes to welcome other classmates to the Windy City once travel restrictions and social distancing ease. Matt Allen lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with his wife. He tells us, “I’m finishing residency in anesthesiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and will be staying at BWH as faculty.” Dylan Graetz sends us news from Memphis, Tennessee, where she is completing pediatric hematology/oncology training at St. Jude and doing clinical research in the department of Global Pediatric Medicine. “I have a wonderful fiancé, Adam, and rescue pup, named Baloo. I hope to have wedding photos this summer!” Steven McDonald tells us: “I hosted a dinner party with Sophia Lear in early January and Barrie Segal joined in. I attended Alex Teicher’s wedding in November, and reconnected with Ali Scaramella and Kyle Zaffin.” Michael Balderrama was recently married. He writes to us from Washington, D.C., “I got married in October! We were married at Woodend Sanctuary in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and joined by a number of Hopkins classmates: my best friend, Dan Kacinski, in addition to James Patterson, Abs Gillis, Julie Mao, and Rebecca Ciarcia-Haase ’03.” As an added bonus, Dan’s mom, the honorable Linda Lager, officiated. “My wife, Anna, helps manage the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) program – something I believe a number of Hopkins students have been awarded in recent years.” Michael, meanwhile, shared that he has been working for the last two years with specialty coffee roaster, Counter Culture Coffee, as its Regional Educator.

He also recently finished a six-year stint as board member (and chair) of Shepherd’s Table, a non-profit focused on supporting the underserved in Montgomery County, Maryland. Shepard’s Table is also near to Mike’s heart: “It’s an organization I’ve volunteered with since I was eight years old (thanks to my grandmother).” I (Kimmy Lewis) am also newly wed! Classmates Leland Milstein and Emily Koh celebrated with us this past November in Palm Beach, Florida.

I am still living in New York City with my husband, Darren. While skiing in Park City, Utah, this past January, I was lucky to see

TOP: (L–R) 2004 classmates Abs Gillis ’04, James Patterson ’04, Dan Kacinski ’04, Mike Balderrama, Julie Mao ’04 and Rebecca Ciarcia-Haase ’03 at Michael’s wedding in October 2019.

BOTTOM: (L–R), Emily Koh ’04, Kimmy Lewis, and Leland Milstein ’04 at Kimmy’s rehearsal dinner in November 2019.

Leland again and Thomas Lipp, who were there for their annual Sundance Film Festival trip. Finally, while we know that you all would never intentionally miss an issue of Hopkins Views from the Hill, we want to make sure everyone in the class saw the wonderful Winter 2019-20 feature on our own classmate, Jessica Kaufman, on the Más Allá del Muro// Beyond the Wall project and her collaboration with current Hopkins student, Tyler Eveland ’22. Congrats, Jess! ICYMI: www.hopkins.edu/ beyondthewall

2005 Courtney O’Brien Yakavonis courtneyyakavonis@gmail.com Pamela Soberman pamela.soberman@gmail.com After nine years working as a writer in Los Angeles, California, Zak Stone is back on the East Coast getting his MFA in non-fiction writing at Columbia University. Dave Arnett left the Navy in August after 10 years of views from the hill

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flying. He currently lives in Maryland with his wife and two daughters, and is working at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. After 13 years in corporate finance, Adriana Gatti Liberatore left the corporate world to start an integrative health coaching practice. Being a business owner and mother is crazy, but she finds fulfillment in the work she does. Her two boys, working with her clients to better their lifestyles and overall health, hosting events, developing recipes, cooking, and exercising keep her very busy!

Stephanie Hoos and her foxhound, Charlie, moved to Norwalk, Connecticut, last year.

She’s now in her third year working at King School in Stamford as the eighth grade English teacher. She also serves as the middle school representative for equity and inclusion, and she’s piloting regular professional development workshops to support reading comprehension across all grade levels and content areas. She still keeps in touch with Jon DiMaio and Mary Piepmeier. Ken Jacobi welcomed a daughter, Kinsley Rae Jacobi, in July. Christian Pikaart and his wife, Cory, have begun looking for a house with a second bathroom following the birth of their fourth child, Margaret, in May. They are eagerly anticipating Christian’s parents’ move to Durham, North Carolina, in the coming months. Christian recently returned from a trip to Dallas, Texas, where he visited John McGrimley, his wife Allison and their three children Jack, Martha, and George. Taylor Greer Balisciano and her husband Jeremy Balisciano ’02 bought a house in Bethany, Connecticut, and are excited to be in the Amity region. She drives

by Hopkins almost every day on her way to work as a Labor and Birth RN at Yale New Haven Hospital. She and Jeremy are busy raising their two kids, Parker (age five) and Brayden (age three). They also added 10 chickens to their lives this year! Gerry Della Rocca is busy traveling internationally for work. Seth Halpern’s tech company Ori.ai is getting acquired and rolled into a new venture called WithTherapy, which uses data science to match therapist seekers with best fit mental health professionals. The platform will launch in Manhattan in early 2021. Claire Russo 52 | Class Notes

