Courtesy of David Kopans and Dayne Miller, extra comments and tidbits
that didn't make it into the class notes:
Gary Sousa
What if I have a complaint? / I am so launching an ANTI-DAVE campaign. Too late - due to scheduling conflicts, my family already celebrated
Christmas and I got my loot.
Hey, If you are putting together notes soon, would you do me the honor
of mentioning that I am running my fourth consecutive Boston Marathon
for Dana Farber this April. If anyone is interetsed in donating, they
can email me and I wil set them up with my website. They are threatening
to drop me from the team b/c I am not raising enough cashola. You might
also mention that Jon Bush was featured in Nova's marathon challenge
show and ran last year as a scientific guinea pig. It is an hour show
and available to see on-line. He did very well with his training despite
not showing uo for the first few months of practice.
Melinda Ajemian (Mindy Carnes)
Thanks for your email. My husband Rob, my daughter Natalie and I returned
to China in May and June of this year to adopt our son David (we adopted
Natalie in China in August 2005). David was born with a bilateral cleft
lip and palate. Since last summer, David had surgeries at Children's
Hospital in Boston to repair both the cleft lip and the cleft palate,
and he is now fully healed. He is 2 1/2 and Natalie is 3. They keep
me busy! When they start school in a few years, I hope to return to
the practice of law in the adoption area. We live in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.
Gilbert Gimm
My only update for the PA'87 class notes would be the addition of baby
#2 (Benjamin Park Gimm) who arrived on Aug. 31st at 7lbs. 7ozs. His expected
due date was Labor Day (Sept. 3rd), so everyone, including the OB/GYN,
was glad that "Benny" arrived a bit early.
"Benny" and Mom are both doing well at home. His older brother,
Lucas (2 years old) welcomed his younger brother home with a gentle embrace.
As many parents can appreciate, we have diapers, diapers, everywhere.... but
my wife and I look forward to diaper-free days with Benny and Lucas.
Elizabeth Schulte Roth
Greetings from Atlanta! Sorry I didn't make the reunion, by my husband
Thomas trumped me with his at Episcopal High School in Alexandria the
same weekend, and he's older than me--so I lost! He's still working with Jonathan
Bush at athenahealth, which has been fun to watch. Especially the Fortune
article written by Oliver Ryan, which made me giggle on the irony of
it all. If the world only knew who these 2 superstars were when they
were young! Still editor in chief of Atlanta PEACH, which just merged
with Niche Media (Hamptons, Gotham, LA Confidential) and about to launch
another magazine in Chicago. So between both of our travel schedules,
the poor dog is definitely feeling a bit of separation anxiety. I was
lucky enough to see some great pics of Annie, Jennie and Melissa from
the weekend, and get an email from old friend Toby Rhodes, and can't
wait to get everyone together again. So bummed I missed it!
Jason Weiner
David,
Nice bumping into you yesterday at Flour. I read your website and your
company sounds very interesting. I know just enough about renewables
to be dangerous, but the prospect of grid parity for solar (wind, etc)
is very exciting. I drove by a wind farm in Rockies a few weeks ago
in a remote part of Alberta, Canada and I think they could use a remote
monitoring system from you guys.
Any time you find yourself downtown, please give me a call for lunch.
Where do you live, btw? Maybe we're neighbors--I'm in the Back Bay.
I sent my sister in law, Michelle Zatlyn, a link to your website. As
I mentioned she's at HBS and, coincidently, she just asked me to get
her some industry reports on renewables. She's great. I'll stoke her
interest and encourage her to research your company.
Ian Davis
Subject: NEWS RELEASE - PHILLIPS ALUM NAMED ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR!
Just thought I'd check in with you, make sure you got a look at today's
press release about our Andover-based Phillips Academy Alumni: MAD DOC
SOFTWARE CEO NAMED BOSTON'S "ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR". The results
of the Boston Chamber of Commerce 2007 Small Business of the Year Awards
are in, and we're pleased to announce that Mad Doc's CEO, Dr. Ian Lane
Davis, will be presented with the first ever "Entrepreneur of the Year"
honors at the Sheraton Boston awards event Thursday, Oct 18th.
Travis Metz
Of course I did also shoot a moose, thus redeeming myself by making
the world a safer place. Travis with a beard. Third kids does that to
you.
Draper went fishing in Montana in September. Barry Crume, Hiroshio
Okamoto,
Steve Allen Hopkins, Paul Marston, Travis Metz and honory Draperite
Anthony Gellert. Pictures attached. Erik Tozzi also came but was taken
away by a large bear and was last heard arguing Kant with him.
