Class Notes
1940 Fritz Kempner reports, “I recently published Looking Back, a memoir, in which I recall my times as a Milton student (1939–40) and Milton teacher (1946–53). I’d be delighted to send a free copy to anyone requesting one, as long as the supply lasts.”
tree canopy rope bridges in the Kakum Rainforest. The highlight of the trip was the experience at the slave castles; our guide took us into one of the ladies’ dungeons and shut out the lights to let us imagine the experience for ourselves.”
1941 Benjamin Burr writes in, “God bless those of us already in paradise, and bless us who are still on our way.”
1944 Hart and Rachel Achenbach write, “In September 2007, we left our big house after 35 years and are now coping with the inevitable disorder in our new but much smaller cottage. We are both well (although when one reaches the 80s all is relative) and our six children are not too far away. They and theirs provide wonderful memories. We feel very lucky.”
1954 Sally Sprout Lovett recently visited Ghana, West Africa. She reports, “Last year I took a seminar on West Africa at Primary Source—a teacher resource in Watertown specializing in global education—and traveled with a group of 21 teachers to Ghana in July. We spent a week in the capital, Accra, and toured the southern part of the country for a second week. We visited six schools and connected with many students and faculty. We also went to the slave castles on the coast and walked along
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Mike Chace ’59, Sidney Graves ’54 and Ephron Catlin ’57 joined for dinner at Sidney’s home in Northeast Harbor, Maine, in January 2008. The photograph was taken by Sidney’s wife, Robin Reath.
1958 Congratulations to Neilson Abeel; his daughter Maud Abeel and Stuart Knoop welcomed their first child, Otis Gustavus Abeel Knoop, on August 13, 2007.
1960 Elise Forbes Tripp recently wrote Surviving Iraq: Soldiers’ Stories (Interlink Books, $18), which puts 30 veterans of the Iraq war, including Nick Morton ’02, center stage to tell their stories. This oral history captures the veterans’ views on the war and what has happened to them since. Ken Burns called the collection a “shocking, moving and utterly heroic portrait of young men and women in impossible situations.”
1964 Eleanor Schofield reports, “For the last six years, Walter and I have been living in the South Pacific, in a little house by the beach in Samoa, with our three cats. What a wonderful, peaceful life! I’m singing with the brand-new National Orchestra and Choir of Samoa and I serve as music librarian for the group. We memorize most of our music, and more than half of it is in Samoan, which is hard on an aging brain. I can always be contacted at my e-mail address: samoalib@yahoo.com.”
devoted to pollution cleanup. I’m still bike racing, mostly on the velodrome, and I’m president of the Marymoor Velodrome Association for which I’ve organized two successful fundraising auctions. I saw Rachel Hong come in for a top-ten finish in her first bike race this summer, which was very cool. Hope everybody is doing well!”
1990
Laurie Kohn and her husband, Chris Murphy, welcomed Caleb Kohn Murphy into the world on February 10, 2007. Unfortunately, Laurie, sister Wendy Kohn ’82, and their mother, Sue, lost their father and husband, Harry Kohn, Jr., on February 18, just days after Caleb was born. Harry served as a Milton trustee from 1983 to 1989. Laurie writes, “We miss Harry terribly, but we see his spirit in Caleb.”
From Molly Batchelder: “Many strong and lasting friendships have been made at Milton Academy and I’d like to recount one lovely story of such a friendship. Five young women came from all around the country to be with their friend in a time of sadness. From California, Washington, D.C., and New York City, Sarah Bynum, Emma Jacobson-Sive ’92, Lily Batchelder, Roxana Alger Geffen and Meika Neblett arrived to be with Dierdra Reber for the memorial service for her mother, Peggy, in Farmington, Maine, on December 2, 2007. These bonds, forged at Milton during their high school years remain firmly in place 17 years later.”
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Hyun Lee reports from the Seattle metropolitan area: “I was married on June 26, 2004, to Krista Stromberg, one of the few people living here who is actually from here. Kevin Henderson and his wife were at the wedding. On October 8, 2007, we had our first child, a little boy named Logan Jae Lee. Having a child of my own is the most awesome, most life changing experience. I’m an attorney for a nonprofit environmental group
Adriana McGrath married Michael Clancy on September 29, 2007, in Boston. Milton alums celebrating with them included Denielle BertarelliWebb, Tammy (Caruso) Brown, John Corey, Liz Kettyle, Hannah Miller-Lerman and Erin (Sullivan) Sheepo. Adriana and her husband live in Paris, where Adriana does European hedge fund research and enjoys the nearby travel opportunities.
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