A L U M N I N OT E S
1995
Class Representatives Lilla Curran Nelson Matthew Stahl
1996
Class Representatives Kathrene Tiffany Bell Nick Brescia Merrill Hawkins Katayoun Shahrokhi
1997
Class Representatives Sarah Conway Suzy McManmon Sarah Robbat Primavera Did you tune into the Tokyo Olympics and watch Stuart McNay competing in the men’s two-person dinghy (470) event? Congratulations, Stuart!
1998
Class Representatives Meg Lloyd Sarah Swettberg In 2022, Astrid Levis-Thorne Burns joined Powell Fine Art Advisory as a senior art advisor. Powell Fine Art Advisory provides art consulting and advisory services for collectors of modern and contemporary art across all media including paintings, drawings, original prints, photography and sculpture—feel free to reach out to Astrid for art advice at astrid@powellfineartadvisory.com or visit www.powellfineartadvisory.com.
1999
Class Representatives Colin Arnold Susanna Whitaker Waters Elizabeth Weyman Congratulations to Susanna Whitaker Waters, who welcomed Camilla Miles Waters on October 27, 2021!
2000
Class Representative Jessica Whitman Seney We were excited to learn that “The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming,” a major exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum on view from September 2021–March 2022 featured the work of fashion designer Alexander McQueen and our very own Frances Denny! For the show, Frances displayed photographs from her book Major Arcana: Portraits of Witches in America. Congratulations, Frances!
2001
Class Representative Ben Bullitt
Park’s Wrestling Mats Find New Home Alumni who wrestled while at Park will be glad to know that the School’s wrestling mats, which needed to be relocated due to renovation, will become an integral part of a program led by José Valenzuela ’00. José is the cofounder and vice-chair of Beat the Streets New England (BSNE), a youth development organization which uses wrestling to help kids in Boston and Providence, as well as Hartford in the near future. José credits wrestling—the sport as well as his coaches and teammates—with helping him gain confidence and strive for greater goals on and off the mat. José got his start wrestling at Park with Coach Bill Bourne, and went on to coach here himself in 2008. After finishing his wrestling career at Williams College, he returned to Boston to teach history in the Boston Public Schools. Recognizing that his students needed further mentoring and coaching, José founded Boston Youth Wrestling in 2009. BSNE is the result of a merger between Boston Youth Wrestling and Beat the Streets Providence. Currently operating in public and charter schools in Boston, Lynn, and Providence, BSNE serves approximately 1,000 students per year, offering free wrestling training, academic skill development, competition, and college and career exploration. José believes that wrestling can serve as a great tool to supplement what students gain through academics, and that coaches serve as positive mentors. The organization’s Coach-InTraining Program even allows more senior students to serve as coaches themselves. Thank you to Director of Athletics Bob Little for facilitating this connection, and to José for leading the important work of Beat the Streets New England.
Milly Waters (daughter of Susanna Whitaker Waters ’99) joined the world just in time to celebrate her first Halloween with siblings Ainsley (the zombie!) and Callum (the tiger!)
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