Baseball was discussed. Would Red Sox win World Series again (yes) Would Mets choke (yes) Would Roger Clemens and Yankees turn out to
be cheaters (yes)
Peter Rieveschl I
believe this is the first letter I have ever written to the Andover
Bulletin since graduating with everyone 20 years ago and in some ways
it seems like yesterday... in others, it seems like a lifetime. I
have kept in touch with a few of my peers from those days but alas,
just a few; Justin Blake (88) and I have stayed connected over the
years and as he may have reported, he's skippering what seems to be
a veterinary empire up there in Camden, ME. I've also played phone
tag with Duncan Sheik from time to time and through mutual friends,
we have kept somewhat up to date on one another's goings-on. Perhaps
my biggest regret in regards to my infrequent correspondence with
friends and loved ones is losing touch with the many friendships I fostered
over the four year stint at Phillips. But I have been happy to
read people's progress in the pages of the bulletin and am of
course indebted to those of you who have maintained it so faithfully.
Thus with a little remorse for having missed yet another reunion,
I am writing today, trying to make up for lost time.
Almost immediately after graduating in '87, I headed out to Los
Angeles, for film school at USC. Flash forward 5 and a half years, I
graduated with honors with a BA in film production and another in
English, Creative Writing. Deciding to stay in LA despite my East
coast leanings, I began a career as a cinematographer on projects ranging
from music videos, commercials, and documentaries to full- length
features. After a little over a decade, I finally made the decision
to relocate back to the East coast and now make my home at river's
edge, in Brooklyn, just south of the Williamsburg Bridge. Since
returning to the East, my career has veered into the realm of
Documentary and Reality Television, beginning with a series for HBO
called "Family Bonds" in 2004 and culminating with the last
5 seasons of "The Amazing Race". Finally, after 15 years
of hard work, I was able to return to Los Angeles this September
and walk across the same stage I received my diploma from film
school on, to accept a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography.
Though I was able to find a brief hole in my schedule to fly out
for the ceremony, I was forced to miss the gala afterwards as
I had to catch a plane back to New York to be on set the next
morning. Enclosed is a picture of my girlfriend, Lisa, and I,
taken by a kind ticket agent at LAX.
Currently I am directing a series for ABC called "Supernanny",
a tribute to all my friends and family who have children and struggle
everyday with finding that perfect tenor between parent, friend,
mentor, disciplinarian and guidance counselor. Its a herculean task
so many undertake everyday, without thanks, and there is no manual or
rule book. Hopefully we provide a little help along the way.
I hope this finds you happy and well. I promise next time, I won't
let so much time pass and will definitely make room in my life to
catch up at the next reunion in 2012.
Todd Brussel
Holiday card season is upon us: Are you still at **address deleted due to potential for excessive fan mail**
Anyway, unbelievable coincidence: ran into Freddie Wong by chance
outside the metro on a rainy Sunday night in Hong Kong back in
September. Lots of scotch and martinis were later consumed. I promised
to give him more advance notice so we can arrange an Andover dinner
the
next time I am there (Mid-January to early February). Other than that,
I am up to 4 kids but down to 200lbs.
Jim Phieffer
Hope this note finds you and your families well. My wife Laura and I
are
still in Bexley, Ohio, right outside of Columbus. It is very hard living
amongst all the Buckeye Fans, having gone to Univ of Michigan.
Anyway, we are having a great time with our 2 year old, James Louis
and are expecting a 2nd addition in May 2008. I am the President of a local building company and wife Laura is the Director of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery and the head of their residency program at OSU. Recently I ran
into Kent Johnson at a local YPO meeting...small world. Although I did not
know Kent well, it is unusual to bump into Andover graduates in the heart
of Ohio. I still travel alot to the East coast, where I keep my boat in
Gloucester Ma. I participated in the Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Tournament for the
2nd year in a row, and although we did not place, we had a great time fishing and catching up with friends.
Thanks for your hard work putting together our info.
Bob Bernstein
Hello,
I don't have anything witty or particularly news worthy to report. I
am still enjoying having a real job after 15 years of post-graduate
education (M.D., Ph.D., residency, fellowship). I am in a private practice
radiology group in Poughkeepsie NY. Claire (7), Max (4), Laure and I
are enjoying all that Dutchess County and the Hudson Valley have to
offer. Our 185 year old home (a.k.a the money pit) survived this storm
well. Trying to get the kids skiing this winter, but is hard to get
them out of the house...Max's current favorite activity is snuggling
and Claire has become obsessed with the piano.
Hope all is well with you and yours.
