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Class of 1963, front row (left to right): Roger Feldman, Sunny Ladd, Kathy Weston Reardon, Arthur Chute, Olivia Tarleton,Ann Farnham Deming, Mal Nickerson, Jane Cheever Talbot, Jane Gratwick Bryden, John Bihldorff; row 2: James Roberts,David Sargent, Douglas Kinney, Peter Robbins, Alaric Faulkner, John Cunningham, Peter Forbes, Chip Vincent; row 3: DavidTrott, John Russell, C.P. Howland, Ben Wellington, John Grandin, James Sise, Bob Moss, David Taylor, Jeff Rossof large-scale projects on thehuman population. Her recentwork has been conducted inRussia, Thailand, Nepal andPakistan. Recently, her studieshave been closer to home.1963Helen Locke Ladd spent the firstsix months of 2002 living in CapeTown, South Africa. She won aFulbright and was teaching in theeconomics department of CapeTown University. With her husband,Ted Fiske, Helen is writinga book on South Africa’s efforts tocreate a more equitable and democraticeducation system. “Thecountry and the people are lovely,and the challenges are huge, butwe’re optimistic.” In the meantime,she is back at Duke as theassociate director of the SanfordInstitute of Public Policy.1966Peter Nash is back in Washingtonafter four years in London developingoutlet centers in Europe. Chi-Chi and their three children are allwell. Peter enjoys tennis, skiing,and golf and watching the childrenclose the gaps in all three sports.Peter is working on his next career70 Milton Magazinewith the luxury of having sometime to make a good next move.1967Nancy Voss Greenough Blisssends a message to her classmates:“I thought I ought to say hellobefore the 40th reunion rollsaround. What’s happening? Notmuch. I have two excellent children,no pets at the moment, nojob, no money and no home.”1971James Black summarizes the past32 years in the following fewwords: “I married Martha Mihalyin 1982; in 1986 she gave birth toour beautiful daughter, Madeleine;in the mid-1990s I survived cancertwice; and now we are helpingMadeleine visit and select colleges.”Professionally, James spent acouple of decades in the printingbusiness until the computer industrytook over. Seeking revenge, hewent to work in the field of technologymanagement.In April 2003, Martha Soulemarried Gary McDonald inDedham, Massachusetts. One ofthe ushers at the wedding wasStephen Sheptyck. They live inWellesley, Massachusetts. Marthahas worked at the New EnglandJournal of Medicine for 15 years,specializing in computer applicationssupport for Macs and PCs.Martha has “three wonderfulstepchildren, ages 17, 15 and 13,as well as three dogs. All is well.”1973Mitchell Sedgwick is a seniorresearch fellow in cross-culturalstudies at the Business School ofOxford Brookes University. Overthe last decade, his research hasfocused on cross-cultural problemsin Japanese multinationalcorporations. He has writtenethnographies based on fieldworkin subsidiaries of Japanese companiesin Thailand and France. Thiswinter, he celebrated the birth ofa daughter, Georgina.1976Macy Lawrence Ratliff lives inSeattle and enjoys the beauty of theNorthwest, but tries to visit NewEngland family and friends frequently.Macy works part time andvolunteers in her children’s schools.She loves to walk, run, ski andswim. Her 12-year-old loves swimming,drama, running and singing.Her 10-year-old loves origami,gymnastics, soccer and art.1978Peter Frechette started a videoproduction company, Fields ofVision, specializing in documentaryand fund-raising videos fororganizations and individuals.Fields of Vision is based inWaban, Massachusetts, wherePeter lives with his wife anddaughter.1979David Ajemian enjoyed participatingin the DistinguishedAlumni Seminar and catching upwith life at Milton at Graduates’Weekend 2002. Of currentevents, Father Ajemian writes,Class of 1968, front row (left to right): Nathaniel Ayer, Forbesy Russell, JaneBlumgarten Miller, Roger Haydock; row 2: George Gibson, Tony Kane, DavidCornish

