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art.” Libby’s son Charlie, 26, and daughterLucy, 23, have graduated fromWesleyan. Charlie is in grad school atUVA and Lucy is working at an adagency about two blocks from Libby’soffice in Manhattan, so they frequentlyget together for lunch. Libby and herhusband Matt celebrated their 30thanniversary this spring. Amanda Powellstill floats on Cloud 9 whenever sheremembers that great June reunion.“Looking good, you girls, and doingeven better! I don’t think we shouldwait another 35 years. Greetings andthanks to all who attended, in bodyand/or spirit!” Jane Waldfogel writes:“Certainly one of the highlights of lastyear was our wonderful reunion at CA. Itwas great seeing so many people andreconnecting after all these years. I can’twait for the next one!” Lorna PotterWalker agrees, and adds, “I’m sorry ittook me so long to realize how muchfun CA reunions could be . . . it wasgreat to be surrounded by such a creative,smart, thoughtful group ofwomen! Staying in the dorm and chatting’til the wee hours with classmates,some close old pals, some I hadn’t seensince ’72, felt just like old times, butwithout some of the old anxieties andpressures of the teen years. I thinkwe’re all old enough to feel comfortablesharing both our successes and our failureswith little self-consciousness.”Christina Wagner is still “happilyretired,” with time for her new hobby:cross-country ski marathons. “As far asmy racing times, let’s just say ‘finishing’can be a goal in itself.” Her daughterjust finished sixth grade and is startingto think about looking at high schools.Felicia Woodward wants you all toknow that she’s already made her reservationsfor our 2012 reunion.1973 35th reunionClass Secretary: Sarah Witte Marshall,sarahmar@maine.rr.comPlus ca change...! But some big surprisestoo! Read on! Sarah Bartlettwrites: “I went to Spain with my kidsand Jan Rosenfeld and her husbandand two kids for the Christmas break. Itwas fun to travel together and enjoy thebenefits of such a long-lasting friendship.I’m in the second year of teachingat the City University of New York’sgraduate school of journalism and feelvery lucky to be there. Great, smart,diverse students and dynamic colleagues.The other thing going on in mylife is a major renovation — I know, I’vebeen saying that for the last 25 years,but this time I really do hope it’s the lasttime!” Candace Browning Platt is alsoin New York: “Still going downtown tothe financial district every day, butchange is all around me. We will soonbe empty-nesters as my daughter isalready in college and my son is applyingto boarding school (a much more complicatedprocess than it used to be). Mymost surreal experience this year washaving coffee last month with JoanneTurnbull at our favorite ‘bulochnaya’(bakery) in Moscow. Joanne and I studiedand worked together in Moscow inthe ’80s, but I hadn’t seen her sinceabout 1990. It was great to catch up andit seemed the same . . . except we are alot older!” Amy Cammann Cholnokyand family took a trip to Kenya to celebratetheir 25th anniversary. “Our oldest,JB, graduates from Dartmouth inJune, so I’m feeling on the cusp ofsomething big . . . I remember HilaryHeyl and I talking for hours about ‘transitions’during our senior spring at CA,and now it’s almost time for another —same bittersweet sense of moving on,yet excitement about new adventuresahead. Family vacations are golden now,soon they will be platinum, which is whyI may not make reunion. It is a weekafter JB’s graduation and we hope tosqueeze in one more trip before hestarts his next chapter in life.” JenniferHowell is sorry to miss reunion, but herdaughter is graduating from Smith in lateMay. “Otherwise, working hard; all myprojects are centered on reducing ortransporting waste — and finding time tohike, read, and garden. I have embracedthe local food movement by having alarge edible garden. Still love the PacificNW.” Sarah Witte Marshall is about tobe the very proud mom of a hunky newmale nurse! Byron graduates from theUniversity of San Francisco in May, andplans to work in community health. “Tokick off the career, we’re taking a fewdays in Sonoma Valley.” Sarah and herfellow, Drew, have had some greatadventures including a frenzied paddleagainst the tide in the Everglades and aninsane effort to kayak around Little DeerIsle, ME with white caps rolling overthe bow. “Last May we went to NewOrleans, and I designed a new site planfor a UU church that was destroyed bythe flooding. I’m celebrating my 20thyear with the landscape architecturefirm I helped start