Class Note 1982
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Winter went out with a big ol’ swoosh here in New England. But with encouragement from Ray Murphy and Peter Frechette, Massachusetts ’82s rose above the rains for a mini-reunion at my (Cathy) Winchester home and a showing of Pete’s short film about our class project, the Upper Valley Social Entrepreneurship Fund (UVSE). Also attending were Steve Avruch, Rachel Froman-Bettencourt, Mary Conway, Carol Davis Fiske, Ed Frechette, Beth Haffenreffer Scholle, Julie Hahnke, Matt Hoffman, Tom Lane, Mike McAuliffe, Colin McNay, Sherri Carroll Oberg, Drea Papp Thorn, David Plekenpol, Chris Reynolds, Mike Sapers, Gail Sullivan and Ben Tongue. Not to be outdone by Carol—who braved the weather from West Hartford, Connecticut—Plek flew ’round the girdled earth from Shanghai to support the UVSE. Choosing the drier route, John Hastings made a skype appearance from Texas. To learn about the UVSE, please contact John at jhastings@palomaresources.com.
Facing a flood of foreclosures and lost jobs, Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa appointed Austin Beutner first deputy mayor and chief executive for economic and business policy. Austin looks like the right guy for the job, having worked for the U.S. Department of State in Russia to assist that country’s transition to a market economy. Austin, who has rebounded from a serious bike accident, most recently served as co-founder of the investment banking firm Evercore Partners.
John Dodd reports that he has been in Greenville, Delaware, since leaving Massachusetts eight years ago. John misses the Boston area, but he and his wife are enjoying raising their young and athletic children: Haley (10), Grayson (7) and Reece (3). John works at Security Global Investors, which has tripled in size over the last three years to $24 billion.
Phil DiBello and Deb Fergus returned to Billerica, Massachusetts, from a two-week trip to Rome and Florence honoring their 25th wedding anniversary. Phil claims they celebrated their marriage and the fact that it is “not possible to eat too much gelato.”
A visit to Dartmouth ignited memories for Peter Rosenwald, accompanied by his oldest son, a high school junior. Peter practices law in Baltimore and frequently sees Stan Kraska and Steve Schuh. Steve succeeds Peter in June as chairman of the board for the Red Cross of Central Maryland. Peter is a director of the United Way of Central Maryland and is training for his third triathlon with Team in Training for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Judi Davidson Wolf is already tearing up as she imagines spring in Hanover when her daughter Rebecca graduates and her dad, Richard Davidson ’60, returns for his 50th reunion. Judi notes that it will be her dad’s first graduation at Baker, since ours was in Thompson Arena and for his own he was caring for his new baby girl. What a legacy!
Mike Sapers’ company CATZ is shifting focus from selling sports performance training franchises to addressing childhood obesity and much needed training for volunteer parent-coaches. In Massachusetts, Milton public schools recently retained CATZ to train volunteer parents to run structured fitness programs during recess. Mirroring his company’s mission, Mike coached his son’s ski team and helped him start a rugby program.
Having been slopeside in Vermont this winter at her kids’ ski races, Laura Murray Dobbin is settling into spring in New Canaan, Connecticut. Laura “still loves all the stuff that goes” with being home with the kids. She sees Sharon Flynn McClymonds and Gina (Kunz) Podlesak regularly. Mary Thomson Renner and Jenny Chandler Hauge are planning on celebrating their 50th birthdays somehow and are thinking about Dartmouth’s upcoming Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument Bike Trip in Utah. Happy trails!
—Cathy Judd-Stein, 15 Lakeview Road, Winchester, MA 01890; cjuddstein@yahoo.com; David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net
July - Aug 2010
Winter went out with a big ol’ swoosh here in New England. But with encouragement from Ray Murphy and Peter Frechette, Massachusetts ’82s rose above the rains for a mini-reunion at my (Cathy) Winchester home and a showing of Pete’s short film about our class project, the Upper Valley Social Entrepreneurship Fund (UVSE). Also attending were Steve Avruch, Rachel Froman-Bettencourt, Mary Conway, Carol Davis Fiske, Ed Frechette, Beth Haffenreffer Scholle, Julie Hahnke, Matt Hoffman, Tom Lane, Mike McAuliffe, Colin McNay, Sherri Carroll Oberg, Drea Papp Thorn, David Plekenpol, Chris Reynolds, Mike Sapers, Gail Sullivan and Ben Tongue. Not to be outdone by Carol—who braved the weather from West Hartford, Connecticut—Plek flew ’round the girdled earth from Shanghai to support the UVSE. Choosing the drier route, John Hastings made a skype appearance from Texas. To learn about the UVSE, please contact John at jhastings@palomaresources.com.
Facing a flood of foreclosures and lost jobs, Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa appointed Austin Beutner first deputy mayor and chief executive for economic and business policy. Austin looks like the right guy for the job, having worked for the U.S. Department of State in Russia to assist that country’s transition to a market economy. Austin, who has rebounded from a serious bike accident, most recently served as co-founder of the investment banking firm Evercore Partners.
John Dodd reports that he has been in Greenville, Delaware, since leaving Massachusetts eight years ago. John misses the Boston area, but he and his wife are enjoying raising their young and athletic children: Haley (10), Grayson (7) and Reece (3). John works at Security Global Investors, which has tripled in size over the last three years to $24 billion.
Phil DiBello and Deb Fergus returned to Billerica, Massachusetts, from a two-week trip to Rome and Florence honoring their 25th wedding anniversary. Phil claims they celebrated their marriage and the fact that it is “not possible to eat too much gelato.”
A visit to Dartmouth ignited memories for Peter Rosenwald, accompanied by his oldest son, a high school junior. Peter practices law in Baltimore and frequently sees Stan Kraska and Steve Schuh. Steve succeeds Peter in June as chairman of the board for the Red Cross of Central Maryland. Peter is a director of the United Way of Central Maryland and is training for his third triathlon with Team in Training for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Judi Davidson Wolf is already tearing up as she imagines spring in Hanover when her daughter Rebecca graduates and her dad, Richard Davidson ’60, returns for his 50th reunion. Judi notes that it will be her dad’s first graduation at Baker, since ours was in Thompson Arena and for his own he was caring for his new baby girl. What a legacy!
Mike Sapers’ company CATZ is shifting focus from selling sports performance training franchises to addressing childhood obesity and much needed training for volunteer parent-coaches. In Massachusetts, Milton public schools recently retained CATZ to train volunteer parents to run structured fitness programs during recess. Mirroring his company’s mission, Mike coached his son’s ski team and helped him start a rugby program.
Having been slopeside in Vermont this winter at her kids’ ski races, Laura Murray Dobbin is settling into spring in New Canaan, Connecticut. Laura “still loves all the stuff that goes” with being home with the kids. She sees Sharon Flynn McClymonds and Gina (Kunz) Podlesak regularly. Mary Thomson Renner and Jenny Chandler Hauge are planning on celebrating their 50th birthdays somehow and are thinking about Dartmouth’s upcoming Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument Bike Trip in Utah. Happy trails!
—Cathy Judd-Stein, 15 Lakeview Road, Winchester, MA 01890; cjuddstein@yahoo.com; David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net