“It is a challenging time to be apriest in America 2003, but thecall has not dimmed.”After more than 20 years in thesoftware industry, Jeremy Marrreturned to school and wasrecently elected editor-in-chief ofthe Boston College Law Review.He lives in Newton Centre,Massachusetts with his wife,Karen, their son, Tucker (7), anddaughter, Dixie (5).1980After 16 years in San Francisco,Jenny Link has returned to theEast Coast; she is an artist andarts administrator in Florida.With a fund-raising call last year,she and Sean McVity renewed aclose friendship. Sean has writtena song about Jenny called “Away.”His album is available on CDthrough smcvity@kbw.com.James Scullin lives in Geneva,Switzerland, with his wife,Cecilia, and two children. He isthe senior vice president at a Swissprivate bank, EGF Private Bank,where he works with RobertMehm.Class of 1973, front row (left to right): George Ticknor, Mitch Strei, Richard Perry, Carrie Place Wiznitzer, LaVerne E.Austin, Jonathan Goldbloom, Jay Quinby; row 2: Ed Giandomenico, Gordon Means, Sarah Cleveland, Adele Brainard, JeanBarrett; row 3: Crichton Ogle, Tamsin Knox, Peter Alduino, Sue Inches, Linn Cary Mehta, Richard H. Lamere, MargaretBarron Lawrence, Anne Johnson Hayden, Marguerite Graham, Laura Jackson; row 4: Sam Carr, Elfie Forbes, John Hughes,Bill Perkins, David Mark, Pip Shepley, Catie Marshall, Anne Marie Nesto Filosa, Steven Gordon, Kent Lamere, Ann RobbartSamuel Solomon works atNortheastern University. He isinvolved with the activities of hischildren and politics of his town,where he is a member of the planningboard and Capital OutlayCommittee.1981As a senior project manager forBono Brothers, Inc., KevinCooke just completed constructionof One Western Avenue forHarvard Planning and RealEstate. Along with his wife, Lori,Class of 1978, front row (left to right): Mike Miller, Brenda Elam, Katherine Howard Bolton, Debbie MacDonald Amato,Kathy Astrue, Bill Adams; row 2: Amanda and Samantha Weil, Janet Albers English, Carin Ashjian, Jonathan Wells, BradBlank, Greg Jacobson, Karin Mahony, Frances Marshman, Priscilla Reed Anderson and Lily Anderson, Betsy Leggat; row3: Carolyn Hurter, Andrea Grillo Massar, Capel States, Steve Heckscher, Charlie Duffy, Pru Murray Bovee, Telly Jorden,Ellen Starbird with son Frank Sammartino, Lee Brown, Janet Auchincloss Pyne; row 4: Michael Zieper, Oliver Radford,Wendy Carr Ellison, Scott Johnston, Eeva Makela Sankila, Laura Appell Warren, Becca Badger Fisher, Andrea Amaral, TimMarr, Holly A. Getch Clarke, David M. Mushattand daughters Jaimee (11) andKaty (9), Kevin welcomes theirnewest family member, Daisy (16months).After 11 years in Manhattan, PollyDuke and her husband, Ben, lefttheir Upper West Side apartmentfor a carriage house built in 1850,surrounded by fields, trees, andhorses. “Along with the contrast insettings is the contrast in jobs:rather than teaching at Columbia,I am now chairing the languagedepartment at Friends Academy, aQuaker school on the North Shoreof Long Island. Big bonus: closeproximity during the school day tomy children, William (8) and Peter(4).”David Silk and wife Meredith aredelighted to announce the arrivalof their son, Gabriel, in January2003.Andrew Whitney and his wifecelebrated the birth of their secondchild, Oliver, in January2003.1982After 11 years at Milton, AmyGrillo Angell graduated fromWesttown School, a Quaker71 Milton Magazine

school in Pennsylvania, then shereceived a bachelor’s from BrownUniversity in studio art and education.Amy earned a master’s anddoctorate in human development/psychologyfrom theHarvard Graduate School ofEducation and taught and becamedean of students at MarlboroCollege in Vermont. She is a professorat Vermont College ofUnion Institute and University.Amy has two daughters, Paxton(4) and Julia (2), and is marriedto Sam Angell, one of her brotherConrad’s friends from PutneySchool, and a childhood friend ofNat Burke and MattHuntington who is an attorneyin Brattleboro. They just bought abig old 1970s farmhouse inTownshend, Vermont, and reportthat life there is “pretty good.”Amy misses her old Miltonfriends, and would love to hearfrom them. Her address is P.O.Box 357, 510 Jay Road,Townshend, VT 05353, emailangells@sover.net.72 Milton MagazineClass of 1983, front row (left to right): Tina Cortesi; Class of 1983 children: Giovanna Cima, Raching Samek, SamaraWatkins, Hunter Dunn, Chase Dunn, Maia and Charlotte Zonis; Debby Carr with Haley and Rebecca Friedman, MichaeleWylde with Ella and Alex Thomas, Donna Shakur-Bracey, Gary Bracey, Matthew Fallon; row 2: