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Up Saksanguanmanoon ’08 and Connie Floyd ’08
at my family’s law firm based in Cairo, Egypt. Recently, we were the sole representatives in the high-profile case regarding the Al Jazeera journalists that were detained in Egypt.”
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Northfield and Mount Hermon Olivia Van Cott vancott.olivia@gmail.com • Nisha Malik nishamalik92@gmail.com • Olivia Wolpe oliviawolpe@gmail.com From Nisha Malik—After graduating from
Mount Holyoke College with a degree in biology and psychology, I am back on the NMH campus to work for reunion and the Upward Bound program. In July I plan to become a certified nurse assistant and, later, to apply to physician assistant school. I can’t believe it is our fifth reunion next year. • Olivia VanCott graduated from Greenfield Community College and plans to move to Portland, Maine. • After graduating cum laude from Dickinson College with a degree in international studies and Russian, Mackenzie King will be working as an English teacher and college counselor at a private high school in Tbilisi, Georgia. • Meghan Cotter graduated from George Washington University, and is currently enjoying a trip to Paris to watch some tennis. • Merry Lo is going back to Hong King after an eight-year journey at NMH and Boston University. • Earlier in May, Joe Sharkey came back to NMH to attend the 10th annual Batty Roundball classic game. • From Olivia Wolpe—Savannah Yates graduated from nursing school and is studying for her boards. Morgan Wilkinson (Hampton University) is working in New York in brand strategy for Shea Moisture. Samantha Kirsch (Emerson College) is working full time while trying to figure out the adult life and already forgot to pay her rent. Junius Ross-Martin (Trinity College) is moving to New Orleans in July to pursue his dream of pursuing a dream. Robbie Capistron (Boston College) is moving to New York City to work as an analyst for a financial software company. • Melody Allan (Syracuse
University) has a B.S. in special education, and is moving to Brooklyn to teach fourth grade. Carlyle Thomes (Emerson College) has a degree in political communications and Instagram, and is moving to Los Angeles in the fall. Jenna Florio (Pitzer) graduated with a degree in human biology and organismal biology. She’s moving to Washington, D.C., to study bugs in a malaria lab with the NIH. Milo Korman (University of Chicago) finished with a B.A. in physics and will be pursuing a Ph.D. in physics at Case Western Reserve University this fall, conducting observational cosmology research. • Zach Bitzer (UMass-Dartmouth) has a degree in marketing, and is pursuing an M.B.A. Leeanne Hadsel (Emmanuel College) is a social worker and life skills specialist for developmentally disabled adults. Orelia and Geneva Jonathan (Wesleyan University) are currently in South Sudan working on building a maternity center in the village where their father was born. Alexandra Kenney (National University of Ireland-Galway) finished her B.A. last year, and is currently completing her master’s. Her lacrosse team competed in the European Club Lacrosse Championship in Belgium in September. • Hanson Cheng received his B.F.A. in architecture and will be at RISD for another year to get his B.A. in architecture. His focus has been on the implications of additive manufacturing in architecture, digital fabrication, urban design, and climate change. Jamie Williams (NYU) is living in New York City doing standup and looking for a grownup job. Paul Chang (Dartmouth) finished his B.A. in comparative literature and is headed back to Seoul to embark on a career as a rapper. • Jordan Anderson is working at a cryogenics firm for the summer. Julie McCausland is entering her final year at University of ColoradoBoulder, organizing a drag show and learning German on the side. Henry Ault dropped out of Emory and is currently working at a startup that’s building a personal cloud computer. Jordan Kreyling hippie-napped himself following a brief and existentially disappointing stint at Skidmore College. Since 2013 he has been nomadically exploring the U.S., living predominantly outside, and performing street music with fellow backpackers, train-hoppers, gutter punks, and Rainbow gatherers. Matilda Brown completed her first year of studying classics at the University of Edinburgh. • As for me, I’m currently submitting this late and eating chocolate for breakfast. Stay soapy, Hoggers!
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Parker Peltzer ppeltzer@gmx.com • Wilson Josephson josephsonw@carleton.edu
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The family Heist: from left, Mary Lyman Heist ’49, Sarah ’08, Mariah ’14, Tim ’15, Chris ’17, Sam ’19, Jess ’21, and Charlie ’27
Faculty Joan Pack hpack@nmhschool.org From NMH: Many thanks to Lyn Kellom for her excellent work as news editor for retired faculty! She has contributed robust and engaging columns for many years, and we have been grateful for her dedication to the community. Thank you, Lyn! Joan Pack will take over for the next issue, and we will also be delighted to have a co-secretary if any others are interested. Welcome, Joan! • Claire Montague Smith Underwood has moved to the Big Island of Hawaii with her son, Paul Montague ’78, and daughter-in-law, Edna Armstrong Montague ’78. They will be living in Ocean View in the southern part of the island. They will be expanding the guestroom and hope that many friends will visit and enjoy their new home and large garden. • Jerry Reneau writes, “Since retirement I have found myself happily busy in a ‘second career’ in music. I sing in three regional choral groups, play the organ at church three Sundays a month, take voice lessons once a month at Harvard University from the exceptional baritone, Thomas Jones, and putter vigorously around the farm, doting on four stray cats. I’ve not been reading much, but I keep scribbling fairly regularly. I’m happy to have reconstituted several friendships with former NMH students by attending reunions.”
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