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June. She sent a postcard to her
father thanking him for sending
her to Macalester and hopes that a
friend’s son will enroll in 2014.
Evelyn Early is retired after serving
as a diplomat in Morocco, Syria,
the Czech Republic, and Sudan,
and teaching anthropology at the
Universities of Houston, Notre
Dame, and New Mexico. She is
author of the ethnography Baladi
Women of Cairo, Egypt: Playing with
an Egg and a Stone and co-editor
of the third edition of Everyday
Life in the Muslim Middle East
(forthcoming, Indiana University).
Evelyn hopes to work with a
nongovernmental organization on
Middle East issues. Amelia-Aleene,
the daughter Evelyn adopted from
Honduras, is now 22.
Paula Laube retired from Planned
Parenthood of the Heartland in
January 2013. She joined Dave
Laube ’61, Carol Frikke Laube ’63,
Doug Laube ’66, Janet Johnson
Laube ’66, Sara Laube Kurtz
’73, and Ed Laube ’67 at the high
school graduation of Ed’s daughter
(and Paula’s niece) Emma, who
is now a member of Macalester’s
Class of 2017.
1969
The Class of 1969 will be celebrating
its 45th Reunion June 6–8, 2014. See
macalester.edu/alumni/reunion.
MAC AROUND THE WORLD
Gerald Nordley published two
novels, The Black Hole Project and
To Climb a Flat Mountain, under
the name G. David Nordley with
variationspublishing.com in 2012.
The novels are based on pieces that
appeared in Analog Science Fiction
and Fact magazine.
Laura Golderer Raysbrook
welcomed her second grandson,
Owen Robert Raysbrook Crocker,
on Aug. 13, 2012.
1970
Since retiring from the San
Antonio Express-News in
2007, Michael Greenberg
has “accidentally” become a
playwright. His first full-length
effort, a play about Vietnam
veterans titled Three Views of a
Waterfall, was staged in Bastrop,
Texas, in 2011. He has also
written three 10-minute plays,
one of which will be produced in
January, and is at work on a fulllength
one-character play.
1971
The Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha,
Neb., has announced plans to open
its second exhibition space named
in honor of benefactors Karen
and Doug Riley. The Karen and
Doug Riley Contemporary Artists
Project Gallery will feature work by
emerging and mid-career artists
Classmates Rick Ahern ’66 (left) and Buff Bradley ’66
reconnected this summer in St. Paul. They spent a morning
strolling around the Macalester campus to see all the changes
that have taken place since the 1960s.
MAC AROUND THE WORLD
Macalester alumni gathered at the North Carolina home of
Neil DeGroot ’81 and his wife, Joanne DeGroot ’82, in August
2013. Pictured are (standing, from left): Brian Turner ’81, Steve
Sollien, Neil DeGroot ’81 and Paul Gralen ’82 and (seated, from
left): Carlynn White Trout ’82, Joanne Johnson DeGroot ’82, and
Elizabeth Orr.
from America and abroad. Doug is
the owner of DRG Technologies; his
family foundation has supported
more than 200 organizations and
projects.
1972
Lee Reading has retired from a 40-
year career in outdoor education
and residential camping. He lives
in Black Mountain, N.C., with his
wife, Ann Lutz. Lee looks forward
to visiting Macalester in July
2014 while in the Twin Cities to
compete in the Disc Golf World
Championships.
1974
The Class of 1974 will be
celebrating its 40th Reunion June
6–8, 2014. Reunion chairs are Hugh
Huelster (bilady@visi.com) and
Kristin Midelfort (midelfort@alumni.
macalester.edu). See macalester.
edu/alumni/reunion.
1975
Ronald Eisenberg has been
selected for inclusion in the 2013
edition of Florida Super Lawyers
magazine. Ron is chair of the estate
planning, trust, and administration
practice with Henderson, Franklin,
Starnes & Holt, P.A.
1977
Kent Meyer has been called to
serve as acting senior pastor of
Zion United Church of Christ
in Le Sueur, Minn. He and his
wife, Deb, previously served as
co-pastors at St. Luke’s United
Church of Christ in Eitzen, Minn.,
for nine years. Kent spent the past
five years serving as an adjunct
faculty member in the Religion
and Philosophy Department at
Viterbo University.
The Tico Times reported that
Catherine Thayer Nicholson,
Costa Rica’s honorary consul to
Minnesota, traveled in August
to Costa Rica with her daughter
Laura and two other Girl Scouts
who were working on a project to
promote conservation and raise
awareness of the birds that migrate
between the northern United
States and Central America.
1980
“I’ve gotten the distinct message
that I have to slow down,” writes
primary care internist and clinician
educator Thomas Jaeger. He has
begun practicing Ashtanga yoga
and Insight Meditation.
Seth Turner continues to write
music. His current project is “Love
Psalms Song Cycle.”
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