Julia White (behind kids ofClass of 1983), Anne (Nan) McLean, Gwenna Toncre Williamson, Wyman Fraser Davis, Ben Garrison, Steven Walker; 3:(on floor, at left) Maude Chilton, Roanne Kolvenbach with Baker, (on riser) Charles Ford, Stephen Epstein, LauraDonohue ’81, Jon Zonis, Lisa Donohue, Ann Smith, Louisa Daley Winthrop with Robbie, Catha Day-Carlson, Jim Griffin,Marc Soto; row 4: Jay Samek, Peter Creighton, Gerald McClanahan, David Wood, Cliff Levin, Randall Dunn, Liz HopkinsDunn, Cindy Powell, Alexander Stephens, Jennifer Marcus, Michael MarcusDavid Calnan’s work as an environmentalengineer involvesdesigning and implementing hazardouswaste treatment, minimizationand recycling programsfor Industrial Manufacturing.Most of his work involves thetreatment of heavy metals, whichhe learned in Polly Keller’s ClassV Introductory to PhysicalChemistry Class. His job isextremely similar to the “SludgeTest,” and he would like to thankMs. Keller for getting him startedin a job he loves: “I save the worldon a daily basis.” David lives inHingham, Massachusetts, with hisClass of 1988, front row (left to right): Leslie Stikeleather. Patrice Jean-Baptiste with Nate, Mike Kobb, Naomi King,Annie Elliott, Robin Viola Buonato; row 2: David Ball, Ben Russin, Xander Perry with Wade and Nate, Philippa Cully withMiranda Cully, John Cully and Caitlin Barrett with Desmond DeVaulwife, Aylene, and daughters,Emily (9) and Sarah (6). In thesummer, David runs sailing andfishing trips in the Boston HarborIsland National Park area. Thisyear, he plans to fish for tuna inSeptember and is looking for crewready to spend 12 hours on aboat.Grace Phillips welcomed her secondchild, Ivor Alexis Lloyd. Thebaby is named after Ivor Phillips,his grandfather, and Alexis Belash’51, Grace’s stepfather. Betweenbaby Ivor and his sister Adelaide,Grace is kept busy negotiatingand she’s still acting, among otherthings. She just saw JuliaShepard and her children, andVeronique Choa Pittman andher family. Grace is happy toreport that her sisters, EveZimmerman ’77 and ClaireZimmerman ’79 are doing welland living in Tokyo and Berlinrespectively.1983Elisabeth Donohue lives inChicago as does her sisterCarolyn Donohue Grant ’80.Carolyn works at Northern Trust

Tyler Young and his wife had ababy girl, Isabelle KatherineYoung, in May 2003.1991Kerin McGlame Adams welcomedthe newest member of herfamily, Luke John Adams, inNovember 2002.Anne McManus taught Englishat Milton this year and marriedMatthew Hurlbut, also a teacher,this June.Sarah Millet and SpencerHoffman live in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, with their daughter,Celia.Courtney Monnich is the proudmother of baby Luke HenryMonnich, born February 2003.Alexander Morss continues hisresidency in internal medicine atMassachusetts General Hospital,where he works with BrendanEverett, Meghan Baker, and PatYachimski ’92.Peter Ryan married Kelly Gahanon November 2, 2002, in Belmont,Massachusetts. The reception washeld at the Winchester CountryClub. Milton alumni in attendancewere Jason Greenfield ’90, LizHanify ’93, Jon Hansen ’90 andStu Polk.Ryan Younger and his wife arethe proud parents of MadelineRose Younger, born in Boston inSeptember 2002. Ryan is seniormarketing manager at PartnersHealthCare and Janine is an assistantprofessor at Tufts DentalSchool.On June 21, 2003, Chase Arnoldmarried Nicole Marie Palezer inMattapoisett, Massachusetts.1992Kara D’Esopo-Mollano had ababy boy, Theo, in January 2003.Marc Kirschner graduated fromColumbia Business School inMay 2002 and started a publishingcompany. He is writing/developinga series of books called TheShort List that focuses on neighborhoodbusinesses in New YorkCity. He hopes to have sevenbooks on the shelf by November.This September in Rome, Marcmarried Susanna Bozzetti, whoperforms with a modern dancecompany in New York and wasfeverishly trying to teach himItalian in time for the wedding.1993Sarah Bacon lives in New York,and is director of communicationsfor a public arts organization,Creative Time, which producedthe 9/11 light memorial, Tributein Light. She sees GaltNiederhoffer and Isabel AmesMcDevitt often.Amy Diller spent the summer of2002 biking across the countryfrom Seattle, Washington, toEastport, Maine. She is currentlyan aspiring telemark skiinginstructor and teaches seventhgrade at Stratton MountainSchool in Stratton Mountain,Vermont.