stay connected... “I see our classmate Michael Krumpe often— his brother Andrew and wife Carla Contarino (both ’77) live in nearby Lee, N.H., and Michael is in town often to visit with their father, classics instructor emeritus Carl Krumpe. Carl lives in the same neighborhood as Wendy Richards, and those visits always make for belly laughs and great fun. I have also stayed in touch with Laura Richards ’74 and Jon Meath ’74, who are in the region. Beyond that, it’s social media that keeps me up to date. If you haven’t been ‘friends’ with Jenny Peck, she posts beautiful photos from her native Vermont almost every day. Highly recommended!” I have to add my own smiley-face emoji and virtual fist bump to Facebook for keeping many of us in touch throughout the year. While my children assure me that there are many cooler social media sites (you can find me on Instagram as lisabnyc), Andover can proudly assert that the original paper Facebook we all remember, along with Exeter’s student directory, served as inspiration for at least the name of Mark Zuckerberg’s Internet behemoth. Beyond the virtues of virtual bonding, let’s not forget the joys of real-world interaction. Mark your calendars for June 10–12 and our (gulp!) 40th Reunion. It promises to be a truly great weekend packed with picnics, parties, and most thrillingly, the chance to see one another in person. —Lisa Barlow
1977 Buck Burnaman 222 Nod Hill Road Wilton CT 06897 203-834-9776 bburnaman@msn.com
1978 Jeff Strong jstrongnyc@gmail.com Jamie Clauss Wolf 514 Ribaut Road Beaufort SC 29902 843-694-7443 JamieClaussWolf@gmail.com
Connie Barrett Dawson shares that in June 2015 her son got married to his high school honey, that one of her daughters graduated from Colgate last spring and is working in NYC, that another moved to LA and is really enjoying it after a life of New England winters, and that her youngest daughter is finishing her junior year at Nobles, playing lots of hockey and getting ready for the college admission process. Connie jokes that she, like many of us, thought life was supposed to slow down. I wonder where she got that idea? Nobuhisa Ishizuka writes, “It’s hard to believe
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we’re only a couple of years away from our 40th Reunion! My journey across 30 years of legal practice over two continents started in Fuess South senior year. It was there in my room one sunny afternoon where it all came together: My love of English classes with Jon Stableford ’63 and indifferent results in everything math and science, coupled with my growing interest in Japanese studies, led to the inevitable conclusion that my future lay in a legal career somehow involving Japan and the U.S. It has been an eventful 37-plus years putting the pieces together, and quite a rewarding journey. And I owe it all to PA.” Nobu, I think your heart and dedication had at least a little something to do with your successful journey! Jonathan Justice reports that he’s still living in New Castle, Del., and is a professor at the University of Delaware’s School of Public Policy and Administration. He says, “Perks of the job include an annual study trip to Seoul with my own graduate students, along with colleagues and their students from other schools of public affairs. For a former city kid who now lives in a small town, it’s a welcome fix of urban life, in addition to being a great academic program. I also get to visit regularly with George Mostoller in Philadelphia. I’m still glum because my standard poodle, Daisy, died in the fall.” Jonathan, that’s a tough one for any of us who have lost a pet, so we wish you well. Mark Resnick lives in Boston, where he is a litigator. He was a partner at a large firm and then opened his own practice. He has four boys, and says, “My oldest is 24 and lives in Boston. Another goes to college in Canada, and I have two in high school.” He acknowledges only sporadic attendance at reunions, but I am hopeful that he and many of you will revisit that and give them all another chance. Michael Cannell says, “My daughter, Cricket, now 13, has confidently told me that she’s going to Andover, then Harvard, then moving to London. So we’ll be touring the campus in the coming months. I’m finishing a book, my third, tentatively titled Incendiary, for St. Martin’s Press. The book is narrative nonfiction about the first case of criminal profiling. I had a long, fascinating lunch with [former history instructor] Gil Sewall last fall, and Jeff Strong and I had lunch in December with both our fathers in attendance—both of them going strong in their 80s. Thankfully, Jeff and I didn’t pay for lunch.” Robert Clark writes, “I recently celebrated my 25th anniversary with my partner, Wayne Anderson. I have been designing large-scale charity events in NYC, a few weddings, and landscaping in the summer at Point O’ Woods, on Fire Island, where we see Mike Cannell and his talented wife, Elizabeth. We live in a flower-filled apartment with our two cocker spaniels: Desi and his new puppy companion, Ethel.” That all sounds lovely! John Margolis has been in LA for about two years now, after 20 years of having his own architectural practice in Beverly Farms, Mass. He loves working for a larger firm full of vibrant young
people and currently is involved in four large residential projects in Montecito, Agoura Hills, Hermosa Beach—and Weston, Mass.! John’s been busy: He joined the board of overseers at the fabulous Craft & Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles, joined a book group, and continues to work with the Southern California chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, after five years as president of the New England chapter. John attended a PA event hosted by Brian Henson ’82 at his studios in Hollywood and says, “Palfrey’s clear thinking and visionary leadership bring Andover’s potential to new highs! He is so impressive as a person and as a mentor!” Pam Carter writes, “When I arrived at PA, I already had a high school diploma from my small school in Montreal. (I hadn’t had grade 12 and wasn’t ready for college, so I deferred for a year.) I was told I could take any courses and receive a certificate, or take music and art and American history and get a PA diploma. So, Stacy Schiff and I were American history classmates with Wayne Frederick as our teacher. I’d never had a minute of American history before in my life. It was the hardest course I’d ever taken. Mr. Frederick asked me, and only me, questions the entire second class—after we’d had our first reading assignment—even though I stopped being able to answer them two-thirds of the way through the class. Maybe sooner. Meanwhile, Stacy seemed to float through it—predicting the content of tests with great accuracy, for example—and I was still attempting to finish the reading. So, I always look forward to Stacy’s newest book to appreciate her historian mavenhood all over again.” (Stacy’s most recent book is The Witches.) Jamie Wolf attended orientation in the fall as a new member of the Alumni Council, and while up north had a great dinner with Rob Blanks and his wife, Carolyn, at their home near Boston, along with Greg Soghikian and his companion, Heather. Greg and Heather made the drive after a day of watching college games at Bowdoin and Colby, where Greg’s twins are freshmen. When not working on news updates for Andover magazine or tasks for the Class Secretaries’ Committee Jamie is opening a new business. Second Wind is a specialty wellness center in Port Royal, S.C., offering therapies to address movement disorders, weight and toxicity, and stress and anxiety, focusing on helping people with Parkinson’s, MS, those recovering from accidents or stroke, wounded warriors, and those with PTSD. Finally, a big thank-you to our class agents: Lee Apgar, Anna Schneider Durham, Shelly Guyer, Nobuhisa Ishizuka, John Kukral, Jeffrey Reuben (head agent), and Peter Warren. —Jamie Clauss Wolf