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Emily Cooper
emilycooperb@gmail.com
After more than
four successful
years at Douglas
Elliman, Eric
Brown recently
joined Compass.
He is ecstatic
to use the cutting-edge
technology
and marketing offered at Compass to
provide clients with exceptional service, and
will leverage this partnership to bring significant
value to the buyers, sellers, renters, and
building owners he represents. He can be
emailed at eric.brown@compass.com.
Peter Carlisle moved recently to the Mount
Airy/Germantown, PA, neighborhood, and
will be coaching middle school and high
school squash, and substitute teaching at
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy.
Christopher Coakley works as a skills specialist
at the Center for Disability Services
in Schenectady, NY.
After attending the Culinary Institute of
America, Roy Sayewitz transferred and
graduated from New York University in
2014 with degrees in environmental studies,
political science, and philosophy. In
addition to working for GrowNYC at several
farmers’ markets around New York City,
Roy is a principal at Trademade, Inc., an
app that aims to protect the environment
by getting users to make choices that
reduce carbon footprints.
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Amelia O’Leary
olearyaj21@gmail.com
Tim O’Donoghue joined a recent regional
gathering in Denver, CO (see page 36),
where he was visiting his mom, Valle Dwight
’75, who was there for a conference. After
graduating from Earlham College, Tim
moved to San Francisco, where he worked
for a while as a special needs educator and
builder. Tim recently moved to New Zealand
to continue doing construction work in the
wake of the recent earthquake.
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Jordan Shepard
jhshepard@suffolk.edu
Stephanie Drake
drakes@darrowschool.org
Last summer, Stephanie Drake (above)
moved from Jackson, WY, to Aspen, CO,
and is now teaching English at Aspen High
School. Stephanie is eager to connect with
as many classmates as possible in the
coming months, as she plans to come back
to Darrow for her 5 th reunion in June.
In May 2016, Qiming Li (above) finished his
undergraduate program at Roger Williams
University (RWU), double majoring in legal
studies and history. He is now in a master’s
degree program in historic preservation at
RWU.
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Class agent needed
Above: Noor Minhas (left) and Nina Tobin
(right) stopped by the Mountainside in
January for a visit with Anooshah Minhas
’19, who is currently a student at Darrow.
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Ben Eckstein
ecksteinb.8@gmail.com
Kylie Wyskochil (above, right) had lunch
in September with her former advisor,
Craig Westcott, before departing for Bath,
England, for the fall semester, where shestudied
vernacular architecture and had an
internship. She has since returned to the
U.S., where she is doing well at Hobart and
William Smith Colleges and competed in the
Division III nationals in rowing last year.
Dan Cavanagh is “halfway” through his
major in criminal justice at Curry College.
He was in Mexico for summer 2016 doing
volunteer work in environmental conservation
(sea turtles, bird inventory), and credits
Darrow with his interest in this area.
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PEG BOARD FALL/WINTER 2016–17