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Krista Magnifico lives in Pennsylvania with husband
Joe and their three dogs, six cats and one pig. She
is a veterinarian and writes: “I’m busting my butt
trying to save the four-legged world!”
Emile “Anton” Rainold is going to try and make the
25th Reunion. He and wife Tavi and son AJ are doing
well and still enjoying the Colorado mountains.
Anton enjoys hunting bull elk during archery season.
Adam Renner writes: “My wife and I welcomed our
new boys Evan and Eli on September 25, 2011, and
they join their twin brothers, Caleb and Connor, 4.
Yes, you read right, two sets of twins ... To say our
life is chaotic would be an understatement.”
1989
Michael Snyder announced that after 22 plus years
Jennifer Riley finally accepted his proposal for
marriage, and they’ve bought a home outside of
Boston.
Pun Chavalitdhamrong and Kristin “Kit” Van
Wagner caught up over lunch in Bangkok. “I’m
spending four and a half months in Southeast Asia
working on a small expedition ship. Have quit the
desk jockey world forever – I hope!”
Matt Woodward and wife Monique restored a
historic house in the heart of Denver. Matt works in
technology, doing backup for corporate databases
and other systems. “If someone deletes something,
we get it back for them, maybe. I like it because
most of the time someone else makes the mistake
and has to come to us for help. The downside is that
no one notices you unless something goes wrong!”
1990
Jonathan DePeyer admitted that he prefers to keep
a low profile but has kept in touch with his former
roommates and has fond memories of his time at
Brewster. He earned a master’s in counseling at the
University of Laverne and counsels and coaches at
a private all-boys’ high school where he also works
with special needs students. Jon is a martial arts
instructor and has written a book, Rebuilding the
Mitch Wolff ’s ’90 daughter Channing Elizabeth Wolff
recently celebrated her first birthday.
Foundation. He lives with his wife and one-year-old
son on the outskirts of Los Angeles.
David Hunter says: “Life is good! Daughter Peyton is
7 and daughter Eliza just turned 1.”
Mitch Wolff is a principal at the commercial real
estate firm Newmark Knight Frank in their Dallas
location. He and wife Carrie recently celebrated
daughter Channing’s first birthday. Mitch is
partnering with the Alumni and Development Office
to coordinate a Dallas Brewster alumni chapter. We
look forward to working with him and the chapter
in the coming months – watch for an invitation to a
Dallas event this spring!
1991
Jen (Feldman) Barkon, is living the American
dream in the middle of Los Angeles. “Husband Gil
and I have been married for seven years, which has
resulted in Eli, 5, and Sydney, 3, who are managing
to give it back to me ... in spades. All the Brewster
faculty can rest assured that I am getting what I’m
due! I’m climbing the corporate ladder (very tired)
and have left fashion (at least literally) for the
greener pastures of advertising and am very happy.
I’ve kept in touch with Susie Maggard and Mark
Radley ‘90 and recently had dinner with Tim Smith
in San Francisco. All are doing fine!”
Elizabeth Dales wrote in last summer describing
life with her son Jack as very busy. At the time,
Jack was in computer camp, sailing lessons, and
preparing for an upcoming wilderness camp and a
Mystery Photo
Be the first alumna/us to tell us which faculty
member hosts this Uncle Sam in his or her
classroom and win an autographed copy of The
Brewster Story: A Definitive History of Brewster
Academy, by Robert and Shirley Richardson.
We had many alumni correctly identify the six
cheerleaders in last issue’s Mystery Photo but
Jane Clow Smalley ’59 was the first to do so.
Jane commented “I remembered every one of
the names before I went to my yearbook to look
for the picture! Amazing how it comes back to
us. I may not remember everyone who was on a
hike I led two weeks ago – but 52 years ago …”
The Bobcat cheerleaders in the 1959 photo were
(l to r): Posey (Leavitt) Funkhouser ‘61, Carol
(Johnson) Appleton ‘59, Betsy Fernald-Maier ‘61,
Mary (Glidden) Cleary ‘59, Helena “Joy” (Jutras)
Thurston ‘59, and Peggi (Reissfelder) Smith ‘59.
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