Bob
Laura Robertson
I'm living on a farm in West Virginia with my husband and two sons (ages
5 and 7) and working as a molecular biologist for the USGS. Life is
good :) Happy holidays to you, too.
Chris Hwang
Nice to see you at the 20th last summer. Since then, a lot has happened.
Let's see where to start... in July, I officially became a partner at
my law firm (Leonard Carder, LLP) where I specialize in ERISA law and
primarily represent union pension and welfare funds. In August, we moved
into our new home in Albany, CA to accommodate our growing family, taking
us literally one more block further away from San Francisco and into
the "East Bay" burbs. On October 23, our second baby, Phoebe
Rain Jasper Hwang, arrived at 7.7lbs and 20.5 inches. She decided she
couldn't wait until we got to the hospital and practically delivered
herself in our foyer! I took credit for the delivery on the birth certificate,
but truth be told, I was of very little use in the moment that she arrived
-- and of course, my partner Amy is the one who deserves all the credit
in the end. It's quite a story, but I'll spare the details here. We
were just thankful that everything and everyone turned out well, including
big brother Will (now 2 1/2 years old) not having to witness the ordeal.
We are also very thankful that he's quite enamored of her and hasn't
(yet) asked us to take her back. In November, my adoption of Will (who
is now William August Jasper Hwang) was finalized. Now we're experiencing
the two-baby-juggle and holiday buzz. All in all quite an eventful year.
Hope 2007 was an amazing year to you and yours as well. Take care, -
Jeremy Paynes
After Dartmouth, moved to NY in 1992 and screwed around in the entertainment
industry for a few years ending up at the William Morris Agency in NYC
at the end. Married Adriana Schmeling (Hamilton College '92 - we met
through Doug Hamilton in October 1988) in 1998. Got an MBA from NYU/Stern
in 2000. Worked in investment banking in NY for JP Morgan and then private
equity in London from 2001-2002. Moved back to NY at the end of 2002.
Since then, have worked for Capital IQ in NY. Two kids: George 4 1/2
(4/18/2003) and Lucy 9 months (3/15/2007) ... now live on 86th and Riverside
Drive on the Upper West Side of Manhattan ...
That's the sort of spirit that moved Karl Kister, a philanthropist
and entrepreneur, to become involved with the Museum of Contemporary
Art/Denver.
Mr. Kister is one such transplant. So is his friend from prep-school
days, a developer, Mark Falcone, who has also joined the board.
The museum is also on track to be the first museum to win a gold LEED
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating from the United
States Green Building Council.
Eliza Minot
All is well with Eliza Minot. I've got four kids: 7,5,3, and 1. I'm
working on novel number three. Next year I'll be teaching a writing
class at Barnard.
Andy Bowman
I've done a lousy job of keeping folks up to speed over the years -
in fact this is my first update. So I'll cover alot of ground quickly...
My wife Rachel and I have 3 kids, Ruby, Leo and Scarlet. We're in the
live music capitol of the world, Austin, Texas, a wonderful place to
live. The wind power company I started 5 years ago was sold in 2005,
and then sold again this year, so I'm a very fortunate person. My good
friend Randall Kempner was an early investor and I'm hoping it will
help him decide to relocate to Texas. And now I'm thinking now about
what to do next.
Peter Burgess
Peter Burgess here in Miami, Florida, writing in to say hello and respond
to your request for news. Sorry I missed all of you at reunion this year, but I am definitely
in for the 25th!
I moved to Miami, from Boston about 8 years ago with my wife and son. My wife, Maki (who is from France), and I, started dating in our early
20's and actually introduced Jason Pechinski ('87) to his wife Linda,
who is also from France. Jason and I still stay in touch with one another
through frequent emails. Jason is a successful artist and entrepreneur,
living in Boston.
My wife and I became familiar with Miami through our visits with another
Bartlett North hooligan, as I had stayed very close with Delius Shirley
('87) following Andover, and he had moved to Miami to start his international
restaurant empire back in 1994. Delius and his partner, Cindy Hutson,
have made quite a name for themselves on the national and international
restaurant scene and Delius' expertise is sought out for consulting
projects from places as far askew as Latin America, to the Caribbean,
to Moscow and beyond. Delius and I both own homes about a mile from
one another here in Miami and we spend a lot of time together and manage
to play golf together about twice a month.
I have worked as a corporate foreign exchange advisor for several years
here in Miami, and my wife works as a program coordinator at the University
of Miami. Our son Gregory is ten years old, an avid ice hockey player
(yes, even here in Miami, Florida) like his dad, and an outstanding
student -- totally unlike his dad. I have been very involved, as a coach,
organizer and fundraiser, in the youth hockey program in Miami since
shortly after moving here, and my son has been playing hockey now for
about four years.
