Photos (L to R): Kelly H. Clark ‘44 and his wife, Priscilla, with Head of School Michael Mulligan; Chad Brown ‘67 with his two sons, two daughters-in-law, two daughters (adopted from China), and five grandchildren; Greg Bard ‘68, Trav Newton ‘68, Edgardo Catalan, Joanna Bard Newton, and Dan McGilvray ‘68 at Joanna’s home on the 4th of July; Josh Rosenblatt ‘76, father of the bride, Sarah, and family; Kevin Flynn ‘78 fishing in Baja
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WILL H. STRONG writes, “Linda and I moved to Charlotte in 1989. The golfers in our class will know that the Carolinas are the golfing Mecca of our country with courses such as Pinehurst, Hilton Head, Kiawah Island, and Sea Island. Over in the mountains of western North Carolina lie some of the most brutal, but fun, mountaintop golf courses in the country. Playing golf twice a week is about the max I can do, then I get tired of the game. So, after nearly 40 years in the arena, to fill in the rest of my time, I have become a visiting lecturer on international management at the University of North Carolina Graduate School of Business. I am now in negotiations with Wake Forest to do the same thing at their graduate school, and I am volunteering here in Charlotte as a consultant for SCORE, an offshoot of the Small Business Administration, to assist entrepreneurs to start and grow new businesses. To top it all off, I am teaching a Spanish course at the Latin American Coalition to immigrants who want to start their own businesses. Linda, whose accomplishment I am speechless about, read an article in the Charlotte Observer about taking on new careers. She did what I call an Albert Schweitzer. Linda entered nursing school at the age of 50, became an RN and spent 15 years as a surgical nurse at Carolinas Medical Center. Linda retired at 65, and I gave her a giant retirement party. I think the entire staff of the hospital came, including surgeons; at least it felt like it when I got the bill!”
engageMents REBECCA A. BOWMAN ’84 is engaged to marry James Griffing in the spring of 2013. MEREDITH BRESSIE ’94 is engaged to marry Marc Herrenbruck at the end of October. (photo 1)
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MarrIages JEFF A. MASON ’63 married Jane Drew on New Year’s Day 2012! Jeff and Jane enjoyed over 40 trips during their five years together before his passing in August (see obituaries). (photo 2)
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ERNO R. BONEBAKKER announces, “Celebrated my 70th birthday with a family climb of Mount Katahdin. Six of us went the distance including son, Bear, daughter, Annie, and her 9-year-old son, Charlie. Victoria and 7-year-old Henry went halfway but turned back after he did a face plant on the rocks. A great experience for all!” MARK C. LAMBERT reports, “We still adore living in the Hollywood Hills, enjoying lots of the ‘Equity Exempt’ theater available here in Los Angeles. Great talent abounds! I am still covering a couple of nephrology practices one or two weekends a month at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and loving it... too exciting to give it up yet.”
CLAY PELL ’00 and Michelle Kwan became engaged on September 3 on Block Island, off the coast of Rhode Island.
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STEPHEN GRIGGS writes, “My wife Trish and I sold our house in New Jersey in June and have been living in our cabin in the Berkshires since then. Our 23rd soccer camp season went well and one of our campers was Charlie Elmore, son of former faculty members Toby and Amy. Toby is the new soccer coach at Hotchkiss and I’ve spent a little time coaching with him this fall. We are staying east and will close on a house in Guilford, Conn., where we previously lived before I left my coaching position at Yale.”
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DICK C. LIVERMORE ’64 married Cynthia Snorf on April 28, 2012, at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco! Toads in attendance were JOHN LIVERMORE ’35, PETE JANSS ’64, NORI LIVERMORE ’66, SAM LIVERMORE ’69, DAVID LIVERMORE ’73, ROB LIVERMORE ’79, SARA LIVERMORE ’79, WHITNEY LIVERMORE ’04, and OLIVIER DOMERGUE ’13. (photo 3) PAUL A. MANNING ’79 and Amy Sherboure were married on September 8, 2012, at the Saint Francis Chapel in the mountains at Fallen Leaf Lake, Calif. In attendance at the small ceremony were a few Thacher classmates: BRUCE KRILL ’79, LARRY BOSCHE ’79, and Emma Willard exchange student RENA ZERN FULWIELER ’78. Paul and Amy spent their honeymoon in Yosemite and are now living in Mill Valley, Calif. (photo 4)
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