CLASS NOTES Erin Lamb ’93


Lunging for the cake, I successfully fought off both children despite their budding Capoeira skills. After this exploit, I took up holiday basket weaving in order to make use of the growing piles of English ivy from restoration efforts. I still haven’t made that pie, despite the accusing looks from the butternut squash filling the top of the bookcase.


Heather Liv Melver (McDougall) ’93


Believe it or not, after living in


Washington, New York City, and Hong Kong, Heather is back home in Saudi Arabia. Heather is taking a sabbatical from her counseling career to serve as CEO of the Melver household. The primary duties of her position include meal preparation, coloring, copious amounts of laundry, blowing bubbles, diaper changing, spontaneous living room dance parties, and taxi service for the three Melver girls—Anika, 6, Saskia, 4, and Vivika, 8 months. Heather’s husband, Erik, teaches theater (she always did love a little drama in her life), and they are both active in the local theater group.


Lauren Meyer ’93 Lauren shuttles her 8-year-old son,


Julian, and 5-year-old daughter, Flora, to and fro all day long. In between taxi services, she manages to study Taekwondo, volunteer at the kids’ schools, and, oh yes, maintain her corporate drone status with a video conferencing firm. Her favorite moment this week was family movie night when the kids chose their favorite film: The Rocky Horror Picture Show.


Adam Price ’93


Adam recently threw out a batch of pickled beets. They looked good in the photos he saw on the internet, but they tasted like carbonated dirt. Immature turnips that were pickled in the same crock were palatable, if oddly pink.


Courtney Sherwood ’93 I live in Portland


with my husband, Morgan, and our dog, Pedro. I enjoy knitting, reading, cooking, home brewing, foraging, and gardening.


Megan Walhood ’93


My fiancée Jeremy Daniels and I opened a food cart called Viking Soul Food in 2010, serving Norwegian potato flatbread with Scandinavian and local ingredients, which has been quite successful. We will be featured in the December issue of Food & Wine.


Tulsi Elizabeth Wallace ’93 Hiked into a


roadless town in the North Cascades last summer called Stehekin.


Gorgeous little town, lovely mountain range, recommend it.


Makiko Yamazoe ’93


Makiko has recently given birth to her second daughter and is currently taking child care leave in Tokyo. After working as a certified public accountant for KPMG, she studied for a masters of public affairs, environment, and science policy at Columbia University. She is now a consultant specializing in corporate environmental management and social responsibility (CSR), contributing to the creation of a sustainable society. She will be back to work for Mitsubishi Research Institute, one of the most prestigious think tanks in Japan, next April. Until then, she looks forward to enjoying her time with her two daughters, Kiora, 4, and baby Serra, and husband, Yoshi, who is an international corporate lawyer.


26 OES MAGAZINE WINTER 2012 26 Eric Gebbie ’94


In May I finished a doctorate in public health at the University of Illinois. Now I get to return to normal life. I’m filling my days with disaster preparedness for the state and filling my evenings with a lot of Portland City Club activities. I remain our class coordinator, so please drop me a line if you want help planning mini-reunions, reconnecting with people, or are just passing through town.


John Van Ballegooijen ’95 Rachel Frank ’94


John and Rachel were married


May 21, 2011. Chris Ahlers ’95 and Darren Olson ’96 were groomsmen.


Woody English ’95 Woody and Anna


(Öfverström) English celebrated the birth of their daughter, Ebba Linnea English, on September 24. OES classmate Gabe Lipshutz ’95 was on hand, visiting the couple in Washington, DC, when the baby arrived. Woody works for the Department of State in the Foreign Service, and after working on projects in Brussels and Dakar, the family is preparing to move to Angola in the spring for a two-year tour at the U.S. Embassy in Luanda.


Sara Seeley ’95 I just returned from a remarkable


trip to Nepal and India. I stayed in the Nepalese jungle for a week and


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