Class Notes

These Class Notes reflect information we received by September 15. The Class Notes deadline for the next issue is December 15.

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EDITED BY JOANNE HOSSACK ’82

1952 70th reunion

1962 60th reunion In mid-August Steve Shields, Carol Hurwitz, Sue Hanchett, and Bill Jarrico ’61 met in Cherry Grove, Fire Island, New York, for lunch. They were there for a week visiting Carol’s oldest daughter and her four children in Ocean Beach, Fire Island. Carol recently moved from Scarsdale, New York, to Albany, California. The rest of the crew lives in California as well: Sue in Pasadena, Bill in Pacoima, and Steve in Walnut Creek.

1963–66

How now! what news with you?

1967 55th reunion On September 19, 2021, Kathleen (Bucklin) Davies ran the 12K (7.46 miles) USATF Championship race on Sandy Hook, New Jersey. She won her age group, making her the NATIONAL 12K CHAMPION in the 75–79-year age group. “ I know there are women faster than I am, but you have to be there and you have to run. I was and I did!”

Christine Johnson is chair of the board of the Northwest Natural Resource Group (www.nnrg.org), which helps folks steward their forests in Washington and Oregon. “We are looking for an endowment forest. Kinda like Match.Forest? If you or your family has a forest in western Washington or Oregon that you would like to put in good hands but continue to own, get in touch.”

1968

After a blessed career as a civil rights lawyer and children’s policy advocate, Lois Salisbury retired 10 years ago to pursue another passion, tennis. (While at Reed, she learned to play squash. Later, her yen for racquet sports morphed into a love of tennis.) Then, a big challenge came along. She became the cochair of the Tennis Coalition of San Francisco, whose initial undertaking was the complete renovation of the historic public tennis center in Golden Gate Park. Six years later, the new $27 million facility opened in March, built where tennis has been played since 1895, near the Conservatory of Flowers. The convergence of spring, COVID waning, a safe sport, and a stunning new public facility instantly yielded a happy, hopping place. Under the new night lights, the 16-court public, affordable facility is busy every night until 10:00 p.m. In September, Lois celebrated her 75th birthday among many friends at the tennis center and was surprised and honored by a declaration from San Francisco Mayor London Breed that September 19, 2021 was Lois Salisbury Day in San Francisco! Otherwise, she and her husband Bob live happily on

Lunching on Fire Island, left to right: Steve Shields ’62, Carol Hurwitz ’62, Sue Hanchett ’62, and Bill Jarrico ’61.

Kathleen (Bucklin) Davies ’67 (right) with other members of the Morris County, New Jersey, Striders’ 50+ team, which placed sixth at the USATF Championship race on Sandy Hook.

Lois Salisbury ’68, cochair of the Tennis Coalition of San Francisco, checks the progress of the renovation of the historic public tennis center in Golden Gate Park.

their houseboat in Sausalito, where they moved after decades in San Francisco.

“One day at a time as I wait for the pandemic and its surges to abate!” writes Thomas Weiss. We hear you, Thomas.

1969

Good news or bad, that thou comest in so bluntly?

1970

Alan Ridley qualified to fence (again) in the National Championships and July Challenge in Philadelphia in July 2021. He also immensely enjoyed the recent class reunion. Alan is still interested in discovering ways to reduce and extinguish Reed alumni student debt and hearing from alumni struggling to pay off Reed College student debt.

Fred Zemke (FREDZ) thanks Wee Wily Willy Worrall (WWWWW, the W is silent) ’68 for his class note, and reciprocates with the following: “I still have the colorful robe your friend made (see picture). Since leaving Reed, I got a PhD in mathematics at Claremont Graduate School, then perished after a few years in academia, but acquired a wife (Patricia May English) and adopted her three children from her previous marriage—this has been the best decision of my life. Patty and I moved to Goleta while she completed her PhD at UC Santa Barbara, and I fell back on computers. Along the way I converted to Judaism—the other good decision of my life—the culmination of a process that began with learning Biblical Hebrew at Reed from Simon Parker [religion 1968–75]. After our children grew up, our marriage dissolved, though Patty remains my best friend. In 1996 I joined Oracle as SQL standards representative, and remain in that position in spite of several periods of total disability from Lyme disease and a back injury. I now have six grandchildren, and currently live in the San Luis Obispo area near my daughter and her two children.”

