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Merrill L. Magowan ’51 and his wife were honored when the mayor of San Francisco proclaimed June 1, 2005, as Merrill and Cinnie Magowan Day in San Francisco. The mayor declared: “San Francisco has been enriched by Cinnie and Merrill Magowan through their generosity and commitment to the San Francisco Zoo.”
H. Aston Crosby, Jr. ’54 performed in Twelfth Night, for the Shakespeare in the Park program at Untermeyer Park, Yonkers, New York, this past summer.
The latest book by Robert A.F. Thurman ’54, The Jewel Tree of Tibet, was published in February 2005. The book presents a practical, accessible system for pursuing the path to happiness and enlightenment, here and now. In addition to being an author, Bob is a scholar, a former Tibetan monk, and director of Tibet House in New York City.
Robert A. McAlister ’58 tells us that he thinks of the school and his old friends (especially Mr. Westgate) often. He and his wife are both “disgustingly healthy and on the run before the break of day till long after dark.” They have built a home in the foothills of the western North Carolina mountains, where they raise and show quarter horses along with a wide and wild assortment of other animals. Bob would love to hear from anyone from the classes of 1958 or 1959.
Peter H. Werner ’60 e-mailed to tell us that he and John A. Rubinstein ’60 “finally worked together for the first time since Macbeth in 1960.” Peter directed Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution and John played defense attorney Mark Geragos. The movie premiered on CBS in May 2005.
John P. Meyer ’61 married Jo Frances Kaplan on March 26, 2005, in Boston, Massachusetts. The couple met at a resort in Taos, New Mexico.
William H. Woolverton, III ’64 is pleased to report that he recently joined the law firm of Dechert LLP in Boston. He will continue his work as an investment management lawyer. Bill and his wife, Theresa, have two children: Alice in the ninth grade and Peter in the fourth grade. “Alice is a serious scholar and also rows crew for her school. Peter is planning to play center field for the Red Sox someday.”
William G. Dean ’69 thought his classmates would be “amazed, no, shocked” to learn that he worked very hard to elect a Democrat to the White House in 2004. This Democrat is his brother, Governor Howard Dean. “Yes, I have become smarter in my old age!”
This summer, Charles Altschul ’72 held an exhibition at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport, Maine, titled “Cuban Connections.” On display was an exhibition by Marines who have photographed Cuba and examples of significant contemporary Cuban art from Marine collections.
Angus McN. Wilkie ’72, a social historian and critic, whose writing appears regularly in Elle Décor, House & Garden, The World of Interiors, Antiques, and Art & Auction, wrote the text for a book on the artist Simon Parkes, a painter who works en plein air. The book, Summer Places: Eastern Long Island and New England, was published by Vendome Press (owned by current parent Mark Magowan) in June 2005.
In March 2005 Henry P. Davison, II ’76 broke his pelvis in four places during an international ski competition in Switzerland. The prognosis was good as he didn’t shatter anything, but it was a painful recovery, as Harry needed “to learn to walk again.” On a happier note, Harry and Kristina are thrilled to announce that newborn son Henry Davison arrived on July 18, 2005.
Laurence T. Fessenden ’77 played a role in the movie Broken Flowers, which was release in August 2005. Larry has a production company called Glass Eye Pix.
Geoffrey S. Bennett ’79, his wife Cindy, and their three sons Tucker, Christopher, and Jasper are extremely pleased to welcome Alexandra Miller Bennett, born at home on May 30, 2005, (her mother’s birthday!) into the Bennett household.
John D. Bandman ’80 has resumed teaching cooking and restaurant management at the Art Institute of NYC. He also does some extensive traveling through Asia to do food photography work for a food history class.
Andrew C. Blume ’81 was ordained a Deacon in the Episcopal Church at St. Paul’s Cathedral Church of Boston on June 4, 2005.
F. LaGrange Johnson ’81 is thrilled that his nephew, Crawford Sargent 2014, is now a kindergartener at St. B’s.
Catherine and Timothy G. Fogarty ’83 are the proud parents of Cecilia Fogarty, who was born on March 1, 2005.
Barbara and Andrew S. Gundlach ’85 are very excited about the birth of their son, Henry Eduard Botho, on June 20, 2005.
Eliot F. Pratt ’85 announced the birth of his son, Avery, who was born on March 17, 2004.
David K. Kraft ’86 lives in Milford, Connecticut, with his wife, Franca, and their son, Benjamin, who was born in August 2004. David was recently promoted to Producer in ESPN’s Original Entertainment division, where he produces content “for everything from DVDs, to the Internet, to cell phones.”
Reha H. Kocatas ’88 married Kathleen Intravia on October 31, 2004. Their wedding took place in Lyford Cay, Bahamas, and was attended by Joshua C. Gruss ’88 and Landon S. Nordeman ’88.
Nicholas R.T. Judson ’89 was graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in computer engineering. He is currently working at Judson Realty with his father.
John G. LaMarca ’90 and his wife announce the birth of their son, Jack, born on May 2, 2005.
Daniel C. Baker, IV ’93 will attend New York University Law School in the fall 2005.
Christopher M. Dabrowski ’94 received an M.A. in international peace and security at King’s College, London in January 2005. He lives in London and is working at an aerospace and defense consulting firm.
Raymond Morales ’94 was accepted into the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Medical Scholars Program. Raymond expects the M.D./Ph.D. program to last approximately eight years.
Duncan M.S. Sinclair ’95 was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania as a mathematics major. He is now attending Johns Hopkins University to start work on his Ph.D. in mathematics.
Rory S. Gordon ’96 e-mailed to tell us that he has had “quite an adventure over the past nine years.” After graduation from high school, Rory had been accepted to the University of Virginia on a full scholarship. He then had to take a leave of absence due to medical difficulties, which culminated in his 2002 diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. “I’ve finally gotten my health and state of mind to the point where I’ll be returning to school in August 2005.”
Daniel C. Morosani ’96 was graduated from Middlebury College this past June, where he majored in Russian and international political economy. He has now been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marines.
In August Jake Rugge-Price ’96 was deployed to Iraq as a lieutenant with the Light Dragoons. He will be patrolling the Saudi Arabian border in an armored reconnaissance regiment day and night.
Nicholas R. Ward ’96 and J. Charles S. McAteer 2002 performed in Richard and Anne, a play presented by the Mirror Repertory Company last June in New York. The play, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Maxwell Anderson in 1955, reconsiders King Richard III, espousing the theory that he was a hero much maligned by Shakespeare’s play.
Peter B. Allen ’99 is majoring in English literature and political science at Dickinson College. This past summer Peter assisted the campaign manager in Andrew Rasiej’s campaign for Public Advocate of New York.
Princeton University’s Department of Classics awarded the 2005 Stinnecke Prize to Russell M. Squire ’99. This prize, established in 1870, is given to the sophomore or junior who passes the best examination based on the Odes of Horace, Eclogues of Vergil, and Latin grammar and prosody, as well as the Anabasis of Xenophon or Plato's Euthyphro, Crito, Apology and Phaedo and Greek Grammar.
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