“Anybody having a baby?” JessicaHaynes writes that after “usingmy hard-earned MBA (finallyfinishing this summer, afterKelly Gahan and Peter Ryan ’91 Celia, daughter of Sarah Millet ’91three years of going to school atnight!), I’ve started a little sidebusiness, doing in-home infantand toddler photography. I doclassic black-and-white portraits;please check out my site atwww.jessicahaynes.com, and mentionthe Milton connection so Ican give you a discount.”Elizabeth Hren La Rowe is inher first year at Stanford BusinessSchool.Jennifer Noon graduated fromDartmouth Medical School in June2002 and started a residency programin pediatrics at Children’sHospital in Boston, where she isfinishing her internship.After four years in Hong Kongwith Yale-China, Julia Traverswill return to New Haven for anMBA in nonprofit management.Albert Yu has lived in SanFrancisco for five years.Class of 1993, front row (left to right): Doug Chavez, Jenny Vendetti Fernandez, Lindsey Ollman, Bob Seltzer, CelinaKennedy, Sue Lee, Emily Reardon, Christine Griffin, George Vrattos; row 2: Juan Fernandez, Aryeh Sternberg, Liz Hanify,Nancy Lainer, Rose Sargent, Oona Coy, Kyle Cetrulo, Michael Fitzgibbons; row 3: Arkadi Gerney, John Twiss, Kem Poston,Mike Sweeney, Jessica Banderob, Fell Ogden, Andrew Stern, Caleb Clark, Gigi Saltonstall; row 4: Laurence Sacerdote,Sheldon Ison, Julian Cowart, Graham Goodkin, Spencer Dickinson, Douglas Goodman, Greg Hampton, Ian MacLaren,Remington Korper74 Milton Magazine

Front (left to right): Bryan Shirley ’91, Spencer Campbell ’91; center: DanielIsaacson ’91; back row: Margaret Siegfried, Lucy Siegfried ’86, bride CarolineFischer, groom Tom Siegfried ’91, Ursula Siegfried 2019, John Siegfried ’85,Rob McCloskey ’91, Edward Siegfreid (faculty, computer programming)Katrinka Hrdy ’96 and husband David Joffe1994After spending a very coldwinter with Dune Thorne inCambridge, Samantha Drohanrelocated in Santa Monica,California, and works in acutecarepediatrics at MattelChildren’s Hospital at UCLA. “InApril, we had an informal gatheringof Milton friends at Dune’sapartment. Here is some newsfrom those in attendance:Kathryn McCarthy recently gotengaged, Lisa Hurd recentlyeloped in Mexico, Dune Thornewas preparing to graduate fromHarvard Business school in June,Anna Rosefsky is living inCambridge and applying to graduateschool, Hillary Drohan ’96is living in the North End andworking at Wellington.Whitfield Growdon graduatedfrom medical school in June 2003and will begin a residency inOBGYN practice in Boston,Massachusetts. Whitfield marriedAmanda Sarah Palumbo on May26, 2003.”John Serafini is stationed on theKorean DMZ as an officer in theUnited Nations Joint SecurityClass of 1998, front row (left to right): James Antoszewski, Ian Cheney, Laurie Richmond, Angie Tseng, Tze-Ngo Chun,Harrison Blum, Torrey Androski, Annie Fishman, Katherine Snead, Addi Lyon; row 2: Reif Larsen, Sara Leventhal, AndyKelly-Hayes, Lizzy Carroll, Emily Sigman, Alexa Carter; row 3: Chad Bright, J. Ryan Harvey, Steve McGuinn, Dehn Gilmore,Victoria Entine, Bill Hilgendorf, Maria Demeke, Rachel Nance, Paul Bercovitch; row 4: Adam Segal, Dan Blumenthal,Michael Lanzano, Jon Clarke, Tod Hynes, David Modigliani, Alexis Lefebvre, Greg Ruth, Justin Basilico, Nicholas Harlow,Tom Adkins, Gabrielle JacquetArea, which is located a few hundredmeters from North Korea.He returned to the States in Aprilto compete in the Best RangerCompetition.1995After three years as an investmentbanker with JP Morgan, DanaCarey works in Los Angeles witha private equity firm. He plannedto spend the summer in NewYork. He keeps in touch with PhilLintz, Drew Pozatek, LizMahoney, Will Lyons ’96 andseveral other Milton alumni.Scott Tremaine is in his first yearat the University of ChicagoGraduate School of Businessworking toward a master’s ininternational relations. He marriedMaria Lafuente in Spain inJuly 2002 and planned to work inequity research at UBS Warburgin London in the summer of2003.1996Moriah Campbell-Holt attendedAlexandra Fredie’s marriage toDavid Madzunovic on January31, 2002. Other Milton graduatesin attendance were LauraDeGirolami, Thomas Cleveland’45, Julie Tremaine, Chris75 Milton Magazine

