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Same old, same old for me (Laura). Still live in Portland OR with my husband and 2 kiddos, in graduate school, and living on the water. We just spent 2 weeks in Costa Rica with my sister Jennifer Snyder Millar ’91 and her family. They moved to Montezuma, Costa Rica, a year ago and will be traveling for the next year and learning Spanish. Not a bad place to have some relatives.
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AMINA GAUTIER 1219 West Grandville Ave Apt 3B Chicago IL 60664-1925 amina.gautier@gmail.com NICHOLAS VIDA 27 Sachem Rd Greenwich CT 06830
From the Alumni Office: Kate Brooks recently published her first book, In the Light of Darkness: A Photographer’s Journey after 9-11. Shortly after the terrorist attacks in the US, Kate moved to Pakistan to photograph the impact of US foreign policy in the region. The book includes images and personal essays chronicling her journey from 9/11 to the Arab Spring uprisings. Kate’s Kate Brooks photographs have appeared in leading publications, including Time, Newsweek, The New Yorker, Smithsonian, The Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. She has received numerous awards, including Picture of the Year from Time.
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JON RINI 40 Owen St Apt E6 Hartford CT 06105-3282 jonathan.rini@dechert.com HEIDI GEIS 2140 Woolsey St Apt B Berkeley CA 94705-1890 heidi_geis@hotmail.com
From Heidi: Many thanks to Dick Peller for continuing his role as an amazing class parent to us all. He started the NMH ’96 group on Facebook, where many of us are now keeping up. If you haven’t yet joined the group, please do. I’ve been in Berkeley CA since 8/10 when my partner Richard started working on a PhD at UC Berkeley. I work at California College of the Arts in graduate admissions. Since being in the Bay Area, I’ve enjoyed chances to catch up with Tim Marcus
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Rebecca Perkins Fishbein ’96 with husband Michael, their twins Ezra and Ben.
Rebecca Olson Wright ’96 with daughter Thea.
’97, who lives in San Francisco and has started Milkman Sound, a company that builds custom vacuum tube amplifiers. I saw Tim play onstage in SF and was impressed by his skills on the pedal steel, as well as the great sound from his amp. I spent some time this fall captivated by Geoffrey Gray’s ’97 first book, Skyjack, The Hunt for D. B. Cooper. Kate Norman Frometa and Omar live in San Miguel de Allende Guanajuato, Mexico, where she helps run a school for midwives. Elisabeth and Ethan Melad, with some help from their son Max, have nearly completed building a new superefficient passive solar home. You can read their blog documenting the process at meladsolarhome.tumblr.com. Kathleen and Casey Harris welcomed their son Samuel Joseph Harris on 6/2/11. Rebecca Perkins Fishbein and husband Michael had twins Benjamin and Ezra on 3/2/11. Marie Ternes married Micah Kellner in NY on 12/17/11. Pamela Masnik writes: “I’m enjoying life in San Diego. I’m still making jewelry part-time while I pursue my illustrious career as an executive personal assistant. I live a few blocks away from Mission Bay, which has a lovely boardwalk that leads to the beach. I’ve been cohabiting for the past 2 years with my significant other and his/our dog, a gentle and beautiful pit bull named Daisy. I am already looking forward to our 20th reunion.” Colin Fredericks lives in Cambridge MA and works for MIT’s Teaching and Learning Laboratory, creating educational videos and helping to train tutors. He keeps in touch with Eric Tapley, wife Kate, and their 2 kids, as well as with Andrew Tatro ’99 and his kids. Patrick Davis is in his 5th year as principal at
Patrick Davis Knows Consulting, a marketing and business development firm. His team runs sales and marketing for CRD Metalworks LLC, a forestry equipment manufacturer in the northeastern US, which has recently gone global with firewood processing technology. He has been married to Julie for 10 years and has 2 children. Visit him online at www.crdmetalworks.com. Cliff Dyer and fiancée Jayme Johnson live in Durham NC and founded Oakwood Community, a community that provides room and board to 4 20-somethings who, in exchange, volunteer 20 hours per week at local nonprofit organizations. Visit their website at oakwoodcommunity.org. Rebecca Olson Wright lives in Shutesbury MA and is the ESL coordinator and Spanish-speaking liaison for the local school district in Turners Falls. Her husband teaches K and 1st-grade special ed in a district elementary school. Stepson Nikolai is a freshman at Amherst Regional High School. Rebecca and Jeremy welcomed Thea Fiona Wright on 5/3/11. “Feel free to be in touch any time you’re in the area visiting NMH—we’re not far.” Josh Higham caught up with Seth Schoen ’97 at his birthday party in San Francisco. Josh took his niece on a tour of NMH with Kristin Kellom ’80 to keep the tradition alive. Josh went on the Bay Area Mountain Day and met a wide range of alums. I hope this message finds you all enjoying ’12 with loved ones and look forward to hearing more from you soon.
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LAUREL HAVAS 701 St SE Apt 402 Washington DC 20003-4813 laurelhavas@yahoo.com JULIA COHEN 6 Lanark Rd, No 1 Brookline MA 02445-1834 jmacleodcohen@yahoo.com
Casey Harris ’96 and son Samuel.
From Laurel: I was out in CO this summer and spent time with Cari Wilder Theron, which was great. She has 2 little boys, and it was like no time had passed since high school.