Bonita Hyman ’74 doing the diva glam thing in Jurmala.
working as Wells Fargo’s financial adviser and as independent international art dealer of Pollocks, de Koonings, and Warhols. She continues painting and exhibiting, with four paintings at the Hill Street Gallery, Southampton, N.Y., this winter. Son Alex graduated from Columbia in May 2013 and is a junior analyst for JPMorgan. Gail Doyle Ratte’s daughter, Emilia, lowers tuition costs as a UConn senior, doubling in political science and history, moving toward entertainment law. Maddie, a University of Pittsburgh junior, pursues biology. Surviving a tragic burn at 13, she plans a Ph.D. in physical therapy. Youngest, Charles, is a University of California-San Diego economics sophomore studying hard. After selling her pulp and paper company to a Portuguese manufacturer, Gail’s second career is paying for everyone’s education. “Sorry I missed reunion; so sorry about our great friend, Sam Koch. I can still see that twinkle in his eye when he smiled, a wonderful spirit who inspired many.” Jill Harrington Nichols sold her painting “Grand Canyon” to the director of the FBI (JillNichols.com). White House Senior Advisor Valerie Bowman Jarrett wrote a Huffington Post article, “Great Strides for Women under the Affordable Care Act.” While some were watching the State of the Union address, Rebeca Schwartz-Avila was on the Jeopardy show. Good answer to dead-poet question: Milton. Harry Bick and wife Sandi moved to Fort Worth, Texas, a few years ago and are enjoying their two-story town home. His online business thrives and he enjoys contact with Bonita Hyman, Debbie Hayes Boyce ’75, and David C. Johnston. Bonnie Sue Boswell Claypoole from Marquand is an ICU nurse in Houston. Her older daughter is a music promoter in Houston; the younger studies art at University of Colorado-Boulder, where Bonnie plans on moving. She misses the east, and lived in Pittsburgh in the 1980s with her husband of 16 years, who died in a work accident in 1999. Bonnie loved Evelyn Shrock’s class, and speed reading with Larry Lightner, where she and Elizabeth “Buffie” Judd cracked up from his morning lethargy. Judy Armbruster had four golden retriever pups last June. “In July we did a one-week diving trip to the Galápagos on a live-aboard, followed by a week in Peru and Machu Picchu.” James “Jef” Fasser and wife Kathleen live in Concord, Mass. Two older children launched from 76 I NMH Magazine
Nancy Doonan Coppelman ’74 celebrates with husband Jon in Naxos, Greece.
Pam Nelson Heath ’75 (left) and Mark Codey ’75
college to D.C. and New York City. Jeff has had a rewarding career in landscape architecture since graduating from University of Virginia. He’s the director of landscape architecture with the BSC Group, a Boston-based consulting firm. Nancy Doonan Coppelman’s Julia graduated from Northwestern with clustered honors, launching her legal assistant position at the Washington, D.C., law firm, Sanford Heisler. In August, Anna railroaded across Tuscany before flying to Athens for her Greek, Latin, and archeology semester. Nancy and Jon traveled abroad again after 25 years, meeting Anna in Athens before Naxos, where magical shaman Dimitris brought the island alive. Adventures culminated in Crete. Lyn Tranfield Bennett and husband Dave anticipate daughter Vera visiting from her internship at Chiodo Brothers Productions, Los Angeles. Son Chris enjoyed sophomore year at Drew University. He is a theater major, and was in Moliere’s Les Précieuses Ridicules, which Lyn and Dave attended. Merry O’Dowd Adams loved reunion rowing, biking, farm visits, and making wonderful friends. At her lamppost back home, she planted the calla lily bulbs from the flower farm of old friend Scott Nickerson ’73. Merry and husband Ed bought a cruiser/racer boat, visiting Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, and Cuttyhunk, plus occasional Narragansett Bay sails and weekly beer can races. They visited Humbolt Bay, Calif, and the Redwood Forest, followed by a Sonoma Valley inn-to-inn bike ride. While laid up in November with broken toes from a falling stone sink, Merry read Christopher Matthews’s gift, A Passion for Souls: The Life of D.L. Moody, written by Lyle Dorsett. In sad news, Sally Butcher Ansley died on 11/29/14 in Des Moines, Iowa, from a severe recurrence of breast cancer. Her sister, Sue Butcher ’71, writes, “We thought she was healthy in remission. We miss her terribly and can’t believe she’s gone.” Family was with her in hospital, including her brother, Peter Butcher ’80. Sally lived and worked in Ankeny, Iowa, near son Michael and granddaughter Janie (3). “Sally loved Northfield and the friends she made there,” her sister added. Last spring I met David W. Torrey ’73 at Torrey Architecture Boston, who showed me his work and provided mentorship, later visiting his Newton and Wellesley projects. MIT website designer Christine Vielmetti Daniloff ’82 admitted, “I can do whatever I want as long as it’s good” over coffee. In August I saw gasification plant expert Bradley Schneider. I’m joining another four-person
reunion in the White Mountains with Susan Fenske McDonough, Lyn Tranfield Bennett, and Meredith O’Dowd Adams.
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Jamie Robinson writes, “There is a Facebook page
for our class. Please drop by and say hello!” Search for “Northfield Mount Hermon Class of 1975.” Tempe Reichardt, Will Runyon, and their significant others had lunch last October in Walnut Creek, Calif. Both are well and eager to see classmates at June’s reunion. Tempe started a new company, Gabriel-Glass North America LLC, which is the exclusive importer of a stunning “universal” wine glass from Austria. Tempe writes, “The glass is appropriate for every style and type of wine, is made of lead-free crystal, and dishwashersafe. Most importantly, the design of the glass is intended to allow the full expression of the flavors and aromas of wine to emerge in the glass.” It has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, on Fox Business News, The Today Show, on the nationally syndicated WCBS radio show, Blue Lifestyle, and in other trade press. See winegls.com for more information. Tempe got together with David Foell ’74 last August in New York City. It had been years since they had seen each other, and David is doing great. Debbie Knight Snyder: “Our youngest son, Jake, graduated from high school [last] June and is now at Cornell, making this fall the first time in two decades that I haven’t had to wake someone up for school in the morning! In addition to Jake’s graduation from high school, our middle son, Rob, graduated from University of Chicago with a degree in economics. Our oldest son, Will (who graduated from UMass-Amherst in 2012) graduated from City Year—a full year of service to the Boston Public Schools.” Debbie keeps in touch with many NMH friends via Facebook. She sees Beth Brown Madsen ’76 and her fun family as frequently as time allows. Debbie also had the pleasure of seeing her lifelong friend, Mark Codey, last summer when he was visiting his sister on Cape Cod; he’s doing great, as always. Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett is looking forward to three things in the coming year: “the wedding