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I am writing on a snowy February morning, knowing that you will be reading these notes on a warm spring day, just weeks before our 25th reunion. With the reunion in mind I wrote a few classmates to ask about reunion plans.

For the first time in more than six years I’m low on classmate replies. Saving us from the dreaded “Mark makes stuff up” are the following.


I am constantly impressed with the disparate paths our classmates have taken—particularly in light of our collective 50th birthdays (has everyone officially passed that milestone by now?).

In January, as all eyes turned to Washington, D.C., for President Obama’s inauguration, Jenny Chandler Hauge organized a post-inauguration event at her husband’s law firm.

In the 25th reunion yearbook Brooks Shumway vividly described her battles with cancer. Brooks remained upbeat, notwithstanding the emotional and physical toll of recurring serious illness.