Kendall Savage has (temporarily?) left the law profession and is teaching English at Hockaday School in Dallas. Word on the street says she loves it, and she has received rave reviews from students, teachers and parents alike. Dan Katzir continues his work at the Broad Foundation in Los Angeles. A reputable source relayed that Dan attended a four-day conference Boston in April and didn't leave the airport Hilton. On Saturday, in atypical tropical 60-degree sunshine of the arctic zone called Boston, he escaped to the western suburbs for a yard party chez Joe Berman. Scott Rabschnuk, Mike Moody, Bruce Chaffee, John Marchiony, and their families converged at Joe's house─new to him in June '02. Kids from 3 months to 7 years old had a great time together climbing, riding and throwing assorted balls, sticks and rocks. Last July Krista Thomas married Bart Corr at her father’s home in Vermont. They held the rehearsal party at the DOC house. After 10 years as Director of Programs at Conflict Management Group, Liz McClintock is leaving for new challenges. She’s going to take the summer off and continue her work with the Burundi Leadership Training Program in Central Africa. She’ll likely join CMPartners as a consultant. And quotes Liz, "A return to California is also in the works." Hilary French was named Class of 1946 Visiting Professor of History of International Environmental Studies at Williams College. Hilary is teaching a course on the threats and opportunities that globalization poses for the environment, and on ways to redirect international policies and institutions so they support, rather than undermine, environmentally sustainable development. (whew) She is also the director of the Global Governance Project at the Worldwatch Institute in Washington D.C., and consultant and special advisor to the United Nations Environment Programme. Hilary wrote Vanishing Borders: Protecting the Planet in the Age of Globalization, published by W.W. Norton in 2000, and of Investing in the Future: Harnessing Private Capital Flows for Environmentally Sustainable Development. Her work has also appeared such prominent publications as the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, The Humanist, and Scientific American. The following includes excerpts from a story in The Boston Globe (12/4/02) that is a true profile in courage. Clifford Rust made a comeback nothing less than miraculous. He went from lying motionless in a hospital bed, learning how to breathe, to back performing the "Messiah" with the Handel & Hayden Society. On July 6, 2002, Cliff tumbled headfirst over the handlebars of his mountain bike in a New Hampshire ravine. His friends reached a rescue team that took him to a local hospital and on to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where he stayed for surgery and recovery until July 17. The initial prognosis was that he’d be in a wheelchair for eight – 12 months. Once he was stable, Cliff began his 3 ½-month recovery at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, where he had to relearn basic functions. "After a while, you can put your socks on in 30 – 45 minutes," said Cliff. The first time he got himself dressed by himself, it took 3 ½ hours. Little by little, and with a lot of support from his medical team, his wife, Judith Rust (D’84) family and friends, Cliff got out of his wheelchair, sat unsupported, stood and walked. His next goal was to sing again. He not only did that, but he’s back performing with H&H. Cliff said, "I’ve always loved music, but it was just one of the thousand things I took for granted. You get so you do it by rote. I’m not doing that with anything these days."
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