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From the July/August 2008 IssueSteve Horowitz (see Rebecca Spielfogel Polivy '02). George Claflin (see Janet Cameron Claflin '45). Catherine Brissey Maxwell writes: "I am enjoying my private practice with an all-female group (two psychologists, three social workers). We modestly refer to ourselves as 'the divas of mental health,' but have yet to put it on our cards! My daughter, Melissa, is working on a PhD in child clinical psychology at Vanderbilt Univ., and our son, Cliff, is finishing a business degree at Indiana Univ., without—he will note proudly—ever taking a psychology class. His dad, my husband, Scott, is a psychologist, too, and editing an APA journal." Contact Catherine at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Jessica Murray writes: "I haven't written since I gave birth to my children—the first graduated from RISD, the second is off to Cooper Union, and now I've had my third, a book, Soul-Sick Nation: An Astrologer's View of America (MotherSky Press 2008)." From the May/June 2008 IssueDon't forget to register for our 35th reunion May 23–25. Plans for the great weekend include a welcome reception, dinner at Pembroke Field and Campus Dance. On Saturday join us for Alumni Field Day and dinner at Wriston Tent before WaterFire. On Sunday we will march down the hill followed by a Grab 'n Go lunch. We look forward to seeing you there. If you haven't received a registration packet, please call reunion headquarters at (401) 863-7783. Peter H. Falk (see Kristen Falk Van Hull '01). Bob Lane joined the Philadelphia office of Stevens and Lee as a shareholder. A real estate lawyer, Bob will help to build the firm's real estate and project finance practice in greater Philadelphia. Lillian Lim retired Aug. 1, 2007. She writes: "As I was wheeled off into the sunset selected as the Outstanding Jurist of 2007 by the San Diego County Bar Association and commencement speaker for Thomas Jefferson School of Law, receiving an honorary doctorate at the same time, I immediately went on a one-month cycling vacation with my husband, from Seattle to Portland, Ore. I am currently part of a special judge task force assigned to help Riverside County reduce its civil trial backlog. With more free time now, I am a member of the San Diego Dragon Boat Team." Contact Lillian at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Dennis Ogiela writes: "In recognition of services provided to the National Republican Committee Physician Advisory Board, I have been awarded the Congressional Order of Merit, the Committee's highest honor. Also, I recently founded and serve as CEO of Medical Risk Consultants LLC, which provides consultative services to the insurance industry. I can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it " Bob Warren (see Susan Warren Weston '03). From the March/April 2008 IssueClass president Marie Stoeckel reports: "Reunion plans are complete. We hope to see you at Brown for a great reunion weekend, May 23–25, 2008! You should have received your reunion registration packet. If not, register online at (alumni. brown.edu.) Questions? Contact headquarters at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Mary Hutchings Reed '73AM had her first novel, Courting Kathleen Hannigan, published in September by Ampersand, Inc.; it's available on Amazon. Bill '74 is an internist with Advocate Health Care and earned his U.S. Coast Guard master's license in 2006. Contact Mary at 400 E. Ohio St. #1003, Chicago 60611; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Leonard A. Schlesinger, former vice chairman and COO of the retailer, Limited Brands, was named the 12th president of Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. He will assume his new position on July 1. Bob Warren '73 (see Susan Warren '03). From the January / February 2008 IssueClass president Marie Stoeckel reports: “Save the dates for our 35th Reunion: May 23-25, 2008. If you have not been to campus since your 30th or longer, you will see the amazing growth of Brown’s campus and the transformation of Providence. Attend your 35th to reconnect with Brown and renew old friendships. Experience the new Commencement weekend, during which events are condensed into a shortened weekend that ends on Sunday, enabling more of our classmates to march in the procession. And most events are held right on the Brown campus, making it easier to join classmates at such traditional alumni events as Campus Dance, forums, Field Day, and class events. Check out the class Web site (alumni.brown.edu) for more information on the reunion and how to contact the planning committee members. Reserve your hotels right away, or review the reunion packets for more information to stay on campus. See you in Providence in May!” Lena B. Chen has been with the city of San Francisco as an architect project manager for the last ten years working on historic restoration projects such as the Palace of Fine Arts. She writes: “My husband and I live in Oakland. Our daughter, Chia Chen-Speidel, is a member of the class of 2010. I stay in touch with several friends from classes 1972-1974: Jenny Smith ’72, Jessica Murray, Rachel Wyon, Masha Traber ’75, Charles Rybeck, and Alice Andrews, as well as with Pat Parcher Cleaveland ’53 and Norm Cleaveland ’52 of Rehoboth, Mass.” Contact Lena at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Deborah June Mayhew (see John W. Mayhew ’43). Nancy Johnson Nystrom writes: “I have been with the world languages department of the Farmington (Conn.) public schools for 20 years and have trained teachers at Tulane, the Univ. of Texas at San Antonio, and the Univ. of Hartford. My husband, Jon, and I look to the next phase: returning to Texas to become part of a small-town community. Our daughter, Alice ’08, graduates this spring, in studio art and American civilization.” Contact Nancy at 16 Argyle Ave., West Hartford, Conn. 06107; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it John Oppenheimer left the trading floor at the Pacific Stock Exchange in 2002 after a twenty-six-year career as a market-maker specialist. In 2003 he went back to school to complete his masters in clinical psychology and is now a licensed marriage and family therapist with a private practice in Corte Madera, Calif. “Talk about a role-reversal in life,” he notes. He adds that he is enjoying life with his wife, Sarah, in and around their empty nest in Mill Valley, Calif.: “Julie, 23, is graduating from San Diego State with a degree in media and television production, and Liza, 21, is in New York City pursuing an acting career and working as a hostess in a restaurant.” Contact John at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it From the November / December 2007 IssueLes Dinkin writes: “I continue to have active involvement in music by playing at open-mike nights. I look forward to connecting with classmates and