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BAER ACKERMAN writes "My daughter Emily is a sophomore at American University and my son Benjamin is a freshman at Shepton High School in Plano, TX."

PATRICIA APPLEBAUM writes "My book, Kingdom to Commune:  Protestant Pacifist Culture between World War I and the Vietnam Era was published last March by University of North Carolina Press.  My husband, Bill Holladay, is retired, and our daughter is a senior in high school."

GREG BARNHILL is Partner and Member of the Board for Brown Advisory Securities, LLC in Baltimore, MD.  Greg is on the board of trustees of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project and traveled to Africa last June with his wife, Lisa, and son, Scott, to visit the gorillas up close.  He is an outspoken advocate for the program, which is considered a model for conservation efforts worldwide.

PAUL S. BUNTEN is the President of Westsiders for Public Participation, Inc.  He writes "We are a community advocacy organization based in the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Our goal is to examine information and investigate opinion to create a basis for informed public action. For more information, please visit us at http://wppnyc.org and subscribe directly to our email updates from http://wppnyc.org/signup.php."

JIM BUSAM writes "Our daughter Teresa Busam Jones, Class of 2000, and her husband Jamal Jones welcomed their first child, Dean Basil Jones, into the world on 6/19/09.  Also, we are anxiously awaiting our second grandchild.  Michael Busam, Class of 2003, and Jessica Blanco-Busam, '03, MA' 04, expect a child in August. "

SUSAN SCHLAMB CARROLL writes "My son, Aidan, is attending Northeastern University in Boston.  My daughter, Nadia, is a sophomore at Mountain Vista High School and has Brown in her sights.  I still enjoy interviewing prospective students."

LESTER CHITSULO writes "Still in Switzerland after 15 years and getting ready to send the last of four children to college next fall."

DIANE COLBORN writes "I work at Berkeley High School where I am an administrator in charge of students with learning and behavior differences. I continue to be committed to improving urban education with a zeal that I developed while a student at Brown. I love the Bay Area where I live with my husband of 31 years and two adult children."

ERICA DUNCAN writes "I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and an Attending Psychiatrist at the affiliated Atlanta VA where I conduct biological psychiatry research and teach residents and medical students.  I live in Decatur, GA with my husband James Haman and our 3 children."

DAVID FULLER's novel, SWEETSMOKE (Hyperion), is now out in paperback. Originally released in hardback in September, 2008, SWEETSMOKE was a Discover Great New Writers choice for Barnes and Noble as well as an Original Voices pick for Borders. It was reviewed (positively, thank you) by the New York Times Book Review, USA Today, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, and The Minneapolis Star Tribune, among many others. SWEETSMOKE was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author, as well as a John Creasey "New Blood" Dagger Award in Great Britain (winner to be announced October 21, 2009).

"SWEETSMOKE is a fascinating and gripping novel about the Civil War. The slave, Cassius Howard, is a great fictional character, and his story is part mystery, part love story, and a harrowing portrait of slavery that reads with the immense power of the slave narratives. A tour de force for David Fuller."

--PAT CONROY, author of BEACH MUSIC and SOUTH OF BROAD

GEOFFREY GARTH writes "5 Sick Puppies enjoyed a wonderful trip down the Snake River through Hell's Canyon in Idaho in June.  GARY FARNYIUK, ADAM CARMEL, STEVE ELLIOTT, and BRAD BUXTON and various family members enjoyed a few beers and a lot of reminiscing."

VALERIE GEBERT writes "I have been involved with Disney's The Lion King musical since 2002, as Musical Director/conductor of one of the national touring companies and now, as the Associate Music Director/Conductor for the Las Vegas production at the Mandalay Bay Theater.  I am pictured here with Joshua Landay, Brown Class of '02 who covers three principal roles in the Las Vegas production.  Life in the desert after these many years of living out of a suitcase, is a welcome change of pace."

STEVE "BUDDY" GRECO writes "It's hard to believe that it has been 35 years since we graduated. I have always looked forward to Reunion Weekend at Brown. I have attended several over the years. I was at the 30th and others since then. It is always fun to catch up with old friends. This upcoming Reunion Weekend will be especially remarkable for me. I am getting married on the Brown campus on Friday May 28th early evening, just before the campus dance. Brown has become a special place for my fiance Audrey and I over the last few years. The exact site on campus and the time are tentative at this moment. We are hoping to have the ceremony at the site of the old Delta Tau Delta fraternity (South Wayland). Hope to see you all soon. I can be reached at njabm@comcast.net"

