class notes
1954
Jared Diamond’s most recent book, Upheaval—about national political crises viewed in light of personal crises—was published in May 2019. Jared is still teaching geography to undergraduates at UCLA (even though, as he says, the lowest grade that he received at Roxbury Latin was in Mr. Whitney’s Sixie year geography class!) Robert English, brother of the late Richard John English, recalled: “During the 300th anniversary—75 years ago, at age five, while living on St. Theresa Ave.—I vividly remember observing the multitude of automobiles parked on the lower field during one of the many weekend celebrations!”
1958
Arthur Gold mourns with classmates over the unexpected death of Robert Smith on January 3, 2019. Despite some recent medical interventions—melanoma surgery and open heart surgery—Arthur feels healthier and stronger than ever. He looks forward to continuing his two careers as a financial consultant to real estate professionals and as a voice-over performer.
1963
David Scheff is still practicing pediatrics, around the corner from RL, at 2020 Centre Street, and thoroughly enjoying it.
1967
Steven Rand and his wife, Paula, became grandparents in July 2019. Grandson Lucas made his debut in Rotterdam,
Netherlands, and is packing on weight fast. He is already being groomed by “The Spah” for a forward position on the RLS lacrosse squad. Steve and Paula are still in Ann Arbor, Michigan, but retirement is only a year away and will occasion a move to Waterloo, Ontario, in Canada, their place of origin.
Review for “best practices” for culturally sustaining and revitalizing teaching, PdH believes in the potential of children, culture, and language in a local, regional, national, and international context. PdH is an International Baccalaureate Candidate School serving students in grades K-12.
1971
1999
Louis Kaplan is an associate professor of nursing at Simmons University in Boston, right next door to the “other” Latin School. He looks forward to seeing his classmates at their “big” reunion next spring.
1977
Members of the class of 1977 gathered for their 42nd consecutive Thanksgiving Eve: Jeff Ganem, David Mix Barrington, Michael Price, Bruce Rosengard, Jack Englert, Dave Astrue, Jack O’Loughlin, Craig Newfield, and Jim Joyce.
1983
Kurt Bekebrede Gantrish and his family are doing well and living in Hanover, New Hampshire. He has two sons out of college, one in college, and two finishing high school. He recently installed solar panels on the house, which generate 60 percent of their power needs annually.
1986
Brian Buckley is in Flagstaff, Arizona, focused on nonprofit work at Puente de Hozho Puente de Hózhó (PdH) Elementary School. PdH has two duallanguage programs comprised of a Navajo Immersion Language Program and a Spanish-English Bilingual Program. Featured in the Harvard Education
Oliver Libby lives in New York, where he manages an international venture called H/L. He is co-founder and chair of the board of The Resolution Project, which fosters youth leadership development around the world through collaborative social entrepreneurship. Oliver is engaged to marry Ms. Sabrina Tharani in 2020.
2000
On October 13, 2018, Wyatt Lipman married Maria de Cesare at the Mount in Lenox, Massachusetts—the historic home of Edith Wharton, and the first place the couple visited together. (“I’ll always remember reading Wharton’s Edith Frome in Class III English with the late, great master, David Frank!” writes Wyatt.) Oliver Harper and Amit Paley celebrated at the wedding with Wyatt and Maria, who now live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Maria is the Head of Business Affairs for Google’s Creative Lab, and Wyatt is Associate General Counsel for Content Strategy & Media Partnerships at Facebook.
2004
Mike O’Brien and his wife, Drew, welcomed their daughter, Brooke, on August 19, 2019. See photo on page 51.
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