other Brown graduates who work in retail financial services. Reach me at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ” George Thurston writes: “I was just promoted to full professor at the NYU School of Medicine. Earlier this year I was appointed to serve on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Science Advisory Committee (CASAC) regarding the human health effects of air pollution. On a personal level, my wife, Prudence Meader Thurston, and I are pleased to report that our eldest boy, Aaron Bartnick, son of the late Elizabeth Meader Bartnick ’80, was accepted early decision to Brown’s class of 2011. We look forward to attending many football games and other Brown events with him over the next four years.” From the September / October 2007 IssueMary Wall Coe and Robert Daly were married on April 28 in Providence. Their four children attended, including Mary's daughter, Mary S. Coe '06, and Robert's son, Will Daly, a visiting student at Brown. Mary Griffin was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. Her son Will is in the Class of 2008, and her son Andrew is in the RISD Class of 2010. Mary can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it William P. Hankowsky can be reached at bhankowsky@ libertyproperty.com. George F. Howard III writes: "After years of practicing neurology in a hospital setting, I've recently established Sleep Medicine Services of Western Massachusetts, the only accredited sleep disorders center in this part of the state. My son Benjamin just completed his first year at Brown, occasioning my first walk through West Quad in over thirty-five years." George can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it James Kaplan, after nearly twenty-five years in legal work in Washington D.C. and Maine, in 2003 founded and became executive director of the Cromwell Disabilities Center, a nonprofit organization in Portland, Me., that specializes in disabilities-awareness education in elementary schools and public libraries. See www.cromwellcenter.org for more information about the organization. James lives in Brunswick, Me., and can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Steve Pollock writes: "My theater-planning and design firm, Auerbach Pollock Friedlander, has been busy stateside and internationally, with recent significant openings of Cirque du Soleil's LOVE at the Mirage hotel and at the Pearl at the Palms hotel, both in Las Vegas. LOVE, Cirque's homage to the Beatles, is the third of our Cirque venues, including KA at the MGM and ZUMANITY at the New York “New York Hotel and Casino. We are also working at the Pearl at the Palms, which hosts the MTV Music Awards in September. On the home front, Nancy and I are about to become empty nesters with the departure of Jake, our youngest, for the Univ. of Oregon in September. Our daughter Lia graduated from Virginia Tech in 2004 and now lives in the Washington, D.C., area. She and her grandmother, Beth Becker Pollock '51, are the family's only remaining East Coast holdouts!" Steve can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Stephen Russo writes: "I have been the executive director of Goddard Riverside Community Center in New York City since 1998. I began my career in community work in 1976. My wife, Susan Souder (Earlham College '71), is a therapist in private practice. My son, Noah, is a 2006 graduate of Ithaca College and works in media and public relations at NIKE, and my daughter, Rebekah '10, is thoroughly enjoying her freshman year on College Hill." Stephen can be reached at 215 W. 98th Street, #2E, New York City 10025; (212) 666-5196; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it From the July / August 2007 IssueIsaac K. Byrd Jr. received the 2006 Stanford Young Award, the Miss. trial lawyers’ highest achievement award. Isaac can be reached at 14 East Hill Dr., Jackson, Miss. 39216; (601) 981-7753; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Ken Cieplik ’74 MAT writes: “I have recently launched my own consulting business, KCC Enterprises, specializing in sales, marketing, operations, and business planning. My wife, Paula, and sons Kenny and David are all doing well. I can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ; office (508) 947-0470.” Suzanne Jacobs Davidson can be reached at 262 Central Park W., New York, N.Y. 10024; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it David Duhaime writes: “My wife, Claire Flanagan ’75, and I are happy that our son Erik decided that Brown was his best choice after all. He’s enjoying his freshman year as a member of the class of 2010.” Dana H. Frank writes: “I’m in my thirtieth year of marriage, and so far healthy and happy. My eldest, Leah ’05, is married and teaching at the Lincoln School in Providence. My son is self-supporting. What’s not to like? Would love to hear from any of my classmates.” Dana can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Charles Goetsch writes: “Last June, Susan Blatt Schwab (Princeton ’73) and I were married at a high tide sunset ceremony on High Island in the Thimble Islands off the Branford coast of Long Island Sound, N.Y. Appellate Judge Socrates Mihalakos ’55 presided, my son, Benjamin Goetsch ’05, and daughter, Megan Goetsch ’09, attended, and jazz singer Giacomo Gates’s quartet provided the music.” Charles can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Julien W. Grant can be reached at 1556 E. 48th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11234; julien This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Robert Hunter’s son, Gregory, is a member of the class of 2009. Robert can be reached at 101 Jamestown Dr., Sitka, Ala. 99835; (907) 747-5181; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Thomas Mallon writes: “My latest novel, Fellow Travelers, will be published this spring. I live in Washington, D.C., and write for The New Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, and the New York Times Book Review.” Dick McEvoy writes: “I headed to Normandy, France, in March to take part in the international pastel painting exhibition, L’Art du Pastel en France, as I try to expand my painting horizons. I also currently have a one-man show at the Discovery Museum (Bridgeport, Conn.) and a painting traveling to Taipei, Taiwan, in a traveling exhibition of North American artists (www.dickmcevoypaintings.com). My wife, Jane, and I still get together regularly with Gail and Andy Kislevitz and we try to also keep up with Charles “Chip” Frost, Jim Miller, Gary Melillo, and Deb Bowen Brennan.” Dick can be reached at 51 Taunton Lake Rd., Newtown, Conn. 06470; (203) 426-8308; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Constance Kulik Morgan writes: “Harold E. Morgan (Duquesne ’71 and American Univ. ’76) and I were married in a private ceremony at a monastery chapel in Washington, D.C., in Nov. 2006. Highlights were our eight flower girls and my mother’s