Graduate Notes
From the archives: Joe Swayze captured this studious scene in the original Putnam Library shortly after its opening in September 1975.
1951
class correspondent
Galt Grant
781-738-4655
galtgra@gmail.com
1952 & 1953
class correspondent
John Childs 339-777-5960
johnchilds37@gmail.com
While we mourn the passing of John Childs ‘53, we honor his devoted service as class correspondent and the thoughtfulness he brought to keeping the classes of ‘52 and ‘53 connected.
John Childs ’53 writes, “When I sent an email to the existing members of Nobles ’52 & ’53 in early November, I shared with them a touching and extraordinary reply from Peter Willauer ’52’s wife, Carol. She bravely reported, ‘I am sorry to tell you all that Peter is down to his final hours. He’s resting in a hospital bed next to mine, and I stand watch over him. Every two hours in the night, I wake, as well as all day to check on him. His sons and their wives have been with me, and there have been many stories and love and music. He is so strong, he doesn’t want to leave the party. There will be a memorial service and celebration in Portland, Maine, on November 22, and I’ll be sure to send out the invitation to you. In the meantime, be well and bless you all for being his friends for so many years.’ Such devotion, strength, and willingness to share these closing moments are truly amazing. Peter and Carol accomplished so much together, and the legacy he is leaving behind will certainly be celebrated and enduring.
“There was also news from ol’ reliable Ben Taylor ’52 from his retirement home in Northern California. Like so many folks well up there in age, Ben fell and broke his hip a few years ago. He has recovered but uses a walker, stubbornly retains independence, and keeps busy writing stories about his life for the local residents’ newsletter, and is actively critiquing management of his retirement community. Travel, golf, and particularly fishing may be delights of Ben’s past, but in many other ways, he hasn’t slowed down.
“In addition to reporting 66 years of ‘matrimonial bliss,’ three highly accomplished children, five fascinating grandchildren, and a good life in the Baltimore, Maryland, area, Stanley Johnson ’53 sent this interesting story about his grandson. Stanley’s wife, Thora, has Danish heritage, and their eldest grandson (25) who had lived in NYC, London, Paris, and Chisinau, Moldova, is now a commodities trader for a Danish firm in Aarhus, Denmark. Thora has maternal grandparents who grew up only 50 miles from his place of work before immigrating to West Hartford, Connecticut. ‘How amazing life is!’ I might add that Stanley and I grew up in Wellesley right around the corner from each other and commuted to Nobles together.
“Finally, Jack Farlow ’53 gives us a glimpse of the eclectic versatility of his interests by reporting a strong desire to stress lifelong learning by taking courses in ‘Moliere plays, cosmology, etc.’ plus purchasing a 52-HP diesel Kubota tractor and a 6’-diameter Woods Bush Hog ‘to help keep the Maine woods from
reclaiming our fields.’ We can be somewhat relieved to know that the addition of the challenging machinery is primarily guided by the prospect of their youngest son moving in with them soon to take over ‘the good work on our lands while indulging his lifelong love of all things tractor.’ Jack and Jane are remarkable and living the good life.
“Meanwhile, Jean and I continue to be active and happy at North Hill here in Needham, with interests including chairing committees, trying to keep fit, playing casual golf with friends, and joining in club curling activities. We also try to keep track of six grandchildren scattered around the country and elsewhere.
“We hope the rest of you guys are also relatively well and thriving.”
1955
class correspondent
Bob Chellis 781-237-9436 rdchellis@gmail.com
1956
class correspondent Gren “Rocky” Whitman 443-691-9370 grenwhitman1@gmail.com
1957
c lass correspondent Eliot Putnam 781-431-8584 etputnam@earthlink.net
Nim Marsh shares, “The Bob Macleod I knew was a hunter, fisherman, sailor, and, above all else, a quintessential waterman. From the stinging rips off Cuttyhunk to icy New England waterfowl-hunting blinds, to
rollicking North Atlantic tradewind routes, I witnessed Bob, unperturbed, meet challenging circumstances with a familiar response. He’d crack a slight smile, chuckle, his shoulders would start to rise and fall, and he’d wryly mutter, ‘It’s an interesting situation.’ From his youth, he was jack of all trades and master of all things waterborne. Summers in Chapoquoit, West Falmouth, Massachusetts—racing Beetlecats and simply being a purposeful wharf rat—sowed the seeds for the traditional mariner’s life and the hard-earned disciplines therein. Why, in his early teens he could knot, splice, and even craft a handsome turk’s head at his desk in the Nobles study hall. While at Nobles and Trinity College, he honed his sailing and waterfowl-hunting skills, and he became a masterful helmsman of the family’s 23-foot MacKenzie Cuttyhunk bass boat, Mary W, often in the gnarly waters after which this model was named. Most every Columbus Day weekend, we’d head for the Elizabeth Islands with the Mary W to fish for stripers, push the boat and ourselves to the edge, and blow off some steam. The two of us were thrilled by the prospect of an outdoor life on and near the water. In four consecutive Bermuda Races—1960–1966— Bob, his brothers, Bill and Eldon, and their friends (Bill Gallagher, among these) raced to Bermuda with the family Concordia Skye. In that first race, Bob (then 21), Bill (23), and Eldon (19) were, according to Brother Bill, members of ‘likely the youngest crew that raced that year.’ Bobby was the navigator on all those races,
Brother Bill adds, and ‘he did a terrific job with his sextant.’
“Instincts were honed on these intense passages that would sustain him on future voyages to the high latitudes and to, and about, Europe. Bob sailed across the Atlantic to Europe and returned, aboard John and Nancy McKelvy’s 53-foot motorsailor Whizzbang, and cruised to Newfoundland, Labrador, and Greenland on another voyage. Bob was my best friend, and he died last July. The British have a lovely way of framing the passing of old shipmates: ‘One by one they set sail.’ That’s the image I keep for him, his sail getting steadily smaller as the westerlies propel his boat toward a cathedral-like horizon. This makes me happy and not the least sad.”
Lance Grandone writes, “Greetings from sunny Florida. As residents say, ‘another day in Paradise.’ So far, we have been very lucky weatherwise—no hurricanes, and the end of season is fast approaching. Fingers crossed. No changes healthwise for the family. In fact, Karin was prescribed a new med, gabapentin, that has shown marked improvement for her various issues with no side effects. I figure if it doesn’t work for her, I can always give it to my cats. It seems it is commonly prescribed for cats and dogs.
“I’ve been spending lots of time dealing with insurance companies. Karin and I were rear-ended by some dunce who plowed into us while we were stopped at a traffic light. He never hit his brakes, and it’s a miracle we weren’t hurt. First accident involvement in 50 years. The driver was cited and,
like many Florida drivers, was underinsured, so I have to file through our insurance company and let them fight it out. So, we are down to one car for at least a month until parts come in and repairs are made. I’m surprised our car wasn’t considered a total loss, but even with $15K in damage, they will fix it and add a black mark on the Carfax report.
“Another recent project has been my trying to eliminate spam and spoof calls on our telephone landline. My advice: Dump your landline if you can and go 100 percent cellular. Even after registering with No More Robo and the Do Not Call Registry, we still get 30–50 spoof calls per week. It’s starting to drive me cuckoo, and the aggravation is off the charts. The calling numbers are legitimate but are hijacked by someone else trying to sell us a Medicare Advantage package. Every call is a different number. Karin feels she has to keep the landline for all medical-related calls she gets, but I’m hoping she will relent and get rid of it. I went totally cellular over 15 years ago and never regretted it. Any calls I get from a number not in my contact list bypasses the ring and goes directly to voicemail. I have the landline provider monitoring the line to try and isolate the perpetrator as most of the calls are from a single disguised source.
“I’m also having a lot of fun working on artificial intelligence software on my computer. I think this is probably the most significant technological breakthrough since the Internet. It is truly amazing what can be accomplished using AI, but it is also very scary as to what can
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be generated. The more I work with AI, the more I see the need for controls to prevent misuse, as well as some changes in legislation regarding its use. The implications of AI on students, educators, certain job holders, the overall economy, and our position in the world will be profound. We also can’t ignore the effect of AI data centers on power usage, nearby communities, and the environment itself. This is definitely a watershed moment in history, and I can only hope that we make the best of it and not descend into some kind of Terminator movie script.
“I was sorry to hear about Bob Macleod. We weren’t close in school, but it still hurts to lose a classmate. Has anyone made an attempt to check on the status of our remaining class members? It’s really a sad state when the first thing I check when I get my monthly Princeton Alumni monthly magazine is the Irish Sports Pages (obits, for the uninformed reader).
“Well, that’s it for me for the time being. I’d love to hear from any classmates. It gets a bit lonely down here as all my Florida friends have passed away.”
Eliot Putnam shares, “On December 22, 1962, Jan Everett and I, both Peace Corps Volunteers in the Philippines, were married in Manila. Following the ceremony and a delightful luncheon with Filipino and Peace Corps friends, we boarded a Cathay Pacific airliner for our honeymoon in Hong Kong, after which we returned to our Peace Corps teaching assignments in the rural Philippines. Sixty-three years
later, on November 18, 2025, we again boarded a Cathay Pacific airliner, this time in Boston, and again flew to Hong Kong. There we boarded an ongoing flight to Chiang Mai, Thailand, to visit our son Jesse Putnam, who is teaching and vigorously soaking up Thai culture, much as we did in a different Southeast Asian country all those years ago. I would call this a delightful and life-affirming symmetry.”