Deisso and her husband, Tyler, are moving to Norwalk, Connecticut, from Jersey City with their son, Jack. Dan Glaser and his wife, Emm, are still living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with their daughter, Madeline, while Dan completes his pediatric rheumatology training.

Pam Soberman made the move back East from Seattle, Washington, and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. She works at Sidewalk Labs, an Alphabet company that focuses on urban innovation. Since moving back, she has seen Ian Epstein, Meg Goetsch, Kyle Warren, Amanda Feuerstein Bushell, and Sophie Berg Golden. Courtney O’Brien Yakavonis is getting used to life in the suburbs after moving to Greenwich, Connecticut, from Boston, Massachusetts, at the end of 2019. Her two daughters Ellie (age four) and Mary (age one) enjoy their new backyard and being close to their grandparents and uncles. Andy Hall is enjoying his paternity leave following the birth of his daughter, Ellie, in November. His son, Charlie, is enjoying his new role as big brother.

Claudia Wies married Matt Greenfield in June 2019. The two live in Denver, Colorado, where Claudia works as a family nurse practitioner at a community health center. Thank you to everyone who sent in updates.

2006 Corey Briskin corey@coreybriskin.com TiffanyAnn Johnson tiffanyannjo@gmail.com Lucas Kelly-Clyne lukekellyclyne@gmail.com Nate Nagy is based in New York City and serves as Senior Strategist at prestigious digital and tech advertising firm, Barbarian Group. Drew Burch is a Product Manager at Hotel Tonight in San Francisco, California.

Also in San Francisco, Jess Lifton works as an Associate at biotech private equity firm, BVF Partners, L.P. Ben Vinograd is serving as Interim CEO of the Private Equity Fund at Northern Swan Holdings Portugal. Doug DeLuca continues his work as a Music Supervisor at the NFL, while building his

Hopkins alumni pose for a photo at the wedding of Jay Brett ‘08 and Daniel Collura at the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk on September 1, 2019. (L–R) Ben Gantz ’08, Stephen Wooten ’09, James Wooten ’09, James Lee ’08, Arev Pivazyan ’08, Stephanie Teesdale ’08, Nunziata Monaco ’08, David Fantarella ’09, Jay Brett ’08, Clara Kiely ’08, Dan Hill ’08, Brendan Culliton ’08, and Chloe Nwangwu ’08.

business as a music manager and A&R rep at Lineage Music Group in Los Angeles, California. Also in Los Angeles, Kate Lupo continues to thrive in her virtual consulting business, Kate Lupo Consulting, specializing in public speaking, speechwriting, job interview coaching, and celebrity partnerships.

TiffanyAnn Johnson Goodson is working as a Human Resources Business Partner in Rockville, Maryland, as part of Montgomery County Public School’s Office of Human Resources and Development. Emma Ledbetter is Editorial Director of Picture Books at Abrams Publishing and lives in New York City. John Lockwood lives in Columbus, Ohio, and works as a Network Director at Dedicated Senior Medical Centers, part of the Ohio Health group. Luke Kelly-Clyne continues to build his TV and film production business at Big Breakfast, LLC, where he serves as President after a recent acquisition

by Ben Silverman’s Propagate Content. Zoe Grunebaum White has started a bustling psychology private practice in New York City, after receiving her PhD from Columbia and completing her fellowship at NYU. Corey Briskin lives with his husband and two Frenchies in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Corey is entering his fourth year at the Manhattan DA’s office, where he continues to prosecute sex crimes and other violent felonies. In his spare time, Corey is an active member of the synagogue he recently joined.

