Spring 2007 - Milton Academy

1956Rupert Hitzig is the presidentof Bizazz Media, a new mediaproduction company. They haveproduced an award-winningdocumentary on Danica Patrickand the Indy 500.1957Anne Wyatt-Brown is editing anew journal, the Journal of Aging,Humanities, and the Arts. Sheurges anyone with an article thatwould be of interest to an interdisciplinaryaudience to send ither way.1958Lisa Hartmann Blake writes,“Baha’i is, as ever, my top priority.I’m making pottery for Ito gallerieshere and there and I amloving being a grandma.”Joan Corbett Dine writes, “ZingySan Francisco has supersededPrague as our new home.” Joan’shusband, Tom, is CEO of theJewish Community Federation.She writes that she is “re-inventing[her] musical self”—singing,whether in solo performance orchoir, taking voice lessons, andworking at sight-reading brushupand greater mastery. She isreverting to ballet as exercise. “Ifone cannot retrieve the body inSan Francisco (I hate the defectionsfrom service by previouslyloyal body parts), it’s all over! It’sgreat to be back.”Ruth Cheever Drake reports thatshe is still living in Burlington,Vermont, but that she and herhusband have chosen to skip thewinters. They camp south andwest, spend lots of time inMexico, and this year spent timein California and Vieques, PuertoRico. When they’re home theytake classes at the University ofVermont, volunteer, and spendas much time outdoors as possible:birding, kayaking, sailingand biking.1959Sam Taylor writes in from HoodRiver, Oregon, where he is practicinga little medical oncology in“The Gorge” between windsurfingsessions. He has started bikingand skiing in the off-season.Sam comments, “It’s awesomeout here.”1960Robert Norris is dividing histime among nonprofit endeavors,a suburban law practice andtending to his garden and hisgrandchildren. He and his wifecelebrate four children, now allmarried, five grandchildren, andreason to believe that numbermight increase. He notes, “Whileit is true that my experience atMilton is not the same as thatexperienced by today’s students,it is encouraging to see similarlessons learned: aiming high,importance of public service anda sense of curiosity and funplay.”1963Bill Beyer writes in, “I’m veryproud to have received the“William Booth Award” fromthe Salvation Army for helpingthe Army help others. My bestto all.”1965Trinkett Clark, the wife of NickClark, passed away on October29, 2006, after a brief but courageousbattle with liver cancer.Bay Bigelow, Ralph Hamill andBen Taylor, three of Nick’s dearestMilton classmates, attendedher service.1969Eliza Kimball reports that herson, Arthur, graduated from theUniversity of Chicago in 2004and is a staff writer for theProvidence Journal. Her otherson, David, is a sophomore atTrinity College. Eliza works as aSenior Political Affairs Officer inthe Department of PeacekeepingOperations at the UnitedNations, covering Iraq, Nepal,Kashmir and the WesternSahara.Class of 1974 celebrates Patrick victoryIn the statehouse, from left, Anna Waring, Cassandra Perry, Deval Patrick,David Moir, and Annette Buchanan, all Class of 1974At the inauguration, Mrs. Aubrey (Smith) Carter, former faculty, Anna Waring,Annette Buchanan, Cassandra Perry, and Peter Smith ’77At the gala, Cassandra Perry, Robin Lynch (also 1974), Annette Buchanan,David Moir57 Milton Magazine