Red & Gray Magazine: Focus on Service Learning - The Fessenden ...

CLASS NOTES8th graders now playing lacrosse. I also gotcoerced into playing in a men’s league afteralmost 30 years away from the game.”(February 2009)Jonathan Raymond ’74 (jraymond@saccity.k12.ca.us) is the new Superintendent ofSchools in Sacramento, California. He writes,“I credit Fessy for my love of learning, andit is where my career in education began.”(October 2009)1975Stephen JeffriesjeffriesSB@cs.comSteven Mercer ’75 (smercer12121960@yahoo.com) writes, “I am working as astock/sales associate at the Van Heusen outletin Kittery, Maine, and living in Rochester,New Hampshire. I would like to hear frommy classmates from the Class of ’75.”(November 2009)1978Andrew Zelermyerbzelermyer@goulstonstorrs.comScott Puopolo ’78 (puopolo@cisco.com)visited Fessenden in November. He spoke atmorning meeting and in several classes onmaking a difference in others’ lives and howtechnology is changing our world. Scott isVice President at Cisco Systems in charge ofits global internet service provider practice.(November 2009)Scott and several of his teachers still on the facultytoday, l. to r. Ced Paine (former science teacher), Scott,Steve Cincotta (history), and Steve Naiman (band).1979Mark DeAngelisMDeAngelis@dataassociates.comMark DeAngelis ’79 (MDeAngelis@dataassociates.com) is living in Wellesleywith his wife Dana and three boys. Their sonTommy is a current Fessenden seventh graderand enjoying a wonderful year. Mark volunteersat Fessenden, Duke and Nobles andGreenough, where he is currently serving atwo-year term as President of the GraduatesAssociation. (November 2009)1980Andrew Gosmanandrewgosman@hotmail.com1981Jared Gossjared.goss@metmuseum.orgPeter Buhler ’81 (PBuhler@coneinc.com) isArt Director at Cone, an ad agency in Boston.(September 2009)W. Austin Curwen ’81 (acurwen@thacher.org) recently returned from a year-longsabbatical in Bristol, England, where he studiedmaritime archaeology. “I continue to teach(and coach and advise) at the Thacher Schoolin southern California where I am in mytwelfth year.” He also volunteers for trail cleanup and other outdoor work. (November 2009)1982John Domesickdomesick@yahoo.com1983Tom Slosbergtslosberg@yahoo.comChristopher Balz ’83 (christophermbalz@stanfordalumni.org) writes, “On the topic ofwork, I have just changed jobs from E*Tradeto Stratify, Inc., a unit of Iron Mountain(IRM). Stratify is located in Mountain View,California. My title is Senior Member ofTechnical Staff and my role there is Front-endArchitect. I am helping to add value to IronMountain’s vast store of data by building Webbasedsoftware. As a side project, I am workingon a mechanism for secure online micropayments.Depending on the season, growingsweet corn, broccoli, strawberries, raspberries,and asparagus in my garden. Signed up forIronman Arizona on Nov. 21, 2010, with TeamSheeper out of Menlo Park, California—joinme there!” (December 2009)Ahab Downer ’83 (ahabdowner@earthlink.net) has been heading up the officesof the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)for several years in the South Pacific on theIsle of New Caledonia. (December 2009)Ahab Downer and his budding family.Rufino Pérez De La Sierra ’83 (rufinoperez@eastlink.ca) writes from Dartmouth, NovaScotia, “My wife and I have just celebrated ournineteenth wedding anniversary. I have a beautifuldaughter who is turning six this year. Mytranslation firm will be fifteen years old inFebruary 2010. I volunteer for my communityquite a bit. I am a Knight of Columbus and Iam active in various capacities, such as theSummer Carnival, Soccer Challenge, and othervarious events. My wife and I also volunteer atmy daughter's school on regular basis, as lunchmonitors, class parents and setting up roomsfor various functions. I am a translator, and assuch I provide professional services, whichhave included community service working forthe courts. And my wife was the organizer oftwo Canada Clean Shores events here inDartmouth, where our entire family volunteeredto clean around the pond near ourhome.” (November 2009)1984Peter Welchpwelch@susq-capital.comTempus fugit! Members of the Class of 1984 enjoyed dinnerat their 25th reunion. Front row: Dix Wheelock, backrow l. to r. Peter Welch, Don Thomas, Tim Johnson, GregJulian, Dan Kornfeld and Tim Batchelder.24 w w w . f e s s e n d e n . o r g