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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 Liz Clough ’97, left, with Emily Wilkins Clark’s ’97 son Alexander, and Emily with son Quentin.
From Julia: Maresa, Mac, and I are back in NY as I pursue another master’s in education. A special shout-out to all my classmates who are back in school, raising wild youngsters, or are crazy enough to try both simultaneously. Emily Wilkins Clark and husband Jeremy live in Seattle with their boys Quentin (3) and Alexander (1). After 2 years as a full-time mom, Em went back to work as a review scientist in the U of WA’s Office of Animal Welfare. Jeremy is a professor in the psychiatry department. In Sept, Liz Clough visited. Em writes: “It was great to see her and hear about all of her exotic travels and diving adventures, and she even brought hand-knit hats for each member of the family.” Em and her mother, Cindy Kidder ’62, hosted an NMH Seattle event, which was attended by quite a few folks, including John Doyle ’95, his wife, and 2 kids. Liz Clough lives in the DC area and works as a certified financial planner in a financial planning and investment advisory firm. She writes: “It’s really gratifying helping people think constructively about and then plan for future events, and it’s great to see them achieve their goals.” Liz visited Em Wilkins Clark in the fall and also visited Lois Rafael Cameron ’67, a longtime family friend who lives in Depoe Bay OR. “She took me on several fantastic hikes and morning tide pool adventures. Otherwise, my life motto continues to be ‘have passport, will travel,’ and I have a travel wish list as long as my arm that includes both domestic and international destinations. I’m still playing hockey, take way too many photos, and do a lot of volunteer work with various organizations.”
MOLLY LOVEDAY 175 Grant St Lexington MA 02420-2126 molly.loveday@trincoll.edu
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KATHERINE “CRICKET” BORNTRAEGERWHEELER NISBET 15 Allens Rd Southsea, Hampshire, PO4 0QB, UK katherinebw@hotmail.com
Hi, everyone. Apologies for not writing in the past few issues, but life has been busy here in the UK. In Dec ’10, my husband Jim and I moved with our daughter Liesel (3) and springer spaniel Lily to Portsmouth from near Oxford. My husband finished his job at the UK Defence Academy and went to the UK fleet HQ at Northwood (North London) to work as the UK’s fleet operations officer. Unfortunately, he commutes and is gone during the week, but he loves the job. He’s been busy since 1/11 due to Libya and various other crises. I still work from home doing pr and marketing. I have a contract with a company not far from home, which works out brilliantly with Liesel and school. On 11/4/11, we welcomed Hugh Henry Scudder Nisbet into the family. My mother, Jean Penney Borntraeger Wheeler ’66, came over and helped during Nov and Dec. Liesel loved having her “AmiOmi” over for so long, and it was lovely for me to have her help. I caught up with Heather Heckman-McKenna in London in late ’11. It was fantastic to see her and hear all about her new ice hockey team. We also see Lyndsay Lucero ’99 and husband Nye Wright often, as they live down the coast from us. Lyndsay is also
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JOSH GRUBMAN 14 Deldorf St Quincy MA 02169-1820 joshuagrubman@gmail.com CHRISTOPHER A ZISSI 1348 Euclid St NW Apt 205 Washington DC 20009-4847 christopher.zissi@gmail.com
Jessica Brown married Gregg Bois in Corolla NC on 9/1/11. Laurel Daen attended the beach cere-
mony. Jessica and Gregg live in So Dartmouth MA, where Gregg attends graduate school at UMass Dartmouth. Jessica works for the RI Department of Education and plans to finish her doctoral work at Boston College this spring.
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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
Liesel’s godmother and Nye is Hugh’s godfather. On 7/30/11, I attended the wedding of Jenna Flateman ’00 and Saburah Posner at the Grand Isle Lake House on Lake Champlain. It was an amazing day; the brides were stunning, and it was a happy and laughter-filled occasion. Liesel loved her role as a flower girl, and I was lucky enough to be a bridesmaid. It was wonderful to share such a fantastic day with Jenna and Subbie. I do hear often from various NMHers via Facebook—it’s great to know what everyone is up to, so please keep in touch. If I don’t hear from people, I may have to make things up. Apologies if I have forgotten anyone—my mind is rather filled with kiddie stuff these days. From the Alumni Office: Paul Marcy, a graduate of the Naval Academy in Annapolis, was awarded the Bronze Medal with Valor on 11/10/11 for his actions in Afghanistan. According to the citation, Paul calmly directed his Marines and Afghan soldiers to move forward under intense enemy machine gun fire. He called in 3 air strikes on enemy positions and cleared more than 200 structures of enemy soldiers. “His calmness under fire and leadership by example were instrumental in the team pacifying an area of the country previously considered an impenetrable enemy stronghold.”
ANNE MORGAN 150 E 56th St Apt 12D New York NY 10022-3634 annelucasmorgan@gmail.com
Katherine Borntraeger-Wheeler Nisbet ’00, husband Jim, Liesel, and Hugh.
From the Alumni Office: Catherine “Cat” Murcek, Clare Densmore, Matt Farina, Geoffrey Gonzalez, and Joel Weber ’01 attended Karan Khosla’s wedding in India last fall and sent
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