being able to attend. She passed away one month later. Phyllis A.M. Hollenbeck ’77 MD and Shaun Curran ’72 were among our guests. I also gained three stepsons.” Constance can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Peter J. Noll is the national sales manager for Process Peerless Pump Co. He can be reached at 63 Madonna Ln., Cold Spring, Ky. 41076; (859) 441-8998; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Nina Tiglio Ruckes writes: “Our daughter is a beautiful 9-year-old, of course, and we became licensed foster parents in Aug. ’06. We have been caring for a perfect baby girl, too, since she was two weeks old. Through the seven months that she has been here, she has given us more than we could ever give her, and not only that, she made my hot flashes stop.” Stephan Russo writes: “I am the executive director of Goddard Riverside Community Center in New York City, where I began my career in community work in 1976. I have been the executive director since 1998. My wife, Susan Souder, is a therapist in private practice. My son, Noah, is a 2006 graduate of Ithaca College and a media-relations consultant at Nike; daughter Rebekah ’10 thoroughly enjoyed her freshman year on College Hill.” Stephan can be reached at 215 West 98th St., Apt. 2E, New York 10025; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Jane Seigler has retired from active law practice and now owns and operates Reddemeade Equestrian Center, a large commercial horse boarding and riding lesson facility in Montgomery County, Md. She is vice president of the Md. Horse Council. She and her husband, Paul Schopf ’71, ’73 ScM, are currently enjoying life with their Irish wolfhound and Newfoundland puppies. Paul is associate dean of the College of Science at George Mason Univ. in Fairfax, Va. W. Thomas Spencer writes: “I am proud to report my recent election as chairman of the board of trustees of Endicott College in Beverly, Mass. My son, Bill, has joined our retirement planning firm, Spencer Financial LLC, in Sudbury, Mass.” Thomas can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Geoffrey Stewart ’73 AM writes: “I was married to Sandra Baker in March, and we are happily living in the Md. suburbs of Washington, D.C. My daughter, Elisabeth Cameron Stewart ’07, graduated from Brown in June.” Terry-Nan Tannenbaum can be reached at Montreal Department of Public Health, 1301 Sherbrook Street E., Montreal, Quebec, H2L 1M3, Canada; (514) 528-2400 x-3375; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Jeff Wagner writes: “After twenty-three years at Comcast SportsNet, I started a sports marketing firm based in Bethesda, Md. I’m also in my ninth year of Rosemary Hills Lacrosse, a Silver Spring–based program serving primarily underserved black and Hispanic boys and girls. I’m happily married to my wife of twenty-five years, Nancy Leopold ’76. We have two healthy and relatively sane children, Julie and Sam. I still keep in touch with many on the 1973 undefeated Ivy League championship lacrosse team as well as the Charlesfield St. Gang.” Jeff can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Betsy West can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Paul H. Westmoreland can be reached at 1303 Speed Ave., Monroe, La. 71201; (318) 267-0149; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it From the May / June 2007 IssueEric Buermann writes: “I am serving with Florida’s new governor, Charlie Crist, leading a team in charge of the transition for the Florida department of environmental protection. I continue to serve as counsel with the law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP in Miami, practicing in public law. I would like to hear from any classmates.” Eric can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Rick Cureton recently became president of Whitesell Construction Co. Inc., the largest commercial real estate developer headquartered in South Jersey. After graduating from Harvard Graduate School of Design in March 1976, Rick worked for several architectural firms before joining Whitesell twenty-two years ago. He lives with his wife, Lynne, and three children: Christopher, 24, Lindsay, 21, and Brienne, 9. Their home is near Philadelphia, situated on the 100-year-old golf course of Riverton Country Club. Rick writes: “As with most of us, I eventually had to trade in the round ball of my youth and start chasing the little white one.” Gordon Hamilton received the American Schools of Oriental Research award for best book in ancient Near Eastern epigraphy, The Origins of the West Semitic Alphabet in Egyptian Scripts, published in 2006. He can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it William P. Hankowsky, the president and CEO of Liberty Property Trust, has joined the Citizens Financial Group’s board of directors. Susan Wier Mills writes: “I just returned from a month at sea, including Christmas and New Year’s Day, aboard the R/V Atlantis studying larval dispersal and colonization at East Pacific Rise hydrothermal vents in the wake of a recent eruption. The eruption was discovered on an R/V Knorr cruise last April for which Don Forsyth was chief scientist and in which Alberto Saal also participated (both Brown geologists.) My family and I are doing well and we would enjoy hearing from old friends.” From the March / April 2007 IssueAlan Gallotta is teaching math at Cohasset High School in Cohasset, Mass., where he is also head baseball coach. His daughter Leanne ’05 graduated recently, allowing him to rekindle his love for Brown and to see many friends from his own days on campus. He can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Dennis M. Ogiela served as honorary chairman for Connecticut’s National Republican Congressional Committee Physician Advisory Board in 2006. U.S. Congressman Tom Reynolds selected him as a 2006 Physician of the Year. Margaret Thayer writes: “After finally getting a tenure-track appointment at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago in 2000, I’m pleased to report that in August 2005 I was promoted to associate curator in the zoology department’s division of insects. This makes my husband, Al Newton, and me one of three tenured-curator couples in that department, an unprecedented situation here and a dramatic change since our arrival in 1985, when there were no female curators at all.” Margaret can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Robert Thunell and Maureen McConaghy Thunell ’74 write: “Our middle son, Thomas, is a freshman at Brown, while our oldest son, Matthew, will graduate from Yale in May. In May 2006, Bob was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.” They can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it From the January / February 2007 IssueCynthia Braca’s son Andrew is a member of the Brown class of 2010. Michael Ostrach has joined Dynavax Technologies as vice president, chief business officer, and