unsettling news. I half expect a call from Mr. Wise any minute now, asking if I’ve finished the reading yet and what I make of the coyotes in True West.) A salute to Julia for her work with the IRT, which endeavors to bring greater diversity to the nation’s teaching ranks; in your secretary’s humble opinion, it’s perhaps PA’s most laudable and important program. If you support the Academy through an annual donation, consider earmarking funds for it. Julia lives in Boston and has two sons, Oscar, 5, and Marshall, 2 and change. Catherine Beirne Donovan had her third daughter, Ava Marie, this summer. She offers this pro tip: “I highly recommend scheduling maternity leave over a summer, if at all possible!” A dispatch from Colleen Reid: “After spending the past 12 years in the [San Francisco] Bay Area, I have now moved back to New England for a twoyear stint doing a postdoc at the Harvard School of Public Health. I have brought my Californianative husband and 2½-year-old daughter with me, and they are adjusting to the strange accents and aggressive driving that this region is known for.” That and Dunkin’, yeah. Still on the West Coast is Emily Ford, who wins for most enviable update (I keep trying to impress upon you guys, this is a competition); she e-mailed just 48 hours after completing the John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevada, in California. “It was both grueling and magnificent,” she writes of the hike. “I’ve never been so brown in my life, both from tan and filth.” Ann Gallagher Downey has a whole lot of news. She moved to Chicago. She started a job as a neonatologist at Northwestern. She had her third child (Owen). And she’s starting a master’s degree program in healthcare quality and patient safety, “because what full-time physician/mother of three doesn’t need to obtain a master’s?!” As Joey Lawrence might say, Whoa. Marvel at Ann’s achievements and disdain for sleep, and send me word of your latest adventures and advanced degrees. Also: This was a ladies-only edition of the ’96 notes. Where you at, fellas?
1997 Jack Quinlan 514 S. Clementine St. Oceanside CA 92054 760-415-9054 illegalparietal@gmail.com Kelly Quinn 2538 NW Thurman St., 205 Portland OR 97210 919-949-0736 illegalparietal@gmail.com
Hot off the press as we type this set of notes, Seth Moulton just became the first Democrat in 22 years to oust a sitting congressman in Massachusetts, beating John Tierney in the
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September primary! We are now officially on to the next round, a tough race in November. Seth, we’re behind you, and good luck! [Editor’s note: Seth Moulton went on to win the congressional seat in the Sixth District.] Whew! With that officially announced, there’s a ton of other exciting news to share since our last round of notes. Let’s start with the Northwest and Northern California sections of the ’97 crew, as they’ve seen their fair share of reunions and bits of wonderful news. And since one of us is up in Portland, Ore., let’s start there. Nick Wilson married Kate Mast in early September (congrats!). Earlier in the summer, Nick and Kate took an epic cross-country/cross-Canada road trip, stopping in Portland, where I (Kelly Quinn) had the lovely pleasure of catching up with them over a few beers. Nick recently completed a PhD degree in education and accepted a postdoc position at Stanford. Needless to say, several of us are pretty excited that he and Kate are moving west. Post Portland, Nick headed south to San Francisco, where he caught up with Kevin Cline and his lovely family. Kevin and family recently welcomed a new son into the world and bestowed a fabulous name upon him: Thelonious James Felix Caspar Cline. Theo for short! Kevin mentioned that Nathan Hetherington also visited the Bay Area this summer on a quick vacation from teaching at Horace Mann School in NYC. Vicki Salinas and her husband relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area this summer. Vicki left the World Bank to become the city of Oakland’s chief resilience officer, a position funded through the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities program. Vicki will specifically be helping the city thrive in the face of all kinds of physical, economic, and social challenges. To wrap up all things San Francisco, Bear Witherspoon is back on the road, motorcycling from Mexico to the great northern part of this country. Last we heard, he was in Montana and, we hope, swinging through the Northwest on his way home. One more nugget from the Northwest. Robert Kinast married Lauren Kaplan in Oregon over Labor Day weekend, with Mt. Hood as the backdrop. Joining the festivities were Marc Hustvedt, Andy Moon, the Kumars (Neil Kumar and Shruti Haldea), and Kelly Quinn. You couldn’t have asked for a better location or a more wonderful mini reunion. Congrats, Robby and Lauren! The news just gets better as we head east, mainly because we heard from a few of you for the first time in a very long time: Jed Wartman, Dean Chiungos, Lisa Galluzzo Borgatti, Mayako Michino, and Vanessa Buia...keep it coming. Jed let us know that he and wife Brynn are up in Waterville, Maine, with their two sons, Micah, 3, and Theo, 4 months. Jed planned to be on campus this fall for Andover-Exeter Weekend. Dean decided that after 17 years, it was about
time to provide an update (thank you!). Dean and wife Beth live in Port Washington, N.Y. Dean commutes into NYC for his job at MLB Advanced Media, where he’s director of content sponsorship. Dean, now that I know this, I’m going to set our media buyers upon you! Dean and Beth are also the proud parents of two rescue dogs: a 3-year-old female named Brian and a 3-year-old male named Lenny. Dean, we’re hoping we hear more from you in the near future! Lisa is still teaching at the Governor’s Academy, where she also coaches, acts as a dorm parent, and is the amazing mom to three beautiful children. Lisa and husband Chris welcomed their new son, Connor, earlier this year, as he joined big sister Tessa and big brother Joseph. Lisa also reports that David Holmes and wife Alice have recently moved back to the States and welcomed a son, Tristan. Play dates abound. Mayako has spent the past several years working on her postdoc research in pharmacology at Weill Cornell Medical College. Living in NYC has given her a great opportunity to catch up with other Andover alums, such as Creence Lin ’98, Haruki Chitani, and Vanessa Buia. Mayako will be wrapping up her stay in NYC soon and moving to Baltimore. If you’re there, reach out and make her feel welcome. Speaking of Vanessa, this lady has been pretty busy of late. She has been hard at work on building her art advising company, Vanessa Buia LLC Art Advisory. In March, she curated an exhibition of Matt Jones’s paintings at the Richard Massey Foundation in Chelsea, which led to his solo booth at Art Brussels this past year. Her next show was scheduled to open on Nov. 6, 2014, at the Dorfman Projects in Chelsea. It is a group show centered on clean, edgy abstractions. Everyone is welcome to attend. Finally, rounding things up with a bit of an international flair is Jaime Stern. Jaime’s been quite busy over the past few years, moving from New Orleans to Providence, R.I., to be back in New England and reconnect with family and friends. Jaime eventually moved back to Boston, where he is now the director of sales for Sproxil, an IT company based in Boston. Jaime is responsible for global sales and expansion, traveling a ton to places such as London, Amsterdam, and Nairobi, all in an effort to do mobile authentication to combat counterfeiting and illegal diversion of pharmaceuticals; in a nutshell, Jaime and Sproxil help ensure everyone can buy real medicine and help those with few resources in emerging markets to protect themselves from harm, using SMS and mobile apps. Incredible! Jaime’s travels also led him to his engagement; he met his fiancée, Fernanda, in Brazil. Fernanda, who has a PhD degree in biochemistry, recently accepted a position at Ben Gurion University, and so Jaime and Fernanda are off to Israel! Folks, it continues to be a great pleasure to hear from each and every single one of you. Keep the notes and gossip coming. —Kelly & Jack