2007 Becky Harper bharper@hopkins.edu Eric Emanuelson eric.emanuelson.jr@gmail.com

2008 Marguerite Paterson margueritewp@gmail.com Ben Sperling is enjoying his first year of business school at NYU Stern, and he and his wife are loving being closer to family and friends in the northeast. He has accepted a position with Mars, Inc. for this summer and is looking forward to the next chapter in his career. Brian Weisman got married this fall to Jolie Weisman. He also became a CFA Charterholder. Margot Brown married Gustavo Godinez in Marco Island, Florida, in November and Davida Judelson attended the wedding. Jay Brett married Dan Collura of West Haven. They are living together in Honolulu, Hawaii, but got married in Connecticut with many Hopkins alumni in attendance: Ben Gantz, Stephen Wooten ’09, James Wooten ’09, James Lee, Arev Pivazyan, Stephanie Teesdale, Nunziata Monaco, David Fantarella ’09, Clara Kiely, Dan Hill, Brendan Culliton, and Chloe Nwangwu.

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his wife and is working for LinkedIn. He sells their Learning Solutions platform, LinkedIn Learning, which helps corporations with their talent development efforts.

2009 Allison Lyons allison.c.lyons.1@gmail.com Rajeev Mehrotra rmehrotra@wustl.edu Elizabeth Roberge is living in New Haven, where she works in custom framing. She recently became engaged to Allen Camp, who is an artist also living in New Haven.

Congratulations Elizabeth and Allen! Ted Clark is living on top of the Freedom Trail in Boston’s North End, and looking forward to his fourth season running his Freedom Trail history guide business, Hub Town Tours, hubtowntours.com. Ted will be partnering with another tour operator in 2020 to expand operations. In August 2019, Ted officiated the wedding of Conor Duffy and Carolyn in Topsfield, Massachusetts, also attended by Nabil Mehta, Luke Lamar, Becca Bagnall, Jim Reidy, Eric Coffin-Gould ’10, and brother of the groom, Ryan Duffy ’10.

Connor Duffy ’09 and his wife, Carolyn, were married in August 2019, with several classmates in attendance, Above, (L–R) Becca Bagnall ’09, Nabil Mehta ’09, Conor ’09 and Carolyn Duffy, Luke Lamar ’09, Eric Coffin-Gould ’10, Wedding Officiant Ted Clark ’09, and Jim Reidy ’09.

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2010 Allie Briskin alliebriskin@gmail.com Molly Levine mollyhl@gwmail.gwu.edu Allie Briskin moved back to New York City and is living in Vinegar Hill in Brooklyn. She works at J.P. Morgan within the Private Bank.

Bobby Berkowitz recently brought a new goldendoodle into his home. Dana Apkon lives in Boston, Massachusetts, and attends medical school at Tufts University. She will graduate in May of 2021. After completing his PhD in Earth and Ocean Sciences at Duke last spring, Seaver Wang has moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he now works at the Breakthrough Institute, an environmental non-profit research center. He has since published several articles on topics related to energy and climate change. If you are interested in his work you can follow him on Twitter: @wang_seaver. James Havlicek is living in Brooklyn and starting at Columbia Business School in August. He was planning on traveling beforehand, but is now instead brainstorming enriching activities to do while under quarantine. After stints in Vietnam and Kyrgyzstan as a teacher through the Princeton in Asia fellowship program, Ramzi Babouder-Matta has spent the last three years working in the field of education access. He now works with the Scholarship Programs of Open Society Foundations in New York, where he helps connect civil society leaders around the world with access to higher education opportunities. Ramzi is also a shop steward in his union, Communications Workers of America Local 1180, where you’ll find him prattling on about the benefits of organizing your workplace.

Matt Luciani ’11 and Kyrra Baum, center with their wedding party, were married on December 28, 2019 in Boca Raton.

2011 Matt Pun poonee_11sbcglobal.net Cailin Gillespie cgilles1@nd.edu Jerrod Dobkin is currently living in Denver, Colorado, for the 2020 election cycle, where he serves as Communications Director for there-election campaign of U.S. Senator Cory Gardner. Sam Greco graduated from Georgetown Law in May and was admitted to The Florida Bar in October. Sam is a Lieutenant Junior Grade in the United States Navy and spent August through January at Naval Station Newport, where he attended Officer Development School, Naval Justice School, and Division Officer Leadership School. Currently, Sam is stationed in Washington, D.C., where he serves on active duty as a prosecutor in the United States Navy JAG Corps. Cailin Gillespie is looking forward to returning to Hopkins in June to watch her youngest sister, Lauren Gillespie ’20, graduate!

