Class Note 1989
Geological events have left classmates stranded around the globe in recent months. Lisa Tucker McElroy and her husband, Steve, enjoyed a fabulous week, white-water rafting on the Futaleufu River in Patagonia, Chile. They were preparing to head home to Wallingford, Pennsylvania, when the magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck near Santiago, hundreds of miles north. Information was scarce, other than that the airports were closed. They eventually made it home from Buenos Aires after almost a week, following a 12-hour bus ride to Argentina over unpaved roads. When she’s not planning her next big adventure Lisa teaches law at Drexel University and is mom to 9-year-old Abby and 10-year-old Zoe, a competitive figure skater. Lisa has also written a number of biographies for children about famous Washington figures, including Supreme Court justices Sonia Sotomayor and Sandra Day O’Connor, as well as Ted Kennedy, Alberto Gonzalez and Nancy Pelosi.
Margo Miller and family enjoyed a volcano-extended vacation in the Algarve, in southern Portugal, unable to get home to London for a few extra days, thanks to the Icelandic volcano that halted air travel throughout Europe.
Kris Moller Henley has lived in London for 19 years and says she’s astonished to be mistaken for a Brit when she travels back to the States. She enjoyed a mini-reunion in Quechee, Vermont, last summer with Lisa Colby Crawford and family, including new baby Cate. They enjoyed lunch at EBA’s and a trip to the Co-op for baseball caps. Kris says, “Life in England is good; the family (Olivia, 11, and Victoria, 7) is thriving. Although I am married to an impecunious criminal barrister, free education and free healthcare (including the orthodontist!) make being constantly in the red much more fun. Also, we are now blessed with the most wonderful dog in the world, our English pointer Lucky Jack, and the two best kittens ever, Cleo and Chester.” Kris also enjoyed a visit last spring from Rob Lasser, who came to London on business and joined her family for an afternoon in Guilford. Kris says she loved hearing all about his partner, Bernie, and their son David.
Candace Locklear writes from northern California that she was deeply involved with the launch of the iPad, working with Trudy Muller ’96, who manages the PR for apps at Apple. She says, “I do the PR for electronic arts, and its Scrabble game was a no-brainer for the iPad. I really believe the iPad is a game-changer (pun intended). The new category is simply: family computer. It is so intuitive it will appeal to all ages as the perfect ‘edutainment’ device. Wondering if any alums are working on iPad apps? Lemme know. I am sure Andrew Erlichson is at it right now!”
Finally, congratulations to Andrew Shue, who tied the knot in February with Amy Robach, the co-anchor of NBC’s Weekend Today. Probably not a coincidence, then, that Andrew found himself sitting in for a vacationing Kathie Lee Gifford as co-anchor of the fourth hour of the Today Show. He interviewed Gene Simmons from KISS and chatted with his co-host about everything from the Hollywood gossip of the day to his public service work with Do Something and Café Moms to his ugly feet from years of soccer, to his feeble attempts to make stovetop stuffing. Now that he has five kids in the house (his three and her two), someone please send that man a cookbook!
—Jennifer Avellino, 5912 Aberdeen Road, Bethesda, MD 20817; javellino@mac.com
