CLASS NOTES the job is expected. Laura will be using her free time working on decluttering her house and tending her gardens. • Jane Latchis-Silverthorne resides in D.C., just below the National Cathedral. She and husband Robbie enjoyed an eye-opening three weeks in Morocco, where they were joined by son Jonathan and daughter Alexandra. Marrakesh, Tangiers, and the Festival of Spiritual Music in Fes were highlights. Although the 105-degree temperatures kept them from desert treks, they enjoyed hikes in the Atlas Mountains. • Margaret Maxwell McLaughlin, also in D.C., plans to join the Cape Cod contingent when she and husband Steve retire in two years. • After selling their Cape Cod house and heading out on the road in their trailer a couple of years ago, Tracy Ambler and wife Nancy have been across the country twice. The Amblers have seen many state and national parks, iconic landmarks, and miles and miles of glorious vistas, and are well on their way to having visited all of the lower 48 states. • Linda Hoff-Irwin is thrilled to be teaching two courses at George Williams College in Williams Bay, Wis. The fact that it has a gorgeous campus on Lake Geneva makes it her dream job. Doing this in addition to her practice in Evanston, Ill., makes her a very busy but happy 65-year-old. • Charlotte Valliere Hord checked in from her home in New Brunswick to express her delight with our class-sponsored Northfield House at 67 Mt. Hermon Road. • Tina Dobsevage visited Sheila Morse after a professional society meeting in Boston in May. Then it was on to Paris for one of her annual trips, thanks to a translation project husband Jonathan House began a few years ago, publishing English translations of French psychoanalysts. The trip is a welcome respite from Tina’s solo practice of medicine, as well as a chance to visit with French friends of many years. Daughter Antonia graduated from NYU Law School in May and is specializing in immigration law. Their son is taking an intensive course in classical Greek and is applying to medical school. • Sheila Morse hosted a luncheon at her home in Guilford, Vt., before Sacred Concert, attended by Tina Dobsevage, Vin Kennedy and Becky Parfitt Kennedy, Wendy Alderman Cohen, and Donna Eaton Mahoney. After the concert, they had a chance to meet up with Deborah Mayberry, who lives in Northfield. • So far, classmates who have said they plan to come or are giving it serious consideration include: Wendy Alderman Cohen, Donna Eaton Mahoney, Claudia Stanley Moose, Jean Walker, Sheila Morse, Holly Taggart Joseph, Lorry Gresham Kenton, Kit Williams Krents, Marlee Meriwether, Pam Crawford, Bonnie Parmenter Fleming, Laura Thompson, Helen Fowler, Debby Buhrman Topliff, Sylvia Kuhner Baer, Robin Whyte Reisman, Linda Hoff-Irwin, Marty Ratcliff Rix, Tina Dobsevage, Mollie Lininger Alkan, Ann Haigis Banash, Mary Briggs, Kori Hedman Calvert, Jill Heathman, Samantha Schreiber, Nancy Dodd Uhl,
Anne Barrus Zeller, Vin and Becky Parfitt Kennedy, Eliza Childs, Will Melton, IrmaRiitta Simonsuuri Jarvinen, Gene Harmon, Bill Johnson, Joel Bartlett, Jim Baldwin, Jim Smolen, Dana Gordon, Chuck Streeter, Chris Crosby, Tom Hanna, Ross Mason, Peter Savas, Skip Walker, Charlie Watt, George Christodoulo, Dave Keene, Brad Waterman, Tom Myers, Bruce Burnside, George Alexander, Bob Turner, Max Millard, Bill Hicks, Carol Ball, Jim Archibald, Will Ackerman, Jean McBean Koenig, Patricia Watson Bartlett, Lissa Perrin, Maddi Lenagh, Nancy Hemmerly, Janet Blair Atlan and Daniel Atlan, Alex Ives, Peter Higgins, Tracy Ambler, Mark Blaisdell, Willy Hermann, Laurie Norton, John Mudge, Nancy Crothers, Holly Taggert Joseph, and Margaret Maxwell McLaughlin. It’s not too late to add your name to the list. • If you’re
on Facebook and not already a member, you can join by going to facebook.com/nmh1967 and requesting membership. You can also keep up with the class at our website: nmh1967. com. And add yourself to our interactive map: zeemaps.com/map?group=1410259.
