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Conner McGee
shares: “My
wife, Kate, and I welcomed our
third child, daughter Casey
McGee, in late June. We are all
adjusting well to the new addi-
tion, though our apartment on
the Upper West Side is feeling a
bit crowded.”
Pat Fox
writes: “The Fox
family traveled north of the
border to Calgary, Alberta, to
see
Dodd Loomis
, and his show
(as director) of Disney’s
The
Lion King
North American Tour.
After an amazing performance,
Dodd suggested an impromptu
Spartan Race. Life is never bor-
ing with Mr. Loomis.”
Dodd shares: “As the resident
director of the North American
touring production of Disney’s
The Lion King
, I travel with
my wife, full-time, 365 days a
year. This year we spent three
months playing cities in West-
ern Canada, so naturally I shot
my Third Form roommate,
Pat
T. Cat Fox
, a line to see if he
was willing to rally his family
for a road trip from Montana.
Without hesitation, he loaded
his three clone-like children
and angel of a wife into the car
and drove seven hours north to
Calgary to see me and the show.
It was a joy to have them in the
house; like the New Space, only
bigger! After the show, I gave
them a backstage tour and
puppet tutorial, then casually
asked Pat if he was interested
in running a freezing-cold,
soaking-wet mud race in the
morning. Again, without hesita-
tion, he said yes. Early the next
morning, we kicked butt on the
course, toweled off in the park-
ing lot, then Pat drove seven
hours back home to Montana
and I headed back to the theatre
to work. Like the good ole’ days.”
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Elizabeth Leeds
Julia (Thies) Moore
writes
from San Francisco: “Our son,
William, turned one this sum-
mer and it’s so fun watching
him explore and figure things
out. I left a role at Stanford
earlier this year and just took a
newposition running a portfolio
of early-stage ‘radical science’
companies for the family office/
foundation of Peter Thiel (local
tech billionaire). Best part –
after years of commuting and
travel – I walk to work!”
Also on the West Coast,
Courtney (Miller) Calvert
is
enjoying a totally average life
in Los Angeles. She is satisfied
with her role inmiddlemanage-
ment at an ad agency; although
she reaps no emotional or cre-
ative satisfaction, the pay is
decent. She shares her life with
her loving husband, who is
also passionate about the Golf
Channel, their two-year-old
daughter (65% potty trained),
and their very poorly behaved
– but cute – dog. Courtney has
no plans to write a novel or run
a marathon.
From Connecticut,
Alexa
(Smith) Biron
sends her news:
“My husband, Jeremy, and I
welcomed our daughter, Clare
Story Biron, on January 2. Her
middle name is in honor of my
grandfather,
Geoffrey Story
Smith Jr. ’42
. I continue to
work in marketing and com-
munications for the University
of Connecticut.”
Marilyn Katz
and family
had a new addition this sum-
mer: “Emma Adele Ritter joined
our family on July 18. Her big
brother, Jack, is very proud and
loves telling everyone that she
is his baby sister. I am a primary
care physician and assistant
professor at UConn Health.
Matt and I live in Hartford and
celebrated our fifth anniversary
in August.”
Edward Pe
ñ
a ’98
,
Sarah
(Macdonald) Pe
ñ
a
, big broth-
er Milo, and big sister Alma
welcomed Johan Ignacio on
August 13.
An update from
Mae Wil-
liams
in New Hampshire: “I
recently received a master’s in
historic preservation and have
started working as an architec-
tural historian and preservation
consultant out of Center Harbor,
N.H. I’ve been pretty busy with
the crash-course of starting a
consulting business (unlock-
inghistory.com). In particular,
I’m interested in connecting
historic preservation and en-
vironmental sustainability and
trying to re-purpose and re-
store historic structures, while
Ellen and Clay Nichol ’00 wel-
comed their second son, Winston,
held by big brother Lytle.
William Moore, son of Taylor
and Julia Moore ’00, turned
one this summer.
Emma Adele Ritter was wel-
comed by Marilyn Katz ’00
and family.
Jeremy and Alexa Smith Biron ’00
welcomed daughter Clare Story
Biron on January 2, 2015.
Alma, Milo, and Johan Ignacio,
children of Sarah (Macdonald) ’00
and Edward ’98 Peña.
Jamie, Alex, and Casey McGee,
children of Kate and Conner
McGee ’98.
Bracken and Andrew Gustin ’98
welcomed son Spencer Henry
Gustin on August 15, 2015.
Michael and Caitlin Cunning-
ham ’00 with their baby, Ella.
