Class Note 1982
By the time you read this the class of 1982 will have celebrated its 30th reunion and our Act II. Much of this column is dedicated to our classmates who lived—most of us for four years—in North Mass dormitory. Bonded then by our all-women oasis, our second acts are noteworthy. Angela Schifanella will venture back to her commercial architecture work, scaling back her residential practice, now that her oldest son is off to Brown University. Philippa Guthrie remains general counsel at the Indiana University Foundation, but will be cheering the Blue Devils and her musical daughter when she starts at Duke University. Cindy Willett Sherwood works as a freelance writer and editor in southern California, where she lives with her husband, 12-year-old daughter and two rescue dogs. She began Act II when she switched from a career in television news management, after starting her family at 40. Similarly, Susan Ross Marki left financial consulting work in New York to move to Pasadena, California, and be a stay-at-home mom for three children. Recently, she opened Marki Financial Services, LLC, a registered investment advisor.
Laura Morrell Hicks teaches upper school math and coaches skiing in Simsbury, Connecticut. Her Act II started with a breast cancer diagnosis, prompting her daughter’s transfer to Gould Academy in Maine. Laura wrote that after two surgeries and radiation, “all reports have been great.” Now she and her husband are enjoying watching their daughter compete in track at Colby College, while their son pursues a master’s in computer science. Andrea Borden remains committed to making a difference, supporting, for example, construction of a well in Kenya and a photo installation to promote a local ecosystem in rural Mexico. She enjoys photography and writing, yoga, tai chi, crystals, her three children and husband. Kathy Boak Dubishar says that her Act II includes “two in college, two to go, two to programs in France this summer, two to two weeks of horse camp and two to reunion!”
Katie Stearns Friday says Act II means being “humble with a sense of humor.” She and husband J.B. Friday have taken up a new sport—paddleboarding! Son Nathanael is a Dartmouth ’16 and daughter Hilda is 13 years old. Amy Marsh Macionis describes her Act II in Gambier, Ohio, as “out there” as she explores shamanic techniques to improve her clients’ spirituality and their connection with nature.
Helen Yuu Gates and husband Bill Gates ’81 have three children, including Harry ’14. She writes that being “recently appointed executive director of the Rye Arts Center in New York, along with long hair and gel nails, is my Act 2!” Catherine Munson Reed will begin her Act II at Smith College School of Social Work this June to become a licensed clinical social worker in child and adolescent mental health. Her husband and two teenagers support her “personal renaissance”—a complete departure from her Act I in the U.S. Navy and intelligence!
Kroll-Cyber Investigations reports that Michael DuBose, former chief of the computer crime and intellectual property section at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), has joined Kroll as managing director and cyber investigations practice leader. At the DOJ Mike supervised 40 federal prosecutors handling such crimes as international phishing schemes, copyright piracy and large-scale data breaches. Congratulations, Mike.
USA Triathlon ranks Eben Jones first in his age group nationwide (a bit ahead of my now-more-than-ever-competitive husband, ranked 58th).
Finally, co-secretary David Eichman was spotted giving a tour of Hollywood, California, to Jill Sparhawk Scott and her family in late March. In April David and Peter Zimmerman enjoyed dinner in New Orleans.
—Cathy Judd-Stein, 15 Lakeview Road, Winchester, MA 01890; cjuddstein@yahoo.com; David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net
