Class Note 1982

Around the girdled earth they roam…and reside! Our class newsletter editors have recently been reporting on classmates living outside the United States, which prompted me to try to figure how many ’82s currently live abroad. According to my (unofficial) secretary records, the number is 39. Canada and England are the favorites, with six classmates each. And Myanmar (Burma) is probably the most exotic location. The full list is as follows: Meg Bailey (England), Rick Bercuvitz (Canada), Steve Berger (Singapore), Alex Blumrosen (France), Craig Bradley (France), Mark Bunker (England), Brian Burdelle (Bermuda), Sean Burke (France), Nilgun Celik (Turkey), Dickson Cunningham (England), Kevin Devine (Germany), Mike Dickens (England), Tina Dooley-Jones (Kenya), Bob Faber (Bulgaria), Dov Frazer (Australia), David Gibbons (Bermuda), Lynn Grant (England), Gerard Hekker (Singapore), John Henderson (Myanmar), Tricia Kinsman (France), Ann Lindley (Spain), Joey Wallace Lowther (England), Davin Mackenzie (China), Robert “Maxx” Maxwell (Canada), James Nadler (Canada), Ita Weinshienk Olesker (Israel), Michael Paige (Canada), David “Plek” Plekenpol (China), Statis Rizas (Canada), Yisrael “Jay” Rosenberg (Israel), Roberto Saint-Malo (Spain), Amy Seibold (Australia), Wes Sheridan (Canada), Jay Shofet (Israel), Kjersti Aksnes Skantze (Norway), Tony Smith (Germany), Harry Teahan (Denmark), Hilda Wang (Hong Kong) and Stephen Wood (Spain). I am sure that I missed some classmates. If so, let me know!


In March I got to see our class president, Cathy Judd-Stein, while she was in Los Angeles for the annual Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) media awards dinner, which celebrates lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender inclusiveness in film and television. Cathy is a member of the GLAAD board of directors; Steve Warren is the board co-chair. Cathy has a new job as deputy chief legal counsel for Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker. Cathy has now provided legal advice to five Massachusetts governors!


Joe Ranzini lives in Waynesboro, Virginia, which is in the Shenandoah Valley just west of Charlottesville. Joe went to medical school at the University of Virginia and completed a general surgery residency in Cooperstown, New York. His wife and two sons all graduated from the College of William and Mary. Joe is a general surgeon and serves on the board of directors at Augusta Health, a local hospital.


I keep seeing Roger Lanctot’s name on LinkedIn articles. He is associate director of the global automotive practice of Strategy Analytics, a global research and consulting firm. Roger travels the world attending car shows, speaking at industry events and writing lots of articles about connected car strategies.


Al Forbes runs Forbes Consulting and works primarily with small nonprofit organizations and for-profit community-based or community service organizations. His goal is to support efforts that improve community health and well-being at an organizational or programmatic level. Al was recently in Chicago leading a two-day cultural competency workshop for Illinois Department of Health HIV service providers.


Thanks to all of you who posted a photo on our class Facebook page on March 23, 2015—the 82nd day of the year. We broke a record: 140 classmates! Great job!


Have a wonderful summer!


—David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net; Robin Shaffert, 5044 Macomb St., NW, Washington, DC 20016; robinshaffert@yahoo.com