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would love to welcome any visitors andvolunteers. Chandra Lane Hanson isnow in Ohio (near Pittsburgh), studyingphilosophy and theology at FranciscanUniversity of Steubenville. “After teachinghigh school Latin for a year, I’m fullyappreciating the luxury of being back onthe student side of the desk. I think lastyear I was doing penance for all thetrouble I caused teachers when I was inhigh school. My biggest excitementlately, though, was visiting Eden ParkerGrace and her family in Kisumu, Kenya,over my Christmas break. The trip wasnot quite what I had imagined, sinceKenya’s contested presidential electionoccurred when I had been in the countryfor only 12 days. I remained there for aweek of the ensuing turmoil, and wasfortunate to be able to return to the U.S.a week earlier than planned.” WhenJennifer Keller sent me her contributionto these notes, she urged me to checkout the footer on the email, a footerwhich identified Dr. Keller as Chief ofAnesthesia Services in what she calls a“fantastic community hospital” near herhome in Vermont. Over the holidays,Jenny reports that she and her family —Felix, 2, Rose, 6, and Don, 49 — ran intoAlisa Golodetz Darmstadt and herfamily at a performance of ChristmasRevels, and says that it was all she andAlisa could do not to “whip out ourrecorders” and join in on the performance.Noting that it had taken her tenyears to return, Sarah Koenig enjoys livingin New York. She has a 19-month-oldson named Rueben, “a bruiser.” Sarahcontinues to produce the excellent radioprogram This American Life. MaryaChapin Lundgren is involved in severalJulia Baumgarten Foster ’86 and Logangreen efforts in her town of Andover.She is providing her children’s schoolwith at-home green challenges andactivities. As a member of the AndoverRecycling Committee, she is coordinatingthe town’s fourth annual Zero WasteDay, an event that helps reduce wasteand benefits local charities. It keeps herbusy along with caring for her two children:Cora, 8, and Eric, 5. Annie Lareauhas been acting in different projects allover Seattle, most recently a productionof Persuasion. She’s also training for atriathlon in Hawaii (her fifth). Shedescribes 3-year-old Madeline as “thelight of my life.” Elissa MyersMiddleton is also performing, and alsoin New York. She recently played thelead in the play Reckless, by CraigLucas. Jennifer Nadelson-Gleba’s children,Sarah and Teddy, enjoy playingwith Phoebe Shay, daughter of LisaBrenner Shay ’87. Jenn says Teddy andPhoebe are best buddies. JuliaBaumgarten Foster and husband Gregwelcomed home Logan Kyoo (born12/28/06 in South Korea) in June of2007. They are over the moon withexcitement at being a “forever family”and Logan is a source of joy every day.Also new parents are Antje Neumannand husband Wayne, whose little boyQuindin was born in March. Antje is stillliving in Baltimore and working as a contractconservator for the National ParkService in Harpers Ferry, WV, conservingartifacts from national parks throughoutthe U.S. For over a year she has beenpreparing artifacts from Gettysburg forexhibition at a new visitor center.Elizabeth Saltonstall Repenning is stillin Belmont, MA, trying to keep up withher 8-year-old daughter Rena and 5-yearoldson Robbie. She spends a lot of timeat the gym lifting weights, as that is theonly thing that has helped chronic backpain, and it helps her keep up with skatinglessons, sledding, dance, karate,bike riding, swimming, Girl Scouts, andthe occasional hike. Nancy Reynoldsand partner Susan moved to Chicago inspring 2007 and in June their “wonderful,amazing” daughter Zoe was born.