RE Log - Spring 2020

SPRING 2020 Ransom Everglades LOG 49 is the third consecutive year that alumni were invited to share their personal sto- ries from that tragic day with students. Friends for decades, Jeri Waxenberg Wolfson hosted Jaymie Meyer and Kate Sullivan Lindseth (and miss- ing Leslie Lipton whose flight was cancelled … twice) in Sun Valley this past summer for food, hiking, gabbing and fishing on the great Salmon River. Everglades friends forever! Jeri Waxenberg Wolfson writes, “If you are in New York, please check out the Whitney Museum of Art, where I will have two paintings by Agnes Pelton (1881–1961) on view from my collection. The exhibition is entitled Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist and is on display from March 13 through June 28, 2020.” The Agnes Pelton pictured here is Ahmi in Egypt , 1931. Ransom Everglades School 1976 Class Agents : Beth Kaiser ( beth33156@yahoo.com) , Christopher Moore (shotmasterpro@yahoo.com) , Debora Turner (djt_jd4sobe@yahoo. com) Lisa August , see Blanche August, In Loving Memory Julie Cohen writes, “I had the plea- sure of getting together with two classmates in 2019. I met with Nina Slotkin Fortmeyer and her husband, Kurt, in August, during their visit to Massachusetts. I also enjoyed a visit with James Franklin in December during his family’s visit to New York.” Rudy Prio Touzet , Founder and CEO of Banyan Street Capital, was appointed to the Board of the Friends of the Underline (FUL), a non-profit orga- nization founded by Meg Thomson Daly ’78 that is working to transform the underutilized land below Miami’s Metrorail into a 10-mile linear park, urban trail and public art destination. Rudy is in great company with fellow Raiders Arden Magoon Karson ’80 , Debi Braman Wechsler ’78 and Meg. 1977 Class Agent: Lisa Shaw (LisaShaw@aol.com ) Jack August, see Blanche August, In Loving Memory Bill Charouhis shares that son Will Charouhis ’24 attended the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 in Madrid in December 2019 as the young- est delegate (age 13) of 26,076 attend- ees. Will spoke at the US Climate Action Hub and met presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, ex-Secretary of State John Kerry, actor Harrison Ford, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations Patricia Espinosa, United Nations Chief of Human Rights Michelle Batchelet, and youth activist Greta Thunberg. Will is the founder of Forces of Nature, a climate youth activist group. https://www.weareforcesofna - ture.org/ 1978 Class Agents: Meg Thomson Daly (losdalys@bellsouth.net ), Vivian Blount Schile (vbschile@aol.com) Meg Thomson Daly writes, “My hus- band John and I are thrilled to welcome our second grandchild into the world. Welcome Nicolas Alexander Daly, born January 9, 2020, at Baptist Hospital. We are happy to have mom, Anna, and dad, Sean, now living in Miami so we get to spoil Nicolas and his big brother, Lucas. Congrats to godmother Alex Daly ’06 , also an RE alum.” See Alex Daly ’06 and Rudy Prio Touzet ’76 Debi Braman Wechsler , see Rudy Prio Touzet ’76