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Update on Jennie Roberge’s daughters, Anna, Elizabeth, and Abie.
In Memoriam Rick Harding, former faculty member and coach, died Monday, March 14, 2011, shortly after being diagnosed with lung cancer. A beloved science
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teacher and crew coach at Derryfield for 15 years, “Doc” or “Ranger Rick,” as some students called him, was known for his enthusiasm, kindness, and his belief in the value of an individual. He inspired a generation of outdoorsmen and scientists at Derry-field as well as at the other schools where he taught. During the last month of his life, a blog was created on which friends, family, and former students could post their well wishes and memories. To read comments or to leave a
1969 Michael Ekman reports, “After 20 plus years of living in New York City, I decided to move to Provincetown, MA. I had been coming here for the past five summers and loved it, so I thought why not live here full time? This was my first winter here and I was amazed how many people are here year round and how much there is to do. Great decision. I miss seeing you all.”
post of your own memories, please visit http://rangerricksblog.blogspot.com. Rick Harding is survived by his wife, Linda; children, Andrew, Alec, Robin, Joshua ’90, and Amy ’94; father, Clip; two sisters; and three grandchildren.
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1971 Peter Kfoury writes, “I am a board certi‐ fied chiropractic internist operating a holis‐ tic primary care office in Charleston, SC. I still play softball, middle eastern music, and jazz!”
1974 Debra Silberberg Finestone is a physician in the emergency room of St. Mary’s Hospital at McGill Teaching Hospital, and assistant professor of medicine at McGill University. She has been happily married to Shya for 25 years and is the proud mom of Leona (23), in medical school; Nathaniel (21), a political sciences major at McGill; and Hannah (18), studying to be a social worker.
1975 Sarah Stebbins Zepeda is back living in Chile, where she and her husband, Jose, lived from 1985‐1990.
1976 A salute, congratulations, and a huge thank you to Scott Rice who was promoted to Major General in the United States Air Force and Air National Guard on December 23, 2010, as the Commander of the Massachusetts Air National Guard and Assistant to the Commander USAF Europe.
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Congratulations to Heather Koerber Nunes whose painting of her daughter, Ada, is on display at the deCordova Museum in Lincoln, MA. The water color entitled “Ada Poses in the Wind” was painted on Monhegan Island in 2010.
Congratulations to Emily Newick and her husband, Steve Gaughan. On December 23, 2010, they added Sarah Newick Gaughan, better known as “Sally,” to their family. Everyone is happy and healthy! n Matt Purtell and his wife, Stephanie, are the proud parents of their first child. Weston George Purtell was born on January 31, 2011. Congratulations to all!
1990 James Richardson and his wife, Michelle, welcomed their second son, Tyler, to the world on November 28, 2010. The house feels smaller but everyone is healthy and happy.
1992 Heather Newton Kyemba and her family battled a New England winter in their Huntsville, AL, home. “Although we live in the Heart of Dixie, we had a white Christmas and four snow storms this year. Our daughter had six snow days at her school! Alabama cities don’t own many snow plows.”
1998 Liz Stefany tells us, “I’m happily liv‐ ing in Carrabassett Valley, ME, and enjoying many fun jobs and careers. My two main endeavors are as a jeweler (www.cvjewelry.com) and massage therapist (www.equinoxtherapeutic‐ massage.com). My newest job is one I can directly thank Derryfield for starting—I am the assistant women’s lacrosse coach at the University of Maine at Farmington. This is their third season and I’m having a blast helping them improve. It was also
great to have a snowshoe adventure this winter with Kathleen Rutty‐Fey ’87!” n Congratulations to Sara Brennan Adams and her husband on the birth of their daughter. Margaret Ann joined big sister Sydney to make it a family of four on March 29, 2010.
1999 We hear from Ditty Steele Bannon, “Chad and I are moving to Salt Lake City this coming Monday, March 14. I will be starting an ICU Fellowship at the University of Utah the first week of April. Chad starts Physician Assistant school in May at the University of Utah. We are very excited about our new home and look forward to having a guest room to host visitors!”
2000 We hear that Andrew Markwith is a third year resident in Orthopaedic Surgery at U. Mass‐Worcester. Just in case that’s not enough on his plate, he
1996 Matt Melkonian is currently living in Burlington, VT, and working for Ecolab Kay Chemical in Vermont, western New Hampshire, and northern New York. Derryfield alumni and faculty gather at a reception at Sonny’s Restaurant in Portland, ME, owned by Jay Villani ’84 and Matt Purington ’84.
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Ellen Jipson ’00 and Bill Kelly listen to a reading by maid of honor Becca Maglathlin ’00 at their wedding.
is planning a wedding over Labor Day weekend, when he will marry Kristen Hannigan from Henniker, NH. Mom says he is both happy and tired these days. n Allen Breed is finishing up Sloan School at MIT. He and his bride of less than a year, Tarah, are living in Boston. n Rebecca Rideout writes, “I’m working as a video producer at Monadnock Media in Sunderland, MA. Since my last update, my boyfriend of ten years and I got engaged! We also got a dog, and are living in our home in Greenfield, MA. I am finally draw‐ ing on my writing aspirations from high school and getting published in a few magazines, the most recent one of note was Yankee Magazine in the March 2011 issue. Although I missed the reunion, I’d love to be in touch with everyone!”
