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1946

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RON MULLINS, one of 26 graduating members of the Class of 1946, shares that he continues his enjoyable retirement on his farm in Orwell, VT: “I am now an active 94-year-old.”

1950

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PETER ROSENBLATT reports that, during the last six years, he and his wife moved to an apartment in the Chevy Chase suburb of Washington, D.C. He maintains his Washington law office (although he no longer practices) and remains active in Washington’s foreign policy community and non-profit organizations. He has three children and seven grandchildren living in New York. He misses contact with his classmates.

1951

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JOHN LANKESTER has been living very happily in Queensland, Australia, for the past 22 years.

1952

Bobbe Dean Schuler 914-337-2712 HENRY VLES writes: Dear members of the class of 1952, I shall be with you in spirit during our reunion. After three years of college prep school in the Hague, Holland (1947-1950), and one year at New Rochelle High School, Riverdale was a great experience. DICK KAEYER ’53 and his family became lifelong friends. I shall never forget that the USAAF saved us from starvation in April/May 1945 after the hunger winter, and that the allied powers liberated us May 1945. God bless America. Kind regards to all the survivors.

1953

Bill Gardner whginc@mindspring.com BILL GARDNER reports: Kathleen and I have moved into an independent/ assisted living facility only five miles from our home of 36 years here in Oro Valley, AZ. Email remains the same. Still playing golf and thoroughly enjoying our new, much more relaxed lifestyle. Our best wishes, as well, to my 1953 classmates and families.

BOB MILLIGAN writes: Queen Elizabeth was indeed outstanding in so many ways. I met her at a special function for Prince Philip for the English Speaking Union, which sponsored my scholarship to Riverdale. She stopped in front of me, and asked about my link to the Union, and I told her all about my experiences at RCS. She seemed very interested. I am moving into a semi-sheltered flat in a month or two, where there is a lively community and a friendly welcome. Best wishes to all my classmates and their families.

1956

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BILL BORCHARD passed on the sad news that classmate and friend LARRY ACKMAN passed away on June 1, 2022.

JIM BERNSTEIN writes: Leading my company, Eniware, into the market with a portable, power-free sterilizer for the developing world, militaries, and humanitarian relief organizations. Enjoying my life with five grandchildren, a new aortic valve, post-COVID, and very healthy running several miles a week. Happy to hear from any 1956 survivors.

1957

Judy Austin judyaustin40@yahoo.com Bob Johnson robert.johnson@mto.com Sue Jacobs Schaffzin craftyme33@hotmail.com Tim Zagat tim@zagat.com You wouldn’t believe how actively connected the class of ’57 remains — 65 years after we graduated from RCS. To start with, we have a Zoom session every second Sunday at 5:00 p.m. Participants

include MARIO ADLER, JUDY AUSTIN,

PAUL DICKSON, PETER ELLIS, JEFF

FISHER, Margo Fuld (wife of the late

KENNETH FULD), WARREN GOLDE, STEVE

GOLDSTEIN, LARRY JOHNSON, BOB JOHNSON, STEVE KANE, TOM KEISER, GEORGE LIEBMANN ’56, RICHARD MEADE ’56, MAARTEN MECKMAN, FRED PACKER, YVONNE PAYNE DANIEL, ED SCHAFFZIN, SUE JACOBS SCHAFFZIN, VERA VON SAUCKEN HALDY-REGIER, DOUG WARWICK, SKIP WASSERMAN,

TIM ZAGAT, BOB ZALLES, and occasionally others. Jeff Fisher is our

master of ceremonies, providing an agenda around current issues. Maarten Meckman, a surprisingly modern IT talent, is our weekly host. After a lively hour of discussion, often veering back to Riverdale days, there is a regular exchange of emails — two so far today. The lawyers in our class, Pete Ellis, the two Johnsons, and Ed Schaffzin, do their best to make sure we stay within the bounds of propriety.

Almost all of the above classmates attended our October reunion, including two special dinners, which we arranged at Le Bernardin and the great new Italian restaurant, Fasano. We were so proud to have classmates from as far away as Idaho (Judy Austin), Arizona (Margo Fuld), Delaware (Warren Golde), Maryland (George Liebmann), Massachusetts (Steve Goldstein and Peter Ellis), California (Bob Johnson and Yvonne Payne Daniel), and England/Florida (Richard Meade) coming to join us.

We also invited the widows of several of our recently deceased classmates:

TONY CAPRARO, BOB GLAUBER, MARC WEINBERG, MARTIN ZELNIK, and the daughter of our de facto lifetime class

president, RICK BATES.

All in all, it may tell you something to note that over two-thirds of our living classmates are still in touch with one another and with Riverdale. As we say, “It is the Riverdale Spirit that Quickeneth.”

YVONNE PAYNE DANIEL sends a photo that represents a mini-reunion in Portola Valley, CA (near Stanford U), where the CHIANG sisters (Jane ’59 and Alice ’61) and the PAYNE sisters (Yvonne ’57 and Carolyn ’59) got together for a wondrous lunch at the Lobster Shack. Great memories, laughter, and stimulating catch-up conversation!

