Class Notes

Holladay Rust Bank ’72 (in blue dress) at the wedding of her son WardRobin Jones ’73 with partner Nick Danforth at Jones Beachposals and manuscripts that people submitfor publication. Cairo is pretty crazy,but we have a lot of interesting experiencesand exposure to fabulous stuff.”Randi hopes to hook up with PamelaRollings, who sends this news: “I amsplitting my time between Pittsburghand Dubai since my husband has openedan office for his law firm in the UAE. It’sa good time for traveling, as both oursons are in college. Our guest room isready for anyone interested in visitingDubai.” I asked Pam if she has gone upthe tallest building on earth yet, and shereplied, “Been there, done that! I havebeen writing a blog about living in Dubai,if you are interested it’s at pamelarollings.blogspot.com.”Helen KraftBuckwalter writes from Houston thatshe and her husband are almost emptynesters, with the youngest of three asenior in high school, one in college, andthe oldest already graduated. They planto spend much of the summer and earlyfall at their vacation home in Santa Fe.Congratulations to Holladay Rust Bank,who reports, “Our oldest was marriedlast spring and continues to make movietrailers in LA. Our second child is also inLA, working for TLC/Discovery channel,and our youngest is a freshman in thetelevision/theater/film department atUCLA. And no, we are not moving to LA,but it is a nice place to visit now that weare officially empty nesters. I am verybusy running a grants program in ourlocal Women’s Giving Circle, finally givingout money and not begging for itfrom others.” Day is already looking forwardto our reunion in 2012. JennyWise Blackman and her husband flewfor the first time in 25 years and wererelieved to see that the wings did not falloff the plane. The occasion was a celebrationvisit with their son in Seattle forhis graduation from the University ofWashington. The three of them hiked,kayaked, and explored several parks.They now understand why he lovesliving there.1973Class Secretary: Cathrine Wolf,cwolf@foxcroft.orgSuzanne Kelleigh Anderson is a seniorwetland ecologist at Otak in Seattle,working on a wonderfully wide range ofwork—from road and stormwater projectsto exciting stream, wetland, andestuary restorations. She remarried severalyears ago, to Marvin Anderson, anarchitect. “I still hear occasionally fromHilary Clark-Hamel, but I am such a badcorrespondent that she sometimesdespairs of me.” Sarah Bartlett’sdaughter Emilia is headed to Vassar inthe fall. “Thankfully, I still have a coupleof years left at home with Ian, who is asophomore in high school. I’m not sokeen on this empty nest thing.” CarrieMinot Bell fundraises for her three sons’Boston-area schools (Jimmy, 12, at Park;Henry, 15, at Nobles; and George, 17, atBB&N) and serves on several localboards. She launched a Web site (carrieminot.com),where she sells herdecoupage trays, ottomans, and jewelry.Husband George is a venture capitalistspecializing in new media companies.Patricia Chao spent five months of 2009in Japan on a fellowship researching hernext novel. She took intensive Japanesein Tokyo and traveled, including pilgrimagesto volcanoes and hot springs on theisland of Hokkaido. Amy CammannCholnoky writes, “JB is a teacher andcoach at Choate; Kari is about to graduateand has a teaching offer. It makesme happy that they both have so valuedtheir educations and specifically theirteachers that they now want to give ofthemselves in this way. I regularly seeNancy Parssinen Vespoli, Robin GosnellTravers, and Puddie Hauge Sword’75—all of whom I cherish as oldfriends.” All is well in the Northwest,according to Maud Smith Daudon, wholeads a regional investment banking firmthat finances public and nonprofit projects.“Marc and I weathered the trial balloonof being empty nesters last fallwhen daughter Sophie left for CarletonCollege and son Jamie went to theMountain School in VT for a semester ofhis junior year in high school. We remodeledour kitchen as consolation, fillingour house with contractors instead ofkids and, let me tell you, they were farmore demanding!” After spending herentire career at Harvard, EllenGravallese moved to UMass MedicalSchool in 2007 to serve as chief ofrheumatology and professor of medicineand cell biology. She lives in ChestnutHill—a block from where BarbaraStorey McGrath grew up. Ellen has twochildren, one a sophomore at Duke, theother a junior in high school. Jean Jonesexpects to have three daughters in collegein Boston this fall, at Wellesley,Northeastern, and a college TBA. “Myhusband and I will continue to live in Beijingbut, having completely worn out ourwelcome with my brothers and sister,we bought a house in Acton as a homebase.” Robin Jones still practices childneurology at MGH and is assistant professorof neurology at Harvard, “strugglingto be a clinician in a world ofscientists.” Her partner of 20 years, NickDanforth, keeps her sane, she says. Aninvitation to be on the board of the AmericanMemorial Hospital in Reims, Francetook her abroad for her 55th birthday —April in Paris! Cornelia Kellogg is aschool psychologist in the Denver publicschools and also works part-time at theDenver Waldorf School. She plays theharp and gardens. Empty nesters Boband Hale Ansberry Krasne moved toLancaster, PA, although they still have afoot (aka apartment) in DC. Son Will isgraduating from Stanford and working onan MBA and (hopefully) a pitching careerat Rollins in Florida; daughter Meg is asophomore at Penn. Chris HilliardLamkin is enjoying singing in her churchchoir, though she adds, “UUs are notoriouslyun-choir-y: we’ve done Nigerianand Somalian folk songs, U2, Orff, twopieces in Latin, one in Hindi . . . hadn’tsung since Glee Club circa 1971.” InFebruary, Chris was in ME to see SarahWitte present the results of a year-long,mission-definition project to her UU congregation.From Stephanie Lugg: “Singleagain, living between Maine, London,and the Cotswolds, trying to write myfirst book while keeping the wolf fromthe financial door and regretting I soldmy beautiful Federal farm.” LaurieMatthews and husband Scott enjoy livingin Boston’s South End. “I love mywork at Harvard Business School moreand more. Helping people find their truenorth, their confidence, their deepest57C 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