Page 45 - Alumni Horae: Vol. 94, No. 3 Spring 2014

1995
Nick Van Amburg
nvanamburg@gmail.com
Form Director Nick Van Am-
burg writes: “It grieves me
to report that, at the time of
writing, our dear friend Sar-
ah Thompson is undergoing
chemo for leukemia, which has
returned, unwanted and unbid-
den, for a second time. She was
scheduled for a bone marrow
transplant in April, but there
will be an ongoing fundraiser
to offset some of the costs of
battling this disease: www.go-
fundme.com/7o3ymw. You can
follow her personal travails on
her blog: www.nourishingpath
.blogspot.com. We have joyous
news from our friend Alessia
Carega in Millville: ‘On Febru-
ary 20, we welcomed Teodora
Ladd Smither into the world.
We are all doing great, busy with
newborn demands, but very
happy. She is a joy, and a trouper
about braving walks around
Millville this freezing spring!’
Matt Kulas also celebrated
a new arrival: ‘My wife, Kylie,
and I were thrilled to welcome
our son, Nathan David Richard
Kulas, into the world at 8:43 a.m.
on Valentine’s Day. His Apgar
score was 8/9. Fatherhood is
the best!’ And they were wise
enough to make the most of
their last moments of solitude
with an epic trip: ‘In October,
on our last trip as childless
parents, we road-tripped from
Nashville to New Orleans. Ala-
bama, Mississippi, and Louisi-
ana were my 47th, 48th, and
49th states visited. Only Alaska
remains. The highlight was
visiting a number of the scenes
of the Civil Rights Movement
in Alabama, including the 16th
Street Baptist Church and the
Birmingham Civil Rights Mu-
seum in Birmingham, Dr. King’s
church (Dexter Street Baptist)
and parsonage in Montgom-
ery, and the Edmund Pettus
Bridge in Selma.’ Globetrotter
Geoff DeVito had this to say:
‘Spent the winter lecturing on
a cruise ship in Antarctica and
Patagonia and ran into a few
wonderful SPS folks along the
way. While in Chile and Argen-
tina I confirmed my Spanish is
still as sharp and capable as it
was in Fifth Form. Matt Rudey
and I are now more determined
than ever to finish our cookbook
in time for our 20-year.’ He
also had the good fortune to
encounter Walter Lippincott
’56 during his travels to Pata-
gonia and Antarctica in January.
Closer to home, Jenn Long
has embraced a new career as
an educator and writes: ‘After
finishing my Ph.D. and then five
years of research at Harvard, I
have finally figured out what I
want to be when I grow up! In
September, I’m headed back
to the classroom and the ISL,
teaching biology and chemistry
at Buckingham, Browne and
Nichols in Cambridge, Mass.’
And down in NOLA, Keith
Meade has been plenty busy in
all departments. ‘We are loving
living in New Orleans with our
two children, Arthur (5) and
Louise (3). The yoga studio is
great and I’ve recently reworked
my SPS sweatshirt (purchased
in 1991) into my professional
teaching attire. Seeing Alex
Leigh ’96, and her family who
live nearby has been a highlight.
Looking forward to our 20th
reunion!’”
Nick Van Amburg con-
cludes with these thoughts:
“Well, friends, It has been a
hard winter here in New York,
but one can’t help but feel that
the end is near and the renewal
of spring is just about here. As
Paul Westerberg sang it, can’t
hardly wait.”
Justin Handley sends this
news from Puerto Rico: “After
a hectic summer of touring on
the festival circuit in the UK, my
family moved this last October
to Culebra, Puerto Rico, and
are just establishing our roots
here. We are trying to grow
most of our own food and are
still working on our music and
Silvermouse. I shut down my
online marketing agency of the
last 14 years and have struck
out on my own again as an
independent consultant doing
business automation consult-
ing under the banner of The
Freedom Model.”
Friends from ’94 (l. to r.) Andrew Fagenholz, Charles Finlay,
and Gunner Blackmore continue to meet annually, this year
in Austin, Texas.
Formmates from ’95: Alexey
Salamini, Nick Kelly, and Alison
Twiss at the SPS Pelican gather-
ing in San Francisco.
Justin Handley ’95 and children
in Culebra, Puerto Rico.
Geoff DeVito ’95 encountered
Walter Lippincott ’56 while
lecturing on a cruise ship in
and around South America.
Kylie and Matt Kulas ’95 with
son Nathan, who was born on
Valentine’s Day.
45