Class Notes

from 2019-2020 Rarebits

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JAMES H. ROGERS III ‘48 James’ daughter Jessica writes: “James Harriman Rogers III of Maine passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 5, 2019. Jim graduated from Rumsey Hall in 1948 before heading to The South Kent School. Jim received his undergraduate degree from Brown University before serving in the U.S. Army from 1956-1958 in Berlin, Germany. After his service, Jim taught English at the Collegiate School in New York City for five years before attending Harvard University to earn his Master’s in Education. Upon graduation, Jim accepted a position in the Admissions Office at Brown, where he was later promoted to the Director of Admissions, a post he kept until 1988. After leaving Brown, Jim and his wife, Margaret, moved to Italy where Jim opened an educational consulting business called The Rogers Group International. Jim worked with families outside of the U.S. as a private secondary school and college consultant. The couple moved back to the U.S. in 1993 and settled in Castine, Maine."

HENRY VALLANT ‘50 “Still alive and kicking… our Class missed our 70th Reunion.”

CARLTON G. NORTON, JR. ‘52 Tucson AZ. Carlton Graham Norton Jr. 83 died September 28, 2019. Carlton graduated from New Milford High School, Class of 1956 and went on to serve in the U.S. Air Force in Germany. He earned a degree from Cornell University in horticulture. He lived in Millbrook NY where he owned and operated a landscape design company and taught horticulture at BOCES (Board of Cooperative Educational Services) in Poughkeepsie, NY. He is survived by his wife Jane McLaughlin of Tucson, AZ, brother, Robert of Kent and sister, Nancy of Killingworth.

GINNA BOYNTON FISHBURNE ‘55 “So sorry to miss our 65th Rumsey Reunion… We are enjoying our retirement community although we are on ‘lock down’ right now! Hope members of ’55 stay healthy and we can reunite next year.”

JOHN MCDONALD ‘59 “Nothing has really changed since the last year. Just running my company, Masscot Internet.”

LUCIA BRYANT BLANCHARD ‘61 “Loving life in Florida as a ‘snow bird’. Playing lots of golf and riding horses when I’m not visiting with son and family in Colorado or daughter and family in Bermuda.”

GEORGE A. HUBBARD ‘62 George and Laurentina have called Tamworth, NH home for the past 45 years. Although mostly retired from his other endeavors, George is still an active partner with EAA TOOLS, Inc. based in Phoenix, Arizona. EAA designs and fabricates specialized tools and parts for the H-60 Blackhawk helicopter series. Laurentina is a master rug hooker with the A.T.H.A. guild. They travel frequently to their “finca” in Colombia to be with extended family and to savor their homegrown coffee.

KELLY NYE ‘68 “Went back to see Dead & Company in Mexico. Hurt my knee and ankle the first night. Saw Mayan stone structures in Tulum. WOW, THE BEST! … Go Rumsey!"

KATHARINE MOWBRAY ‘69 MICHIE “We are still happily living outside Worcester, MA. Our two grandsons, six and three, live nearby. I am enjoying retirement and floral designing.”

CALLI GUION ‘70 “I am still living in Norwich, Vermont with my partner of 30 years, Erik Blanchard, cousin to Casey, Lee and Nina Blanchard, who were all at Rumsey when I was there in the late 1960s. I am still in close touch with Palmer Marrin ’70 as well. I am a docent at the HOOD Museum of Art at Dartmouth and sing with the Thetford Chamber Singers, a chorus of about 35. We give concerts twice a year, in December and May. I also have been involved with Hospice and singing at bedside. In August 2018, my mother passed away at the age of 94. On Halloween of this year, my eldest niece gave birth to the first of the next generation, a lovely baby boy. In 1979 our family hosted an AFS student in Litchfield for a year and we are still very much connected with the Brochet family. I spent Christmas in France last year with them and will return next week for a week outside of Paris with the family. Erik and I attend many performances in the Upper Valley. Best to all my classmates from those years at Rumsey!”