in 1988.” LaurieMatthews is at Harvard BusinessSchool, as an associate director in MBAcareer services. “It’s a neat position,where I oversee our 30+ careercoaches, and all the student careerdevelopmentprograms and communications.I absolutely love the energy ofworking with students, and it harks backto my first jobs out of Bowdoin, teachingschool. Scott and I are newly in love,as we adopted a Portuguese water dogpuppy, Lucy, last summer. . . . Everyoneshould come back in their next life as adog in the South End — and she lovesLaurie Matthews ’73 and Lucy onCape Codweekends up in Sunapee, NH evenmore. Our life is good!” Sue McDonaldsays, “My family and I are still inHamden and loving the New Havenarea. I’m about a year into a new job asdirector of finance and administration atYale Law School, which is stimulatingand challenging and involves constantchange. My oldest son, Dan, is back atTufts after taking a semester off andbeing a volunteer English and mathteacher in Ghana; his younger brotherJon has applied to colleges; theiryounger sister Hannah loves her highschool sophomore year and a widerange of activities that keep her busy.My husband Corey is healthy (still inremission) and living through the anxietiesof operating a small start-up financialservices company in an era ofsub-prime mortgage meltdown.” NancyParssinen Vespoli and her husbandMike have been in the business of manufacturingrowing shells for almost 28years. Their daughter Lauren is a juniorat Choate. Nancy has been busy volunteering,participating in numerous sportingactivities, doing a little bit of painting,and coaching girls’ crew at Choate. “Irun into Laurie Matthews in Newbury,NH. It turns out we are just miles aparton Lake Sunapee. Amy CammannCholnoky and I see a lot of each other atChoate. As usual, Amy’s in charge ofmost everything and doing a great job atit! Her son Robbie and Lauren are classmates.Occasionally, Robin TraversGosnell and I catch a few hours withPui Lamsam Panyarachun, when sheis not roaming the Himalayas or doingphoto treks in exotic places. I hear thatMongolia is her next destination. I seeMary Bush and her birds a few times ayear when we have the opportunity totravel to DC. I almost got to see EllenGravallese last summer when consultingwith her husband Tim, an orthopedist.But Ellen’s life is getting very busy;she has become division chief ofrheumatology at UMass Medical School.Cynthia McCallister and I have just realizedthat we live less than 30 minutesapart.” Confirming the wonderful news,Cindy McCallister writes: “Some ofyou may remember that I was brayingabout wanting a baby at our last reunion.Well, now I have one and, oh boy, becareful what you ask for! Having him at51 was a piece of cake (in case anyone’sstill contemplating the craziness), butkeeping up with a 15-month-old at 52 ismy definition of insanity. He’s eitherkeeping me young or killing me and Ihaven’t yet figured out which. Anyway,his name is Wilkinson RhodesMcCallister and he’s the love of my life;I can’t wait to bring him to the reunionand have him wreak havoc at CA. To theCA friends who encouraged my madness,thank you so much for your support!”So, everyone come see Wilkinsonand all the other smiling faces this June!1974Class Secretaries: Amy Dunbar,akdunbar@aol.com; Cecily DeeganMcMillan, cecilymcmillan@hotmail.comMarj Aelion writes: “We are doing welland looking forward to some sabbaticaltime in a year or so. I am the associatedean for research for the Arnold Schoolof Public Health at the University ofSouth Carolina, and Tom continues aschair of anthropology for another semester.Renee is a senior at CA. Drew is asophomore at Tulane and loves it. Wehave no foreign high school exchangestudents living with us. That leaves Tomand me to do more in town, hit thebrew pub one block from my office, andthen the independent theatre to seemovies, many of which no one hasheard of. Life is too good.” From PeterFisher: “I’m travelling much less nowthat I’m no longer running BlackRock’sAsian businesses and thus have moretime and fun at home with Mary Sueand Duncan, 17, who just (barely) finishedhis college applications. Charlotte,15, has finished her first semester atFoxcroft in Middleburg, VA, so justmonths from now we’ll be emptynesters.The mind boggles.” Alex Kenthas been doing some work with theObama campaign, as well as the usualfamily obligations. “My eldest sonJoshua, 16, is a junior and in the throesof that stress-filled year. My other twoboys, Ben and Jordan, are now in middleschool, a transition that has been63WWW.CONCORDACADEMY.ORG SPRING 2008