Class Note 1999
Issue
Jan - Feb 2018
Happy New Year, ’99s!
I hope you made the most of the holiday season and that 2018 is off to a good start.
I’m pleased to write that Catherine (McCarthy) and Muhammad Hutasuhut have welcomed their third child into the world. Their son, Thayer Nasohi Curtis Hutasuhut, was born on October 5, weighing in at 7 pounds, 15 ounces and 21 inches tall. Older brother Noah (3) and older sister Potter (6 1/2) are enjoying the chance to get to know their baby brother. The Hutasuhuts are in North Carolina these days after spending three and a half years in Indonesia. Congratulations, Catherine and Muhammad!
In other news, Jane Dewitt has kept herself busy since graduation by setting up a business, Stonework, in upstate New York that enables her to pursue her passion for building with rock. In an interview with The Daily Star, a local newspaper, Jane said: “I love the work. Using my hands. It’s very satisfying to stand back and see the beauty of the craft.” Jane sees history in her work. “I’ll be digging around old houses and will find marbles and kids’ toys. Some rocks will have evidence of plough scrapes, which teaches me that the land was worked by a farmer.”
Finally, Christopher Rea has translated a 17th-century collection of stories on the art of deception in China. This book, Zhang Yingyu’s The Book of Swindles: Selections from a Late Ming Collection (published by Columbia University Press), presents a range of stories about criminal ingenuity—such as coaxing a sister-in-law into adultery to scam oil and meat and impersonating the son of an official to steal a merchant’s silver—and a moral lesson on each case from the original author. Christopher is an associate professor of Asian studies at the University of British Columbia in Canada.
That’s all the news for now. I wish you all the best in 2018 and look forward to sharing updates with you again soon!
—Tony Perry, 24 Purssell Close, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 3XU, United Kingdom; tony.j.perry@gmail.com
I hope you made the most of the holiday season and that 2018 is off to a good start.
I’m pleased to write that Catherine (McCarthy) and Muhammad Hutasuhut have welcomed their third child into the world. Their son, Thayer Nasohi Curtis Hutasuhut, was born on October 5, weighing in at 7 pounds, 15 ounces and 21 inches tall. Older brother Noah (3) and older sister Potter (6 1/2) are enjoying the chance to get to know their baby brother. The Hutasuhuts are in North Carolina these days after spending three and a half years in Indonesia. Congratulations, Catherine and Muhammad!
In other news, Jane Dewitt has kept herself busy since graduation by setting up a business, Stonework, in upstate New York that enables her to pursue her passion for building with rock. In an interview with The Daily Star, a local newspaper, Jane said: “I love the work. Using my hands. It’s very satisfying to stand back and see the beauty of the craft.” Jane sees history in her work. “I’ll be digging around old houses and will find marbles and kids’ toys. Some rocks will have evidence of plough scrapes, which teaches me that the land was worked by a farmer.”
Finally, Christopher Rea has translated a 17th-century collection of stories on the art of deception in China. This book, Zhang Yingyu’s The Book of Swindles: Selections from a Late Ming Collection (published by Columbia University Press), presents a range of stories about criminal ingenuity—such as coaxing a sister-in-law into adultery to scam oil and meat and impersonating the son of an official to steal a merchant’s silver—and a moral lesson on each case from the original author. Christopher is an associate professor of Asian studies at the University of British Columbia in Canada.
That’s all the news for now. I wish you all the best in 2018 and look forward to sharing updates with you again soon!
—Tony Perry, 24 Purssell Close, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 3XU, United Kingdom; tony.j.perry@gmail.com