Class Notes

Send alumni news and class notes to Aileen Daversa ’90, Director of Alumni Relations, Westminster School, 995 Hopmeadow St., Simsbury, CT 06070 or via email alumninotes@westminster-school.org • Send updates to contact information to spierson@westminster-school.org

1954 Dave Hubby is in charge of a fundraising dinner for his local public television station, UNC-TV.

1955 David Allen is living in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, having moved from Bend, Ore., in fall 2018. He says there is a lot of rain, but they are much closer to family.

1958 Nannette Orr, Henry Orr’s widow, has moved to Lincoln, Mass., near her daughter and family. If any classmates are in Boston or the surrounding area, she would enjoy getting together with Henry’s past friends.

1959

Charlie Dilks ’59 and Jen Bihldorff ’90 met on a fly-fishing trip with mutual friends in Andros, Bahamas, in February.

Wistar Silver recently moved to Pine Run retirement community in Doylestown, Pa. He describes it is a wonderful facility and very close to his old Bucks County home, only eight minutes from where he raised

his family for 50 years. “Life is very satisfying, and I am very content,” he writes. “Enjoy receiving news from dear old Westminster School.”

1962 Will Farnam and his husband, Cal, continue to travel as much as they can. In December, they visited Rome, taking in some of the iconic sights in the movie “Roman Holiday,” followed by Florence and London, where they attended the Miss World Competition.

1966 Will Holbrook and his wife, Rana, and Scott Glickenhaus and Kathy Bentley enjoyed a great time visiting with Brian O’Donnell and his wife, Mary Ellen, in Puerto Vallarta. Brian hosted the Holbrooks for a week, and Scott and Bentley for two, with an utterly fantastic setting at Vidanta, enhanced by fine cuisine and outstanding golfing opportunities. The friendship is still going strong since they first met on the Hill as Third Formers in 1962.

Surgeons (ACVS) as an ACVS Foundation Honored Mentor. He has also been nominated for the legends award for his laser surgery work and the introduction of it to veterinary surgery.

1969 Hilly Ebling and his wife, Cathy, spent a February weekend in New York City with Caleb Rossiter and his wife, Maya, being tourists and watching “Love Actually.”

Members of the Class of 1966 initiated the installation of a plaque in Armstrong Dining Hall to express their appreciation for the “moms” on campus “who made immeasurable contributions to the development of our hearts and minds during our most formative school years.” They also sent cards, see cover above, to the families of the moms listed on the front of the card.

1968 Keith Barrand married Maggie Aug. 9, 2018, and they are currently enjoying retired life in Ringwood, N.J. They travel frequently, enjoying children and five grandchildren, and doing some real estate investing locally. Keith’s daughter Liz just announced her engagement to Bryan Prekopa with the wedding set for May 2021.

Tim Cottrell is proud to announce that his daughter Page and son-in-law Chris Dow are having their first child and his first grandchild in July. They are both teachers at Chicago City Day School. Tim and Judy are living in Carbondale, Colo., outside Aspen. He says to say hi when you get to Colorado.

Jake Horne writes: “Having three grandchildren has made me alter my future plans. The deep concern I have for the world they inherit from our generation is going to be full of incredible opportunities and frightening transformations in America and the world. … There is no retirement in my future. Too much to do, and a limited amount of time to do it. My life has been a long trajectory of thinking about my place and obligations to society. Even before Westy, this was ingrained into my sensibilities. Westy reinforced that sense of noblesse oblige, and it has hung with me since.

“I adore my three girls and three grandchildren, as I believe we all do our own. I owe them more of me, my sense of the wonder of the world, and an understanding of how to be grounded in that affection and responsibility for future generations. Have fun in our brave new world!”

Hunter Smith shared: “This February, Sally and I celebrated 10 years of marriage and the wonderful blending of our two families, now with four children between 44 and 34 years old, and four grandchildren between 5 years to 9 months. Life is good!”

David Patlovich ’69 and Peter Anlyan ’69 on the Pinellas Trail in St. Petersburg, Fla.

1970 A celebration of the life of Will Luckey was held Sept. 21 on Martha’s Vineyard at Will’s home. Members of the Class of 1970 who attended were Chip Cappelletti,

Tim Goodman, Peter Hitt, O.P. Jackson, Gary Mah, Ben Parsons, Matt Pook, Chris

Rice, Bill Stetson and Evan Stewart.