general counsel. He will direct Dynavax’s corporate development and legal activities. He was previously chief operating officer, chief financial officer, and general counsel at Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mark G. Rovzar writes: “I went to the Bowdoin vs. Amherst football game with Norb Donelly and saw his six-foot-six, 275-pound son Rogan punish the Amherst line. My sons, Alex (Tufts ’04) and Max (Lafayette ’06), are both in the Army infantry stationed at Fort Benning, Ga. Alex was accepted into the 18X Special Forces training program. Max is a second lieutenant.” Mark can be reached at 50 Windsor Rd., Cranston, R.I. 02905; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Tod Schaefer and Patti McLellan Schaefer have been in Mystic, Conn., for twenty years. Tod is still at Electric Boat and involved with the Coast Guard Auxiliary. Patti is president of the New London County Historical Society and does historical research and writing. Their son Doug (Connecticut College ’02) spends most of his time touring with his country trio, the Can Kickers (www.cankickers.com), and Rob ’06 is job hunting. They welcome visitors to their scenic and historic part of the world. They can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Bette Schultz attended the Harvard Business School Global Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C., this past June. As a prelude, Bette and her husband, Paul Payton ’69, took an insiders’ tour of Washington. Bette writes: “We saw many of the places where the backstage decisions are made, including the Chevy Chase Country Club, the Society of the Cincinnati, the Cosmos Club, and most notably the West Wing of the White House—all places that aren’t usually open to tour groups. We also met major players from all parts of the political spectrum, including Candy Crowley of CNN, lobbyist Tommy Boggs, Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), conservative activist Grover Norquist, and most notably Chief Justice John Roberts, with whom we spent an hour at the Supreme Court. The Forum itself was addressed by Newt Gingrich, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, FCC chairman Christopher Cox, GE CEO Jeff Immelt, and former treasury secretary Robert Rubin. It was fascinating to meet so many movers and shakers in such a concentrated time period and to get to talk personally with several of them.” From the September / October 2006 IssueThe National Center for Learning Disabilities gave fashion designer and entrepreneur Dana Buchman its Children’s Advocacy Award at a benefit dinner in New York City on April 23. Her book, A Special Education, published in March, details her daughter’s struggle with learning disabilities. Dana cochairs the advisory board for the Center for Attention and Learning Disorders in New York. Elizabeth Ruedisueli George ’76 MD (see Mary Holt ’02). Robert George ’77 MD (see Mary Holt ’02). From the May / June 2006 IssueDana Buchman has published A Special Education: One Family’s Journey through the Maze of Learning Disabilities (Da Capo Lifelong Books). Her eponymous fashion company will celebrate its 20th year next year, and daughter Annie is joining Brown class of ’10. Marty Arthur Nathan is an urban community health physician in Springfield, Mass. In her spare time she is executive director of the Greensboro Justice Fund (GJF), a non-profit civil rights organization that funds grassroots organizations in the South organizing for racial justice, labor rights, and gay and lesbian rights. Marty and other survivors of the 1979 Greensboro Massacre—in which KKK and Nazis killed five anti-Klan demonstrators including Marty’s first husband, Michael Nathan—won judgment against the city of Greensboro, N.C. The police were nowhere to be found when the attacks happened, despite the presence of four television crews. Last year marked the 25th anniversary of the GJF, and this spring the nation’s first truth and reconciliation commission (TRC) in the United States, based on the South African TRC model, will announce its findings about the massacre. Marty invites your support of the TRC and the GJF’s efforts for racial justice and human rights. More information can be found on www.gjf.org. Marty can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Louis Ostrach and his wife, Sandra, are pleased to announce that daughter K. Sarah Eva has been accepted to the class of ’10 and will be joining her sister Lillian Rose ’07 this autumn. Louis can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Dana Proulx was named GEICO’s general counsel. He joined the company in 1979 and previously served as its assistant vice president, assistant secretary, and assistant general counsel. From the March / April 2005 IssueMorris J. Birnbaum ’77 PhD, ’78 MD received the Mosenthal Award from the Northeastern division of the American Diabetes Association for his research on how insulin regulates metabolism and growth, using mammalian and Drosophila models. Morris is a professor of medicine and cell and developmental biology at the Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Mary Hutchings Reed received the Thomas R. Leavens Award from Lawyers for the Creative Arts (LCA) for her pro bono legal service to the arts in Illinois. Mary is of counsel to the law firm Winston & Strawn, practicing trademark, copyright, advertising, and entertainment law, and spends half her time writing novels. She’s actively seeking a literary agent and/or publisher! She and her husband William Reed ’74 are always happy to hear from Brown friends. Mary can be reached at 400 E. Ohio, #1003, Chicago 60611; mreed@ winston.com. From the November / December 2004 IssueBob Jennett and Maria are packing off their last child, Helen, to college at the Univ. of Colorado at Boulder. Bob writes: “Unbelievable. It’s an emotional moment and a new beginning!” Bob and Maria also just moved into Denver from the ’burbs, and send a hearty hello to all. Bob can be reached at 501 High St., Denver 80218. From the September / October 2004 IssueJoel Betesh writes: “I am the proud grandfather of 1-year-old Esther Betesh. I have also recently been appointed chairman of the department of internal medicine at Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia.” Daniel Burns has moved to Kentucky with his wife, Claudia, and his last at-home child, Hadley. He writes: “After twenty-eight years in the Chicago area, I am practicing law with friends from law school. I am also writing my second novel about life, crime, and thrills in Chicago. Nothing published yet.” He can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Michael B. Mellion has been named assistant vice president of LandAmerica Financial Group Inc.’s Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co. and Lawyers Title Insurance Corp. subsidiaries in Rhode Island. Nina Peskoe Peyser writes: “After a quarter century of long hours and high