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leton. Makai ’12 is immers-
ing herself in Reed and an
architectural project. Glyn ’17
is surviving Third Form at SPS.”
1978
Arthur W. Bingham IV
abingham@boxwoodadv.com
Nora Tracy Phillips took
advantage of Lita Remsen’s
willingness to drive almost
anywhere for anything when
Lita came to Boston from her
home in Ithaca, N.Y., to attend
a weekend yoga workshop with
Joan Mackay-Smith Dalton.
Neither able nor willing to bend
herself like a pretzel as Lita and
Joan can, Nora opted instead to
join them for dinner and talk
well into the night, for a good
time by all.
1979
David A. Stevenson
dastevenson@hotmail.com
www.sps.edu/1979
Dave Stevenson, on Army
National Guard duty, sent this
January news from Kosovo: “I
arrived a week ago; it’s a pretty
sprawling base – no trees,
windswept. This base provides
helicopter support for all of
NATO forces in Kosovo, which
turns out to be a pretty small
country. I am going on my first
flight tomorrow. The plan is to
stop at NATOHQ in Pristina and
take a VIP on an aerial tour of
the country, which will get me
a good overview, too. I under-
stand you can fly from one end
of the country to the other in
about 20 minutes. This is truly
a multinational base – the larg-
est non-American contingent
is Polish, but there are a lot of
Ukrainians, too. I met the Swiss
helicopter contingent yesterday,
and I have also met a Polish
doctor and a public affairs de-
tachment from Germany. The
clinical pace is not intensive by
any stretch, but there have been
accidents out in the country-
side among NATO forces that
have required MEDEVAC and
coordination. In the ‘clinic’ I do
sick call for the aviators and
perform their normal periodic
physicals. I also take care of the
air traffic controllers and any
‘drone’ pilots. This is obviously a
huge departure frommy civilian
practice, but it is phenomenally
interesting. It is special to feel
part of a bigger peacekeeping
process. The base is staffed
with local nationals, and the ap-
preciation they express for our
presence is clear. I have spoken
with several in-depth about
their country, recent war history,
and families, andwhile they have
a ways to go towards economic
success, it is remarkable how far
they have come. It will be neat to
experience their Independence
Day later this month!”
RickHayes sends this family
news: “My daughter, Sabrina,
was diagnosed with epilepsy
in 2009. The cause is unknown;
there is no family medical his-
tory, so the origin is classified as
‘idiopathic.’ She is determined
to lead a normal life and advo-
cate for herself and others who
suffer from epilepsy. She was
chosen as the Epilepsy Founda-
tion’s teen representative for
Northern California and trav-
eled with a delegation to Wash-
ington, D.C., for the Teens Speak
Up! event hosted annually by
the EF. The event is a very big
deal in the epilepsy community
and themost important national
event for the Epilepsy Founda-
tion, where teens, parents, and
EF staff met with Senate and
House representatives to talk
about epilepsy and to ask for
federal government support
of research and awareness
programs funding (NIH, CDC)
and policy initiatives recom-
mended by the Foundation as
well as completed the three-
mile National Walk for Epilepsy.
The teen representatives will
spend the next year perform-
ing important advocacy work in
their communities. Very proud
of her! The Epilepsy Founda-
tion of Northern California will
publish a story about her in
its next newsletter. An EF New
England delegation attended
Dave Stevenson ’79 (right) serving as a flight doc providing MEDE-
VAC coordination and clinical services to NATO-led peacekeeping
forces near Camp Bondsteel in Ferizaj, Kosovo.
Mark Wheeler ’71 riding one
of Henry Laughlin’s “sleds” at
Steamboat Springs, Colo.
Rick Hayes ’79 (r.), daughter
Sabrina Reinhard-Hayes, and
Congressman Jeff Denham of
California at an Epilepsy Founda-
tion event in Washington, D.C.
Playwright Ed Shockley ’74, filmmaker Maria Agui Carter ’81,
Larry Woody ’72, and artist Teresita Stidem at the Philadelphia
screening of Carter’s acclaimed documentary, Rebel: Loreta
Velazquez, American Civil War Soldier and Spy.
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