alumni news
Robert Achorn, ’35 celebrated his 100 birthday with family and friends on September 12. Bob, who has eight children, served in World War II as a Lieutenant Commander in the US Navy 1940-1945, and then was a Commander in the USNR. His daughter Julie said he still drives and plays golf! He has remained in close contact with, and been a faithful supporter of, Rivers throughout the years. Congratulations, Bob. Robert Hiden ’51 shared fond memories of his brief tenure at Rivers in 1943. “Mrs. Cox was a wonderful teacher and she greatly eased my introduction to Rivers, although I have vivid memories of my first day when she gave a science test. I hadn’t had science before, but to my amazement I scored 100. Mr. Sheehan was our Athletic Director and I remember boxing matched under his supervision with Rennie Little.” Dave Lamb ’58 David S. Lamb ’58 passed away on June 5, 2016. He was a reporter for major newspapers including The Milwaukee Journal, the Okinawa Morning Star, the United Press International in San Francisco, and The Los Angeles Times. His reporting and research produced books on twentieth-century Africa; Arab culture, religion and politics; major league baseball; the American heartland; and Vietnam. He earned numerous awards, including Nieman, Alicia Patterson and Pew Fellowships, and was named Rivers’ 2002 Alumni Excellence Award recipient. Mark Kelly ’71 is finishing his 20th year as the head of school of Annunciation Orthodox School in Houston, Texas. AOS is a co-ed private day school of 685 students, grades preschool through grade eight. “During my time as head,
the school was one of the first schools in Houston to add lacrosse teams for both boys and girls.” Bill Conover ’85 reports, “Back in early May, Kevin Hurley ’85 and I met up for an awesome jazz and Red Sox weekend in New York City. My daughter Nellie’s high school jazz band was in the Essentially Ellington competition at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and the Sox were in town to play the Yankees. Couldn’t have been a better combo: jazz, baseball, amazing restaurants and just catching up with a great Rivers friend!”
Dan Lane ’04 with Jane Rather
Dan Lane ’04 was married to Jane Rather on August 13 at the Stamford Yacht Club in CT. Bill Conover ’85 and Kevin Hurley ’85 in NYC Bill Bullard ’86 was promoted to Fire Chief of the Graton Fire Protection District in January 2016. Bill continues to serve as the Senior Vice President for The Abaris Group, a healthcare emergency services consulting firm. Alicia Kutner ’03 (now Goldenberg) was recently married to Ted Goldenberg. Grady O’Gara ’03 and his wife Kathleen welcomed a baby boy, Rowan O’Gara, into the world on July 19. Devin Ferreira ’04 got married to Abby McMillin in Michigan last month with many Rivers alumni in attendance.
Rachel Gorman ’05 emailed, “I’ve graduated grad school! I finished the New England School of Acupuncture with a master’s degree in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, and will be a licensed acupuncturist as of September 15. I am joining an existing practice in my hometown of Hopkinton, MA called Root & Branch Oriental Medicine.” Nicki Hunter ’05 was married to Michael Schwab at the New England Aquarium on August 27, with several Rivers classmates in attendance. Greg Clifford ’08 got married on June 18 in Lenox, MA to Sarah Goodkind continued on page 2 8
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