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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
From Lynelle: Hi, everyone. What a gorgeous spring we are having in NE. I am sure the NMH campus looks spectacular with all the colorful blooming trees and bushes. Of course, as you read this it will be fall, and we would have to ask Jeff Leyden to tell us how the school looks since he’s on campus now. He says he loves being back at NMH and is looking forward to reconnecting with classmates. Jeff organized a mini-reunion in DC, that from the picture looked like a lot of fun. Thanks again to Jim Hurwitz for creating the Class of ’80’s “unofficial” Facebook page. We now have 60 members. It was there that I left a request for information, and these are the responses. Mara Keggi Ford works for the National Rowing Foundation raising money for rowing athletes who compete for the US. After rowing at NMH, in college in Wisconsin, and for the US in the ’88 Olympics, she is pleased to help the athletes who will compete in ’11 and beyond. She works from home in Middlebury CT, so she can find time for her twin boys (10) and daughter (7). Cynthia Berglund Smith checked in to say her son is graduating from Virginia Tech and has received a National Science Foundation fellowship, which will allow him to study at Berkeley this fall. Cynthia still lives in Raleigh NC. Sarah Browning writes that the next Split This Rock Poetry Festival is in March ’12 and is
dedicated to the legacy of poet and activist June Jordan ’53, a Northfield alumna, who died in ’02. Jae So says hello from India, where she was working when I contacted her. Jude Lane Landis reported that her son (17) is thriving at Montana Academy and recommends books authored by the school’s cofounder, John McKinnon, on the subject of teens struggling with maturity. She is looking nationwide for the best high school for her other son, who needs an environment in which to “learn and thrive with autism.” Jude still works for Fannie Mae. Karyn Ginsburg and husband Ken Moraff and daughter Laura (15) took a trip to Italy this Apr with me, Lynelle Kucharski, husband Mark Cutler, and our daughter Camille Cutler (16). We had a blast visiting Rome, Perugia (home of Perugina chocolate), and Florence. That’s the latest from the centennial class. Please update your info and leave messages for class notes via the NMH alumni page at NMHschool.org and join us on the NMH 1980 Facebook page.
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FRANK CHANDLER 20 Overlook Park Newton MA 02459-1344 frankchandler1@verizon.net class of ’81 website: www.nmh81.us BETSY van OOT 10 Campus Dr Dedham MA 02026-4041 vanoot@nobles.edu
RICHARD PISCUSKAS 4750 Lincoln Blvd, Apt 141 Marina Del Ray CA 90292-6981 r_piscuskas@yahoo.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
Sarah Browning ’80 at the Split This Rock Poetry Festival.
From Sally: By the time you read this issue, we will be within months of our 30th reunion. Wow! I had the opportunity to observe the Class of ’81’s reunion last June. It was great to see so many friends, but I am more excited to see all of you this June. Campus looks great. Come back and see for yourself. As we get closer to June, check for updates or add an update yourself on Facebook either the NMH Class of ’82 or NMH 82-30th reunion page. If you are interested in being involved with our 30th reunion, please contact David Whitman or Barbara Salthouse Massoudi. David’s email
Lynelle Kucharski ’80 and Karyn Ginsburg ’80 and their families toured Italy together last spring. At the Rome Coliseum: Lynelle’s husband Mark Cutler, Lynelle, daughter Camille Cutler, Karyn’s husband Ken Moraff, Karyn, and daughter Laura Moraff. is whitman101@gmail.com. Don’t miss out on any reunion info. Stay in the loop by making sure NMH has an email address for you. Last winter, I had a fun dinner with Le Bowditch Pettipaw and Mary Peck Castle in Frisco CO. Le was skiing her way through CO. The 2nd annual Rocky Mountain—NMH Pie Race was held in Boulder in late May. Fun way to bring the traditions of NMH to the West plus meet fellow alumni in the area. Classes from the ’60s all the way up to ’05 were represented. Thanks to Paul Crowder ’77 for organizing. From Ben Pease in the Bay Area: “My partner Shizue Seigel and I have had a busy spring working on maps for guidebooks. My maps are getting more artful—last year we worked with author Rebecca Solnit on 22 maps for her amazing book: Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas; this winter we collaborated with her creative writing students at the U of WY on maps of Laramie. I recently published a complete trail map of San Francisco. In my spare time, I help improve a network of 120-yearold trails on Mt Sutro (right at the heart of the city). Every so often I get away from the computer; last spring we spent a month in northern Italy. This year we’re planning to stay in the Bay Area, camp in the Sierras, and take Shiz’s grandkids (1, 3, and 5) out into nature. Hope to see everyone at our 30th reunion. I missed Bill Batty’s ’59 visit to San Francisco last month. So the only NMH classmate I’ve seen recently is Buster Olney, who was holding forth on baseball from my seatback TV screen as we flew home from Laramie. For Claire Rodman, ’11 has been good, kicked off by a pre–New Year’s Eve dinner with Toby Green and his squeeze Rebecca King. I had a great time at the Apr NMH NYC Moody event, where I got to see many folks I’d not seen in a while, and especially Phil McKean ’54 and Deborah Adams McKean ’56, Carol and Nelson Lebo ’56 (all of whom are enjoying retirement). And, as always, spending time with my goddaughters Chloe and Sylvia Niemann, via mom Carrie Worthington. Facebook has also reconnected me with lots of ’82ers and led to Christmas cards, FB, email, and phone chats with Erik Haslun, David Rutan, Chris Zurcher, Katrina Harriman Conde and Juan Conde,
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