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Caragh O’Brien
and her husband Joe are living in San Francisco for a semester while Joe is on sabbatical. Caragh reports that she is spending most of the time writing. Her latest young adult novel, “The Rule of Mirrors”, came out in February, and she is in the process of doing book gigs. She also reports that she had a chance to meet up with Lindsay Frost in Santa Monica, California recently. They had a lovely visit, and she says, “I’m reminded how precious my life-long friendships are.” Jim Thomssen and his wife
Melissa live in Nampa, Idaho where Jim is a Vice President at D.L. Evans Bank. Andy Ward is a fine furniture
maker in Telluride, Colorado where he lives with his wife Amy and their young children, Caleb and Larkin. Bobby Zelle is still teaching
Grade 7 English and Social Studies at the Blake School. This year marks 30 years of middle school teaching for Bobby, credit he gives to many of the great teachers he had at SPA. Bobby is still coaching and playing soccer, and has added ultimate frisbee to the resume. He reports the highlight of the soccer coaching season was a 1-0 victory over the SPA Gold team, coached by brother, Danny ’81, which included nephew, Max Zelle ’20. It was the only defeat of the year for the SPA team, making the victory in the sibling rivalry all the sweeter. 42
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’84 CLASS AGENT Thomas Guyer tom.guyer@winsorlearning.com
s The art of Kevin Sudeith was the focus of a Minnesota Public Radio piece in April 2016 entitled “Making Art From Life.” Kevin, who lives in New York, has carved petroglyphs in rocks and rock formations across North America, depicting in stone the lives and stories of the people and places he visits. Big Fish Petroglyph, pictured below, was created in October 2013 in Smelt Brook, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in Canada. “All the fish on this rock are carved at life size, and most originate in the story of a local fisherman,” Keith says in the MPR piece. His work is currently on exhibit at the Mike Weiss Gallery in New York’s Chelsea district.
’87 CLASS AGENTS Carol A. Bagnoli cbagnoli@yahoo.com Jay A. Ettinger jayettinger@comcast.net Robert W. Mairs
s Mark Thomas was profiled on the front page of MinnPost >>
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in February 2016 for his research into drug addiction and relapse. Mark is part of a group of researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School’s Department of Neuroscience which has identified a potential target for preventing morphine relapse in mice. The group recently published a paper on their work, of which Mark was the senior author. Mark is an Associate Professor in the University of Minnesota’s department of neuroscience and psychology.
s Catherine Mackenzie toured Rubicon student newspaper staff around the set of “Good Morning America” this past March during their visit to New York City for the Columbia Scholastic Press Convention. The students took a picture with Cat (at far right) and GMA host Robin Roberts (center) at ABC studios.
’89 CLASS AGENT Dan Citron dancitron@gmail.com
’88 CLASS AGENT Daniel H. Deuel dhd823@comcast.net
Traveling in Europe recently, Jay Krasnow reconnected with Matthew Commers (for the first time since Grade 8), who is currently professor of public health at the University of Maastricht. Jay is currently in his eighth year as senior analyst in the custom-research practice of The Freedonia Group, which recently became part of MarketResearch.com. He still finds time to compose music and give the odd university lecture or recital, currently focusing on the keyboard works of CPE Bach.
s Dr. Adam Locketz and the medical practice he recently acquired, TimeWise Medical, are the subject of a profile in a recent issue of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. “TimeWise Medical is adding services and staff while continuing a tradition of pricetransparency and home visits,” the article reports.