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Emirates Investment Authority in Abu Dhabi. Colin Fredericks is working in physics education research at MIT. Marie Ternes married Micah Kellner in December in an intimate ceremony overlooking Central Park and the American Museum of Natural History. Marie’s father officiated and brother Paul Ternes ’98 gave her away. Christine Beardsley, Jared Reid ’95, Evie Stone, Bill Simmons ’95, Maya Winfrey, Anthony Rizzuto, and Rachel Simmons attended. Marie recently became an executive vice president with DKC Public Relations, Integrated Marketing & Government Affairs. Micah is an elected official serving in the New York state assembly. I’m in West Hartford, Conn., with wife Josie and toddler Amelia, who lately is convinced she is a pirate king. In fact, she’s holding me for ransom right now for 10 doubloons and a barrel of rum. Send help.
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LAUREL HAVAS 701 St SE Apt 402 Washington DC 20003-4813 laurelhavas@yahoo.com
JULIA COHEN 6 Lanark Rd Apt 1 Brookline MA 02445-1834 jmacleodcohen@gmail.com
From Julia: our 15th reunion was a success, though we missed so many of you. Among the faithful were Micah Craig, Jason Forest, Andrew Huggett, Will Dane, Eric Griffiths, Chris Dover, Erin Lyman, Regina Pontbriand Stanley, Liz Clough, and Cristian Rosario. Pedro Delbrey made a brief appearance as did Jenny Keech LaFortune, Meghan Tomb Gladstone, and Vanessa Cerillo
(accompanied by their husbands) on Saturday night. A special prize goes to Vanessa and her husband Casey Hayman for bringing along their (then) nineweek-old daughter Josephine. All were happy to be together, see the beautiful Mt. Hermon campus,
NMH alums celebrated the wedding of Marie Ternes and Micah Kellner last December. L to r: Paul Ternes ’98, Christine Beardsley ’96, Marie Ternes ’96, Jared Reid ’95, Evie Stone ’96, Bill Simmons ’95, Maya Winfrey ’96, and Anthony Rizzuto ’96.
and start getting excited for our next reunion. If you visit campus in the meantime, Erin Lyman will be there, since she is now part of the NMH college counseling team. Also, I hope to see/get in touch with more NMHers in the D.C. area, where we’ve recently moved. Let me know if/when you’re in the area. John and Meredith Alan Southergill had their first baby, Ainsley Jean, in December. “We’re head over heels for her.” Melanie Schafer Olajos and Tom Olajos ’98 have two new additions—twins Ashlyn Grace and Tristan Michael born 2/16/12. They join big brothers T.J. and William and big sister Ava. Jeff and Annie Peller Neill welcomed their second child, Chase Cheney Neill, just as reunion was kicking off in June. Jeff writes: “We made the very difficult decision to leave NMH this summer. We will be heading to Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, where I will be the director of college counseling and Annie gets to be a full-time parent for a year or two. It has been a bittersweet spring for us, as we could not have asked for a better seven years back at NMH, and we love the school more than ever. We look forward to new adventures and to watching NMH continue to blossom from a bit farther away.” Lori Thompson lives in Los Angeles, where she works for a social justice organization, managing their online initiatives, which include technology development, user experience, and information design. David Hughes is celebrating his 10th year as a small-business owner. David and his brother Jeremy ’94 cofounded Camp Doodles in Northern California and have served more than 5,000 very happy campers. Nick Garzilli has a son Dominick (3). In spring ’10, he left his job as a waiter at the Ritz-Carlton in Marina Del Rey when wife Joanna had a breakthrough as an international intuitive consultant (BigMiracleBreakthrough.com). Nick became a stay-at-home dad and wrote the screenplay 25th Amendment. In the fall of ’10, Nick decided to run for U.S. Congress in Los Angeles for the ’12 election. In his research on how to solve societal and transportation problems, he came across Evacuated
Melanie Schafer Olajos ’97 and Tom Olajos ’98 with their children: twins Ashlyn and Tristan, big brothers T.J. and William, and big sister Ava.
Tube Transportation Technologies (ET3.com). Nick ended up suspending his campaign and dedicating all his time to getting ET3 made. Nick is now the evp of global development for ET3. Yogiraj “Raj” Graham married Sasaneh Patricia Bailey on 4/22/12 in Los Angeles. Phil Dahn and David Choi attended. Raj is head of production for Seagulls Fly, a commercial production company in Los Angeles. Stephen Woods, who has a son (4), is a hip-hop artist/producer/teaching artist, who just finished touring in Europe, the U.S., and Australia. Check it out at www.AlwaysKeepItReal.com.
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HEATHER KOLPA 73 S Quinsigamond Ave Shrewsbury MA 01545-4218 hkolpa@yahoo.com TOBY ROWER PO Box 275 Newbury VT 05051-0275 tobias_rower@yahoo.com
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AUDREY KORTE 5 Oyster Ln Warren RI 02885-1522 aekorte@cox.net
MELIA KNOWLES-COURSIN 427 Aaron Cir Durham NC 27713-3201 meliakc@gmail.com MOLLY LOVEDAY 175 Grant St Lexington MA 02420-2126 lovedaymoo@yahoo.com
Burton Karp ’54 and Heather McCurdy ’99 meet regularly at the Black Seal Bar and Grille in Essex, Conn. Heather writes: “Even though many years separate our time at NMH, the stories we share are equally relatable to both. My two years at NMH were some of the happiest times of my life. I feel
Burton Karp ’54 and Heather McCurdy ’99 in Essex, Conn.
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