Yvonne also shares: I am so happy that we are all here — still — and in communication intermittently and/or regularly with each other. We are lucky and blessed.

I completed two projects this year

THE PAYNE AND CHIANG SISTERS

that had been delayed during the height of the pandemic. I was invited to give a keynote in February 2022 at Duke University to the second largest dance research organization in the U.S. I had an opportunity to mentor publicly a couple of generations of dance and theater artists who do bona fide research and theorizing on the import of dance: “Dancing My Research: Looking Through the Splendor of Black Dance.” Then, in March 2022, I was invited to give another keynote address to the Tourism Research Conference at University of California, Berkeley; I presented: “Fifty Years of Dance in Tourism Research.” March through August 2022, I worked with the small group of dance scholars who presented at the Tourism Conference and submitted their papers and mine as a group for publication in the major journal for dance research. These two public presentations — requiring investigation and publishable writing — mark my final responsibilities for academic audiences. Then, I received notice that I would receive the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Alumni Association of the new Mills College at Northeastern University on October 8, 2022.

I have been blessed to live long enough to see that my efforts and sacrifices have been recognized, while I know there are many who work just as tirelessly and productively and have not yet been acknowledged. So, I take these recent awards in the names of all rigorous dance and music researchers especially.

BOB JOHNSON notes: Marilyn and I celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary this year on September 8. We were married on the same date as MARTY ’57 and Lassa Zelnik. Marilyn and I have also enjoyed trips this year to Vermont and New Hampshire, to visit our son and his family and to attend the graduation of our oldest granddaughter from Middlebury College; Panama, to visit our daughter and her family who recently moved there after living for the last 12 years in Peru; Argentina and Australia to see our other three granddaughters who are now all teenagers; Mexico, for another family vacation to visit Oaxaca, Mexico City, Cancun, and the Yucatan Peninsula, and tour many of the ancient ruins; and New York to attend our 65th Riverdale reunion. I am still practicing law parttime as senior counsel in my 55th year at Munger, Tolles and Olson, and still enjoying playing a weekly squash game.

We are saddened by the recent death of MARTIN PEACOCK ’57. His wife, Julie, writes: “We have been to class reunions in the past and Martin often [talked] about his time at Riverdale. Indeed, only [recently] he was regaling our local Catholic priest, who visits us for a drink occasionally. Martin talked about how pleased he was to be able to go to school in America and in particular Riverdale. He made lifelong friends and [remembered] them fondly. It must have been the most exciting thing in his life apart from when he met me!”

VERA VON SAUCKEN HALDY-

REGIER reports: While the pandemic has curtailed traveling and left me to more inward-turned activities, I have completed and published my sixth poetry collection, entitled Through the Years; it is a compilation of selected poems from previous years with the addition of new ones written this year. Poetry has been a labor of love for

VERA VON SAUCKEN HALDY-REGIER ’57

years and one I am grateful to still be engaged in. Weekends have been spent at our woodland cottage in Woodstock, NY, and I continue doing freelance editing work whenever I can obtain it. I am reminded daily how vital being productive is to wellbeing, but that states the obvious.

1958

David Lahm dflahm@gmail.com DAVID LAHM (that’s me) and wife Nancy left Florida for the upper Midwest in August and September. I had several piano jobs there, and on our way back home, we heard about the approach of Hurricane Ian in time to swerve over to Montgomery, AL, and spent a week in a very cool Airbnb. There was terrific storm damage nearby, but our house didn’t suffer at all. Amazingly lucky!

ALAN COYNE writes: We are so fortunate to have so many of us still around and enjoying life. We have lived on Hilton Head Island, SC, for 42 years and are a part of a real estate company that we founded many years ago. We have four grown children and nine grandchildren. Our oldest has lived with his family outside the USA for over 20 years, which has given us the opportunity to travel to many places to see them: Amsterdam, Paris, Riyadh, Madrid, Cairo, Israel, Jordan, Mexico, and soon maybe Seoul and Beijing. On a sad note, last year we lost my very first friend (from toddler up) — BOB BERNHARD. If you ever get to Hilton Head, please look for me.

And from PAUL JABLOW: As Casey Stengel, at 79, put it: “At my age, most people are dead.” I’m still freelancing, mostly for the Philadelphia Inquirer, which keeps me pseudo-young, at least in my own mind: weekly real estate blog and occasional op-eds and features. Cynthia, my lady friend for almost 12 years, continues to tolerate me.

PHIL PROCTOR continues to update his amazing resume; here is just a brief excerpt: My writing partner, Samuel Joseph, and I plan to relaunch our wellreceived touring show, God Help Us, which previously starred the great Ed Asner as God. And we just finished a bawdy sex farce, Sherlock Shakespeare. Next year Melinda and I hope to return to the stage with our wonderful company, Antaeus, in Glendale.

Phil also shares: IT IS THE SPIRIT THAT QUICKENETH — but at our age, a laxative helps too! And I’m staying surprisingly busy for a guy our age! I just voiced Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat and Horton, the Elephant, in fully produced stories with original music and songs, for the wildly successful Tonie Box toy, with more characters to come.

