Class Notes leges (Kristine Pratt) and some of us have been blessed with a new baby in 2021 (Jonathan Romero)? Many of us started or finished pandemic home renovations and quite a few of us added to our families with a pandemic puppy (Bianca Saul, Gillian Frothingham-Gordon, Jessica Purdy, Katherine Rostad, and Sarah Memmi), bunny (Peter Kestenbaum) or hamster (Selin Caglar).
Earlier this year, Gillian Frothingham-Gordon was able to see Alex Pierson performing live in Nashville. Can’t wait to do the same and maybe see a few of you along the way! Please feel free to share your news with me for the class notes at kuaclass1996@gmail.com.
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Natalie Philpot nataliephilpot@hotmail.com Brandon King reports he is working
in finance and happily living with his wife, Tavia, and their four children in Lexington, Kentucky. Scott Kaplan writes that the pandemic has been a weird and wild time to say the least. He’s been focused on producing documentaries and factual series. His first producing endeavor just landed on Hulu (Red Penguins) and his next project (Queenmaker) is slated to premiere at Sundance next year. Fun times. Kevin Stoney responded with an absolutely amazing update (that is not appropriate for public consumption but made my day). He is doing well and living on Cape Cod. Zannie Norgang and her husband, Tim, still live on the coast of Maine. They have teenagers, which is interesting and surprisingly fun. Tommy is a junior in high school, Owen is a sophomore, Shep is in third grade, and Rosie is going to first grade this year. When she’s not working, Zannie is trying to learn French. Her sister 46
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DI S PAT C H E S N EWS F ROM A LUM N I works at KUA, so they are there from time to time. I am still living in southern Vermont with my two daughters and am currently drafting the greatest online dating profile ever written. I am also simultaneously working as a programs coordinator at a local nonprofit that aims to help youth navigate life on life’s terms without the use of substances. If you would like to submit a Class Note or just be in touch, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
2004 Daniel Manzouri married Anna Maz-
zolini on September 18, 2021, with friends Sean Smith, Keith Milne ’05, and Phil Mortillaro ’05 in attendance.
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Vermont with our chocolate Lab and calico cat. We are expecting a baby in November 2021. Brett Sillari is currently living in Somerville, Massachusetts. He is happily working in real estate. He is working as a realtor and is personally involved in some residential development projects. Brett is currently pursuing his second Ruby Award with Century 21, as well as being on track to be the top producer at his company. He is based in Cambridge at Century 21 Avon and covers the greater Boston area. Juliet Taylor is still currently residing in South Boston, where she lives with her rescue dog Bronn. He is a very good boy!
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Tia Nixa Peterson nixatai@gmail.com
Erica Finkelstein Ashner ’09 married
On their way to Ocracoke Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Kalin Gregory-Davis, Julia MacDonald, and Sophie Bodnar stopped for a visit in Asheville. Sarah (Cutts) Roberts published her first children’s book, titled AB Sea. The beautifully illustrated alphabet book is available to purchase on Amazon! She and Evan Roberts ’07 are also expecting their second baby in April 2022. I (Tia Nixa Peterson) transitioned jobs earlier this year. I am now the project coordinator at Ballet Vermont and am also a dancer with the company, performing in several shows across Vermont in 2021, including Farm to Ballet and Bees & Friends. I am dancing in The Quarry Project, a site-specific piece being created in one of the oldest, deepest granite quarries in the country and set to premiere to the public in August. I am also growing a freelance career in sewing and nonprofit fundraising. My husband, Conor, and I live in central
edith (Danko) See ’09, Kelley Noonan ’09, and Julia (Moore) Hussey ’09—in
Louis Ashner in May 2021 with friends and KUA classmates—including Merattendance.
Deaths Robert H. Russell Jr. ’44 Thomas H. Towler ’45 James Edward Gore Sr. ’50 John “Jack” Donahue ’50 David M. Stone ’51 Stephen Bennett Fainsbert ’54 George P. Trepanier ’54 Charles Robert Dart ’55 Edward M. Letson ‘56 Winthrop P. “Wink” Houghton Sr. ’57 John V. Hancock ’59 Michael M. Worcester ’59 Wilfred Alec Dulac ’66 Kevin M. Hill ’87 Michael Trombley ‘96
Obituary Douglas W. Carver ’61 Longtime Meriden resident Douglas W. Carver, 78, passed away at his home on January 29, 2021, after a short illness. He grew up at Kimball Union Academy where his father, Frederick E. Carver, was headmaster. As a teenager, Carver served as an original member of the Meriden Volunteer Fire Department. He graduated from KUA in 1961 and studied at Boston University. He soon found his calling in ceramics while working as an apprentice with the late Jack O’Leary in his Meriden Pottery Shop. From there, Carver trained at the College of Ceramics at Alfred University and then taught ceramics for a year at Western Michigan College in Kalamazoo. Carver set up his own pottery shop in Meriden and taught pottery and coached JV hockey at Kimball Union in the 1970s. He was largely self-employed throughout his life, but also worked for various Meriden family businesses, including with the Marsh family building houses and Dana Robes making furniture. Carver’s greatest joy came from farming, and throughout his life he helped with chores and haying at local farms such as the Stone and Taylor farms in Meriden. He raised cows for milk and beef and kept a horse that he would use for haying or logging. Carver loved the old ways of farming, and through friendships with the farmers of his childhood he acquired an extensive knowledge of local history. His other lifelong interest was athletics. He played varsity football, ice hockey, and lacrosse at Kimball Union and as an adult continued playing hockey and enjoyed tennis with friends. Carver is survived by his son, Frederick. He was predeceased by his former wife, Susan. A donation in his memory may be made to the Frederick E. Carver Scholarship Fund at KUA. K
