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Sallie Ayers Barker reports, “Several of us had parents on the Potomac faculty; notably, Betty Lindsten Mulrey, Rick King, Christopher Janney, Sumner Rollings, Marney Lindsay Morrison, and me. All would have been well into their 90’s by now but have died; I think my mother, ‘Mrs. Ayers’ was the last to go. Mrs. Ayers, who later became Cynthia Prince (in 1969), died in April after the kind of life that we all strive for: excellent health, nationally recognized volunteer work, a full array of friendships (including her 104-yearold beau!), and as an active promoter of reading to all ages. She died just one week before her 99th birthday. Two weeks later, her 13th great-grandchild – and our fourth grandchild, Jack – was born in Marblehead, MA. ‘A nice trade,’ a friend noted! My brother, Borden Ayers ’67, who now lives nearby, and our Ayers/Prince family celebrated her life in NH this summer. She was a Potomac parent and faculty member for a combined 12 years, but the influence of Potomac and Jack Langstaff, in particular, stayed with her for a lifetime. She remembered every song!

Above and beyond our various grown-up responsibilities, playing with our four little people and their parents as much as possible is our primary mission. Along with that, Steve and I continue to savor and protect the great outdoor life of New England, especially here in NH and also on Heron Island in Maine. We again joined Molly Scoville Fitzmaurice ’64 and her husband, Frank, this summer at The Newport Folk Festival. We witnessed the joyous Joni Mitchell/Brandi Carlile performance that had everyone weeping in July! And with music in mind, it is truly incredible that so many of us have continued to hold Jack Langstaff’s music and The Revels in our hearts. Steve and I have been regulars at The Revels in whichever city we have lived up and down the East Coast. Hanover’s Revels North is our present connection.”

Peter Douglas shares, “Of all my school experiences, I most definitely count my Potomac time – and my classmates there –as the best. Potomac was a great school and a wonderful experience with such a really nice, really smart, really creative group of classmates. So, first of all, thanks to each of those wonderful classmates, our teachers, and the school.

Ulrika Ekman and I married in 2000, having worked as partners at a law firm in New York. Ulrika is now a director at a new public investment bank. We stopped working in NYC in 2012 and moved to

Lakeville, CT. Our daughter Anna was born in 2001, and we were fortunate to find schools that offered many, if not all, of the same opportunities and values as Potomac. It was a pleasure to be closely involved with all of those schools.

My sons, Matthew and Alex, went to Episcopal (NYC), Albany Academy, and Hotchkiss. Anna is now studying neuroscience at Georgetown. Alexander and Matthew are working in business, having completed their college and business school degrees.

We have now been dividing our time between Lakeville and the southwest coast of Sweden near Ulrika’s family, where she spent her childhood summers. Ulrika is a trustee at Indian Mountain School and a director of several public companies here and in France, which keeps her pretty busy. She and Anna are dedicated equestriennes (dressage); I casually pursue some woodworking, photography, and inventing –enjoyable for me but nothing too impressive. To my classmates: what an exceptionally nice, intelligent, and creative group you were – and are!”

Richard Eakin writes from his home in McLean, “It is unusual for me to respond! Perhaps as we get older, remembering our roots makes us more focused. My wife of 45 years, Alexis, and I have five children, all married to wonderful partners.

Jennifer Eakin Wallach ’97 and family are in Manhattan, Kevin Eakin ’99 and Christopher Eakin ’07 and families are local in northern VA, Patrick Eakin ’02 and family are in CT, and Jonathan Eakin ’08 and his wife are in Atlanta, GA. In addition, we have seven grandchildren, ranging in age between an infant and a 5-year-old. In September, we returned from our summer vacation home on Lake George, NY, to our home in McLean.”