The Firesign Theatre, which is now just me and David Ossman, is still cranking out product based on previously unreleased material, such as The Magic Mushroom shows, Dope Humor of the Seventies, Before They Changed the Water, and Duke of Madness Motors. All available at firesigntheatre.com.

And my podcast with Ted Bonnitt, Phil & Ted’s Sexy Boomer Show, can be heard at sexyboomershow.com and is going live soon on our local Pacifica radio, KPFK, with a weekly free-wheeling comedy broadcast. Stay healthy, all!

From DAN SILVER: I’m still alive and healthy. But the good news is that I was married to Sydne Simon on October 1. I’ve been together with Sydne for four years and we are looking forward to many more years together. We live in Boca Raton but spend the summers in Westchester.

We join in sharing your joy and your hopes, Dan!

1959

Geoff Howard howards@warwick.net As the pandemic appears to be receding and life returning to something like 80-year-old normalcy, here’s what’s going on:

From the realms of academia, CHRIS HOBSON writes that his return to “face-to-face teaching in September was the breakthrough event of my last two years,” and he was pleased that his students at SUNY Old Westbury seemed “juiced” as well. Chris has also just published an article in Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly called “Blake, Methodism and ‘Christian Perfectionism’.”

DAVE PETZAL recently celebrated his 50th year on the staff of Field & Stream magazine. He writes, “I started there as managing editor in 1972, and due to a high tolerance for aberrant behavior on the part of management, have lasted for five decades. The paper magazine is gone. F&S published its last print edition — the 125th anniversary issue — and since March 2021 has been web only. A good many magazines have gone, or are going, this route. At first I was as congenial to this change as I would be to dry heaves, but I’ve since become reconciled.” Dave adds that he will still be writing for the e-zine.

And Dave’s not-so-rosy vision of the future? “Future generations will SCUBA dive to study the statue of Atlas in Rockefeller Center. Banana plantations will flourish here in Maine.” Good to see that we’re still dealing with the same Dave we knew so well 60 years ago.

STEPHEN MILLER (“Steve” back in the day) writes from San Fran that he’s been struggling with sciatica since May, but it didn’t stop him from a recent 10day trip to Paris where he “definitely felt like Toulouse-Lautrec hobbling about the streets.” And he adds this thought: “So beware, my fellow classmates, get it while you can! All the best to all of you.”

MIKE AND EVELYNE OTTO ENTERING THEIR 58TH YEAR TOGETHER

Two big events in MIKE OTTEN’s life: a family gathering — children, grandchildren, spouses — in France to celebrate Mike and Evelyne’s 57th anniversary and Mike’s 80th birthday. On another front, Mike has been spearheading “Reform Elections Now,” to clarify, via federal legislation, the out-dated 19th century laws that formed the legal basis for Congressional and Presidential challenges to the 2020 election. “Our focus has been on remedy, not punishment. I organized, on September 13, 2022, a Zoom event with five reform organizations, and four prominent scholars to report on and lend support to the bipartisan Senate group that is central to passage of the Electoral Count Reform Act by year-end 2022. Documentation is available, but here is a link to the YouTube recording of the event. This work is really on track for success, now that both Schumer and McConnell have signed on, but there is still the unknown if Trump should happen to jump in to support Ted Cruz’s lone opposition.”

RON WINSTON has written a book, King of Diamonds, which will be published in the spring of 2023. In Ron’s words, “it details my father’s and some of my life as well.” But wait, there’s more! Projects on which Ron is currently actively working include “a virtual reality concept,” a “rocket launch system,” and this one: “I and my lead researcher at our foundation have discovered a new molecule which evinces a cure for cancer.”

JOHN LAHR writes from London that after 21 years of being the drama critic for The New Yorker — the longest run in that job in the magazine’s history — he is now the theater columnist for the internet magazine Air Mail. John also has written a play on the life of Joe Orton called Diary of a Somebody, which recently had a 5-star revival in the West End. But wait, there’s more! John’s biography, Arthur Miller: American Witness, will be coming from Yale UP this fall and he has signed to do a memoir “about objects in my office and the memories they call up — some of them naturally about the Riverdale years.”

If we didn’t know Mike, Ron, and John better, we’d think they were pulling our leg — no one could do all that! But we congratulate them all on the things they’re still doing and we’re proud to have them as classmates!

And to end with something less spectacular, I have become involved in a powerful community project here called Warwick Story Share. It’s simple: people come together to hear 5-minute, personal “story nuggets” from fellow Warwickians whom they probably don’t know — and it’s powerful. Most importantly, it’s drawing the community together at a time when it’s really needed.

1960

Harvey Meer ehmeer@gmail.com JOHN ENTELIS is in his 53rd year of teaching as full professor of political science and Middle East studies at Fordham University, with plans on retiring in August 2024 at age 83. Having achieved a national and international reputation as a scholar of the Middle East and North Africa with research, teaching, publication, and consultancy experiences in Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Tunisia, and Mauritania, he continues to travel widely to France and Morocco with Francoise, his wife of nearly 60 years. He reports that he reconnected with several classmates in recent years,

including MIKE KATZ, ROGER LEVEY, and the late BOB KENAS.

