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featured teaching his students online in a Boston College video (my son Peter is a sophomore enrolled there). Dossie Kahn ’80 and I meet on Zoom weekly to knit together, and Aishe (Lisa) Berger ’80 occasionally joins us from the West Coast. I’ve only spoken to Rebecca Dudley ’81 because her dog will not let her Zoom! I Zoom with Christopher Huggins ’81 while he does his laundry in Florida and I’ve nurtured a few email chains including Andrew Shalit ’81 and former history teacher, Steve Cohen, who wrote to us in one email about his son, a doctor on the frontlines of the pandemic in Boston. More than ever, it feels like our friendships are a precious resource and I am forever grateful for my years at CSW, where I reaped such abundance.
only leaving for food shopping, long walks, and bike rides. We are loving living in a place where we can walk or ride our bikes pretty much any place we need to go! Todd Sostek ’69 writes: I just retired after 38 years as Manager of Environmental Engineering for a large natural gas utility in Los Angeles. I also worked a few years at Sempra Energy in San Diego and the US Dept. of Energy in Washington, DC. Was blessed with a great career protecting the environment right from the start of the environmental movement. Happily married to Li Wang Chang and living in Glendale, CA. I am close friends with Patrick Moyroud ’69, who also lives in California.
1970s Jackie Reizes ’70: During quarantine Jackie shared her love of cooking and baking with her neighbors, often cooking and/or baking and bartering for eggs, yeast, and flour. This has also increased the communication and tight knit feel Jackie loves about her community. Gail Spilsbury ’71 wrote an article about Jackie in the May 2020 It’s All About the Arts magazine. Max MacKenzie ’70 writes: Four 48” x 48” color prints from my long-term and still ongoing ABANDONINGS series of empty buildings in my native Otter Tail County, MN, have been accepted into the TIME~SPACE~EXISTENCE exhibition, put on by the European Cultural Centre. The exhibition will hang in the Palazzo Mora, in Venice, from May through November 2020. I also have recently become a proud grandfather of Cleo and Zelda MacKenzie. Robert Friesen ’71 writes: COVID...whew! In two words: “went virtual.” I started a new business last summer that was getting traction in January and then imploded with COVID and needed to do some fancy footwork in “the new normal.” That is a continuing challenge, but it’s coming together.
Josh Rosenbloom ’76
Otherwise, I am delighted that one of my sons got stuck at home after subleasing his apartment before moving to Austin to start a new restaurant. We have done a lot of great virtual cocktail parties with his college roommates and the bartenders from the restaurant chain where he works. The other son came home for their twin birthday and stayed for a couple of weeks, which made me the happiest guy in the world. It was a welcome respite from my recent divorce (completed via Zoom — sign of the times). Next stop: ’71 + Friends… and that party BETTER happen. Sarah Perkins ’71 writes: In 2019 I was named “Master Metalsmith” by the National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis, TN, where I had a retrospective exhibition of my work. Josh Rosenbloom ’76 writes: I am now well into my 5th year as Chair of the Economics Department at Iowa State University, after four years of commuting between Ames, IA, and Lawrence, KS. Happily, my wife, Leslie Bennett, decided last year to join me here, ending four years of a commuting relationship. All four of our children are grown and more or less launched in life. The youngest turns 26 this
summer, yikes! We are fortunate to have secure jobs as much as we might complain about having to learn how to teach online, and deal with the other challenges of the current moment. Ben Brodey ’78 writes: I moved to Chapel Hill, NC, where I continue to do research at TeleSage, a company I founded about 20 years ago. My research is mostly focused on behavioral health diagnostic nosology and on developing tests to predict who might go on to develop early psychosis. My sister, Lisa Brodey ’76, moved to London this year to be in charge of science and technology exchange at the U.S. Embassy. My brother Ivan Brodey ’85 is working as an architectural photographer in Stockholm, where he lives with his Swedish wife, Ylva, and five-year-old daughter, Iris.
1980s Sarah Jane Liberman Horton ’81 writes: Gathering with my CSW friends has not been impeded by the terrible COVID-19 pandemic. I recently Zoomed with Phoebe Marshall ’80 who was currently very busy organizing virtual events for the English Language Library in Angers, France, where she is director. I saw Seth Jacobs ’82
Mark Culliton ’82 and Mary Dicicco ’82 write: We just saw our oldest son Oliver head off to California to live with my brother Chris Culliton ’81 for a few months. He may also stay with Jim King ’82 if he gets kicked out! Thankful for the progressive education we received to fight for justice in America today. Gordon Reynolds ’84 writes: My wife and I have settled into our new home in New Castle, NH, and are adjusting to life as empty nesters. I am in my third year of teaching computer science at Portsmouth High School and really enjoying it. Loving the seacoast area and this next phase of my life. Hope all of my old friends are well and it was great to catch up at the Reunion via Zoom in May 2020. Alex Barker ’84 writes: I co-wrote and edited the Academy Award nominated documentary The Edge of Democracy, about the dismantling of Brazil’s young democracy and got invited to the awards for the first time. Jess Schickel ’85 writes: It was so great to reconnect with the classes of ’84, ’85, ’86, and ’87 at this year’s reunion event via Zoom. These are such special people. So open and funny. There were many faces I hadn’t seen in 35 years, and it was