1971

Make a gift to the Class of ’71 Scholarship

In 1986, Garrick Beck began a gardening program for children living in the concrete canyons of New York City, with a 12-week stepby-step curriculum for kindergarten through sixth grade. The program is still going, and the curriculum is available as a book. (See Reediana.) 1972 50th reunion Edward Peters backpacked a section of Mt. Rainier’s Wonderland Trail with Jim Hauser MAT ’70, whose friend had won the trail permit lottery. It was physically challenging but most worthwhile. As training for the trip, Edward walked around Seattle’s Green Lake with Peter Renz ’59 [math 1968–70], who was visiting from Massachusetts.

1973

Karen Greenbaum-Maya writes, “Who needs to be exhorted to change their life? Life changes on you. My beloved husband of 35 years, Walter Maya, died of lung cancer late in 2018. Not much you can say after that, except that I continue to write poetry. Among other things, I am working on a singable and tonally accurate translation of Schumann’s setting of Heine’ s poems, Dichterliebe. During the summer I was accepted into an exhilarating translation workshop led by Robert Hass. He deserves his reputation.”

1974–76

The excuse that thou dost make in this delay / Is longer than the tale thou dost excuse.

1977 45th reunion Is thy news good, or bad? answer to that; / Say either, and I’ll stay the circumstance:

1978–80

Let me be satisfied, is’t good or bad?

1981

Make a gift to the Class of ’81 Scholarship

1982 40th reunion In the past two years, Friedemann Weidauer and coauthors have published a first- and a second-year college textbook for German with the German publisher Klett under the title Impuls Deutsch (I and II). “Among the pedagogic innovations, it is based on the concept of a flipped classroom (i.e., class time is solely used for interactive activities; the students study

Fred Zemke ’70 celebrates Purim 2008. His elegant robe was made by a friend of Will Worrall ’68.

The end of August at Indian Bar Campground, Mt. Rainier. From left: Jim Hauser MAT ’70, Mary Robinson, Lael Lou, and Edward Peters ’72, who writes, “For Reedies of my era, the appropriate title for this photo is The End of August at the Hotel Ozone.” Photo by trip leader Jane Gill.

“The journal wanted a head shot, so . . .” writes Karen

Greenbaum-Maya ’73.

Class Notes

and practice everything at home), and it is also meant to shift the focus to topics that might actually interest students, such as climate change, diversity, recycling, postcolonial issues (such as trade), GMOs, student protest movements, and sustainability. In one chapter, we discuss exercise options of diverse groups. We were criticized for having only Caucasian persons featured; the editor failed to see that one of them had Down syndrome and the other was transgender. The books were immediately adopted by about onethird of all German programs in this country.” (See Reediana.)

1983

Make a gift to the Class of ’83 Well-Endowed Scholarship

After a few years of full-time ministry, Sara Nichols is now back in full-time public policy as staff for the Joint Legislative Emergency Management Committee in the California legislature, “which, as fate would have it, has been unable to meet due to the ongoing emergency. Recently, Russ Haan, Sunny Childs, Harry Mersmann ’82, and our partners gathered in Florence, Oregon to celebrate basically all of us turning 60 in the past year. Time marches on!”

1984–86

What news, what news, in this our tottering state?

1987 35th reunion In July, Ken Belson returned to Japan, where he lived for 12 years, to cover the Tokyo Olympics for the New York Times sports section. “They were my fourth Olympic Games, and easily the oddest. Without fans in the seats, the events lacked much of the excitement and color. But the athletics were superb and worth the trip.”