He writes: I was very much saddened by Bob’s sudden death in March 2022, as we were seeing each other on a regular basis, sharing RCS sports tales over several lunch gatherings. Hung out with Mike Katz in 2008 in San Francisco when I was a research/teaching fellow at Stanford University. Mike was his ever-lively, loquacious, and animated self. I look forward to reconnecting with classmates in the (remaining) years ahead.

In reconnecting with several of my classmates in recent years, one particular highlight has been seeing NED CHASE ’59 and his lovely wife, Joan. They have become dear friends to myself and my wife, Francoise, as we have dined together several times. We look forward to seeing them both in 2023.

1961

Judy Masius Behrend judybehrend44@gmail.com Larry Rosenbluth rosenbluth342@yahoo.com PAUL SIEGERT writes: I’m still practicing law in New York City and am busier than ever. When I was in the military, I had to rise at 5:00 a.m. and the habit has followed me for the past 55 years. So I am in the office by 6:00 a.m. and work usually until about 3:00 in the afternoon. My rest and relaxation involves high-stakes poker games at the Borgata in Atlantic City. Like just about everyone else, I had COVID, but except for a cough, no other symptoms.

JUDY MASIUS BEHREND shared an update on how the Class of 1961 stayed in touch over the years, but noting that it was participating in the 50th Reunion that nurtured and secured the roots of caring friendships.

Since our 50th, we have mourned the loss of three of our classmates: MARIE

PANI SWITKES, ELIZABETH BOOTH, and VIVIAN RONAY.

The pandemic created the desire for us to share beyond our isolation of the

lockdown and so we have had Zoom conversations monthly since April 2020.

We have all shared the paths that we have traveled since we walked out of the Senior Building carrying a dozen red roses to the present sitting at a machine that is enabling us to converse live and in person.

We have heard from classmates that were born in foreign countries; how their courageous parents fearing the possibility of a Nazi victory immigrated to the U.S. Their journeys were incredible to hear and how they influenced their chosen paths. We also heard from those whose parents had immigrated to the US. before they were born.

Yes, we do have some good news to share with all Riverdale alumni: At our 50th Reunion, MARION LEOPOLD met

classmate MICHAEL VAN ITALLIE, and today they are happily married and living in New York City.

Other great news is that CARLY SIMON was inaugurated into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November, along with Dolly Parton.

Ah, that brings back memories of

JESSIE HOFFMANN DAVIS, LINDA DONALDSON and/or Carly Simon sitting on the front porch of the Senior Building singing and playing the guitar.

We would love to hear from any of our classmates who would like to join our monthly Zoom conversations.

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We currently have 22 invited classmates (which also includes girls who did not carry the roses but we feel like they did and so they are our classmates:

NAN NEWTON, HARRIET HANGER, and BETSY WINSLOW WAGNER).

1962

Joe Pickard jpickard1306@msn.com BILL BECKER writes: It is now eight full years since my retirement, and I am enjoying this phase of life very much. I am grateful to wake up every day, and I try to maintain a balance between kicking back and giving back. Kicking back includes taking daily walks with my beloved wife, Debbie, seeing our three young grandchildren as frequently as geography and busy schedules permit, recreational reading, and twice-weekly encounters with my everdeteriorating remnant of a functional golf game. Giving back includes active participation in a variety of local organizations as a board member and volunteer, charitable and political distributions as the fluctuations of the stock market permit, and cheering for or verbally abusing, as appropriate, public figures who appear on television. As we all know, the aging process is relentless, but I am still largely intact, and I still talk too much.

ED ELBERT shares: I just completed principal photography on my most recent feature film in Canada; my thirteenth as a producer. It wasn’t the career I set out to embrace, and it wasn’t my first either, but life takes funny turns.

TOM FRANKLIN writes: At my age, it seems like a moment to look back. I remember the early ’60s with considerable fondness. The world seemed fresh and new and hopeful, with the ’50s behind us, and the ’60s seemingly bringing in a breath of fresh air. Eisenhower may be remembered as somewhat stodgy, but he was more than competent, laying the groundwork for our national highway system, the early foundation for space exploration, and for a new national goal for higher education, following the shock of Sputnik, emulating the Rockefeller model in New York. One need only look at our ’62 yearbook to plainly see the spirit of innovation and experimentation of the early ’60s. That was the world we grew up in.

I remember JFK as probably the best political orator of my lifetime. He was sharp, crisp, to the point, and knew how to inspire a nation. And he had a good sense of humor!

Some of us fondly remember Chapel at Riverdale. Though I am sure we groused about it at the time, it also fostered a sense of belonging to a community.

I can report that I am reasonably well. My hearing is not as good as it was. I need the assistance of a cane when walking. I struggle for the right word with the right nuance; and I wish I could remember his/her last name. It seems as if I take dozens of pills a day. But I still have a sense of humor.