1958
class correspondent
Chris Morss 508-395-5671 knossos@aol.com
Peter Norstrand writes, “I’ve been in touch with Tappy Wilder, Peter Horton, and Bill Danielson, and hoping to hear from Bill Russell and Bob Stewart about scheduling a get-together when Tappy’s in Maine next summer.”
Chris Morss writes, “Peter Norstrand, Henry Batchelder, and another longtime friend came for lunch at my house in Mattapoisett in late September. We all had much in common and conversation was most enjoyable and lively.”
Bill Danielson shares, “Still adjusting to life at Stroudwater Lodge in Westbrook, Maine. My main activity seems to be heading for the dining room and then trying to resist overeating, three times every day. I also spend much of my life on PT routines and circumnavigating the facility by wheelchair.
“I’ve been asked to give four PowerPoint talks on climate change at the Lodge, two as team efforts with a resident who is a retired minister. We have
founded a climate action group of Stroudwater residents—a tiny, baby shadow inspired by the robust environment program Larry Daloz has developed at his retirement place and elsewhere. Speaking of whom, Larry and Sharon visited us over a recent weekend; those days were our happiest ones in some time. The November elections have strengthened my belief that things will get better, sooner than later.”
George Foss writes, “Out of rehab after 10 weeks of bed rest. Fractured my pelvis on August 28. Had frequent calls from Charlie Long and Bill Russell. Now home and on the mend. Greetings to all.”
Mike Whitman shares, “In year 16 of retirement, my life is now quiet and smooth. Good health, polishing off book after book, salubrious naps, and decent exercise, since my town’s library, post office, grocery, and restaurants are all within walking distance. Oil changes are now occasioned by the calendar year, not by the odometer. No ’58 sightings, but wearing my ‘N’ baseball cap flushes another Nobles graduate or parent from the shrubbery now and then, including a ’75 in my small town.”
Henry Batchelder writes, “Class of ’58 gourmets may be interested in my recent visit to the annual Salon du Palais Gourmand held at the Hippodrome in Cagnes-sur-Mer with a former USS Springfield shipmate who also lives in the Nice area. This is the Riviera’s most popular food and wine fair, with some 230 exhibitors representing all the regions of France. Upon arrival, we
place a few wine orders for subsequent pick-up and then head for a pop-up restaurant from Castelnaudary, a town between Toulouse and Carcassonne known as the home of cassoulet, a slowly cooked dish of white beans, pork sausage, and duck preserved in its own fat. So that’s what we always order. Although not part of the Mediterranean diet, duck fat is considered a healthy food by believers. After lunch, we borrow a dolly to hike our cases out to the car and head home, very pleased with our day.”
Bill Russell writes, “In early June, during our busy Bostonarea stop on the way to Maine, Jan and I unsurprisingly enjoyed a fine dinner with the inimitable Chris Morss, who happily seemed to be in fine shape. When challenged for a few new jokes, he kept his nearly 70-year record going by telling two or three characteristically new, excellent ones. What fun!”
1959
class correspondents
Whit Bond
617-633-5120
whitbond41@gmail.com
John Gibson
318-834-2100
jgib1963@aol.com
William Taylor
978-879-4255
williamtaylor2@mac.com
Whit Bond writes that over the last six months, the Class of ’59 has tragically lost Steve Grant, Renny Damon, and Buzz Gagnebin. They will be dearly missed. However, Whit continues, our class will remain strong to honor our classmates who have predeceased us.
Whit also reports that he has been fortunate to have continuous contact with many of his classmates, including Dick Frazee, John Gibson, Rob Ladd, Steve Lister, Ted Mann, Tom Quigley, Richard Seiler, Borden Snow, and Bill Taylor Whit looks forward to catching up with other classmates over the coming months. Whit hopes to see many of his classmates return for their next reunion in May 2029.
William Taylor reports from Gloucester that he and his son Joshua have bought a building and a musical instrument business, which will open soon after extensive remodeling. His son is a luthier and guitar expert. “I am well and fending off old age and decrepitude as best I can…. It’s a balancing act these days!” I hear regularly from Whit Bond and John Gibson and Westport’s Borden Snow, whose family is flourishing far and wide with four daughters spanning different continents. He reports he is still working in the fish business, walking daily, and playing guitar in a small local band.
Also from that neck of the woods, Bob Ladd of South Dartmouth is still active in the Dartmouth Land Trust, and his children and six grandchildren are scattered from Australia to Denver. I am waiting to hear back from Ted Mann, who I know to be well, sentient, and apologetic about being slow to return my calls, although he is as gracious and accommodating as ever. And thanks to Dick Frazee from Cape Cod for updating the class list of those still living among us and those now gone. I urge all classmates to keep in touch with
each other and tell of their lives and loves and fond memories of “the days when Nobles gave us so much that is still important to us and the world.”
1960
class correspondent
Al Vandam
978-844-1197
arvandam42@gmail.com
Al Vandam shares, “My wife, Alison, and I drove to visit Linda and Tom Botsford in Chatham, Massachusetts, for a lunch visit in July.”
1961
class correspondent
Peter Ward
307-413-4055 peward@wyoming.com
In mid-October, Sally and Jim Newell unexpectedly met Paul Foss ’62 and his wife, Karen, in St. Johnsbury, where they all enjoyed the Metropolitan Opera’s simulcast of Vincenzo Bellini’s opera La Sonnambula They also had a nice visit from Chris Schmid, who was down from Maine on business.
Meanwhile, Chris Schmid answered my email from St. Marie aux Mines in France, just south of Strasbourg, not far from the Swiss border. He was wandering around Sarlat in the Dordogne for about a week. Being in this part of France is a change. He headed home in early November to finish splitting and stacking more cords of firewood in his cellar. Then he finished swamping out his winter twitch road for cutting more wood. Chris rejoined the local gym for when it’s too icy or cold to jog outside. (Note he did not say run.) He is hoping
for lots of snow so he can do some cross-country skiing and downhill at Sugarloaf, where a season’s pass is only $30 for those over 80. Chris is doing his best to avoid the challenging world political situation by “living my dream, which might not suit everyone but works fine for me.” Reminds me of Thoreau, although it is a lot warmer on Walden Pond.
Jay Johnson sold his house in Florida, and his sister Sally (Beaver ’58) sold her house in North Carolina. So, Jay’s snowbird days are over. He is now living year-round in Mattapoisett, where he has been the local harbormaster for 20 years. His passion for boating and swimming continues. His other passions are weather forecasting, astronomy, and the physics of the cosmos. Lots to teach his five grandchildren of his two sons, Nathaniel and Brian.
Sally and Bert Dane continue to enjoy the very active life at North Hill in Needham. They just got back from a wonderful
two-week trip to Spain and Portugal, where they saw a lot of Basque Country and the Pyrenees and learned a lot about the Spanish Civil War.
Dana and Boynton Glidden just returned from three weeks in Texas, where the climate is hot and dry. They are glad to be back in Dover with seasonal weather. One of their grandchildren, Findlay, is now in eighth grade at Nobles. They saw Tony Wood a month ago and are planning to see him again soon.
Sam Perry is still working “full-time,” albeit remotely. He is busy training yet another person to take over his remaining accounts. It’s his third effort in trying to retire. While he shifted many accounts to the two parties he trained before, this third one faces the greatest challenge given how his remaining accounts are ones that he has managed over several generations. He writes, “We live in challenging times. Thanks to being able to retreat to the Adirondacks, we’ve learned a lot since COVID. Our eyes have
Tom Botsford ’60 and Al Vandam ’60 at Tom’s home in Chatham, MA
been opened on so many fronts. Reflecting back on the course I took under Henry Kissinger, how strange it is to see what appeared as absurd visions at the time are now emerging as the global reality. Our generation was fortunate to have been born and raised when we were. So much has changed, and not for the better.”
Chuck Kaman liked the picture I sent of two moose near our hot tub in Jackson, Wyoming. It reminded him of one moose they ate during the summer of ’59 at Camp Wabun in Ontario. He explains, “As it was not hunting season, we were fortunate that she walked into our campsite and dropped dead just in front of the fire. Evidently, they don’t do that very often.” Chuck is still doing cryptography and math just for the fun of it and to keep the little gray cells functional.
Ann and Brad Willauer had a fun trip to Provence in France last April with all their kids and three of their seven grandkids. They still spend a lot of time cruising the coast of Maine onboard their sailboat Breezing Up, now with the grandchildren doing the work. Next June, the Willauer family will sail yet again in the 100th Newport Bermuda Race led and crewed by their kids and grandkids and Brad’s brother Peter’s kids and grandkids. Brad still races his Sonar sailboat at Prouts Neck, winning more than his fair share, with the help of excellent crew: “Without them he would be hopeless.” Brad’s new toy is an electric bike called a Gazelle. “Yes, I know it’s cheating, but it sure makes riding a bike fun!”
Last July, Adrienne and Peter Ward took a commercial raft trip
down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in central Idaho, a very challenging river with 100 rapids in 100 miles. Many think this is the best whitewater trip in the country. Peter has rowed his raft down the Middle Fork three times, and Adrienne has paddled her solo open canoe five times. But on this trip, they both enjoyed relaxing and watching all the young river guides, less than half our age, doing all the work. Peter is still working hard on understanding the true cause of climate change and on simplifying quantum mechanics. He is enjoying every moment of his research.
