busy representing the small businesses of Ferguson, Mo., that were damaged and destroyed during the looting and riots, resulting in interviews on CNN, Fox, and the BBC. Finally, my son, Jay, now has his driver’s license. Where does the time go?” Catherine Johnson Lewis: “My mother, Elaine, my son, Freddy, and I traveled to New England in October 2013 and visited the Northfield campus. It is, of course, not only the place where I had an amazing high school education, but also where I grew up from the age of 8. We walked all over the campus and it was very nostalgic. We even were allowed a few minutes inside the auditorium. The fall colors were beautiful, and we talked about the many memories my mother and I share. We spent a while outside Chutter House and East Hall, and my son was very interested in the story of the bell tower, Mountain Day, the legend of Gloria Harding (who fell down the elevator shaft), and many reminiscences of growing up in a house attached to a dormitory. We are all well here in California. Finally getting some much-needed rain and enjoying work, Labradors, gardening, friends who visit. Freddy, named after his grandfather, Fred Johnson, is now 20 and in college studying for a degree in business administration with an emphasis on finance. Elaine is in good health and now an amazing 80 years old.” Caryn Liebowitz Bonosevich: “I still live in New Hampshire while my husband is in Fort Worth, Texas. Looking forward to moving to my new home in Texas sometime over the next year. My kids: Mike (28) now lives in Midland, Texas, and is the sales manager for three Staples stores. Sara (26) lives here in New Hampshire and works as a nanny in Vermont; she is still working on getting her college degree. Sam (24) lives in Rutland, Vt., with her partner, Elisabeth; Sam is in search of full-time IT work. Lauren (22) lives in Burlington, Vt., with her longtime partner, Keith. Lauren is the store manager for Spencer’s. As always, an open invitation to anyone visiting north of Franconia Notch and soon an open invite for Ft. Worth.”
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JACK FARRELL 22314 Cairnloch St Calabasas CA 91302-5873 jack@jackfarrell.org ANTONY PANG 33 Club St 08-14 Singapore 069415 aa1105@yahoo.com
LYNELLE KUCHARSKI 94 Cambridge Dr Glastonbury CT 06033-1379 lynelle@lynellekucharski.com KRISTIN KELLOM 5 Main St Northfield MA 01360-1018 kkellom@nmhschool.org
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FRANK CHANDLER 20 Overlook Park Newton MA 02459-1344 frankchandler1@verizon.net class of ’81 website: www.nmh81.us
MARINA COLMAN PO Box 3555 Taos NM 87571 marinacolman727@yahoo.com LILIAN BLACKEN HANNAPEL 1242 Robin Rd Mount Pleasant SC 29464-3811 lilhannapel@gmail.com
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SALLY WILLIS PO Box 1456 Frisco CO 80443-1456 willissally@hotmail.com
MICHAEL RICKARD 1470 N Grand St W Suffield CT 06093-2521 mrickard330@cox.net
From Sally—Charlie Crowley writes, “I graduated from Lehigh University, finished med school, and live in Ridgewood, N.J. I am a practicing ophthalmologist. I married a dance teacher from NMH that I met in med school—Elizabeth Ozimek taught in 1989 or 1990 at Northfield. I have four kids: Claire is a freshman at Middlebury, Colin (15) at Delbarton, Edie (12), and Ian (9).” Scott Jensen is still in Austin, Texas, running Rhythm Superfoods—a veggie-based snack food company. “Wife Cyndie is due in April with our second boy. Aksel, our first, is 3 in June and keeps my 51-year-old person running like a 30-year-old. Stubb’s Bar-B-Q is still going strong as a sauce company and restaurant/live music venue. I travel to Asia often and have tried to find Eddie Lin several times in Hong Kong, to no avail…please post if anyone knows his whereabouts. Lost my father, Ralph Jensen ’58, this past summer to cancer-related pneumonia. Prompts me to remind everyone to tell their parents they love them today and tell them why they love them!” David Rutan is still living in Los Angeles and recently saw humorist Dylan Brody perform. “I also see Jonathan Huston from time to time,” said David. “Besides my electrical engineering job in the cell phone industry, I stay busy as a National Lawyers Guild legal observer at various protests, mostly animal rights.” Alison Mandaville: “Very busy taking over the coordination of English education and credentialing here at Fresno State. It’s a bit crazy living between two places (summers, weekends, and winter break in Seattle), but I’m glad I can escape the daily 100 degree weather here in July/August. Our daughter is graduating from Macalester College in May with a double major in environmental studies and art, so maybe she’ll have some creative ways to address climate change! Together with a colleague in Baku, we published a book of translated poetry
by women from the region of Azerbaijan (12th century-Soviet era). It’s a UNESCO-sponsored project. I continue my local work with future educators, my global work with colleagues in Georgia and Azerbaijan, and my own writing—poetry, and about comics and graphic novels. Kelly Armor visited us in Seattle and it was so great to hear about all the amazing work she is doing: training teachers and child-care providers to use music from around the world in their classrooms.” David Whitman: “I spent the day at the NMH alumni booth [fall 2014] during the Head of the Charles. It was awesome, and we clearly had the best alumni swag of all the schools. It was great to be back on campus for Pie Race. I then had dinner with Sheila Heffernon, Jim Block, and Dick Peller. The self-proclaimed theme of the day was ‘more cowbell.’ It was terrific to see fellow classmates: Claire Rodman, Izzy Ramirez, and Jamie Bailey. Claire and I got the chance to spend some time with Chris and Bonnie Shepard. Chris is now retired. Both are doing well living in Northfield. There are lots of photos on our Facebook page of both the Head of the Charles and the Pie Race. Check them out and join the page if you haven’t already done so: NMH Class of ’82.” Sarah Meyer Stevens: “Starting a new chapter of my life working at Denver Water! I am still active, running races and placing in my age group. My girls are now 14 and 15, excelling in school, and still not giving me any gray hairs. When I think back at NMH when I was their ages, I think ‘yikes...!’ If anyone is ever in the Denver area, send me a message. I am on Facebook.” Julia Walker: “We’re living between Connecticut and Vermont. Benjamin is a junior in high school and Matthew is an 8th grader at the school where I teach first and second grade. Looking at colleges and secondary schools at the same time is like another job.” From Mike—Carol Cahill: “I am living in Billerica and working in Lawrence, Mass. I’ve been a public defender since 1990 and now run the Essex County office in Lawrence. We handle representation of indigent defendants in Haverhill, Lawrence, Newburyport, and Salem courts. I am divorced and raising my 13-year-old daughter, Meghan. I spend most of my time driving her to practices and games for the many basketball teams on which she plays. I would love to hear from—or have a visit from— any of my old classmates/friends from NMH.” Andy Hewitt: “I’ve had the opportunity to eat a few meals in Alumni Hall over the past few months since our son, Benjamin ’16, started as
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