adopted names other than the ones you may be familiar with from our school years. To help you sort out who’s who, we have assembled a handy chart so you can cross-reference the surnames your Northfield classmates used “back in the day” with the ones they go by today. You can find it at www. nmh1967.com/67names.html. In Dec, Wendy Alderman Cohen, Donna Eaton Mahoney, Eliza Childs, Will Melton, Vin Kennedy, and Dana Gordon met for dinner in Boston and then proceeded to Emmanuel Church to attend Christmas Vespers. Much of the dinner conversation focused on our upcoming 45th reunion. Your class officers continue the planning since observing the Class of ’66 celebration in June for ideas. Your input is important. Please mail, email, or Facebook any suggestions, and plan your schedule around the 2nd weekend of 6/12. We are hoping for record attendance. This is our last practice before the 50th . . . From the Alumni Office: We are saddened to report the death of Deborah Krum Douglas on 12/10/10, one day after her 61st birthday. At Northfield, Debby was a class committee volunteer. A graduate of the U of CA San Francisco School of Medicine, she specialized in anatomical and clinical pathology. During her career, she was assoc professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins, chief of the Department of Pathology at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and practiced in Roanoke VA. Debby is survived by 2 daughters, a grandson, her parents, brother John Krum ’77, and sister Katherine Krum Cordier ’72.
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KRIS ALEXANDER ESCHAUZIER 49 W Lynne Ave Portland ME 04103-1656 pkeschauz@maine.rr.com PETER L. ESCHAUZIER 49 W Lynne Ave Portland ME 04103-1656 pkeschauz@maine.rr.com
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Many in our class are sharing news via our NMH68 Alumni Facebook page. If you’re on Facebook, join us there for more current class news and chat. Condolences to Nancy Alexander Randall, whose husband Dick passed away on 2/18/11. For the VT Standard obituary: www.thevermontstandard.com/2011/03/richard-randall-obituary/. Mark G Auerbach writes: “I produced a performance with the Capitol Steps last Dec as a benefit for the South Hadley Youth Commission, and I’ve taken on the public relations for ‘The David
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Pakman Show,’ an internationally syndicated, multi-platform political talk show on radio, TV, and the web.” After some time off for health issues, Carol Bolton Dane got back to traveling with a trip to Australia in Dec. She missed the birth of the newest granddaughter but caught up with her in Mar in LA. She’s looking forward to being back in NE this fall. She’s an attorney working at the San Francisco Superior Court, representing kids or parents in abuse/neglect cases. Ted Bretschger and wife Nancy live in Chicago and are new grandparents. Recently, eldest son Teddy and wife Elizabeth, who live in NYC, were away on business in Hong Kong and China and “grandma and grandpa” took care of Louise (9 mos). They had a great time but felt fortunate that daughters Lindsay and Heidi (and husband Alex) also live in NYC, so they had lots of quality family time. Harriet Chessman has been in Palo Alto CA since ’02 and is writing a new novel. Daughter Marissa Wolf is artistic director for Crowded Fire Theater Company in San Francisco; son Micah is post-production assistant in editing for the new Alvin and the Chipmunks film after being on the editing team for Water for Elephants; youngest son Gabe is making a good effort to finish high school and is in a band. Husband Bryan Wolf teaches art history at Stanford and is at work on a new book on Martin Puryear and other artists. After 3 years as the US Ambassador to the Central African Republic, Frederick Cook moved back to the US last year to take up an assignment as the foreign policy advisor to the commandant of the Marine Corps. Daughter Heather Cook O’Donnell ’96 has taken time off from teaching to raise 2 kids, and son Trevor ’03 is a lieutenant in the Army in Afghanistan. “Moving back into our house in Arlington VA has been a challenge as the house was rented for 15 years, but we are making progress and the guest room is available.” Susan Donaldson James checked in: “Daughter Megan, a reporter for ‘Seven Days’ in Burlington VT, wrote about filmmaker Camilla Rockwell, never realizing she was our NMH classmate. Small world.” Wendy Golenbock’s son Max has been selected as cocaptain of the ’11–12 MIT soccer team. Wendy invites classmates to MIT’s Steinbrenner Field this fall to cheer on Max in center midfield and the rest of the intrepid Engineers. Paul Haagen is still senior associate dean for academic affairs at Duke Law School, advising Duke athletes and opining for the media on matters related to sports and the law. He also has responsibility for Duke’s initiatives in China. Older son Jonathan started an education company there, and younger son Christopher is about to move from Beijing, where he is a teacher/administrator at the Tsinghua University International High School, to Nanjing to go to grad school in the Johns Hopkins program. Carol Harman Barre says she spends about
50 hours a week with her mom (95), who still lives in her own house on the beach, but needs 24/7 companionship and help with ADLs (activities of daily living in gerontology parlance). She volunteers with her local advisory board of first book, writing grants and other fundraising. Carol says: “I exercise my compulsiveness in bouts of weeding and pruning of our lawn and garden. Jim, dear husband for 38 years, helps me remember to take time to just sit and visit—or just sit –and he keeps the household husbanded while I’m off on my various missions.” Louise “Weezie” Miner is asst professor at St Catherine U, teaching in the master of arts in organizational leadership program, and is in her 21st year as an organization development consultant. “My greatest joys are singing in the Minnesota Chorale, a symphonic chorus associated with the MN orchestra, singing in a hospice choir, and being an involved grandmother of 2 girls. I’m happily married to Rob Wilcox and living in St Paul MN.” Bill Newman has visited Gary Hopson, Ren Davis, and Don Stanton since the beginning of the year. All are in the DC area, and Bill reports that all are doing well. Glenn Perry moved back east from CA a few years ago and now teaches archetypal cosmology and conscious evolution at the Graduate Institute in CT. “For the last 35 years in CA, I had been working as a psychotherapist in private practice, utilizing astrology as a diagnostic tool. My real passion, however, is writing and teaching, which I get to do more of now that I’m back in CT.” Glenn lives in Haddam Neck on the CT River, is an avid kayaker, and was recently featured on CBS3’s “Better Connecticut”: www.wfsb.com/betterct/27506710/detail.html. Irving Priest married Sara last June after being together for a long time. He is superintendent of public works in Wrentham MA. “We spend time at our place in Concord VT and are working on refurbishing our 38-ft sailboat. Our dream is to sail our own boat south.” Roger Quinn and wife Jody, married 36 years, recently became grandparents for the 1st time when Emory Reagan Quinn was born on 4/30/11 to son Billy (in officer training school) and Rebekah. Their youngest son Teddy graduated from Lynn U in May and will begin business school there in Sept. Roger and Jody live in Belfair, a scenic golf and tennis community in the Hilton Head SC area. Last winter, Betsy “Ali” Rose released a new CD, “Real to Me,” of original songs, including several inspired by her son Matt’s teenage years and the joys/rigors of parenting. She reports that Matt is home from his freshman year at UC Berkeley, happier and healthier than she expected/feared. Her partner David is very engaged in his nonprofit, which offers volunteer opportunities to CA Berkeley students in mentoring and other programs serving low-income/minority youth. Betsy’s website is: www.betsyrosemusic.org. Bob Schwartz’s older son Daniel recently married and younger son Aaron was best man.