Although Nan Eakin Brodsky (Richard’s cousin) notes that she went off to boarding school for ninth grade, we will always consider Nan a true member of our class. She enjoys reading about her classmates and what is going on in their lives. Nan’s life has taken quite a remarkable turn, as she was placed in hospice care in 2018 and given three weeks to live. She wrote, “I just can’t yet describe it, but I’m obviously doing well now!” What a wonderful miracle, Nan!

Christopher Janney sends cheers to all! “My wife, Terrell, and I are still living in Lexington, MA, making art and music (www.janneysound.com). Our 35-year-old son is in Los Angeles (music composer/ producer), and our 32-year-old daughter is in NYC (video editor for TV). I reached out to Sturgis Warner, and we plan to get together next time I am in NYC. Also, I stay in touch with Chris Johansen; we’re still talking about model cars and design. We tried to get together when he came to Cape Cod in the summer and NYC. Ed Rengers has stopped by a few times when he was up this way. I still call him ‘Vortex,’ as named by Mr. Draper. Going back a bit, I used to hang out with Jack Langstaff and, in the ’80s, did a project for his Christmas Revels. He was always a beautiful, bright artistic light and greatly influenced my work.”

Gail Kefauver shares that she has lived in California for almost 50 years, so she’s had very few chances of running into Potomac classmates. Luckily, her sister, Diane Kefauver, ’63, lives in San Francisco (which is why Gail moved there), and her sister-inlaw, Jo Kalmus, ’74, lives in Santa Monica. They reminisce about Potomac days and know all the same Christmas songs. Gail’s husband can be persuaded to play them all on the piano. She is also a grandmother to three-year-old Charlotte. Gail’s daughter, Laura, and Charlotte live 15 minutes away and are constant visitors. If any old friends find themselves in San Jose, Gail would love to get together.

Rick King reports, “I have lived for over 30 years in our house in Santa Monica and am semi-retired from the film (fiction and documentary) business. My wife, Maria Rodriguez, has just retired from the local school system, where she worked with kids who are performing below their capabilities. I love the beach, and Maria, who hates sand, loves just about everything else about our adopted town. We have a son, Jojo, who lives in LA, but no grandchildren. However, it seems that the rest of the class has more than made up for our deficiency in the future generations department!”

Mike Mayer is involved with The Manitou Project, an organization founded by his parents in Williamsville, VT, with 230 acres of woodland sanctuary and programs based around understanding and appreciating nature through music, awareness, creativity, and stillness. Its slogan is: “Community with Nature.” It sounds too lovely to leave, but he did venture down to NYC in June for the world premiere of Sturgis Warner’s film, My Love Affair With Marriage, at The Tribeca Film Festival “It was really fun to attend,” Mike wrote.

Lynne Marmet McCombs shared, “Hal and I went for it and traveled to Lisbon and Spain in April. It was a great trip! Many COVID tests along the way, but we avoided getting sick and being ’stuck’ in Spain for an extra 10 days. We also spent three weeks visiting friends and family in New England and just chilling. Upon our return, we acted on our late-life crisis and got a Norwich Terrier puppy! We are thrilled with Tater; she is a sweet thing, she will travel back and forth to Boca Grande with us.

Our six grandchildren are growing and bring us lots of joy and noise. We are lucky they all live nearby in Bethesda. We see them often.”

Betty Lindsten Mulrey writes, “Hello, everyone! I live in NH, taking frequent trips to visit family in VA. I teach college courses, mentor student teachers, and work with students of all ages. I have researched a favorite topic – social problem solving, the power of solving problems in groups. My daughter Katie is a university professor in the Netherlands, doing research in astrophysics on cosmic rays and neutrinos. My daughter Clare is an eighth-grade science teacher in NH, and my son, Jack, is a software engineer for the U.S. government. I have enjoyed reading all of your Potomac class news very much. And I remember our wonderful Potomac days – the plays, celebrations, May Days, and great times we experienced together inside and outside the school. As a member of the Boston Revels, I am often taken back to our times singing and dancing with Jack Langstaff and our amazing teachers and administrators.

