CLASS NOTES mom, and continued to offer support and help, especially to those on the autism spectrum. She is survived by two sons, Matthew (29) and Nicolas (27). • And from me (Cathy Abraham Hopkins), I continue to enjoy travel and running, having completed my fifth Comrades Marathon, a 56-mile ultra in South Africa, capped off by peaceful time in the bush and mountains. I plan to keep doing this race until 2025, when I turn 65, body willing. I am forever grateful for my time at NMH and for the opportunity to be a class secretary. As John Willoughby so aptly put it, “It’s great to reconnect with old friends and roommates, and even to hear from people I wasn’t that close to at NMH, but with whom I still share a common background.” I feel the same way!
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Northfield and Mount Hermon Paige Relyea Lehman Paigerelyea@Yahoo.com • Cary Liebowitz Bonosevich Bonosevich@Hotmail.com From Cary Liebowitz Bonosevich and Paige Relyea Lehman—Our talented classmate Craig Lemont Walters wrote us from Berlin.
“The summer theater season has hit Europe, and I am happy to have been asked to participate in the Choriner Opernsommer Festival. I’ll be singing the Hermit in Carl Maria von Weber’s opera Der Freischütz. Later this summer, I’ll be singing Sarastro in a production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute with the Prague Chamber Opera.” • Terran Longacre (formerly Tracy Longacre) writes, “Since January, I have been living and working in Liberia on a project with Medical Teams International. Now that Liberia has been declared Ebola-free, we are turning our attention to supporting and building the capacity of the county health team to provide essential health services and to have an effective response capacity in the event of another outbreak. A few months before moving to Liberia, I came to the rather epic realization that, despite my physical appearance, I am actually a man (transgender). I started the process of transitioning, came out to my family and friends, and changed my name to Terran Longacre. However, I didn’t have enough time to change my legal documentation or complete the transition process, so here I am living as a woman called Tracy. But in some ways it’s helpful to have no choice but to be patient.” • Tania Williamson writes, “After finishing Oberlin, I took a year back in Massachusetts and returned to Ohio to teach at Hiram College for two years. I then earned my master’s at Kent State. I returned to Massachusetts for four years in the Army, doing research at Natick Labs, and during that time met my now ex-husband, Michael. We moved to Monterey, Calif., and then to Colorado Springs. I’d like to say I enjoy living here because it is so beautiful and its dry climate is ideal, but it can be somewhat conservative for a moderate like me. I went back to school in 2008 to try to gain entrance to occupational therapy school. My mom died on 5/7/15, and my brothers Chris
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’78 and Kevin Williamson ’82 headed home to Massachusetts for her memorial service. I still can’t believe she’s gone.” • Mike Rosenberg teaches strategy, globalization, and sustainability at IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain. Mike adds, “I cut my hair in 1982.” • Estelle Dorain Burgess and husband Ray continue working to please all their vacation-home owners. “Fortunately, we have each other and will be celebrating our 33rd anniversary this summer,” says Estelle. “Our girls, Lindsey ’03 and Callie Burgess ’04, continue to wow us with their work ethic and love for life. NMH has always been a special place and continues to mold young lives in a most profound way. Please remember to give what you can to the school to help other deserving children have the opportunity to write in this magazine in the future!” • William Heidbreder writes, “I moved back to New York City from Paris, where I got a second degree in philosophy two years ago, and am as always working at my scholarly editing business, Academic English Editing, as well as translating and writing about film and art, contemporary European philosophy and theory. My pending blogsite is refusalofsilence.com.” • Cary Liebowitz Bonosevich and husband Len are actively house hunting in Ft. Worth, Texas. • “In March I saw Jon Cline again,” writes Andrew Bourne, “this time in Washington, D.C. for brunch. Then in May I saw my cousin, Terry Green ’76, with other family in Castine, Maine. Castine is where Terry’s maternal grandmother and my maternal grandmother grew up.” • Wondering what classmates are up to? Nearly 200 classmates have joined our Facebook page at “Northfield Mount Hermon Class of 1979.” Check it out!
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Northfield and Mount Hermon Jack Farrell jack@jackfarrell.org • Antony Pang aa1105@yahoo.com • Lynelle Kucharski lynelle@lynellekucharski.com • Kristin Kellom kkellom@nmhschool.org From Kristin Kellom—We had a great
35th reunion! We missed all those of you who weren’t able to make it. We hope you can join us for the 40th or for any of the mini-reunions that we are planning to have around the country. Please get re-connected or involved in any way that you can. If you would like to volunteer for the class, let us know. Chris Lindstrom Schaeffer posted gorgeous photos and messages from others on our class Facebook page. • Cool nights, warm days, and the campus looked spectacular. Some rode on the new Pie Ride, some chose an early-morning row, some sang at the Hymn Sing, some danced. Saturday-night’s class dinner was festively decorated with class photo collage table runners that Susie Waterman made. We had a fabulous time hanging out in our gorgeously decorated Crossley Lounge.
Kudos to Amelia Maloney for winning the new dorm-decorating contest for the class by providing fun memorabilia, lights, food, and creating a warm, welcoming environment. She, Kristin Kellom, and Susie Waterman provided fresh flowers to add to the ambience. Anne Shepard created a play list with a terrific variety of the sounds of the 1970s! We learned in alumni classrooms, including “Your Financial Roadmap,” presented by Stephanie Ackler; checked out the farm; and visited the Northfield campus. We heard updates on the school from administrators and students. We celebrated alumni receiving awards, retiring faculty, and sang “Jerusalem.” Jeff Goller created a touching memorial for our deceased classmates, and we took a moment to light a candle for each of the 14 and read their senior yearbook quotes, some of which were quite emotionally prophetic. • Those who were able to make it back to campus were: Stephanie Ackler, Jay Barry, Janet Weed Breen, Maryann Buehler Postans, Paul Caliandro, Josh Duhl, Mitzi Fennel, Stephanie Fernald, Peter Garland, Bob Gibson, Karyn Ginsburg, Jeff Gollar, Cuppy Howe Gordon, Linda Harmening Sinkay, Arman Karamian, David Keating, Kristin Kellom, Lynelle Kucharski, Karen Lange, Jeff Leyden, Amelia Maloney, Dan Martin, Doug McIntosh, Jack Melanson, Abby Millager, Neal Monagle, Laura Oot-Sheridan, Chris Lindstrom Schaeffer, Lydia Perry Schodel, Phil Schoenfeld, Anne Shepard, Tracey Wagner, and Susie Waterman. Jane Cunningham and Jim Mulholland could not make it at the last minute. We offer condolences to Jim, whose father died shortly after reunion weekend. Tracy Korman ’81, observer for his own upcoming 35th, participated in our activities. Many classmates could not join us but contacted us: Sarah Browning, Cab Dempsey, Viva Hardigg, Jonathan “Fletcher” Carr, Cathy Clark, Cynthia Berglund Smith, Barb Gorin, Antony Pang, Henry Wooster, Elisabeth Carter, Andrea Farrington, Baman Rusby, Reza Salehi, Melani Calitri Holden, Katayoun Amini, Chris Kycia, Phil Perham, and Marnita Orr. • A number of faculty were there, too, including Dick and Louise Schwingel, Betty Congdon, Dick and Lyn Kellom, Jim and Penny Block, Jay Ward, and Al DeMaria. Dick Peller and Hughes Pack were around even as they were packing for retirement.
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Northfield and Mount Hermon Frank Chandler frankchandler1@verizon.net • Marina Colman marinacolman727@yahoo.com • Lilian Blacken Hannapel lilhannapel@gmail.com • Class of ’81 Website: www.nmh81.us