1971 Doug Dobbin and his wife, Marian, visited Arch Montgomery at his camp on Upper Saranac Lake. Doug is fit and well, having mostly retired from the world of veterinary medicine but occupied with overseeing his farm on the Maryland Eastern Shore.

Jeff Sturman writes: “Dori and I live in Williams, Ariz., and love it. I work on the Grand Canyon Railroad, and Dori works for Bearizona Wildlife Park. Hope this finds classmates happy and healthy. I am still painting and so is my brother Rett.”

1974 Bill Counihan retired after 30 years with Aunef Electron.

1977 Cindy Gould is now working on the new Marvel addition to Disneyland.

1981 Liz Brown writes: “I was very fortunate to rendezvous with Sarah Miller Haun, Kim Wilkes Tirrell, Ellen Pulver Flatt and Natalie Kirschner Tallis, who all gathered for a weekend in early February at Sarah’s family home in Vermont. We shared a lot of laughs, life stories, tips for parenting teenagers, work/life balance thoughts and book recommendations. Sarah still lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., and is enjoying her new job with the Natural Resources Defense Council. Ellen lives outside of Philadelphia and has recently joined her family’s real estate development firm. Natalie, who lives in Darien, Conn., is forging her way as a sustainable fashion consultant. And Kim resides in Marion, Mass., and does client relationship management with a local investment advisor firm. I am living in Belmont, Mass., and work as an independent consultant doing evaluation and research work for public health and social service clients. It was so great to spend time with these ladies. Plans for a repeat performance are in the works! Please let Margie and me know what you are up to.”

Kim Wilkes Tirrell ’81 Natalie Kirschner Tallis ’81, Ellen Pulver Flatt ’81, Liz Brown ’81 and Sarah Miller Haun ’81 gathered in Vermont in February.

1984 Laura Munson, New York Times bestselling author and founder of the acclaimed Haven Writing Programs, will be touring the U.S. throughout 2020, doing events for her new novel, “Willa’s Grove.” For more information about Laura, her book events and her Haven Writing Programs, visit lauramunson.com. She would love to see Westminster alumni out there on the road.

Martlets attended longtime St. Lawrence University men’s lacrosse coach Don Leet’s induction into the Intercollegiate Mens Lacrosse Coaches Association Hall of Fame in Baltimore Dec. 6.

1986 Kimberly Smith Guerster and Alex Gray ran into each other and caught up at a Lakes Region NEPSAC alpine ski race where Kimberly’s daughter was skiing for Proctor Academy. Alex was coaching the Cardigan Mountain School alpine team at Mount Sunapee.

1988 Hadley Pollet and Stephanie Lynch Douglass met for lunch in Greenwich, Conn., in February and are planning to collaborate on a jewelry launch for Hadley’s brand.

1989 Steve Rodman completed his second halfmarathon Jan. 11 in Disney World. He writes: “It was a lot of fun with characters every half mile, lots of crowds to support the runners and running through two parks. And flat. Maybe we should try to get a group of Westy alumni to run it together.” a letter to Pete advocating for equal pay for women. Pete featured Lia’s letter in his women’s rights platform launch, and Marile and Lia had the opportunity to introduce him to an audience of 1,800 people at a Boston event in October.

1991 Bruce Mackenzie and his wife, Courtney, welcomed their second child, Anna Alexandra Mackenzie, Nov. 18. Anna’s brother, William, is very excited to have a baby sister.

William and Anna, children of Bruce Mackenzie ’91 and his wife, Courtney.

1993

Alex Lifton Misczynski was featured in the November 2019 issue of Architectural Digest. Alex and her husband, Michael, founded Atelier AM, an interior design firm that has been named an Architectural Digest AD100 firm. AD100 is an annual survey of the top names in interior decoration, architecture and landscape design.

1992 Jamie Adams and his daughter, Eva, attended the National Girls Hockey League Championships in St. Louis

Jamie Adams ’92 with his daughter, Eva, and Sydney Daniels ’13 at the National Girls Hockey League Championships in St. Louis.

Steve Rodman ’89 after completing a halfmarathon at Disney World.