BARBARA HIRSCH HARRISON writes " My first book will be published two weeks before our 35th reunion and should be in the Brown Bookstore. WHAT TO DO WHEN NO ONE HAS A CLUE (Random House) offers smart, savvy solutions to everyday situations that baffle and

bewilder us all. At last, here's the go-to guide for stumpers like "Who gets the dog in the divorce?" and "How do you handle the transgendered bridesmaid?" and "Is it okay to text bad news? (If so, how bad?)" Expert advice comes from people like Arianna Huffington, designers Badgley Mischka, restaurateur Danny Meyer, event producer Colin Cowie, two of the "Real

Housewives of New York City" and at least 7 Brown alumnae -- including Diane Jass Ketelhut from the class of 1975. For a quick laugh, check out the book's 3-minute YouTube video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihnwfFx-P4Y

BARRY HELLER writes "I am working as an Emergency Physician at a busy urban trauma center in Long Beach, CA.  In addition I was recently elected as a director to the American Board of Emergency Medicine, which oversees the training and board specialty certification of Emergency Physicians.  I continue to perform with my partners in a group called Risus Sardonicus which provides a variety show of medical music and comedy (hopefully) for medical conferences across the country.  My wife, Jill Lerner is an attorney and head of Human Resources at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.  My son, Eli, 19, is a sophomore at Colgate University, apparently  majoring in either Political Science or The History of Beer.  My other unemployed parasite, daughter, Molly, age 16, is a junior in high school and turns out to be a fabulous little actress and singer (so says her unbiased father).  She recently returned from a semester on  a Kibbutz in Israel and fell in love with the country and the culture.  She is even considering combining her passions and exploring a rabbinical education.   Most importantly, everyone is happy and paying attention to the little moments that make up a lifetime.  I would love to hear from friends and classmates and hopefully will have the opportunity to see many of you at the reunion.  (really, though, it’s our 15th, right?)"

THOR JOHNSON writes "I’m in Rhode Island full time, still married to Maureen, with our girls Honore, now 16, and Hope, 13. I’m the only male in the house – even the dog is a girl doggie. Honore is an avid sailor and disciplined student (unlike her dad), while Hope is an actress, dancer and major Type A personality. We live in a pretty little Rhode Island seaside community on Narragansett Bay and can see Newport from our porch – and from my home office.

I finally got out of the venture-backed-equity-startup-company mayhem and am building my own marketing consulting agency. We focus on an arcane, but growing field known as marketing automation: the art and science of personalized marketing in an online/internet world. We’re on the web as RenaissanceOPTI. My previous software company, Eloqua, became a leader in the field, while leaving its customers to figure out themselves how to actually use all the products they bought from them. So now I can help them succeed. It’s moved more quickly than I had a right to expect: we already have our first clients and I’m soon taking an office nearby to get out of the house and keep my sanity.

This past year I spent quite a bit of time in China working in the mobile phone business. So intoxicating – I’d like to find a way to go back. My ‘beat’ these past five years has been Toronto, Amsterdam, London and Singapore. But now it’s New England (and Toronto). In fact, I have been living and working in the same country (Yes, Rhode Island can be considered a separate country.) for over a year now and am loving it. ‘Bout time. The kids grow so quickly.

Swimming has been a passion since grade school, but this past decade, and especially the past few years, I’ve found a real love for long distance open-water (ocean) swimming. I get in about six ocean or lake miles a week and am faster than I’ve been since my 30s. It’s getting colder, but I did two miles in the Bay earlier this week. Back to the pool soon. Also addicted to Arduino. If you know what it is, you’re a geek and know what addiction means.

Hope this update finds you, my classmates, well. Brown email gets to me easily. Would love to know who’s doing what. Since I live in Rhode Island, I imagine that I’ll be looking for everyone at the Spring Weekend. Best wishes to all."

JIM KAINEN writes "I am now the Brendan Moore Professor of Advocacy at Fordham Law School.  My daughter, Sophie, is Brown Class of 2012."

DICK KETTLER writes "Jane and I are living in Washinton, DC.  Just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary.  Frank will be a sophomore at Colgate and Anne will be a junior in high school."

MICKI BAUER KUTTLER writes "My husband David and I moved to Boston this summer after 25 years of living in New Jersey. We have an apartment in the South End and are enjoying a return to city life. It's hard to believe that our daughters have grown up. Dana is 23, graduated from Smith College in 2008, and is a performance poet living in Seattle, and Liora is 21, a senior at Ursinus College studying photography and French. I am looking forward to restarting my private natural health practice in Boston. And I'm hoping to reconnect with Brown friends in the Boston area."