Christopher Janney’s Soundstair at the Boston Museum of Science, his light/ sound/art in many cities, and his Sonic Forest are awesome! And it will be great to see Emily Train Rowan’s artwork! I look forward to our next class reunion, and I send best wishes to all of you and your families!”

Cary Ridder reports that she and her husband, Dave Alberswerth, live in the Palisades in Washington, DC, “just above Chain Bridge and only a seven-minute drive from my mother, who is still alive and living in the same house in McLean where I grew up. Dave and I bought a weekend house in Rappahannock County, VA, that had been owned by my family, and we spend a lot of time out there. It is across the road from my sister, Steph Ridder ’67’s, home. We have two granddaughters: Quynh, 7 years old, lives in Brooklyn, and Mila, 2 years old, lives nearby on upper Connecticut Avenue in DC. We also spend time in the summer on Martha’s Vineyard, where we see Dan Gordon and his wife, Debbie Hales. We used to do a lot of travel to other countries but, due to COVID, have recently kept to the East Coast, which, actually, has been a pleasant place to be this summer.”

Emily Train Rowan and her husband, Jim Rowan, have been living in the same house for almost 30 years in Chevy Chase, MD. She writes, “I fully retired from being a psychotherapist last year, but Jim still works part-time as an investment banker in the education space. We are in seventh heaven because we have both our daughters living nearby with their families, meaning we get to babysit almost every weekday after school/daycare and have family gatherings on the weekends. Emily Rowan Austin ’04 and her husband, Dan, have a 4-year-old girl, Jette, and a 1-year-old boy, Lance. Allie Rowan ’07 and her wife, Katie, have a 2-year-old boy, Nico.

Jim and I continue to have travel high on our list of priorities, with the acknowledgment that our days of longdistance international travel may not last another decade. Recently, we have been to Botswana and Zambia, the Caribbean, and on a wilderness riverboat cruise on the Peruvian Amazon. We still have our home in South Bristol, ME, and get there as often as possible. I am taking art classes again, this time at the Yellow Barn - Glen Echo, and am doing bold pastels rather than delicate botanical watercolors. I also love to garden.”

Pamela Shaw loves living in Portland, ME. “First granddaughter was born last April in the Netherlands. I have occasionally returned to DC, which I hardly recognize. My love for nature and the outdoors was inspired by Mr. Morton and the nature trail at Potomac, for which I am always grateful.”

Caroline Killefer Thayer shares, “Our younger daughter, Alexandra, gave birth to twins at the end of March! Sebastian and Gwendolyn join their sister Maya, who is 3. (Apparently, twins run in my husband’s family.) Now there are four grandkids as our daughter, Ashley, has Hildegaard, age 5. It’s awesome being a grandparent!

We have been living in Corrales, NM, for the past 22 years after working in private boarding schools everywhere, from Austin, TX; to South Kent, CT; Mayer, AZ; and Albuquerque, NM. Jack and I met at and graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder and wanted to work and live in the Southwest. Our daughters, Ashley and Alexandra, went to boarding schools (Thacher in Ojai, CA, and Westover in CT, respectively). Ashley went on to Rhode Island School of Design, and Alex went first to Dickinson in PA and then to Mills in CA for a master’s.

Now all my siblings and our two kids and four grandkids are all happily settled in CA (LA and San Francisco). I wish we were closer, but we try to get together when there is no pandemic. Anyone coming this way, please get in touch!”

Sturgis Warner writes, “Thanks for all the updates. It’s so interesting to read where everybody has landed. As for me, I have no kids, no grandkids, and no homes to report. I’ve lived in the same New York City apartment for 44 years, and next January, I will be in the city for 50. Basically, for the first 20, I was a theater actor; for the next 20, a theater director and producer; and for the past 10, I’ve acted, directed, and worked with my partner of 22 years, Signe Baumane, on her two independently-produced animated feature films. I mark my time not by the births and ages of kids but by the plays and projects I’ve done over the years. It’s a freelancer’s life, a freelance mentality – never easy and not for everyone – but I love it.

