that we were very lucky because we now live much closer to Santa Claus. Looking forward to getting back in touch with our friends from NMH. If anyone is near or coming to Albany, please come visit us.” You can reach Erik at ebunaes@gmail.com and Siobhan at sbunaes@gmail.com. Sadly, I report that Nancy McAdoo passed away in Jan. Our hearts go out to her family. The following is from her obituary in the Boston Globe (3/8/11): “Nancy was active in music and performing arts. She danced and played flute, piano, and violin. Nancy’s interest in social justice, women’s rights, and world issues expanded throughout her personal and professional life. She was environmentally conscious and deeply appreciated opportunities to make a difference in others’ lives. Nancy’s quiet sensitivity, loyal friendship, keen mind, and gentle humor will be missed by her friends, family and colleagues.” Finally, from yours truly: Life in Northfield is relatively peaceful—last summer all 3 kids were in Nantucket working and I had the house to myself. Can’t tell you the last time that happened. Work is busy year round, but I find time for great walks with the dogs, horseback riding, reading, and cooking. My big adventure this year was “Cowgirl Camp.” I spent a week at a working cattle ranch in southwest NM. I hope to go back next year with some local 4-H kids and volunteers. This fall Olivia ’11 heads to college in FL, and Mike ’10 returns to NYC for work and classes. One left in the nest—this is really a new phase of my life. It was great to hear from so many of you. Keep the news coming. You are now able to post news any time in the NMH Alumni Community. To check it out, please login to the alumni community at community.nmhschool.org. In the left-hand column, click on the link that says, magazine notes. At the top of the next page, you’ll see a button that says: submit/edit my NMH Magazine notes. Click on that and follow the directions to submit a note. To search all notes that have been submitted online, click on the NMH Magazine notes button and fill in the appropriate boxes to define your search. If you haven’t registered for the alumni community, please do. There is a great online directory available so you can find classmates and friends.
Ron Randall ’84 and family at his son’s 6thgrade graduation. Trinity (4), wife Kathleen, Tristan (12), and Ron.
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Nicole “Nikki” Armstrong Williams writes of the loss of her grandmother Carrie Brown (102) in 5/11. “She had 9 children at home, drove a model T in 1924 in MS, saw 19 presidents in her lifetime, witnessed women getting the right to vote as well as the passing of the civil rights act, saw the first moonwalk, and the election of Barack Obama to the White House. She was a 7-year breast cancer survivor, staying in a hospital for the first time at age 95. She survived Hurricane Katrina by swimming up to her attic, and much more. What a blessing she was to my life.”
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JENNIFER BUELL HORSCHMAN PO Box 442-4013 Atenas 20501, Costa Rica jenhorschman@yahoo.com
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GEOFFREY LOCKE 19 Whittier St Northampton MA 01062-9722 gwlocke@gmail.com
LI LIN HILLIARD HALLY 3584 SW Hillside Dr Portland OR 97221-4102 Lilinhally@hotmail.com
From Geoffrey: Our 25th reunion was a major success. We had well over 70 classmates on campus over the weekend, too many to list here, but we will share some of the reunion highlights. Bruce Mendelsohn and Liisa Grady Dowd did an excellent job decorating our class dorm, Wallace, before we all arrived. Ian Hill lugged stereo equipment from NYC and set it up for listening both indoors and out, with multiple mixes of ’80s music. Friday night we had a bonfire at Shadow Lake, and Jim Rymes supplied the essential ingredients for s’mores. Kendel Leet traveled farthest (from Indonesia) and arrived Fri evening, happy yet jetlagged, in a minivan with Li Lin Hilliard Hally,
Nilda Lopez, Holly Bachmann Bennett, Kim Snyder Burke, and Julie Trela Tantillo. On Sat,
some of us got up early and rowed in the rain, others ran a road race, and most of us spent hours socializing over food in Alumni Hall (aka West Hall). Later in the day we visited both the Northfield campus and the Northfield Creamie, and we ended the day in front of Memorial Chapel with a moving remembrance led by Chuck Abel for our classmates who are no longer with us. Afterward, we dined (filet mignon and grilled shrimp) under a large tent on the south side of Alumni/West Hall, and, later, we moved the party, including the bar and bartenders, back to Wallace, where we danced, laughed, and carried on well into the morning hours. Sun morning was the Alumni Service of Worship and Remembrance, where I led the moment of silence and Ben Robertson sang in the alumni choir. Afterward, we had brunch in Alumni
Hall, and then packed up and said our goodbyes. Many of us also brought children, who enjoyed Camp NMH and staying in a dorm. Fellow alums with kids in tow were: Kristi Dixon Burns (with 4 little kids.), Susan Albee, James Coleman, Wendy Mansfield Donovan, Erik Hanson, Ginny Wasiuk Lay, Mariah Ennis Lombardo, Andi Mead, Michael Newsom, Erika Riddington, and Scott Whitney. Our Facebook class page is still the place to keep in touch and to read about reunion, and we have heard that many of you are already planning to attend our 30th reunion in June of ’16. Erik Hanson came to reunion with wife Meg and their 2 boys. Erik teaches Latin at the Fieldston School in New York City. Jessica Ginsberg Stoops loved the 25th reunion. She writes: “It was so great to see everyone and being reminded why NMH is such a special place.” Anne Bartfay Platzner had a great time at reunion “full of memories, sharing old and making new ones.” Anne is a family physician at a UW clinic in Bellevue WA. Daughter Lizzie is a 4th grader who is also a swimmer like Anne. Husband Joe is a randonneur (long-distance bike rider) and is preparing for his first Paris-Brest-Paris ride this summer. Anne would love to hear updates from Kelly Higgins Gonzalez, Cricket Crawshaw Johnson, and Loan Luong. Bertha “Buffa” French-Harkless and sister Dorothy “Dee Dee” French Boone were fortunate to make it to reunion. Buffa writes from Amsterdam: “We were reenergized just getting back on campus and reconnecting with our NMH family and witnessing Bill Batty ’59 enter a new phase (or should I say, NMH enter a new phase without the Battys). We feel strongly that we do something to help NMH through its transition, or frankly speaking, its identity crisis. NMH’s legacy is too precious. We beg all alumni to get involved in some shape or form.” Buffa works on HIV/AIDS, gender, and sexuality issues with UNAIDS based in Amsterdam. She has 3 kids—Josephine (10), Gabrielle (7), and Philippe (3). Buffa was sorry to miss Jackie Stolte, Alex Zaroulis, Alegra Feldman Corkran, and Xandra Castleton at reunion. Kendel Leet still lives and works in Jakarta at the International School and says “all visitors are welcome.” Tom Louderback enjoyed reunion and seeing everyone, especially Turfer Throop and Norm Schneeberger ’85, and he and the “Marquand girls” hope Steve Patrick can make the 30th. Tom is moving to Cape Cod in the near future to handle the legal matters of a communications company with its home offices in one of the villages that comprise Barnstable. Gretchen Ganzle-Kidder made it back to reunion from a 6-month sabbatical in Europe with her family. They spent 4 months in Ireland “working” and learning to surf and 2 months traveling by train through Italy and Spain. “It was a wonderful time, but it was equally wonderful to return home to reunion and share time with some of my favorite people. I am back in VT, exploring new job opportunities and hoping for a great ski season,