LAURIE LAMB writes "I recently returned home from Dana-Farber/Brigham & Women's Hospital where I had a stem cell transplant in hopes of curing my Primary Idiopathic Myelofibrosis. My bone marrow was no longer producing the blood cells that I need to live. The body tries to create the blood cells in other organs such as the spleen or liver but that doesn't work very well. There is no treatment. I am very grateful to my donor who was willing to offer and then give her perfectly matched stem cells to a stranger. Basically my immune system has been rebooted and my donor's stem cells are working to create a new immune system for me. I must be isolated for a year or more and have stringent restrictions on what I eat and drink as well as my activities, including visitors. I am grateful to be home and recovering. I'd love to hear from some classmates. Also please visit my CaringBridge website, provided by the hospitals, at www.caringbridge.org/visit/laurielamb There is a Journal there as well as a Guestbook. I'll be unable to attend our 35th Reunion but will be thinking of all of you that weekend. You can contact me at laurielamb@comcast.net.

JANET LEVITT STEVENSON writes "My daughter Sally started at Carnegie Mellon University in August, courtesy of a Brown connection.  I had read "The Last Lecture" written by a Brown grad who worked for Andy van Dam, as I did.  I suggested CMU for engineering (she wants to study ECE) and she loved what she saw.  Sorry, Brown!"

CRAIG MARTIN writes "We just had a 40th anniversary Woodstock party at our house.  We had a stage, lights, two bands and about 250 people from noon to midnight.  (Yes, I went to Woodstock in 1969!)  Leigh Abts, Class of 1973, also attended with his wife Lois.  They have been our neighbors for almost 25 years!  They helped produce the event."

WARD MAZZUCCO writes "I am especially looking forward to this reunion because it coincides with the Brown graduation of my daughter, Cara."

CONSTANCE MURPHY writes "My husband, son, and I moved to NH in 2007 and we love it.  We built a home newar Exeter with 6 acres of woods perfect for hiking and snowshoeing.  Our son, Matt, who is Asperger's Syndrome, has finished his first year of college in Vermont.  IBM continues to provide me with fabulous opportunities in Leasdership Development and Global Talent Management."

SUE SCHLOTTERBECK ROSS writes "We are still enjoying life in Seattle.  Our daughter Anna is now at Emory with plans to stay on the East Coast - so who knows.  Adam will be a high school senior.  If you are in Seattle, please contact me to see the sights at susanaross@earthlink.net."

BETH SHADUR writes "I curated Collaborative Vision: The Poetic Dialogue Project, an exhibit in which I paired 31 visual artists with 31 poets to create collaborative works of art.  After premiering at the Chicago Cultural Center in spring 2009, it is touring various universities.  My son, Jordan Mainzer, is a sophomore at Brown."

MARCIA SPINDELL LENTZ writes "After surviving breast cancer for two years now I am back in the flow.  THis includes participating in the Professional Development Center in Wakefield, RI for tweaking business skills, being active with the International Coaching Federation of New England and BNI.  I continue to practice Dance Movement and Expressive Arts Therapy with psychiatirc Alzheimer's and developmentally challenged adults.  My certification as a counselor and group psychotherapist support my work at the Eleanor Slater Hospital and on its Vent-Dependent Unit.  Anyone interested in coaching whether to become a coach or experience it may visit the website www.etcri.org.  Most importantly, my husband, Jonathan Lentz, and I are amazed at how fast time has gone watching our sons, Joshua, 20, and Aaron, 17, grow into adults!"

NEIL STEINBERG writes "I just completed one year as President and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation which is the oldest and largest community foundations in the country."

MASHA TRABER writes "My husband and I became the proud grandparents to Ezra Natan Traber-Sirikwa on November 17, 2008.  Ezra was born to our oldest child, Sarah Metzger-Traber (Wheaton 2006).  She and her husband are living near us in Lexington, MA, birthplace of American Liberty, where I continue to be the coordinator of the only town tour, The Liberty Ride."

GUY TUTTLE writes "Four years clear from bout with throat cancer.  Back doing movie production design and art direction. Spent 40 days in Thailand last year with Habitat for Humanity doing production work.  A blast and a place I will go back to.  Hope to make it to the reunion."

BETSY ZELDIN writes "After 30 years of practicing law in Boston, I retired and moved to Truro on Outer Cape Cod.  I now have time for painting and jewelry making.  I also plan to be spending more time in Charleston, SC, where I have a second home, and travelling.  My partner, Polly Grant, and I married on May 17, 2004, the first day that same sex marriages were legalized in Massachusetts.  We'd been together 22 years when we married."