My son and daughter-in-law live in Houston, where he completed a fellowship in infectious diseases, working mostly at MD Anderson. He is now working through a second Baylor Medical College fellowship in critical care. His wife just started medical school. So they’re there for the next four years. They visited for two weeks at the end of June. And I, with good intentions, hope to visit them this winter.

Best wishes to all my classmates.

JOE PICKARD passes along the news of PETER LEVINSON’s death: Peter was a good friend of mine and I know many of you as well. I was lucky enough to spend my senior year in the dormitory with Peter under Al Puryear and Mr. Bill Williams. Peter was always there to psych me up before a football game, wrestling match or baseball game and I was there for Peter’s soccer games, and winter and spring track meets. Always the jokester, one time on the eve of the Ivy League wrestling championships at the St. Paul’s School in Garden City, Peter presented to me a fake newspaper made up in Times Square with the headline: “Joe Pickard pins Ray Rizzuti to win the Ivy League championship.” I had lost to Ray in a dual meet that year, but I wasn’t about to lose again and did not. I will miss Peter very much, but

JOE PICKARD ’62 AND WIFE SARAH TORRANCE (ABOVE) AT FISHER’S ISLAND

will also retain my many fond memories of him at school, sailing, or just enjoying a social occasion with Peter and Joan.

Joe also shares: Sarah and I have been living part-time in Southern VT, for the past twenty years and permanently in retirement for the past eight. The skis, the boat, the fishing poles, and the clubs have all been put away and our life has evolved into a more relaxed sport: lunch. We are like a herd of coyotes with a fifty-mile radius of restaurants around South Londonderry. The farthest we go is Hoosick Falls, NY, which is a 47-mile haul to meet up with other coyotes.

While we love the seasonal changes in VT, particularly fall foliage, the winters can drag out for a bit too long. For a respite, we’ve been traveling to Florida in November and March, and on New Year’s Day, we fly to St. Thomas for the month of January. For those interested, we recommend Pt. Pleasant, which we find quite reasonable.

During the summer, we sneak off to Fishers Island, where Sarah’s family has maintained a house since 1893 and it looks it, lol. There are two pristine beaches on the island and as you can see from the picture, we normally have them pretty much to ourselves, as the only hotel on the island was burned down (on purpose?) several decades ago.

Lastly, we took our first-ever cruise on the Seine from Paris to Normandy via Viking line — I knew I was good, didn’t know I was this good — receiving free round-trip airfare, silver package (free drinks), and a pickup at the airport. We are already researching our next cruise for 2023 on Viking.

That’s about it. We’re enjoying the slower-paced life, grandkids (two started college).

ART PRYOR and his wife, Pat, have moved to Costa Rica: We are living with poisonous snakes, frogs, insects and other critters and views of the mountains and Pacific Ocean and deserted beaches that are mind blowing. Would love to hear from you. Email is best (arthur.pryor@gmail.com).

KATHY MCEWEN GOODRICH writes: Greetings from Harpswell, Maine, where Hubby and I have lived for more years than any other place we have lived! We are both in good health, though the joints creak and are achy at times.

I keep in touch with classmates HEDY

RUTH GUNTHER, PEGGY VAN LEER WEST, and BARBIE POUGH MOORE. Last summer, BARBARA THACHER PLIMPTON ’61 joined our family with two of her brothers (Andrew and Peter) for a mini dinner reunion! Barbara lives in Brooklyn, NY, but has a daughter in Portland, ME.

We are fortunate that both our children have chosen to live within a two-hour drive from us so we see them and their families 8-10 times a year. In fact, we will be together on 9/17 to celebrate the twins’ 15th birthday! I send warm greetings to all my Riverdale classmates and friends!

1963

Peter Philip petersells@aol.com ARNOLD EGGERS shares two pieces of news: My son, Christian, has just started Cornell Law School in Ithaca, NY. My daughter, Serena, who lives in Oxford, England, and teaches at a school in Reading, which is close by, is starting a Master’s in Learning and Teaching at Oxford University. I have been retired for four years, take care of the pets, and try to keep out of trouble.

ED EZRA writes: Other than having 10 grandchildren ages 6 months through 12 years old, [I am proud to share that] my son, Brian Ezra, a principal at Avery Hall Investments, has expanded his residential development business beyond New York City, and has over 800 high-end rental units in NC and VA in development. His Brooklyn developments, highlighted by 1 Boerum Place, have been extremely successful.

STU ORKIN was the recipient of the 2022 Canada Gairdner International Award in recognition of his work on blood disorders.

PETER PHILIP shares: My oldest son has a physical therapy office in New Canaan, CT. His thesis was printed as a book! Pelvic Pain and Dysfunction is available on Amazon. The reason for this note is the book has now been printed in Chinese!

ADAM POWELL III writes: We are in the third year of the 50-state USC election cybersecurity initiative of which I am executive director. Our updated 2022 programs began in March, with a schedule of weekly Thursday afternoon workshops that began in July and ended last week. We also presented in person at the National Conference of State Legislatures election meeting in Alabama and the NCSL convention in Denver, CO. We expect to do more than 20 workshops this year in the

U.S., and we have had more than 7,000 election officials, campaign workers, and civic officials participate in all 50 states. And now global: in June, our team was in Athens, Greece, to present “Cybersecuring Democracy” across from the Acropolis. This fall we expand to Africa, starting with a workshop in South Africa in October, and in the winter we will expand to Asia.