Sue and Jim Henry are doing well in Jacksonville, Florida, except for dealing with some of the health things that happen to people in our stage of life. Nothing too serious. They are planning trips to northern France and western portions of Canada. They just returned from two nights on Amelia Island, only 45 minutes to the north-northeast of their home, to celebrate Sue’s birthday. For those who haven’t been, it’s a delightful area with lots of great restaurants and an interesting history. “Our kids and grandkids are exceptional, and we could not be more proud of their accomplishments. Who could ask for more?”
1962
class correspondent
Pete McCombs
215-947-8017
prm9244@gmail.com
After a long illness, David A. (“D.A.”) Mittell Jr. was liberated from his earthly burdens on June 19, 2025, in Roslindale, Massachusetts, and laid to
rest on August 26, 2025, at the Mayflower Cemetery in his beloved hometown of Duxbury, Massachusetts. He was a Dickensian character who loved books, history, politics, debating, socializing, sports— especially soccer, ice hockey, and tennis—and above all the institution of Nobles and all of its students, faculty, and staff. Dave was captain of soccer and tennis, later coached both sports at the school, and was a devoted graduate soccer player into his mid-70s. His devotion to Nobles was legendary. Clint Smith ’64 shared, “Among other wonderful traits, Dave always seemed to keep a very special place in his heart for the Nobles Class of 1964. Dave was quite clear in his understanding of what was right and what was wrong and how to arc toward the former and battle the latter. A very special guy and a helluva fighter for the little guys. I miss him.” Paul Foss relayed, “Dave was a special force of nature, a unique character, loyal friend and personality, an activist with a heart of gold as well as an adamantine stubbornness, a reader, an intellectual, and a conversationalist. We shall miss him for all of his many great traits, and above all for his unquenchable love and commitment to Nobles and his many classmates and teammates, about whom he cared sincerely and deeply. Dave loved traveling in Europe, especially Ukraine, which he visited many times, wrote about, and supported. He also was instrumental in bringing several Ukrainian students to the United States for their studies. At every station of his life and career, he mentored students and
young writers.” Peter Howe ’82 shares, “As a Nobles ’82 graduate, editor of the Nobleman, one-time Providence Journal summer intern, and later a Boston journalist, I so enjoyed the great feedback and insights I would get from David on my coverage and always looked forward to catching up with him at Nobles events. I’m so thankful to have known him and enjoyed his one-of-a-kind personality and zest for life. I will remember him, in the very best of ways, as a kind of 19th-century newspaperman living in the 20th, with such a clear sense of what matters and endures in our communities and in our lives.”
1963
class correspondent Jim Lehan 508-320-5250 jlehan.jl@gmail.com
1964
class correspondent Ned Bigelow 339-203-0086 moe9817@aol.com
Ned Bigelow shares, “Sandy and I had the good fortune to go on a weeklong canal barge cruise in southern France with Janet and Ned Lawson and one other couple. It really was a unique, once-in-a-lifetime experience.”
From Clint Smith: “Elizabeth and I are still in Lexington, Massachusetts. We love it. Our son, Traver, is a senior at WPI, and after graduation he will be starting at Applied Materials in Gloucester as a quantum computing AI engineer. AMAT makes the machines that make the chips for AI. Their product is the machines, not the chips. On the world stage, they sell their
machines to Nvidia and the like. He speaks fluent Mandarin (thank you, Lexington schools) and looks forward to the post-graduate degree programs that AMAT has promised to fund for him if he doesn’t screw up. (He won’t.) Our daughter, Annie, is a premed junior at Rochester Institute of Technology and appears headed in the direction of studying and developing neurosciences in all their glory (and grit), as the neurosciences may guide the expansion of AI (for good or for... ?), and as AI may assist in expanding neurosciences. She and her brother are looking out at the same vanishing point on the horizon of a very broad canvas, one that portrays the convergence of neurosciences and AI. Elizabeth is very actively practicing law as the principal of her own law firm, Lexington Life Sciences, PLLC, providing experienced legal counsel to all manner of bio-based and other scientific companies both locally and worldwide, with a major emphasis on technology licensing contracts and deals. I am winding down the practice of law and ramping up the practice of fighting metastatic prostate cancer. Mind your PSA now, seriously, I really mean it...do. For those you love. Despite those tiny evil buggers floating around in my body looking for their next nesting places, I feel great for now, and I look forward to some free skiing this coming winter at those ski areas that offer such a benefit to octogenarians—areas like Alta, for a great example. Cruising…gotta remember to hold back a bit and just cruise down the slopes now, so the kids can keep up with me. Miss you
all. Love you all. Really. And, oh yeah: dance. And laugh. Laugh like Ritvo laughed. Right? All my best, Clint.”
1965
class correspondent
Jim Summers 617-510-1520
jimsummers@post.harvard.edu
Bill Sargent shares, “Here is a description and cover of my latest book, Scoop—who knows, perhaps my last. Best to all my classmates! Scoop is an environmental novel about three feisty reporters and a photographer traveling the world to report on the environment and how to protect it. They travel from Boston to California, Costa Rica, Florida, France, Antarctica, Ukraine, and Cape Cod. They report on fires, floods, hurricanes, and climate change and meet the dedicated scientists who are trying to solve our environmental crisis.
1966
class correspondent
Ned Reece 773-935-0442 ned4047@sbcglobal.net
1967
class correspondent
Drew Sullivan 617-549-7253
DrewSull49@aol.com
1968
class correspondent
Mike Sherman
781-244-2717
msherm@att.net
Andy Fisher shares, “Lois and I are blessed with four exuberant grandchildren, ages 3 and under. My other retirement project has been writing the first full-length biography of Nathan Straus (1848–1931), a German-Jewish immigrant who rose to become co-owner of Macy’s and Abraham & Straus, helped build the American Zionist movement, and designed and funded four major philanthropic initiatives, including two that together pioneered milk pasteurization in America, Western Europe, and Mandate Palestine. Details, including the book’s April 14, 2026, release date, appear on Amazon and other bookseller websites. I now need something else to keep me out of trouble!”
Rob Woods writes, “As of 2022, my wife, Shoshi, and I have six grandchildren, now all under age 7, all living in Newton or Holliston—nearby! These kids are the same ones I dedicated my most recent book to, since the seven chapters present role models who might help shape their lives. The book’s title, Seven
Shades of Superb—Now What?, challenges readers to respond by taking action, based on what they’ve learned from the portrayals of a great musician like Stevie Wonder, a phenomenal athlete like Lionel Messi, a writer like James Joyce, or a social activist–First Lady like Michelle Obama. The other three visionaries are Shirley MacLaine, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, and Carl Jung. If, by chance, you wish to grab a copy, please visit www. amazon.com, which can send you a copy in two days. Just look for: Seven Shades of Superb—Now What? by R. Woods ($18/paperback; $7/Kindle).”
1969
class correspondent
Peter Pach 860-575-3954 peterbpach@gmail.com
Don Watson was busy last year. He writes, “This summer was very different because I sold my boat SWAMP FOX after 38 years of sailing and an additional three years of designing and building her. My wife, Ellen, and I and
Ned Bigelow ’64, Sandy Bigelow, Peter von Mertens, Dea Angiolillo, Janet Lawson, and Ned Lawson ’64
many others have had many adventures, and we still hold the record for the fastest time for a multihull in the Marblehead to Halifax Race—35 hours, 10 minutes. So many memories. My son-in-law is in the Coast Guard, so he and my daughter move a lot. In June, Ellen and I drove across the country with our 100-pound grand-dog, which required daily walks and swimming. He is a yellow Labrador and loves the water. He even swam in the desert in Nevada. It is the second time I have driven this dog across the country, and it is great to see the country and meet different people. We met an old guy in Rawlins, Wyoming, whose brother started Cabela’s outfitters. We also sailed with my brother, Arthur Watson ’64, in Maine for three weeks and got way downeast where the coast looks much as it did when Champlain sailed past there in 1604. We were about 20 miles from the Canadian border. Like many, but not all, I have been distressed by the political situation in our country. I have really tried hard to understand, rather than dismiss the opinions different from mine, but it’s hard. I have traveled in the South quite a bit and across the country in May, and I still feel there are good people everywhere, and I can find common ground on a good many things—just not politics. If I was President, the first thing I would do is ban social media, but that won’t happen. We have four grandchildren, three very close by and one in Northern California.”
Mark Haffenreffer wrote a note that spilled over with exuberance despite his having
been “whittling away at heart disease with several operations.... I got married to a wonderful lady named Deborah Elfers. Life is good, and we have a home in Nonquitt that would have been far easier to tear down and start over, but instead we are renovating brick by brick, or should I say, ‘knob and tube by rotted shingle.’ I have never been happier than playing in this adult sandbox.”
Stew Young seems to get busier all the time. He said, “I was able to spend a month on Uncatena [one of the Elizabeth Islands off Woods Hole] with my grandchildren, Lila (7) and Cameron (5). Still keeping busy with real estate at LandVest, Gosnold selectboard, and Rotch Jones Duff Museum in New Bedford. This summer I put in some time on the golf course, nine holes in a cart is just right, and curling season is ramping up. Sign of the times: I had a grant from FEMA to prevent climate change damage, like sea-level rise and salt water intrusion, to the sole source aquifer on Cuttyhunk Island. The grant was canceled because FEMA no longer wants to spend money on prevention programs, preferring to respond after the fact. Seems to be a theme: think CDC, NIH.”
