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1990–1992
In May, Maria Sigmond Warner,
along with several other alumni, attended
the bar mitzvah of Jim and Michelle
Rosenthal Hubertus’ son Jacob.
Cindy Strahler Rhodes reports that
she and her husband cruised the eastern
Caribbean in January and went to
Pinehurst, North Carolina in March to
visit a piece of property they bought 31
years ago, where they plan to build a
retirement home. She attended Alumni
Summer College in July and said she
came away stimulated, refreshed, and
more educated.
Matt Sinclair’s big news is that he is
finally getting a little more sleep, as his
twin girls head toward their second
birthday in December.
Joined by Noelle Bastardi Anderson
and Kim Hart Hein, I had the pleasure
of visiting Jeanne McIntyre in Chicago.
We went to Ravinia to see Sting with the
symphony orchestra (AMAZING!) and
to Wrigley Field for a Cubs game.
Many thanks to all of you who sent in
updates. Please keep the news coming!
1991
Susan Githens Cable
506 Jennifer Lane
Gibsonia, PA 15044
cable_susan@yahoo.com
President: Patrick J. Mazur
Fund Manager: Open
Reunion Chair:
Catherine Moran Lippman
In June, our class started the
countdown to our next reunion, 20
years! I hope that many of you are
considering trekking to campus. I am,
and I would love to see familiar faces.
Our 20th reunion will see the end of
my third term as class correspondent.
Fifteen years is long enough, don’t you
think? Please let me know if you would
be interested in stepping into my shoes.
Great news from Houston: Rich
Guether married Anne Conyers Leader
there in April. Rich is a city planner in
the Bronx for the New York City
Department of City Planning. He
received a master’s in city and regional
planning from Ohio State. Anne will
continue to use her maiden name in her
job as an art history professor at the
Savannah College of Art and Design in
Atlanta. Anne graduated from Emory
University and received her master’s and
doctorate in art history from New York
University. Dave Kruse said that many
Sigma Chis attended (see photo online).
Here are three updates from
Facebook. Bill Griese, immersed in
music lately, spent much time this
summer in the recording studio working
on his long-overdue second album. The
album features all original music with
some “killer musicians” and was planned
for release this fall. See Bill on Facebook
for more information on his music.
In addition to recording, Bill writes a
lot of music and often plays gigs around
Morristown, N.J. He has been doing
freelance writing and creative direction
in marketing for two and a half years.
Bill, his wife, and their children, ages 9
and 7, have lived in Morris Plains, N.J.,
for five years.
Nick Mandarano lives in Jersey
City. She recently started a new job as a
grant writer at the Brennan Center for
Justice, New York University School of
Law. The Brennan Center is a public
policy and law institute that focuses on
the fundamental issues of democracy
and justice.
Lisa Salkin Harrington may be the
first member of our class with a collegebound
child! Her eldest heads off to the
University of Montevallo in the fall to
pursue an art degree. In addition to
parenting her other four children, Lisa
enjoys working part time as a psychiatric
nurse and as a Girl Scout troop leader.
Congratulations to Lisa and her
husband, Darrell, who will celebrate
20 years of marriage June 1.
Remember to let me know what you
are doing so I can let your classmates
know. Even if it’s old news to you, it’s
new to the rest of us!
1992
Rachel Gordon Skrzypczak
224 Central Ave.
Pleasantville, NY 10570
srmk22@verizon.net
Presidents: Laurie Gormley Broderick,
Jennifer Van Cleef Wilke
Fund Manager: Thomas J. Costello
Reunion Chair: Christine O’Hea Pitluk
Deborah Kirschner and her husband,
Harlan Weinberg, welcomed their
daughter, Ava Grace, May 18. Ava
weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces, and
was 18 inches long.
Aimee Meyer has worked as a
small animal veterinarian in southwest
Minneapolis for years. She still races
sailboats and this August competed in
the Ensign National Regatta on Lake
Huron, north of Mackinac Island,
Mich. “I miss all my old friends from
Lafayette,” says Aimee. “If you are in
Minnesota, look me up!”
In September 2009, the first
Armenian Church in Arizona was
constructed and consecrated. Over the
past seven years, classmate Donna
Barsamian Sirounian helped raise
money and awareness to build this
church in Scottsdale. She now serves
as the Armenian and Sunday School
superintendent. In May, WV Magazine
(www.wvmonline.com) recognized
Donna for her accomplishments, both
professionally and philanthropically.
Jason and Holly Epstein Ojalvo
write that they live in Brooklyn and are
“happy as clams in white wine sauce.”
Daughter Zoey, 5, had a rockin’ jam
session with Lucy Mahoney, the
daughter of Whelan ’94 and Kristin
McGinn ’95 Mahoney. Zoey, on
guitar, and Lucy, on drums, serenaded
the crowd with “ABC” and “Twinkle
Twinkle” (see photo online).
Jason ran all five New York City
borough half marathons as part of his
“before I turn 40” bucket list. On
weekdays, Jason churns out hundreds of
audiobooks as the vice president of
content creation for Audible.com, a
subsidiary of Amazon.com. Jason says
that the highlight of the year was
serving as executive producer of Woody
Allen’s collection of audiobooks, as well
as filming an in-depth interview with
Woody about the project. Jason
described the experience as “a dream
come true for this New York Jew!” He
added, “And now I can say I made a
film with Woody Allen. Sort of.” In
addition, Jason is busy building a new
business unit for Amazon, the details
of which are still top secret. It should
launch in time for the next edition of
Class Notes, so stay tuned.
Holly co-runs a New York Times
blog about teaching and learning at
learning.blogs.nytimes.com. She has
been with The Times for two years now
and loves it.
Another classmate in the journalism
field is Laura Buchwald. She writes
that she lives in Chelsea, N.Y., “with
my musician and my dog, and the
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