AndoverMagSpring2015

www.andover.edu/intouchhim...I was very moved by Bart’s participation in thememorial service at the Chapel on Sunday, when heread out the names of our late classmates. His voiceresonated and commanded attention. We listened.Enough said.” Another unique voice of PA ’64 hasbeen lost, now 30 in all. Bart’s obit and picturesfrom our reunion and from his family are availableat http://1drv.ms/1GRs7VV. The 72 percent ofour class with published e-mail addresses receivedthis information from me on October 30. If youwere not included in this prior announcement andwish to receive more timely notices than these triannualpublications, send me your e-mail addressand note whether it is to be shared.196550th REUNIONJune 11–14, 2015ABBOTKaren Swenson20100 SW Peavine RoadMcMinnville OR 97128503-472-2988chezkren@gmail.comI needed help due to the flu, and I thank those whoresponded. Anne McDermott wrote, “At EllenHuntington Slade’s behest, I contacted somepeople about the reunion yearbook, and that wasfun! I spoke to Ginger Bertsche Jones at greatlength and loved our discussion. Ginger and Istarted out as ‘preps’ together in Sherman House.She is living in Georgia with her husband but keepingher Northern connections alive with a summerhouse in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. She sent me alovely picture of herself with her husband and theirgrandson at his high school graduation. I hope shewill come back to Andover for our reunion!“Betsy Giblin Jones and I have been exchanginge-mails. Betsy was in the Peace Corps in Ugandain 1971. She is planning to come to the States fromher home in England for a Peace Corps reunionin Florida, but will probably not make it back toAndover. She has been living in England sincethe ’70s. She sent me a picture of her husband anddaughters and extended British family. She lookswonderful! I reminded her that my first trip to NYCwas with her, her mother (Elizabeth Giblin ’32),Joanne Hyde Stevens, and Jane Sullivan. Jane washead of the Alumnae Office and was a close friendof Betsy’s mother. It was a great adventure, seeingthe Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall and visitingthe Statue of Liberty. Betsy and Joanne and I werejust kids in the big city.“My dear friend Claudia Hall Moore retiredSept. 30 after 26 years as manager of the Parisoffice of a New York law firm. Claudia and husbandJohn have lived in Paris for 35 years. Theirdaughter Renata and son-in-law Chris had a babygirl, Cara, in November. Claudia is delighted to bea grandmother. She sounds wonderful and seemsvery happy to be setting off on this next adventureof retirement.“Finally, it has been great fun for me to be backin touch with Ellen Huntington Slade, who hasbeen working so hard to put the yearbook together.As for me, both my children have recently becomeengaged. My daughter Alex’s wedding will be oneweek after the June reunion, and I am feeling thatthere is a lot to do! My son, Andrew, and his fiancéeare both finishing up PhD programs (unfortunately,on opposite coasts) and will have a weddingwhen they are both done, probably the summer of2016. My husband, Andy Higgins, our dog, Alfie,and I are alive and well in Newton, Mass.”Anne McDermott is one of several who havebeen involved in preparing for our reunionactivities. Sarah Massengale Gregg has also beeninvolved and is enjoying the experience. She writes,“How lovely it is to connect with adult women whoshared our Abbot experiences. Barb Dow White,Allyson Davies, and I all went on to Goucher, sowe actually shared four more years together. I hada nice talk with Allyson, who has moved to NorthCarolina to be with grandchildren.“I did see Barb Dow White in the late winter.She came to a ‘do’ in Washington, D.C., with heryounger sister, Marilyn ’69. We had a great visitand laughed and talked. Lee Mock Ryan was goingto join us, but her husband was not well. He diednot long after that, in mid-February. I have seenLee several times since then and really enjoyedreconnecting. Isn’t it interesting how, at this time oflife, when so many of the responsibilities we eachcarried have eased up, it brings great joy to reconnectand spend time with women who sharedour girlhoods?”Anna Thal Reno considers herself semiretiredafter 35-plus years of child care. She is enjoyingworking on projects like the midterm elections andother endeavors. Katherine Abler Harvey hasalso been working on reunion activities. She andhusband Julian are fine, but too busy. As previouslyreported, they divide their time between Chicagoand Antibes, France. They will be flying to Franceafter the reunion.Kathy Stover Holian spent Thanksgivingon the North Shore of Boston, visiting heryounger son and his family, and was in SanFrancisco visiting her older son and his family forChristmas. She loves being a grandmother to fourgrandchildren ages 10, 6, 4, and six months. Kathystill lives in Nebraska but travels to the two coaststo visit her grandchildren. As part of my reunionactivities, I was excited to locate and hear, briefly,from Alison Dodd, living in Franconia, N.H., andmaking gorgeous pottery.Finally, a recurring theme from everyone whohas been contacting classmates: It’s a beautifulthing to reconnect. Our 50th Reunion is a oncein-a-lifetimeopportunity.[Editor’s note: The Academy has receivedword that Ann Bradshaw Barrows passed awayon June 30, 2014. Please see her obituary in theIn Memoriam section.]PHILLIPSNick Marble10674 North Osceola DriveWestminster CO 80031303-439-7819nick.marble@yahoo.comHi, all. This edition of the class notes willnecessarily, and I hope understandably, be brieferthan its many recent predecessors, for two reasons:(1) Many of you contributed to the reunion book,and your terrific essays sufficed to update the classon what’s new/not so new and important in yourlives, and (2) your faithful scribe joined the ranksof the replacements (right hip) in December andis recovering even as we speak, or as I write, orwhatever. Also, please be advised that, after the50th Reunion in June, I will join the ranks of theclass secretaries emeritus (emeriti?), as I firmlybelieve it’s time for some new blood and a newperspective. It has been fun, the pay is great, butit’s time to move on. So, guys, take a number,and the selection committee will meet soon andmake its momentous decision. [Editor’s note: TheAcademy is grateful for Nick Marble’s service. Ifany member of the PA Class of 1965 would like totake over the role of class secretary, please contactLaura MacHugh at lmachugh@andover.eduor 978-749-4289.]Morrison Bonpasse has decided to takeon Hillary, Jeb, Elizabeth, Mario, Larry, Curly,and Moe. Yes, he’s running for president, andhe’s asking for your support. In the interest ofremaining politically neutral, but also in theinterest of disseminating publicly availableinformation, I’m relating that you may contributethrough ACTBlue at www.actblue.com, or by mailat Bonpasse for President Committee, P.O. Box390, Newcastle, ME 04553. You might also trybonpasse@roadrunner.com for more information.Not running, but pedaling his way into fameand glory, is our own Konnie Yankopolus, whohas recovered sufficiently from a broken pelvisto bicycle cross-country (from San Francisco toPortsmouth, N.H.) starting May 30. Yank will flyfrom Salt Lake City for the reunion, then it’s backto Utah and back in the saddle for another 2,000miles. But, after Colorado, it’s all downhill. Right.Sure it is. Sort of. Not really. Meanwhile, back inUtah, Rick Bennett probably mounts the podiumfor most grandchildren: 19 and counting. Not tomention one great-granddaughter. Geez...that’s acollege basketball team, plus the walk-ons and theassistant coaches.Kudos to Chris Harte, who was recognized asOutward Bound’s National Benefit honoree. Someamong us might recall that admission director JoshMiner brought some of the OB practices, like the“drownproofing” exercise, to PA. I spent most ofmy drownproofing experience at the very bottomof the diving pool. My goal was to drink enoughwater to lower the level so I could breathe again.Finally, some sad news. Sam Coppage passedAndover | Spring 201587