1964

John Jiler johnjiler@earthlink.net JOHN JILER reports: We’re sad to report the passing of two classmates. ARTHUR KERN was a West Coast media giant, and a passionate supporter of medical research, the arts, and the environment. BILL RAPF was a venerated teacher, a brilliant photographer, and a tireless volunteer fireman. Both were soulful men much beloved by their communities and by all of us. Despite their loss — and always feeling it, we continue our remarkable group friendship via a weekly Zoom, during which we talk about things that matter to us, from politics to mortality to art to — our current topic — family. Where did we come from? What is our legacy from our parents? What part of it, if any, did we pass on to our children? We cherish all these sessions, as we bear witness to each other’s journeys from boys in ties and jackets to reflective old men.

PAM REICHE BETZ shares: Great reconnecting with class of ’64 at Zoom get-togethers during COVID. Daughter and family continue living on the Upper East Side. Grandson started high school at Eleanor Roosevelt High and his baby sister turned a year old. My son is now President of Walden University; granddaughter loves Santa Clara University and her sister is a high school junior in Arlington, VA.

My consulting practice continues to thrive, serving healthcare and social justice organizations. Frequent travels East to see family and friends. If you get to the Valley of the Sun, please connect!

1970

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STEVEN GREENFELD writes: Hello, Classmates, it’s been a while. My wife of 41 years, Dorian, and I welcomed our first grandchild, Julian, a beautiful and healthy boy, courtesy of our son Andrew, who works remotely with Zoom, and his hand-surgeon wife of one year, Lyena; they live near Chicago. Our other son, Jeffrey, graduated top of his class with an MBA from UC Davis, a lovely college town where he lives for now. For the past several years, Dorian and I have split our time between our northwest suburb of Los Angeles and North Lake Tahoe, where I have become proficient at hiking, skiing, shoveling, and avoiding paying work. Mindful of the pandemic, but looking forward to visiting the (hopefully) growing family. Best to all.

1971

Jerry Fall fall.jerry@gmail.com LLOYD MILLER shares: Life has a way of going through phases. After a worklife doing Native American rights work, I am trying to rebalance ahead of my seventh decade and do more travel. As I write, we are all packed for Machu Picchu, next year Bhutan, the past year ANWR in northern Alaska and Provence. But the work continues, too; stay tuned.

1975

Jon Beitler jonathanjbeitler@gmail.com Jeff Russell jjrussell@clearbridgeadvisors.com The New York Law Journal announced

that SUSAN KOHLMANN of Jenner & Block was named Attorney of the Year. Congratulations!

1976

Daniel Easton mashfly007@aol.com PAT HUDSON writes: A year of crossroads and challenges...watching old friends and family pass away and moving on into new partnerships and taking new directions while remembering to honor the precious memories.

1978

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MICHAEL ZOREK shares: Having survived the past two years, I look forward to our 45th reunion in 2023! Right now my son is a junior at Rutgers, majoring in Urban Planning and working with New Jersey Transit. My daughter is a junior at Professional Performing Arts School, and looking for colleges where she can further study drama! 2022 finds me celebrating 22 years of marriage, 22 years since a triple bypass, and working at The Drama Book Shop (owned by Lin-Manuel Miranda), so if you are in the neighborhood, please stop by! (DAVID YAZBEK — I’m looking at you, we have musical scores you can sign!)

TERI LACAILLE reminisces: Despite the years that have passed since graduation, my RCS family is still just that . . . FAMILY! I am in contact with most of my classmates and love seeing their updates on themselves and their families. RCS is one of the best things I have ever experienced . . . other than becoming a mother.

1980

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MARIO MULLER writes: The past 30 months of COVID landscape hasn’t dulled my artistic productivity. In addition to painting, I founded a Zoom Art Salon that meets every Friday at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Titled Aesthetic Arrest, each session focuses on one artist or a curatorial viewpoint. A generous

helping of images accompanies a rousing conversation about innovation, metaphor, and empathy.

The conversational presentations and resulting animated discussions usually last no longer than 30-35 minutes. The culturally curious, visually insatiable art lovers hail from Hawaii, Los Angeles, Chicago, Louisville, New York, London, Lyon, and Tel Aviv. Fellow RCS alum

KAREN WADDELL ’80 is a founding member. I’m inviting all art lovers to sign up for a weekly invitation at mariomuller.com. We’ve done 70 episodes, most of which are available as online video. Lastly, of those 70 sessions, 38 were of women artists.

AESTHETIC ARREST: A CONTEMPORARY FINE ART ZOOM SALON

1981

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EMILY CHASE and family have moved into a new home in Santa Monica. Her teen sons are happy living by the beach, and doing well. Emily is directing two professional plays right now, and working as an acting coach and theater professor in Los Angeles. If you come West, please reach out and say hi!