1990 In addition to running her own marketing agency, Marile Haylon Borden spent months working as the Massachusetts grassroots lead for the Pete Buttigieg campaign. Her 13-year-old daughter, Lia, got in on the action when she wrote

Feb. 14-17. It was a great experience for Eva and her teammates. Jamie was thrilled to run into other Martlets, including Sydney Daniels ’13, and Alexis Hartstone Bridgett ’92 and her daughter, Flynn. Eva and Flynn faced off against each other during the tournament.

1997 Sarah Nathan Sullivan and her husband, Sean, welcomed William “Willie” Henry Sullivan Aug. 26. Big sister Molly, big brother Charlie, and mom and dad are all so in love.

Molly and Willie, children of Sarah Nathan Sullivan ’97 and her husband, Sean. Clem Rinehart ’98 pictured with his wife, Lauren; daughter, Lucy; and the latest addition to the family, Stella, born Jan. 30. Finn Reigeluth born July 18 is the son of Chris Reigeluth ’99 and his wife, Ashley.

1998 Amy Cordner Caldwell and her husband, Keegan, welcomed Jackson Ray Caldwell Nov. 10 in Boston. He joined older sister Julia to make a family of four.

1999 2000 Hanna Foster Robinson writes: “After completing a 200-hour yoga teacher training, I am currently teaching yoga at Gritty Buddha Studio in Glen Cove, N.Y., which has a motto, not so ironically, “Grit, Grace, Gratitude.” I am proud to live by and teach these precious principles

Julia and her baby brother, Jackson, are children of Amy Cordner Caldwell ’98 and her husband, Keegan.

to my surrounding community. I am also a nutrition consultant for The Green Vale School, where both of my children attend.”

2001 Lara Glaister married Nick Ferrarone June 15, 2019, in Lyford Cay Club, Nassau, Bahamas.

Tim McCormick started his second season as a lead security supervisor at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado. He is excited to be managing one of the four main entrances and exits to the worldrenowned concert venue. The season runs from April to November, and he is looking forward to being part of many memorable concerts this year.

2004 Emily Gailun Oakford and her husband, Wesley, had their third child, a boy named Sumner Oakford, Aug. 19. He joins siblings Grace and Walker.

2002

Lara Glaister ’01 and Nick Ferrarone at their wedding. Jack Reigeluth ’02 and his wife, Kate, welcomed their son, Ben, Oct. 8. Above, Jack and Ben. Rebecca Ferrel Greeley ’04 and her husband, Michael, welcomed Seamus Stephen Greeley born April 30, 2019.

Mimi Pitney Melvin ’04, her husband, Rory, and their son, Win, welcomed Shields born June 29, 2019.

2005 2006

Kiley Murphy ’04 and Chris Giordano were married Sept. 28 in New York City.

Araina ’05 and Fred Linton ’03 with their daughter, Makayla, born Aug. 4.

Eleanor Paige Borghard was born to Lauren Eder Borghard ’06 and her husband, Tom, Dec. 30.

2007

Fred Dirkes ’04, Chris Oetting ’04, Brian Hamilton ’04 and Teddy Levine ’04 at the September wedding of Kiley Murphy ’04. Leigh Armstrong Young ’07 and Alex Young ’07 with their daughter, Riley, who was born Jan. 15, and big brother, Cooper.

David Earl ’06 married Allison Hyde Aug. 17 in Vermont. There was a large Westminster contingent.

Front row, Luke Earl ’98, Kit Earl P’93, ’98, ’03, ’06, Lindsay Earl Peterson ’93, David Earl ’06, Allison Hyde, Peter Briggs P’01, ’05, ’07, Tally Briggs P’01, ’05, ’07 and Erica Briggs ’07.

Back row, Dan Briggs ’01, Wes Connell ’00, Reid Acton ’08, Vern Connell ’99, Kyle Eckerson, Margaret Earl Turgeon ’03, Scott Stevens P’07, ’09, ’12, Nick Stevens ’07, Amy Stevens P’07, ’09, ’12, Kevin Briggs ’05, Tom Earl P’93, ’98, ’03, ’06 and David Bruce ’95.

Liza Winship ’07 and Ben Schein were married Sept. 14 in Napa, Calif. They are pictured with her father, David Winship ’75, and her stepmother, Tracy Huntington.

