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CONCORD ACADEMY MAGAZINE SPRING 2008designer in San Clemente, CA, andStefan is a student at Colby-SawyerCollege in NH. “Jon and I spend muchof our time traveling, going to concerts,operas, art exhibitions. Helsinki mayseem off the beaten track, but is full ofculture. Try it sometime. See you inJune.” The biggest change in KitMurray Boos’s life this last year washer new status as a grandparent. “Thefew times in which we actually got to do“grandparenting” were delightful, butalas, they live in Madison, which is a bitfar for spontaneity. The other two live innorthern Germany, which isn’t exactlynext door. But we’re adjusting to theempty nest.” Kit is still teaching andenjoying it, and Winfried still spendstime at the university, and is still flyinghis glider. “I, Muffy Myers Johannsen,had two wonderful events this year. Thefirst was the birth in April of our firstgrandchild to son Rem and his wife —joining the ranks of grandparenthood hasbeen thrilling for Pete and me. They livein Germany, but we talk often and seethem not infrequently. The second joyousoccasion was the September weddingof our son Pete. He and our girlslive in the Boston area.” Ellen CondliffeLagemann says: My big news is that Iam the grandmother of three adorablechildren — Hope Elizabeth Lagemannand her (fraternal) twin brothers, EvanMichael Lagemann and Peter KordLagemann. I am on a two-year leavefrom Harvard, where I have been theCharles Warren Professor of the Historyof Education since stepping down asdean of the Graduate School ofEducation. I am now at Simon’s Rock.Simon’s Rock is part of Bard — it’s officiallyBard College at Simon’s Rock —and I am establishing the Bard Centerfor Education and Democracy. It’s a terrificplace — the Halls created a greatinstitution! I am also spending a lot oftime working with the CA board. I hopelots of people from ’63 will come toreunion. CA has changed since our day,but is also still remarkably like theschool we all knew. Come and see.”Anne Lenox says: “Life is so good. I amretired from interior design after 30years and living the life I always wanted.The children are my greatest pride. Nomarriages yet, but they are both thrivingand engaged. My husband Jim and Iare experiencing a renaissance in ourrelationship and it is growing. My mostfavorite place now is Haystack MountainSchool of Crafts on Deer Isle, ME. AndI am still a practicing Wiccan. I am trulyFor more Class Notes, go towww.concordalum.org54looking forward to reunion. It never failsto provide hysterical reminiscences. Iwill be sharing them with all of you whoreturn.” Pam Pyle Powel writes: “Helloto everyone — I am happy to be aliveand celebrating our two daughters (onea writer and mother, one a doctor, justmarried), two great sons-in-law, twograndchildren, and all the usual clichésof our time of life, including survivingcancer twice . . . I am still working 3 ⁄4time as a clinical social worker and enjoymy clients very much. I’m also edgingback into sculpting and drawing, whichstarted at CA and I’ve never made consistenttime for, but still love. Our kidsand grandkids are in NYC, and it hasbeen hard to shuttle back and forth fromSeattle, but worth it. My husband Jakewill retire next year and this presents uswith some challenges, as he isextremely energetic and full of plans. Iam not ready to retire and like havingmy own income, so there’s a lot to sortout. Again, these are good problems tohave. Nancy Bentinck-Smith Souletteintroduced me to Jake 43 years ago on ablind date in college and here we aretoday — what are the odds? . . . Iremember CA with enormous gratitude.I had a full scholarship all the waythrough and couldn’t have been therewithout it. It saved me from what wouldhave been a bleak alternative. My dearestfriends still include Steffi Roeder,Peggy Winship, and Nancy Bentinck-Smith Soulette — they are my family.Congratulations to Mary Nicholas onher excellent book, The Mystery ofGoodness. If you haven’t read it, take alook.” Mary Wright says: “Brightest ofthe highlights was my great-nephewPatrick’s successful completion ofchemotherapy for leukemia . . . Travelincluded the Wilson OrnithologicalSociety annual meeting in March, birdbanding on Appledore in May, thealways-wonderful International HerbSymposium at Wheaton College in June,and back to Appledore for more bandingin September. . . . Saw my name in scientificprint as third author of a paperabout ticks on migrating birds. I alsokept up with frog monitoring, volunteerwork at the hospital, a handful ofclasses at Keene State, a bit of drumming,assorted bird counts.” SallyFisher Treat says: “I am daily becomingmore comfortable in my own skin. It hastaken decades. Four dogs are my kidsand the center of my life. Never in mydreams did I anticipate ever doing anythingremotely athletic, let along achieveany level of accomplishment, butthrough agility, my dogs have led me onsuch a journey . . . Our new neighbor inTampa is Nancy Holst, who bought ahouse in my neighborhood last year. It isfrosting on the cake to have your