Small world story.... my son and I just ran into John Reilly from the
Class of '87 (he and I played together on the PA hockey team), along
with his own youth hockey playing son, about two weeks ago up in Lake
Placid, NY, at a kids youth hockey tournament we were all participating
in at the Olympic Hockey Center. John lives with his wife and kids in
the town of Andover, MA.
The weekend before that, Delius, Justin Loew ('87) and I, all participated
together in a weekend golf tournament in Myrtle Beach, SC.
Justin (or Dr. Loew, I should say...), has three beautiful kids, a thriving
medical practice and lives in Barrington, RI, with his lovely wife Holly
and their children. Chris Regan ('87) who recently (within the last 18 months), tied the
knot, used to live in Miami until he relocated to Baltimore a few years
ago, stays in contact with Delius quite a bit, and the three of us have
gone on some great European golf trips over the last few years. Chris
Regan is a real estate developer in Baltimore.
I have stayed in close touch with Chris Whittier (and his lovely wife
Felicia), who is now back from his many years living in Africa, and
is working on his thesis among many other pursuits, while he travels
between their homes in Raleigh and Oakland he sometimes gets down to
Miami for a night or two of fun at Casa Burgess.
Whit keeps us updated on Gary Sousa and the Honorable Maine State Representative
Seth Berry, who from all reports is living an idyllic existence in Maine
with his wife and kids, perhaps not too far away from Heidi (Salin)
Godomsky and her husband and children. Along with her husband Mark,
Heidi recently left her long time coaching job at Colby College for
some new challenges at Gould Academy in Bethel, ME., with their three
sons in tow. Recently, I spoke to Suzanne Sizer who has a beautiful baby boy and
is living in San Francisco where she is in great demand as a professional
photographer.
I hope those tidbits help with the class notes ( that's at least ten
years of subject matter!), and thanks for all your hard work and effort
in keeping us all up to date on our classmates' exploits.
Julie Gilbert Rosicky
Seeing as I am in the process of sending out holiday "e-mails"
anyway... what the hell (that would be H.E. double hockey sticks to
my third grader)... here's the news...
My family and I moved to the metro DC/Baltimore area (Columbia, MD)
about two years ago from upstate NY. (Major change of pace). I am working
as the executive director of International Social Service, United States
of America Branch, Inc. (ISS-USA) an international NGO that serves children
and families separated due to migration. www.iss-usa.org.
I love all apsects of my job and the icing is that I get to travel.
I am off to Tokyo in February to take part in meetings with government
officials, ISS Japan and others concerned about international adoption
and ratification of the Hague Convention on International Adoption in
Japan. In May I will go to Genvea where the headquarers and General
Secretariat of ISS are located and take part in the annual meeting of
all the branches of ISS. Its truly amazing to work together with representatives
of at least 20 different countries on issues that affect child welfare
world wide. Since meetings are in French and English I attempt to apply
the teachings of the great M. Wilmer!
My hubby is the Dean of Behavioral, Social and Business Studies at Prince
George's Community College, just outside DC. Its a challenging job,
but he loves it and its the reason we came down this way in the first
place. We will celebrate our 15th (this fall) with a big trip to Bosnia,
Croatia and Italy (with the kids) this summer. When I was in Utica,
I worked with refugees and met many from the former Yugoslavia. Beacause
of the many Bosnians we became close to- we were very inspired to see
where they came from and spend a few days enjoying the beautiful beaches
of the Adriatic to boot. The kids are thriving down here. Bryce, (10)
my eldest is in 5th grade, and is a cross country runner and competed
in Nationals this year. Benjamin, (8) my baby, is in third grade and
plays soccer and is a total ham. Couldn't convince either of them to
swim competitively although they both can swim reasonably well. Their
penance is that they have to take stroke clinic every winter! I still
swim, especially during the summer, which is actually a season (as compared
to upstate NY) and the pool is in walking distance of my house (not
a bad life). We are constantly in motion- but its really great to live
in a culturally diverse, thriving and family oriented community near
two really terrific cities with endless amounts of cool things to do-
life is good if not a little warp speed. There- I sent news- and it
didn't kill me- well not yet anyway.
Wishing you guys all the best for the Holidays and 2008! Keep up the
snarky comments- these things can be much too serious and BORING- thanks
for keeping it lively!
Frances Henderson Morrison
Ok but only if you 1. Explain what gunga means and 2. Send me the notes
so I can put them on the webpage (apparently the intention of the page).