BAER ACKERMAN writes "All is well. Lone Star liberals are on the move. I'm an Obama delegate to the Collin County Democratic Caucus. My daughter Emily will likely go to The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in the fall. My son Benjamin (age 13), who has mild autism, will be an assistant camp counselor at the Dallas Jewish Community Center. My wife Melissa is busy with Benjamin and Emily aand in volunteering at Jewish Family Service's Food Pantry."

EMILY BERGER writes "I will be exhibiting paintings at The Painting Center in NYC in May/June 2008."

LYNNE BRODSKY writes "Married to Rob Levine for a long time. Working at Massachusetts General Hospital Chelsea Health Center as a primary care physician for adults, also for a long time. I enjoy reading American History, tap dancing, cooking, and gardening. All my best wishes to those whom I have neither seen, nor kept up with."

JEROME S. BUSH - see SUSAN M. CASEY

BRAD BUXTON writes that he looks forward to seeing all and hopes that everyone is still "living with the gift of laughter and the sense that the world is mad."

SUSAN M. CASEY of Annandale, Virginia died on May 8, 2005, of metastatic breast cancer. Susan was a graduate of the Yale Law School and a partner in the law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart of Washington, DC. She is survived by her husband, JEROME S. BUSH, her sister, Mary Ellen Casey (Class of 1977), her brother, Paul, and her sister, Kathleen. Her late father, Irving J. Casey, was a member of the Brown Class of 1942.

MARY CHAFFIN writes "I have been on the road a lot over the last several years as the General COunsel for Mercy Corps, a non-sectarian international relief and development organization headquartered in Portland, OR. Mercy COrps has operations in over 35 countries and is engaged iin a wide-range of programmin, from creating and developing micro-finance institutions to child nutrition programs to civil society devlopment programs. In our spare time, my husband, Lance Marty, and I like to bike, hike, snowshoe, and enjoy other outdoor activities. Our two sons, Danny and Greg, are both in college. I would love to hear from Mary Margaret Blenkarn. Please contact me at mchaffin@quest.net. Tawn Fichter also owes me a letter!"

DOROTHY CLARK is presently employed as Business Manager at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. She has been in Duhman, NC seven years and is still enjoying it. She is still actively involved in theatre. Dorothy started a community theatre, Front Porch Entertainment, and is currently working on her third play. She writes "I look forward to seeing classmates at the reunion. I'm also always glad to hear from Brown grads in the Research Triangle area."

JERRY COHEN writes "I am living in Brookline, MA. My wife, Susan, is an independent TV producer involved in several nonprofit organizations. She has also started a middle school in Rwanda for girls. We are going to the opening in late February '08. We have a daughter working in NYC for a PR firm on Wall St. and a son who is a sophomore at Harvard. I was recently appointed by MA governor Deval Patrick to serve as a Member of the Board of Directors of Mass Development, the state agency charged with financing projects to spur economic development in the Commonwealth."

CHAL CONGDON and AMY RICHARDSON live in Wenham, MA. Chal is a Quality Assurance Director at Boston Communications, and Amy is a fourth grade teacher in the Hamilton-Wenham School District. Daughter Eliza is a member of the ’08 class at Brown. Her older brother Chal (age 24) is in a PhD program in Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Siblings Meryl (21) and Daniel (14) are still at home.

DIANE DIGIANFILIPPO SCOTT writes that she and husband MARK SCOTT are thrilled that their daughter, Dana, was accepted Early Decision to Brown's Class of 2009, where she will be in the PLME program (8 year undergraduate/medical school continuum). Their middle son, Jonathan, or "Cadet Corporal Scott", is a sophomore at Norwich University, the Military College of Vermont. He is on a full Army ROTC scholarship and is very happy and proud to be in the Corps of Cadets. Their oldest son, Mark II, Brown Class of 2005, is a PLME student and will enter the Medical School after graduation . Mark and Diane are looking forward to enjoying an exciting and memorable Commencement/Reunion Weekend. Their son will be marching with his class in the procession, Diane will be marching with the Class of '75, and Mark will be a Marshall.

STEVE FELDMAN is happy to be able to say that his son Michael will shortly be joining the Brown Class of 2009. His daughter, Andrea, is finishing up her junior year at Boston

University studying physical therapy.

SANDRA FRANKLIN HERBERT is married with no children and living in Boynton Beach, FL. She is the Director of Performance Controlling for Siemens Communications, Inc.