stress, I retired last summer. Much of my time is spent as a volunteer tutor in basic adult literacy and English as a second language. I still do some occasional consulting in health care and clinical research administration, but as long as my savings account has a positive balance, I’m strenuously avoiding full-time work.” Nina can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it From the July / August 2004 IssueJoel S. Betesh has been appointed chief of medicine at Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia. He previously was a clinical assistant professor of medicine at Drexel Univ. Tom Brischler writes: “I would love to hear from D-Phi brothers and others. I’m doing lots of sailing on Long Island Sound and am still teaching at Sachem High School. The kids are off to college. Where have the years gone? Life is good. Drop an e-mail to go for a sail this summer.” Tom can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Jeffrey Greenberg was named by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to serve on a panel that advises NYSE directors. He is the CEO of Marsh & McLennan Cos. Stephen and Eileen Schwartz Kupersmith write: “Our daughter, Lauren ’04, graduated in May. It’s hard to believe that it’s been thirty-one years since our own soggy graduation. It has been wonderful to see Brown again through Lauren’s eyes and to see her walking the same streets we walked. We have enjoyed reconnecting with some of our classmates who have children at Brown, especially Gail Mitchell, George Matthews ’75, Flora Yeracaris, and Len and Phyllis Fineman Schlesinger.” Eileen and Stephen can be reached at 451 Rosie Ln., Hatfield, Pa. 19440; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Luis G. Sarmiento ’74 AM writes: “I am living in Miami after having spent five years in Colombia, my native country. I am the owner and CEO of Cybertrend Forex, a pioneer in the field of electronic foreign exchange trading. The company is based in Miami with agencies in Europe and throughout South America.” Luis can be reached at 50 S.W. 10th St., #912, Miami 33130; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it From the May / June 2004 IssueDana Cook Grossman writes: “My husband, Dan Grossman ’71, and I survived the wedding of our daughter Emily Grossman Reilly ’98. She was married on Sept. 27, in Sharon, Vt., to Tom Reilly (Penn ’94). Our younger daughter Joanna Grossman ’03 was Emily’s maid of honor. Emily wore an antique lace veil that’s been in my family for 166 years and that I wore when Dan and I were married in 1972. Brown alumni in attendance included Janice Kim ’98, Leah Stein ’98, and Megan Bourgeois Dougan ’97, as well as former Brown coach Bob Rothenberg ’65, ’67 MAT and his wife, Anne, who is still a Brown track coach; my sister, Margaret Cook ’86; Dan’s and my best man Burt Boltuch ’71; and Dan’s freshman hallmate Rick Marshall ’71. Emily and Tom live in Richmond, Va., where Emily is senior writer and editor in the public-relations office of a hospital and Tom is senior business-systems analyst for the Capital One Financial Corp.”Alan W. Hackford has been appointed chief of the division of colorectal surgery at Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston. Bruce Miller has published Invisible Indigenes: The Politics of Nonrecognition (Univ. of Nebraska Press). He can be reached at 1846 Trafalgar St., Vancouver, BC, Canada V6K-3S2. Timothy R. Schantz has been elected to the board of directors of University Settlement, a social service agency in New York City’s Lower East Side. From the March / April 2004 IssuePatricia McMillen writes: “I’m alive and well in Oak Park, Ill., writing poetry, playing banjo with my band, the Common Taters, and running the family business, TAMPAM Farms Inc. I was sorry to miss our 30th, but enjoyed visits earlier in the year with Brian Cullman and Betsy West.” Warren Trepeta ’81 PhD writes: “Since 2001, I have been working at CalPERS, the California Public Employees Retirement System, as portfolio manager, managing their sovereign bond holdings and doing double duty as economic adviser to the largest public pension fund in the nation. My wife, Pat, and I reside with our two sons, Alex, 13, and Glenn, 8, in Vacaville, Calif., which is midway between San Francisco and Sacramento.” Warren can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it From the January / February 2004 IssueBrian Burns writes that the Florida Association of Post-Secondary Schools and Colleges has honored him as faculty member of the year in the business/accounting/legal studies area. Brian is academic and business administration department coordinator for Keiser Career College in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Bruce Macdonald writes: “My triplet boys are finally off to kindergarten. Life is good, but my golf game is still suffering.” Bruce can be reached at 99 Twin Oak Ln., Wilton, Conn. 06897; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Bette Schultz and her husband, Paul Payton ’69 write that Bette, already vice president of business development and licensing for Novartis Pharmaceuticals in the U.S., has taken over responsibility for ‘mature products.’ Paul continues to do voice-over work, including national spots for Aamco Transmissions and lots of corporate and medical training. Paul and Bette visited David Voymas ’70, and his wife, Barbara, at their home in Greenfeld, N.H.” Carolyn “Candy” Doehlert Simmons writes: “I ran my best (and last) marathon in San Diego. It gave me a great sense of accomplishment, but one I have no need to repeat.” She can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Christopher S. Williams writes that he has retired from his corporate finance law practice due to congestive heart failure. He is looking forward to spending more time with his four beautiful daughters (ages 17–26), who, in a life reversal, now do not have time to spend with him. He lives in Del Mar, Calif., and Kauai, Hawaii, with his wife, author and professor Karen Schneiter Williams. Christopher can be reached at P.O. Box 2510, Del Mar, Calif. 92014; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it From the November / December 2003 IssueAlan Cole ’76 M.D. (see Lisa Cole ’99). Albert Mannings writes: “After more than twenty years in the workforce, I went back to computer school and completed the Microsoft Office User Specialist Program.” Albert can be reached at 4375 Cascade Rd. S.W., #H-103, Atlanta 30331; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it From the March / April 2003 IssueReunion weekend, May 23–26, is rapidly approaching. Registration information will arrive in the spring. If you did not receive the fall reunion mailing, please contact reunion headquarters at (401) 863-1947 or reunions @brown.edu. Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy writes that she is in her second year as chair of the Barnard College Slavic department and director of the Harriman Institute at Columbia. Cathy writes: “More importantly, my husband, Slava, and I are in our second year as parents. Our daughter, Olga, who was born in Russia, just celebrated her fourth birthday and is already very much an Upper West Side New Yorker. I look forward to reconnecting with old friends at the reunion in May.” Cathy can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it From the November / December 2002 IssueRobert R. Alexander '76 M.D. writes: "Our family enjoyed reconnecting to Brown over the past four years. Daughter Margaret '02 received her A.B. in visual arts in May." Barbara Jeremiah has been appointed executive vice president of corporate development at Alcoa. Barbara had served as vice president of corporate development since 1998. She joined Alcoa as an attorney in 1977. From the September / October 2002 IssueGeorge Claflin (see Janet Cameron Claflin '45). From the July / August 2002 IssueDerek M. Cerjanec writes: "After more than twenty years at Amica Insurance and a shorter stint at Citizens Bank, I decided it was time to give something back to the community. I am now the Learning for Life Director for Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America, in Providence. My wife, Thea, and I have two children: Elena, 6, and Aidan, 1. My daughter Erica, 17, is looking at college choices right now." Derek can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Dana Frank writes: "This year marked our 31st annual New Year's get-together. Our Hope Street crew included Jerry ԄDoc' Kane, Sam Woolford '74 Sc.M., Paul Sampson, and Eric Brownell. Except for Paul, we've all increased our waistlines, lost some hair, and enhanced the stories of our Brown exploits." Dana can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Christiane R. Mollet writes: "I retired from my personal financial planning practice last year." Chris Shaw writes: "Happy 50th to myself, Nancy Cassidy, and her husband, Jeff Schreck." From the May / June 2002 IssueBruce Miller writes that his book, The Problem of Justice: Tradition and Law in the Coast Salish World, was published in 2001 by the University of Nebraska Press. Tyler S. Posey, of Maclean, Va., writes that he is the general counsel of the Peace Corps. Karen Stone and her husband, Paul Zipkin, are delighted to announce that their son, Joe Zipkin, will be a member of the Princeton class of 2006. From the November / December 2000 Issue
Robert S. Brustlin, of Watertown, Mass., writes that he has
been elected president and C.E.O. of Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a
625-person engineering, planning, and applied-sciences firm in
Watertown, Mass. Robert has been with VHB, originally known as
Vanasse/Hangen Design Inc., since it was founded in 1979. A principal
and member of its board of directors, he most recently served as its
chief operating officer.
Lois B. Bryant, of Lindenhurst,
N.Y., writes: “My biggest ‘art project’ has been
raising two daughters, Rebecca, 9, and Sarah, 6. I’m also the
advertising graphic designer for Yellow Book USA, so I spend my days
designing billboards, newspaper ads, and brochures. I weave
tapestries in my spare time. I’d love to hear from all of you at
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”
Natalie Hofstein Mendelsohn Matus
’73 (see June Purcell Beddoe ’40).
Bruce McPherson and Erica
Blumenfeld, of Kingston, N.Y., announce the birth of Alyssa Rice
McPherson on April 5. She joins brother Aaron, 6. Bruce can be
reached at
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Vic Weinstein, of Charleston, S.C.,
writes: “I still enjoy delivering babies in Charleston and am
happily remarried to Randi, with a stepson, Seth, 9. In addition, we
still have Molly, 12, Jeff, 14, and Carrie ’04.” Vic
can be reached at
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From the September / October 2000 IssueJeffrey O. Earle was admitted to the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, according to the Delaware State News. Jeffrey holds two U.S. patents for dental devices and is a sportsman and a published writer. He practices advanced reconstructive dentistry in Milford, Del. From the July / August 2000 IssuePhilip Barr, of Lincoln, R.I., was promoted to president and CEO of Bacou USA. He was previously group president of the Howard Leight and Uvex divisions. He joined Bacou USA in 1995 from the law firm Edwards & Angell, where he had been a partner since 1985. He is a member of the Rhode Island and Florida bar associations. Stephen and Eileen Schwartz Kupersmith, of Hatfield, Pa., write: "Thirty-one years after we first headed to Brown, we are thrilled to announce that our daughter, Lauren, will be a member of the class of ’04. It’s a great feeling to know that she will be exposed to the diversity of thought and intellectual empowerment (and the good times) that we were privileged to experience." Robert S. Shoffner, of Redwood City, Calif., was named group president of the Citibank California bank and the Nevada consumer branches. He joined Citibank in 1992 as a branch manager and went on to serve as an area sales manager and area director for the San Jose and Peninsula branches. Most recently Robert has worked for Citibanking North America on the national sales team. Active in community affairs, he serves on an advisory committee of the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group and is a past president of the Human Investment Project. He has served as a director of the National Association of Urban Bankers, the Bay Area Small Business Development Corp., and the United Negro College Fund. Robert is married and has a son, 11. From the May / June 2000 IssueEric Buermann was appointed the first full-time general counsel to Florida’s Republican party. He previously served for six years as commissioner and vice chairman of the Florida Elections Commission. He had also been in private law practice in Miami, where he remains on the boards of various organizations, including the Espirito Santo Bank. Eric lives in Miami-Dade County with his wife and two daughters. F. Scott Reding became C.F.O. of Zonagen, a biotechnology company in The Woodlands, Texas. "It is a huge change for the family," he writes. "My wife and three kids were born and raised in Connecticut. So far everyone’s doing well, though we’re certainly homesick. Erin, 15, plays volleyball and basketball; Zac, 14, is heavily into Texas football; and Byron, 10, has a great time with football, basketball, Scouts, etc. All are doing well academically." Scott can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Eric Schrier is the new editor-in-chief of all company products at the Reader’s Digest Association. He is responsible for editorial content and customers’ satisfaction with products including the U.S. and international editions of Reader’s Digest magazine, the company’s special-interest magazines, general-interest