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Mia (top) and Natalie, daughters ofDarcy Brown-Martin ’84for my girls’ school and being on theboard of Green Mountain Global Forum,which presents about six speakingevents a year. The family is well —Nadine, 8, is a ski racer; Margot, 11, isan origami protégé; and John is a skiguide and instructor. I work with myfather (now in his 80s) and assist invarious business interests.” As for me,Sarah Huntoon, I am still living inTucson, working for a local nonprofit asa program director for several preventionprograms, working with youth and atriskfamilies. We now have three dogs inour brood, acquiring a new hound lastyear, and Ben is almost 9 (hard tobelieve). This past summer I connectedwith Amy Gallitano-Mendel ’83, whomoved to Phoenix to work for theUniversity of Arizona medical school. Itis heartwarming to see her two adorablesons play with Ben, thinking that theymight be lifelong friends. I marvel atthe idea that we met so many years agoand now have children the same agethat also seem to have an easy way andaffinity for one another. I also had agreat time with Sallie Johnston whenshe came to visit me last summer —escaping the heat and humidity ofHouston for the desert monsoons ofTucson in July. If you’re in the areaplease call. Speaking of SallieJohnston, she writes: “After sevenyears as a contractor at Lyondell, I’vefinally taken another contracting positionat ConocoPhillips. I really like the company’sculture, and working for a companythat has money to spend is a verynice change. The other exciting eventthis past year was taking a trip in July2007 to visit Sarah Huntoon in Tucson.Cici Smith ’84 and her son Eden inBrazilban elementary school system to a middleschool in Seattle. “It is a bit lessorganized (read: less anal), but I have alittle more freedom in some ways than Idid in my last job. I’m still very overworked,but I like the people, and thestudents are more diverse, which is afun challenge.” On the home front:“Abby, 2, talks a mile a minute aboutthe kids in her day care class and isdoing everything herself (‘My do it!’);Sam, 5, is learning violin and has discovereda love of drawing. We are still livingwith my husband Dan’s sister’s family,which makes it a pretty energetic andbusy household (they have two youngkids as well). I still send an open invitationto CA people to come to Seattle tovisit — we have a big downstairs withtwo extra bedrooms and a kid-friendlyhouse!” Also in the Pacific Northwest isJuliet Stumpf, who teaches at theLewis & Clark Law School in Portland.She has two children, Liam, 3, and Kai,2, a husband, and a dog. “So I think Inow have all the elements I need for afulfilling life; I just have to figure outhow to fit in enough sleep and time fortoothbrushing twice a day!” SamShepherd reports that he is still a seniorlitigation partner at Quinn Emanuel, thelargest purely litigation firm in the U.S.,where he tries intellectual propertycases such as patent, trademark, andcopyright cases. Peter Ullian continuesto live with wife Michele and sonsAlexander, 7, and Caleb, 4, in Beacon,NY, where they frequently get to singand perform with neighbor Pete Seeger!Along with his sons, Peter is learningtae kwon do. His career as a playwrightand author continues to thrive. After hismusical, Flight of the Lawnchair Man,was produced at two New York City theatres,production rights became generallyavailable, so for the first time one ofhis shows is getting produced at highschools and colleges. His other musical,Terezin, was presented in concert atSymphony Space in NYC, then at theVillage Theatre outside Seattle. He justhad a short story accepted by Ceme teryDance magazine, and an excerpt fromhis novel-in-progress To Repair theWorld was made available as anamazon.com short (and received over200 five-star reviews in two months).Over the past year, Nancy Shohet Westwrote feature stories for the BostonGlobe, Outdoors and North Bridge magazines,as well as alumni profiles for thisvery publication (including one on classmateCarl Douglas for this issue). In anadmittedly bizarre strategy intended tostrengthen a somewhat tenuousmother-son relationship, Nancy and 9-year-old