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other equally marvelous birds
and animals. It was a photogra-
pher’s dream– I am still sorting
through 1,400+ photos. Visiting
the wine region of Stellenbosch
and Franschhoek was pretty
fantastic as well, and highly
recommended. While visiting
Phinda Game Reserve in Kwa-
Zulu-Natal, South Africa, we
came upon several black rhinos,
a severely endangered species.
Sadly, the rhino in the picture
may now be dead at the hands
of poachers. Since our visit,
11 dehorned rhino carcasses
have been found in the area.
One poacher was killed, others
arrested, but the poachers are
winning. On a happier note, el-
ephants are poached less in this
region than in other parts of the
continent, and this particular
population is thriving.” Sally is
an amazing photographer, and
you can see her “adopted” black
rhino in this section.
Finally, our form’s inde-
fatigable agent, Mike Sweeney
reports sadly yet another non-
record year in the annual giving
arena. But Mike was intrigued
by the little “Easter egg” in our
Form’s newYahoo! group. There
is a photo of some of our form’s
varsity hockey greats barreling
down a Red Bull Crashed Ice
course. Mike’s reaction was “if
(Bob) Stockman can make it
down, so can I.” We look forward
to Mike’s upcoming entry into
the 2014 Red Bull Crashed Ice
circuit for 2013-14, with world
championships in Quebec City
in March 2014. Mike, you can
count on my family and me up
there cheering you on.
Please keep your news com-
ing, and please contribute to
our form’s Yahoo and LinkedIn
groups.
1973
Jose Maldonado
splitstep54@earthlink.net
MikePrentice writes: “I recently
started a geology company, Sub-
surface Insight, which focuses
on the shallow subsurface.”
1974
Art Sistare
sasart@sbcglobal.net
Martina N. Miller sends this
news: “My teaching career con-
tinues to have ups and downs. I
am currently substituting while
looking for a full-time posi-
tion. I am still in Connecticut
and survived all the storms,
though it pushed our school end
date to June 25. Anyone travel-
ing through Connecticut, please
feel free to give a call. Love to
get together with the New York
City folks. Call me at 860-869-
9046 or mnmiller@usj.edu. Best
to reunion forms.”
1978
Arthur Bingham
abingham@boxwoodadv.com
Nora Tracy Phillips submit-
ted these updates: Rob Rout
reports that he “won a Kiva Fel-
lowship (www.kiva.org/fellows)
and recently returned from four
months in Paraguay, where I did
volunteer work helping to fight
poverty through microfinance.
Full-time altruism feels really
good, particularly after many
years in the for-profit sector.
Despite what you may have
heard or read, not all microfi-
nance institutions are bad, and
good work truly is being done
on behalf of the poor. I hope
folks reading this will be moved
to visit kiva.org to see what Kiva
is up to and perhaps even to
make a small loan!”
Anne Bartol Butterfield is
pleased to say she’s still report-
ing and opining on the shift
from fossil fuels to renewable
energy for the Boulder Daily
Camera, NewEnergyNews, and
Huffington Post, and serving on
the board of Clean Energy Ac-
tion, whichwill launch statewide
campaigns soon to empower
Colorado citizens to get into
monopoly energy markets with
clean electrons, paid for through
a fee on carbon. Interested in
helping out? Be in touch!
Marian Bodine ’76 writes:
“Anniversary 2013 was tons of
fun! Very hot so lots of swim-
ming! Katie Thayer McCam-
mond rocked the house with
Paul Eddy and friends!”
1983
Michael Stubbs
michaeljstubbs.ne@gmail.com
John Bohan writes: “I had the
opportunity to attend a won-
derful dinner party at Michael
Stubbs’s house in Hollywood
and got to reconnect with Ned
Doubleday ’81. Also, great to
see everyone at our 30th. What
amazed me most was how eas-
ily we continued conversations
that started 30 years ago. I
was also thrilled to bring my
son, Evan ’16, with me.”
1985
Donald D. Sung
donald.sung@lazard.com
Eric Williams shares this note:
“Chicago SPS alumni gathered
in the Windy City in April to
hang out with Agatha Ase-
mota , who was in town on
business. We discussed Obama,
Bush, crime, violence, proxim-
ity, healthcare, and education.
We came to no conclusions, but
did figure out how to divide the
check four ways. Also in atten-
dance were Monique Wash-
ington ’87, Tommy Thomas,
and Nelson Williams ’87.
Nick Hutchinson sends
this news: “I am living in Den-
Rob Rout ’78 working with loan officers in a remote office
of Kiva’s Fundación Paraguaya.
Chicago-area alumni from the 1980s gathered to catch up, (l. to r.):
Eric Williams ’85, Monique Washington ’87, Agatha Asemota ’85,
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