Congratulations to the Classes ending in 4's and 9's, who are celebrating their reunions in the 2014-2015 school year!
RIVERDALE ALUMNI
1991 Please send your news to your Class Correspondent(S) before MAY 1, 2015. 1991 Stefanie Firtell Donath stefanie.donath@yahoo.com
1992 Laura J. Kleinman kleinmanlaura@yahoo.com
1993 George D. Creppy gcreppy75@gmail.com Alexis Higgins alexis.higgins@gmail.com
1994 Danielle J. Englebardt denglebardt@gmail.com
Members of the Class of 1991 at the change of command ceremony for the USS Coronado (from left): Laurence Lederer, Jenny Finkelstein, Cmdr. Peter Kim, William Ching, and Ahmed Yearwood.
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From Abby Russell: “2014 was a big year for me. Thrilled to announce that I had a baby girl on April 11, 2014. Like the palindrome of her birthdate, Aria Isabella Russell is full of magic and makes me smile and laugh every day. I’m so honored Aria picked me to be her mom. It’s already clear that Aria will be my greatest teacher, notwithstanding all those wonderful teachers I had at Riverdale! “This year also saw the world premiere of my first feature film, Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip, at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. I co-directed the movie, which was executive produced by Chris Rock.” Congrats on both achievements, Abby! From Daniel Davis: “My daughter, Estrea Stella, was born May 1, 2013, and my son, Theodore Nicolas, was born July 3, 2014. We are living in New York City.”
1992
QUAD extends condolences to Gwendolyn Brown and her mother, Alayne O’Reilly, on the death of Gwendolyn’s sister, Alexandra Brown ’90. For more, see Class Notes 1990 on page 49.
1994
Congratulations to Josh Alper and his wife Dawn David on the birth of their daughter, Logan Maya Alper (see photo below). She was born June 4 at 8:35 a.m., “weighing in at 6 lbs. on the dot, and was 20.5 inches of lovableness,” according to the proud dad. Congratulations as well to Rolf Heitmeyer and his wife Kaia Peterka Heitmeyer on the birth of their daughter, Anja Elisabeth Heitmeyer, on December 13, 2013 (see photo below right). Anja (pronounced Anya) weighed 8 lbs., 13 oz., was 21 inches long, and “is healthy and extremely cute,” according to Rolf.
More than 40 classmates participated in their 20-year Reunion on October 18. Many flew in from out of town, including: Ben Wolf from Chile; Shelley Faierman Shalev from Las Vegas; Alexandra Ostrow Bruskoff from Houston; Karim Sabet from Miami; Andrew Marcus, Alex Yarosh, and John Maysles from Los Angeles; and Joseph Best from Bermuda. Congratulations to Class Correspondent Danielle Englebardt, who was awarded the Ernest McAneny 1925 Alumni Spirit Award during the Homecoming/Reunion luncheon (for a photo, see page 28). For more on Homecoming/Reunion 2014, see pages 24-30.
Members of the Class of 1994 at the Homecoming/Reunion barbecue lunch.
Commander Peter Kim, U.S. Navy, writes: “I recently had the honor of taking command of the Navy’s newest warship, USS Coronado (LCS 4) and Littoral Combat Ship Crew 204 in San Diego, CA, on August 8. There were several classmates in attendance, including William Ching, Jenny Finkelstein, Laurence Lederer, and Ahmed Yearwood (see photo below).
Logan Maya Alper, daughter of Josh Alper ’94.
Anja Elisabeth Heitmeyer, daughter of Rolf Heitmeyer ’94.