2012 Luke McCrory lukemcrory16@gmail.com Amanda B. Fath afath@wellesley.edu Jay Sullivan is currently pursuing a master’s program at Cambridge University, studying

Hopkins guests at Matt Luciani’s ‘11 wedding in December. BACK ROW: Ronan Carr ’11, Joe Serino ’11, Matt Luciani ’11, Rocco DeMaio ’86, Dan Ross ’11; MIDDLE ROW: Peter Rosiello ’11, Karla DeMaio ’98, Peter McGrath ’11, Constantin Geanakopolos ’11, Sam Greco ’11, Phil Ross ’17, Christian Luciani ’14; FRONT ROW: Stephanie Ross ’09, Lauren Ross ’14, Sam Beutler ’14; FRONT: Rocco DeMaio III ’26

development economics and playing on the varsity Cambridge baseball team. He is enjoying way too many lectures, libraries, and formal halls. Leslie Brunker is going to be taking over Army veterinary clinic operations for the military working dogs and other privately owned animals at the Marine Corps Base Camp in Pendleton, California, this summer. She is really excited to see the water again after being at Fort Campbell this year. Sanam Rastegar is continuing to proudly work for Joe Biden’s presidential campaign views from the hill

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as a Deputy State Finance Director. She was also re-elected to serve on the Board of the Yale Club of Washington, D.C. and has a new puppy named Ella. Andrew Segraves recently completed the Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs in San Francisco, California. He is now working for the federal government in Los Angeles while applying for Fall 2020 government and foreign policy oriented master’s programs. For the last three years, Nyah Macklin had the pleasure of serving as the Chief of Staff to a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Nyah is currently serving as a Software Engineer in Cambridge. She also founded a web development and cybersecurity company called Afros.In.Ai which serves a diverse clientele to build a better tech economy. If you would like to learn more, or if you have web development needs, please reach out to Nyah at Nyah.Macklin@protonmail.com.

2013 Leili Azarbarzin lazarbarzin17@gmail.com Alex Dillon alexbaileydillon@gmail.com Eli Lustbader e2lustbader@gmail.com

2014 Joshua Furth joshua.furth@duke.edu Jack Greenberg jbg3@williams.edu Ross Pforzheimer rossinator199@aol.com From Jack Greenberg: “As class secretary, I am delighted to share with the Hopkins community that Dan Frndjibachian has married Mai Pham. They will celebrate their second anniversary on June 17, after Dan finishes his second year of law school at the University of Florida. I hope all are staying healthy and in good spirits during this chaotic and troubling time.”

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2015 Griffin Smith smithg2@union.edu Well, I think it’s safe to say that the Class of 2015 is the first in the history of Hopkins to have their five-year reunion rescheduled.

Don’t let this kill your Hopkins spirit, however, as we will be joining the 1s and 6s next spring in the biggest reunion of all time. While many of our classmates are still settling in to their post-undergraduate lives, I wanted to highlight a few members who have accomplished amazing things since the last Hopkins Notes you read. Margie Lewis is living in New York City and working as an A&R assistant at Warner Chappell Music, which is Warner Music Group’s music publishing company. While finishing up his senior year at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, Noah Rennert learned how to brew beer and is excited to start his career as a business analyst at Capital One in Washington, D.C. in August; Noah can’t seem to escape Washington. Alex McMahon has found time outside of work to practice his golf game. Although he cannot beat classmate Griffin Smith in matchplay, he did recently shoot a hole-in-one on his simulator that he is very proud of. Out in California, Valerie Daifotis has started her career as an elementary school teacher, while also working toward her master’s in education at Claremont Graduate University. Kofi Adjepong was able to catch up with Edens Fleurizard ’16 in early March at Edens’ NCAA Tournament basketball game at Springfield College. After graduating from NYU with a BFA in Theatre Directing, Karma Masselli spent her summer teaching robot-building to kids in New York City. She then moved to the Hudson River Valley in New York for a short stint in an artist colony to develop her new writing and design projects. Karma also started a podcast, My First Soccer Game, which is about sports, theater and women – and you should all listen to it. Jackson Kleeman is enjoying life down in Austin, Texas, and is loving all of the new food he gets to try, although he is still getting used to all of the birds that seem to follow

him around. Due to the extended period of time stuck inside, Justin Bower was able to rekindle his impressive skill of spinning on a pillow on just one finger, which he picked up while recovering from ACL surgery during his senior year at Hopkins. I truly hope this is the only set of Hopkins notes I will have to write while in shelter-in-place, but it has been great to catch up with so many of the Hopkins Class of 2015. As always, it is great to see many informal Hopkins meet ups across the country, as well as a solid showing at the formal Hopkins events that are put on throughout the year. If you have not been able to attend one thus far, I highly recommend it. Hopefully by the time you are all reading this, the world is back to normal. Hope everyone is staying safe!