Grandchildren continue to show up among our classmates. Toby Burr reports his grandson, Isaac Luis Burr, “is a cheery fellow” and will be approaching a year old when the magazine comes out. David Brown got to help introduce his also nearly year-old grandson, Banks Brown, to Kennebunk, Maine, over Labor Day. Banks lives in California and uses FaceTime to keep his grandfather up to date on his
life milestones. Chip Harding reports doing well despite being unhappy over the administration’s decisions in Washington. “I am still teaching lessons in my studio, which has been consistently rewarding and fun. After years of teaching mostly teens and tweens, I’ve been working with more and more adults, which has been a happy revelation. I always leave time at the end of their lessons so we can just chat—the weather, baseball, fishing, politics, books, music, etc. My wife, Madeleine, is targeting next November to retire from the retail world in Kittery, but will likely continue singing and doing concerts with me. Our son, Joe, who is an amazing bass player of the funk persuasion, often sits in with us—able to make a smooth transition to the likes of Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel. I’m still writing and recording—most recently a collaborative project with a writer friend in the Midwest. He sends me lyrics to put to music and track in my studio. A healthy challenge for sure.”
I should mention we had the pleasure of hearing Dave Robinson ’68’s band, the Outer Space Band, twice in August. The band members met at Trinity College more than 50 years ago, played professionally together for years, and still reconvene every summer for a brief tour in Maine. Folks come from far and wide to hear them. Amazing musicians, and they’ve absolutely still got it. I grew up a few houses down from Dave on Court Street in Dedham. We played in the Fabulous Inmates together at Nobles with Leigh Seddon, Bill Schwartz, and Kit Walker We
rehearsed in the legendary barn at David Weed’s house. Dave R’s mom often drove us to school, and I can remember hearing many Beatles songs—“I’ll Be Back,” “I Feel Fine,” “Eight Days a Week,” et. al.—for the first time in her car.”
Jim Lack reports taking a major trip with his family this summer to Naples, Rome, Venice, and London for 17 days. “Anybody ever travel that long with a 6- and 8-year-old?” he asks.
Peter Gates and his wife, Debbie, took their annual bike trip this fall. “This year to the Dolomites in German-speaking northeast Italy. Chilly but beautiful with amazing bike paths all over the place. I continue to resist my fellow riders’ shift to electric bicycles. Meanwhile, just when I thought I was truly retired, my fledgling consulting venture is like the dog that actually caught the car; we’ve been hired to help an overseas mining company sort out their U.S. business plans.”
Tom Taylor is experiencing a lot of climate at his upstate New York home in Parish. He’s still talking about last winter, when he had 40 feet of snow. “I thought for a moment I was in Alaska. We had 6 feet in one 24-hour period. Thank God for my Kioti Farm Tractor. Spring brought torrential rains, and then summer the Sahara Desert, with a record number of 85- to 95-degree days, which led to a severe drought in the fall.” Then, even with the Salmon River at its lowest in many years, Tom’s luck at fishing took off. “The king salmon took their time coming in after sitting in the estuary
for too long, darkening in color waiting for the water level to rise.” When it did, Tom pulled in a 44-inch-long king salmon with a 26-inch girth. Tom is also keeping an eye on his grandson, who lives on Martha’s Vineyard. “We’re hoping my grandson, Eben, makes the Vineyard High
School varsity hockey team. He’s 6 feet tall and tips the scales at 220.” Tom, who spent years developing hockey on the Vineyard, says the scouting report on Eben, who plays defense, is “a blistering slapshot and a rocketing wrist shot, and he loves contact.”
Brad Wilkinson writes, “I’ve had many luminous moments these past six months. Many while sailing on the coast of Maine with family and friends this summer. And tons of quiet fun with the ever-delightful woman I had the good sense to marry 53 years ago. But perhaps the most poignant was my trip to the Dominican Republic in late August to end the organization I helped co-found 16 years ago, Health Horizons International. Accelerated by the demise of USAID, we simply ran out of money. Over the years, we were able to deliver excellent health care to the desperately poor and establish a cutting-edge sustainable system to continue it. We launched programs never seen before in the country—women’s health, mental health, and healthy lifestyles. Having to tell our eight lovely and loyal Dominican employees that they no longer had jobs was heartbreaking. We can only hope that other folks can pick up the ball in the future. My involvement was the pinnacle of my professional career.”
Leigh Seddon writes from Vermont, “Because I seldom travel, never golf, and don’t have any grandkids to report on, my most interesting experience is a book I recently read, How Emotions Are Made—the Secret Life of the Brain, by Dr. Lisa
Barrett. I have always been interested in perception and how our brains filter incoming sensory details to suit its own purposes. From William James to Oliver Sacks to Baba Ram Das, the literature is ripe with great stories of the unconscious pulling one over on our ‘rational’ minds. But Dr. Barrett dives deep inside the brain to show us the neurons and networks that make emotions and affect happen. So, in the spirit that one is never too old to actually become selfaware, I recommend this book to the entire class.”
Your correspondent had a summer and fall full of family weddings. One, a nephew’s, took us to a dude ranch on Flathead Lake in Montana. It was more like a vacation interrupted by a wedding. I managed to go horseback riding in the hills and, much to my delight, got up on waterskis, which I hadn’t done in 50 years. October brought the wedding of my son, Sam, to his longtime partner, Aida, who came here from Peru when she was in high school. Kathy, my wife, and I had the delight of guiding their 2-year-old daughter, Aida Victoria, down the aisle of the cathedral in Hartford. She was the honorary flower girl. The wedding reception was a perfect mixing of Peruvian and American cultures with music and dance. Right now, I’m reading The Melancholy of Resistance, by László Krasznahorkai, who won the Nobel Prize in literature for 2025. As the translator said, “[It] is a slow lava flow of narrative.” It’s good, but I have to adjust to taking it in slowly. Please keep in touch.
1. George Pendergast ’69 played a round of golf with Dick Byrd ’67. 2. Toby Burr ’69 with his grandson, Isaac Luis Burr 3. Debbie and Peter Gates ’69 on their bicycle ride through the Dolomites in Italy 4. Stew Young ’69 with his grandchildren, Lila and Cameron 5. Tom Taylor ’69 holding the 44-inch-long king salmon he caught near his home in Parish, N.Y.
The late SAM BRIGGS ’71, in his 50th Reunion class book “ I remember thinking it was odd when, after leaving Nobles, Mr. Putnam went to work at Dexter teaching sixth-graders Latin. I did not understand then that likely he was simply reverting to his roots as a teacher. For me, it is deeply gratifying to be passing it on—as a teacher and mentor.”
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Levy Byrd
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1971
class correspondents
Harry Blackman
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John Dewey
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Nick Mittell
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Win Perkins
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Sadly, our class has recently lost three wonderful members.
Sam Briggs passed in July after a tough year with multiple medical conditions and a stroke following successful heart surgery. Sam was an athlete at Nobles and continued as one at Lake Forest, competing at a Varsity level in three sports— soccer, ice hockey, and lacrosse. He loved sailing, skiing, and golf and shared those loves with his family and friends. Sam had a successful career in reshaping
real estate in downtown Chicago. He spearheaded numerous deals along Michigan Avenue during its redevelopment, most proudly with the Nike and I. Magnin buildings. After winding down his career in real estate, Sam became a teacher. In our 50th Reunion class book he wrote, “I was invited to join the faculty at the business school at the University of Illinois and now teach several investment classes at the graduate and undergraduate levels. My boss is the dean of the finance department, and he is very supportive—I create
my own content and can work for as long as I want. I remember thinking it was odd when, after leaving Nobles, Mr. Putnam went to work at Dexter teaching sixth-graders Latin. I did not understand then that likely he was simply reverting to his roots as a teacher. For me, it is deeply gratifying to be passing it on—as a teacher and mentor.” Sam will be remembered for his thoughtful gestures, words of wisdom, and patience as a loving and kind father and husband and friend to many.
On September 18, Jeffrey Schwartz left us. Jeff had struggled for several years with some cognitive issues, and a recent fall in which he struck his head badly led to his being admitted to the hospice at the MGH. After Nobles and Vassar, Jeff had a varied career, as have many of us, working as a carpenter, set builder, prop man, truck driver, CAD instructor, and eventually Web designer. At our 50th, he wrote, “Computers have been very good to me!” Jeff was also a talented photographer, guitar player, and puppeteer. It was amazing to see him work his marionettes, creating scenes with multiple voices. Jeff will be remembered by all of us for his acerbic wit and boundless energy. He was a good friend, a great dad, and a wonderfully creative, talented guy.
Jim Schuh is our most recent loss. Jim passed on November 14 after a 10-year battle with liver cancer. Along with Jeff Schwartz, Jim was the photographer of our time at Nobles, and his wonderful photographs illustrated both our infamous graduation class book and our less controversial
50th one. After Nobles, Jim studied journalism at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and after graduation became a reporter, first in Wisconsin and then in Boston. At the venerable age of 37, he entered law school and then became a litigation attorney in Boston, while also teaching journalism at Boston University. Jim was known for his incisive sense of humor and his love of music, family, and friends. In our 50th class book he wrote, “In ’83, I was waiting on the northbound platform at Quincy Center. I met a beautiful, brilliant, fabulous Warrior Princess named Susan Leahy. She worked at the same newspaper. She was and is the love of my life. We’ve been inseparable for the past 38 years. ‘How does it feel?’ Far better than I deserve—a sentiment echoed by her family to the present.… At one point, we owned four houses and the Cambridge condominium. I stalled the Reaper [the liver cancer] at a temporary draw. And we were raising our two intrepid sons in Brookline. I painted the house bright red. Our sanctimonious neighbors loathed me. ‘How does it feel?’ Like high school without the laughs.… We hauled our sons around a bit of the planet: camping in a stick hut in the Sahara in Tunisia; a camel safari out into the Great Thar desert in western India; rafting the upper Ganges; a 56-mile, four-day hike along the Pembrokeshire Coast Path in Wales; camping in Greece and Turkey; camping in Norway, Sweden, and Finland; camping in Costa Rica and St. John; camping around the Great Lakes; knocking about in Belize and Guatemala. ‘How does it feel?’