2009 Kendall Deflin has co-founded Backline, a hub for music industry professionals and their families to easily access mental health and wellness resources. The 501(c) (3)-pending organization has partnered with leading support organizations and care providers to streamline access to services and educational resources that promote mental and physical health through therapy, meditation, yoga, nutrition and more. The website’s main feature is a free case management program, wherein trained mental health professionals work one-on-one with individuals to connect them with mental health resources specifically catered to the music industry’s work and lifestyle. This summer, Backline will be activating backstage at music festivals nationwide, delivering original workshops that address the top stressors of working in the music industry.

Ashley Jeffress ’09, center, with her bridesmaids, including Ali Bragg ’09, third from left; Caroline Scott ’09, second from right; and Caroline Moran ’09, far right.

Chris Eckerson ’09 and Taylor Preusse were married Sept. 21 in Jackson Hole, Wyo.

Benjamin Mandell ’10 played Tom Buchanan in a production of “The Great Gatsby” in January.

2010 In December 2018, Benjamin Mandell was invited to Breckenridge, Colo., to perform as grown-up Ralphie in a stage production of “A Christmas Story.” He returned to Breckenridge this January to play Tom Buchanan in a production of “The Great Gatsby.”

2012 Randy Doyle is in Seattle working for Amazon as a software engineer, following his graduation in 2016 from Swarthmore.

2015

Sally Sandoval ’15 and Eliza Christman ’15 at the NBA holiday party in New York City. Sally is a production trainee at the NBA, working in the content/media department.

2016 In 2020, Preston Eppler started a team for the charity Cycle for Survival to raise money for rare cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering. On Feb. 8, Preston and his friends at Santa Clara University rode stationary bikes at Equinox in San Francisco to support the cause, after fundraising for more than three months. His team raised $6,922, placing them at No. 10 overall for most donations raised by a team in the San Francisco area. Preston writes: “I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t extremely proud of myself, as this is a charity that I hold very dear to my heart because of all that it does for people, like my mom, who are battling rare cancers.”

2018 Teagan Stedman was part of a team of students from Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science that engineered blood vessel receptors to signal life-threatening conditions. The project, which is called FlowGlo, seeks to use receptors that exist within the walls of human blood vessels to detect shear stress, a warning sign that a blood vessel may be narrowing. iGEM Registry of Standard Biological Parts, a repository of genetic parts that can be mixed and matched to build synthetic biology devices and systems, will include the team’s work.

2019

2017

At a 2019 mini-reunion in New York City are, front row, Lily Carrel, Jane Ogden, Reese Poe, and Ondine Finley; second row, Isabel von Bargen-Burke, Greta Baker, Caroline McCausland, Shannon Keefe, Georgia Swank, Martina Daniele and Sofia Raymond; and, back row, Annabel Bradley and Blake Cote.

Dan Aber P’16, ’18, ’20, Adrian Enchill ’17 and Simon Aber ’18 at a Celtics game in November.

Hilary Burrall, director of The Westminster Fund, hosted dinners for young alumni in Boston and Saratoga Springs.

Martlets at Northeastern University gathered in Boston Jan. 26. Attendees were Matt Swenson ’17, Paige Brackett ’16, Lukas Dudzik ’19, Simon Aber ’18, Elaina Comia ’19 and Audrey Froelich ’19.

Westminster alumni attending

Skidmore College had dinner Nov. 10 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

They included Natalie Wilson ’18, Jordan Claprood ’18, Anissa Joseph ’17 and Taina Cotto ’16. Martlets attending Bowdoin College had dinner in October in Brunswick, Maine, with Director of Alumni Relations Aileen Daversa ’90. Attendees were Aaron Rubin’15, Aileen, Emma Stevens ’16, Lucy Noel ’18 and Ellen Gyasi ’16.

Martlets attending Boston College and Boston University gathered Jan. 27 for dinner, along with a few Martlets from Tufts. Attendees were Chris Whipple ’18, Mia Poling ’18, Paul McNamara ’18, Jeevan Palaniyandy ’19, Tarek Mourad ’19, Drew Brownback ’19 and Jimmy Zhang ’18.

Martlets attending Hamilton College and Colgate University met for dinner in Hamilton, N.Y., in January with Aileen Daversa ’90, director of alumni relations. Front row, Wick Carter ’19, Shannon Keefe ’19, Annabel Bradley ’19 and Jane Ogden ’19; and back row, Elisabeth Morin ’18, Kate Neilsen ’18, Ally Marenco ’18, Katherine Ogden ’16, Kate McCausland ’16 and Elizabeth Casey ’18.

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