and reference books, the Select Editions condensed-book series, and music and videos. For the past five years Eric has been president and C.E.O. of Time Inc Health, and publisher of Health magazine, which he founded in 1987 and later sold to Time. From the March / April 2000 IssueRick Hyman, a twenty-four-year veteran of the California Coastal Commission, writes that he has been promoted to work on the Big Sur Coast Highway Management Plan in the Santa Cruz district office. The Coastal Commission is a state agency charged with protecting the coastal and marine environment. Rick also reports that Lesley Ewing ’74, an eleven-year employee, has been promoted to senior coastal engineer. Leslie Mendez ’92 has been hired to work on the regional cumulative-assessment project. Both Lesley and Leslie work in the San Francisco headquarters. John Oppenheimer (see Peter Bogdanow ’96). From the January / February 2000 IssueJean Parvin Bordewich reports that she has been named executive editor of Business Without Borders, a monthly magazine of global business and law published by Corporate Legal Times. In 1998, Jean, an elected member of her town council, was the Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's twenty-second district. Jean, her husband, Fergus, and daughter Chloe, live in Red Hook, N.Y. She can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Ed Friedlander is chairman of the pathology department at the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine. He writes: "I run the world's largest free public pathology site on the Internet at http://www.pathguy.com/, and I jump out of perfectly good airplanes." He welcomes e-mail at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it From the November / December 1999 IssueRobert Bojar '76 M.D. and his wife, Mercedes von Deck, announce the arrival of Alana Rachel Bojar on July 1. Bob is chief of cardiothoracic surgery at New England Medical Center in Boston. His wife is now juggling motherhood, her orthopaedic surgery practice, and her career in competitive ballroom dancing. This past summer she was a finalist in the United States Open Amateur Standard Championships, and in September she represented the United States in the World Championships in New Zealand. Robert A. Pollard is U.S. Consul General in Surabaya, Indonesia. His previous foreign service assignments include London, Munich, Washington, Singapore, Udorn Thani, Thailand, and Bangkok. From the September / October 1999 IssueBucky Edgett writes: "I'm still alive and well in the no-longer-quite-so-wilds of Carroll County, Md. I'm working in the home office on graphic design and other nifty publications stuff. I would love to hear from any old pals." Bucky can be reached at 663 Lake Dr., Westminster, Md. 21158; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Edward R. Friedlander, of Kansas City, Kansas, is chairman of the pathology department at the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City, Mo. He also operates a personalized on-line medical information service (www. pathguy.com). He would like to hear from old and new friends. From the July / August 1999 IssueTerry Pellmar started a new position as director of the neuroscience and behavioral health program at the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine in Washington, D.C. Terry can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it From the May / June 1999 IssueJoel J. Goldstein, Sudbury, Mass., writes: "After nineteen years, I have made a major career move. I left Digital on Jan. 1, where I was the corporate director of organization development. Compaq acquired Digital in June, and I worked for six months on the integration of the two companies' very different cultures and operating procedures. As far as I am concerned, however, life is too short to spend it in Houston, Compaq's headquarters. I have now established a part-time, independent consulting practice specializing in change management and executive team-development. I have a number of major clients in the Boston area and don't miss the grind of full-time work or air travel. I am also the vice president of the board of directors of Community Research Initiative, which does research and clinical trials on HIV treatments. My hope is to be able to spend more of my time on community work." Joel can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Gordon J. Hamilton has published New Evidence for the Authenticty of bsht in Hebrew Personal Names and for Its Use as a Divine Epithet in Biblical Texts. He has been teaching in London, Ontario, at Huron College's Faculty of Theology for eleven years. He enjoys research and is getting into lots of trouble as one of Canada's first openly gay professors of biblical studies. He can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Paul Tartter '77 M.D. and Vicky Rothman Tartter '77 Ph.D. celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary this fall, "a bit bemused since we still think of ourselves as in our twenties and recent Brown grads," Vicky writes. Last February, Paul left Mt. Sinai hospital's full-time staff after twenty years to try private practice. Principally a breast surgeon, he retains a clinical appointment at Mt. Sinai. The transition was smooth and the change revitalizing, and he is pleased to be still actively writing scientific papers and consulting in medical-practice cases, along with seeing patients and running the business. Vicky has just completed her tenth year at City College, eight years as professor of psychology. She is also on the faculty of the City University of New York Graduate Center's speech-and-hearing and psychology programs. She is codirector this year of the master's in psychology program at CUNY. Vicky published two books by Sage Publications Inc. in 1998, Language and Its Normal Processing and Language in Atypical Populations, both of which owe their initial inspiration to then-assistant professor Sheila Blumstein's 1971 two-semester course in psycholinguistics. Paul and Vicky have two sons, Eric, 13, and Alexander, 9, attending the Trevor Day School in Manhattan. "When interviewing there last year, we were both struck by how much like Brown it is in its spirit of learning. Eric, touring the middle school separately, described it with phrases reminiscent of those describing the new curriculum," Vicky writes. From the March / April 1999 IssueMichael J. Dick, Dryden, N.Y., is back law clerking in state court. Jennifer is still teaching elementary and Sunday school. Emily is enjoying first grade and her new puppy. "We hope all is well in your rainbow of life, too," Michael writes. "The BAM always brings back special memories." Daniel Harrison and Barbara Hirsch Harrison '75, Mt. Kisco, N.Y., announce that their daughter Emily will be a member of the class of 2003 - something that brings inordinate pleasure to them both. Barbara is glad Emily will be spared the