RE Log Fall 2016

FALL 2016 Ransom Everglades LOG 51 school (Class of ’19). His other kids are in college at Barnard and the University of Oregon. Harrison still runs the compa- nies he founded over 23 years ago. He is continuing to travel extensively around the world with his new partner, Olivia. He let us know that he sailed the British Virgin Islands (where he used to live); helicop- tered into the Grand Canyon; and island hopped in the Greek Isles – enjoying life one day at a time. Ben Owen was pleased to hear about the RE boys’ soccer team winning the state title (having been a part of the team that was last at states in 1979). Ben is work- ing as the Technology Director at Oak Hill School in Nashville, Tenn., where he has been for the past 12 years. Both of Ben’s children have graduated from Oak Hill and moved on to secondary school. Daughter Mia is in seventh grade, and son, George, in 10th. Howard Srebnick , a Miami criminal defense attorney, won a U.S. Supreme Court victory last March when the court ruled by a 5-3 margin that criminal defendants are allowed to use un- tainted assets to pay for the lawyer of their choice. The Black, Srebnick, Kornspan & Stumpf partner, who represented Sila Luis in a health care fraud case, persuaded the majority that the federal government should be barred from freezing funds that aren’t tied to an alleged crime http://bit.ly/1VXVkrV . 1983 Florence Ferre writes “I am thrilled to tell you I have a new job as a management consultant for North Highland Consulting. I travel a lot all over Florida focusing on transportation related projects.” Steven and Karen (‘86) Langer fondly remember their mother Lois, who lost her battle with cancer in March 2016. Lois led the first auction campaign to raise capital for Ransom Everglades in 1979. Over the past 15 years, she was able to create and enjoy countless memories with her two granddaughters and three grandsons. She is survived by Hart, her loving husband of 55 years. 1984 Spencer Green sends an “up- date from the wilds of Los Angeles: BUMPERSTICKER, a musical I co- created with Gary Stockdale – in which each song is based on or inspired by, yes, actual you’ve-seen-them-all-your-lives bumperstickers – premiered at this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival; one critic noted the production ‘could be transported to any London or New York stage without raising one eyebrow.’ (Which would, in- deed, be very nice.) I am currently writing commentary for the movie site MoviesTO. com ; articles for The Huffington Post; and have had plays produced by St. Louis’ Theatre Lab, Chicago’s Hobo Junction, and Los Angeles’ Sci-Fest LA. And that’s one hundred words. Now.” 1985 Melissa O’Neill Albert has lived in beautiful Seattle for the last 25 years. After Connecticut College she moved to San Francisco, then to Seattle for graduate school at the University of Washington, and never left. She and her husband have two boys, ages 10 and 12. Currently she has a startup called Tousled.me. The com- pany is using technology to disrupt the salon and spa industry, bringing beauty on demand. There are a few RE alumni out there and she’d love to see more – even if just passing through. Stacy Blain , assistant professor of pediatrics and of cell biology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, was selected to join more than 180 cancer researchers from prominent research institutions in 31 countries to study cancer’s complexity as part of “The Halifax Project,” representing the first global initiative to bring together the best cancer scientists and research- ers from around the world. Dr. Blain worked on one of 12 teams of scientists that each focused on a different aspect of cancer biology. The teams spent two years reviewing what is known about cancer’s complexity to design a ground-breaking “broad-spectrum” therapeutic approach that will be aimed at many prioritized targets simultaneously with the goal of maximizing success and, eventually, eradi- cating cancer. See story on page 26. Ewen Harrison writes, “At a ripe middle age, I graduated from medical school in May and have just started residency in Family Medicine in Portland, Or. I can trace my interest in medicine, health and nutrition to the great teaching from Doc Crabtree at RE. Previously I was work- ing as a professor at St. John’s College in Santa Fe. I have a wife, Monika Cassel, and two daughters, Helen, 13, and Phoebe, 10.” Maria Toyoda writes, “We moved to Boston in June 2016, where I took up a position as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Suffolk University after 13 great years with terrific colleagues at Villanova University. In 2015, we returned for half a year to Japan, this time in lovely Fukuoka, on an international public policy fellowship. We’re enjoying New England, closer to where Mike’s family is in Newport, R.I., and in perilous proximity to lobster rolls, $1 oyster shots and clam bellies. I’m still doing some work with for the IMF and trying to keep my toes in the research pool. The Brexit has suddenly made my research life very busy. And OMG, my sons are 10 and 15, now. Thank goodness for sound-insulated basements.” Betsy Wise tell us, “I’m in the third year of my branding and advertising consul- tancy, Wise Branding Group. Business is booming, and while I’m proud of my big clients (Medtronic, GE, Bacardi) my dear- est is Miami Theater Center, because I get to work with inspiring alum, Stephanie Ansin ’90 . Our services run the gamut, but we specialize in verbal brand strat- egy – an expertise born from a love of language fostered by RE, and – no doubt – Dan Bowden. My twin boys, Max and Jack, are four, now.”