The pandemic wiped theater clean off the map for a long, long time. Even now, it’s still struggling to come back. Yes, Broadway is playing, but nuts and bolts theater – the readings, the workshops, the development work – not so much. I’ve been lucky to have Signe’s latest film, My Love Affair With Marriage, as a creative outlet. It premiered in June at the Tribeca Film Festival in NYC and is currently playing in film festivals around the world. But a finished film is never really finished. We’re still working pretty much full-time, trying to get it out there. Helping us is our associate producer, Reg Foster. Reg had a long and very successful career in business, and for the last three years, Signe and I have Zoomed with him weekly. Reg advises us on all things business, from fundraising to contracts and much more. We educate him in show business. It’s been a great trade-off.

At our premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, we were surprised by Mike Mayer, who drove down from Vermont to join us. We had to raise a lot of money to produce the film independently, and Mike was one of the 1,685 individuals who backed the film and followed our progress. It was great to see him. At the premiere, Mike, Reg, and I even managed a half-hour conversation about Potomac. Frankly, those were tough years for the three of us, but you know, it was all part of growing up, and whatcha gonna do?

The website for the film is www.MyLoveAffairWithMarriage.com. The trailer is right there on the welcome page, so you can get a taste of what we’re up to. And there’s much more on the website about the film and the process of making it for those with the time and inclination.”

1966

Peter Espy writes, “I retired from doing trains at the Texas Department of Transportation last fall and happily returned to my apartment in Alameda, CA. Two of my four daughters, Avril and Amelia, live on Martha’s Vineyard. We did our annual get-together with off-islanders, with Olivia coming from Houston, TX, and Isabel from North Hollywood, CA.

I dug out my Potomac School yearbooks. Enjoyed the pictures and quips from classmates.”

1967 55th Class Correspondent Tom Macy potomac67@gmail.com

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1968

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Class Correspondent

Kim Holdsworth kimsworth4@gmail.com

Chip Hitchcock shares, “After giving at least 3,000 books to local libraries, we were able to move into a single-level condo, leaving the house in which we’d lived for 28 years – twice as long as I’ve been at any other address. There are no grounds to keep up, no stairs (except when a thunderstorm takes out the elevator), and everything is closer at hand, but it’s a lot to leave behind. Does anybody want some ultra-vigorous blackberry canes? Packing uncovered some Potomac photographs from late 1963-64. If they haven’t rehidden themselves, I’ll have them at the next reunion; we can see if anyone is identifiable.”

1970

Class Correspondent

Jane McAllister McAllister.Jane@Outlook.com

A big shout out to Jane McAllister for chairing the class’s 50th Spring Reunion. She hosted an amazing Saturday night class party. Thank you for all you do for your classmates and Potomac!

Jane notes, I didn’t receive too many notes this time, folks. Bobby Rock in LA is pleased to have up-and-coming director/ writer Isabel Sandoval (Under the Banner of Heaven, The Summer I Turned Pretty) as a client. Bobby accompanied his daughter, Georgia, to New York City in August to help her move in for her second year of law school at NYU. Georgia and Bobby’s wife, Kerry, went to Kauai the week before. Bobby is happy to have his son, Charley, living nearby in LA.

Sarah Bucknell Treco (sister of Lucy Bucknell ’76, Kate Bucknell Maguire ’72, and Charlotte Bucknell Reilly ’69) enjoyed an August vacation in Nantucket with her family, including her “favorite nugget,” new granddaughter Emma Bucknell Treco, born May 13, 2022. Sarah shared a photo of a memorial plaque for our classmate Mary D. Macy Civitarse (sister of Tom Macy ’67, Susan Macy Jarvinen ’72, and Richard Macy ’77), a longtime resident of Nantucket, who died there in June 2015.

