Class Notes

Hilary Baldwin Brown ’65 with her daughter and grandson on Cuttyhunk IslandPeter, Mae, and Ben, grandchildren of Susan Sherer Osnos ’65Alex Capilli, a 2009 graduate of GeorgeWashington University, has a job in theRome office of a small investment bankheadquartered in London. Wendy, happyto take a break from New Hampshirewinters, has been living in Rome. FaithWhitney, who has battled cancer and,more tragically, the death of her son Jimin 2008, writes, “Staying busy keeps megoing.” Faith cares for her two granddaughters,Marissa and Mikayla (theM&Ms), two days a week. “The simplicityand innocence of childhood is inspirational,and I love regressing to theirlevel.” Faith is self-employed, doing legalresearch related to real estate transactionsaround Rockland, MA. She is alsorenovating a house. Faith echoes thefeelings of many of us when she says,“Daughter Kim will be 42 in February,son Tom 41 in June; seems like yesterdayI was their age.”1965 45th reunionClass Secretaries: Cornelia KennedyAtkins, cornelia_atkins@comcast.net;Tracy Barker Greenwood, tracygreenwok@gmail.comWendy Arnold spent most of 2009 overwhelmedwith medical challengesrelated to two spinal fusions. “Why two?Because they totally screwed me up.The screws they put in me (in the firstoperation) fractured my sacrum, so I waslimited to a crawl! The second operationremedied the first, so I’m going to optimisticallyplan for some more work inHIV/AIDS prevention through peer educationin Africa.” Cornelia KennedyAtkins continues to be happy with life inthe city. “We were able to get around onfoot or the underground Metro duringthe February blizzards. The highlight ofour year was the beautiful and joyfulOctober wedding of our son Andrew toErin O’Hara in Newport, RI. The weekendincluded a day of sailing on tworetired America’s Cup boats. Quite athrill!” Kathy Travers Bittner writes,“Chris and I moved to Sarasota, FL fromMaine a year ago and are really enjoyingan early retirement. I have been doingsome in-home tutoring with middle andhigh school students and have beenbusy setting up our new home here inthe Sunshine State. My son Adam is livingand working in Hollywood, CA as amarketing director with an up-and-comingfilm company.” Congratulations andbest wishes to Hattie Motley Branson,who married Elliot Branson at her familysummer home in Small Point, ME. “WithElliot’s family and my family and manyMotley cousins present, we were marriedby the clubhouse overlooking thebeach. We took an immediate mini-honeymoonto the artist colony of MonheganIsland, ME, for three days. Thenover the Thanksgiving holidays we wenton our ‘real’ honeymoon to Tahiti, whichincluded a 10-day Tall Ships cruisethrough the turquoise crystal watersaround the Society Islands and theTuamotu Atolls. Now, back in Colorado,we enjoyed the winter skiing season.”Hilary Baldwin Brown reports, “Thejoys of two new grandsons (born amonth apart, though geographicallyabout 5,000 miles apart!) brings ourcount to two granddaughters (Utah), twograndsons (Hawaii), and one grandson(Washington, DC). My eldest, Jasmine,recently became engaged to a wonderfulman whom we all love. My own personalhealth challenge has been livingwith post-polio syndrome (and trying toeducate my medical community about it—and its legitimacy). I had to close myprivate practice as a clinical MSW threeyears ago, after 35 years of psychiatricsocial work, and am learning to slowdown, take naps, and do aqua therapy alot.” Edie Bates Buchanan is in her 30thyear of teaching part-time at a parentcooperative preschool in Denver, whereshe continues to advocate passionatelyfor play for young children. “Tim continuesin the insurance business, and weare both trying to reduce our accumulatedstuff. Recent vacations haveincluded trips to Alaska, Europe, and theCaribbean, as well as to Washington, DC(where I stayed with Cornelia KennedyAtkins), Philadelphia (to see my sister,Betsy Bates ’66, and her family), andmost recently to Needham, MA to visitour two grandsons, 6 and 3. We had awonderful family reunion last October atDevil’s Thumb Ranch in Colorado, at ourson Tom’s wedding to Sarah McDowell.”Roz Deming has retired after working inthe UN system for 30 years, where shewas in charge of education and trainingfor developing countries in the area ofeconomic development through sustainabletourism. “I am in my first year ofretirement debating between total sloth,just doing what I feel like, or reinventingmyself. For the present I am doing someconsulting work for my former employer,the UN World Tourism Organization, andtaking an active part in local environmentalactivities aimed at preserving the fragileMadrid ‘Sierra,’ a mountainous area tothe northwest of Madrid toward Segovia,where I live.” This has been a year oftransitions for the family of Linda GalstonFates. “We welcomed two moregrandchildren, bringing us to a grandtotal of six (four in Boxford, MA and twoin San Diego). The joy of new life balancesa bit the loss of the oldest generation—mydear dad died on October 27.He celebrated his 100th birthday lastJune with all 53 members of his family,from age 100 to 8 weeks, including 20great-grandchildren. I continue to put inlong work weeks at Harvard, with a specialfocus on fundraising for engineeringand applied sciences, as well as for thecollege and other programs of the university.And for fun, Richard and I bought a19-foot sailboat last year, which wemaneuver through the challenging currentsof Ipswich Bay and Plum IslandSound. I’m not giving up my beloved yellowkayak, where I seem to have morecontrol.” With massive budget issues onthe horizon, Tracy Barker Greenwoodhopes to continue working in the localelementary school library, but husbandPeter, “retired”/was laid off from thebanking business in April. “I hope tocatch up with many friends at reunion.”Jo Churchill Guerrieri is still rehabbingstarter homes, and enjoying country living.This past fall she volunteered for thelocal handicapped riding program, findingit inspirational for its impact on the riders.She’s looking forward to reunion.Amy Handy continues her work as apsychotherapist at a community mentalhealth agency and for pleasure stillpaints, plays music with friends, contradances,wanders in the woods, andenjoys her children and grandkids (five of51C O N C O R D A C A D E M Y. O R G S P R I N G 2 0 1 0