EDWARD FRONGILLO writes "After 29 years in upstate NY, Marguerite and I moved in August 2006 to Columbia, SC where I was appointed professor and chair of the Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior in the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina. Marguerite is teaching human parasitology. I continue with international nutrition research, most recently working in Vietnam and Bangladesh. Our son Dominic is a town council member in our former town, and was a delegate to UN Climate Conference in Indonesia. He tells people that his parents grew up and moved away. Our second son Rafael is just finishing a masters degree in computer science and will be pursuing a doctoral degree starting next fall."

JOE GOSHA had planned to be attending our 30th this year, but an extremely hectic business travel schedule this spring has forced him to cancel those plans. Over the past few years Joe has started attending Parent’s Weekend/Homecoming in the fall, and plans on doing so again this coming October. If anyone from ‘75 is planning on attending any of that weekend’s events he’d love to have the chance to see you and say hello. Joe currently serves as a Regional Credentials and Church Processing Coordinator, and National Immigration Coordinator for the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.

BARRY HELLER writes "I am Vice President, Medical Affairs, at St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, CA where I am a staff emergency physician. I was recently elected as a Director to the American Board of Emergency Medicine. My wife, Jill Lerner, is Senior VP for Human Resources and Corporate Affairs at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Son Eli is 17, and if I agree to let him live, will be attending one of 12 colleges he has applied to. Daughter Molly is 14 and very active in theater and drama, much to her father's delight. Barry can be reached at heller933@cox.net."

TONY HIGGINS has been in Manila, Republic of the Philippines, for the last two years, with the large Canadian insurer, Manulife Financial. This followed closely onto his three year-stint in Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China. Tony writes, "I just can't seem to break out of this Asian connection! Not that I mind all that much, but it does make it difficult for me to attend reunions that are held 12,000 or so miles away. Unfortunately, that's the case this year. I do wish everyone well and hope the weekend is a smashing success. Come visit the beautiful Philippines!"

BARBARA HIRSCH HARRISON hasn't missed too many reunions and looks forward to seeing friends at the 30th as well. "I'm still the chief writer for Barbara Harrison Copy & Creative Services, developing direct mail campaigns for publications from Smithsonian magazine to Harlequin romance novels to the Harvard Health Letter. The work conditions -- I freelance from home, in Bill Clinton's home town of Chappaqua, NY-- are ideal. Daughter Emily graduated from Brown in 2003 and is now at Cornell Veterinary School. Dan ('73) and I will attend daughter Debbie's graduation from Harvard the week after our reunion. Say hello to me at bhcopy@optonline.net."

ALEX HUTCHINSON and PAMELA STRATTON HUTCHINSON write " "With both kids out of the house, we decided it was time for the next step in our lives. We are approaching the end of a multi-year process of designing and building a new house complete with a horse barn and fields. Meanwhile, our daughter Becky ('03) is an architect working in Boston and our son Craig will be graduating from Brown this May. We are looking forward to attending Campus Dance and enjoying graduation week in Providence. We hope to see other '75 classmates there as well."

DIANE JASS KETELHUT is a doctoral candidate at Harvard's Graduate School of Education where she has been since just after our last reunion. She definitely plans on NOT still being there by our next reunion! In addition to working on her dissertation, she is currently running an NSF-funded research project that is looking at designing science curricula for middle-schoolers, using videogame-like technologies. "It's been lots of fun and I've gotten to travel around the country--which means I have been able to catch up with some good friends from Brown, like Sue Schlotterbeck Ross and Barbara Hirsch Harrison. I also spend time with Marianne Bronner every summer when she comes to Woods Hole, and Carol Taylor Jamison lives just around the corner from me!" Diane's daughter, Kristin, graduated from Brown in '03 where she became good friends with Barbara's daughter, Emily! Kristin will be attending the University of Miami law school in the fall. Her son, Bill, is currently a sophomore at the University of Delaware and having a great time there. Diane is planning on attending the reunion and can't wait to see everyone! Send an email and say hello: ketelhdi@gse.harvard.edu

ERIK KOLBELL writes "The God of Second Chances" is my fourth book, published by Westminster Press, and will be out in April." 

DAVID KRIMM writes "I'm pleased to inform you that I've joined SVB Financial Group -- the parent company of SVB Silicon Valley Bank and related businesses -- as the new head of Research & Development. SVB Financial Group provides commercial, international and private banking services to emerging growth and mature companies in the technology, life sciences, and premium wine industries. The company also offers funds management, broker-dealer transactions, and asset management; along with a full range of services for private equity companies. As the head of R&D I'm tasked with investigating and incubating new product and business opportunities for the corporation. I'm very pleased to be taking on such an exciting charter for this dynamic industry leader."