J. BROOKE has been working steadily as a writer/essayist since getting a Master’s in creative writing in 2019: In 2021, I moved with [my] spouse (Beatrice) from the house we raised our kids in, in Sag Harbor, NY, to a terrarium of sorts along the Connecticut River in CT. Keeping up with longtime RCS friends ELIZABETH

HOLOUBEK-SEBOK, JASON MALAMUD, CYNTHIA SCHEINBERG, and their respective superb spouses.

WENDY STRAKER HAUSER ’93 AND MERYL POSTER ’82

1982

Meryl Poster meryl.poster@ superbentertainment.net MERYL POSTER met with tv writer

WENDY STRAKER HAUSER ’93 in Los Angeles and shared, “We had such a great connection. Stay tuned to see what we create together.”

YASMIN KHAKOO shares: I became editor-in-chief of Pediatric Neurology in January 2022. First woman. And my 8th-grade teacher told me I’d never be a writer! (Or I interpreted her comments that way.)

YASMIN KHAKOO ’82 - PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY

1983

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LEON BIBI reports: I have authored a trilogy called “The Adam Series”: Adam = Alien, Adam Decoded, and Adam — The Missing Link. My books are a non-fiction exploration of human evolution (specifically identifying over 200 genes with no predecessor — non-primate), pyramids (too perfectly engineered to be built just by humans), monoliths (some weighing in excess of 100 tons with perfect laser-cut holes drilled over 5,000 years ago), and UFOs (overwhelming evidence of their existence). A factbased exposé of extraterrestrial manipulation of the human genome, their interaction on Earth for the past 450,000 years, and their interest and intent. My books are bestsellers on Amazon and are of specific interest to “conspiracy” theorists that know it is not a conspiracy. Adam Decoded has a 2-minute teaser on YouTube, and I am currently working on a full-length documentary.

MIA FOSTER lives in Brooklyn and on Cape Cod, is a photographer, married, and has two daughters.

1986

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TINA SCOTT POLSKY writes: Hi all! I am currently a state senator in Florida, living in Boca Raton. My husband, Jeff, and I have a 21-year-old daughter and an 18-year-old son. I am also a mediator and am obsessed with pickleball!

1989

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ALAIN SILVERIO was promoted to dean of academic administration and outcomes at the New York College of Podiatric Medicine recently.

THOMAS WEISER shares: I am still working as a general, emergency, and trauma surgeon at Stanford University. I have also taken on the role of program director for Wellcome Leap, a health accelerator, to improve surgical care globally at scale.

1991

Stefanie Firtell Donath sadonath6873@gmail.com HEIDI COTTON lives in Beverly Hills and is a residential realtor under the Keller Williams Beverly Hills banner. She plays too much tennis and is icing her forearm as she types this using only her left hand. Her heart regularly explodes when seeing her RCS pals both in Cali and in NY where her family still lives (in Purchase). The relationships from RCS prove more and more golden over time.

1992

Jennifer Rothstein Mulvihill Jennifercori1010@hotmail.com

JOLIE COLIN GOLDRING just celebrated 20 years in the luxury travel business, and launched Journeys by Jolie in 2021, an affiliate of In the Know Experiences. She lives in Greenwich, CT, with two teens: Paige, 17, and Grant, 14.

EDWIN FAMOUS writes: After nearly four years in Hong Kong with HSBC, I’ve just moved back “home” to London with my partner to start a job at Citi in private banking. I was able to do a bit of traveling around Asia before the pandemic (and Hong King’s super strict lockdown laws) set in, but unfortunately never made it to

Japan to see YUKI YOKOBORI YANAI ’92. Luckily, she recently rectified that with a long weekend in London, so we finally caught up after about five years of not seeing each other.

YUKI YOKOBORI YANAI ’92 AND EDWIN FAMOUS ’92

EDWARD GELBAND moved back to Japan after a number of years in London and is still with Bloomberg Media. Edward is married to Ai, with two children: Meg (6) and George (8). He shares, “If anyone is ever in the Yokohama-Tokyo corridor, please look us up!”

1997

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JACKIE BELSON married Alejandro Rojas on June 9, 2022, at Kanopi Event space in White Plains. They were featured in The New York Times “Vows” section.

2000

Lana Jacobs Edelman lanarose@gmail.com ZACH WOLF just edited a new feature film, Who Invited Charlie? With COVID-19 on the rise in New York City, self-centered hedge fund manager, Phil Schreiber (Reid Scott, VEEP) escapes to the Hamptons with his wife Rosie (Jordana Brewster, The Fast and the Furious) and son Max (Peter Dager) to ride out the lockdown. Their fraught situation is worsened by the unexpected arrival of Phil’s pot-smoking, Bloody Mary-swilling former college roommate, Charlie (Adam Pally, Happy Endings). Armed with untold secrets from Phil’s murky past, Charlie inserts himself into their bubble and quickly makes himself at home. It recently had its world premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival and will be coming out soon.

2004

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REVA MINKOFF writes: My husband and I welcomed our son, Andrew Aristotle Lyttle, on December 22, 2021. He is a very smiley and talkative baby, and it has been amazing to watch him grow.

RACHEL GREENFIELD MINKOFF ’74 is his very proud Grandy.

