www.andover.edu/intouch “The first-floor train passenger waiting rooms were also renovated and remain open to the public during weekdays. The National Park Service offers living history demonstrations on Wednesdays at 5:15 p.m. each week during the summer. “Dating back to 1842, when William ‘Billy’ Herndon, Abraham Lincoln’s junior law partner, practiced law, today’s Noll Law Office represents the fourth and fifth generations of lawyers in the Herndon-Noll family.” Shifting east to New England and Washington, our Abbot years and the subsequent merger with Phillips contributed to intensive far-ranging discussions on gender issues. I spent June with a State Department delegation of 19 remarkable Pakistani female educators, the latest phase in a 10-year project. The 19 are the voices of a resilient civil society that exists in spite of daily challenges. With the women representing many of Pakistan’s most sensitive and remote areas, dialogue focused on viable models of leadership—tangible, intangible, and sometimes totally unexpected. Having also engaged in discussions this past summer with women from Uganda and Eritrea, and with others who are involved with Rwanda and the Congo, I found that the summer was a direct reminder that countries may be different but core issues remain the same. Thanks also to Lee Sullivan ’68, who generously introduced the project to the wonderful Max Warburg Foundation, in which she is involved. “The Max” message of courage resonates as yet another universal theme. Beth Humstone, ensconced in Charlotte, Vt., for the summer, and I revived the 45th Reunion concept of a pre-Abbot reunion. If there is interest, please let us know. Input welcome! My New Hampshire farmhouse, river, and local lake are always on offer. Wishing you all a great “turning year,” wherever you may be. —Blake
PHILLIPS Ray Healey 740 West End Ave., Apt. 111 New York NY 10025 212-866-8507 drrayhealey@gmail.com
Dear friends, one of my favorite places to hang out is Facebook, in part because so many good friends appear to be doing the same thing, and also because a goodly number of our PA ’66 contingent are posting news and views and adventures on a regular basis. That’s how I learned about Kit Wise’s latest pastimes and endeavors, one of which was this posting in August 2013: “Here’s the race course at Sarasota [Fla.] for Masters Nationals. It looks like a really well laid-out venue. First race for me tomorrow is a mixed D8+ with Saugatuck.” I clicked on the message, and there was a fine photo of Kit, baseball hat on head, spray flying, as he rowed
vigorously in his scull craft in what was clearly a Masters race. He looked great, and I was reminded that this tall gent rowed valiantly for several years for the Andover heavyweight “eight,” which did pretty darn well, as I recall. Anyway, more recent posts by Kit reveal that he has been working hard and steadily as an architect, and that he clearly gets to practice his trade in scenic places. I clicked on his website, www.kitwisearchitect.com, and I found out the following: Kit “earned a bachelor of arts degree in architectural sciences from Harvard College and a master’s degree in architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He holds an NCARB certificate and is a registered architect in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Kit began his architectural career with the Boston firm of Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbott and gained extensive experience in historic restoration architecture with The Preservation Partnership and as a partner of Design and Conservation in New Bedford, Mass. He was a founding partner of Wise Surma Jones Architects in 1995. Over the years his work has focused on private residential projects, many of which have historic elements. Kit’s projects for additions, alterations, and new structures have been approved in many local historic districts including Cambridge, Newton, Brookline, Falmouth, Dennis, Westport, and New Bedford, Mass., as well as in Newport and Providence, R.I. “Outside the office Kit serves on the board of directors of the Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE) in New Bedford and the board of governors of the Narragansett Boat Club in Providence, R.I. He enjoys competitive rowing, bicycling, and motorcycles.” If you would like to see wonderful photos of the kind of architecture Kit does, go to his website and browse. Let me whet your appetite with a few excerpts. There is the Cape Cod house: “A small addition to a Cape-style house hides a surprise within…an oak library with east and west alcoves and a Tudor rose detail on the floor.” There is the Woods Hole house: “This house, high on a small promontory, enjoys water views from every room. Naturally weatherproof materials and very little paint provide a nearly maintenance-free exterior. The interior, finished in cherry trim and bead-board paneling, has an open plan offering glimpses of the bay in every direction.” There is the farmhouse renovation: “An old, much abused farmhouse on a large site with pastures, woods, and millpond. After gutting, not much was left, but there was a preservation restriction on the house, and it had to be saved. A living room and master bedroom addition provides new spaces with better light and ceiling heights. A new horse stable and studio/garage were also built.” So, if you need some renovations on your current abode, or are contemplating building a new place, you know whom to call—and if you’re very lucky, Kit might arrive on a motorcycle. As I write this, I am turning 65, a sobering thought. One of my Facebook birthday wishes
came from Jim Pickering, our finest actor, who noted, “I am the player king, the ghost, and the first gravedigger in our Hamlet at American Players Theatre [in Spring Green, Wis.]. Every time we players enter and Polonius says of us, ‘Seneca cannot be too heavy, nor Plautus too light,’ I think of the Menaechmi at PA, way back in our lower year. What fun.” Another classmate with an informative website is Jeff Ryder, who can be found at www.drjeffryder. com. Jeff reports on his “multi-disciplinary practice utilizing physical and energetic approaches to health and transformation,” and adds, “In my 40th year of practice, I am a Rolfer, chiropractor, and acupuncturist. Additional focuses in my practice are cranial and visceral manipulation and the treatment of pelvic floor imbalance. With the exception of acupuncture, all of the systems I utilize in my practice are manual therapies: I use my hands as my main treatment modality. The therapies I utilize work with and through different fascial/connective tissue networks: myofascial, cranial, visceral/ organ, and joint. All operate on the principle that balanced, integrated structure leads to balanced, integrated function on all levels—physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. I work with people who don’t feel good and with people who feel fine. I work with people whose primary issues are physical, and I work with people whose primary issues are emotional.” Jeff practices in both Portland and Eugene, Ore. After earning a BA degree from Amherst, Jeff trained at the following institutions: Rolf Institute in Boulder, Colo.; the Upledger Institute; the Barral Institute; Western States Chiropractic College in Portland, Ore.; and Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in Portland, Ore. About one aspect of his practice, Jeff writes, “Rolfing Structural Integration is a system of connective tissue manipulation, a physical approach to balancing human beings. Its effects are profound and long lasting. It begins with an initial series of 10 sessions of myofascial (the connective tissue of the musculoskeletal system) manipulation. It is not massage. The manipulations are firm and sometimes intense, but they are not painful. Rolfing Structural Integration can be used to improve function and performance as well as to treat a variety of physical problems and injuries.” Adios, amigos. Keep writing, e-mailing, and texting. —RFH
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