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Back from Zambia, Emily Learner is living in Washington, DC, and working with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatrics AIDS Foundation as a laboratory tech‐ nical advisor. “I work with twelve countries in Africa, and also China and India and help them improve their clinical labs and public health lab sys‐ tems. I’ve been in this job for about six months now and it is great so far. I get to travel to Africa every few months, so I’m seeing lots of places and things that I never thought I would see.”
Ben Bradley is living in San Francisco, practicing architecture, and considering further educational opportunities.
2002 Taylor Breed’s mom tells us that Taylor is studying for his MBA at Georgetown and living in Washington, DC. He will be working in New York City this summer. n Jamie Feinberg reports, “A quick update on me would be that I’ve started my own profession‐ al theater company, Not Your Mom’s Musical Theater, here in Manchester. We’ve already had a few critically acclaimed productions, led a day‐long residency at a local high school (thanks to a grant), and we’re raising funds to take a show to the Boston area in June. Visit our website to check out the video blogs!”
2004 Drew Moerlein announces his role in a 10‐minute short film called Yearbook being screened at Sundance Film Festival. It is a 70’s Sex and Drugs/ Horror flick about an aggressive STD that is making its way around the stu‐ dents in Rockdale High School. According to Drew, “‘The Bug’ mani‐ fests itself in different physical defor‐ mities: bulging forehead, hives/pim‐ ples around the eyes, tails, horns, rash‐ es, claw hands, etc., which were all achieved with incredible prosthetic parts. The make‐up and special effects teams were incredible!” Yearbook screened in Sundance at the end of January 2011. n After two years of living and teaching English in French elementary schools, Julia Spiegelman has decided to stay in Europe but switch to a new language. She writes, “I’m living in Berlin for the year, where I’m working as an au pair, playing lots of music (just had an exciting orches‐ tral gig in the Philharmonic, and have another one next week!), and generally having as many linguistic and cultural experiences as possible.”
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English as they help us improve our new language. At home, I recently received a job as my town’s cable sta‐ tion’s video editor. I plan on spending my summer helping them direct, pro‐ duce and edit summer concerts as well as returning to my summer job in Manchester and Nashua.”
Derryfield alumni at the wedding of Annmarie Gaffney ’04 to Brian Stucker (L to R): Shay Roberts ’04, Farrah Desrosiers ’04, Sarah Pitman ’04, Kristi Migliori ’07, MacKenzie Logan ’11, Taylor Krause ’07, Whitney Krause ’04, Joelle Emery ’04, Annmarie, Joe Guerra ’04, Patrick Gaffney ’07, Duke Logan ’07, Bryan Sanford ’04.
2005 Alexa Warburton was happy to reunite with Kate Dewey, Andrew Todd, Victoria Starr, and Doug MacKenzie at a dinner party in Boston. Alexa is currently taking prerequisite classes in Boston and applying to veterinary school this summer.
2006 Erich Bradley is living and working in northern New York.
2008 Congratulations to Kelly Schwarz on receiving the 2011 Genentech Process Research & Development Outstanding Student Award at Johns Hopkins University! Kelly is a junior under‐ graduate in the department and also
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plays varsity field hockey for Hopkins. The Genentech PR&D Student Awards were founded to recognize outstanding students in disciplines related to chem‐ ical and biochemical engineering.
Former Faculty Jennie Roberge writes, “I just had my third daughter on December 17, 2010— Abie Lee Roberge (5 pounds, 10 ounces). Anna and Elizabeth are in love and we are all doing well. I am still teaching high school math in Gorham, NH, and am having a great year! We continue to be very blessed to have family close by and had a great holiday season.”
2009 Bianca Nicolosi has become quite involved on campus at Ithaca College. “I currently am promotions director of my college’s radio station, 92 WICB (www.wicb.org) and have two news‐ casts and two DJ shifts a week. One shift is Tuesdays 4‐6 p.m. and the other is a specialty show where all I play is Beatles music for two hours on Sundays from noon‐2 p.m. It’s great. Besides radio, I have been reporting and helping with the television crew for our tri‐weekly newscast and I am farm out‐reach coordinator of Intercambios, a Spanish club which we help native Spanish speakers learn
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parents To James Richardson ’90 and his wife, Michelle, a son, Tyler, on November 28, 2010. To Emily Newick ’97 and her husband, Steve Gaughan, a daughter, Sarah, on December 23, 2010. To Matt Purtell ’97 and his wife, Stephanie, a son, Weston George, on January 31, 2011. To Sara Brennan Adams ’98 and her husband, John, a daughter, Margaret Ann, on March 29, 2010. To former faculty member Jennie Roberge and her husband, Ben, a daughter, Abie Lee, on December 17,2010.
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