“Where love is, I am.” A plaque dedicates a bench alongside the Nantucket Athenaeum in memory of the late Mary D. Macy Civitarse ’70.

1971

The Potomac community was excited to finally celebrate the Class of 1971’s 50th milestone on campus this past spring. A big thank you to the class reunion chairs, Eugenie Anderson, Roxana Oppenheimer Day, Karen Lindsten Devlin, Leslie Hyde, and Nick Lowery, for your hard work and leadership!

1973 50th

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Class Correspondent

Liza Gookin Hodskins lhodskins@yahoo.com

1974

Class Correspondent Ann

Brown

annanna.brown@gmail.com

On a beautiful day in late May, Grace Guggenheim and Andrew Taylor were married in Tisbury, MA, with their mothers (aged 91 and 93, respectively) by their sides and in the presence of their immediate family. Grace’s brother, Davis Guggenheim ’79, led the ceremony, and Grace’s and Andrew’s nieces and nephews participated. The celebrations continued two days later with the back-to-back graduations of two of Grace’s nephews in Providence, RI.

Sarah Holmes reports, “I’ve had an extended Maine stay this year, reaping the benefits of retirement. I’m following North Sturtevant’s example and building a new house in coastal Maine after the teardown of my 1902 rickety cottage. I have had several sightings of Nina Bohlen in Thomaston, ME. Fun!”

Andy Hyde writes, “I take great delight in learning what everyone is up to and how our lives are all changing and evolving in these challenging and unprecedented times. I retired from the State Department in 2019 and then, eventually, unretired, first (really original) by returning to state for a limited contract on the Afghanistan Desk (not so quiet), and now as a director at the Stimson Center, a DC think tank, working on NATO and UN issues. I also work part-time for a friend’s government contracting company on a simulation exercise for combating the Russian diversion of high tech from the three Baltic states. My twin sons are thriving in Brooklyn and in their hightech Manhattan jobs, and my wife, Diana, is savoring her retirement from a civil service position at state.”

Barbara Parrot Katz shares, “Our first grandchild, Leonardo, was born in early June in Portugal. He is a cutie, and his dad, Nicholas, cannot wait to surf with him. Our daughter, Olivia, lives and works in Australia as a photojournalist with dreams of making documentaries. Since Portugal and Australia look to be their forever homes, we have some traveling to do. Hubby Howard is great and semi-retired – we celebrated our 40th anniversary this year! I continue to design and build gardens; I still love what I do, most of the time. With the help of Dawn Renzy Bellinger ’77, I finally got my website up and running: londonlandscapes.com.”

Sarah Lejeune writes, “We are still standing following several years of COVID-related challenges! After working with unhoused youth this summer, my daughter Zoe is in Thailand learning about sustainable farming from indigenous people for her environmental science degree. I continue working with the LA County transit authority community enhancement team and consulting on decommissioning a California coastal power plant to enable wetland restoration. Our cheerful pandemic rescue puppy gets me hiking in the hills above the Pacific Ocean every day.”

Jennifer Moses notes, “Despite years of pressuring our children to make grandchildren for us, we still have to make do with our dogs. Thank God all is well in our little corner of the world. I’m still writing. My husband is still teaching. My ancient (93-year-old) father continues to astonish us.”

1975

Class Correspondent Peggy Griffin Begor pbegor@gmail.com

1976

Class Correspondent Brad MacKenzie beradmack@gmail.com

Marque Chambliss shares, “I’m thrilled that my son, Langston ’25, just transferred to Potomac where he will be starting the 10th grade and participating in the Visual and Performing Arts Concentration. My other twin son, Logan, enrolled at Burke, also in the 10th grade. In April, I retired as the chief legal officer of a Baltimore-based IT services company. My wife, Sheryll, and I acquired a rental property on Martha’s Vineyard that we remodeled over the summer. I plan to develop two properties in Montgomery County in the next year or so, as part of a small real estate business. While I am evolving away from law, Sheryll will continue to be a professor at Georgetown Law.”