Summers in our Maine house had by Acadia National Park, overlooking Bass Harbor. We hike mountains, sail our 57-yearold sloop, kayak, bicycle, and slowly remodel our home. No television. We read non-fiction, listen to baseball on the radio, and watch the fiery sun set over the lobster boats. Winters are in St. James City (pop. 3,500) on Pine Island in Florida. ‘How does it feel?’ Bob In Truth Remains My Uncle.”
Jim knew for several months that the end was approaching, and he faced it with incredible courage and grace. In typical Schuhy fashion, he found both the best and least expensive crematorium in New England, as well as a wonderful hospice for his last days. Right up to the end, he was reading a long biography of his favorite musician, Bob Dylan, and told his friends, “I’m at peace.“ Jim had a great sense of humor and a hearty laugh. He always was true to himself and his principles—hard work, honesty, and integrity. Jim sustained strong friendships throughout his life. A truly wonderful man and friend.
Tough times in seeing such good friends and classmates move on. Fortunately, there is other news that is a pleasure to report.
Larry Bardawil writes, “I have been happily retired from my gastroenterology practice for almost eight years. I consider myself the poster child for retirement. Much of my time is spent pursuing my passion for wildlife and landscape photography. This past year I have been fortunate enough to travel to Alaska to photograph grizzly
bears and bald eagles, Costa Rica for tropical birds, and Borneo (for three very hot and sticky weeks) in search of orangutans. I just returned from a week of photography in Arches National Park and Canyonlands. I will be in Patagonia this January trekking for mountain lions, followed by a week in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. Rounding out this flurry of activity will be a trip next summer to the Pantanal in Brazil to photograph jaguars and other jungle critters. I have recently created a website for my photography that I will be backfilling over time. You can check it out at larrybardawil.com. There is a tab to contact me. Please do; I love running dialogues.”
Harry Blackman reports that he had successful right hip replacement surgery at HSS in NYC in January, and in November felt well and strong enough to play in the annual Nobles vs. Milton Graduate Soccer Game, now in its 45th year. Nobles lost 1–0, but it was a well-played
game, and Harry is confident of the tradition’s long-term survival. In even better news, we are delighted to report that Curt Gowdy Jr. was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame on December 16 in NYC. He joins his father as only the fourth father/son inductees. Congratulations, Curt!!
1972
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Art Depoian 518-265-6069
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1973
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Nat Watson 617-850-2286
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Jeff Baker shares, “What a long strange trip it’s been! After college I spent a winter on ‘The Lizard’ at the tip of Cornwall, England, came back to Cape Cod, back to the location of the crime that was our Senior Party (How did my mother let
A beautiful Celebration of Life for Rob Farnsworth ‘72 was hosted by Rob’s wife, Georgia, on June 14, 2025. Rob’s classmates George Colt ’72, Sam Pillsbury ’72, Art Depoian ’72, and John Tyler ’72 (not pictured) attended.
that happen?!), then I fell in love at my sister’s graduation in California, moved there, then we absconded to Minnesota, where I did some technical writing for 2.5 years, got married back in California, then we moved to Fukuoka, Japan, and taught English for 2.5 years, where we saved enough money to travel around the world for 4.5 months. (Remember when you could buy round-the-world tickets for $2,000?) We bungee-jumped in New Zealand, celebrated Chinese New Year’s in Chiang Mai, nearly crashed our plane riding through a thunderstorm to Nepal, wined and dined in Kathmandu during the democracy revolution (we were young and so stupid), rode elephants in the Chitwan jungle, then to Egypt, where we found ourselves alone in the deepest bowels of a remote section of one of the pyramids when the lights went out, then back through Malta, Europe, and home. Then we bought a house in Portland, Oregon, where we started a couple of small businesses, raised two children, sold that house, lived in a floating home on the river for four years, and bought another house in Beaverton, Oregon, where we have lived since 2014. A rolling stone gathers no moss, but if you saw the mess in our attic, it would put the lie to that saying. Raising two kids was the hardest and best thing we did. To the Class of ’73!”
Bill Lowell relays, “I’m happily semi-retired after 40-plus years of practicing law full time. My wife, Angela, and I split our time between the places where our three kids, their spouses, and our four grandchildren
live—Boston (we live in Nahant, across the street from the house I grew up in), London, and L.A. Life is good.”
Peter Alevizos shares, “I’ve been living in Florida for about 35 years now, and all my kids grew up here. I’ve been happily married since 1990 and now have two granddaughters who are 15 minutes away from my home. I’m up in Boston in the summers, because we have a house near my brother and sister, and we get away from the strenuous summers of South Florida.”
Rich Rectanus writes, “As 2025 comes to a close, my wife, Terri, and I look back on our memorable family and friends fall tour. We journeyed by car from Florida to New England in October, exploring places from Newport to Maine to Vermont and west to Michigan and grandkids. It was a journey filled with nostalgia and new discoveries, especially for my Georgia peach, Terri, who delighted in her very first lobster roll.
“We also reconnected with dear friends—Peter Alevizos, Bill Roman, and Craig Sanger proving that even after 50 years, it felt like no time had passed. Sadly, we missed seeing Kistner in Michigan this time, but we’re hopeful for next year. Now, as we settle back in Florida for the winter, we reflect on the warmth of these moments and look forward to what 2026 will bring. Best wishes to all!”
Rob Hennemuth writes, “I’m happy to announce I am publishing a new novel, Centered, which will be available wherever books are sold in mid to late December 2025. Centered is a rumination on the moments in life that
really matter, told from the perspective of Mary O’Hare, an accomplished actor who prides herself on deeply analyzing the characters she portrays. Her life view is changed when she falls for the BU hockey coach and realizes that the true determinant of character is faith in God.”
Rob also wants to thank all of the Class of ’73 who generously supported the 2025 5K for the Children, which raised over $10,000 for Shriners Children’s and St Jude Children’s Research Hospital!
Steve Pitschke says, “I am really enjoying retirement; activities include snowboarding, tennis, sailing, bridge, and delivering meals to seniors. My bridge partner is Stephen Maire I am planning a five-week trip for snowboarding again this February. I will be stopping in Austin on the way back, partly to visit with Chris Mabley.” And he writes about his friend Stephen Maire: “Stephen is enjoying a very active retirement as well. He is currently on a trip to Taiwan and Beijing, studying classical Mandarin. He is also an expert skier and ski instructor and puts up with my intermediate-level snowboarding. In addition, he is an active rower, still, and we attended the Head of the Charles recently together. ”
John Leith shares, “I’m still working as a lawyer but am moving closer to retirement. I’ve been at the same firm for 40 years and am able to look back with satisfaction that I have been able to help a lot of people over that time, and made a lot of friends in the process. My middle son, Ben, has been working as my assistant since September of 2024
and is doing an excellent job. I am involved in a number of community service projects, and it continues to be a very important part of my life, something that was impressed upon me from my days at Nobles. I traveled to the University of St. Andrews in Scotland a year ago for a football (soccer) reunion. It was a threeday event, including a six-a-side soccer tournament. There was a very good turnout. When I had last spoken with my teammates, we had any number of conversations about our plans for the future. It was quite an emotional experience having the chance to look back on the 50 years since I had last seen them and to hear how their lives had turned out.”
Jim Parker shares, “I am in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Hard to believe, but I have been here for 33 years. I did downsize into a small cape, which I demoed and redesigned—a project that I really enjoyed. I was an interventional radiologist practicing in Boston and Metrowest. It was a wonderful career—I was very fortunate to have practiced when and where I did. I was married for many years to an amazing woman until she lost her life to breast cancer 16 years ago, which was devastating. We had two children—a boy and a girl— both of whom have careers and relationships. I was lucky to meet a wonderful woman 10 years ago. We married a little over a year ago, so I am happy to say I am again in a good place.”
John Stalvey writes, “We’ve made the move from Alaska to New Hampshire, and the Anchorage house sold quickly (and above asking). August was quite the whirlwind month for
us. Marcy retired August 6, we placed the Anchorage house on the market August 7, we had several by offers August 10, we packed the house August 12–15, and we flew with the dogs and cats and arrived in Canaan, New Hampshire, on August 18. Our household goods arrived early September, and we’re slowly getting unpacked and the house arranged. The dogs and cat have settled into their new home nicely, and the dogs have made several new friends with other labradors we walk past nightly. Larry (’75) has been up to visit, and we’ve been down to western Massachusetts to visit him. We’re looking forward to being able to see him more often. Hopefully, we can make it back to Nobles more often too.”
Nathaniel Watson shares, “Moved to Rochester, New York, after 28 years in Canada, to be with my wife, Melissa. We just celebrated our 40th anniversary! (We count in months.) Semiretired baritone who still rides his bike many miles. Looking forward to second attempt on the North Cape 4000 in Italy, starting July 25. My recording of Schubert’s Winterreise is on Spotify for free! Grateful to my father for sending me to Nobles.”
Tom Haskins shares, “Spent most of my adult life and career in Los Angeles and moved to Austin six years ago, where I work in the U.S. marketing department at PwC. Life is good. My job is 100 percent remote, so I move around to be with family and friends—my daughter and her family in London; my son in San Diego; my bf’s farm outside Austin; and friends in Palm Springs. I hope to keep
this remote gig going as long as possible. Best wishes to all!”