1988

If’t be summer news, / Smile to’t before; if winterly, thou need’st / But keep that countenance still.

1989

After five years in London, Peter Goodman has moved back to the US, settling in the Lower Hudson Valley. He’s still covering the global economy for the New York Times, and has a new book out in January: Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World. (See Reediana.)

1990

Sarah Dougher is delighted to announce the publication of a book called Tick Tock: Essays on Becoming a Parent After 40 (Dottir Press, 2021), in which she has an essay tracing her winding path to parenthood. “I hope this book can make a connection with some older parents in the Reed world (and beyond),” she writes. A version of the essay, “I Had My First Child at 45. Here’s What I Learned,” ran in the New York Times in September.

1991

Tonio Andrade writes, “In July, I had an opportunity to walk through the Reed campus for the first time in years, accompanied by my wife and three daughters, one of whom says she’d like to go to college in the Pacific Northwest because it’s so cool and rainy there. Maybe she’s changed her mind now, because it was in the 90s that day. But the campus was as beautiful as ever, and as we strolled, I found myself thinking of many friends and acquaintances: Zan Kocher ’90, Jamie Lee ’92, Jonathan Turkanis ’92, Jeff Bradford ’92, and others. Our stay in Portland was too short, and now I’m back at home in Decatur, Georgia, where I’m relatively happy in an academic sort of way as professor of Chinese and global history at Emory University. My fourth book came out in June and I’m working on a fifth, or trying. It’s hard to focus on academic writing when the world is burning up.”

Sara Levin writes, “I had a great time at our 30-year virtual reunion. While it would have been great to be in our old stomping grounds in person, connecting with classmates all over the country was meaningful and fun. And our special guests Igor Vamos ’90, David Autrey ’89, and Amy Wesselman provided antics, education, and erudition! Here’ s to having our 35th in person.” Sara’s been busy during her pandemic life: “My team at United Way has been working hard since March 2020 to get food and rent assistance to families impacted by COVID and the economic crisis. We’ ve also created special flexible grants to Black and Indigneous groups hit hardest. In personal news, my daughter started middle school (in person!) and I’ve joined many others in a newfound (pandemicspurred) baking obsession. Always happy to share with Seattle-area Reedies!”

In addition to serving as a professor of Indian religions and philosophy at Case Western Reserve University, Deepak Sarma is now a cultural consultant for Mattel and Netflix for projects that involve Hinduism and India directly or indirectly. To find out more—and to find out what Deepak says is the best place to spend a day in Cleveland!—search for Deepak’s name with “Netflix” at thedaily. case.edu.

1992 30th reunion Ay me! what news? why dost thou wring thy hands?

Sarah Dougher ’90 has an essay in Tick Tock: Essays on Becoming a Parent After 40

Deepak Sarma ’91 is now a cultural consultant for Mattel and Netflix.

Khristina Haddad ’92 (left) and Meisha Rosenberg ’93 (right) meet up in Central Park in August.

Meisha Rosenberg, a writer working on a biography for which she received a research fellowship from the Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers, and Khristina H. Haddad ’92, associate professor and chair of political science, Moravian University, enjoyed a Reed reunion in Central Park in the midst of the pandemic.

1994

Brittney Corrigan has published a new collection of poetry. (See Reediana.)

1995

Helen Thouless had a busy summer! She got married to Peet Sasaki; she has a new job as a senior lecturer of primary mathematics at St Mary’s University, Twickenham; and her book The Power of Pattern: Patterning in the Early Years was published. (See Reediana.)

1996

Renee Nuñez-Kemp and Andrew welcomed their son Orion Everett Rene Kemp on January 14, 2021. Orion was born “all natural” at 5:45 a.m., with vital statistics of 8.56 oz and 50 cm. Renee and Andrew recently moved to Jacksonville next to a river and many oak trees. They spent the last two years remodeling and many years searching for their unique house where they plan to raise their children. Renee wasn’t sure she wanted children for most of her life and then she met Andrew and wanted them more than anything in the world! She is very grateful for two healthy pregnancies and two amazing labor/birth experiences, both in her 40s!