2016 Eric Kong eric_kong@brown.edu Sophia C. Cappello sophia.cappello@yale.edu Emmanuel C. Chinyumba emmanuel.chinyumba@uconn.edu The class of 2016 kicked off the year by coming in first place in the “Every Steps Counts Young Alumni Challenge.” It’s clear from this and the following notes that our class hopes to see more hopeful youth enjoy the Hopkins experience, and continue to be engaged individuals who desire to make an impact in their communities. Simon Doss-Gollin has been working as a first-year counsellor on the Yale campus, where he served as an academic mentor and source of social support for new students in his residential college at Yale University. He’s continued playing soccer and squash at the club sports division and was this year’s Captain for Club Squash! Simon pursued a degree in ecology and evolutionary biology, and is happy to report that he’s landed a job post-graduation. Simon will be working at the Boston Children’s Hospital in the Precision Vaccine Program next year as a research assistant! Sasha Cabin has been studying neuroscience and psychology at Skidmore College. This past year, she interned at a

research study, where she worked with moms struggling with substance abuse and looked at the developmental patterns of their children.

If all goes as planned, Sasha will be moving to New York City in the fall to pursue a Masters of Social Work at Columbia University. I, Emmanuel Chinyumba, spent this past school year serving as Student Body Vice President at the University of Connecticut! It was an exhausting but rewarding experience in which I served as the liaison between the students and the administration. In my free time, I sang as a tenor II/baritone for my acapella group, A Completely Different Note. Last summer, I was a research assistant in the Global Poverty Research Lab at Northwestern University, where I got the opportunity to work on a project that aims to analyze the effects of The Bail Project, a non-profit organization that uses a revolving bail fund to reduce mass incarceration. After graduation, I’ll be taking a gap year to pursue another research opportunity before applying to law school.

Lisanne de Groot is majoring in chemistry and computer science, and has been an active member of her sorority Delta Gamma at Carnegie Mellon University. She spent this past year as a teaching assistant for an Intro to Computer Science course. She’s carried her passion for the fine arts from Lovell to her school’s theater club, and has continued playing volleyball at the club division. She’s proud to announce that she will be interning as a software engineer in London with Bloomberg! Gabe Goodspeed is currently studying economics at the University of Chicago. Last spring, he studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain where he got the amazing opportunity to study European Union public policy! Gabe will begin a full-time job post graduation within the field of strategy consulting in the Chicago area. Annika Eberle is majoring in neuroscience and minoring in English at Union College. She’s been an active member of the co-ed, community service, fraternity Alpha Phi Omega, in addition to other organizations such as U-Sustain, Upride, and the LGBTQ+ Affairs Committee.

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for work-study. Recently, she wrote a graphic novel for her Beat and Contemporary Culture class. When she’s not raising dragonfly larvae, she’s working on her music, with plans to put out some new stuff soon! Ethan Lester has been involved in the Glee Club, and has been doing research in the Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Departments at Yale University.

Simultaneously, he has been doing research in the Department of Pathology at the Yale School of Medicine. He will be taking a gap year after his senior year to continue doing pathology research at Yale, before attending medical school. He is currently in the process of applying, but he is looking forward to these next few years. Neha Srivastava will be graduating with a degree in economics and statistics from Carnegie Mellon University. Neha spent her time on campus teaching the local community about financial literacy and working on her thesis about identifying potential manipulation in the bitcoin market using price changes.

Neha is excited to announce she will be moving to New York City this coming summer! Max Kargin has been leading Army ROTC at the University of Chicago, where he was named the Cadet Company Commander in his final year, and drilled with the 327th Military Police Battalion as a Platoon Leader. After graduating from UChicago with an Economics degree, he’s looking forward to commissioning as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Reserve, taking his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level 1 exam, and going off to his Basic Officer Leader Course. Maya Caicedo will be graduating from Columbia University with a degree in mathematical sciences. During her time at Columbia, she took the opportunity to study abroad at the University of Melbourne in Australia and the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Maya relayed that she’s enjoyed travelling, because it allowed her to meet people from diverse backgrounds. After graduation, Maya is planning on moving to England, as she will be pursuing an MSc degree in data science at the University of Salford.