embarrassing freshman-week experience of asking, "Where is the Sharpe Refectory?" Daniel offered to lend Emily his freshman beanie, but she declined. John Oppenheimer (see Alan Bogdanow '68). From the January / February 1999 IssuePeter H. Falk has been named director and president of the Institute for Art Research and Documentation (I.A.R.D.), a nonprofit arts and educational museum-services organization in Madison and Norwalk, Conn., that provides professional fine-art appraisals, manages artists' estate collections, and transcribes primary source material for art-research databases. R.V. Goodier has established Lakeside Physical Therapy Inc. at 1221 County Rd., #157, Eureka Springs, Ark. 72632, and provides pediatric physical therapy services to several rural northwest-Arkansas schools. He and Sandra would love to hear from classmates at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Rossie Lee Harris (see Keelan Stern '89). Alan Jolis (see "Abraham Stopped at Ten," p. 80) writes: "I just heard from my old roommate, James Hahn, after twenty-five years. We are looking for our other roommates, William Webb, Jack Valdez, and Stretch McGrath, who may have graduated in 1973 or 1974." Alan, a writer, lives with his wife, Cilla, and two sons in Sweden. Friends can e-mail him at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Catherine Brissey Maxwell, Granger, Ind., writes: "I am continuing (actually hanging on by my fingernails) my private practice as a clinical psychologist in the age of managed care. Our group has dwindled from eight in the glory days to four today. Scott, my husband, received an endowed chair in psychology at Notre Dame University this year, so at least one of the Maxwells is faring well professionally. Our daughter is a high school junior and is contemplating colleges - Brown among them - and our baby started middle school this year." Edward McAlpline writes: "I am still living (contrary to rumor) in Oakland with my wife of ten years, Anne Chambers. I first met Anne through her stepsister, Clytia Montllor '74. We have two children, Henry, 9, and Sam, 4. I seem to be rebuilding my house one room at a time, which wasn't quite how I planned it, but I am enjoying myself." He can be reached at (510) 531-2952. From the November / December 1998 IssueBob Parker (see Mark Atlas '85). The Hon. O. Rogeriee Thompson, an associate justice with the Rhode Island Superior Court, has been elected to the board of directors of the Nellie Mae Foundation. Previously she was an associate judge with the R.I. District Court and senior partner in the law firm of Thompson and Thompson. A well-known advocate for educational and community improvement, O. Rogeriee is currently on the board of the R.I. Children's Crusade and the Providence YMCA. She is a member of the Attorney General's task force on domestic violence and is an honorary trustee of Bryant College. From the September / October 1998 IssueAll those who attended the 25th reunion celebration will agree: it was a special weekend for a special class. The weekend started off in grand style in the garden at the home of President and Mrs. Gee. Attendance was terrific, and we enjoyed catching up with each other's lives at Field Day and the class dinner. We couldn't have asked for better weather, culminating with our grand descent down College Hill on Monday. We didn't need a repeat of the 1973 rainstorm! Keep those new and old connections going - use these class notes to stay in touch. - Jeff Schreck (jschreck@ msn.com), Jim Hahn ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ), and Marie Stoeckel.
Janet Adams, Lynn Higgins, and Suzanne Remington reunited for the first time since 1977 in London. They traveled to Edinburgh, where Lynn is a professor at the University of Edinburgh. Suzanne, who teaches German and English in Bad Sackingen, Germany, was accompanied by her husband, Bernd Friebe, and her daughter, Sarah. Lynn's son, Michael, and Janet's husband, Peter Ma (Tougaloo College), and son Patrick also made the historic reunion trip. Janet writes: "Discussion centered around how Lynn, Suzanne, and Bernd integrate the philosophies of the New Curriculum into their everyday teaching; taking more risks in our lives; and having more 'moments.' " They are planning a repeat reunion in three years. Cynthia Wills Harriman writes: "I traveled to Seoul in March with husband Lew and son Sam to celebrate our daughter Libby's marriage in a traditional Korean ceremony. The groom rode in on a Mongolian pony, the bride was carried in a covered sedan chair, and I wore Korean hanbok (native dress). It was straight out of an Oriental fairy tale. Libby graduated from Lewis & Clark College in 1996 and works as a radio and TV personality for Korean Public Broadcasting. Sam just completed his freshman year at Whitman College. Since 1990 I've been working for Computer Expressions, a Philadelphia manufacturer of computer accessories, from my home in Portsmouth, N.H., via phone, fax and e-mail. I do our company's PR, plan trade shows, and find overseas suppliers, among other responsibilities. The third edition of my book, Take Your Kids to Europe (Globe Pequot Press), was published last November. (You see - I did manage to use that French degree from Brown!) I'm still living on the seacoast, and I welcome Brown friends to visit." Cynthia can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Alan Jolis published his first novel in ten years, Love and Terror (Grove-Atlantic), in July. Bruce Miller, associate professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia, was awarded the Killam Teaching Prize at the university's commencement ceremonies. Maria Northrup Sears, Chicago, writes: "My husband, Ron, and I have recently returned from China, where we adopted our daughter, Lucy Northrup Sears, who was 2 on March 21. We are very happy." From the July / August 1998 IssueLinda Baumann has resumed her legal practice with Reed Smith Shaw & McClay after spending "several wonderful years" teaching at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Linda, who specializes in health-care and food and drug law, reports that she "finds the work very rewarding (and busy), since I practice in both the Princeton and Washington, D.C., offices. Greg, 17, Doug, 14, and Danny, 10, are thriving."Mary Bennett is building a consulting business in construction-management and housing issues. Mary writes: "I enjoy the flexibility of my schedule and seeing many areas, after having been trapped at a wastewater treatment plant from 6:25 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for four years. I'm on my local historic preservation commission, fighting the good fight against vinyl windows and siding. I spend as much time as possible with several of my friends' kids who are five years old and under; we do transportation excursions. I have two great cats, Roger and Lilly." Mary can be reached at |