Page 50 - Alumni Horae: Vol. 93, No. 3 Spring 2013

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News from Elaine Thomas :
“My husband and I are living
happily in New York City, where
I’ve been since 2000, barring a
one-year stint in San Fran.
After many years in the finance
world, I’ve returned to the arts
and amnowwriting. Big change,
but I’m loving it, though the
power of the blank page to drive
a person to the edge has given
me a new appreciation of The
Shining. I have two great step-
kids, a 12-year-old-girl and an
11-year-old boy, the former
interested in the arts, the latter,
sports. All is good.”
Leslie Cheek brings us up to
date: “Glad to be at the tail-end
of winter here in Boston, as
March was one of the snowiest
months of all time for the area.
The snow didn’t seem to bother
the kids as it meant multiple
snow days. Morgan, 17, Watson,
15, Hayden, 13, and Grayson
(our only girl and, at 11, the one
who rules the house!), are busy
with school, various sports, and
everything else that goes with
being teenagers (or siblings of
teenagers). Char and I try to
juggle it all; not surprisingly, she
manages to do it far better than
I! Can’t believe that our 25th
college reunions are upon
us. See a number of Paulies
around, including Ed Krayer
’85, Bill Matthews ’86, and
Greg Rush ’88, among others,
and have spent more time up in
Concord the last couple of years
as the three oldest kids are at
Noble & Greenough School and
compete regularly against SPS
in various sports. Hope every-
one’s well.”
Ellie Waud Dorr writes:
“Husband Tim and I are cele-
brating our 20th anniversary in
April. Tim is the northeast
director for Lloyd’s of London,
having been in the insurance
industry his entire career. Our
son, Lowell ’14, is a Fifth For-
mer at SPS and additionally is
studying economics at Johns
Hopkins CTY. During the sum-
mer he is in Germany, studying
German and working in finance.
Lowell has also started a com-
pany with fellow SPSers; check
out Rum Island Apparel online.
Cornelia, 15, is at Garrison For-
est School, in Baltimore, Md.,
with her horse, Sir Patico, aka
‘Hugo.’ They compete in three-
day eventing, which is essen-
tially a triathlon for horse and
rider, competing in dressage,
stadium jumping, and cross
country for a single ribbon. It is
hard to imagine ever getting her
out of the barn! Youngest
daughter Corinna, 12, is in sixth
grade, enjoying a few years at
home with her parents to her-
self, which she needs, as she
plays on three ice hockey teams
and adds in three lacrosse
teams in the spring. Needless to
say, Corinna has SPS on her
mind, as do we. We are having a
lot of fun raising three very dif-
ferent kids, and we look forward
to celebrating our 30th at SPS
next year.”
Fo r m D i r e c t o r Ma j a
Paumgarten submitted this
update: “In February, we gath-
ered up at SPS in the Old Chapel
to give remembrance to our
formmate Henry Whittlesey.
Among those in attendance
were SarahMurphy, Alexandra
“Straw” Maurer, Tim Busler,
Smokey Rashid, Theresa
Ferns, Dave McCusker, Edith
Pepper Goltra, Kipp Sylvester,
Tom Lena , and the Whittlesey
family. The service was offici-
ated by Alden Flanders and
Kelly Clark. Remembrances
were read, songs were sung,
both from the hymnal and by a
guest singer/guitar strummer
(Neil Young tunes), and prayers
shared. At an earlier service
in Boston in December, form-
mates Johnny Gates, StuWitt,
Thorne Sparkman, and others
who were able to attend both
services joined the family to
remember Henry.
Susie Freehafer Frazier
sends this update from Seattle:
“Life out West is lovely, spring
has arrived with cherry blos-
soms bursting forth in every
direction. Out here in Seattle,
we are wincing and shying away
from this bright, shiny orb
blinding us in our cars and
slowing down traffic . . . it’s been
that long since we’ve seen the
sun. I am keeping very busy
with my new driver, 16-year-
old Jacob (yikes!) andmy 8- and
11-year-olds, Josie and Ella, as
well as trying to finish a novel,
which is refusing to bend to
my will. By the way, my best
writer friend out here is Sarah
Howell ’83 . Anyone visiting
Seattle, do get in touch! I can’t
believe it’s been almost 30 years
since we were traipsing around
Millville –what days thosewere!
And to have children that age
now, incredible. What an adven-
ture. I look forward to seeing
everyone at thenext big reunion!”
1986
Priscilla J. Forney
pjforney@comcast.net
Lucy Soutter writes from the
UK: “Still living in London, with
partner George and daughter
Violet (3 this summer). Al-
though I didn’t make it to the
25th, I’ve been enjoying being in
better touch with a number of
classmates since then via Face-
book. Thanks to all for the
moral support while I was fin-
ishing up my book Why Art
Photography? Now out with
Routledge Press. Check it out if
you’ve ever wanted to know
more about photography and
contemporary art!”
Bozena Falkiewicz Birt
brings us up to date: “It has been
awhile, so below my contribu-
tion. . . . I am still living in Lon-
don, almost 18 years now. My
children Oliver, 7, and Alexa, 5,
are true Brits. I still live down
the road from Anneke Wyman
de Boer, although we usually
catch up during our summer
holidays in the Hamptons. Hop-
ing to one day visit Milville with
the kids before our 50th (ahh-
hh).
Laurel (Daniels) Abbruzz-
ese writes: Not much has
changed for me since I saw
everyone at our reunion. This is
my sixth year teaching full-time
as a professor in the PT pro-
gram at Columbia University.
This is also my sixth year on the
Board of Trustees for SPS. My
kids are all getting big and
keeping me busy with dance,
soccer, basketball, baseball, Girl
Scouts, etc. Lydia is now 14,
Emily 11, Chloe 8, and Grayson
turns 4 in May. Boy, time flies!!
I try to visit SPS four to five
times a year. I encourage people
to visit for Anniversary Week-
end on non-reunion years, too.
Walking the grounds and soak-
ing in the beauty does wonders
for stress reduction. (My pur-
suit of serenity is a daily en-
deavor).”
Ginny (Callery) Beams
sends this update from the high
seas: “My family (husband Rob
and daughters Hannah, Mia, and
Ellie) and I are in the midst of a
nine-month sailing trip in the
Eastern Caribbean. We made it
as far south as Grenada, are
currently in St. Maarten, and
expect to be back in Massachu-
setts by mid-June. We have a
travel blog: www.sailinghelia
.weebly.com.”
Harold Bost sends: “Greet-
ings from North Carolina! Been
an eventful last few months. I
started a new job in February,
working for Square 1 Bank in
Durham. Three kids are now 17,
15, and 11, which hardly seems
possible since it seems like yes-
terday I strolled the grounds of
Millville. I haven’t run into any
86’ers in the last fewmonths, but
Monique Washington ’87
stopped by on her visit to N.C.
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