Class Notes

C O N C O R D A C A D E M Y M A G A Z I N E S P R I N G 2 0 1 0Antonia Koenig ’84, Sarah Koenig ’86 and her son Reuben, Bess Rattray ’84 andher husband Paul, and Carl Douglas ’84, in Nevis1984Class Secretaries: Kimberly J. Holden,kjh@shoparc.com; Sarah Huntoon,sarahuntoon@gmail.com; Nancy ShohetWest, NancySWest@msn.comJulie Baher started a new job at Citrix asdirector of product design. Her daughterEvelyn, 7, is starting softball, and Evan,9, is getting ready for another season offlag football. Julie did quite a bit of travelingthis past year, including a trip to Cambodia,Bangkok, and Hong Kong. FromJonathan Chance in his usual tongue-incheekresponse: “Presently I’m servingas a United States Senator, advocatinglegitimate elections, RECs-based monetaryreform, and other policies that willtransform America into a lawful nationwith real justice, liberty, peace, and genuineeconomic productivity that benefitseveryone.” Nancy Cowan went to JohnFunkhouser’s CD release party at theActon Jazz Café in November, and it wasfantastic. She saw Stephanie Stathosand talked about planning a little CAreunion night. Her daughter Samanthaenjoys occasional sleepover parties withNancy Shohet West’s daughter, Holly.Jennifer Leader Donovan’s daughterKate will be heading to high school andjust got the lead female role in her 8thgrade musical, Music Man. Jenn’s sonSean is well and her husband Casey hasbeen very busy this winter with the localski areas. She is happy to report that realestate is slowly picking up in Vermontafter a brutal year. Carl Douglas spenttime with Bess Rattray, AntoniaKoenig, and Sarah Koenig ’86 on Nevisfor Bess’s wedding. Carl’s company,66Deep Sea Productions, found anothersubmarine—a British Royal Navy HMSE18 from WWI, missing since 1916. Thiswinter he filmed a documentary in Maliand Timbuktu, among other interestingplaces—everything from ancient Muslimtexts to salt-carrying camel caravans.Janet Corry Farnsworth is happy toreport that her family (Annie, 11, Sam, 8,and Pete) are all healthy and doing well.She has launched her own business inexpressive dance called Dancing toMyself. See Peter Ullian dancing on theWeb site. When Janet is feeling loquacious,she describes her new venture as“a model of open and nonevaluativedance which honors each individual’sinstinctive response to music—simplymoving in a way that feels right—as ameans of connecting to one’s highestand deepest wisdom.” The practice promotesthe use of movement as a pathwayto healing and empowerment. JohnFunkhouser’s daughter Willow is deepinto drawing and music, playing drum setand piano, singing and doing musical theatre.She had her first performance ondrums last month at the Rivers SchoolConservatory in Weston. John’s wifeAmy is overseeing clinical trials at MillenniumPharmaceuticals in Cambridge,having made the leap to the private sectortwo years ago after 20 years of government-fundedresearch. John releasedhis third CD as leader (42nd overall),titled Time, last November and had avery enjoyable CD release tour beginningright near CA at Acton Jazz Café, withseveral CA classmates in attendance.John is also in rehearsals for Matt Savage’snew CD. Kate Radtke Guedjwrites that a donor offered a $1 millionJessica Price ’85, husband Greg, andson Loganmatch to establish a fund for Haitithrough her office, which meant raising$1 million in less than a month; she successfullyorchestrated that with a teamthat included two CA alums. She sawAugusto Giachino the last time shewas in NYC. Catherine Gunn continuesher work at Oracle and loves living inGloucester, MA, where shesees/hears/smells the ocean every daywhile walking her pups along the beach.She loves being “auntie” to Sophie, atrue (and tall) CA descendant who turned4 in February. Catherine spent twoweeks in warm Australia, including NewYear’s in Sydney. Courtney Celi Haan,her husband and twins, moved last summerinto the new house they built in NC.She still works remotely for heremployer doing product management onprepaid cards. She was looking forwardto a trip to Boston with the twins thisspring and getting together with old CAfriends. Kimberly Holden was privilegedto visit the White House for a luncheonwith First Lady Michelle Obama honoringthe recipients of the Smithsonian,Cooper-Hewitt 2009 National DesignAwards last summer. Her firm, SHoPArchitects, received the award for ArchitectureDesign. She was even morethrilled to spend time with Helen NelsonAnderson and Helen’s family threetimes in the past year, including NewYear’s Eve day in Maine, when she alsosaw Elizabeth Holden Thompson ’87and her family. Helen’s childrenMadeleine, 13, and Eli, 8, captivatedKim’s daughters Vanessa, 7, and Emilia,2, and Betsy’s daughters Lil, 9, and Alice,7, with a well-rehearsed and beautifulHighland country dance performance.Helen continues to run her cooperativepreschool, Village Nursery School, inYarmouth, ME. Amy Rosenfeld writes,“I am currently preparing for ESPN’s coverageof the 2010 FIFA World Cup fromSouth Africa beginning this June. While Iwill miss Olympic curling terribly, thefirst-ever World Cup on the African continentpromises to be extremely challengingand rewarding. Once that is done, Ilook forward to turning my attention tomy own lawn, which currently looks likea set from Children of the Corn. I alsohope to resume my membership in theCA Alumnae/i Association of Carlisle,before the offspring of Nancy Cowanand Nancy Shohet West is looking atgrad schools.” Sam Welch is completinga master’s degree in education at FitchburgState College. He was involved in atheatrical production of Harvey last falland also works at local halfway housesand group homes. Good-luck wishes arein order for Sarah Wyman, who ispreparing for tenure review at SUNYNew Paltz, where she teaches 20thcenturyliterature. She says that herthree daughters —Delphi Lael, 15, Lydia,11, and Cli, 2—are “a trio of joy in theRosendale woods.” Sarah’s family gottogether with Joe McFarland over theholidays and “checked out his new 3-Dphotography capabilities.” NancyShohet West, one of our three classsecretaries, is a little disappointed by theminimal response for Class Notes andwonders if Facebook is to blame. Shedearly hopes that the printed word ingeneral and Class Notes in particular arenot becoming obsolete, since she isworking as a freelance contributor toseveral publications, including theBoston Globe and Concord Academymagazine. But it’s not all about theprinted word: Nancy has launched anew Web site with a link to her blog atNancyShohetWest.com.1985 25th reunionClass Secretary: Martha G. Leggat,mleggat@maine.rr.comGreetings to the Class of 1985. MarcosAthanasoulis enjoys spending time withhis daughters and friends, as well ascycling and yoga. He says that otherwisehe “is working hard and traveling far toomuch.” Rob Blume loves living in Colorado.He echoes one of Marcos’ sentiments:“I am traveling too much, as my[law] practice focuses significantly oncompliance and investigating foreign corruption.My work for Vail Resorts andother local companies, however, keepsme in Denver long enough to enjoy theblue skies, clean mountain air, and tonsof skiing. Jamie and the three kids (myoldest is 12—yeeah!) are all becomingtrue Coloradans.” Lauren Bruck writes