Brad MacKenzie reports, “I am making Sanibel Honey, which is varietal honey made solely by Sanibel Island, FL bees. I’ve placed about 40 hives on properties all over the island and will have 50 hives next season.”

Ted Tunney writes, “Last spring, I traveled to Athens, Crete, Santorini, and Amsterdam, and I am currently getting ready to gaff Magnum PI, Season 5. Last year, I gaffed I Know What You Did Last Summer. I saw Stephen Hill recently and was with him and Broadway Jackson in the Bahamas last December.”

1977

Class Correspondent Four Hewes fourhewes@zoho.com

Thank you to Wendy Arundel, Rufus Johnson, Elizabeth Lee, and Frank Zarb for being Reunion 2022 Class Reunion Chairs!

1978 45th

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Class Correspondent Julie Twiname Warder batwarder@cox.net

Angus Kerr shares, “Two years ago, I retired after 30 years as a New York City special education teacher. This academic year, I went back into the classroom. Newport, RI, Public Schools offered me a job I could not resist. So I will teach troubled teens again, only in RI, where we have a house. My wife, Tomoko, continues to work as a designer for Coach, and I head back to our place in Brooklyn on the weekends. This winter, Byron Hope came up, and we had a wonderful dinner and caught up on our 51-year-old friendship. I hope others will visit too. I have plenty of room, and it is a pleasant place in the woods above the beach. You have a standing invite!”

After 30 years in sunny Florida, Susannah Humpstone Michalson and her husband, Mike, have retired and moved back to the DC area to be closer to family and friends. They look forward to discovering the area all over again. Susannah also looks forward to connecting with “old” friends.

Francesco Odone writes, “After Potomac, I attended Maret. Two years later, I took the International Baccalaureate in the UK and subsequently did my bachelor’s at the London School of Economics. For 25 years, I was a bond trader in London/NY/ Tokyo, working for inter alia, Bankers Trust, Nomura, and Bear Stearns. My partner and I have three daughters: Valentina (age 5) and identical twins Felicity and Angelica (age 3). We currently live in Spain.”

Lola Singletary writes, “Hello, classmates. Bastille Day brought Sally Anne Epstein, Anne Metcalf ’79, and me together for dinner at Mon Ami Gabi, followed by a showing of Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris at the Landmark Theatre in Bethesda. Loads of francophile fun, IN PERSON!

On a very personal note, Alice MacKenzie’s talent and creativity produce amazing art, and I now have an appropriate vessel for my mother’s remains. To make this story even sweeter, Byron Hope altered his travel route from Canada to stop at Alice’s and then hand-delivered the pottery to me. Our friendships deepen as the years roll on.”

Pippa Vanderstar shares, “After 20 years of tutoring, I stepped into the classroom during COVID to teach Latin. I’m at Germantown Academy in Pennsylvania. In preparation, I went to Italy in summer 2021 to visit archaeological sites. I studied classical archaeology at Oxford University. I also went to the Amalfi coast last summer and highly recommend Positano and Sorrento.”

Hildreth Willson sends her greetings: “Hello, Class of ’78! It has been a while since I updated, so here goes. The numbers? I have two children, one dog. I have one husband and one house in the California Bay Area. I have had two husbands total, but only one at a time. At this writing, I am 59, as I suppose most of us must be. I have discovered that iPhone lenses are way too good at capturing neck wrinkles. However, to my blind-as-a-bat eyes, the phone clearly overstates the issue. My back aches if I don’t stretch before a long walk. I wish us all many more years to develop such minor complaints of aging.

I have one kid in college and another in their last year of high school. As empty nest syndrome approaches, I have also just completed a program in Berkeley Extension’s Interior Design and Interior Architecture Certificate Program, so no more CPA or IT stuff for me! It’s time to heed the call of the creative right side of the brain. I am also volunteering with the Bay Area Chapter of Project Color Corps, which ‘uses the transformational power of color to infuse communities with hope, pride, equity, and empowerment.’ What does that mean? At

Hoover Elementary in Oakland, CA, we show kids that their community cares by improving their environment with trees, paint, and love. Your donations are welcome! So far, so good. All is well chez Willson. I hope this finds all of you well too.”

