www.andover.edu/intouch 1965 50th REUNION June 11–14, 2015
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Karen Swenson 20100 SW Peavine Road McMinnville OR 97128 503-472-2988 chezkren@gmail.com
I spoke to many Abbot classmates as we approached the deadline for the 50th Reunion book. I gathered some news to relate, but first a sad note. Ann Bradshaw Barrows died at home surrounded by her family on June 30, 2014, after a long battle with breast cancer. Ann was wonderful about sending me the family Christmas newsletter, which allowed me to keep up with her lovely family of four children and husband Nate. Becky Reynolds Zielinski and her husband, Gene, were able to visit Ann and her family in early June, as part of a trip they took to the Northeast. Becky has written a piece about Ann for the reunion book, which will be mailed out to us in late winter. Emily Davis has been a resident of South Carolina for many years, but she was in Maine enjoying, among other things, some sailing when I spoke with her yesterday. (It is currently September as I write this.) Emily’s parents lived in Connecticut when Emily was at Abbot but then moved to Maine, so Emily has spent considerable time there as well. Sarah Watson DeCew was not able to join Janet Barker and me in San Francisco in late July because of the early birth of Sarah’s second grandson. Sarah just finished a stretch of time in Connecticut helping out her son and daughter-inlaw with the new baby and his older brother. She will shortly be heading home to Nevada. Janet and I enjoyed spending a few days together, visiting Pacifica (where Janet’s art studio is) and other locations nearby on the California coast, plus touring San Francisco to see some of her artwork and going to Berkeley, where we had lunch at Chez Panisse. Delicious! Betsy Foote Pope was in England and Wales with her husband and their daughter’s family in August. Betsy’s daughter was singing with her choir there; they also visited cousins in Oxford. Betsy loves living in the Pacific Northwest, in the San Juan Islands of Washington. She is very involved in her community, Friday Harbor. When I spoke with her, she mentioned she had been hiking in the North Cascades and kayaking in the San Juans in recent days. It is a truly lovely part of the country. At this writing, Allison “Sunny” Morrill was enjoying travel time in France. I know this because I am a friend of hers on Facebook. There are quite a few of our Abbot classmates who use this form of social media. It is a great way to keep in touch and
be able to see current photos of friends and family. Margrit Krakauer Schneeweiss lives in Germany, but she headed to Vermont at the end of August. Margrit is planning on sending some of her work in to the “creative works” class exhibit at the reunion. I hope others of you will be doing this as well. Janet Barker is the Abbot committee contact for that. Among the classmates who plan on attending the reunion and haven’t been back to Andover previously are Liz Eder McCulloch and Emily Davis. It is a somewhat daunting undertaking for those who haven’t been in contact much with classmates, but for those who make the effort, the rewards are many. Those of us who are on various reunion committees have been working hard to contact classmates both about the reunion book and the reunion itself. The reunion book chairperson is Ellen Huntington Slade, and committee members for the book include Sarah Watson DeCew, Barbara Dow White, Toney Hopkins, Anne McDermott, Barbara Lawton Oberg, myself, Tunket Spaulding, and Melanie Fales Davis. We have tried to contact everyone in the class, but there are some people for whom we have no contact information. If any of you know the contact information for the following classmates, or have had contact with them, we would love to hear about it: Pat Carrick, Elizabeth “Beth” Hubbard Churbuck, Lucinda Buxton Lawton, Constance Goehring Mitchell, Antoinette Roche, Melissa Scott Smith, and Laura Beckvold. My e-mail and phone number are always included at the top of this column, or you can get in touch with any of the committee members above. The reunion cochairs from Abbot are Melanie Fales Davis (mdavis@huronconsultinggroup.com) and Tunket Spaulding (martha.spaulding@ gmail.com). If you have any questions or input regarding any facet of the reunion, please contact Melanie, Tunket, or me. Other classmates who are also helping with one or more facets of the reunion include Sarah Massengale Gregg, Katherine Abler Harvey, and Becky Reynolds Zielinski. We truly do want you all to participate, and we hope to see you next June 11–14 in Andover.
PHILLIPS Nick Marble 10674 North Osceola Drive Westminster CO 80031 303-439-7819 nick.marble@yahoo.com
Hard to believe, but by the time you read this, our 50th Reunion will be only a few months over the horizon. Like the guy said: If I knew I was gonna live this long, I woulda taken better care of myself. Mike Sheldrick somehow survived seven weeks of sub-zero global warming and frozen pipes (winter 2014) and enjoyed hiking and
canoeing with his daughter’s family at the old homestead in the Adirondacks over the summer. Graeme Means continues his architecture biz in Aspen, Colo., but also spent a month mountain biking and camping in Israel (Mount Hermon to Eilat, Red Sea and Galilee areas, Negev Desert). Fellow Coloradan and über style-setter Court Dixon submitted his preferences for reunion garb: pouchettes (figure it out yourself), taped ankles and/or loafers, madras, and pink shirts. Hey, the guy spent many years as a Boulder haberdasher, so we gotta trust his judgment. Or not. Colorado newcomers Jim Milmoe and wife Alex now reside permanently in the gorgeous ski town of Breckenridge, about 90 minutes from the kids in mile-high Denver. Closer to sea level, or maybe even below it, Chuck Vinick works on “renewable energy technology for deployment in ocean currents, waves, and tidal flow regimes.” Chuck’s artist wife Susan had exhibitions in Naples (Fla.) and California. Meanwhile, son Matthew is a TV sports producer who recently covered an Ultimate Frisbee event in Cincinnati. Doug Pirnie and wife Roxanne toured Yosemite under pedal and foot power. Back at home (in NYC) Doug still conducts tours at the American Museum of Natural History, presumably on foot, but maybe on one of those Segway thingies (he didn’t specify). It’s a very big museum. Update on Dick Cromie: He’ll attend in June and respectfully suggests large name tags to better accommodate aging eyes and memories. Last summer, Dick took on the Sisyphean (his term) task of maintaining/repairing his sprinkler system and is now in the plumbers’ union. Call him. I’m sure he’d appreciate the work. Jim Eller visited Antarctica last year (January is prime time down there) and has now toured all seven continents. Tim Mahoney now parks the car in South Dartmouth (Mass.) but maintains some professional ties and an apartment in LA. I had a nice chat with Peter Clapp, who was trying to find contact information for Brock Baker. Pete found and forwarded an article about the PA faculty and staff reaction to the then almost-unthinkable proposition of the school going coed. I quote Conrad: “The horror! The horror!” Sons of Phillips, indeed! An entire school hymn would have to be significantly altered or relegated to the scrap heap. Not to mention having “predatory females” (thank you, Mr. Benedict) legitimately prowling the hallowed halls of our ivyencrusted brick dorms and classroom buildings. I watch a lot of TV, and I get a lot of mail. Every day, I catch at least one Viking River Cruise ad on the tube, and every week (or so) my mailbox gets a very cool booklet, promising an unforgettable travel and cultural experience. It seems that the sun always shines on the Danube, the Rhine, and the great cities of Europe, and the Viking folks want to prove it to you. Well, my inherent skepticism had kept me from following up on the tempting offers, until I heard from Tony Gibson, Andover | Winter 2015
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