the wee hours (well, ’til midnight which is
awfully late for most of us these days).
I next joined Caroline Slusser Converse
and her family to watch the varsity lacrosse
game against St. Paul’s. We marveled at the
ferocity of the play, which had Caroline a
little nervous as her son Nick will be a third
former next fall and plans to play lacrosse
while at SG. Caroline and Floyd continue
to enjoy life in NYC. We had some laughs
over drinks at their hotel before heading to
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the class dinner, held in the hockey rink, to
the dismay of even John Corcoran, who
NDREA
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have preferred to be in a tent under the
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stars on such a pretty spring evening. But
Class of 1978: Caroline Slusser Converse, John Corcoran, Kate Davis, Leslie Greene, Willow of course we all managed to have fun even
Johnson, Katherine MacCormack, Leslie MacDonald, Welles Orr and Anne Young Orr
indoors. It was great to see the likes of
Leslie McDonald Williams (who is teaching
lawyering despite the housing downturn School! The current crop of students cer-
kindergarten in Alexandria, Va., and whose
(thank goodness). Three girls, ages 14, 12 tainly enjoys first-rate facilities, but nothing
son will be attending Amherst next fall
and 10 are all doing very well in school (like has changed the stunning setting. How in
with his older sister, already a student
their mother did) and are all elite club soccer the world did we get any studying done
there), Willow Johnson (who lives in NYC
players. We are busy, just like everyone else. when the beach beckons just down the hill?
and is developing a short concert/educa-
And so, with tornados actually touch- To get a better look at that setting, I
tion series for schools and civic organiza-
ing down this past week in “it-never- joined a tour of the Chapel with Jack Doll
tions), Kate Davis (who is a professor of
rains-in” California for the first time in ’52 on Saturday. Despite having sat through
English at Eastern Mexico University-
decades, this is the sign-off with another many a service as a student, I had never
Roswell but is living on her boat on the
school year accomplished and summer truly noticed some of the fine carvings and
Chesapeake for the summer), the afore-
vacation under way. If only there really their significance, or known the full history
mentioned Katherine and Caroline and
was a summer vacation, kind of the way it of this beautiful chapel. I did take a close
John, as well as our reunion party planner,
was in ’77. Oh well, back to work. look at the lovely stained-glass window,
Welles Orr, ever the gentleman, and his
commemorating friendship, donated by
lovely wife, Ann. Hats off to Welles for the
great job he did organizing the dinner at
Class of 1978
Susan and Bill Gribbell, of which our whole
class should be proud. As I’m sure you’ll be
Spark as well as the rest of the weekend! I
hearing more about, another stained-glass
know some folks were in attendance Friday
Leslie M. Greene
window has been commissioned for the
night but not Saturday, so I’m sorry to have
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missed seeing Ellen Foster James, Kim
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Brady Cutler, Lisa Nolan Birmingham and
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of the tour, however, was climbing outside
Jon Isham. I heard through Kate that Ellen
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atop the roof of the chapel for a panoramic
view of the island on a sunshine-filled day.
is busy with her organic farm in Maine, as
well as with her kids; Kim is busy with her
Well, well, I’ve just returned from our
I also made it to Goat Island to get a
twins and is involved in school and other
30
th
reunion and it should come as no
glimpse of Geronimo in all its glory. A
volunteer work (Nick had just flown home
surprise to any of you that the school
bunch of students who had just returned a
from out of town so couldn’t make the
looks better than ever, and so do the
few days earlier from the spring trip were
trip); Lisa is busy with her family and
alums from the Class of ’78!
on hand to share tales of their voyage.
various civic/fund-raising activities; and
First, the school: Anyone who hasn’t
And there I bumped into Katherine
Jon continues to teach economics at Mid-
been to the campus in a few years would be
MacCornack and her friend with whom
dlebury where he is raising social aware-
amazed at the facilities. I had seen the fabu-
she was spending the weekend. Katherine
ness among his students regarding the
lous arts center on my last visit, but this
lives in Tewksbury, N.J where she teaches
threat of global warming. Finally, I under-
time was impressed with the gorgeous new
French at a girls’ day school. Katherine
stand there was a renegade group who on
swimming pool and the student center, with
filled me in on the dinner held Friday
Saturday night held their own off-campus
its snack bar and many lounges. A far cry
night at Spark, a trendy Asian fusion place
gathering, Skull and Bones style, so I’m not
from the Tuck Shop in the basement of Old
with great food in downtown Newport,
at liberty to name names—just know that
where a dozen or so classmates partied ’til
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