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Hi all. I hope everyone had a great summer! Here’s what we have: 

Edward Ungvarsky and Olivia Smith ’91 will become “empty nesters this September after their younger daughter leaves to begin Northwestern University and their older child continues to enjoy the life in art and fashion while living on the Lower East Side and attending Fordham College at Lincoln Center, as their ostensible reason to be in New York City. With many empty rooms in the house, classmates and their children are always invited to stay, whether they come to D.C. as travelers or protestors.” 

Carol Cleverdon Booth writes, “I am sad to let you know that my beautiful mom, Mary Lynne Cleverdon, passed away on July 10. She was my rock and inspiration in every way, and I was very blessed to have been her daughter. On the good news side of things, my son, Josh, is getting married on August 1 to his boyfriend of eight years. We are very excited!”

Graham Guest writes, “I have some news, I reckon. Igraduated from the University of Dundee (Scotland) on June 20, 2024, with my second PhD. This one was in philosophy; my first PhD was in English lit from University of Glasgow (Scotland) in 2012. I am now living in Durango, Colorado, with my family and teaching philosophy at Fort Lewis College (Durango).” Graham (relatively) recently published a philosophical novel called Henry’s Chapel with Sagging Meniscus Press (Montclair, New Jersey, 2022).

Lauren Willis lives in Berkeley with her spouse, Jonathan, and their kids, Mira (13) and Danica (11). Laura still teaches law at Loyola Marymount University in LA and is also doing a stint at DOJ-Antitrust in D.C. January to July 2025, “we will be at University of Melbourne for my research on consumer financial regulation. Kids are rehearsing, ‘Are you from the down under, mate?’ in their best Aussie accents. Jonathan will be practicing law—Zoom being not much different from Melbourne than from Berkeley, other than the 18-hour time difference. We are hoping the kids can do soccer and possibly theater in Melbourne, so if anyone has any leads on those (or on a place to live in Melbourne) please let me know. And if any Wesfolk living in Melbourne see this, please reach out—we’d love to grab a flat white with you.”

Stephanie Donohue Pilla writes that in “July, Catharine Crane visited NYC, from Birmingham, Alabama, and we saw several other Class of 1990 friends. We enjoyed a fun dinner on the Upper West Side with Andy Eig, Iriss Shimony, Miriam Temin, and Linda Turnbull. The next day, Catharine, Miriam, and I saw Sharene Azimi for an afternoon of boating on the Long Island Sound. We all made a pact to attend our 35th Reunion next year and hope to see as many members of the Class of ’90 as possible!”

That’s all for now. Happy fall/winter to all of you. Please write with any news that you have.

As the magazine went to press, we were saddened to learn of the passing of our classmate Ernie Luikart. We send our condolences to Ernie’s family and friends and will print in the next issue any memories you would like to share. 

VANESSA MONTAG BROSGOL | vanessa.brosgol@yahoo.com