Class Notes 2009–2013
NKOTQ* *New Kids on the Quad
Anna Rose Cole Madsen, born to Elsie White ’02 and husband Peter Madsen last summer
WILLIAM YU was recently selected by the Sundance Institute as an Episodic Makers Lab Fellow for his half-hour dramedy pilot Good Boy. Based in Los Angeles, he continues to advocate for greater Asian representation in media. He is represented by Bellevue Productions and the Agency for Performing Arts (APA). Connect with him on Twitter at @its_willyu.
2010 BEVERLY LEON, CEO of Local Civics, shared that her organization has worked with more than 1,000 middle and high school students and engaged more than 50-plus educators in civics learning and action. Fellow Milton Academy grad NIA ATKINS ’17 has been a s trategy intern with Beverly since last April.
2012 GORDON BATCHELDER writes from sunny San Francisco, where he counts the days until he can snowboard again in snowy Tahoe. In the meantime, he keeps himself active by participating in global, national, and local happenings as well as by working from home as a user experience analyst at Facebook. He also taught college students about the tech scene for a semester at
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the start-up Adjacent Academies, specifically focusing on UX design and career development. If you read this and ever feel compelled to (re)connect, do not hesitate to contact him! Until then, he hopes you are taking good care of yourselves and your loved ones during these unusual times. JONATHAN FRANCO is currently living in the Boston area and attending Harvard Medical School. He is excited to announce he will be graduating in May of 2021 with a doctor of medicine degree, and is currently applying to orthopedic surgery residency programs, where he will train for five years. Stay tuned for the location!
2013 OLIVIA ATWOOD accidentally created a matchmaking service for Millennials called Liv’s Love Pool after losing all of her (six) odd jobs; the theater industry going up in flames; and her beloved spin studio, Flywheel Sports, sinking like a ship in the COVID ocean. She would love to see some more Milton folks in the Pool, so dive in! She’ll match you with the “creme de la creme.” Olivia also appeared in several animated shorts, most notably in the video Vulture, named as one of the funniest videos of June 2020. Olivia says she hopes to return to New York City soon and to start performing again, on the streets if she has to.
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Rupert Hitzig ’56 and granddaughter Bridget