Tom Gaskek retired from teaching in the School of Film and Animation at RIT (Rochester, New York) over a year ago. He is now a professor emeritus at RIT. Returning to New England, he now lives in Portland, Maine. Tom continues to work in animation through his workshops in “non-puppet” stop motion and the history of animation at Maine Media (Rockport, Maine) and online. He just completed the third edition of his book Frame by Frame Stop Motion. He also completed a short animated self-portrait film called “4 @ 60” in non-puppet stop motion techniques, which is now on the film festival circuit. He has been kayaking in Casco Bay, traveling to Nice, France, to visit his musician son, and plays pick-up softball on the field across from his home on the Eastern Promenade.
Larry Laurenzi writes, “I turned 70 this year (yikes) and celebrated my 35th year at Raytheon Technologies (formerly Raytheon Company) as an IT director. No solid retirement plans on the horizon just yet. Until then, I still love the purpose and structure that work provides at this point in my life. My wife, Diane (10 years my junior), is also still working as a VP of manufacturing at Siemens Corporation. We are fortunate to have one child in Manhattan and the other in Newburyport, Massachusetts, so lots of options for weekend getaways if so inclined. Other than that, I still play some pick-up basketball, do lots of landscaping and gardening, and love working on my youngest child (a 2008 E92 M3—a BMW). Attending
our Class of ’73 reunion a couple of years ago was a very special experience—it was great to see all of you and revisit the uniqueness of the Nobles milieu (something I didn’t fully appreciate during my two years as a student). Best wishes to all!”
1974
class correspondent Kevin McCarthy 617-480-6344
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Kevin McCathy shares, “On July 7, I assumed a new role as senior program manager for residential substance addiction services for the Behavioral Health Network of Massachusetts. This new role is providing me the opportunity to oversee the management of Recovery program houses in Greenfield, Springfield, and Boston. My division of BHN provides substance use disorder treatment statewide. After 10 years in outpatient mental health treatment, I can follow my passion for providing treatment for individuals with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders.
“I have also had the privilege of my continued work as the director of Mental Health for NDUR for Athletes, which provides a platform for athletes with mental health- and substance use-related disorders and an anonymous community of supportive engagement. This work has afforded me the opportunity to work with Rob Feldman ’80, Darren Orr (see photo), and Michael Carter Williams in creating safe spaces for Boston College athletes.
“2025 has been filled with Nobles connections working
together for the common good. Included in my eventful year have been Dr. Steve O’Connor ’80 and David O’Donnell ’80 Andre Stark ’76 attended an NDUR event at Boston College prior to NDUR coming to the Nobles campus. In May, I attended the graduation of Aiden Markoff (son of my late classmate Gary Markoff) from Union College. Aiden currently works for NBC Sports, headed up by Sam Flood ’79.
“This summer, I got to hang out with Dr. Stacy Scott ’77 and my classmate Jan Jelleme. I attended the 90th birthday party for the mother of Sheldon Ross ’78 (see photo). Nobles graduates continue to be a part of my inner circle 45-plus years after I left campus as a teacher, coach, and student advisor. I hope to see many of you in the spring of 2026. Go Nobles!”
1975
class correspondent
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Rob Feldman ’80 with Darren Orr at the NDUR Launch at Boston College
1. Aiden Markoff, son of Gary Markoff ’74, and Kevin McCarthy ’74 at Aiden’s college graduation. 2. Sheldon Ross ’78 celebrating his mother’s 90th birthday. 3. Jan Jelleme ’74 and Kevin McCarthy ’74 on Nantucket for Kevin’s birthday. 4. Anticipating our 50th reunion in May, here in September are Andre Stark ’76, Jon Eder ’76, and Tom Bartlett ’76 at Tom’s family place in Plymouth. Along with us, mussels have returned to the bay, and harvesting was plentiful! 5. A 1975 photograph of Lucy Frick Cornish ’77, Sarah Gleason Ross ’77, Janet Lavin Rapelye ’77, and Lisa Seadale Healy ’77 taken by Joe Swayze
1976
class correspondents
Tom Bartlett
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Rob Piana
615-491-7499
robert.piana@vanderbilt.edu
1977
class correspondent
Sarah Gleason Ross sross@gilman.edu
Larry Childs writes, “Life is good for me and the family these days. In part because we’re pretty lucky, but also because, as witnesses to extreme abuses of federal power, we embrace the elevation of hope and love as a resistance strategy. So, just as I try to remain curious and joyful during daily maintenance on my aging body parts (ever increasing in number!), I try to exercise a positive mindset at work, contending with the impacts of an oppressive, deceitful, and cruel federal government. Currently, I’m a strategist, or as my ED says, ‘bench coach,’ at the Massachusetts Immigrant Collaborative (a partner to the Nobles connected nonprofit IFSI in Mattapan, founded by Dr. Geralde Gabeau P ’17 & ’21). Check us both out. Much of what we do is complicated these days, but you know what is simple? Embracing love and rejecting masked out-of-state thugs who violate the civil rights of vulnerable immigrants, many of whom, due to U.S.-aggravated conditions in their home countries, moved here only to face further abuse while they grow and package our food, build and clean our properties, and care for our elderly. Consider the irony—a ‘country of immigrants’ that rejects the very premise of its founding. I do, though, take solace in the Nobles family, which has and continues to advance sanity, wisdom, and compassion into this fractured world.”
Sarah Gleason Ross shares, “At the last news submission, my husband, Rob, had just died. Nobles showed up in so many beautiful ways, for which I am
deeply grateful. Thank you, dear friends and classmates.”
1978
class correspondent
Chris Reynolds
800-444-0004
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1979
class correspondent
Dan Rodgers 616-648-1100
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Class correspondent Dan Rodgers shares, “Whaddya say, whaddya know, whaddya hear?
‘I know nothing! I see nothing! I hear nothing!’—Sgt. Schultz, Hogan’s Heroes, 1965–1971. But here is what I do know and hear.
“I had a very nice conversation with Sarah Bowman in late September 2025. It was nice to catch up with Sarah after all these years, as I never really had a chance to do so at one of our reunion festivals. She told me about what I could only describe as her very interesting life after Nobles, particularly first in New York and then in Los Angeles in the movie business. I found this so very interesting because of the many times I have thought that if I could go back and redo my life, I would like to have been a major motion picture director. God only knows what sort of dreck I would’ve come up with just for the money, but there it is.
“And the moral of our little story is, as the old AT&T ads used to say, reach out and touch someone, or in this case, one of your classmates with whom you haven’t spoken in a long time. Thankfully, the internet is useful for finding people and making these connections, and so my
DAN RODGERS ’79
“Thankfully, the internet is useful for finding people and making...connections, and so my friends, I urge you to do so, ’cause I think you’ll like what you hear.”
friends, I urge you to do so, ’cause I think you’ll like what you hear. And, of course, please let me know about these interactions so I can write them up for these here class notes. In the meantime, as we sail into what will be for many of us our 65th turn around the sun in 2026, take good care and enjoy life!
“And while you are time traveling, I thought I should make sure you are aware that on Sunday mornings, MeTV is rebroadcasting old episodes of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom So get down with Marlin Perkins and call a classmate!”
1980
class correspondent
Martha Kittredge Rowley 781-801-6903
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Rob Feldman shared, “It was great to connect for the Bruins vs. Sabres game with my classmates Stephen O’Connor, Caleb Tower, David O’Donnell,
Tom Underwood, and Stuart Remensnyder. Also at the game was Kevin McCarthy ’74, who is working with me at our startup, NDUR for Athletes, a mental health and wellness platform for high school and college students. Our app connects athletes in a peer-topeer support community and allows student-athletes to open up and share their experiences. We had the privilege last spring to introduce our ed-tech startup in Steve Ginsberg’s entrepreneurship class, and this year are working with Nobles’ Athletic Director Alex Gallagher ’90, conducting a series of on-campus workshops for the Captain’s Leadership Academy, which will continue next semester. Great to be back on campus!”
Deb Smith shared the following happy news: “By the time you read this, my son Nathaniel will be a college graduate; in December 2025 he graduated with dual degrees from American
University: a bachelor’s in history and in secondary education, with a minor in literature. I am so proud of him! Immediately after graduation, he went to the Keystone Resort in Colorado, where he is a ski instructor for the season and is having an awesome time. Unless he finds a teaching job in Colorado that appeals to him, he plans to return to Massachusetts in the spring, work at his summer camp, Burgess, for the spring and summer, and then look for a teaching job (middle or high school history) for the following school year. I am thrilled that he is going into teaching, and his summer 2025 job as a teaching assistant at the National History Academy in Virginia made him all the more excited. As for me, much less exciting news, but I am doing well and still enjoying my teaching and secondary school counseling at Fay.”
In late October, Caleb Tower saw several classmates at a
Norway, Maine, for many years. A group of classmates and friends celebrated his life early last summer and played “The Great Gig in the Sky” many times in his honor. We will miss his eternal optimism and joy in life.
1981
class correspondent John Fiske
978-880-4125
johnfiske@comcast.net
In June/July, John Fiske went on a 12-day safari in Namibia. The highlight was helping a landowner bag an oryx with just one shot; he gave the animal to the workers on the ranch. They butchered it in less than an hour.
In October, Sam Smart and John Fiske went on an end-ofseason sunset sail on Hilarity, Sam’s 38-foot, seven-ton, Peterson masthead sloop out of Manchester, Massachusetts. They discussed ways to whip up excitement for their coming 45th reunion.