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Northfield and Mount Hermon Kris Alexander Eschauzier pkeschauz@maine.rr.com • Peter L. Eschauzier pkeschauz@maine.rr.com • Mark G. Auerbach mgauerbach@gmail.com Steve Cole, our class leader, brother, and
friend, died of cancer on 3/7/15. Steve, NMH68 Class Gift Chair, was involved in NMH after graduation as a parent and trustee. He and his family contributed the funds for the Cole Family Faculty House. Our NMH68 Alumni Facebook page was full of classmate tributes to Steve. Visit chicagobusiness.com to read Steve’s obituary, published on March 16. Susan Donaldson James shared a 2009 interview she did with Steve, “Short People Debunk New Study on Height,” for ABC News: abcnews.go.com/Health/MensHealthNews/ story?id=8347950. Cap Kane and Marion McCollom Hampton will take on the role of Class Gift Chairs • We’re also sorry to share news of two other classmates’ passing: Nancy Burnett died of cancer on 5/14/15. She operated a multimedia documentary production company in Unadilla, N.Y., since 1991, which produced documentaries for public television, and features for NPR, Voice of America, and radio stations across New York State. She was part of the communications arts department at SUNYOneonta. New York’s The Daily Star (thedailystar.com) lists Nancy’s obituary, published on May 22. Stan Avery passed away unexpectedly on 10/13/13 from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which had killed his brother a couple of years prior. You will find Stan’s obituary on legacy.com. • Steve Cone attended Steve Cole’s memorial service on behalf of NMH ’68. He has moved on from AARP and is consulting for five companies. • Offspring of three
of our classmates are making strides in the American theater. Nancy Stevens’ daughter, Lindsay Warren Baker, co-authored the new musical Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, which had its Los Angeles premiere earlier this year. Steve Holt’s daughter, Adrienne CampbellHolt, was named a Bill Foeller Directing Fellow at the prestigious Williamstown (Mass.) Theater Festival, where she directed the new play Dental Society Midwinter Meeting. Carol Harman Barre’s stepson, Gabriel Barre, directed the new Broadway musical Amazing Grace. • Several classmates shared news of their creative projects. Harriet Chessman wrote the libretto for Jonathan Berger’s opera My Lai, which was commissioned by the Kronos Quartet. The opera explores the 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam, as seen through the eyes of a helicopter pilot. The opera will premiere in California in October. Bryan Duggan directed the documentary The World’s Largest Ball of Twine—view the trailer of his film at kc-duggan.wix.com/theworldslargestballoftwine. Rick Smolan was profiled in a video interview about his photography career in a feature by the app: News360 (news360.com). Ruth Stevens wrote the cover story, “Marketing Technology Liberates and Enables,” for the May issue of Target Marketing Magazine (targetmarketingmag.com). • In April, Judy Molesworth Darnell surprised Betsy Brunner Lathrop for her big “Six-Five” in Oakland, Calif. • C.L. Keedy writes, “After six years as a financial adviser with UBS in Pasadena, I changed firms and am now with Citigroup. I’m in my 41st year volunteering with the Pasadena Tournament of Roses as a past president/life director, and am still involved with hosting the football teams that come to the Rose Bowl. I’m a Pasadena Chamber of Commerce board member, and am one of the board of directors of the USS Pasadena Foundation that supports the crew and their families of the US Navy submarine. Adrienne, my wife of 35 years, still works in admissions at a local private school and gets involved with many of the same volunteer activities.” • Ted Finlayson-Schueler and Steve Tower represented the class of ’68 as alumni singers at Sacred Concert 2015. • David Wells retired in 2013 after serving as a reference librarian at Duke University, a department head and trainer with the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, and the administrator of the Archives of Falconry at the World Center for Birds of Prey. Living in Boise, Idaho, he enjoys a full schedule of long walks with his Italian greyhound, fly-fishing, various creative photography projects, and live music concerts by the Eagles, Steve Miller, Taj Mahal, and Norah Jones. • Richard Staples writes, “I retired from Fannie Mae at the end of 2014, but I’m staying busy with several volunteer activities related to leadership development, affordable housing, and education. My wife, Betsy, and I also enjoy ‘dueling camera’ photography expeditions around New England.” • From Mark Auerbach: “When
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