1997 25th reunion I know, by that same eye, there’s some good news.

1998

Andrea Lambert has published a collection of autobiographical personal essays. (See Reediana.)

1999–2001

What news, then, in your paper?

2002 20th reunion CJ Evans is the 2021 winner of the Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry for his forthcoming book, Lives. CJ is the author of A Penance (New Issues Press) and The Category of Outcast, selected by Terrance Hayes for the Poetry Society of America’s New American Poets chapbook series. He received the Amy Lowell Travelling Scholarship and is the editorial director of Two Lines Press, a publisher of international literature in translation. He lives in the Bay Area with his wife, Naomi Edelson ’01, and their two awesome kids and cat. (See Reediana.)

Inspired by the Reed math department’s use of calculus textbooks written specifically for Reed, Hannah Robbins has created a unique textbook addressing a need for a one-term linear algebra course—and the title is a math pun!) (See Reediana.)

Melissa (Feineman) Suzuno and Katy Davis went on a brief but momentous road trip from Oakland to the beautiful and aptly named Pleasanton, California, in May 2021 to receive both doses of the COVID vaccine. They celebrated by creating a playlist just for the occasion and look forward to enjoying the benefits of being fully vaccinated. Melissa also reports that, after years of editing written content online, she has edited Continuous Discovery Habits, an actual, physical book! The book offers practical tips for building successful products that customers love. Melissa writes that it was challenging and fun to be involved throughout the process, from providing developmental feedback on the manuscript to conducting interviews with subject matter experts and making final copy edits. Enthusiastic Amazon reviewers have described the book as “a pageturner” and “a must-read for any product manager.” (See Reediana.)

2003

What say you to a letter from your friends / Of much good news?

2004

Aaron Rabiroff is moving from North Fair Oaks, California, to Valdosta, Georgia, where his wife has accepted a position at Georgia State Valdosta University’s anthropology department. Thanks to the magic of the internet, Aaron will continue to represent clients at his California law firm, while preparing to join a third state bar, while looking to expand the firm to the Southeast. This will be Aaron’s first time south of the MasonDixon Line except for 3 days he spent in Atlanta in the late ’90s, and the summer in law school when he got a Drive-By Truckers CD stuck in his car’s CD player.

Renee Nuñez-Kemp ’96 and Andrew welcomed their son Orion Everett Rene Kemp on January 14, 2021.

It’s Rachel Wilch ’04! And her son! Ernie! say hello from Seattle!

Rachel Wilch lives in Seattle, where she works on transportation policy for King County. She and her husband, John Mix, welcomed their son Ernie in 2018.

2005

Adonia Lugo and Ben O’Donnell welcomed their daughter, Josephine Coyote O’Donnell, on February 24 this year. Five months in, Josie enthusiastically chews on Reed Magazine, smiles at anybody nearby, and rolls over one way but not the other. Kate Betcher and Sarah Lindsey happily joined us in Los Angeles to stand as fairy godmothers at Josie’s baptism in June.

2006

Lend me the letter; let me see what news.

2007 15th reunion On Thursday, July 1, Brett Holverstott held the inaugural opening for the Figure | Ground Art Gallery in Pioneer Square, Seattle, featuring a solo show by Dean Fisher. Brett created the gallery with the goal of supporting the worldwide grassroots resurgence in the figurative arts; its long-term mission is to foster a flourishing art culture in our time. The gallery has a small, beautiful upstairs space overlooking Occidental Avenue, and Brett hopes to make the space available for local alumni events. The show will be rotated every month, with openings on First Thursdays. Brett’s interest in the arts includes learning to sculpt at the Gage Academy and writing art reviews on Medium, and relates back to his experience having an online art gallery through college and, at the age of 19, creating the nonprofit organization the Foundation for the Advancement of Art. Brett is a practicing architect and published writer.

