Class Note 1986
Jan - Feb 2016
N.H. citizen will see Mark Stewart’s name on the February primary ballot, just below “Sanders, Bernie.” Stewart is not a liberal though, and he urges “those who care about seeping socialism” to see more at the Resistance, the organization he cofounded for other “anti-incumbent, pro-freedom candidates”: www.weresist.us. He’ll be on the presidential ballot in New Hampshire, South Carolina “and any other late-primary states that will have me.”
Professor Andrew Walkling teaches at Binghamton University (SUNY), with a joint appointment in the departments of art history, English and theater. “My specialization is 17th-century English court culture and I’m just completing a book on musical-theatrical entertainments performed between the late 1650s and 1688 titled Masque and Opera in Restoration England.” Andrew was surprised when this reporter said, “This is cool.” Also a teacher, Jeffrey Morrison may hold the longevity-with-one-employer record for ’86s. “I’m in my 28th year at Greens Farms Academy, where I teach history. Here my daughter, Bryn, is in ninth grade, my son, Soren, is in sixth grade, and my wife teaches Spanish and is dean of students. Spent the summer driving Bryn to various field hockey camps, also did a bit of fly-fishing.” Final teacher for this month, Mike McIvor writes from New York City: “This fall marks the third semester for me teaching a course at Tuck called “Investing and Deal Making in Healthcare: A Practitioner’s Perspective.” I haven’t quit my day job though, and continue to work at Bank of America. My 10-year-old daughter has settled on Dartmouth as her first choice for college. Gabriela asked me to print out the application so she can plan ahead. She definitely takes after her mother.”
John Hueston left his large Los Angeles law firm and launched a “white collar and securities litigation boutique.” If you envision a five-counselor shop, think again. In nine months the firm has swelled to 42 attorneys. Indeed, 24 attorneys joined John and his cofounder within the first month of their announcement. An article already named Hueston & Hennigan a top California litigation boutique. “Fellow classmate Lisa Richardson is our head of marketing and public relations. As you can see, she has been doing a great job!”
Out of San Diego: Janet Friday is perhaps trading up. After 15 years in “America’s Finest City” she moved to America’s wettest city—Seattle. “My husband, Charles, took a job with Amazon Machine Learning. He currently is on a leave from the University of California, San Diego, so not sure how this is going to pan out. The climate is really different, both weather and culture. I’m working at Seattle Children’s Hospital in the ER and urgent care. I’m no longer seeing the sickest of the sick these days. Less stress is good!” Then again—“We have a seventh-grader who has adapted to Seattle a little too well and dyed her hair pink.” Lots of rain is coming her way to wash it out.
—Mark Greenstein, 107 Fenn Road, Newington, CT 06111; (860) 666-7715; msg@ivybound.net; Davida Dinerman, 12 Kings Row, Ashland, MA 01721; (508) 231-8813; davida@dinerman.com