TED SARANT ‘70 "I'm going into my 45th full year of self-employment in my home remodeling business, which is still thriving. As long as I can do the work, I have no plans to retire in the regular sense. I'm still in good physical condition with full lifting strength. I still do hiking, walking, and biking."

MAX SOPER ‘71 Max reached out to the School to send thanks for the birthday card he received in the mail. “As an alumnus of 1971, I want to report in… It’s been a long while, however, the memories are still fresh. Recalling class with big Lou, Sherry, and having the honor of serving on the Student Council. I enjoyed the privilege of opening the candy store in the afternoon and handing out Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Twizzlers and other healthy treats to fellow students at Rumsey, the foundation of a good start in my life! Since then, I followed my passion and am enjoying developing a building business and a solid family life.”

DAVID NELIGAN ‘72 "My antique shop furnished most of the antiques in the 2019 film Knives Out, including all the furniture used to interview the suspects." 2019/20 49

JOSH L. KAIMAN ‘74 Josh has accepted a new position as a Subcontract Administrator for L3Harris Corporation, the 6th largest U.S. Defense Contractor and primary supplier of electronic systems to the Department of Defense and to NASA. Josh will be based in Mason, Ohio (suburb of Cincinnati).

ANDY FOX ‘76

Andy sent this picture on his tractor.

OSCAR JESURUM ‘77 “After graduating from Rumsey, I went back home to Venezuela to go to high school. Then after graduating from high school, I returned to the United States to attend Central Texas College located in Killeen, Texas where I received my Associate Degree in General Agriculture. Then I transferred to Sam Houston State University (SHSU) in Huntsville, Texas. While attending SHSU for my B.S. in Science, I was forced to start working to continue paying for my education. I started working in landscaping for a few years until I landed an excellent job at Woodland Farms, a duck farm in California, where I eventually worked as their Production Manager. I worked there for 15 years, was quite successful, and then got married and had two sons, Zackary and Jacob. Now I am back in Venezuela, but my sons, now 22 and 21, are still living in California.”

WILLIAM KING ‘78 “I retired from the Seymour Police Department on May 10th after a total of 35 years of service. I am now in class to become certified as a Fire Marshal here in Connecticut with my final class exam at the end of January. Not necessarily a new career, but something to keep me busy.”

CLARK WEBER ‘81 Clark Weber, known as Clark T. Weber professionally, has lived and worked in Chicago since 1987. After studying improvisation at Players Workshop of Second City and the Second City Training Center, he has had moderate success as an actor. He has appeared in the major motion picture “Baby's Day Out” as Photo Asst. #1 working directly with Joe Mantegna, Joey Pantoliano, and Brain Haley. He has also appeared in the TV series Early Edition as Harvey Pillsky, working directly with Kyle Chandler.

Despite that moderate success, his most honorable and prideful work has been working as a Crisis Intervention Team Training role play actor for the last 15 years. He helped train Chicago police officers as well as officers from other departments from across the Chicagoland area as well as FBI agents. Crisis Intervention team training helps officers understand how to communicate with someone having a mental health crisis.

The Chicago Police Department was the first department in the world to use mental health consumers as roleplay actors. In 2016, he was awarded the International Consumer of the year at the Crisis Intervention Team Convention held in Chicago of that year. Since then, he's become known as an international advocate for mental health. He also works at the Harris Theater for music and dance in downtown Chicago and is an ensemble member with the Hyde Park Community Players. He’s been involved in multiple productions both on stage and off.

EMMANUEL XUEREB ‘81 AND SALVATOR XUEREB ‘81 Emmanuel and Salvator write: “After 11 years of a very successful partnership with 360 Realty, Emmanuel and Salvator Xuereb are very proud to announce that their agency Team X Estates joined Compass earlier this year. After being approached by most of the major brokerages, we decided to join Compass because they are the agency of the future, as well as embodying the same spirit we do. Compass is continually evolving to be at the forefront of ideas, cutting edge technology, amazing support for their agents, as well as incredible resources for the clients we represent.”