Ginger Jui is the gender-explosive, lactose-intolerant executive director of a bicycle advocacy organization in Oakland, California. Ginger interweaves epic bicycle adventures with building resilient organizations for social justice and sustainability.

Jesse Kauppila is living the dream of climbing/skiing big mountains in the Pacific Northwest. He’s putting his MFA from Carnegie Mellon to good use programming giant robots to make flying cars.

Vicky Zero is an environmental consultant based in Laramie, Wyoming, specializing in habitat conservation plans to support wind energy while protecting endangered bat species. After years of vegetarianism, she now avidly shoots things and eats them.

2008

Dan Liu is a historian of science based in Berlin, Germany, and recent recipient of a three-year research grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG). He’s researching the history of lactose intolerance and how adult lactase persistence among dairy pastoralists became the textbook example of gene-culture coevolution.

2009

Come, come; sans compliment, what news abroad?

2010

Anna Evans-Goldstein has been happily unemployed for the last year and a half after being let go from her position at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. She hangs out with her dog and fixes things.

Natalie Sheehan was married to her longtime partner, Allen Blankenship, in a small ceremony in Seattle on July 10, 2021.

2011

Todd Garon has moved to Chicago and now builds podcast studios.

Celebrating the baptism of Josephine Coyote O’Donnell, left to right: Kate Betcher ’05, mom Adonia Lugo ’05, Josie, dad Ben O’Donnell ’05, and Sarah Lindsey ’05.

Clockwise from top left: Ginger Jui ’07, Dan Liu ’08, Jesse Kauppila ’07, and Vicky Zero ’07.

Ginger Jui ’07 and Vicky Zero ’07— reunited at last!—in the Snowy Range of Wyoming.

Brett Holverstott ’07 has opened the Figure | Ground Art Gallery in Pioneer Square, Seattle.

Anna EvansGoldstein ’10 hangs out with her dog, not working.

The career of Annie Sui ’12 is definitely in better shape than the floor in this commercial she’s in with JK Simmons!

David Krueger started a job as tenure-track faculty in machine learning at Cambridge this summer.

2012 10th reunion Annie Sui is an actor and copywriter in LA now. “I’ve got a commercial for an insurance company with Oscar winner (ooh la la) JK Simmons out now. Feels good to have a break a few years in.”

2013

How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour, / And bring thy news so late?

2014

On June 4, a seminal study was published in the journal Science with the author list bookended by two Reedies: Will Voss and Greg Ippolito ’89, a graduate student and research associate professor, respectively, at The University of Texas at Austin. The study, titled “Prevalent, Protective, and Convergent IgG Recognition of SARS-CoV-2 Non-RBD Spike Epitopes,” was the first high-resolution molecular look at the circulating plasma antibodies generated by SARS-CoV-2, offering the most detailed picture yet of the array of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 found in people who’ve fully recovered from mild cases of COVID-19. The study also identified a class of “public” antibodies (derived from different individuals but with similar molecular features) directed against the spike protein. The study has important implications for vaccine design and our understanding of the continually evolving immune response to SARS-CoV-2. Excitingly, NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins wrote about the study on the NIH Director’s Blog. Will and Greg wish to acknowledge the crucial role that Reed played in helping them reach this milestone—directly, by its curriculum which nourished them while students, and indirectly, by alumnus Roger M. Perlmutter ’73, chairman of the Reed College Board of Trustees, through whom their academic lineage in immunology was derived.

2015

On August 3, 2021, Rennie Meyers won the daily Politico Morning Energy Trivia contest. Previous winners of this prestigious contest include assistant secretaries in the Department of Energy and executives in the private and nonprofit sectors. Congratulations, Rennie! Rennie would like to note that she did not submit this class note and that Julia Selker is to blame; that said, yes, she was pleased.

2016

The best news is, that we have safely found / Our king and company; the next, our ship—

2017 5th reunion Which, but three glasses since, we gave out split—

2018–21

Is tight and yare and bravely rigg’d as when / We first put out to sea.