Alumni Class Notes

in eight or so different facilities (but the majority in the two above), and AVP continues to be the most powerful work I have ever done. Although I was a career teacher, that was only a slight springboard as preparation for running experiential workshops with incarcerated individuals for a total of 18-22 hours over any given three-day period. A common AVP line is “the wisdom is in the room,” and it is immeasurable what I have learned from the hundreds of men with whom I have shared countless hours in the AVP “circle”; what a blessing! Beyond this, Jane, 39, lives in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., with her husband and two boys, and Peter, 36, lives in Tahsis, British Columbia, with neither spouse nor kids. All is well and life is grand!”

From Andy Franklin ’68: “Audrey and I will be celebrating our 45th anniversary in June. We continue to be active; skiing, hiking, cycling, and traveling. Our son and his family live in Den Haag, Netherlands, with our three-year-old granddaughter and a second grandchild due in April. We luckily survived two bouts of COVID-19 during the pandemic with little to no symptoms. I retired from my career designing computers and business telephone systems for HP and Bell Labs in 2001, and have stayed busy with volunteer work and recreation in the years since.”

1970

Lou Curran ’70 enjoyed a return to Tanzania for two weeks with his partner, Rebecca, and her family in August 2022. Lou and Rebecca met in

Dar es Salaam as teens while their parents held U.S. Embassy and U.S. AID jobs there. They split their time between Paris, France, and Baltimore, Md., when they’re not traveling. Lou, a retired career Baltimore public defender, thanks classmates Kevin McDonald and Steve Bull for joining him in supporting the u Colorado AIDS Walk, where Lou’s sister, Sarah C. Annecone, has walked for 31 years, commemorating the loss of Matthew Curran ’74 and other HIV/AIDS victims. Lou volunteers his time promoting ratification of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: “No Nukes is Good Nukes!” and “Better Active Today Than Radioactive Tomorrow!”

Recently Lou sent us this update: “Splitting time between living in Paris, France, and thinning out my Baltimore house full of postponed projects and unread books. Since retiring from a public defender career, have rejoined peace activist community, working mostly on advocating for the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and related U.S. House Resolution 77 and facilitating the “Golden Rule Great Loop Tour” — original anti-nuke protest sailboat is coming up the East Coast and should be in Boston around June 17-20. Check it out at www.VFPGoldenRuleProject.org. “Better Active Today Than Radioactive Tomorrow” — never truer! LA visitors to Paris, hit bmoreloulou@gmail.com for help, suggestions while here.”

Kevin McDonald ’70 sent us this note: “Had a wonderful visit last Sept. 5 with LA Sports Hall of Famer and loyal LA alumnus Guy Marcotte ’56 and his lovely, Barbara, at their home in Kennebunk, Maine. Guy played in the backfield on the undefeated 1955 football team. He shared a lot of great stories with us. He fondly remembers his time at LA.”

Reginald Sledge ’72 sent this note: “I currently work as a VP and business resiliency manager at US Bank. I reside in the San Diego, Calif. area. I recently completed the Certificate of Readiness at Harvard Business School, the Project Management Program at Cornell University, and the Advanced Management Program at Yale University. Attending Lawrence Academy was a great experience.”

Photographer Barbara (Pallian) Peacock ’73’s project American Bedroom will be published by the German publisher Kehrer Verlag. This anthropological study of human nature has been a six-year project, with Barbara traveling to every state in the country. U.S. distribution will be in Spring 2024. A small number of books were pre-sold on an Indiegogo in April 2022.

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Steven Mulcahy ’75 tells us, “After 39 years as an Army aviator, I am happily retired in Florida. My career took me all over the world, exposed me to many cultures, and introduced me to many people. Now I get to reflect on all the fun I had.”