Also in October, Anandi and Dan Cullaty took a six-day trip to Iceland. A highlight was Thorsmork, which he called a “paradise for hiking, nature, and adventure.”
1982
class correspondent
“In January 2025, Michael and I decided to make a big change. We decided we wanted to simplify things, less to deal with, take care of, and worry about. Michael retired in May; I went to part-time with my company. We listed our home in Southie Mother’s Day weekend—and sold it in two days! We sold most of our things and packed up a small container of items to keep and moved out the end of June.
“We then flew to Portugal, spending the majority of time in Porto, and we bought a home there, with a great yard, right in the city—it is such a beautiful city! The visa process, opening bank accounts, buying a house— it has been a lot of steps and paperwork, but all worth it. We should have our visas next week, and then we move with our two dogs December 10. We also just sold a rental property we had in Southie and close the end of this month—10 days before we move! We really want to free ourselves to enjoy our new life. A busy year with a lot of change and letting go, and it feels great! We are looking forward to the adventures ahead. The picture (top, p. 51) is our first night in Porto (after no sleep on an overnight flight) overlooking the Douro River at sunset.”
Bruins game event that Steve O’Connor organized. Steve, Tom Underwood, and Stuart Remensnyder came in from the Amherst area with their Sunday night hockey team (yes, they still play hockey every Sunday night).
Rob Feldman, David O’Donnell, and I joined them in Boston along with coach Kevin “Bubba” McCarthy (Class of ’74). Lots of great camaraderie as we enjoyed watching the Bruins beat the Sabres in a close game.
On a sadder note, Caleb shared that our classmate Geoff Willoughby died on June 5, 2025. Geoff had been living in
Holly Malkasian Staudinger 914-656-2893
hollyamalkasian@gmail.com
1983
class correspondent
Nancy Sarkis Corcoran
781-492-5576
nlsc3@me.com
Hello, Class of ’83. Big news from our classmate Peter Griglik Very inspiring!
1984
class correspondent
Christine Hegenbart Todd 617-699-1933
christinetodd@me.com
1986
class correspondent
Eliza Kelly Beaulac
703-476-4442
embeaulac@verizon.net
1. Dan Cullaty ’81 in Iceland
2. John Fiske ’81 at the helm of Sam Smart ’81’s boat, Hilarity
Heather Markey 617-365-3836
hsmarkey@icloud.com
Jessica Tyler 617-312-1369
tylerjessica@me.com
1987
class correspondent
Emily Gallagher Byrne 914-656-4127
egbyrne@verizon.net
Elise Plunkett Gustafson 310-292-2694
elise_gustafson@yahoo.com
Ingrid Boonisar Fitzsimmons shares, “All is well for us in northern New Jersey. We have the benefit of being close enough to NYC to take full advantage (including covering occasional dinners and acting as seasonal storage and laundry service for our two city dwellers, Cole (27) and Charlotte (24)). When not in the Garden State, we spend as much time as we can in the lake region of Maine (the town of Norway). Had the best weekend recently with Diane DerMarderosian and Joia Scully Kirby, who came up for a visit. Can’t wait to have them back in warmer weather!”
Chrissy Kelly Baird reports, “I am in year 30 teaching at GCDS in Connecticut. I’m starting to teach the children of former students, which makes me feel so old! Chip and I can’t believe our twins are in sixth grade…and we added two puppies to the family this summer, so we are keeping busy! Best wishes to all the Nobles crew!”
Jill Davidson sends greetings from the Pacific Northwest. She says, “I am still terribly challenged in regards to outfits, professional attire, and listening to
other people. I am fairly obsessed with the health and practicality of sounding through the entire abdominal cavity up through the sinus passages to maintain life-functioning fitness. This sometimes sounds like a dying cat, and thankfully my husband puts up with this. I am willing to work with anyone wishing to start up a sit-com about life in the Pacific Northwest or anyone obsessed with eccentric body conditioning, including—yet not limited by—Brazilian jiu jitsu. As we careen into this whirling insanity, I wish everyone well.”
1988
class correspondent
Sasha Leland 508-916-8202
sasha@thelelands.com
We were heartbroken to learn of the passing of our classmate John McManus this September. John’s sharp wit, fierce loyalty, and infectious humor touched everyone who knew him. He made you feel genuinely loved, could always get a laugh, and showed up fully present when it mattered most.
Several of his closest friends wanted to share what John meant to them:
It’s John’s whimsical smirk that’ll be forever etched in my memory. It was a look hinting at, or implying, he was already a step ahead of you—that he knew how your sentence was likely to end, or was prepared to deliver the punchline to your joke. Macker made any moment just a little bigger, a little better, and always much funnier. He’ll be remembered as one of the great ones. —David Aznavorian
I look back on my friendship with John “Macker” (aka Streak), a beloved friend of mine and many from the Class of 1988. His humor, loyalty, and larger-than-life spirit across our decades of friendship— from teenage antics and football bets to golf trips and graduate lacrosse games. John had immense pride in his daughter, Barbara, and her accomplishments. I will miss Macker’s authenticity and bold opinions, which were his special sauce. —John Hauck
My company had season tickets to the Boston Bruins for many years. During that time, when we both lived in Boston, John and I attended hundreds of games together. Before most games, we kept a pregame dinner ritual at The Four’s, then made our way over to the Garden. In 2011, when the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup for the first time in 39 years, we attended every one of the 13 home playoff games. We rode every high and low of that run together, especially in Game 6 of the final against Vancouver, when we found ourselves jumping up and down and hugging each other and everyone around us after every goal that kept our lifelong dream as Bruins fans alive. It was pure joy, shared with someone who made everything in life better just by being in the room. That season is the memory of John I choose to hold. Every time I watch the Bruins take the ice, it is a reminder of John, his generosity, his humor, his fierce loyalty, and all the good he brought into the world as a sports fan and as a friend. —Joe Lillis
Johnny Mac, you are still loved, and you will always be missed. My memories with you are a lot of laughter and joy despite your pain.
You were a true friend, loyal to the core. I will forever be grateful for the time we had, even if it was far too short. Rest in peace, my friend, until I see you again for one of your
1. Peter Griglik ’83 and his husband, Michael Tilley 2. Meredith Plunkett Ellman ’92, Jeanne O’Toole McManus ’82, and Elise Plunkett Gustafson ’87 in Hyannis Port 3. Nate Madden ’25, Melissa Daniels Madden ’88, Therese Flynn Eckford ’88, and Will Eckford ’25
1. Nate Madden ’25 and Will Eckford ’25 are pictured with friends Gordie Cromwell ’25, Jonas Zatlyn-Weiner ’25, and Lucas Kemper-Tapia ’25 on graduation day. 2. Back: Brian Fitzpatrick ’88, Andrea Gulino Mackey ’88, Tim Carey, Emi Bague ’88, and John Hauck ’88. Front: David Aznavorian ’88, Stephen Spengler ’88, and Curt Stevenson ’88 3. Back: Steve Chick ’88, Craig Pfannenstiehl ’88, Keith Robinson ’88, John Hesse ’88, Tom Wold ’88, John Hauck ’88, and Joe Lillis ’88.
Front: Kevin Capone ’88, Stephen Spengler ’88, Emi Bague ’88, Marisa Zona ’88, Jacki Pyles Grimshaw ’88, Holly Haynsworth Loew ’88, Carol Simmons-Wold ’88, and Katrina Newbury ’88
great bear hugs, your wry smile, and your laugh that starts down deep and takes over your whole being. I love you and will forever miss you. —Craig Pfannenstiehl
Not only was I lucky enough to be a classmate of John’s in high school, I was grateful to keep him as a close friend in my life, spending time together with him and his family as we grew older. John’s family time was bright and energetic, with his daughter, Barbara, speeding back and forth between John and his wife, Melissa...and, of course, Charles (the family bulldog)
was never far behind. —Stephen Spengler
John’s memorial service brought together people from across the country, including teacher Tim Carey and classmates David Aznavorian, Emi Bague, Kevin Capone, Steve Chick, Melissa Daniels Madden, Brian Fitzpatrick, Andrea Gulino Mackey, John Hauck, Holly Haynsworth Loew, John Hesse, Joe Lillis, Katrina Newbury, Heather Partridge Kolva, Chris Pastore, Craig Pfannenstiehl, Jacki Pyles Grimshaw, Keith Robinson, Carol SimmonsWold, Stephen Spengler, Curt Stevenson, Tom Wold, and Marisa Zona—a testament to the deep connections John forged and the love he inspired.
A couple of other updates from the class of 1988 to report: Maia Gosselin recently published a children’s picture book, The Mermaid’s Tear, with illustrations by her partner Douglas Chisholm. Set on a rocky coast, it’s the story of a little girl and her grandma who spend time together treasure-hunting for mermaid tears on the beach. When mermaids cry, legend says that their tears splash into the ocean, tumble about, and wash up on shores around the world transformed into beautifully colored glass, also known as “mermaid tears.” The sadder the mermaid, the more beautiful the tear. And this harbor just happens to have a particularly heartbroken mermaid living in it. What treasures will she leave for them to discover?
Therese Flynn Eckford and Melissa Daniels Madden became the parents of Nobles
graduates this past May when their sons Will Eckford ’25 and Nate Madden ’25 collected their diplomas. It has been a joy for Therese and Melissa to reconnect over the past six years, as their sons became not only classmates but very close friends. The four of them are pictured here at a pre-prom gathering (Nate, Melissa, Therese, Will), and then on the left the boys are pictured together with other close friends on graduation day. Nate is currently a freshman at Harvard, and Will attends Somerville College, Oxford, in the UK, where he is studying music.
