Jennifer Cray writes from Palo Alto, Calif., that her ninth grader, Tessa, has just begun at Andover. Although she was disappointed not to run into other ’83ers at the reception for alumni parents, she did swing through the Northeast earlier this year to meet up with Stephen Pimpare, Liza Kaufman Hogan, Adam Wise, and Vivian Bache Quam. Jennifer has her own financial planning practice and still loves going to work every day. My older son, Jason, a 10th grader, is just starting at Taft. In swift succession, my younger daughter, Maya, began kindergarten, I drove Jason up to boarding school, and my younger son, Maier, started at nursery school. For all those who have gone through the school application process in New York City, you can imagine what my fall was like! Alex Navab has recently become the sole head of private equity for the Americas at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (commonly known as KKR). No wonder it’s so tough to drag him out to lunch! Victor Consoli is a partner at a hedge fund at Perella Weinberg Partners. Both firms are headquartered in New York City. Victor and his wife live in New Canaan, Conn., as empty nesters, their two daughters off at St. George’s School in Middletown, R.I. I am continually amazed not only at the remarkable accomplishments of our class, but also at the incredibly varied directions in which our classmates’ careers have taken them. Gina Poe, for instance, is an associate professor at the University of Michigan, where her research combines interests in basic sleep processes, development, learning and memory, and optimization of cognitive performance. On a research sabbatical with her family last summer, Gina worked at the Collège de France in Paris, learning a brain recording technique from a “maestro” and teaching a new simulation technique. Sharon Block is excited to have been renominated by President Obama to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board. She has served this past year as senior counselor to U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez. Sharon’s twins, Charlotte and Eli, are heading to Oberlin College and the University of Chicago, respectively. Yet another classmate’s eldest son is heading to college—Zoe Littlepage’s. She e-mailed from Houston to say she is still practicing at her law firm, specializing in defective pharmaceutical drug cases. Patrick Wilson, an independent money manager, and his wife, Nina, have four kids, two of them at Andover, and are very involved with local causes. From Denver, former Marine George Caulkins writes that he serves on the board of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, which runs the National Museum of the Marine Corps, outside Washington, D.C. Patrick Powdermaker lives near Andover, in Newton, Mass., with his wife, 13-year-old son, and 9-year-old daughter. Patrick has his own building-and-remodeling company, which keeps
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him busy. Kathy Macoul e-mailed to say she has recently spent a fair amount of time in Atlanta and while there met up with Matt Gilligan, Michael McCollum, Hilary Condren, and Daniel Mead. Tamar Szabo Gendler, who is Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy, professor of psychology and cognitive science, and deputy provost for humanities and initiatives at Yale University, was in May appointed the school’s first dean of the faculty of arts and sciences. Way to go, Tamar! Karl Jacoby, formerly a professor of history at Brown University, has recently taken up a similar position as a professor of history and ethnic studies at Columbia University. At the other chronological end of the educational spectrum, Lisa Carley Fay reports that her job as a teacher of toddlers at a Montessori School is by far the most satisfying work she’s ever done. She and her husband, John, sent their first child off to college this year. Two wishes of congratulations are in order! First, to Christine Kubacki Atherton, who last year celebrated her 25th wedding anniversary with her husband, Mike. Wow! I’ve tied the knot twice and can’t boast 25 years of marriage. Second, to Ravin Jain, whose wife, Janet, gave birth to twin boys Baxter and Oliver this past August. They are Ravin and Janet’s first children. Ravin writes that he often sees Duke Phan, who, like Ravin, practices as a neurologist, and John Byrnes, who has a steadily growing movie-production company. I was delighted to have Chris Fitch stop by recently to meet my family. We grabbed some Indian food nearby, reminisced, chatted about Chris’s journey to West Africa, where he learned to play native instruments, and debated ObamaCare. This summer Chris caught up with Greg Luke, his three kids, and his wife, Suzanne Cryer Luke, an actress with many credits to her name, including appearances in Sex and the City and the movie Wag the Dog. Chris also traveled to Tibet and Shanghai, his father’s birthplace. I would like to invite all of you to join me and other ’83ers for drinks in New York City each month. We had our first get-together in July: Jason Bernhard, John Harpole, Chris Thompson, Tricia Finneran, Jeff Stafford, Karen Humphries Sallick, and I had a great time catching up and swapping new—and old—stories. We expected a larger turnout in September. If you live in the New York City area—or are just passing through—and would like me to add you to the invite list, please just send me an e-mail at the above address. But please include some printable news as well. Remember, there is no shame in sharing updates of your doings more than once or even twice a year!
1984 Alexandra Gillespie 52 Amelia St. Toronto ON M4E 1X1 Canada acoonpie@gmail.com William P. Seeley Department of Philosophy 73/75 Campus Ave. Bates College Lewiston ME 04240 wseeley@bates.edu Adam Simha 84 Rice St. Cambridge MA 02140-1819 617-967-3869 adam@mksdesign.com
Hi, folks! Fall has finally arrived here in Maine. The kids are back in school and Bates is back in full swing (which, if I can admit it, always throws me back a bit to late September in the early ’80s). We tried to reach out to a crowd of you who couldn’t (or didn’t) make it last spring to greet the break of dawn with us in the Bishop common room (somehow we didn’t discover the pool table in the basement until it was too late—I blame Chris Gildehaus and Rob Kellan). Let me start by mentioning that Rachel Bacon joined us briefly last June by text message with a greeting for Adam Simha: “Hello, Adam!” Adam did not eschew the temporal duration of material presence with such active aplomb—he looked great in tight open-faced Egyptian cotton and a navy wool windowpane blazer! Alternatively, neither Jim Reische nor his wisdom were in attendance last June. But I hear from the prairie wind that good things and great adventures are afoot amidst the rolling sage of Iowa. Stalky Henderson writes that he has been happily married for 23 years to his wife, Margit. He has two daughters and spends a lot of time chasing the youngest from rink to rink in and around Denver on the youth hockey circuit. He says that the balconies in Stuart can be repurposed now that hockey bags don’t stink as much as they did when Eric Thieringer was his roommate, all those years ago. Stalky (enthusiastically) doesn’t regret turning away from the law one bit. He also tells me that the life of a stay-at-home dad is the secret to eternal youth! Which leads me to a funny story (which isn’t about stay-at-home dads). I was standing at the start of a ski race last spring with my son. We were bundled up against the snow in face masks, goggles, etc., as were the father and son next to us. For all the world they were total strangers, but then the dad next to me turns to tell his son to get his skis on and...wait for it...the voice belongs to E.T. He and his son were up from New Jersey to check out Sugarloaf, in Maine, and try their hand at the New England U14 racing