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ing Anything, and Living the
Good Life
(
.com), the first major acquisi-
tion of Amazon Publishing. He
describes it as a choose-your-
own-adventure guide to the
world of rapid learning, and
the media are calling it ‘the
cookbook for people who don’t
buy cookbooks’ with ‘tips and
tricks from chess prodigies,
world-renowned chefs, pro
athletes, master sommeliers,
super models, and everything
in between.’ It has proven to be
a fascinating case study in the
evolution of book publishing,
Tim notes: ‘Despite being boy-
cotted by all of Barnes & Noble
and nearly every traditional
retailer, it hit the
NYT
,
WSJ
, and
USA Today
bestseller lists its
debut week. It was one hell of a
dogfight, and we had to do some
very unconventional things,
like partner with BitTorrent
(1,000,000+ bundle downloads
in the first 10 days).’”
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Cornelia Henning Van Amburg
Michael Boyle
is still living in
Thailand, developing a yoga,
meditation, and permaculture
retreat center. This past year,
he welcomed his second son,
Finn, into the world and has
been busy creating a new web-
site
). He
is especially excited about the
programs in place to rehabili-
tate and educate young people
who have escaped the fate of
human trafficking.
Paul Mysliwiec
has just
joined the United States At-
torney’s Office for the District
of NewMexico after working as
a state prosecutor in Brooklyn
for two years. He looks forward
to prosecuting drug cartels and
white-collar crime as an assis-
tant United States attorney, and
wishes all his fellow Paulies the
best for the New Year.
JessMorey
, recentlymarried
to Doug Worthen, continues to
run Inward Bound Mindfulness
Education and led a mind-
fulness meditation weekend
retreat for SPS students in
February 2013. She relished in
sharing the practice of slowing
down and enjoying the present
with her alma mater.
Melissa Brough
and her
husband, Chris Marshall, wel-
comed Josephine Rose Marshall
on December 30, 2012.
Barrett Baer Braithwaite
and her husband, Sebastian,
welcomed Clara Ellis Braith-
waite in November 2012.
Emily Dwinnells
recently
moved back to NYC after com-
pleting a dual M.B.A./M.S. at
the University of Michigan. She
is a consultant at Accenture
in their sustainability strategy
and resources practice. She
had a great time catching up
with many Paulies this sum-
mer, including
Geoff DeVito ’95
while studying fashion design at
Central St. Martin’s in London,
Hannah Gray
in Maine, and
Alan Kurd
,
Lucy Chapin ’02
,
and others at the wedding of
Dana Chapin ’98
in the Berk-
shires.
Lily Parshall
was married
to Paul Wachter in New York
City on September 22, 2012.
The bride and groom met in
2001 in Beirut, where Lily was
at the time, a teacher at the
American Community School
and the groom was a reporter
for
The Daily Star
. Following
a honeymoon – hiking in the
Alps fromChamonix to Zermatt
– they have moved to Visalia,
Calif., where Lily has taken a
position in financial planning
with Edeniq, a venture-backed
biofuels technology company,
after nearly three years in
the equity research group of
Goldman Sachs covering clean
energy companies. The groom
is a freelance journalist.
1998
Edward J. Pena
Hilary Walton Lehman
an-
nounces: “John Lehman (Deer-
field ’97) and I were married
in Ketchum, Idaho, on March
10, 2012. We had a blast, sur-
rounded by family and friends
with beautiful weather and lots
of skiing.”
In a small family ceremony
on June 15, 2012,
Dana Chapin
marriedDonaldAnselmi in Lime
Rock, Conn. They spent the rest
of the weekend celebrating with
guests over lawn games, music,
and good food at Berkshire
School in Sheffield, Mass., where
the coupleworks. SPS graduates
in attendance included
Alan
Kurd ’97
,
Kate Esselen Kurd
,
Lucy Chapin ’02
,
Chris East-
land
,
Alex Kumin
,
Amanda
Hilary Walton’98 married John Lehman in Ketchum, Idaho, on
March 10, 2012. SPS guests included (l. to r.): Brad Aston ’97, Arthur
Sheehan ’97, Francie Walton Karlen ’90, the groom and bride,
David Walton ’97, Amanda Walton ’98, Jimmy Crumpacker ’98,
and Dana Chapin ’98.
SPS was well represented at the wedding of Lily Parshall ’97 and Paul Wachter, with 12 alumni in
attendance spanning graduation years from 1960 to 1998.