1989
class correspondent
Rachel Spencer 917-921-5916
rachelwspencer@yahoo.com
1990
class correspondent
Lisa Donahue Rose 617-633-7127
lrose90@nobles.edu
1991
class correspondent
Amy Russell Farber 781-856-4689 amy.farber.143@gmail.com
1992
class correspondent
Lynne Dumas Davis 508-463-6107
lynnemddavis@gmail.com
Rachel Levin 415-378-8319
rachellevinsf@gmail.com
Rachel Levin shares, “Hi, everyone! A few tidbits from Class of 1992. First, last summer, I went on a gorgeous beach hike-swim on the Vineyard
with a few amazing ‘elders’— including Cortney Thompson ’92’s super-awesome mom, Nancy. She made us chicken salad sandwiches and wouldn’t let me take a photo of her in her tick-deterring knee-highs and made me realize that our childhood friends’ moms are our friends too! Only thing missing was Cort, who writes that she is living in Concord, not far from Ali Epker Ruch Amy Forker Schneider is nearby too, and they all get to catch up regularly, ‘like no time has passed.’ She is starting an AI business consulting company with some top experts around the globe—the mission is to help companies unlock real business value through AI strategy and development. When she’s not working, she’s hanging with her kids, ages 16 and 13. Though ‘they don’t always want to hang with me, as they are happily engaged in their social lives.’ Both play competitive soccer (not surprised), which takes them out of state most weekends. ‘So I get quality car time,’ says Cort.
“Contribution from Carl Bridge: ‘After a few years working at UMass-Amherst, this year I took on the role of director of scenic art within the department of theater.’ Congrats, Carl! In the fall, Edie Carey played at the Bitter End in New York City, and Mere Patten showed up (Hi, Mere!), as well as Sara Brumwell ’90 with her teenage daughter. Edie’s younger sister, Zoe Carey ’12, was in the front row with her husband, Jon Broome. ‘Such a fun night reconnecting with some wonderful Nobles folks,’ says Edie. She also recently worked with Michael Turner
on a songwriting workshop at Nobles. (So cool!) Was sorry to miss Edie when she was out in San Francisco. Btw: Every time I hear the song ‘Landslide’ (which my 14-year-old son and I love), I still picture Edie singing it in a white dress with a wreath of flowers around her head, at our graduation. Happy new year!”
1993
class correspondent
Sam Jackson
978-837-8909
sambjackson@hotmail.com
1995
class correspondent
Chad Godfrey godfrey22@gmail.com
Meg Lawson Hyde writes, “My family and I have lived in Sherborn for 14 years and absolutely love Sherborn so much. My sister Cassie ’08 and her family moved three doors down from us, which is so much fun. Being a mom to three girls is just the best! Ellie is at Colby, where she is double-majoring in environmental policy and economics; Janie graduated from Dover Sherborn High School in June and attends Hamilton; and Reese is a freshman at Dover Sherborn. It is mind-boggling that my girls are the same age or older than we were when we were at Nobles. Lastly, I found my dream career in my forties and have never been happier. I am a realtor with Compass out of Wellesley on an awesome fivewoman team. I just love this job so much, and it has enabled me to connect with so many people from all parts of my life, including many from Nobles. So fun to see everyone at our reunion!”
1. Mere Patten ’92 (left) showed up at Edie Carey ’92’s recent show in New York.
2. Sarah Snyder ’95 and husband Danny Fine ’95 visiting Allison Sands Akhnoukh ’95 in Portugal
Allison Sands Akhnoukh shares, “Wow, it has been forever—Sarah Snyder and husband Danny Fine visited me not too long ago here in Portugal. [See photo above] I’ve been living in Cascais, Portugal, since 2020 with my husband, Nader, and our three boys, Jasper (14), Reid (12), and Eli (8). Initially planned as a two-year adventure, we’ve decided to make it home! We’re integrated into a great international community, and we love the ease of travel around Europe. I’m working as a transformational coach, and Nader has launched an olive oil company. I was sad not to make it to the reunion, but please reach out if you’re ever headed to Portugal.”
1996
class correspondents
Matt Kane 617-443-1100 mkane.esq@gmail.com
Sean Greenhalgh theheat2@gmail.com
1997
class correspondent
Bobbi Oldfield Wegner 617-980-1412 bobbiwegner@gmail.com
1998
class correspondent
Nina Freeman 347-301-2633 ninahanlon@gmail.com
1999
class correspondent
Gabi Herman gabriela.herman@gmail.com
1. Heather Summe ’02 and her husband, Matthew Aleksinas, welcomed baby Scarlett Elisabeth on January 22, 2025. She joins big sisters Louisa (8) and Willa (5). They continue to love city life in New York!
2. Sienna Marie Sibilia, born on March 21, 2025 3. Lizzy Briskin and Scott DeSantis ’11 welcomed their first child, Nora Gardner DeSantis, on September 22, 2025. Nora’s middle name is a tribute to Lizzy’s grandfather and Nobles graduate Fred Gardner ’44. 4. William “Crane” Maritz, born on October 17, 2025 5. Sarah Haylon ’13, Neha Bhambhani ’15, Jessie Harthun ’15, Sofia Kinney ’15, Chase Haylon ’15, Joelle Sherman ’15, Gil Haylon ’06, faculty members Talya Sokoll and Sarah Harthun ’14, and Todd Haylon ’08 at Chase’s wedding to Ben Holtzman
2000
class correspondent
Lisa Marx Corn lisamarx@gmail.com
2001
class correspondent
Lauren Kenney Murphy Lauren.Kenney1@gmail.com
2002
class correspondent William Duffey III williamduffey@gmail.com
2004
class correspondent
Carolyn Sheehan Wintner carolyn.wintner@gmail.com
2005
class correspondent
Saul Gorman saul.gorman@gmail.com
2006
class correspondent
E.B. Bartels ebandersenbartels@gmail.com
I guess everyone is saving up their big updates to share in person at our 20th (!!!!) reunion this spring. Shout out to Becky Barbrow for being the only one to write back with an update this time around! It’s a pretty sweet update though.
Becky shared: “U.S. News & World Report just ranked BASIS Tucson North, the high school where I teach math, the No. 1 public high school in the country! At my job most days I think about the great math teachers we had at Nobles: Maura Sullivan, Doug Guy, Bill Kehlenbeck, Tilesy Harrington, Nick Marinaro. The experience I had with them still informs how I teach and run my classes.”
Anyway, that’s it for now. See you all in Dedham May 8-9, 2026!
2007
class correspondent
Kat Sargent katharine.sargent@gmail.com
2008
class correspondent
Michael Polebaum
Mpolebaum08@nobles.edu
2009
class correspondent
Maria Sibilia mcmontes14@gmail.com
Maria Montes Sibilia and her husband, Alec Sibilia, welcomed a baby girl, Sienna Marie Sibilia, on March 21, 2025.
2010
class correspondent
Tori Goyette tgoyette10@gmail.com
2011
class correspondent
Katie Puccio-Williams katie.pucciowilliams@gmail.com
Lizzy Briskin and Scott DeSantis welcomed their first child, Nora Gardner DeSantis, on September 22, 2025. Nora’s middle name is a tribute to Lizzy’s grandfather and Nobles graduate Fred Gardner ’44. Scott’s family is relocating to Concord, Massachusetts, this spring after several years in New York City. Scott is the CEO of Civic Financial, a financial planning and wealth advisory firm on Newbury Street. Every year for the past decade, Civic Financial has come to campus to provide complimentary financial planning services to Nobles employees.
2012
class correspondent
Coco Woeltz Maritz Colby.Maritz@gmail.com
Jonathan Washburn was happily wed to Val Gaviria last October in New Hampshire; the couple continues to reside and work in the Boston area.
Coco Woeltz Maritz shares, “My husband, Willie Maritz, and I welcomed our son, William ‘Crane’ Maritz, to the world on October 17, 2025. Crane was born in Nashville, Tennessee, which is where we currently live.”
2013
class correspondent
Caroline Thayer carolinejthayer@gmail.com
2014
class correspondent
Alexandra Charron alexandra.l.charron@gmail.com
2015
class correspondent
Natalie Hession natalie.a.hession@gmail.com
2016
class correspondents
Sabrina Rabins srabins@gmail.com
Mariana Vega vegamariana612@gmail.com
2017
class correspondent Harry Sherman harry74sherman@gmail.com
2018
class correspondent
Jillian Radley jillradley22@gmail.com
2019
class correspondent
Ally Guerrero guerreroalessandra@gmail.com
2020
class correspondents
Drew Barry drewbarry1177@gmail.com
Hailey Brown hailey@birksbrown.com
2021
class correspondent
Hadley Winslow hadleywinslow@gmail.com
Emma Parrott shares, “This spring, I was named a William Shirley Scholar at Pembroke for the Harvard-Cambridge Scholarships. I’m currently completing an MPhil in American History and living at Pembroke College.”
Eleni Kolovos began pursuing her master’s in mental health counseling at Boston College this past fall. Additionally, she continues to work at New Harbor Behavioral Healthcare, co-founded by Nobles graduate Justin Cambria ’98, and will complete her master’s level clinical training there next school year.
2022
class correspondent
Alex Janower ali@janower.net
2023
class correspondent
Madi Shaer mbshaer@gmail.com
2025
class correspondent
Eli Schotland elissaios_schotland@brown.edu
