40
citizens. Deeds continues to
house Tamworth summer stock
actors at her summer place
overlooking Grover Cleveland’s
vacation home. I recently joined
Vic Young
’74
as a fundrais-
ing consultant to raise capital
for the Center for the Collab-
orative Classroom, a nonprofit
education curriculumpublisher
that seeks to change the social
and educational trajectory of
America’s classrooms.”
News from
Harry and Meg
Ferguson
: “We made a quick
visit to SPS during a Labor Day
weekend trip toNewHampshire,
with
Jeff Ferguson ’10
and
Ellie Ferguson McLane ’06
,
and we all enjoyed catching up
with the Clunie family. I con-
tinue litigating child abuse and
neglect cases as chief counsel
for the local Department of
Social Services. Harry continues
at the Space Telescope Science
Institute, still using Hubble and
also working on the JamesWebb
Space Telescope, slated for
launch in 2018. Harry contin-
ues to co-lead the tremendous
CANDELS project, which you
can read about at
-
dels.ucolick.org. You can’t read
about my cases on the Internet
because they are confidential,
and anyway you wouldn’t want
to because they are all upsetting
(but – we do great work, rescu-
ing and protecting children, you
just have to takemy word for it).
1978
Arthur W. Bingham
From Seattle,
Kelley Eskridge
writes: “I’m delighted to share
that
OtherLife
, a film I co-wrote,
based on my novel,
Solitaire
,
was shot in Perth, Australia, in
September. I was able to visit
the set for a week, and had the
thrill of being an extra in my
own movie. It was amazing to
see the script coming to life in
the hands of the talented cast,
director, and crew. It was very
special. My wife, Nicola, and
I also had the pleasure of an
evening with
Nora Tracy Phil-
lips
and
Holly Hackett Kania
in July when we were in the
Boston area. We ate and drank
and talked the night away. It was
splendid.”
Michael Haney
writes: “My
wife and I celebrated 25 years
of marriage this summer with
a terrific trip to Edinburgh.
Our twins, Alex and Angie,
have started their sophomore
years at USC Cinema (Alex)
and Columbia (Angie), and they
are growing up to be fascinat-
ing, independent, wonderful
people who will make the world
a better place. I am running
my own business as a private
investigator, licensed in three
states. (Who saw that coming?)
Our specialty is locating and
recovering unclaimed property.
June and I continue to develop
film projects, and I dream of
directing theater again.”
1979
Liz Robbins
Still living in Wellesley, Mass.,
enjoying volunteering and play-
ing tennis. Having sent one son
(back) to SPS and the other to
NMH this fall, our nest is now
virtually empty, except for one
small, spoiled dog. Greg and
I are still acclimating to the
change of pace. Herewith, some
recent ’79 sightings: Dinner with
George (“Schwabbe”) Schwab
and
Sarah Bankson Newton
in N.Y.C. in April;
Seth Ward
at
a parents’ gathering in Boston
last spring (apparently I had
just missed
Jim Jordan
);
Jamie
Neilson
out from California
for the graduation of his son,
Reath ’15
;
Jeanette Richmond
across the Harkness table in
a humanities class during
Family Weekend;
Paula (Sa-
lonen) Paquette
at Anni-
versary;
Alan Khazei
at the
memorial service for Bill Oates;
Linda (Love) Mesler
,
Anne
(Waskiewicz) Benning
and
Chris (Dillenbeck) Wood
for
the occasional lunch, when
Linda takes a break fromcorpo-
rate law, Anne from computer
coding, and Chrissie from her
travels to South Africa, St.
Louis, Maine and Virginia;
Rob
Dickey
at a Fessy function;
Dede (Gillespie) Moubayed
,
with adorable son and hyper-
affectionate dog, at her new
house in Providence in July;
Matt Pierce
,
Andy Kendall
and
Barbara Talcott
, along
with some of those above,
Ali-
son (Husting) Zetterquist ’76
,
Rosemary (Harris) Thom-
sen ’78
,
Melissa Greer Solo-
mon ’80
, and assorted spouses,
at our house in February to
wine and dine away the winter
blues. I have started using
Facebook (thank you,
Gene
O’Brien
) to keep up with all of
you, but it will be a long learn-
ing curve. I’ve actually signed
on four times this year, which
is three more times than last
year. Stay tuned.
From
Barbara Talcott
: “I’m
still very happy as the chaplain
and Religion Department head
at St. Mark’s School. The last of
my three sons graduated from
there this past spring. The other
two are working and living in
the Boston area, as is husband
Doug Borchard.”
From
Lili Cassels-Brown
:
“The past year has brought
some interesting projects,
partly because I am able to
run workshops and coach in
German. At the end of April,
I celebrated having now lived
half my life in Vienna. The city
is not as restful as it used to be
– the pace of the 21st century
is catching up to us here, too –
and I don’t get to concerts and
museums as often as I used to,
but I make that up in a different
kind of pleasure, walking in the
ViennaWoods. I continue to love
it and be deeply grateful every
day that I live here (as anyone
who sees my posts on Facebook
can attest). Trust all are well.”
From
Paul Leahy
: “I started
a new job last fall with DuPont
Capital Management and have
relocated to Philadelphia. It’s
been a great experience so far.
Please let me know if you are in
the Philly area.”
FORMNOTES
Formmates from ’80 enjoyed a summer day at the Canterbury
Woods Golf Course. Pictured (l. to r.): Mason Wells, Bill Stride,
Dave Nelson, and Ben Potter.
Liz Robbins ’79 (left) and form-
mate Sarah Bankson Newton
had lunch in the Upper during
Alumni Volunteer Weekend.