2006

Hadley Assail-Chertoff hadleyassail@gmail.com Tracy Dansker tdansker@riverdale.edu Jordan Marin Triplejmm@gmail.com Elise Michael emichael1014@gmail.com Samara Eve Gold, daughter of JENNIFER ETKIN GOLD and Tyler Gold, was born on March 30, 2022.

EVIN ADOLPH LYONS and her husband, Rick, are opening their own veterinary practice in Summit, NJ.

KATE WARD writes: I got married in September and was lucky enough to

have SAM LEFFLER, REBECCA ETKIN, and ELISE MICHAEL at my wedding. Fun time was had by all.

Earlier this year, I was also lucky to be a bridesmaid at REBECCA ETKIN’s wedding (along with Elise and Sam). She had Lloyd’s Carrot Cake as her wedding cake and it was phenomenal as always.

KATE WARD ’06

At work (I am director of TransHudson Planning at NJ Transit), we kicked off work on the Penn Station Expansion and Penn Station Reconstruction projects last month. Keep an eye out for some exciting public Town Halls where you can learn more about these. Also, it is not my project, but the new Grand Central Madison is opening in December. Get excited!

EMILIA SHAPIRO SULTAN shares: My husband (Adam Sultan) and I had two pandemic babies! Son (Sammy) born in June 2020, and daughter (Mia) born this past April 2022.

ELISE MICHAEL adds: My husband (Chris Ilardi) and I had one pandemic baby (not two like Emilia!). Lucas was born in June 2020.

2007

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ANUTA RATHE and Alejandro Ceballos were recently married and opened up Alita Cafe in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

MICHAEL G. MORENO is happy to be celebrating 13 years as a small business owner of MGM Racquet Sports, and is delighted to be invited to play for the Yale Club 4.5 Squash League starting in November 2022.

JACKIE SCHWARTZ married Zachary Toland in Miami, Florida, on October 22nd.

ANUTA RATHE ’07

JACKIE SCHWARTZ ’07

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FRED STILLMAN shares: I have started pursuing my MBA at The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. I am enjoying life in North Carolina, but look forward to getting back to New York City. Congratulations to all our classmates who have gotten married over the past months!!

2012

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CANDICE SHANGGUAN and STEFAN REICHENSTEIN got married on July 15, 2022, in New York City. Candice is an equities analyst at Bessemer Trust and Stefan is a software engineer at Robotic Systems Integration. They reside in Brooklyn with their dog, Harper.

SARAH HORNE and ETHAN ROSENTHAL were married at the Rainbow Room in NYC on July 17, 2022, with three generations of Riverdale alumni there to celebrate with them!

CANDICE SHANGGUAN ’12 AND STEFAN REICHENSTEIN ’12

SARAH HORNE ’12 AND ETHAN ROSENTHAL ’12

RIVERDALE AT THE WEDDING OF NICK O’MARA ’12 AND BIP COLLERY ’12

NICK O’MARA ’12 married BIP COLLERY ’12 with a number of RCS alumni in attendance in Chatham, Massachusetts.

MICHAEL ROBERTS ’12 officiated the wedding as well.

2013

Khari Dawkins khari.dawkins@gmail.com Amanda Wallbrink akwallbrink@gmail.com JEFFREY RIVAS became the new editorin-chief for the Columbia Law Review.

WILLIAM WOODS is a talent manager and recently toured the country with a group of stand-up comedians as their tour manager, living on a tour bus for five months.

2017

Ava Levinson ava.levinson@gmail.com

ANNA ROSE CARTER graduated last summer from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, and Television, earning a Bachelor of Arts in film, television & digital media with concentrations in narrative directing and cinematography as well as a minor in history. Since graduation, she has split her time between New York and Los Angeles, primarily working as a production assistant for Saturday Night Live’s Film Unit and an Assistant Director on various music videos in California. Her thesis film, Cowboy, Bitch!, is concluding its festival run, with six official selections, one nomination, and two awards, including Best Director.

JULIA GARDNER recently graduated with a Master of Science in conservation medicine from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. She will begin vet school there this upcoming year.

2021

Andrew Lipschultz andrew@lipschultz.com Michelle Wen mwen2021@gmail.com ISABEL OSORIO shares: After graduating from Riverdale, I am now starting my sophomore year at Hamilton College. I am currently on the pre-veterinary track and majoring in biology, so to kickstart my four-year plan, at the beginning of my freshman year, I reached out to our local cat shelter and have been volunteering in my spare time ever since. I also became a leading member of a club called Paws for Cause, which gathers a group of volunteers to walk dogs at the Humane Society of Rome (NY) weekly, and we take photos of the dogs to advertise on social media in hopes of getting them adopted. What I have learned from these experiences is how rewarding it is to work with not only animals but the people in my new community. I have met incredible volunteers who have similar interests and want nothing more than for all these animals to live happy, fulfilling lives, especially those that have been in stressful or traumatic environments. I am very grateful for Riverdale’s emphasis on community engagement, because it has pushed me to want to build those bridges and has landed me in these life-changing opportunities.