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ANNE HOWSON 85 Sutherland Road #2 Brighton MA 02135-7159 ahowson@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
On Memorial Day weekend ’11, Annie Oskam and Tami Elass Percle met up at the 13th biennial AramcoBrat reunion in Dallas TX. After 5 years of business, Max Hartshorne decided to close his beloved GoNOMAD Café and concentrate on his travel website business. “In the little farming village of South Deerfield, the café had become a central gathering place, and it was sad to have to close but a relief since anyone who has ever owned a restaurant knows it’s a tough business.” He counted several members of the Class of ’77 as regular customers, and Joe Shea, now a partner at the Boston law firm Nutter McClennan and Fish, stunned him last year by making an appearance with his family and son (who is applying to NMH). Now after building a man-cave addition to his house, Max is enjoying life much more fully and spending time with his grandchildren, Nathan (6) and Sofie (2). Daughter Kate Hartshorne Cosme ’98, a nurse in Greenfield, enjoys taking trips and contributing family travel articles at GoNOMAD.com. GoNOMAD has introduced a new line of ebooks called Plane Readers that are selling well on Amazon and BN.com. Max travels all over the place. This year he hiked the Great Ocean Walk at the bottom of Australia, joined 30,000 other riders in the 52 km Tour de Ile in Montreal, and visited Aquitaine, France, then took trains through the middle of Norway’s fjord country. Barbara Jean Pendleton writes from Charleston SC, where she is the dir of college counseling and marketing at Charleston Collegiate School. She’s in a wonderful relationship with Mark Madden, who is the dir of interpretation and stewardship for the Charleston County Parks. They are members of a local band. He’s the drummer and she’s the lead singer. Jim Gullickson traveled to ME in late June for his nephew’s wedding and will go to AK in July for a cruise. He is also mulling over starting a support group for beagle owners, an idea inspired from observations of his independent-thinking dog Biscuit. Steve Burnham’s eldest John Burnham ’11
Megan Wonnacott Sutton ’77 and Anne Howson ’77
Hirath Ghori ’78, Annie Oskam ’77, Tami Elass Percle ’77, and Mark Tracy ’78
just graduated from NMH and has moved to CA, where he will spend the next 2 years as a Thiel Fellow. His fields of research are space technology, propulsion systems, and nuclear power. Megan Wonnacott Sutton visited Boston in mid-June with her husband Clark to celebrate daughter Elsie having just finished up a year with City Year. She and I met for breakfast in Washington Square, Brookline, and had a wonderful time catching up. We last saw each other at our ’02 reunion. “So this year my husband and I officially became empty nesters,” writes Joanie Kaplan Williams. “Both our kids are in art schools (U Arts—Philly and SCAD—Savannah). They are both home for the summer so we are enjoying that. Just got back from M D Anderson and got a clean bill of health, so I am now 2 1/2 years cancer-free. We love FL and encourage all our friends in the North to come visit during the winter when they get sick of the snow. Still love my job as CFO of HRA Senior Living. We are developing a prototype building for assisted living for the baby boomers, so we are having fun with that. There is starting to be a lot more investment interest in senior living due to the demographics of the baby boomers. We will certainly capitalize on that. Can’t wait to see everybody next year at reunion.” James Hallock attended this year’s NMH ’ 76 reunion and saw Grace Mauzy, who was our class observer for next year’s reunion. Earlier this spring Jim attended a private company function in CO where he, Paul Crowder, and Jim’s son Bud were regaled with stellar music from rock act Foreigner, which includes classmate Tom Gimbel. Speaking of the talented Tom Gimbel, he is very happy to be touring Europe and the States this year playing in Foreigner. He writes: “We are
Tom Gimbel ’77 of Foreigner playing guitar
Just under the singer’s hand you can see from left to right: Jim Hallock ’77, Paul Crowder ’77, and Jim’s son Bud Hallock.
on a bill with Journey, and it’s a pretty cool package. We have done Scotland, Ireland, and England so far. Wonderful places. (foreigneronline.com) My golf is a bit rusty, but the sax, flute, vocals, and guitar still seem to work pretty well. Big shout-out to all NMH alumni. Come say hello on Facebook. (Thomas Gimbel@facebook.com) Best to all.” Bryan MacDonald saw Nat Thompson at the 30th college reunion at Connecticut College. He writes: “Let’s get ready for our 35th NMH reunion next June. You all will be hearing from the reunion committee soon.” Actually, by the time you read this, you will have already heard from them, and we hope are planning to attend our 35th reunion. There is sad news that we have lost another classmate: Susan Leavitt died suddenly on 6/4/11 at her home in Lawrence MA. She grew up in Northfield and was daughter of Jane and the late Richard Leavitt, both former faculty members at NMH (asst librarian and biology teacher, respectively). After graduating from NMH, she received a degree from Roger Williams College in RI. She worked in Harvard’s Cabot Library for over 25 years as an evening supervisor and earned a master’s in library/information science from Simmons in ’09. An active member of the Harvard University Union, she advocated for employee rights and for the best possible health care for family members. Susan enjoyed all animals, nature, photography, creating beautiful stained-glass objects, and spending time with her extended family. Condolences may be sent to her mother Jane at 149 East Side Drive #147, Concord NH 03301. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Animal Rescue League of Boston, 10 Chandler Street, Boston, MA 02116. Please keep Susan and her family in your prayers and meditations. May she rest in peace. From Anne: The last 2 sentences above also go out to everyone who has lost a loved one this year, be it friend or family. We are coming to an age when this will be happening more and more often. It’s not all beer and skittles any more, as my mom used to say. Eight weeks ago my beloved father Arthur died, and it is not easy. I always remember with a smile what his friend Mr Walklet said, describing their group get-togethers: “We used to have cocktail hour and now it’s an organ recital” (describing their various ailments). See you in 6 months.
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