“As for me, Julie Twiname Warder, with my recently emptied nest, my focus has shifted. I spend much of my time caring for my mother on her journey with dementia. I learned a great deal through my care of my parents and have been able to share this as a mentor in a peer support program and as a guest speaker for a class at ASU. Somehow, it feels better when your struggles can help others going through a similar journey. I am grateful for Zoom support groups and wonderful Potomac friends who have reached out and shared their own journeys. Looking forward to our 45th reunion coming soon!”

1979

Class Correspondent

Anita Winsor

anwinsor@gmail.com

Oteil Burbridge launched a nationwide tour with his band this September (oteilburbridge. com/tour/) and is planning for a six-day Jam Cruise in February 2023, from Miami to the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.

Nick Carter writes, “Craig Coleman joined Maria and me for dinner earlier this summer in Penobscot, ME, near Northeast Harbor where I vacationed once or twice with Craig and his family back in our Potomac days. Great to catch up on family and life news with him.” mostly in the living room! I took a couple of trips this summer by airplane (France) and motorcycle (New Mexico). In the big picture, I am grateful that the airplane was more mechanically sound than the motorcycle. Hoping that all of you and your families are doing well! Give a shout if you are in the DC area!”

Bill Hoffmann notes, “I still have the good fortune of teaching at Potomac (7th and 8th grade science) and getting a chance to play some bluegrass music every so often...

Anita Winsor-Edwards writes, “I ended the summer with a wonderful week in Nova Scotia. Lots of hiking, sailing, and seafood chowder. With my youngest now enrolled in college (USC), I am an official empty nester! I also recently joined the board of Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, located in Alexandria, VA, and founded in 1796.”

1980

Class Correspondent Rylan Harris rylan.r.harris@gmail.com

Classmates, great news! Rylan Harris has volunteered to be your Class Correspondent so watch for his email and Facebook posts for the spring Term magazine. Thanks, Rylan!

1982

Thank you to Janie Haynes for being Reunion 2022 Class Reunion Chair!

1983 40th

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Class Correspondent

Eric McGuire emcg.dcfd@gmail.com

1984

Class Correspondent

James Quigley jspquigley@gmail.com

1986

Class Correspondent

Robert Cheek rmbcheek@gmail.com

Holly Green Gordon shares, “After almost five wonderful years in Los Angeles working as the chief impact officer for Participant Media (running impact campaigns on recent films like Roma, Judas, and the Black Messiah; RBG; and Dark Waters), I have moved back to NYC with my husband, Pete. I have set up a consulting practice focused on the intersection of philanthropy, storytelling, and social impact. My daughter, Lilly, is starting her sophomore year at St Andrews University in Scotland, and my son, Lucas, is starting his senior year at Groton School. It has been fun to be back on the East Coast, although I would be lying if I said I don’t miss LA’s tequila sunrises!”

Stasia MacLane Reisfield writes, “We are back in the DC area and would love to catch up with anyone who is around.”

Andrew Ritter and his family live in Vienna, VA. He notes, “We reconnected with Potomac through my youngest son, Patrick, now a sophomore. He plays on the Potomac soccer team and made All-Conference as a freshman (a much better soccer player than his father).”

This year, Theodore Shapiro was awarded three Emmys for his work on the Apple TV+ series Severance. Theodore won for Outstanding Music Composition – Original Dramatic Score; Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music; and Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special. Congratulations!

1991

0 In addition to launching a tour this fall, Oteil Burbridge ’79 has a podcast called Comes a Time,which reached 100 episodes this summer! Make sure and check out the latest episodes.

