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We were in school the day John Lennon was shot. I was in art class and I remember so clearly Chris Osander just being beside himself, devastated over the news; we consoled him. Our 8th grade play was The Music Man. Upper School:
Only certain kids were allowed to use computers because there were so few computers. We memorized: “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” and Sonnet 116: “Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds Admit Impediments” by William Shakespeare.
We listened to Devo, Squeeze, David Bowie. We sat outside the theater writing PDS on postcards to try and win The Hooters at our prom from a WPST raffle. Chris McCabe and the other boys sang
“Everyday I Write the Book” all the time. Don’t tell me you don’t know what love is When you’re old enough to know better When you find strange hands in your sweater When your dreamboat turns out to be a footnote I’m a man with a mission in two or three editions And I’m giving you a longing look Everyday, everyday, everyday I write the book
Excerpt of “Every Day I Write the Book” by Elvis Costello
Special thanks to Susan Hockings, Missy Whitehouse, Pam Bye Erts and Nancy Miller MFS ’57
News sent to the Alumni Office:
“40-year friends in 40 below weather (with wind chill)! Shockingly cold.” Liz White Meahl and Pierre from ME, Kelly Noonan O’Shea and Dan from PA, and Christi Curtin McCarthy and Dan from NJ met “in the middle” in Lenox, MA They are already planning for their next adventure in New Orleans, and likely more crossing of paths before then as they travel with kids to each other’s states, exploring college options.
1987
Sofia Xethalis 1953 Shore Oak Drive Decatur, IL 62521 217-422-5648 sxethalis@yahoo.com.au
1988
Amy Venable Ciuffreda 8 Rydal Drive Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 609-882-7899 amy.ciuffreda@gmail.com Arianna Rosati 251 W 19 Street #3C New York, NY 10011 917-202-7114 pavianyc@gmail.com
1989
Doria Roberts PO Box 5313 Atlanta, GA 31107 404-874-3779 doriaroberts@yahoo.com
Lauren French Stout 965 South Morgan Street Meadeville, PA 16335 814-337-5686 lfrench@allegheny.edu
1990
Deborah Bushell Gans 143 Isle Verde Way Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418 561-799-2463 debgans@yahoo.com
1991 Class of ’86: Top to bottom, Cary Paik, Susi Franz, Yvette Pelletieri Parker, Chris Anderson, Liz White Meahl, Ann Miller Paiva
Aly Cohen 1 Big Barn Road Cranbury, NJ 08512 917-273-4573 alycohen@yahoo.com
So, as we approach our 25th reunion (uuugghh!), some of us feeling a bit older than others, here are few messages from our classmates:
1986 classmates Liz White Meahl, Kelly Noonan O’Shea, and Christi Curtin McCarthy, reunioning in Lenox, MA.
Julie Roginsky is the co-host of “Outnumbered” on Fox News and came back to the PDS campus in March to deliver the Rothrock Lecture to Upper School students… she shared key points, like not heading to a Clapton concert the night before taking the SAT and other useful advice… Besides running a busy integrative rheumatology/environmental health practice in Monroe NJ, I have been quite busy writing and co-ed-
iting the textbook Integrative Environmental Medicine for the Weil /Oxford University Press due out in 2017. I’m still actively building my environmental health platform, TheSmartHuman.com and welcome followers to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram who are interested in simple tips to reduce exposures to toxins in our everyday lives!
Class Notes
President Reagan was shot after lunch.
I still made time to hang out with several classmates over the past few months, including Julie Roginsky, who joins me on the PDS alumni board, and Chris Jones, who coached a soccer practice with my son and his teammates. Hoping all of my classmates are able to come in for our May reunion to celebrate!
1992
Sharon Thomas Haber 1675 York Avenuem, Apt. 20L New York, NY 10128 212-722-8793 ziggythomas@hotmail.com
Judson Henderson 5073 Province Line Road Princeton, NJ 08540 609-751-1519 jhenderson@callawayhenderson.com From Sharon:
Thanks to Judd Henderson’s reminder, I collected some class notes for our spring Journal. Judd shared that “All is well in Princeton, we moved over the summer, but will still be ready to host our 25th (!) next spring. Look forward to seeing everyone soon.”
Dave Wise shared, “We’re doing fine. This is probably the busiest our lives have been. We sold our company in December and are going through a serious integration, which is great, but also a bear. We had to get each of our three boys into new grade schools for the fall, which was like a massive college application process. They actually make the two- year-old do an interview, where all you can do as a parent is pray he doesn’t poop in the middle of it. And we are combining our apartment with the one next door and about to do a painful construction here in Brooklyn. We really should just move to the suburbs already.” As a fellow New Yorker, I hear you Dave! Alison Cho wrote, “My youngest son turned one and is awesome as ever. My eldest turns three in April and I am amazed at how time flies. Still with the same company but moved to a different role as an HR Business Partner supporting Operations. My brother, Ed Cho ’96 just got engaged so I need to get ready for the wedding!”
On my end, as always, I’m on the run with a business and family. My daughter is eight years old; I am consistently amazed by how much of her own person she’s become. We just got back from a vacation to Jamaica, where we had a chance to connect, play and swim with dolphins. We’re back to the winter chill of NYC and I can’t wait to read the spring Journal in warmer weather! Tricia Frank wrote: “I’m writing this on Sharon’s orders, but they were quality orders, so
SPRING 2016