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Hopkins experience, closing a chapter in our lives to make room for a new one. Fast forward to 2020, and we are put in a similar position, to prepare for the future and wrap up loose ends. However, many members of our class did not get to receive the same closure that we once did on the Hill. The last few months were unique and challenging for members in our class who identified as graduating seniors. And so to the Class of 2016, I ask that you do not let this period of time discourage you. You are all bright individuals who continually go above and beyond to better yourselves and the world.

While the end to this part of our lives was not what we expected, I encourage you to revel in all the amazing things that you achieved during your time in college, stay connected with the people you met, and continue to aspire to be above the norm. This period of uncertainty does not undermine your efforts and certainly does not define what is to come next. While the present appears bleak, good fortune lies ahead.

2017 Caroline Simon pokeysimon@gmail.com Caroline Vanderlee is enjoying her third year at Tufts University. She is a teaching assistant for the Computer Science department as well as a research assistant at nearby Harvard. Outside of academics, she is the president of Tufts’ creative writing club, a frequent patron of the gym, and a connoisseur of terrible movies. She will be spending her summer in San Diego, California, as a software engineering intern for Qualcomm.

I hope everyone is staying healthy and doing well!

2018 Leigh Melillo kmelillo@fordham.edu Jason Alfandre will be playing frisbee against Andrew Treat and Dylan Sloan, and wants the world to know he will win. Samantha Dies has declared her majors as math and computer science, and finished her Spanish minor over the summer while studying abroad in Barcelona.

She spends her free time playing water polo (she was elected captain this season), teaching SAT and ACT math for Capital Educators, and TA-ing for multivariable calculus and computer science I and II. Jeffrey Gu spent his first year at NYU abroad in London, serving as a Diversity Board member, acting as a coordinator for Coming Out Day celebrations, and serving as president of NYU’s fourth largest campus student government. As president, he spearheaded a successful campaign to create a food pantry for foodinsecure students and bolstered greater mental wellness resources. This year, he is an NYU Leadership Fellow, an operations intern with Share Meals fighting food insecurity on college campuses, and the body man for a local state senator. Jeffrey has recently declared a double major in Public Policy and Economics. Kiarra Lavache declared her major as Biomedical Engineering this past semester, and started volunteering with the Big Sibs mentorship program at Columbia. Leigh Melillo has spent her spring as an intern at Dystel, Goderich, & Bourret LLC, a literary agency in Manhattan.

Drew Mindell, who made his Edinburgh Fringe debut with Hopkins in 2017, will return to the festival this August with Theater Emory.

He is also working with the Atlanta-based organization Sojurn to write and teach a queer-inclusive, Judaism-tinted sex education curriculum. He is working part time at a pottery studio, which multiple sources confirm is “the most on-brand thing he has ever done.”

On January 1st, Eli Sabin was sworn in as the youngest ever member of the New Haven Board of Alders, representing Ward 1.

2019 Alumni interested in serving as correspondents for the Class of 2019 may contact Donna Vinci at dvinci@hopkins.edu.

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M ILES TON E S BIRTHS

MARRIAGES

1997

1983

Peter Leckerling and Grace Leckerling welcomed Mina Yaqing Leckerling in September, 2019.

2001

Kate Bogart and Matt Joyce welcomed Maya Bogart Joyce on January 1, 2020.

2003

Paige Rossetti Henchen and Michael Henchen welcomed Theodore (Teddy) Henchen on December 11, 2019.

Zerennadi Nkem Umeugo and Lauren Umeugo welcomed Simone Adaeze Umeugo on January 7, 2020.