JOHN F. KLEIN-ROBBENHAAR ‘82 “The news here is that in May 2019, after nearly 24 years as a practicing attorney, I began serving an eight-year term as a United States Magistrate Judge. My new job involves plenty of research and writing, presiding over preliminary hearings in criminal cases, and mediating disputes in settlement conferences. Prior to this position, I served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender for over 10 years, and before that I managed a private law practice, so my new role as a federal judge is quite challenging and represents a complete reset in my legal career. Exciting times!

Meanwhile, I am still living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after 29 years. My oldest daughter Eveline is graduating in the Spring from Elon University and hopes to go to graduate school to become a nurse practitioner, while my younger daughter Grace is finishing her second year at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, studying psychology and art. My wife Erika manages a consulting firm, training and coaching professionals and organizations, and recently became certified in professional mediation. We enjoy traveling and getting outdoors, and look forward to our bi-annual visits to Cape Cod and the East.

I'd be remiss if I failed to mention the important role Rumsey has played, and continues to play, in my life. While Rumsey Hall in 1982 may not look much like the Rumsey of today, the Blue Dog values that I internalized back then--effort, determination, good citizenship--are obviously still foundational to the character of the school today. Kudos to Rumsey for focusing on honesty, kindness and respect--this is what makes the school a very special place. Keep up the good work!”

MELINDA CORNELL ‘86 MORAN Melinda Cornell ’86 Moran just moved to Fairhope, Alabama and is loving the Southern life. Her son Colby ’17 is finishing high school and working in an artisanal Italian restaurant.

MARK LOKEY ‘86 American Airlines Captain Mark Lokey ’86 and First Officer Kathy Hill, mother of Kelly Hill ’17 and Samantha Hill ’19.

GLEN BIGELOW ‘87 “Glen is enjoying his career as a pilot with Net Jets Corporation in Columbus, Ohio. He owns a home in Dublin, Ohio and his two children, Claire (12) and Carter (9).”

MICHAEL NATOLI ‘88

“I got married on July 14, 2018. My wife's name is Karen Natoli. We celebrated our wedding in Crofton, Maryland with family and friends.” MARWAN MARZAGAO ‘89 “It has been quite some time since my Rumsey days. At eight years old, I arrived during a summer session as a foreign exchange student who hardly spoke English and then transitioned into the school year. Rumsey has a special place in my life journey. Today I live in Columbia, South Carolina, and am married with three children, two daughters, 13 and 11, and a son, 8. My primary job is with Intuitive Surgical who I have been with for almost 13 years. When not traveling my time is spent at home with my family on our farm or trying to help with the hustle of our children’s activities: horseback riding, sporting clays, basketball and baseball. We love the outdoors, hunting, fishing, motor cross, riding four wheelers or working the farm.

As to those I knew at Rumsey I have only kept up with the Brooks brothers, Allan ’89, Truman ’89 and Oliver ’87. Several years back during high school I ran into George Blankson in London, England. He happened to be the roommate of a good friend of mine from Spain, small world. The encounter was surreal in how we connected the dots.”

JOSHUA EUSEBIO ‘94 Joy Eusebio P’94 writes, “Joshua graduated from Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT as an engineer and has been working at Walt Disney World in Florida. He is celebrating his 10-year anniversary with the company this year.”

ARTHUR HUNTINGTON ‘96 “I got married on 11/11/16 and my wife and I had our first child, Cora Anne Huntington, 6/1/2019. We live in Louisville,

Kentucky where I am a chef.”

