stay connected... thing, and, well, life is good!” Michael Graffeo rang the NASDAQ opening bell this past fall, and Justin Libby reports that over the holidays he got to have brunch with Michael, Bob Masys, Gillian Morrison, Jeff Wang, Jill Imbriano Puglisi, and a whole host of PA friends from other years. “There were so many young children present,” writes Justin, “we were worried the adults would be outnumbered. It was wonderful to catch up with people over the cries and fussing of toddlers. Our son, who is now eight, is already more social and athletic than I ever was.” Lon Haber spent some of his winter holidays “tucked into the mountains of Tyrol.” Vennette Ho Lee has been living in NYC with husband Dave, son Dylan, and daughter Kira. “In a total ‘I never would have predicted this in 1995’ turn of events,” Vennette writes, “I am an investment banker focused primarily on mergers and acquisitions for the beauty space. A funny tidbit,” she adds, “is that I was actually named one of ‘Beauty’s 50 Most Powerful Women’ by WWD last year. It’s a fun job where I get to meet and help some amazing founders and entrepreneurs in a happy industry.” Kate Humphrey has celebrated her engagement and is working as a psychiatric nurse in Maryland. Rick Johanson and his wife are “elated to welcome Crew Robert Johanson into this big, wonderful world. If Andover is in his destiny,” Rick writes, Crew Robert will “graduate with the Class of 2033.” Alexandra London-Thompson has become the director of dramatic arts at Miss Porter’s School in Farmington, Conn., and also the director of children’s programs for the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival. Her husband, Peter, is an actor, screenwriter, and director and has been working in the U.K. on two feature films. They live on the Miss Porter’s campus with their 4-year-old. “It’s a wonderful community,” writes Alexandra, “and we are very happy.” Dede Orraca-Tetteh lives in Wellesley, Mass., has four children, and works as a healthcare consultant across the public and private sectors. She sometimes sees Alexis Curreri Madison, who, Dede says, resides in the neighboring town of Sherborn with her “three beautiful girls.” Dede also “spontaneously” ran into Vanessa Kerry at a playground recently. David Koller writes that he has been enjoying the first year of fatherhood and that he randomly ran into Michael Fang and family in NYC’s Central Park. Delphine Rubin McNeill and her family were in Palm Beach for the holidays, and she writes that she saw Eric Ray and his wife, Juliet, there. Delphine says she is “enjoying life in London and is busy starting a line of women’s tops.” Stuart Shapley is in Austin, Texas, working as a patent attorney. He is the proud parent of a 3-year-old girl. Margot Stiles has been spending most of her free time whitewater kayaking with her husband and friends. Margot will be helping coach the Peru office of Oceana, the international ocean conservation and advocacy nonprofit, as it develops its strategy to improve management of
90
Andover | Summer 2016
the largest fishery in the world. Margot reports that she is still also working with Oceana’s offices in Brazil, the Philippines, Canada, and Chile and, “in the meantime, baking lots of bread.” Phil Ciampa writes that he and his wife, Erin, have been looking forward to the arrival of their third daughter. As for me, Erik Campano, I am working toward my doctorate in medicine at the University of Milan. If you are passing through the city, please do not hesitate to look me up! My apartment has a comfortable guest room, and I have learnt to cook risotto allo zafferano.
1996 20th REUNION June 10–12, 2016 John Swansburg 396 15th St. Brooklyn NY 11215 john.swansburg@aya.yale.edu
We’ll soon have occasion to catch up properly— in person, on a lawn, at our 20th Reunion. In the meantime, a lightning round of updates from near and far: Jenny Hoffman has moved to Vancouver, Canada, to take a position as a professor in the physics department at the University of British Columbia. In fall 2015, she returned to the USA Track & Field 24-Hour National Championship and defended her title, this time by running 138.4 miles in 24 hours. If you’re passing through British Columbia, she says, drop her a line. Bring your sneakers. Alex Green is on a streak of catching up with old friends. He saw Jerry Bramwell in Chicago in September, David Black-Schaffer in NYC in October (David was in town from Sweden), and Lillian Kiang in Dublin (where she had traveled from Hong Kong) in January. Alex and Lillian were both attending the same aircraft finance conference, naturally. “All were doing well,” Alex reports of his sightings, “and all somehow looked about the same as I remembered from a couple of decades ago.” Alex lives in Manhattan with his wife and three children, ages 8, 7, and 5. Julie Gwozdz Redfern checked in from San Francisco, where she works for Apple in its retail group. She welcomed a baby, Drew, in November; her daughter, Charlotte, turned 2 in December. “Charlotte is an amusing chatterbox, and Drew is a cuddly, happy baby,” Julie writes. Josh Mann got married this past summer to Caroline Pierce. The ceremony was held at Edith Wharton’s old estate, The Mount, in Lenox, Mass., and several carriages full of Andover ’96ers made the journey to the Berkshires to fête the happy couple. Let’s see if I can nail the full list: Steve Carter, Noah Peffer, Alex Burns, Ben Garcia, Chris Flygare, Charlotte Newhouse, Ting Poo, Hamilton Simons-Jones, Bret Asbury, Hannah Pfeifle Harlow, Jesse Kean,
and Mike Krupp were all there, and all in excellent form. Mike’s father officiated, and Mike himself, as is his wont, offered his best man’s toast in rhyme. I captured it on video, if anyone requires proof that Mike’s MC skills have only improved with age. Charlotte’s very funny Comedy Central series, Idiotsitter, debuted in January. If you haven’t caught it yet, do so. Megan McClellan adopted a daughter from Taiwan. “Ann is now 7,” Megan writes, “funny and smart and awesome beyond our wildest dreams. She is rapidly gaining English fluency, and we’re working hard to keep up her native Mandarin Chinese. Ann has already used the laser cutter in the new makerspace at the Oliver Wendell Holmes Library and made collages with PA art students at the Addison in the shadow of Winslow Homer’s paintings. Her favorite colors are pink and purple, but she also loves blue and white.” Megan works at J.P. Morgan as a managing director in the bank’s asset management business. She also dedicates volunteer hours to the SPCA of Westchester (N.Y.) and to an economic development organization focused on a small village in Guatemala. Minor Myers, Tricia Taitt, and Jane Biondi Munna all attended an event celebrating the Frank Stella ’54 retrospective at the Whitney Museum, a tribute to the artist’s astonishing career. Caitlin Henningsen ’01, a fellow at the Frick Collection, kindly and patiently walked your secretary through an interpretation of The Marriage of Reason and Squalor, from Stella’s influential series of black paintings. Constantine Farmakidis welcomed his first child, George, in October and recently caught up with Justin Steil. Steve Yang works as a dermatologist in Baltimore and teaches at Johns Hopkins. Quincy Evans is still living and working right outside Philadelphia. “Kids are growing fast (son Milo, 4, and daughter Kendall, 2 going on 20),” he says, “and I’m going gray even faster.” Quincy reconnected with Bret Asbury in Philadelphia. “It’s awesome to see Andover friends become amazing adults,” he writes. Very true. Eager to see all you amazing adults up close soon.
1997 Jack Quinlan 514 S. Clementine St. Oceanside CA 92054 760-415-9054 illegalparietal@gmail.com Kelly Quinn 2538 NW Thurman St., No. 205 Portland OR 97210 919-949-0736 illegalparietal@gmail.com
Hello everyone! Hope all of you have been enjoying the winter/spring months and that 2016 has been good to you so far.