Tim joined the odd and obscurecult of “streak running,” which is NOTthe same as streaking — they run atleast a mile together every single dayYou know you’re friends for life whenyou can just pick up where you left offand have a great time. Thanks Sarah, forbeing a wonderful hostess! In May,Perry and I vacationed in the Bahamasfor a few days. We’re also remodelingour master bedroom and bathroom. So,that’s pretty much the news fromHouston.” Amy Rosenfeld reports onthe end of a mini-era: after 12 years ofpaying for her own health insurance, shehas left the freelance world to join ESPNfull-time as a staff producer. “It will bethe end of jokes about covering curling,as this means my Olympics career isnow over, but the regular paycheck hassoftened that blow.” Amy lives inCarlisle and gets together with NancyShohet West and Nancy Cowan whenshe’s not on the road. Sarah Wymanwrites, “My daughters, Delphi Lael, 13,and Lydia, 9, are thriving. I teach literatureas an assistant professor at SUNYNew Paltz. My partner Jeff and I are renovatinga Victorian house in Rosendale,NY, and expecting a baby this summer.”John Wilson’s writeup required thisclass secretary to take a couple of tripsto the dictionary, or at least to Google,as he wrote that he is “still working withPDP-11s and playing baroque/earlymusic when not working. I’ve beenteaching myself woodturning, and nowI’m restoring a 64-year-old metal lathe(the newest decent one I could afford)so I’m hoping to learn to make my ownreamers for the wood lathe, or at leasttry until I lose some fingers. I’d love tohear from anyone.” Erika Waltherremains in Washington state but hasmade a professional move in her careeras a guidance counselor from a suburandas of press time had reached 212consecutive days. If they make it awhole year, she will try to write a bookabout the experience. Nancy had awonderful, focused, uninterrupted,kid-free visit with Julie Baher last fall,and had the privilege of hostingCourtney Celi Haan along withCourtney’s two babies for a winter lunchthat also included Catherine Gunn.1985Class Secretary: Martha G. Leggat,mleggat@maine.rr.comGreetings to the Class of ’85! MarcosAthanasoulis reports he “is enjoyingspending time with his daughters,Amanda, 7, and Isabel, 5, bicycling a lot,and working on expanding the HealthyCommunities Foundation — when he isnot crazy busy at Harvard MedicalSchool.” Stephen Buttenwieser lives inCambridge with his partner Rachel andtheir almost 3-year-old Maya. Stephenworks as a family practice doctor at aclinic in Lawrence, MA, and Rachel is ingraduate school for psychology. Theyare both busy and happy with theircareers but find Maya is their life.Stephen sees a lot of Charles Collier,Tom First, and their families. CharlesCollier also mentioned seeing Stephenand Tom, and writes: “The last year hasbeen filled with numerous positivechanges. On the home front we sold ourcondo in Boston, and have now becomesuburbanites in Waban. My company,Mount Vernon Strategies, was acquiredby the Hale Group, where I head up theglobal, private equity consulting practice.Both kids, Ben, 2, and Sarah, 4, are inpreschool and doing great, but keepingus very busy.” It was great to hear fromCullen Curtiss, who lives in Santa Fe:“My husband Toner, my nearly 2-yearoldson Gus, and I are working up to ourfifth year in Santa Fe. We travel a fair bitas Toner’s fly fishing business has himguiding on promising trout rivers, and asfamily and friends are scattered throughoutthe states and beyond. My writingcareer is taking off in a minor but funway — many personal essays are nowpublished, and a short story recentlywon second prize in the Santa FeReporter short story contest. I still hopefor my novel to see the light, but Gusdemands too much of my time at themoment, and I am happy to give it.”Cullen celebrated her 40th birthday inBarcelona and the Pyrenees. Doug Hallhad fun this spring racing on the WorldCup speed skiing circuit; “I have alreadyexceeded 100 MPH on skis! The nextgoal is 200 kph, or about 125 mph! AndI’m looking for sponsors if anyone wantsto ‘buy’ in! That, and I’m going back toschool — hope to be enrolled in a master71WWW.CONCORDACADEMY.ORG SPRING 2008