www.andover.edu/classnotes Charlotte, her older sister, is happily adjusting. Craig and his family live in NYC where he works for the cable company, Charter. Foxcroft South had a mini reunion in NYC last spring, even making the Jumbotron at Yankee stadium while attending a professional soccer game. Nick Sims reports that they were hosted by Bob Gibbons ’89, and they had a great dinner and a spirited political debate over the course of the weekend. (In attendance: Peter Reese, Dave Richeson, Ivar Bazzy, Eza Gadson, Nick, Bob, Ted Helprin ’89, Ed Jasaitis ’89, and James McClain ’89.) Doug D’Agata shared that the football team from our senior year will gather for the 30th anniversary of Andover’s victory over Exeter. They will attend this fall’s game and then dine at The Andover Inn. Speaking of 30th anniversaries, we have a little something coming up this June on the hill. I actually have the t-shirt from the aforementioned football game and may dig it out for the weekend. Jed Gore encourages us to come to the reunion, where he hopes to contribute to a live music set with other classmates. Jed also wrote that Corey Rateau will be deejaying. You will not want to miss this! Looking forward to seeing everyone in June. Until then, may you be peaceful and well. Best, Laura
1989 Curtis Eames 857-800-5759 curtiseames111@gmail.com Mike Hearle 2 Acorn Street Boston, MA 02108 917-603-7044 mhearle@cloughcapital.com Gina Hoods 400 Chaney Road, Apt. 1024 Smyrna, TN 37167 615-686-7025 ghoods@yahoo.com
1990 Thomas W. Seeley 1572 Heifer Road Skaneateles, NY 13152 315-263-0052 (cell) twseeley@gmail.com
A lot of food news to report this quarter. Resident Nebraskan Jennifer Amis took time away from her native corn to enjoy oysters—lots of oysters—and wine in New York City with Joe Bae, Burke Gibney, Erik Moody, Michelle Pae, Seth Schiesel, Chris Swihart, and Laura Vinroot Poole! Noticeably absent from the NYC crew, among others, was Ricky Shin, who moved this
summer with the family to Toronto. Summer in Skaneateles was unusually active with Andover alums this summer. Although we miss him stateside, it was a rare treat to visit with Ricky and family over ice cream by the lake as they made their long journey. Another unexpected surprise was bumping into Angel Lombardi Przybylowicz ’89 in line for coffee at the bakery. Angel and her family live in Olympia, WA where she is a bookkeeper and they visit often with Cheryl Kluck Nizam ’89, who lives in the area with her family and works locally as a luthier. A Class of 1990 fall harvest festival was in the works at the time of this writing. On the menu were tomatoes from Andrew Case’s Brooklyn backyard garden and hot peppers—serrano, jalapeno and poblano—from Susan Marcus’ Brooklyn brownstone rooftop. In the words of her 22-yearold sister, Susan’s life is transforming into one long Portlandia episode. Determined not to let us forget his southern roots, Hamlin O’Kelley has promised us all Okra, lot’s of Okra. And I’m hoping he’ll make us some of those cheese stick things he’s always posting on Facebook and Instagram. Reunion 2020 menu perhaps? Back in New York City, Jake Barton shared his experience designing the 9/11 Memorial and museum at the 7th Annual Day of Remembrance, a day devoted to remembering Todd Isaac and Stacey Sanders ’94. In the words of Guest of Honor Cathy Royal: “Jake has created space to help heal the world, not just our Andover, New York, or U.S. communities.” Exciting career news from campus! After a national search, Andover has hired our very own Jessica Herbster as general counsel, proving once again that the Class of 1990 is the greatest ever. Congrats also to Sanders Adu, who welcomed twin boys Landon and Grayson to the family April 7! Looking forward to meeting them at Reunion 2020! Alex Radocchia Zealand and her brother Peter Radocchia ’94 caught up with Robin Hessman and her mother and children at the family’s property in Bennington, VT while Robin was passing through on her summer adventures. Back out West, so wonderful to see Valerie Moon and Libby Yatsu Hsu reconnecting on the streets of San Mateo. Both have promised Meredith Persily Lamel that they will make it to the next reunion. In Oakland, Gretchen Whittier is considering starting an IndieGoGo campaign titled “Fund Gretchen’s Early Retirement So She Can Travel With Wanda Mann.” We might need to expand that to “Fund the Class of 1990’s Early Retirement.” Seriously. Wonderful to see Wanda’s posts from wineries far and wide. Gretchen reports connecting briefly with Chris Brookfield last summer but couldn’t quite manage a face-to-face get together. From down under, Alastair Bor managed to make us all smile last summer. With inspiration from Michael Hurt, Alastair created a digital
a copy of our video yearbook. Just about everyone makes an appearance in some form or another. If there is one thing we learned from this video—possibly Emmy award-winning Alexandra Shapiro’s first producing credit—it’s this: we loved bulky sweaters and sweatshirts. And we had HAIR, lots and lots of HAIR. Word has it that Laura Vinroot Poole will help us relive our geek chic days (h/t Imani Moody) by recreating those awesome sweatshirts and sweatpants for Reunion 2020. If you want to take a trip down memory lane, the Videovation yearbook is on YouTube at: https:// youtu.be/iPhAQmaxV8Yk. What better way to wait out a Hurricane’s pending arrival than channeling your inner cool hosting live music in your home, especially when that music is Andover music. Anne Wolfe Postic welcomed When Particles Collide, fronted by Sasha Alcott ’91 for an hour of live acoustic music in her Columbia, SC home. Sasha and band, comprised of herself and her husband, are touring the country as she recovers from her recent stint as an Exeter chemistry teacher. Happy to hear that Adam Butler is back in the D.C. area for the next few years. Adam is looking forward to catching up with classmates. That’s it from the Finger Lakes. Hoping I’ll see everyone soon! Tom
1991 Roxane Williams 2732 Goodwin Ave. Redwood City, CA 94061 roxandover@gmail.com
A week after I submitted our last batch of class notes, I saw a picture of Shane Cooper LaPointe and Cristobel von Walstrom, who had piloted a small plane to New Hampshire to see Shane. Now that’s keeping in touch! This recent call for notes yielded tons, including a pic of Josh Tulgan’s adorable puppy Greta. Here’s the latest: Amy O’Neal Nylen is in her 22nd year of teaching seventh grade English and Washington state history in Ferndale, WA. She writes: “This is a golden year because my son is a seventh-grader, so I will be immersed in adolescent energy 24/7. Oh my nerves!” Her daughter in fifth grade has Amy’s husband as a teacher, too. The Nylens raise their family on a hobby farm with 18 sheep, two dozen chickens, and a guard llama. They’ve hosted Mike Blanton and family for summer sojourns in Seattle and see Jessica Gonzalez when she visits the nearby BP refinery. Rachel Antony sends greetings from New Zealand, where Antonia Murphy also lives. Rachel heads a documentary and drama production company, Greenstone, working mostly in New Zealand and Australia with shows selling around the world. She saw Rob Kaplowitz and Julia Bloch in Philadelphia in early ’17. Rob shares that his son Andover | Winter 2018
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