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range lunch/get together. Well
wishes to all.”
1975
Carl Lovejoy
clovejoy2@gmail.com
Kevin McCaffrey
and
Gregg
Townsend
reached out to
formmates and gathered the
following formnotes:
Carl
Lovejoy, Gregg Townsend,
and
Chris Pope
reunited inMillville
onMartin Luther King, Jr. Day to
watch the play
Incognito
by Mi-
chael Fosberg (incognitotheplay.
com). The play was brought to
Millville via Gregg, a longtime
friend of Michael’s.
Incognito
is
a play about Michael’s search
to find his biological father and
the surprising discovery of his
African-American roots. The
play and post-show dialogue
are meant to challenge our
preconceptions about race and
identity. The play was part of
the student programming for
MLK Day to honor diversity and
inclusivity in our community.
Nick Chapuis
reports: “Al-
most a year now fulfilling my
duties as Ambassador of France
to Canada. Ottawa is not really
far fromSPS, yet I could not find
the time to join the 40th anni-
versary celebration. I followed
it, thanks to Facebook posts.
With all my colleagues around
the world, I was busy these last
few months gathering support
and momentum in order to
reach the now-famous Paris
Agreement on Climate Change.
The new Canadian govern-
ment, committed to conciliate
the economy and the environ-
ment and helped us finalize the
negotiation. The tragic attacks
in Paris on November 13 did
not darken the end of the year,
due to the formidable solidarity
expressed worldwide, and es-
pecially in North America. On a
more personal note, November
also saw the publishing of my
latest book, a full translation
and commentary (in French)
of China’s greatest classical
poet, Du Fu – I guess the taste
of humanities we all shared at
SPS has not vanished.”
Daphne Firth
shares this:
“My news is that I recently
moved to S
ã
o Paulo, Brazil,
where I am the CEO of a startup
business investing in and man-
aging distressed loans. Please
look me up if any SPS alumni
find their way to S
ã
o Paulo. I
also received the wonderful
news over the holidays that I
will soon be a grandmother.
Really? How did that happen
– it seems like yesterday that
I arrived at SPS, one of only 13
Third Form girls in 1971.”
Helen Bouscaren
up-
dates: “My husband, Joe,
and I live in Cambridge. Our
19-year-old son, Travis, is a
freshman at Brown, where he
is on the water polo and swim
teams. Our daughter, Lindsay,
is an 11th grader in the Cam-
bridge public schools, so we
are starting the college search
for her. Other than my work
as a primary care physician in
Boston, my two cats, a bunny,
and three-year-old rescue dog
keep me busy. I always love my
reunion dinners or weekends
with SPS girlfriends from our
era, with all the history we
share. I was thinking of you all
recently when we drove down
from New Hampshire and we
stopped in Millville to walk the
dog and stretch our legs. The
campus is stunningly beautiful,
as we all know. Travis gradu-
ated from Andover, which is
a great campus, but there are
no ponds, rivers, or any water
on campus, and I have to say it
pales in comparison to SPS. He
would have loved SPS, but he is
a swimmer and there is no swim
team at SPS.”
Ursula Holloman
writes:
“Hello, everyone. I’m currently
living in Los Angeles, where
I write screenplays and work
at Walt Disney Studios. My two
daughters are 21 and 23 now,
and life is good. Anyone pass-
ing through L.A., please look
me up. Would love to see old
friends.”
Al Besse
shares his news:
“I’m happy to share the news
that my longtime partner, Scott
Evers, and I were married on
November 5 at our home on
Casey Key, Fla. It was a private
event with only the county
clerk, the photographer, and
our two yellow labs, Jackson and
Jake, as groomsmen. I recently
visited with
Chip Clothier
in
Bryn Mawr, Pa. My other good
news is that Scott and I avoided
harm in the January tornado
that came ashore in the middle
of the night, just five blocks
north of us on Siesta Key.”
This from
CynthiaWilliam-
son
: “I am living on an island in
Maine. I have been putting my
energy toward my natural sk-
incare business (the foundation
of which is the baobab tree from
my childhood in Africa – see
www.jujuskin.com), making the
products by hand in my barn.
Life is great, my four children
are grown, and I am thrilled to
be here doing this work.”
Tom Welch
sends this news,
beachside from Hawaii: “A
group of us gathered in Boston
for a late and informal 40th
reunion in downtown Boston
on the evening of December 11.
Stephen Turner
gave the party
at his temporary Boston office/
apartment.
Twig Mowatt
and
Kevin McCaffrey
provided
the inspiration and Stephen
did everything else, including
a spontaneous musical solo on
his amazing bass guitar. Also
attendingwere
OwenAndrews,
Anne Latchis,
Maureen and
Bill Newlin
,
RandaWilkinson
,
and this old fool. It was great fun
and lasted well past everyone’s
bedtime. May we do it again,
but with many more of our jolly
classmates. It should be noted
that the Newlins had traveled
east from San Francisco for the
party.”
1976
Don Keyser
dakeyser@fiduciary-trust.com
www.sps.edu/1976
If you’ve not yet made your
plans to return to Millville from
June 3 to 5, please do so now.
We’re staying at the Fairfield
The Ambassador of France to
Canada Nick Chapuis ’75 pro-
vided televised commentary
concerning the Paris Agreement
on Climate Change.
The MacColl family (l. to r.): Dharma, August, Lila, Ian ’80, and Julian
skating at the Rijksmuseum in their new home city, Amsterdam.
