April 2012 - Alumni News - Williams College

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safer. Her daughter Lauren is a
junior at Middlebury, and I had
thought only a star ice hockey
player, but Ann Oberender Noyes
sent us an update last fall that she
was the NESCAC field hockey
player of the year (or something
like that). Never knew Janet
had such athletic genes; maybe
her husband Marc helped. They
have their dental practice in
Portsmouth, N.H., and travel
to many Middlebury sporting
events.” Ruth continues, “In
late September I had lunch with
Brooks Tanner. He is living in
Manhattan and very proud that
his daughter has made it into
first grade and is thriving at her
school. I also saw Rick Walters at
a Williams alumni meet-and-greet
with President Falk. He seems
happy, has two children, lives in
NJ and works at Merrill Lynch
aka Bank of America. We went
into NYC and had dinner with
Missy McMahon and her husband
Jon Kramer. Missy looks exactly
the same, although she has finally
started to wear drugstore reading
glasses if the print is too small.
Their oldest, Tommy, graduated
from Colgate and has been working
in NY, contemplating applying
to law school. Younger son
Matt is a senior at Northwestern
and has a job lined up in Chicago
after graduation, no small feat
these days. My sons and I had
dinner at Elizabeth Laurent’s
home with her family. She is
doing well, married to Larry
Dame and has twins Edward and
Rebecca, soon to be 16. Elizabeth
is curator of Girard College in
Philadelphia as well as an active
volunteer and board member for
several Philadelphia institutions.”
Ruth concludes, “For me, I am
still a self-employed architect
but have had little (paid) work
the past year or two due to the
economy. I am in the process
of trying to assess how to do
more of the creative problemsolving
aspect of architectural,
development, master-planning
and design work on a consultant
basis both for private clients as
well as nonprofits. I just finished
a two-term stint on the board of
Princeton Academy of the Sacred
Heart, and I chaired the buildings
and grounds committee, which
during my tenure built a gym
and library, completed a facilities
audit, did a master plan and
started work with architects on
a build-out of the master plan. I
have been volunteering weekly at
the area food bank for about four
years. … My oldest son, Patrick,
is a freshman at Colorado
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Wendy Jacob ’80, recipient of the 2011 Maud Morgan Prize from the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), poses with Joseph Thompson ’81,
director of MASS MoCA, on one of her two installations at the MFA.
College. Younger son Lyndy is a
senior at Princeton Day School
and will hopefully be looked
upon with favor by an admission
office for his creative wit,
intellectual ability and academic
potential despite the fact that he
hates the busywork that would
have pushed his transcript to the
4.0 needed for any college these
days.”
Gus Nuzzolese reports, “Pat
Nuzz got into a bunch of colleges,
so now we start road tripping.
Our three girls were home
for Santa, and it was wild fun. I
got a panini griddle, so I spend
a lot of time making hot paninis
with whole-wheat flatbread,
heavily oiled sundried tomatoes,
smoked turkey, pepperoni, pesto
and provolone … then nappy
time. Mike Curran got married to
Lucy, so they have six kids, and
it’s heavenly. We plan on seeing
a lax game with a total of our 10
kids, enough for one team!”
Betty Keller lives in Vermont
with her husband Jonathan
Lynch. She’s been home with
kids for 14 years, volunteering
in media for social change and
active in seeking universal health
care for Vermont residents. Their
youngest is a junior in high
school, so she’s thinking about
professional pursuits. The oldest
graduated from Tufts, and the
middle one is a freshman at the
University of Vermont. Jonathan
works in alternative energy systems.
They were hoping to make
it to Italy for a bike trip in April.
Chip Oudin “spent much of
2011 traveling overseas, helping
Anadarko develop a West
African oilfield, but as the year
wore on, I realized that there
were parts of me that were
wearing out.” He had a full
hip replacement in November.
Ed Bousa better watch out, as
Chip claims there is now “more
titanium in my golf swing.”
Chip and his wife Julie remain in
the Woodlands, with daughter
Jeanie ’08 living in Houston and
working for Wood Mackenzie
and daughter Jessica performing
as a violinist with the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra. Chip is
hoping to travel more in 2012, as
the airport metal detectors will be
more entertaining.
Kathleen Kelliher had another
Williams alum stay with her in
the fall. Ali Tozier ’09 helped out
while applying for law school.
She worked for HERA, a charity
that helps trafficked women
start new businesses. Kathleen
has been in touch with Jean
Dexheimer Dudex (Smith ’79
exchange), whose daughter will
start at Smith next September.
Rebecca Webber’s life will get
slightly less busy next year as half
her brood takes off for college.
Daughter Lucy was accepted at
Bowdoin (where the ski coaches
will allow her to compete in both
XC and Nordic), and stepdaughter
Alana will be off to Boston
College. Rebecca broke a long
series of Bowdoin grads in her
family when she chose Williams,
so maybe Lucy’s decision will
return her some chance of inheritance.
One of Rebecca’s cases this
year involved a government fraud
case, the Department of Justice,
the FBI and the illegal sales of an
epilepsy drug, resulting in $26
million in penalties plus criminal
charges. There is balance in her
life, however, as she tracks down