BRIAN LACEY is glad to report that his daughter is scheduled to graduate from the University of Miami in May with a degree in English and a concentration of creative writing, minor in Spanish. Future plans are undetermined at this time. The nest will be empty soon, even though she may "board" for the next few months after graduation. Brandon '02 continues his career as a business analyst at Bearing Point in Atlanta. Bessie '77 is now looking to return to the workforce after a 15 year absence. She has devoted much of her time recently to women's health and wellness research. Brian is providing guidance to a Buffalo, NY based company, CA One Services; an airport food, beverage and retail concessionaire. He runs Business Development and Marketing for this subsidiary of Delaware North Company. They operate in 25 airports, particularly Southwest Airlines terminals. He commutes between Atlanta and Buffalo, spending 70-80% on the road for now. The travel load is expected to drop to 30% after the summer months. They look forward to competing for the Providence Airport business in 2007. Brian reunited with WELDON ROGERS in the Atlanta area late last year. He continues to teach and play tennis tournaments. His serve is as formidable today as it was 30 years ago. See you at the Campus Dance!

ELIZABETH LAREAU WHITCOMB writes "We became grandparents on June 1, 2007. Cole Stephen Whitcomb is a beautiful future member of the class of 2029. I recently was promoted to a fifth degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. In addition to my day job, I own and operate a small martial arts school."

FAITH LASALLE writes that she and DIANE DIGIANFILIPPO SCOTT have been working diligently with other members of the Pops Concert Committee and the event promises to be a great evening, with Lisa Loeb, Class of '90, as the featured singer. Some friends from neighboring classes (Gail Solomon '76, Dan Harrop '76, and Neil Keily '74) have also been working on the committee to plan a great event. The Committee looks forward to seeing the members of the Class of 1975 at the concert. It's a great time to connect with those in other classes of the 1970s. We on the committee hope to see you there!

VIC LAWS writes "Our son, Michael (Brown '05) is now working (and is almost off the dole) at The Hill, a Capitol Hill newspaper. Among other things he edits their Pundits' Blog. Our daughter, Jessie, looks forward to finishing at Tufts in May '08. After that, who knows!?"

ROBERT LEVIN is completing his twentieth year in a solo rheumatology practice in southeastern Connecticut. He just finished a two year stint as president of the New London County Medical Association. His wife, Mona and oldest son Jonathan are both first grade teachers, the former in Montville, CT and the latter in West Nyack, NY. Their middle son, Kenneth, is a junior majoring in psychology/pre-med at Johns Hopkins University and will be working at the N.I.H. this summer in a research project on cocaine addiction. Their youngest son, Adam, is completing his junior year at the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, CT and is starting the college search. Jonathan is getting married on July 3rd, so things are busy, hectic, and happy.

CRAIG MARTIN writes "We had a fun time at a "mini-reunion" for the class of '75 in Seattle in late March. There were 5 of us and Sue Connors and I went wild as we both were in the theatre and hadn't seen each other since graduation. What a great time. Unfortunately that was the only city where anybody responded. I'll be back on the road again in Dallas and Houston May 27-29, San Francisco and Seattle again June 24-26." If anyone is interested in joining Craig for a "mini-reunion" dinner, please contact him at cmartin@afponline.org. Thank you to Sue Schlotterbeck Ross for organizing the Seattle event. "

WARD MAZZUCCO writes "My daughter Jennie, '12, will be joining my daughter Cara, '10, on campus in the fall. It's wonderful to have both girls at Brown!"

GAIL McCANN writes "I am still a lawyer at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP in Providence where I am co-chair of the Real Estate Department. The firm had 62 attorneys when I started work there in 1978. It now has over 600 lawyers including 60 lawyers in our newest office in London, England (as of 1/1/08)."

JULIE MEISTER writes "My husband, RICH MEISTER, and I have lived in Old Greenwich, CT for 5 years now. He is a Managing Director with Merrill Lynch in NY. Our oldest child, Richard ('03), is currently living in Chicago but will be relocating this summer to begin attending Emory University's Goizueta Business School in Atlanta. Our daughter, Katie ('06), just completed her second year at NYU's Tisch School in Graduate Acting and is living in New York City. Our youngest, Sarah, is a rising junior at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA. Rich and I are currently serving on the President's Athletic Advisory Council (Rich) and the Women's Leadership Council (me). I am also on the Board of the Drama League of NY. Go Brown Lacrosse!"

