stay connected... the classroom. Now I have no excuses.” She’s had poems published at seattlestar.net and wrote Brace Yourself, a survival guide for adults undergoing orthodontia. Her son, Dylan Hirshkowitz, graduated from Northwestern and moved back out to Seattle to work for Microsoft. Her daughter, Malya, is a sophomore at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn., and made all-conference in soccer. Pamela observes that it helps that the empty nest is a new house and has views of the universe. Pamela’s dad, David Giles Carter ’41, died at age 92 in August. He told many stories over the years about murals he painted at PA, soccer games played, and friendships like that with Gabriele Hagedorn-Schulte’s father. Mike Cannell’s awesome Formula One carracing saga, The Limit, should be a pilot on the Sundance Channel by Christmas ’15 (buy the book on Amazon). Mike’s oldest daughter is the same age he was when we arrived at PA, but “far more poised and polished,” according to her dad. Mike (and daughter) will be looking at colleges in the fall. “Let the mass freakout begin!” he says. Ben Batchelder has been touring in support of the release of his book Borderlands USA (buy it on Amazon), which features a bunch of his photos and musings on being American (“even if you mostly live in Brazil”) post-9/11. He’s wrapping up his next book, which he describes as “a journey into Brazil’s past and culture, while trying to stay out of trouble along the notoriously iffy Belém-Brasília highway, and more (not a bad primer on Brazil for those interested in the coming Olympics there).” Richard Bissell and his wife, Elizabeth, have been adjusting to the fact that their children (Isaac, 27, and Mary Clare, 23) are, he says, “quite decidedly out of the nest and on their own. It’s really quite shocking how quickly their childhood has flown by. It seemed like it took me forever to reach those ages. I am still living the life of a custom furniture maker in Vermont (BissellWoodworking.com), which is really quite awesome. I’ve been doing this since taking a year off from Middlebury after my sophomore year. After 34-plus years off, I’m fairly certain I won’t be going back to finish up. Classmates who get up to Vermont are encouraged to stop in. My home and shop in Putney are only two miles off of Exit 4 from I-91, and I’m almost always around. I see Steven Bailey every now and again as he splits his work time between Plattsburgh, N.Y., and Andover, Mass.” Stuart Fullerton is succinct and needs no editing, as usual: “Happy, living in Philadelphia, two girls more or less in college. Looking forward to new chapters.” Bruce MacWilliams ’77 continues directing films, commercials, and PSAs at Buzzsaw Films in Santa Monica, Calif. He recently completed a couple of spots for Jamba Juice (yum) and Mortal Kombat (ask your kids). Send some news to Jamie Wolf or me (Jeff Strong) at the e-mail addresses above and experience the thrill of seeing your name in print in an actual hard-copy magazine! Your classmates
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are dying to know about your kids’ college choices, your new career(s), your new body part(s), your latest purchase/investment, and/or your new spouse(s). Or, more seriously, we’d love to connect or reconnect with a truly caring, thoughtful group like you, so please share what you are about these days! We are very sorry to report that, after the submission of these notes, Laura Viehmann passed away on March 31, 2015. If you have thoughts about Laura you would like to share in our next class notes, please send them along.
1979 Amy Appleton 2201 Hall Place N.W. Washington DC 20007-2217 202-338-3807 Applta9@aol.com Rick Moseley Philadelphia PA 19118 215-275-5107 rdmoseley@gmail.com Doug Segal 1556 North Orange Grove Ave. Los Angeles CA 90046 323-969-0708 dougsegal@earthlink.net
It’s always wonderful to hear from classmates! Did you get an e-mail asking for notes? If not, please contact the alumni office so we can keep in touch. Also, please join our Class of 1979 Facebook page. The more, the merrier! Robin Rosenberg was nominated by President Obama to become a United States district court judge for the Southern District of Florida. The Senate confirmed her by a vote of 100-0. Robin has been serving as a federal judge since July and had her formal investiture on November 14. Robin’s daughter is a lower at Andover. Dexter C. Wadsworth has left Westchester, N.Y., to manage Maanzo, a bar/restaurant/casino in Entebbe, Uganda. The main clientele are United Nations staffers. “If anyone passes through, please look me up,” he writes. Dexter had a 20-year law practice in New York, set up a gold dealership in Tanzania, spent six years helping launch a law faculty in Jamaica, and is now going back to Africa for eight months. John Vail (still with Nikko Asset Management) transferred from Tokyo to NYC in October and saw Jamie Marks at an alumni event. John says, “Jamie looks great, and it was excellent to catch up and hear about his family. It was a great event with lots of young alumni, as well as a good representation from us old fogies.” Fred Leebron writes, “I saw Tom Rubin in Seattle in March. We ate pizza. I direct writing programs in Europe, Latin America, Virginia,
North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.” Lele Herron Galer and her husband, Brad Galer, are three years into running Galer Estate Vineyard & Winery in Chester County, Pa. A spontaneous idea to cultivate acreage into a vineyard eight years ago turned into two vineyards, a winery, and tasting room. Lele shows her art at the winery, and Brad’s band plays there, too. All three sons are out of the house, Simon at Connecticut College, Peter at Vassar, and Alex in LA as a comic book editor. Lele says, “It was great to see Janet Milkman at the winery this year. If you are ever in the Chester County area, please stop by the winery and say hello.” Bill Schultz writes, “After 10 years abroad (London, Delhi, Manila, Mexico City, and Berlin), we have moved back to our old house in Atlanta.” Bill is still with Coca-Cola. His son Joshua ’06 just got engaged! “All three of our kids went to Andover, so now it’s time to think ‘third generation’! Warm regards as the cold front moves in. (I still clearly recall shoveling out Will Hall during the blizzard of ’78!)” Sloane Six’s new project is her 100-percentorganic restaurant, Mainland Inn, in Harleysville, Pa. Sloane explains, “Our farm provides most of the protein and produce for the restaurant.” The building, a historic stagecoach inn, has housed dining establishments for more than 200 years. Says Sloane, “We spent 18 months restoring the building and the eight-acre property. My focus is as a spokesperson for eating clean, healthy food, from my perspective as a farmer and breast cancer survivor.” Doug Sun is wrapping up a three-year assignment at the U.S. Mission to the U.N. in Geneva this summer and will work at the U.S. Mission to the U.N. in New York for the next three years. Doug says, “Much excitement all around but also a bit of trepidation, over both working in such a high-profile position and living in the big city.” Geri Pope Bidwell lives in California. Her daughter Lucy ’09 lives in NYC, and her twins, Brooke and Alex, are PA lowers, living in Day North and Johnson! Geri recently had dinner with Cindy Farrelly Gesner ’80 and Kris Timken. She has also seen Jeff Reuben ’78, as well as Bruce MacWilliams ’77 and his wife, Sheila. Recently, she heard from Nick Phillips ’65. Geri says PA’s current head of school, John Palfrey, “is as wonderful as Ted Sizer.” Geri enjoyed visiting her daughter’s chemistry class in Gelb, the “gorgeous science building.” Geri says of present-day Andover, “Frankly, I’m amazed by it—and grateful.” John Andrews, associate dean for graduate medical education at the University of Minnesota Medical School, lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Beth. They have three children, Lucy, 22, Ellis, 21, and Maeve, 17. Recently, John saw Greg Cleveland in Phoenix. John writes, “We marveled at the fact that our kids are now older than we were when we roomed together in Bailey House.” Susan Jenkins Warren has reconnected with many old PA friends, including her