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the Crumpacker Boathouse on
the grounds on Saturday eve-
ning (June 4) and will feature a
yummymeal, conversation, and
brief talks from several mem-
bers of our class. After consult-
ing with many of you, I reached
out to a handful of classmates
whose work, choices, and lives
reflect the best of us – talent,
ambition, creativity, dedica-
tion, service, challenges, and
big thinking. As of this writ-
ing, four will speak – a soldier,
an artist, an educator/writer,
and a philosopher/business-
man. So we will eat, converse,
listen, and learn a little. And
then, we will dance. An aptly
representative playlist – or
playlists – is being prepared.
I’m trying to line up a little live
music by one of us, but nothing
yet has come together. Stayed
tuned (pun intended). After the
Boathouse fun, we might repair
to a pool hall downtown as we
did for our 30th. So, make your
reservations now at www.sps
.edu/1981. Looking forward to
seeing everyone.
1982
Trisha Patterson
trisha@excellesports.com
After 15-plus years in corpo-
rate media advertising sales,
I jumped into the zany world
of startups. I joined up with
Kim Donaldson ’85
on her
new venture, Excelle Sports, a
multimedia platform devoted
to covering all women’s sports.
Kim and I were on the SPS
squash team, so this seems truly
perfect. Excellesports.com was
launched in February. Look us
up. Oh, and still rowing and El-
lie is now 4.5, so, you know, not
much going on.
Gusty Thomas
was awarded the Cultural Medal
of Monaco by The Sovereign
Prince of Monaco. The in-
signia of this distinction was
given by S.A.R. Princess of Han-
over at the Prince’s Palace on
November 18.
News from
Harry Brigham
:
“Here is an update from my
various entrepreneurial adven-
tures. I designed and distribute
the CORCL, the hot new water-
front toy for summer camps
based off the design of a
Vietnamese basket boat. And,
yes, it is perfectly round. Take
a look at www.corcl.com.”
Louisa Benton
sends this:
“I attended a holiday shindig at
Natalie Edmonds
’s New York
City apartment. Also there were
Alice Coogan
and
Elisabeth
Schmitz
.”
1983
Michael Stubbs
michaeljstubbs.ne@gmail.com
Dan Grout
writes: “I’ve under-
taken an avocation/vocation
coaching high school boys at
Artemis Rowing Club in Oak-
land, Calif. Channeling the Rich
Davis pixie dust (don’t saymuch
and look unimpressed). The kids
are alright, although they don’t
throw up so much these days.”
1984
Jane Kalinski
jkalins@comcast.net
Ben Hall
sends this update: “It
was wonderful seeing so many
St. Paul’s people – faculty and
spouses, staff, alumni – at my
father’s (Alan Hall) memo-
rial service in October. It was
a beautiful autumn day, and I
know he would have been very
honored. A special thanks to
faculty emeritus George Carlisle
for his witty and wonderful re-
marks. After almost eight years
freelance copywriting, with a
focus on academic marketing,
I’ve slithered back to agency
life, working at a small direct
marketing agency just outside
of Boston. It lacks a heady client
list, but it’s close to home and
my boys’ school. Convenience
trumps a Clio, at least for now.”
1985
Andy Corsello
corselloandrew@mac.com
I am pleased to announce
that members of the Form
of 1985 won* the Almost-
50-Haven’t-Trained-a-Lick
co-ed relay team division of the
prestigious 19.7 mile Tackle-
the-Trail Race in northeast
Connecticut in October [*the
final result is being contested
by some malcontents because
Chip Alliger
didn’t finish on
the same team he started with].
Bart
“The Rhode Island Road
Runner”
Quillen
got the team
off to a blistering start over
the first four miles and then
handed off to
Emily Whitney
Hartshorne
, who further pad-
ded our lead over the next five
miles.
Jim
“The Flash”
Frates
consolidated our lead on the
ensuing 6.7 miles, in fact, af-
ter waiting five minutes for
Chip Alliger at the final relay
station, Jim handed our team
baton to a member of another
team, Jen Heller (wife of
Mur-
ray Buttner
), who brought the
team home to victory over the
final 3.7 miles. Chip did eventu-
ally show up and managed to
take the Team Buttner baton
from a collapsing Murray just
before he was taken by ambu-
lance to the nearest emergency
room [Murray was seen later
enjoying himself too much at
the after race party]. So con-
gratulations to Team SPS ’85.
We hope they will be joined by
other classmates next year to
defend the title. It can be noted
that this race raises money to
go directly to the Quinebaug
Valley Community College and
the QVCC Foundation. Events
FORMNOTES
Ward Atterbury ’85 with son
Philippe Robert Savoie Gratton
Atterbury, born November 18,
2015.
Form of 1985 teammates (l. to r.): Murray Buttner, Chip Alliger,
Barton Quillen, Emily Hartshorne, and Jim Frates participated in
Connecticut’s Tackle the Trail Race.
Winslow Lewis ’91 in a
sweater-modeling gig with
Lolie Millspaugh, daughter of
Alex Millspaugh ’83.