I live in the upper west side of Manhattan with my husband David and
our two sons (Walter, 6, and Henry, 2 years old). My older son just
started at St. Bernard's School (any Old Boys in our class, I would
love to hear about your experiences there). Raising two boys in the
city is more fun than I expected, being a California girl, although
I admit an occasional longing for a back yard. I am a physician, doing
research at Columbia University in biomedical informatics and public
health.
Edit as you see fit.
Laura Glenn Sorkin
You've got some nerve expecting an update when I haven't heard one word
about you and Lauren? Tit for tat, Babycakes. Speaking of such, I understand
you have one? two? of those babycakes yourself.
I am doing well, here in Vermont. My husband Eric and I have an organic
farm, two dogs, a cat, the occasional flock of sheep and two kids, Henry
(3) and Lucy (1). I grow diverse vegetables, cut flowers and shiitake
mushrooms which I sell at the Farmer's Market and local restaurants.
The "Eat Local" movement has been a big boost for the farm,
especially this past year.
Occasionally, we convince Whit and Caroline Cannon-Spaulding to come
up for some free labor. Last time they came up we made them work for
hours picking blueberries, pulling onions and digging potatoes. New
Hampshire must have given them some brain-freeze cuz they continue to
accept our invitations to come up.
Caroline and I have talked for a couple of years about a mini-reunion
of Draper and Co. in this area. We've got room since we finished our
new house. And we'd only make you weed a little bit.
Cave Moose Farm sells organic produce and cut flowers
Holly Milton
Can't say much is new. My job went very well this year -- I continue
to
work as a salesperson for ESI International, a training company in the
DC area. I blew out my quota -- 150%! -- and earned a free trip to
Barbados in April.
Hope you are well. Happy Holidays and all that.
Tom Clyde
Tom and Renee Clyde welcomed their daughter Adeline in April. She sits
in her high chair like a Queen and observes the antics of her two brothers,
George (3)
and Cole (2), who spend much of their time holding cheese sticks in
the air and running around the dining room table yelling "cheese
parade!" The origins of
this ritual are lost to history. I have a blog on politics and parenting
called www.democratdad.com
-- I would love my Andover alums to join the conversation!
"A fruitcake?" And Giuliani leans forward with his peculiar,
aggressive charisma to someone whom we never see. This is a very post-modern
move -- breaking the frame of the film. He can thank Go
Liz Kinder
Good Lord, I haven't seen an Andover person in quite a while. I remember
bumping into Betsey Weidemeyer at a bar in London, but that was over
5 years ago. I did my graduate work in ceramics at the Royal College
of Art in London. I then moved back to San Francisco, and then I couldn't
cope witht he price of real
estate, so I moved to Philly and bought a ridiculously huge building
in a cracked out neighborhood that is supposedly "up an coming"
My husband is an architect,
and he and I live in the upstairs and work in the downstairs of the
building. (I am a potter) That way we get to see our 2 kids Jack Peter
(18 months) and Steel (2 months) It's all pretty great (except for the
crack whores...)
Tom Powers
It's hard to know what to write since I haven't written in in 19 years.
But hey, with the "convenience" of being stuck at JFK airport
with free wireless, it seems like I should answer emails. Here are a
few of the highlights of the past couple decades for me. Feel free to
edit as you see fit.
After teaching high-school French for a couple of years in the early
'90's, I moved out to Seattle to go to wooden boatbuilding school. Wooden
boats are going the way of the dinosaur. So after I finished boat school
I entered a PhD program in Educational Psychology at the Uni versity
of Washington. During grad school I married Elizabeth Daniel (now Powers),
remodeled a 1906 Craftsman house, restored an old wooden boat, and ran
the adolescent classroom on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at Children's
Hospital Seattle.
I finished my doctorate in 2003 and went to work on a Gates Foundation
grant to restructure low-achieving high schools into smaller, autonomous
learning communities. That grant has since wrapped up and I am back
at Children's Hospital Seattle working on the Rehabilitation Unit helping
injured children (mostly traumatic brain injuries) recover cognitive
functioning and return to school. I also started a small company with
a grad school classmate of mine (Brooks Powers Group, brookspowers.com).
We do educational and psychological assessment, treatment, and consultation
for children and adolescents.
In other big news, we are expecting our first child in July. Don't
have a name or even a gender yet.
That's about all I can think of for now. I haven't had much contact
with Andover classmates other than seeing Eric Ramberg '87 at a presentation
by Steve Carter.
I hope that all is well with you. Thanks for going through the effort
to
keep people in touch with each other.
Alumni links
As you
can guess, our alumni are doing some pretty interesting things. I provided
links so you could see for yourself.
