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Friends and family met at Friday night’s dinner. From left are Hellen Dorra ’90, Weezie Parry ’90, Katy O’Connor ’90, Maddie Murphy ’16, math instructor Paul Murphy ’84 (father of Maddie and brother-in-law of Katy), and Caitlin Gallaudet ’90.
an honorary classmate. So great to see Carrie Ann, Margi Sharp Douglas, Amy Zimmerman, and Robin Hessman enjoying dinner together! Wonderful to visit briefly with Becca Cullen and Nicole Filosi May and to get a few moments with my Rabbit Pond Yacht Club skipper Steve James. Rejean Denoncourt has now been officially appointed the unofficial ombudsmen of these class notes. His first order of business is to banish the term “family compound.” How great was the dessert provided by Rob Bohorad’s Yuengling Ice Cream? Sad that we did not schedule a Kristin Hansen sing-along during the weekend. My oversight. I was honored to be provided with a signed copy of the Hansen Sisters’ debut album, which has kept me company on many long drives since. We will be sure to book for the 30th, along with Karen Choe-Fichte, Susan Antebi, and Evie Baron, reprising their all-female Andover band. Thanks to Ken Bower for bringing some Cardinals love and his wonderful family along! I could not have summarized the Reunion Weekend better than Wanda Mann in her reunionwithdrawal Facebook message: “What a blessing to be able to go back to a place that truly changed my life and forever links to me an extended family of amazing people. We came, we danced, we drank, we hugged, we rocked it. Xoxo.” Looking forward to the 30th, where I’ll expect to hear Tom Reifenheiser and others perform the amazing “Andover Blues,” written by our own Hamlin. See the lyrics and Tom’s performance on Facebook. In the words of Olivia Morgan, hoping our vows to stay in touch carry more weight in our 40s. Miss you and love you all. —Tom (with help from Stacy and Gretchen)
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1991 Hilary Lerner Gershman 6124 SW 104th St. Miami FL 33156 305-467-6581 hilarygershman@yahoo.com Matt Fleming 221 Edgevale Road Baltimore MD 21210 410-375-8302 Mattfleming91@bluelink.andover.edu
As yet another sign that the world is a very small place, my parents recently hosted an unknown group of older Yale Whiffenpoofs, who were in South Carolina for a reunion and with whom they had a friend in common. At the last minute, one member of the group apparently backed out, so they called in a younger “ringer” to join them; the ringer turned out to be none other than Ted Latham! Clearly this was a great decision, as Ted was the star of the show and wonderful company. In his spare time, Ted continues to be a music professor in Philadelphia, and he has two children at Andover. Lord, I feel old! Halfway around the world, in Hong Kong, Ben Cha reports that he, wife Ann, and children Owen, Casper, and Morgan are doing well. Ben started a new job covering the Asia region for the British company Grosvenor. Ben also regularly sees alums Yichen Zhang ’82, Joe Bae ’90, and Lillian Kiang ’96 as a member of the Asia Council. Continuing east to LA, Mara Raphael loves that Blair Lawson just bought a home up the street and they can now walk over for visits. Mara was also looking forward to seeing Ben Stout at a children’s birthday party. She recently saw Vicki Farley Hostin in Denver on her way back from a ski trip. Colorado agrees with Vicki, and life is good! To conclude the Smith House newsletter,
Lucie Flather reports from Brooklyn that she enjoys playing in a hockey league with former teammate Amanda Adams ’93. No mention that she does this professionally, so I assume she still has her day job as an architect. On a personal note, I just had a somewhat awkward conversation with our friends in the Annual Giving office. I was doing my taxes and called to find out why I had not yet received my donation receipt; it was, of course, because I did not give last year! The good news, I was assured, is that I had until June to clear up this oversight. To avoid suffering this same embarrassment, I would suggest everyone contribute in the same way we are encouraged to vote in Baltimore: early and often! I hope everyone had a happy and healthy summer. All the best.—Matt
1992 Allen Soong 1810 Burnell Drive Los Angeles CA 90065 allen.soong@bluelink.andover.edu
Not content with claiming the Cooley House award in 2013 for hosting several alums in his home for tea across three consecutive weekends, Anant Raut is crushing it in 2015! In January, he married Katie Schettig in Washington, D.C., and the two honeymooned in the Galápagos Islands. A few weeks later, Anant assumed his White House– appointed role as special counsel to the assistant attorney general of the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust division. Most significant, of course, was Anant’s appearance on a panel at a local Andover alumni gathering in April, where he held forth on equity and inclusion in school and the workplace. Among those in attendance were Darryl Cohen and Nate Pendleton ’91. In February, Susie Tong Parikh launched her online retail business, Mini Ruby, at