2005

Ken Jacobi and Tanya Popolizio welcomed Kinsley Rae Jacobi in July, 2019 Christian Pikaart and Cory Pikaart welcomed Margaret Pikaart in May, 2019 Andrew Hall and Alisa Batey welcomed Elizabeth (Ellie) Hall on November 24, 2019

Adam Perlmutter and Erica Roseman on February 2, 2020

2001

Jay Lee and Penny Zhu in October, 2019

2003

Jessica (Wilson) Laliberte and Lori Laliberte on November 2, 2019

2004

Michael Balderrama and Anna Fried in October, 2019 Kimberly Lewis and Darren Gluck on November 23, 2019 Alexander Teicher and Ilana Fried on November 23, 2019

2005

Claudia Wies and Matt Greenfield on June 29, 2019

2008

Jay Brett and Daniel Collura on September 1, 2019 Brian Weisman and Jolie Shapiro on September 7, 2019 Margot Brown and Gustavo Godinez on November 10, 2019

2009

Conor Duffy and Carolyn Bissex on August 24, 2019 Tiffany Gagnon and Vincent DeSanctis on September 28, 2019

2011

Matt Luciani and Kyyra Baum on December 28, 2019

2014

Dan Frndjibachian and Mai Pham on June 17, 2018

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IN MEMORIAM Philip S. Crozier 1944 HGS

Henry J. “Hank” Luzzi 1956 HGS

d. June 10, 2019

d. June 9, 2020

Mary Louise Snow Mosher 1944 PHS

Thomas P. McKeon 1956 HGS

d. November 12, 2019

d. March 15, 2020

Daniel Watkins Taylor 1947 HGS

Joseph W. Zeigler 1956 HGS

d. January 29, 2020

d. March 28, 2020

Robert Barry 1949 HGS

Nana Carroll Ollerenshaw 1960 PHS

d. February 10, 2020

d. September 29, 2019

Raymond Lauber 1950 HGS

Kaatri Boies Grigg 1963 DPH

d. September 26, 2019

d. February 15, 2020

Paul Brown 1951 HGS

James Scialabba 1963 HGS

d. July 2, 2020

d. July 8, 2020

Mary Rossman Jordan Bird 1951 PHS

Judith Leonardi Mathews 1964 DPH

d. April 24, 2020

d. August 29, 2019

Donald Newberg 1952 HGS

Kristine Boyd Gilman 1966 DPH

d. June 17, 2019

d. April 5, 2020

Donald F. Risberg 1952 HGS

George M. Keating 1967 HGS

d. May 10, 2020

d. June 22, 2020

Andrew E. Turner, Jr. 1952 HGS

Regina Plunkett Dowling 1975

d. April 22, 2018

d. December 5, 2019

John W. Somerville 1953 HGS

Sally Adnopoz Gendler 1978

d. June 14, 2019

d. April 22, 2020

Sally Osterweis Kopman 1954 PHS

David Lee 1978

d. April 24, 2020

d. April 7, 2020

Lawrence T. Chiaramonte 1954 HGS

Elena Savas 2019

d. April 5, 2020

d. February 15, 2020

Louise C. Christian 1955 PHS

Denise Katz, Faculty Emerita

d. September 8, 2019

d. February 9, 2020

William Celentano, Jr. 1956 HGS d. February 11, 2020

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IN MEMORY OF DENISE KATZ, FACULTY EMERITA DPH 1968–1972; Hopkins School 1973–1991 Written by her dear friend and colleague, Heidi Dawidoff Denise Katz came to teach at the Day Prospect Hill School in 1968. Joan Zauchenberger, then head of the French Department, was thrilled to welcome a native speaker, for Denise had come to America from Grenoble, France, with a degree in Chemistry, the young bride of a G.I..

She moved from DPH to Hopkins School when DPH and HGS merged in 1972 and retired from teaching in 1991.

She held her students to very high standards through the two-year French AP course, where all received college credit from their high scores on the exam. High expectations and rigor defined her as a teacher and so did love. She loved teaching, she loved her students, she loved her advisees. Students knew they could trust her to stand by them in academic as well as personal matters. Both stern and motherly, she cared about helping her students grow up into decent, capable people.

She was lovingly devoted to her family-husband, daughter, son and grandchildren-a big-hearted person whose generosity, support and love were gifts also offered to her friends. She brought exquisite skill to every hand craft - every colleague’s child and grandchild received the famous DPH sweater, and gorgeous quilts appeared by the dozens - and to French cooking as well as an extraordinary breadth of knowledge about opera. If she hadn’t been so modest about her expertise, she would have gone to the Met and participated in the weekly Texaco opera quizzes during the Saturday broadcasts.

Widowed twice, she carried on, fashioning always a full, purposeful life for her family and herself. She lived a long life-ninety-eight years and was blessedly lucid with plenty to say, a real character, to the very end. Who can imagine anything else from this determined, funny, resilient, principled, loving woman?

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CLASS NOTES ADDENDUM: An op-ed written by Bill Branon ’55 HGS for the San Diego Union-Tribune.