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T.R. Amsler.
People
MCS 5
Fall 1990
Class Agent: Laura Howard Leduc,
laura_howard@yahoo.com
T.R. Amsler (boys camp staff ’95,
’96) makes his home in San
Francisco, “a little slice of urban
Chewonki. We just hosted a pig
roast with a pasture-raised pig
from north of the city.” He and
wife Chalida are now parents, and
T.R. teaches English and history
at the June Jordan School for
Equity. “It’s not quite the Wonk,
but we bring a real community
spirit to the tough situation in
urban public schools,” he writes.
“My experiences at Chewonki
definitely shaped my educational
philosophy.” Amber Melosi
Aponte (boys camp staff ’94)
welcomed a daughter, Sophia
Louise Aponte, on 8-14-07.
Jason Bilanin works for AIG and
lives in his wife’s home state of
New Jersey. Sarah Davies
teaches second grade at a private
school in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
She now has a daughter, Eleanor,
born New Year’s Eve ’07. She has
shown her husband around
Chewonki “and even poked
around in Binnacle.” Joy Fyfield
lives just outside Portland in
Milwaukie, OR. She and her
husband are teaching children,
Stella (5), Cyril (3), and Cole (1),
to flyfish. Emma Jacobson-Sive
is enjoying life in Los Angeles.
She is acting when not working in
public relations at a Pasadena
museum. Laura Howard Leduc,
her husband, Craig, and their
young daughter, Tessa, live in
Arlington, MA. Laura’s finishing
her residency in anesthesia and
will start a fellowship in pediatric
anesthesia. Debbie Perelman
and her husband live in New York
City with Maia (4 years), Jacob (2
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½ years), and Charlie (4 months).
She reports, “I have been back to
Chewonki once with my
husband…It still looked the
same—even Binnacle.” Bill Pugh
and his wife moved to Alexandria,
VA, after two years in Hong
Kong. She teaches English at
Episcopal High School while Bill
works in urban planning, sharpening
an interest in policy and
advocacy. “If any of you work or
have friends working in sustainability,
transportation, urban
policy, etc., especially in the D.C.
area, I’d love to chat,” he says.
Mo Saldanha is “head of online”
for Jamie Oliver, the celebrity
chef. “We launched Jamie’s
Ministry of Food [go to
www.jamieoliver.com] to promote
people teaching each other to
cook, and then launched his new
lifestyle brand, for now only
available in Europe,” she writes.
“In my free time, I am captain of
my women’s doubles tennis team,
do loads of astanga yoga, and run
Momaya Press, promoting the
short story amongst writers and
readers worldwide and accepting
entries for the annual Momaya
Short Story Competition. Last
but not least, I’m single again.”
Jeff Urbanus is “still waiting for
a Chewonki event in Anchorage”!
Jodie Townsend Willis now has
three children and is “trying to
stop practicing law.”
MCS 6
Spring 1991
Class Agent: Andy Wilbur,
andrew_wilbur@hotmail.com
Adam Hoverman (boys camp
’87, ’88, ’90; boys camp staff ’91,
’92, ’95) is a doctor of osteopathic
medicine and works for the
Yakima Valley Farm Workers as a
family physician. He sometimes
walks at a Don Hudson Pace and
still savors Lao Tzu. Ben Lipson
has been “living and studying in
Israel ever since Emily Kellert
Lerner, Jennie Kalberer, and
Nivi Nord left me here on their
way to India. I am married with
five lively children between the
ages of 1 and 11 and am currently
studying and teaching in the
Raanana Community Kollel in
central Israel.” Veronica
Vasquez teaches algebra 2,
geometry, and a course called
Concepts of Advanced Mathematics
at the Tatnall School. She’s
teaching her son Malachi that
boys can be anything they want to
be: “astronauts, fire chiefs,
doctors, math teachers, or
princesses!” Will Willis is
director of international programs
and sustainability coordinator at
Mercersburg Academy. His
children are 3 and almost 5, “and
growing too fast.”
MCS 7
Fall 1991
Class Agent: Brooke Peelle Guthrie,
bpguthrie@hotmail.com
Liz Brown (Wilderness Trips,
camp staff ’92, ’93) writes,
“Looking forward to additional
excuses to come to Maine in the
future when my son is old enough
to attend Chewonki!” Liz and her
husband run a digital studio in
NYC called StudioE9, where they
“create emerging media solutions
that help non-profits, educational
institutions, and online publishers.
We are working with True-
Carbon.org to help bring
accountability to carbon offsets
and incentives for commercial
entities to participate.” Katie
Stein Fahey recently moved to
Concord, MA, with her husband
and their children, TJ and Ella.
Rachel Godlewski now has a
master’s degree in education.
Brooke Peelle Guthrie
welcomed twin girls on 8-22-08.
She writes that her older daughter,
Lyla, has been having fun with
them, and Brooke “can’t wait ’til
they are old enough to go to
Chewonki Camp for Girls.”
Meghan Jeans (boys camp staff
’92–’94, ’98) is “still living the
good life in San Fran and enjoying
the tropical adventures that come
along with working in international
marine conservation.” Liz
Carmany Perreten now has a
daughter, Annie, and likes living
just outside NYC. Sara Wight
(Wilderness Trips ’92) and her
husband, Michael, live in New
Hampshire, where she is a sixthgrade
teacher at a small
elementary school. “Though my
students do not know me as
‘Wigit,’” she says, “I have held
onto the persona and am known as
‘Auntie Wigit’ to my nieces and
nephews.”
Kendall Pryles.
MCS 8
Spring 1992
Class Agents: Jenn Parfet Gudebski,
4jenn@tds.net; & Sarai Hinkley,
saraihinkley@hotmail.com
Dylan (formerly Gabby) Bosseau
(camp staff ’92, ’94, ’95) has a
dual degree in social work and
education with an emphasis in
early development (infants and
toddlers) and families. Dylan
writes, “My partner of 6 years,
Barb O’Neill, completed her
dissertation this spring, earning a
doctorate in early childhood
special education.” They live in
Brooklyn, and Dylan studies
acrobatics and static trapeze with
a company called LAVA, where
she sees Zach Strassburger
(MCS 26). Aaron Kadoch, an
architect at ORW Associates in
White River Junction, VT,
married Camille Hensler, an
attorney. They built their home
in Quechee and love Vermont
life. We are both sad and happy
to print this note from Sam
Maier (boys camp staff ’92), who
died in March ’09. A memorial to
Sam appeared in the Spring ’10
Chronicle. In this note, received in
February ’09, Sam warmly
describes his life: “The twins, Liv
and Dag, are 4, and Solveig
Grace is 2…. We have really
found community in Maud’s little
hometown on the west coast of
Norway. Quiet street, everything
you need within walking distance,
lovely walking trails and right on
the ocean. Perfect for the kids,
and we have Maud’s family
here…. Thanks for all the good
memories of Chewonki.” Kendall