stay connected... If you’re like me, when you read the class notes you marvel at the accomplishments and news of our peers. Please let us hear from you even if your life is how my husband lovingly describes our days with our young boys: MOTS—“More of the same.” Stay in touch! Warmly, Laura
1989 25th REUNION June 13–15, 2014 Emily Muldoon Kathan 18 Laurel Terrace Somerville MA 02143 emily@kathandesign.com Christian Parker 11 Berkeley Place, Apt. 3 Brooklyn NY 11217 cparker39@nyc.rr.com
Hitting the mountain bike trails near Moab, Utah, in May 2013 are, from left, Guido Sandulli, Ben Lumpkin, Zander Evans, Rajen Parekh, and Ben Ranney, all Class of ’91.
Congratulations are in order for David Richeson, who married LaTrisa Harper in December of last year. Andover classmates and friends Peter Reese, Nick Sims, Ivar Bazzy, James McLain ’89, Ed Jasaitis, Bob Gibbons, Courtney Gibbons, and Jennifer Winingder El-Mattrawy attended the wedding. Shannon Smith Meyer is still living in Carbondale, Colo., near Aspen, with her husband, Dave, and two kids, who are now 10 and 12. They live at the boarding school where Dave teaches. Shannon works for the Land Trust Alliance as the southwestern representative and travels around seven states helping land trust board and staff do their good work. To keep things interesting, she ran her first marathon this summer. Rebecca Alberg Olson, her husband, Jay, and their 5-year-old son, Matthew, live in Houston, where she is “loving the heat and the cheap TexMex but missing Boston.” Rebecca is an IT project manager for Caradigm. Allan Reeder lives with his wife, Ginna, and two kids—Jesse, 4, and Maisie, 2—in Arlington, Mass. Combining his work as an editor with his experience over the past 12 years as a writing teacher at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, he is launching a new business coaching high school students who are seeking their stories and finding their words for college-application essays. A new website is in the works, but for now the old one suffices: www. allanreeder.com. Check it out! Perry Pownall also has a new business venture. She partnered with a friend to launch Pilates ProWorks Oakland, a fitness studio.
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Doug D’Agata recently purchased a company from his previous private equity firm. He writes, “It’s called National Protective Systems, and anyone with kids approaching college age will be glad to know we exist.” Tanya Selvaratnam’s book The Big Lie: Motherhood, Feminism, and the Reality of the Biological Clock was released Jan. 7, 2014, by Prometheus Books, distributed by Random House. Advance praise has started rolling in. Feminist author Amy Richards writes, “The Big Lie will leave readers with many big truths—about women’s wants and desires and revelations about our limitations.” Hillary Jordan, author of Mudbound, writes, “This enlightening and empowering book should be required reading for every woman.” Christy Turlington Burns, founder of Every Mother Counts, says: “There is great potential in Tanya Selvaratnam’s journey to bring similar stories of disappointment, frustration, and hope to light. In sharing there can also be healing.” You can see more info and order at http://bit.ly/1dnif I9. Tanya also recently launched her website at www.tanyaturnsup.com. I can’t close the notes without a nod to our esteemed former class president, Henry Smyth, who was installed as the 14th headmaster of Gilman School in Baltimore, Md., this past August. The board president remarked, “With Southern charm, good cheer and humor—as well as his ever-present bow tie—he connects with our boys, our parents, our alumni, and our faculty. He consistently demonstrates a deliberate, collegial, and collaborative approach to leadership.” Way to go, Henry! When will you lead the school in “Father Abraham”?
Gina Hoods 7477 Commons Blvd., Apt. 326 Chattanooga TN 37421 423-892-7140 404- 667-4939 ghoods@yahoo.com
Hello ’89ers! The familiar sound of correspondence crickets gave way to a few brave voices, which I am happy to share with you herein. Pauline Koh-Banerjee went from “tenure track as an assistant professor at UT Medical to mommy track” when she decided to stay home with her children. She has just returned to the workforce and recently launched SacCitySports, a website which spotlights the best in sports and fitness in Sacramento. She writes, “It’s been a blast and I’ve had the chance to meet some awesome athletes and try some cool fitness classes.” Matt Patrick is busy racing with Team Novo Nordisk Running (http://bit.ly/Hjo4Ir) to raise awareness of diabetes treatment management, support, and research. He and his diabetic teammates were heading to Barcelona, Spain, for a 5K at this writing, and he plans to run his 10th Boston Marathon this coming spring. Brian Sullivan lives in LA with his wife (a sorority sister of Margie Block Stineman ’92) and four children. He cofounded ForwardLine.com 10 years ago and says, “Now we are one of the largest direct lenders to Main Street businesses in the U.S. If there are other Andover alums who are involved with companies who service small businesses, we are always on the lookout for synergistic strategic partnerships.” Shellee Hendricks and her family have returned from many years of living overseas to New York—Brooklyn, specifically—where she has taken up a new post teaching English and doing college counseling at the Berkeley Carroll School.