exhibition of her paintings at the Gallery Naga on Newbury Street called “Fire and Water.” Valerie teaches at Clark University in Worcester. Brewster Conant Jr. finished his Ph.D. in hydrogeology last year at the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Brewster works at Wilfrid Laurier University. Brewster and his wife, Bernadette, enjoy their three children. Victoria Hall Graham and her husband, Mark, welcomed James Hitchcock to their crew. James Hitchcock Graham was born on January 17, 2002, and joined his brothers, Spencer and Henry. Lisa Marr is a family physician and also enjoys time at home with her two daughters, Haley (6) and Erin (4). Lisa also found her way back into the rink for some women’s ice hockey. Matthew Moore discovered that his Milton theatre teacher, Peter Phinney and wife, Gail, were living in Palos Verdes. “We’ve reconnected and are planning a mini-Milton BBQ. We also saw Ben Schneider ’82 perform in a show he wrote and directed.”
Joan Brewster writes, “Life in the Denver area is great. I can’t believe I have put up with the snow at Breckenridge for 14 years! Come visit. We live right on Meadow Hills Golf Course.” Since Milton, Veronique Choa has held a number of jobs, including: waitress, caterer, professional cook (at Biba in Boston), gallery manager, New York City fundraiser, secretary, database manager, sound recordist, production assistant, adventurer, graphic designer, Web designer, philanthropist, mother of two plus a stepson, and artist. Veronique writes, “I still don’t know what I want to do, but I’m having fun trying to figure it all out. Love to all.”
Class of 1987, front row (left to right): Tony Torres, Mindy Jeffry Davies, Lori Dandridge Cunningham, Alex Neville, Michael D’Esopo, Melissa Coleman, Claire Sledge Smith, Elsa Smith, Molly Smith, Reid Smith, Lex Mathews. Row 2: Tim Donohue, Abby Smith Davis, Kate Zilla-Ba, Billy O’Flanagan, Alison Fitzgerald, Jessica Abeles-Wong, Philip Utsch. Row 3: Meg Robertson, Alethia Jones, Nick Schmid, Chris Dusseault, Chloe Breyer, Catharine MacLaren, Gillian Foster.
“I’m still slaving away over the microscope in Woods Hole, Massachusetts,” writes Antonie Chute. “I don’t spend as much time at sea as I used to, just a few weeks a year. I live near lots of nice beaches and ponds with my three cats…I’m turning into a cliché.” The Milton Alumni Soccer Team showed real grit this year: after falling behind 3–0 to Nobles’ Alumni on the road, they regrouped (thanks to some halftime adjustments by Mr. E), held play in the Nobles end during the second half, and came back to win the game, 4–3. Michael Richmond broke his finger early in the game while playing goalie, but says it was worth the pain to keep playing. Susanna Hodges Salk lives in Roxbury, Connecticut, with her husband, Eric Salk, and two sons, Oliver (7) and Winston (2). Her play The Beacon Hill Book Club will premiere in September at the Seven Angels Theater in Waterbury, Connecticut. Susanna is also a contributing editor to Elle Décor magazine.
While working to bring the Barnes Citizen Building (www.bckbarnes.com) up to speed, Charles Barnes has taken on additional activities. For the past year, he’s run the St. Louis District Office for U.S. Senator Kit Bond. MacGill James is living in Baltimore, Maryland, with his wife, Erica Esh James, an art conservator from Montana. They were married in 1997 and had their first child, Harrison Henry Johnston James, on March 27, 2002. MacGill is an international oil broker.
Claire Messud finished two years as a visiting writer at Amherst College in May. “My third book, The Hunters: Two Short Novels was published last fall and was a finalist for this year’s PEN/Faulkner Award. Most excitingly, my husband James and I had a little girl, Livia Violet Aude Wood, born July 19, 2001.” Laura Sloan Ongaro gave birth to her second daughter on November 8, 2001. “Zoe, who is four, loves having a baby sister. Meg Cabot and I heard Coco Bacon read from her new novel at the Newtonville Bookstore” in March. “She was great!”
Lucie Greer ’84 and Martha Carroll Casey ’84 celebrate at Martha’s wedding to Tom Casey on June 8, 2001, in Osterville, Massachusetts.
Martha Carroll married Tom Casey in Osterville, Massachusetts on June 8, 2001. Milton graduates in attendance were the bride’s sister, Lesley Carroll Hauser ’86, Richard Shea ’80, and Lucie Cooper Greer. Martha is a member of the litigation department at Taylor, Ganson & Perrin in Boston. Tom Casey is a portfolio manger at Standish, Ayer & Wood in Boston.
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