www.andover.edu/intouch Phoebe, 7, Catherine, 5, and Winnie, 2. He plays squash with the kids and still cycles. Speaking of cycling, he shares that his former PA cycling coach, Derek Williams ’65, is doing well in retirement, and that former teammate Chris Peck just moved to Cupertino, Calif., to work as an engineer for Apple. Guenter Meyer writes, “I just dropped my daughter, Darcy ’18, back off at Andover today. I’m happy to report that she is enjoying her first year there, and I’m definitely enjoying the Andover experience the second time around as a parent— but this time I get to listen to the concerts, and it’s great to see that some of my favorite music teachers are still teaching and conducting (Vinny Monaco and Chris Walter). It’s also been fun bumping into other classmate-parents at various events (Bart Kalkstein, Pete Welch, and Matt Milkowski so far; I’m sure there are a few more). Cool thing is, my daughter and I will be on the same reunion cycle!” One of my Bronx homies (and former Stimson West roomie), Evette Maranda Clarke, was ordained as a minister at her church this past fall. Another of my Bronx homies, Aisha Jorge Massengill (who also attended elementary and junior high school with Evette), was in attendance at the ceremony. David Richeson, Peter Reese, Eza Gadson, and Ivar Bazzy attended a Foxcroft reunion at the home of Bob Gibbons ’89 in November. Also there were Ed Jasaitis, James McLain, and Ted Helprin, ’89ers all, and Rett Wallace ’87. David says that a good time was had by all, and that no one ended up in jail, but I will definitely check public records to confirm. This past September, I hung out with Naomi Cromwell, Hodgson Eckel, Bruce Hamilton, Sandra Morales, and other members of the PA family at the Fifth Annual Todd A. Isaac Memorial Basketball Game and Reception in New York. It was a pleasure to see my old JV basketball coach, Tom McGraw, coach the Blue Team to victory. (Or did the White Team win? I really don’t remember. We were all having way too much fun to keep score.) Full disclosure: I was a manager for Coach McGraw, not a player. Still, I recall at least one occasion where my finesse at the freethrow line saved the guys from having to run extra suicides. Guys: You’re welcome. Alesia Wilburn Wall writes that she sees June Eguro Burkhart quite a bit socially in Chicago, and that they commiserate over the Northwestern football team. Alesia volunteers with children with disabilities, and she has performed in a couple of Gilbert & Sullivan operettas with the Savoyaires, the first U.S. company known to have produced the entire G & S 14-operetta cycle. Otherwise, Alesia is enjoying family life with her two daughters, one of whom is a teen now, and her husband, Derek, as much as his busy schedule as a trauma surgeon allows. Paula Hornbostel caught up with her college roommate, Christina Weaver Vest ’89, in the Boston area over Halloween, a real treat. Back in
New York, Paula discovered that the wares from Sarah Ludington’s Van Brunt Stillhouse distillery make wonderful holiday gifts, and it was fun seeing her not so long ago! Finally, Jim Dand wrote to say that he was recently elected supreme emperor of the galaxy and was selected to compete for Romania’s rhythmic gymnastics team in the next Olympics, to which I replied: “Duh! We already knew that!” Well, that’s all, folks! Until next time. —Terri
1989 Laura Bauschard 2918 Octavia St. San Francisco CA 94123 415-806-2412 (cell) lbauschard@gmail.com Curtis Eames 978-994-9015 curtiseames111@gmail.com Gina Hoods 400 Chaney Road, Apt. 1024 Smyrna TN 37167 423-892-7140 404-667-4939 ghoods@yahoo.com
Greetings! There is much to report, so here we go. From Walpole, Mass., Anujeet Sareen reports, “Life is good and full!” He and his wife truly have a “full house,” with four boys and four girls, ages 5 to 22. Anujeet works for Wellington Management. Rachel Keyser has practiced veterinary medicine in Wolfeboro, N.H., for almost 19 years. She hopes to purchase a practice this year and also reconnect with her old roommate, Kim Markert Bowden. Henry Gourdeau reports that his 2½-yearold has committed early to UNC for lacrosse. David Carnes loves being back at PA more often, now that his oldest daughter, Sasha ’19, is a student. Curtis Bragdon’s daughter Margaret ’18 is a lower, rooming in WQN with Kate Archibald Donchi’s daughter Emma ’18. He recently hung out with Ed Jasaitis and other ’89 parents at Family Weekend. Curtis works at Darktrace, and he can help prevent you from being hacked. His wife, Heather Garretson Bragdon, has become more involved with her family’s cranberry farm. Andy Shea had a weekday stroll and lunch with Keith Flaherty and Alex Walley in Boston this past November. Jennifer Carr-Smith ran into Dave Frechette and his family at an Andover food-drive event in Stamford, Conn. Jen’s new job as president of Peapod, an online grocer, takes her to Chicago, where she dined with Laura Hsieh. Laura is teaching at a private school and keeping busy with her two boys. Carl McCarthy, a lawyer in NYC, cofounded Techie Youth, a nonprofit that provides coding classes to young adults coming out of foster care. George Webb IV is contemplating trading
his corporate position for entrepreneurship, building a vegan family-buffet restaurant and entertainment complex. He reports that his sister, Emily C. Webb Doskow, together with her husband and twins, picked up and moved from NYC to LA. Seth White (aka Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP) is a Dominican priest who has been living and teaching for the past eight years in DC at the Dominican House of Studies, where he is the director of the Thomistic Institute. The Vatican recently appointed him to be a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. Bob Gibbons hosted a Foxcroft reunion in November at his house in New Canaan, Conn. James McLain joined from Westchester, Ted Helprin came from Portland, Ore., but Ed Jasaitis flew in from an Amsterdam business trip for the historic get-together. Unfortunately, Alex Friedman was unable to be there. Ben Shin attended an early September reunion in Park Slope, Brooklyn, organized by Orin Herskowitz. Roberto Garcia, Chase Madar, Shellee Hendricks, Andy Case ’90, Jon Luongo, Marianna Baer, Robin Hessman ’90, and Sean Sullivan were in attendance. Ben also sees Troy Selvaratnam and Ricardo Lima on occasion. Andrew Kunian lives in Houston, where he is converting northern China and southern Chile from coal to gas power. Gina Hoods visited Atlanta and met up with David Jaye and his family. She also visited with Elisa Istueta and her family in NYC and saw Kent Strong at Head of School John Palfrey’s talk at the Ford Foundation. Gina caught up with Hollis Fuller Morris and Christian Parker, and saw Justin Jefferies in Australia. Gabe Wardell binge-watched Twilight Zone episodes over New Year’s Day and, along with Alex Friedman, experienced the uncanny feeling that he was back in Rockwell, staying up all night watching The Twilight Zone in my room. Gabe recently became director of development at Fugees Academy, a school in Clarkston, Ga., that is dedicated to helping child survivors of war rebuild their lives through education and soccer. Charlie “Scrimp” Kemp reports that he and his family still enjoy LA and that he still works in insurance. We hope to meet on the East Coast in the near future. Libby Palomeque continues to pursue competitive figure skating in Oakland, Calif., recently winning four gold medals and a silver at the ISI Adult Figure Skating Championships. Fiona Brandon reports from San Francisco that she and her husband, Dietmar, welcomed their daughter, Flora Celestina, into the world in July 2015, just a month after the birth of Caleb Jacobson-Sive’s daughter, Louisa Valentine. Fiona and family visited with Caleb and his family over the holidays. Fiona is still in contact with Mike Megalli, who recently left Microsoft to start indie.biz. Matthew Ferrara, recently relocated to Andover | Summer 2016
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