PETER PITEGOFF regrets that he will not be able to attend the reunion. As of July, he will be Dean of the University of Maine School of Law in Portland. So, after 17 years on the faculty of SUNY-Buffalo Law School, he is on his way to the coast of Maine. His family - wife Ann Casady and sons, Max (17) and Eli (13)- is pleased to return to New England where Peter and Ann first met and where Max was born. You can reach Peter at pitegoff@usm.maine.edu.

RHONDA PORT WALKER writes "My daughter, Allie, will be heading up to Brown this fall as a member of the Class of '12. I continue to volunteer for both Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the Casualty Actuarial Society. I'll have to add some more volunteer time or find new activities since I will no longer be involved with PTO or Girl Scouts!"

MEREDITH POST writes "I am finally home recovering from a 4 year battle for my life after horrific medical mistakes were made. I am now writing feature films (after 30 years of writing for the theatre and TV) and have a new agent, James von Scholz at CAA Talent. I live in CT with my husband, Frank, an artist, and 3 kids, Philip (12), an actor who just completeed filming "Doubt" with Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman, Chloe (18), a freshman at SCAD whose movie with Uma Thurman, "Through Her Eyes Only" opens this year, and Madeline (21), a senior at NYU, who is working on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart as an intern. We're all glad the WGA strike is over!"

AIDA REDONDO writes "I am a psychotherapist working with family, couples, and children and teenagers. I love what I do. I practice in Rhode Island and Tampa Florida, where I have a little house where I will spent the rest of my years, and plan to live and practice to the very end. Which I hope to be another 50 years....

I would love to hear from Richard Nurse, I am so grateful to him, he started me in believing that was possible for a Black Latina Woman to make it at Brown. That's why I have received the news on the new financial aid policies with great pleasure."

FRANK REYNOLDS writes "These last two years have been my best. Maddie and I married 10/8/05 and we are enjoying life. We finalized our house remodel, traveled to Sedona, Japan, and back to Brown."

AMY RICHARDSON and CHAL CONGDON live in Wenham, MA. Chal is a Quality Assurance Director at Boston Communications, and Amy is a fourth grade teacher in the Hamilton-Wenham School District. Daughter Eliza is a member of the ’08 class at Brown. Her older brother Chal (age 24) is in a PhD program in Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Siblings Meryl (21) and Daniel (14) are still at home.

PAUL ROTH has been living in New Zealand for the past 20 years. He works as a law professor and barrister. To his great surprise, he has become an ice hockey fanatic: he is on the board that built and now runs the local ice rink, his three sons play representative ice hockey (Jesse, 16; Liam, 14; Benedict, 9), and he plays on an "old puckers" team. He doesn't mind being mistaken for a Canadian these days. Amazingly, business brought SPIKE KAPLANSKY to New Zealand several times this year.

BOB RUBEOR's son, Ben Rubeor, is one of the top lacrosse players in the country, playing at UVA for Coach Dom Starsia, Brown '74. Ben had an item last year in the NY Times and was recently featured in the UVA alumni magazine - URL: http://www.uvamagazine.org/site/c.esJNK1PIJrH/b.3890075/

JIM RUSSELL writes "My wife (of 25 years) Hannah, passed away three years ago. She had Multiple Sclerosis for the 17 years I took care of her. I am adjusting to the single life, and have started dating. Any compagnons out there looking for a creative mate? I compose music, work with art glass, and volunteer a lot."

JUD SAVISKAS has started a new company, Student Futures, Inc. which provides personalized, business-savvy career coaching to college students and recent grads - independent of college career services offices. College career services offices are usually not very effective, and Jud, his partner, and their coaches (all former corporate humam resources executives) saw so many unprepared and struggling students and recent grads that they set out to help. Designed to work via the internet and phone, their services are now helping students and recent grads of a long list of schools, including USC, Emerson, Middlebury, Indiana University, and Columbia. Maybe someday Brown, too, since there's been enough complaining about what Brown offers! Check out www.studentfutures.com.

SUE SCHLOTTERBECK ROSS writes "Life is busy in Seattle although I continue to miss people and places from back East. Our two children are both in high school now (interesting) and Anna will be off to college next year! Don't know where yet, but she is excited and hopes to go into international law. After 25 years in corporate life I decided it was time to try something different and "give back", as they say. I am now outreach manager for Residence XII, an alcohol and chemical dependency treatment center. It is one of the two oldest and largest such facilities on the west coast. After two weeks, it is very rewarding - and I have learned a lot. Change is good."

