Thomas Rea’s new book, Bone Wars: The Excavation and Celebrity of Andrew Carnegie’s Dinosaur, is just out from the University of Pittsburgh Press.
Colin Maclaurin writes: “It was great to see so many old friends at our 30th reunion gathering. My wife, Jeannie, and I are living in Swampscott, Massachusetts with our daughter, Sarah (10). I am in charge of fundraising at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. Life is good most of the time.”
There are no major changes in Amy Mackintosh’s life. Her children Lucy (10) and Triona (6) are growing and changing. Amy enjoys her work as a landscape architect, Tom, her husband, builds and repairs violins. They have enjoyed discovering the wealth of flowers in their garden, which were planted by the former owners. Frank Plimpton and his family moved back from Tokyo this September. Frank is at Credit Suisse First Boston. His group manages a Global Distress Fund. Molly (20), a junior at Georgetown, strokes lightweight varsity crew and spent the fall term in Argentina. Andy (17) is a senior at Milton and C.J. (12) is in the sixth grade at Greenwich Country Day School.
Christopher “Kip” Gould and his wife, Joan, welcomed Blythe Mairead Gould Dineen on August 9, 2001.
Eleanor Crow Blake writes: “I have been happily married for 18 years as of Valentine’s Day. I feel lucky just to be alive. I’m on kid-
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ney dialysis for three days a week, three and half-hours at a time. I have quite an extended personal family: a stepson, stepdaughter and spouses; both couples each have two girls so I have four step-granddaughters. They are all healthy, intelligent and talented, and I am proud of them all. This past May I won the Central Massachusetts Mental Health Consumer of the year award from the Department of Mental Heath (DMH). I am the publicity director and am active on the DMH Local Citizens Advisory Board, too. Despite getting older, my weight and eyesight are good. Would love to hear from classmates.” Sarah Ferguson will retire from the Air Force on October 1, 2001. She moved to the Chicago area in July. You can email her at snursferg@hotmail.com. Mary Anne Sgarlat was married to Michael von Arx Baumgartner of Zurich, Switzerland on November 18, 2000 in Zurich. On January 13, 2001, there was a ceremony and reception for their American relatives and friends at Milton. The ceremony was held in Apthorp Chapel; the organist was Milton’s Louise Mundiger. The music included a piece composed by the groom, a composer and publisher, especially for Mary Anne. The music at the reception was provided by members of the Milton Jazz Combo, and Nathan Bliss ’01 and the Harvard Krokodiloes. Guests included Mary Anne’s cousin, Christopher Karlson ’88. Mary Anne and Michael live in Cambridge, Zurich and Provence.
Rich Barbour took a new job with Alabama Shipyard as head of the electrical engineering department last May. Rich’s wife, Charlotte, is doing well with her monogramming company. She has to expand and move to a big-
Mary Anne Sgarlat Baumgartner ’74 and her husband, Michael Baumgartner
ger place. Rich and Charlotte just enjoyed their 19th wedding anniversary on September 25, 2001. Rachel (12) and Annie (9) are doing very well at Bayside Academy in Daphne, Alabama. Henry Heyburn and his wife, Alicia, welcomed a beautiful baby girl, Caroline Holliday Heyburn, on June 28, 2001. Jeanne McCulloch’s son, Sam, is getting ready for kindergarten. Jeanne is editing a piece for the music issue of Tin House on West Side Story, which makes her think of the artful production in the spring of 1975. Julia Rabkin married Richard Lappin on October 29, 2000 in Boston. Richard is the CFO of a hedge fund in Cambridge. Julia is working at Fleet Bank, managing the banking relationships of notfor-profit organizations.
In August, Macy Lawrence Ratliff participated in a three-day, 60-mile walk to raise money for breast cancer research. Macy is busy with part time audiology work and “full-time” volunteer work at her daughter’s school. Katherine (11) is still passionate about drama, student government
and swimming, and will soon be making her semi-professional debut. Hilary (8) is an origami and architecture buff and loves soccer and swimming.
Christopher West writes: “Baby number two is headed our way in February 2002.”
Renata C. Belash spent the last four years watching her dot.com go from less than 20 people to nearly 1,000. Renata also participated in her first studio exhibit, showing painted ceramics. Susie Morrill would like to announce the arrival of her son Alexander Morrill Richardson, born July 15, 2001. Susie runs her farm outside Eugene, Oregon where she raises long-distance endurance horses and Labrador retrievers. Jacob Michael Mushatt was born on April 27, 2001, to David Mushatt and his wife, Mary Anne. Ellen Starbird is busy with her three-year-old son, Frank. Ellen works for US AID in the Bureau for Global Health.