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1977
Gordon R. Stanton
Gordon Stanton
writes: “This
has been a rough time since our
glorious reunion – the five-year
reminder of how fabulous it was
to be here and how great it is to
come back with no homework
due, and to take-homememen-
tos crafted by Cornelia Ashley!
First
Chuck Kuehn
battling
cancer, and then the shock in
October of
Sandy Kaynor
’s in-
juries and his battle to heal. We
now offer our condolences to
Dick Soule
on the death of his
father,
Richard ’45
, who played
a mean saw-violin. The good
news is the amazing support
and concern that Chuck and
Sandy have gotten from their
formmates, like the fundraising
bike ride that Dick did in August
and dedicated to Chuck. Wemay
end our stay at St. Paul’s, but we
always have the opportunity to
be part of the strength of its
community.”
1978
Nora Tracy Phillips
An update from
Will Doolittle
:
“My two daughters, Tam and
Zoe, are 17 now and are high
school juniors. My wife, Bella,
and I also have an older son,
Travis, who is 34, and daugh-
ter, Ginny, who is 33, and are
proud grandparents of Travis’s
daughter, Sophia Bella, born
August 1, 2012.”
Thor Thors
writes after Hur-
ricane Sandy: “The Upper East
Side, where my wife, Melissa,
kids, and I live, wasn’t that badly
affected, except for flooding in
lower areas and the FDR, as well
as many lost trees. However,
a property transaction I was
in the middle of was seriously
derailed because it was flooded
by the storm. We are resilient
here, though, and things are
moving along fine.”
Henry Trevor
reports on
his whereabouts: “My wife,
Elizabeth, and I have just moved
out to Berkeley, Calif., after
spending all our lives in New
York City, the last 22 years in
Brooklyn. I amhead of theMon-
tessori Family School, a small
elementary school out here.
Almost as soon as we arrived,
I ran into
David Moffat ’75
,
who lives in Berkeley and is
the father of three graduates
of my new school. Before join-
ing MFS, I was interim middle
school director at the Nueva
School in San Francisco for a
year, where I had the privilege
of teaching two current SPS
students,
Kevin Penner ’16
and
Brunston Poon ’16
. My
own sons are Colin, age 20, a
sophomore at Reed College, and
Reece, 23, who graduated from
the University of Chicago and
is now a junior fellow special-
izing in South Asia relations at
the Carnegie Foundation for
International Peace.”
Scott Elder
just retired from
the U.S. Air Force Reserve as a
Colonel. After flying A-10s in
Massachusetts for nine years,
he moved to Southeast Asia
and organized U.S.-Thai special
operations exercises and Thai
civil/military inter-agency ter-
rorist response initiatives for 15
years. He is now vice president
of a small jet fuel company, try-
ing to expand business in Asia.
By the sofa in his apartment in
Bangkok stands a 1924 Gibson
5-string banjo, which, he says,
does not get played enough.
Scott reports that he may not be
able to join us for the reunion,
but he invites you for dinner at
his home “if/when you transit
Thailand’s capital.” If Bangkok
is on your travel itinerary, ask
the School for Scott’s contact
information.
1983
Alexander B. Gove
Charles Jakosa
writes: “After
two years in Mexico City with
the State Department, I am
now in Sierra Leone, heading
a UK-funded Access to Justice
project. All good here, though
strangely the alumni register
doesn’t show any other SPSers
in Freetown. I have been baiting
Derek Saleeby
to come and
have some grilled barracuda
and Star beer. However, any of
you are equally (and perhaps
more) welcome. I’ll see
Kari
Kontu
and
Patrick Smulders
in London and am going skiing
with
Steve Kahn
in February.
Sadly, no 30th for me; I’ll be too
busy trying to learn to carry
things on my head.”
1984
Maria Paumgarten-Parker
Chris Chappell
and
Edith
Pepper
connected at the 25th
SPS reunion and co-wrote two
songs, which appear on the
newly released CD
Must Hatch
by Chris’s band, the Incubators
(
).
Billy McCullough
reports:
“Off to a great winter in Tahoe.
Skied with
Kipp Sylvester
and
Sallie Bryant ’83
this holiday
season. Good snow equals great
business at my restaurant,
Dragonfly. Anyone coming this
way, come eat and ski!”
Sarah Casey
writes: “Can’t
believe it has been 29 years
since we all left Millville. I was at
SPS this fall with my 14-year-
old, who is looking at boarding
schools as well as local day
schools. The campus is so gor-
geous and even better than
when we were there if you can
believe it. So sorry to hear of
the passing of our formmate
Henry Whittlesey
. God bless
Sarah Murphy
for organizing
a memorial service for him at
SPS. Love to all.”
This from
Maja Paumgar-
ten
: “I was deeply saddened to
hear of Henry’s death before
Christmas. He was a good friend
and I will keep my memories of
him at SPS close to my heart
as I am sure is the case for our
whole form. After Christmas, I
visited with
Lynn Hawley
and
her family in Millbrook. Lynn
is acting and teaching at Bard
College. We had lots of laughs
and serious moments in our
conversations about SPS and
our form. Just after that visit,
I dropped my son,
John Par-
ker ’12
, in Canada where he is
FORMNOTES
Scott Elder ’78 takes a jump run from a Thai C-130, back when he
coached a team of Royal Thai Air Force Special Operations skydivers.