STEPHEN SCHOLZ writes "After 28 years as a design engineer with the Connecticut Department of Transportation I will be retiring to pursue my artistic and creative interests. I plan to take the summer off to travel with my family and then begin teaching music part time in the fall. Please drop me a line (stevegs747@comcast.net); I'd love to hear how my engineering and non-engineering friends are doing."

SUSAN SCHREIBER writes "My daughter, Hadley, will join Class of 2012 in September."

DAVID SHOLEM is looking forward to attending our 30th Reunion with his wife, Jan. Their son, Jamie, Brown Class of 2006, will be on campus with them for Commencement Weekend. David and Jan are also the parents of two daughters: Katie who is a freshman Journalism major at the University of Colorado and Caroline who is a freshman in high school.. David remains a partner i the Meyer Capel law firm in Champaign, IL and is a real estate developer. David has been making regular trips back to Rhode Island for the past three years to redevelop the former site of the Rocky Point Amusement Park in Warwick, RI. He looks forward to seeing GREG BARNHILL, JEFF GILBARD, and the rest of his classmates at Brown during the Reunion Weekend.

MARCIA SPINDELL writes "I can literally share I am alive and well and living in Providence! After three surgeries, I am now among Breast Cancer Survivors. My husband, Jon and sons, Joshua, who is a freshman at Roger Williams University, School of Architecture, in Bristol, Rhode Island and Aaron who is a sophomore at Classical High School in Providence, continue to be supportive and keep my husband and I young (Do the math - we started a family later than most.) I continue to practice Dance Movement and Expressive Arts Therapy (MA New York University, 1977) as I expand my business as a Life and Business Coach. I am just as passionate about coaching as the arts therapies and welcome inquiries. Please visit the new web site www.etcri.org."

TINA STARK writes "Last June, I published a new contract drafting textbook: Drafting Contracts: How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do. It differs from the other textbooks in the area in its focus on the intersection of business, law and drafting. Also, after 14 years of being an adjunct professor, I became a Professor in the Practice of Law at Emory Law School . I am also the Executive Director of school’s Center for Transactional Law & Practice. This new position meant a move from NYC where I’ve been living since we graduated. I’m having a great time creating a new transactional skills curriculum – something I’ve always wanted to do."

ALEX HUTCHINSON and PAMELA STRATTON HUTCHINSON write " "With both kids out of the house, we decided it was time for the next step in our lives. We are approaching the end of a multi-year process of designing and building a new house complete with a horse barn and fields. Meanwhile, our daughter Becky ('03) is an architect working in Boston and our son Craig will be graduating from Brown this May. We are looking forward to attending Campus Dance and enjoying graduation week in Providence. We hope to see other '75 classmates there as well."

NEIL STEINBERG recently (7 months ago) joined Brown as VP for Development and Campaign Director after a 30 year banking career, most recently as President and CEO of Fleet. He looks forward to helping our class set records for participation and $s in the Campaign that will be going public in October! Wonderful new programs and people have been introduced at Brown under Ruth Simmons' leadership while still preserving the traditions and attributes we all loved.

ALEX SZABO is Co-Founder and President of the Topsail Group, a consulting and training firm that offers communications, management,and leadership programs and services to companies. He can be reached at www.topsailgroup.com. His wife, Madeleine, is Director of Operations for Bourgeon Capital Management. They have four children: Alexander, who graduated from Lehigh University last year and is gainfully employed; Tyler, who will graduate from Princeton University this coming May, 2005; Amanda and Brittany are both attending Bucknell University and are in their sophomore and freshman years, respectively. Alex and Madeleine are looking forward to Commencement Weekend and the Class of 1975's 30th Year Reunion and catching up with many friends.

MARK WESTON's book, "Prophets and Princes - Saudi Arabia from Muhammad to the Present," will be published by John Wiley & Sons in July. President Clinton's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Wyche Fowler Jr., has written the foreword. Weston has also written a children's book, "Honda - The Boy Who Dreamed of Cars" that Lee & Low Books will publish in the autumn."

MARTHA ZEIGER, M.D. writes "I am currently the Chief of Endocrine Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. I also run an NIH-funded research lab studying thyroid tumors. My husband, John Britton, works at Fairfax Hospital as a Pediatric Anesthesiologist. Our daughter, Tenaya Britton, wroks as an Account Executive for Leo Burnett in Chicago. Our son, Zachary Britton, works as a paralegal for Arnold and Porter in Washington, DC and will attend Georgetown Law Schol in the fall. We all enjoy playing many different sports."