Fredie ’00 and former headmasterand his wife Edwin and MarciaFredie, parents of the bride.Michael Connolly, ChristopherBonacci and Michael O’Brienare roommates in Somerville,Massachusetts. Last September,the trio traveled to St. Louis withPeter Huoppi to attend DanGrosso’s wedding to CarrieLampe.Katrinka Hrdy married her collegeboyfriend of five years, DavidJoffe, on June 23, 2002, at theHarvard Memorial Chapel. Thereception was held at the FoggMuseum. Maggie Ridge was inthe wedding party and sang a soloand duet in the ceremony.Katrinka and David are historyteachers at Emma Willard andDuane Stuart, respectively.Katrinka is also a houseparent anda crew coach. They plan to attendgraduate school in 2004, possiblyin New York City or Washington,D.C.Sunny Reyna lives and works inthe Windy City. He hopes toattend graduate school next yearand keeps in touch with Miltongraduates in the area.1997Jeff Cooper lives in Californiaworks at Stanford University as aresearch assistant. This winter, hewent skiing in Lake Tahoe withEthan Kurzweil and PeteCurran, who were visiting onvacation.1998Mike Descoteaux is the headmusical director of the SecondCity Training Center in Chicagowhere he teaches musical theater,plays at shows and writes curriculum.He directs and writes musicfor shows around Chicago in venuessuch as Davenport’s Cabaretand The Royal George Theatre.His name appears on the jacket ofthe CD Last Five Years workingwith Jason Robert Brown on the2002 Broadway musical. In June2002, Mike graduated fromNorthwestern University with aB.S. and musical theatre certificate.Sarah Kahan became SarahAbbett when she was married onSunday, June 15, 2003, toJonathan Abbett. The weddingwent off without a hitch and thesun was even shining! ManyMilton alumni attended, includingbridesmaids, Emily Bruskin,Julie Bruskin, MorganBradylyons and Liz Simon; aswell as Emma Doggett, JuliaMorgan, Liz Jalkut, KatherineSnead, Sarah McGinty, ZoeLasden-Lyman, and DavidKahan ’92, the brother of thebride.Diana Potter graduated fromTrinity and lives in Rhode Island.This summer she taught Englishat the Taft School, and will teachat Rocky Hill this fall. This springDiana won a scholarship to attendboth the Wesleyan Writers’Conference and the BreadloafWriters’ Conference, and her firstshort story will be published inthe November 1 issue of CarveMagazine.1999Thomas Kramer is moving toGuatemala City, Guatamala, toteach first grade at the AmericanSchool of Guatamala.1999Thomas Leung graduatedsumma cum laude from Yale withdistinction in both economics andbiomedical engineering. In recognitionof his exceptional performanceand promise of futuresuccess, Yale awarded the ArthurTwining Hadley Prize to Thomas.In July, 2002 Thomas began hiswork as an analyst at MorganStanley in New York.2000Brent Bucknum is spending histhird year of college abroad inEngland, India, Phillipines, NewZealand and Mexico on theInternational honors program. Heplans to return to CarletonCollege for his senior year.Julia Coquillette is finishing herthird year at Boston College andlooked forward to seeing otherMilton Academy graduates overthe summer. She looks forward toseeing new Milton faces on theBoston College campus this fall.2002After graduating from MiltonAcademy, Ken Nakamura was inTokyo for seven months workingand saving money. He is currentlyenjoying Middlebury and all theskiing that Vermont has to offer.Deaths1919 Laura RichardsonHoughton1925 Thomas Spratt Kernan1928 Anita Hinckley HoveyHowland Shaw Warren1930 John Underhill White1931 Lawrence Lowell Reeve1933 Dudley NickersonHartt, Jr.Marjorie English LittleNorris Poole Swett1934 Margaret Eustis CurtisWarland Wight, Jr.1935 Mary Ayer Hartzell1936 Olivia Peters Henry, Jr.1937 Seth ChandlerCrockerDavid Otis Ives1938 John WinthropBallantine1939 Henry AldenWilliam WashburnRobert York White1941 Seth Turner Crawford1946 Horatio Rogers1949 Stephen AbbottSandersonMary Law Francis1955 Edmund ConverseCabot1960 Adelaide Lutz Ladd1967 Elisabeth B. Emerson1970 David Stevenson StoneKeep in touch usingMilton’s Web site:Our new online alumnidirectory, availablesoon; up-to-date campusnews; great Miltongear from our onlinebookstore—all atwww.milton.edu76 Milton Magazine