CLASS NOTES
8th graders now playing lacrosse. I also got
Tommy is a current Fessenden seventh grader
Ahab Downer ’83 (ahabdowner@
coerced into playing in a men’s league after
and enjoying a wonderful year. Mark volun-
earthlink.net) has been heading up the offices
almost 30 years away from the game.”
teers at Fessenden, Duke and Nobles and
of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
(February 2009) Jonathan Raymond ’74 (jraymond@saccity.
k12.ca.us) is the new Superintendent of Schools in Sacramento, California. He writes, “I credit Fessy for my love of learning, and it is where my career in education began.”
Greenough, where he is currently serving a
for several years in the South Pacific on the
two-year term as President of the Graduates
Isle of New Caledonia. (December 2009)
Association. (November 2009) 1980 Andrew Gosman andrewgosman@hotmail.com
(October 2009) 1975 Stephen Jeffries jeffriesSB@cs.com Steven Mercer ’75 (smercer12121960@
yahoo.com) writes, “I am working as a stock/sales associate at the Van Heusen outlet in Kittery, Maine, and living in Rochester, New Hampshire. I would like to hear from my classmates from the Class of ’75.” (November 2009) 1978 Andrew Zelermyer bzelermyer@goulstonstorrs.com Scott Puopolo ’78 (puopolo@cisco.com)
visited Fessenden in November. He spoke at morning meeting and in several classes on making a difference in others’ lives and how technology is changing our world. Scott is Vice President at Cisco Systems in charge of
1981 Jared Goss jared.goss@metmuseum.org Peter Buhler ’81 (PBuhler@coneinc.com) is
Art Director at Cone, an ad agency in Boston. (September 2009) W. Austin Curwen ’81 (acurwen@
Rufino Pérez De La Sierra ’83 (rufinoperez@
eastlink.ca) writes from Dartmouth, Nova
thacher.org) recently returned from a year-long
Scotia, “My wife and I have just celebrated our
sabbatical in Bristol, England, where he stud-
nineteenth wedding anniversary. I have a beau-
ied maritime archaeology. “I continue to teach
tiful daughter who is turning six this year. My
(and coach and advise) at the Thacher School
translation firm will be fifteen years old in
in southern California where I am in my
February 2010. I volunteer for my community
twelfth year.” He also volunteers for trail clean
quite a bit. I am a Knight of Columbus and I
up and other outdoor work. (November 2009)
am active in various capacities, such as the Summer Carnival, Soccer Challenge, and other
1982 John Domesick domesick@yahoo.com 1983 Tom Slosberg tslosberg@yahoo.com
various events. My wife and I also volunteer at my daughter's school on regular basis, as lunch monitors, class parents and setting up rooms for various functions. I am a translator, and as such I provide professional services, which have included community service working for the courts. And my wife was the organizer of
its global internet service provider practice. (November 2009)
Ahab Downer and his budding family.
Christopher Balz ’83 (christophermbalz@
two Canada Clean Shores events here in
stanfordalumni.org) writes, “On the topic of
Dartmouth, where our entire family volun-
work, I have just changed jobs from E*Trade
teered to clean around the pond near our
to Stratify, Inc., a unit of Iron Mountain
home.” (November 2009)
(IRM). Stratify is located in Mountain View, California. My title is Senior Member of Technical Staff and my role there is Front-end Architect. I am helping to add value to Iron Scott and several of his teachers still on the faculty today, l. to r. Ced Paine (former science teacher), Scott, Steve Cincotta (history), and Steve Naiman (band). 1979 Mark DeAngelis MDeAngelis@dataassociates.com Mark DeAngelis ’79 (MDeAngelis@
dataassociates.com) is living in Wellesley with his wife Dana and three boys. Their son 24
1984 Peter Welch pwelch@susq-capital.com
Mountain’s vast store of data by building Webbased software. As a side project, I am working on a mechanism for secure online micropayments. Depending on the season, growing sweet corn, broccoli, strawberries, raspberries, and asparagus in my garden. Signed up for Ironman Arizona on Nov. 21, 2010, with Team Sheeper out of Menlo Park, California—join me there!” (December 2009)
Tempus fugit! Members of the Class of 1984 enjoyed dinner at their 25th reunion. Front row: Dix Wheelock, back row l. to r. Peter Welch, Don Thomas, Tim Johnson, Greg Julian, Dan Kornfeld and Tim Batchelder. w w w. fe s s e n d e n . o rg