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trusting SPS with one’s child.
My recent interactions with
the School, however, have left
me confident that SPS is more
able and more focused on the
social and academic needs of
its students than ever before. At
the recent Volunteer Weekend,
both the Rector and a panel of
students candidly addressed
the circumstances surrounding
the recent incident and how the
School has addressed it. I left
the weekend meetings deeply
optimistic not only that the
School had dealt with the situ-
ation honestly and forthrightly,
but that lessons learned from
it have made SPS stronger
than ever.
1977
Anne Burleigh
The Form of ’77 has had a busy
year, and I thank everyone who
contributed notes. I usually
view some of the social media
sites with scorn or skepticism,
but I used it for my call for
info to the form, and it worked
beautifully. Many friends have
reconnected and shared won-
derful photos and stories of
their life moments. Jon and I
celebrated our 30th in June and
were lucky enough to go on a
bike trip in Croatia. This past
year, our five children were
scattered around the world,
from Budapest to West Hol-
lywood to Michigan, New York
City, and Vermont. It was great
to spend some time with them
this summer.
Chris Aranosian
writes: “In
August, I spent a week in Europe
with my wife, Liz, and our son,
Beau (a junior at The College
of N.J.). We visited Paris, Brus-
sels, and Amsterdam. One of
the highlights was a personal
guided tour of Paris at night in
a beautiful old Citroen. Just a
few weeks later, Liz and I threw
a party for family and close
friends to celebrate our 21st
anniversary (a bit early, but
who’s counting?) We were very
happy that
Vinny Peterson
and his wife, Doris, could join
us. Quite a busy month for the
Aranosian family.”
Nick Newlin
reports: “Went
hiking in August on Mount
Desert Island, Maine, with
Perot Bissell
and
Chris Willis
.
We discussed macroecomics,
biophysics, quantum theory
. . . oh wait. No we didn’t. We
chatted idly about this and that
and enjoyed watching my dog,
Luna, romp. It could not have
been more lovely.”
After 16-plus years at St. Pe-
ter’s, Philadelphia, the Reverend
Ledlie Laughlin
has accepted a
new call to serve as the rector of
St. Columba’s Church, a vibrant
congregation serving the com-
munity in Northwest Washing-
ton, D.C. “It’s an exciting new
ministry,” he writes. “Please join
us for worship when you’re in
the nation’s capital.”
Catherine Lievens Galla-
gher
just became a grandma to
Declan Paul Gallagher, born in
May, and “Grandma Cathy” was
running a 10K in the Verdugo
Mountains of California when
she got the text that Declan was
on his way. That will always be
a story to tell.
Update from
Xavier de
Richemont
: “I was a Weicker
scholar (1973-74). I am an
artist and founder of AASPS
(Association des Amis de SPS)
in France, founded in 1993 to
raise money for the Elisabeth
Weicker Scholarship. I served
as the president for AASPS
for 20 years, until 2013.
Louis
Costa de Beauregard ’08
is
now the president. Our daugh-
ter,
Philippine de Riche-
mont ’08
, was a student in
2004-05 and a ballet dancer. She
married in September to Amer-
ican designer Colin Tunstall
(art director for “Saturday’s
Surf NY”) at our property in
Anjou, France. Mass was in
Notre Dame de Durtal. We had
a lot of American friends who
came to France for the wed-
ding, including seven from SPS.
Former English and humanities
teacher George Carlisle, former
Director of Admissions Joanne
(Thorpe) Carlisle,
Kate Pool ’08
,
Christina Moon ’08,
Louis
Costa de Beauregard, and me.
It was a wonderful party.”
This from
Talie Ward
Harris
: “
Dee Dee Look
,
Alison
Swift
,
Heather PotterMcClel-
land
, and I met for a weekend
of raucous ramblings at Alison’s
family home inMishaum, Mass.
We walked her childhood paths,
basked in a September ocean,
ate too well, and slept in a 1723
house overlooking Buzzard’s
Bay. Swifty came East to spread
her mother’s ashes, entertain-
ing us with her mom’s precious
off-color jokes. Swifty is the
marketing director at Planned
Parenthood in San Jose. Heather
and family visited daughter/
student Katie in Turkey last
April, where they cruised the
Bosporus, visited ancient ru-
ins, and were enchanted by
Istanbul’s warm and friendly
1977 Formmates hiked up
Mount Desert Island in Maine.
Pictured top (l. to r.): Perot Bis-
sell and Chis Willis; below: Nick
Newlin and wife Joanne Flynn.
Formmates from 1977 (l. to r.)
Dee Dee Look, Heather Potter
McClelland, Talie Ward Harris,
and Alison Swift spent a Sep-
tember weekend on Cape Cod.
Artie Zeckendorf ’77, George Gurney ’77, and Dick Soule ’77 at
The Governors Ball Music Festival, along with Dick’s daughter
Mimi Soule ’16, and friends.
Liz Krengel ’77 won a prize
at the Gage Academy of Art
in Seattle for her oil painting,
“Prosperity.”