“Zoe has a great sense of humor and isalready determinedly independent.”Nancy is still practicing union-side labor.James Rosenblatt and family celebratedthe bat mitzvah of the oldest oftheir three children. The Rosenblatt lawfirm, which James started almost threeyears ago, continues to grow. Jamesplans a family trip to New England thissummer: “I am sure we will stop in andcheck out Concord.” Jeanne Yang continuesto travel around the world for herjob, style consulting. “It has been hardwith my two beautiful, identical twingirls, but with the help of my wonderfulhusband and ichat it has been a lot easier.”She invites anyone visiting LA tosend her an email. Also living inCalifornia (San Francisco) is PeterYeomans, who is completing a clinicalinternship in psychology at the SanFrancisco VA. Last fall, Peter and hiswife adopted a baby boy.1987Class Secretary: Kerith Gardner,Concord1987@yahoo.comI am pleased to report the followingnews from our classmates around thecountry and the world: Peter Blacklowis still running an online games companyin Newton called WorldWinner.com,which is owned by Liberty Media. Hiscompany is also merging with GameShow Network (GSN); he is head ofGSN Digital. When he’s not traveling,he’s at home with Haley and his littlegirl, Avery, 3. Anders Bratt reports: “Ilive in Stockholm with my wife Lovisaand three kids. I can probably thank oneof the best biology teachers of all time,Becky Bemisderfer (teacher of APBiology), that I now work in the biotechbusiness. [Becky B. Gilmore is nowdirector of advancement at the FoxcroftSchool in Virginia, a nifty Google searchinformed us.] I talked to Marc Pfitzerand made plans for a skiing weekend inSwitzerland. We see each other once ortwice a year. He lives in Geneva with hiswife Anke and three kids.” KarenCipriani writes: “I was sorry to miss thereunion, but it was for a good reason:that same day I was married to RobSkiba and became stepmom to threegreat kids, Ben, 10, Max, 8, and Amelia,5. We were married on Cape Cod on abeautiful, sunny, 80-degree day, whenthe forecast had been for rain . . . wetook it as a good omen, and it’s proventrue so far!” Anna Henchman writes:“I’m finished at Harvard’s Society ofFellows and started as an assistant professorof English at BU.” Alexis Goltraand his wife Lynne welcomed theirdaughter Charlotte into the world onJuly 31 (also Harry Potter’s birthday).They could not be happier. NickRathbone is pleased to announce thathe and his wife Cindi became parentson December 8 to Nathaniel AugustusRathbone. After a long gestation,Andrea Silverman Meyer’s book,Mama Knows Breast, is finally for sale.Emma Weiler writes: “After working atthe library for almost four years, I amgoing back to school to get my librarydegree. I’ve been knitting a lot — enoughthat I started a blog about it (joining theother millions): femblog.typepad.com.As for my children — Anna is in seventhgrade, Justin is in fourth, and Abby andHelen are in second. I’ve also been intouch with Eden Parker Grace ’86, whois still in Kisumu, Kenya, in the middle ofall the political turmoil. Those who wishcan donate to fum.org specified to theKisumu mission, because what theyneed most right now are funds torebuild Kenya — it’s a mess.” HilaryPrice wrote a Christmas play, Santacide,that was staged in 2007. From AramZadow: “I recently left AIG Insuranceafter four years to reenter the legalrealm. I joined a Chicago law firm,where I serve as coverage counsel to asingle client, a Lloyd’s of London insurancesyndicate. One of the decidingfactors in taking the job is that I canwork remotely out of a small rentedoffice two miles from my house, andonly have to go to Chicago three times ayear! Karen Cipriani-Skiba and her husbandRob are my neighbors after buyinga wonderful home a mile up the road inNatick, MA. My two boys and her stepkidsare sledding buddies, and we frequentlyhang out together.” NaomiZikmund-Fisher has, over the last severalyears, added to her workload as aschool principal (voluntarily, although shecan’t remember why) by becoming ateam leader with the district crisis teamas well as serving on the county team.She is working on an advanced credentialin critical incident stress management.It is the kind of work she lovesdoing and hates that there is a need for.Your class secretary, Kerith Gardner,has little of note to recount though isglad to report seeing Jody Cushing ’86,Leslie Taylor Davol, Claudia Gonson’86, Brenden Hussey, Philippa Kaye,and Cameron McNeil, in and aroundNew York.73WWW.CONCORDACADEMY.ORG SPRING 2008