Class Correspondent

Thea Lehming Brandt thea.lehming.brandt@gmail.com

Patsy Dugger shared, “I celebrated Jennie McClelland’s birthday in early September. I knew at six years old when I met Jennie that she was special. Always magnetic, bright, funny, kind, the SO (social organizer), and ‘probably the most popular girl in the class’ (she claimed). I remember times at our cabin, her farm with the peacocks and terriers, her first camping trips with my family, skiing at Bryce, slumber parties, and hanging out in Georgetown. We shared almost every class together at Potomac, first through ninth grade, stayed close through the boarding school daze, competed in field hockey, and always had holiday gatherings at home. Always the SO. We visited each other in college, and I became friends with her BC crew (honorary BCer now?), who are dear to me to this day. I introduced her to Paul Dorn one summer after meeting him in the mountains of Wyoming. We had two cross-country trips – national parks, bears, moose, backpacking, and many laughs. Then our great leap of faith: we both moved to San Francisco with no apartment, job, or network to speak of – best move ever. So many adventures, surrounded by single girlfriends, crushes, bars, and parties. Then the Ashbury Heights house with Paul, cats, raccoons, and so so many great times and friends. We lived four houses apart on Hayes street. We were in each other’s weddings, and we’re each other’s kids’ godparents. The Bay now separates us, but not in my heart. Jennie, my oldest, greatest friend, I adore you, I cherish our friendship, and I can’t wait to reminisce on the next 50 when we’re 100 and sitting on the stoop.”

1992

Class Correspondent Ama Amoako Adams ama.a.adams@gmail.com

Thank you to Jeremy White for being Reunion 2022 Class Reunion Chair!

1993 30th

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1994

Class Correspondents Will Lamb wlamb76@gmail.com

Ashley Walde agwalde@gmail.com

Will Lamb writes, “Hey there, Class of ’94! I’m thrilled that Ashley Walde (a fellow graduate of Miss Streett’s first-grade class) and I are teaming up as your new class correspondents. (Huge thanks to Lauren Banks Amos for her years of service in this role.)

I had a blast reconnecting with Jonathan Segal, Dev Subhash, Tyler Wilkins, Jessica Wright Baldenhofer ’95, and Nish Herat ’95 at a couple of Potomac alumni mixers in New York City and am in regular contact with a few of our classmates, including Ari Charney, K.C. Swope Kourtz, John Skillern, and Sam Grawe. I’m still helping to wrangle breaking and general-assignment news as an editor at The New York Times when I am not helping my wife, Gina, wrangle our cats, Walter and Hildegard, in our apartment in Jersey City.”

Ashley Walde writes, “After attending college in Colorado, I moved back to the DC area. I worked in real estate and continue to coach new agents on building their businesses. I became a personal trainer in 2012 and am also a yoga teacher and life coach. I thrive on helping people live their best life. I live in McLean with my children, Finley ’31 (age 9) and Beckam ’33 (age 7), both of whom attend Potomac (Finley is in the fourth grade and Beckam is in the second grade), and our two Frenchies, Chilo and Mila.”

Lauren Banks Amos writes, “I’ve been a nerd by day for 20 years now. I’m a learning scientist for Mathematica. My current projects include directing an equity technical assistance center for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and a study funded by the U.S. Department of Education to develop psychometrically sound progress-monitoring measures for a School District of Philadelphia initiative to make their classrooms more culturally and linguistically inclusive. I’m also leading a study of the implementation of middle school math curricula in four urban school districts for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

I love what I do, but I needed a creative outlet. Several years ago, I started toying with the idea of designing home decor with some coaching from Heather Wilson ’96. I fully committed last year when Katie Carberry Irving’s husband, Josh Irving, agreed to be my business partner. We launched BrrrBlanc (brrrblanc.com) last November. I have no clue what I’m doing, and I sleep less than I did with a newborn, but it’s been a fabulous ride. Find us on Instagram (@BrrrBlanc), where I’m also clueless!”