Remote news from David Pierce: “Son Aidan ’18 has joined Alison ’15 this fall. My wife and I reside in Hong Kong, but my new role with Harald Quandt Capital should have me in the Northeast once a quarter.”


Sad news: Dr. Andrea Jordan died June 15 from complications from a fall in her home. A published expert in her subspecialty of cytopathology, Andrea majored in English at Dartmouth and was active in track, the College Committee on Standing and Conduct and Aquinas House.


From Thad Seymour: “Last June I celebrated 33 years with my wife, Katie, proving that a first date at Winter Carnival can yield great dividends. I’ve spent the last six years helping to plan and build Lake Nona, a large new community near Orlando International Airport. We were featured in the June 30 Fortune, ‘How to Build a Great American City,’ and in a Harvard Business School case study, ‘Designing a Culture of Collaboration at Lake Nona Medical City.’


“I have had fun creating a not-for-profit, the Lake Nona Institute (www.lakenonaimpactforum.org), a think tank on health innovation; Susan Dentzer has been a speaker and moderator and did a phenomenal job. And a ‘new home of tennis’ is being built at Lake Nona (100-plus courts). Everything I know about tennis I learned from my sophomore roommate Al Gordon.”


—John T. Bird, 1920 Chateau Circle, Apt. 306, Birmingham, AL 35209; (205) 276-4609; jtbird.com@gmail.com