bestfriend just around the corner.”1964Class Secretaries: Caroline Herrick,ccherrick@worldnet.att.net;Mary Wadleigh, marywj100@aol.comFrom Margo Hooper Blair: “I continuedoing photography, but mainly formyself. I am on the boards of ThacherSchool and the Old Masters Society ofthe Art Institute, and have also joinedthe board of Human Rights Watch inChicago, which is an amazing organization.Son Alden worked at a health clinicin Burundi, daughter Alexandra workedon a radio documentary in North Carolinaand ended the year in Bhutan. Frank isseeing the end of a ’round the world sailon The Maggie B (not named after me,it is a children’s book) and can bechecked out at schoonermaggieb.net.”Barbara Woodruff Haas is still teachingkindergarten and first grade. She reportsthat their younger daughter Kate wasmarried in Virginia in July, and then theywent to Austria for a couple of weekswith friends. Barbara hopes to spendthis summer on the East Coast with hermother, who is in upstate New York.Lisa Wyman Cowley writes: “I still lovemy work in development at the DavisMuseum and Cultural Center atWellesley College and plan to stay workinguntil they kick me out — out ofnecessity as well as enjoyment. Ourdaughter Martha will be getting marriedin Chicago this summer. Many of youprobably have already encountered thewedding industry. My God! What everhappened to subtlety? Love to all.”Betsy Mallinckrodt Bryden is goingthrough the college application processwith her son Edward, which has madeher reflect on the decisions she made atthat age and how grateful she is to CA.Sally Barrett-Page is contemplating hernext move when daughter Chloe enterscollege this fall. She’s leaning towarddeveloping the Colorado JamaicaProject, of which she is the founder anddirector. Ted Barrett-Page, her mate of37 years, is interested in working withher, although he plans to keep hisBoulder psychotherapy practice active.She writes: “Moreover, 28-year-old sonXander has flown the coop for SanFrancisco, my dear old Daddy and sweetdog Izzy have passed over, so it’s timefor this old gray mare to kick up herheels and prance around some more.”Caroline Herrick is still doing freelanceeditorial work and photography. Therewas an exhibition of her work inConnecticut last summer. Marie ReeHall Katrak writes: “Now that work as agraphic designer is behind me, I spendmy days painting and creating monoprints[reekatrak.net]. I also make tripsto Bainbridge Island, WA to visit mygrandchildren, Annabelle, 8, Josie, 6,and Charlie, 2. Other travel with my husbandFiroze has included China, Tibet,and the Amazon.” Mea Kaemmerlenwas awarded first prize from the NewJersey Press Association for columnwritingin New Jersey newspapers witha circulation under 60,000. “A fun littleboost for any columnist in this somewhatsolitary occupation,” says Mea,who describes herself as “somewhatretired,” but still writing a weeklycolumn for the Times of Trenton andworking at Trenton Central High Schoolas a writing coach. Her column,“Serendipity,” is in the news sectionand is about “anything from the unrestin Chad . . . to Ukrainian Easter eggs”(nj.com/columns/times/kaemmerlen).Addressing possible future plans, Meaadds: “I’ve fallen in love with the softunderbelly of Florida and would like toget a small cottage near the Everglades. . . We still live in suburban Plainsboro,just outside of Princeton.” Mea wouldlove classmates to get in touch, if theirtravels take them to the area. Writingfrom Maine, Ba Davidson Kopp saysshe and her husband are enjoying retirementactivities. Most important, childrenand grandchildren are doing well.Catherine Petersen Mack talked abouther grandchildren and finds it challengingto remember all the birthdays, butotherwise enjoys many family activities,her animals, and their beautiful countrysetting in Virginia. Sandra Miller-Sanchez wrote that, although husbandPaul has retired, “I’m still trucking along,but the classes are huge and I’m findingthe commute to Montreal (even with thetrain) more and more exhausting.” Afamily wedding will take Sandra and Paulto British Columbia this summer, butshe still hopes to be in Maine in lateAugust. Sandra “enjoyed staying withHazel Demille Angeledei ’58 in Pariswhile visiting daughter Liza just beforeChristmas. They are both trueParisians.” Sandra adds: “Last summerPaul and I had a lovely visit with LuciaNorton Woodruff ’61 and her husbandPaul (good fellows, those Pauls) inMaine.”From Jenny Holmes Mirling:“What is news these days but milestones?My mum, Jane Holmes, celebratedher 90th birthday in Saratoga inSeptember. She continues to stay in herhouse, thanks to the good graces of BenMirling, who does the lion’s share ofcare. I still work at real estate and dothe nighttime Jane care.” Jenny addedthe sad news of Ben’s son David’s suddendeath last April. “He was almost 43and had an undiagnosed heart conditiondue to undiagnosed high blood pressure(no symptoms).” Jenny and Ben’s twosons, Grier, 35, and Sanford, 28, areboth in Saratoga. Grier “paints housesand takes care of the world,” while“Sanford studies to be a sculptor with