ARJUN KUMAR ‘05 Congratulations to Arjun Kumar on his recent marriage to his wife Sonam! The couple got married in Los Cabos, Mexico and are pictured here, from left to right, with Celine Kumar (Vikram’s daughter); Vikram Kumar ’00; Former Headmaster Tom Farmen P’97, ’99; Arjun Kumar, Sonam, and Ashley Farmen. Not pictured: Vikram’s wife, Poojah. GENEVIEVE ZASADA ‘05 Genevieve earned her Air Force Wings at Laughlin, TX in October. She will be continuing her fighter pilot training in Klamath Falls, OR to transition to the mighty F-15 Eagle! KEEFE RAFFERTY ‘07 Secondary School Placement Director Fran Ryan ran into Keefe on a recent flight from Atlanta to New Orleans. Keefe was on his way back to Louisiana where he's stationed for another year and a half. JAMO ETTING ‘07 Jamo moved back to Connecticut after four years in Baltimore, MD when he got a new job with the Wethersfield, CT Police Department. WILL MURPHY ‘08 “I have recently moved to Sydney, Australia. I plan to be working and surfing in Sydney hopefully for a full year.”

MAX ENIS ‘12 Max started as a Pilot First Officer for Frontier Airlines upon graduating from Purdue University in May 2019. Based in Denver he is ranked as one of the youngest commercially

licensed pilots on the Airbus 319/320/321 fleet.

babies

top to bottom:

Peyton Elizabeth Rehkamp, daughter of Marisa Mastrianno '02, born Friday, January 3rd, 2020, weighing 8.5 pounds. Riley Neary, daughter of Sarah Ruh '05 McMannis celebrated her first birthday on October 15, 2019.

Ryan Conroy '98 and his wife, Kerry, welcomed their first son Quinn Phillip Conroy on November 1, 2019. Beckett Garrison Carr, born to Ania Przygocki '00 Carr and husband Jonathan Carr on November 30, 2019.

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REAGAN KETCHUM ‘13 Reagan graduated from Ursinus College with a B.A. in Media & Communications Studies on May 16, 2020 (virtually).

CAROLINE RICKE ‘13 Caroline graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder on May 7, 2020 with a B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology. She was a Sister of Tri-Delta Sorority and intends to pursue a career with the FBI. ALEX KAGAN ‘14 “Alex is a rising senior at Furman University in South Carolina studying Psychology. She looks forward to her summer on the water while home in Ipswich, Massachusetts.” MIKE HENNESSY ‘16, MASON CONTO '16 & COLIN KENNEDY '16 Mike, Mason and Colin pay faculty member Craig Naclerio '05 (and Ayda Naclerio) a visit.

DAVID ROSENBAUM ‘16 While on campus for Alumni Games in February, David shared that he is double-majoring in History and Education at Quinnipiac University on an academic scholarship.

TYLER COX ‘17 Tyler just graduated from Avon Old Farms ‘20 and is headed to St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY - where his Rumsey Varsity Football Coach (Clayton Ketchum) is [an] Alum. The Football team in 8th grade was a powerhouse. Rumsey classmates are lifelong friends. Go Blue Dogs!

ERIC DUOJI ‘18 Eric, currently enrolled at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, OH, met up with Director of Community Service Craig Ough P’23 at the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) People of Color Conference in Seattle, WA in

December 2019.

OSCAR IANNONE ‘19 Over winter break Oscar traveled to Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos with his dad, brother, and a family friend. They hiked, swam in waterfalls, took 22 ziplines, and feasted on local foods. Here he is on the banks of the River Kwai in Thailand. DAMIEN CRAIN ‘19 The Crain family went fishing! Pictured here from left to right: Myles Crain '21, Roger Crain, and Damien Crain '19.

CULLEN STONE ‘19 Cullen Stone (left) pictured here with his mother Rachel E. Stone (Head of School at Canterbury School) and his younger brother Kip ’21 after the Rumsey Boys’ Varsity Basketball

game against Canterbury on February 24.

In Memoriam

ANTHONY GIBSON ’61

THOMAS HEARN ’61

CARRIE HELPRIN ’85

MATTHEW MOGOL ’88

CARLTON GRAHAM NORTON JR. ’52

JAMES H. ROGERS, III ’48

RALPH “DUSTY” SANDMEYER ’61

o n the road!

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This was Jane Darby's last year at Rumsey Hall. She has taught our Pre-Prime class for the past 15 years. Jane, you will be missed but we wish you much rest and relaxation in your retirement!