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Faith Cowgill ’74, far right, with a friend, son Tucker and daughter Sadie at Machu Picchu, Peru, on 12/31/11.
Stephanie Gerson ’74 on the trail to Deer Leap Overlook, Appalachian, and Long Trails, in the Green Mountain National Forest VT last June.
works there as a contract attorney. Ron retains many fond memories of NMH, including biking through a blizzard to Brattleboro VT. Besides the usual teaching, choral directing, and concerts, Bonita Hyman decided to stop living like the typical New Yorker and learned how to drive. Driver’s license requirements in Germany are more stringent (and expensive) than in the States. Bonnie will be back in the States briefly to sing in the African American Art Song Alliance conference at UC-Irvine. She’s managing to keep her son (13) fed when he’s home (no mean feat—the kid never stops eating). He manages to stay rail thin. (Bonnie says she wouldn’t mind learning that particular trick.) Chris Matthews writes: “For any of you guys who did a term abroad or have traveled to Spain, this cookbook—From the Kitchens of Seville: Visiting Spain through Authentic Recipes—was created by my wife in ’11.” Chris and Beth enjoyed 6 months of furlough from service in Seville, Spain, by heading to the top of Long John Mountain in Hendersonville NC from July through January ’12. They then headed back to Seville for another 5-year term for Chris as director of Seminario Teologico Al-Andalus, Santo Domingo, as well as professor, Southern California Seminary, El Cajon CA. They also welcomed their 1st grandchild in ’11. Chris says: “The door is open for traveling NMH friends.” After summer vacation in the Czech Republic and Provence, Steve Meyer decided to take his family to New Zealand for the ’11 holidays, handily switching from the shortest day of the year to the longest day, with only a 30-hour plane ride (or rides). Steve’s older brother Peter (Gould Academy ’73, where he was a classmate of Stephanie Prior’s ’73 sister, and Kenyon ’78, where he was a classmate of Becky Nash McKay) lives in Napier, New Zealand, on the North Island, and graciously allowed Steve and family to sponge off him. Steve still lives in The Hague, where he is a subsurface learning advisor for Shell Global Solutions. In ’11 Elizabeth Johnson Cua and husband Chris have been adjusting to the empty nest. Their elder finished up at Georgetown and now works at Price Waterhouse Coopers in DC and is taking grad courses in sports management. Their younger started at Villanova and plays on the tennis team.
Liz and Chris logged a number of miles on trips in ’11. In South Africa, they swam with the sharks and jumped out of planes. They visited Zimbabwe. In Bhutan with her Shanghai-based brother, they met the king and queen. Liz managed a few get-togethers in Boston and in NY with Jan Knight (“Now that is a busy woman—public health nursing in NYC and raising 4 daughters.”). A trip to NMH is on their short list for ’12. Faith Cowgill spent her winter ’11 holidays at Machu Picchu, Peru. With her son and daughter, she climbed 12,000 feet to the Temple of the Winter Solstice in Cuzco. The next day they took a 2-hour train ride to the Sacred Valley, and then on to Machu Picchu for New Year’s Day ’12. Faith writes: “Peru is amazing. The Andes touch the sky, and Machu Picchu is at the top. It is an incredible place, built in the 1400s as a sacred place for the Incas.” It’s pretty amazing, the variety and breadth of what we have all accomplished since we were at school. Please take a few minutes to connect with classmates on these Facebook pages: NMH – PG’s/ One Year SR/s & Friends, and Northfield Mount Hermon Class of 1974. Thanks to all who wrote in for this issue. I’ve enjoyed corresponding with you, and it’s been fun putting this column together. I hope to hear from more of you down the road. You are the glue that keeps our class together.
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I am sad to start off with the news about our friend, Timothy Carroll, who passed away suddenly on 7/22/11. I reported on this in the last column, but I have more information now. After attending NMH, Tim earned a bachelor’s in physics and in earth and planetary sciences at MIT, and then earned a PhD in theoretical astrophysics at UMass. He worked as an astrophysicist in Oxford, England, and then as a naval operations analyst in Washington DC. Finally, Tim earned an MD at the age of 40 from the Medical College of VA. He
joined the Army Reserve and served as a radiologist in Afghanistan and Kosovo. Tim enjoyed geology and history, rowing, hiking, biking, and folk music. Max Hartshorne ’77 wrote a blog about Tim, and this can be accessed at http://blogs.gonomad. com/readuponit/2011/07/tim-carroll-doctor-andrenaissance-man-leaves-this-earth.html. Timothy is survived by his sons, Zephram ’15 and Eli Carroll, his sisters, Nancy ’76 and Diana ’79, and his wife, Jeanette Voas. On a more cheerful note, Kim Clough Blackwolf would love to be contacted at wolf@ mind.net. Kim lives in Ashland OR and runs 2 companies—1 is landscape maintenance and restoration and the other is a business and services referral company. She also sells vegetables, fruit, and eggs by subscription (sometimes called a CSA) from her urban farm. Kim is involved with social-political projects, such as city deer population reduction and the food bank. Daughter Quinn (15) is a runner and dancer, as well as a straight-A student. Kim would love to find Deirdre Boyd, Jeffrey Miller, and Celeste D’Avingion Kreig again. She invites any NMHers coming to Ashland OR to look her up at Liberty Urban Farm. Jeffrey Miller writes: “I went kayaking many times this year. In KS we have lovely murky streams, but I work for the USGS Water Resources Division, so I thought I’d check out what our hydrologists are looking at. Surprisingly, there are some very interesting places. I’ve also been getting in some pristine water from springs in MO and planning CO for next year.” His oldest daughter was accepted to KU med school for next year. His middle daughter goes to Washburn U and is developing a love for art. His youngest loves marching band in high school. Elizabeth Armstrong writes: “My daughter, Rebekah Lofgren ’13, is loving her experience at NMH. She plays field hockey and lacrosse.” Elizabeth continues to run and swim, and she aspires to a 55 and over master’s triathlon challenge. Ruth Lapin was on her way home from Belgium when she met up with Ilene Feldman Steele in Saint Pancras Station, where they drank champagne. Ruth also saw Richard Morse perform at Jazz Fest in New Orleans and SOB’s (club in NYC). Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett says she got the best Hanukkah gift ever—her beloved “niece” Rachel, daughter of Kathy Lyons Egan, now lives nearby in Portland OR. Kimberly is finishing a civil rights–era book for U of NC Press—but more important, she has trained her new yellow Lab to ring a bell when she wants to go out. Carole Hawley Moore celebrated her 31st wedding anniversary with husband Ben. They have 2 children: son Benjamin (26) lives and works in Bozeman MT and daughter Alex (23) goes to school and works in Boulder CO. They all love skiing. Carole says she lives in VT 6 months a year and continues her dog rescue work there at For The
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