CLASS NOTES
From left: Erin Jaworski ’97, Abi Kornet ’98, Kristen Mitchell ’97, and Caitlin Thompson ’96. Erin Sprong Murrell ’95 in front, Head of the Charles, Boston
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working in management at NEXCOM, a Department of the Navy organization. Ben and his son, Judah, love to watch the Blue Angels practice at the little beach down the road, and they plan on returning home to Massachusetts in the coming year. • Manon Whittlesey lives in Maine with her partner, Justin, and their two boys, Merlin (6) and Peregrine (10 months). Manon is a printmaker and owner of Morphee Creations (morpheecreations.com). You can find her at local farmers’ markets, art events, and online. She is also an artist mentor for adults who have developmental disabilities, and she coaches in adaptive sports skiing. • Winthrop Walker is a project manager with a green remodeling company in the San Francisco Bay area. He would like to introduce you all to Hugo Madrid, born 10/27/15 • Judy Tong quit her job at The New York Times after 15 years, moved to the San Francisco Bay area, and is now working at The Guardian, a British media company expanding in the U.S., at their new West Coast office. “Looking forward to the great outdoors, good food, and getting to know these weird people and their weird ways! Why does no one jaywalk?” writes Judy. • Also in the San Francisco Bay Area are Anne Elefterakis, working at the San Francisco Zoo, and Maya Lockwood, who works for a public relations firm that represents tech startups. • Elizabeth McConky Martin moved back to Massachusetts several years ago with her husband and two kids, Alexander and Emily. She works for Concord public schools in the special education department. “Love being close to home again.” • Jocelyn Leary Lavallo checked in from New York City, where she lives with her husband, 5-year-old daughter, and two wiener dogs. She is a project finance lawyer and focuses primarily on financing solar projects. She and Laura Astor Mauldin got together last summer in Maine. “It’s so sweet to see our daughters becoming friends! I talk regularly with Emily Ennis Alexander ’96, and I am following trends in the art world vicariously through her amazing Instagram posts. So sad I missed our reunion! Looking forward to 2020.” • Caroline Leonard is living
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in Rockport, Maine, with her three kids, Field (18), Addison (12), and Iris (4), and dog Penny. • Allison Schofield Steel is living in Old Chatham, N.Y., with her husband and two boys, ages 1 and 4. Allison creates hand-carved slate gravestones using only a mallet and chisel. • Amity Gann moved to Philadelphia from Seattle a year ago with her wife and cat. She is halfway into her third graduate program, where she is pursuing a Ph.D. in education with a focus on science. This is after six years of teaching middle school math and science, and previously doing biological research. “I love it and think it combines all my past experiences really well, as if I had planned it that way,” says Amity.
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Northfield Mount Hermon Matt Gamon mattgammon@aol.com • Brian Pressman brainjpressman@gmail.com
From Brian Pressman: Hello to all ’98ers! I received a nice note from Aiko Kawakami Kato, who recently got married. She writes, “I got married to Sohta Kato on 6/28/15 in Tokyo. So happy to see some old NMH faces, such as Hiroto Mihara ’99, Saeko Tanaka Hayashi ’99, and Soo Ran Kim ’99 at the wedding. Also met up with Yukiko Shishikura ’01 in London a week after the wedding.”
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Northfield Mount Hermon Jon Rini jonathanrini@hotmail.com • Heidi Geis heidi.m.geis@gmail.com
Northfield Mount Hermon Audrey Korte aekorte@cox.net • Melia Knowles-Coursin meliakc@gmail.com • Molly Loveday chefmollyloveday@gmail.com
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Ben Schuman ’95 and son Judah
From Rose: It was great to see everyone who made it to reunion last June. I am living in Easthampton, Mass., with my fiancé and three sons. Looking forward to continuing school and seeing what the New Year brings. • Anastasia Olynyk Pecora married Anthony Pecora Jr. on 5/30/15 at a church ceremony, with a reception in Clinton, N.J. The happy couple stopped by NMH for reunion weekend on their way home from a honeymoon in Maine, and have started a construction business where they currently reside, in North Plainfield, N.J. Anastasia is also still singing and is a cantor at Saint Joseph of North Plainfield Roman Catholic Church. • Carl Michaelson is coaching hockey in Dunkerque, France, for a second season. After graduating NMH, he went to Hobart College. After playing four seasons of hockey, he headed back to Hobart to start a coaching career in 2009–10. • From Genevieve Bergeret: I posted the following on Facebook: “If I were crazy enough to quit my job to travel around the U.S. and write
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Northfield Mount Hermon Laurel Havas laurelsuzanne@gmail.com • Julia Cohen jmacleodcohen@gmail.com
Northfield Mount Hermon Rose Jackman Lynch rosejackmanlynch@gmail.com