be happy to hear from the Class of 1971 should they be visiting the South of France.
1974
The Class of 1971 celebrated their 40th Milton Reunion with several events in the Boston area. Classmates gathered for a dinner at Harvard University’s Weld Boathouse in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Award from the New Hampshire Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for the design of her daughter’s house in Taos, New Mexico. Designed in the adobe and Spanish Colonial style, the energy-efficient and sustainably built house received the highest Build Green New Mexico rating (LEED guidelines) and an $11,000 tax credit. You can see the Leeson residence at www.monahonarchitects.com. Duffy has also renovated the Greg Free Library and the Dublin Lake Club in New Hampshire— “all fabulous buildings, and the chance of a lifetime to work on them.” Tim Williams shares, “As my 70th birthday approached, I knew I wanted to ski at Alta, Utah, not having been there for a number of years. Fred Churchill and I contacted other classmates, and thanks to class agent Phil Kinnicutt, the idea was extended to all classmates. Spencer Borden, Dave Brown, Fred Churchill, Tom Claflin, Brin Ford and I made the trip. Mike Chace was there in spirit. We had a birthday party on Saturday night with 50 friends and family members. I made T-shirts for the occasion, which read: “Aging! The ultimate extreme sport!” Having taught skiing for 12 years, I offered a lesson to those interested; nine people participated, bringing a range of skill levels. I took some spectacular powder 74 Milton Magazine
runs with Fred and Dave—it was so deep we were sucking in snow rather than air as it billowed up in front of us. Those are the runs one remembers for years. My best to everyone.”
1960
Christopher Wilkins was appointed music director of the Boston Landmarks Orchestra. He also serves as music director of both the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and the Akron Symphony Orchestra, and will continue in those positions. As a guest conductor, Christopher has appeared with many of the leading orchestras of the United States and abroad.
1981 Tom Curran has recently written and produced a documentary for FRONTLINE on PBS. Tom’s work, titled The Silence, reveals a little-known chapter of the Catholic Church sex abuse story: decades of abuse of Native Americans by priests and other church workers in Alaska.
Elise Forbes Tripp has written a new book titled American Veterans on War: Personal Stories from WWII to Afghanistan.
Tad Hills and his wife, Lee Wade, are living in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, New York, with their children Elinor (15) and Charlie (12), and their dog, Rocket. Tad writes and illustrates children’s books, which Lee publishes at Schwartz & Wade, an imprint at Random House. His most recent picture book, How Rocket Learned to Read, came out in July 2011. Tad reports that his children are healthy, smart and fun to be with. They live across the street from a gourmet cookie store. Things are good.
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1983
Sylvie Peron is living on the French Riviera and has been working in Cannes for the last decade as chief editor of a lifestyle magazine dedicated to business aviation. She just moved into her newly refurbished, olivegrove ancient bastide, which she plans to return to active production soon. Sylvie’s Jack Russell terrier, Sniff, is keen on truffle hunting, so the next decade should see Sylvie and her fiancé farming in the hills of Provence. Sylvie visits Boston regularly in the autumn each year and would
Charlotte Bacon’s fourth novel, The Twisted Thread, a murder mystery set in a boarding school, was published by Hyperion/Voice in June 2011.
Although Chas Freeman spends most of his time on business overseas, he continues to speak out on a range of public policy issues. You can find the texts of some of his recent speeches at http://www.mepc.org/articlescommentary/speeches-hub. His latest book, America’s Misadventures in the Middle East, came out in 2010.
1986 Lesley Carroll Hauser is living in Charlestown, Massachusetts, with her husband, Jim, and their three children—James (8), Victoria (5) and Caroline (3). She started her own law firm in 2008 and practices immigration law in Boston.
Maureen Flaherty Minicus was recently named Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year by the National Field Hockey Coaches’ Association.
1987 Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak recently co-authored a book with Stanley Reed. In Too Deep: BP and the Drilling Race That Took It Down was published by Bloomberg Press in January 2011.
1991 Maine Today Media recently honored Marc Pitman as one of the top 40 leaders under the age of 40 in their inaugural class of Maine’s Forty Under 40. Marc is the founder of FundraisingCoach.com.
1993 Sadia Shepard married Andreas Burgess (a fellow Wesleyan alum) in July of 2010 in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Milton friend Mary Lisio ’94 was a bridesmaid and, Sadia says, “an integral part of the Bollywood flash mob dance we performed at our rehearsal dinner.” Sadia and Andreas spend most of the year in New York City, where they both work in film; Andreas is a cinematographer shooting a new series for ABC, and Sadia is a documentary producer, most recently for HBO. When not in New York, the couple is generally in Pakistan, where they are working on several fi lm projects and Sadia is researching a new book. “I thoroughly enjoyed our Milton reunion in 2010 and hope to return to campus before long.”
1994 Kathryn McCarthy Maguire welcomed her son Griffin Matthew Maguire on May 30, 2011. Ian Zilla and his wife, Tessa, are happy to announce the arrival of their first child, Emery Wynn Zilla. He was born on March 22, 2011, just in time to enjoy his first spring in New York City.