Class of 1969
Class Correspondent
- Phoebe Epstein
- 1969notes@lists.brandeis.edu
50th Reunion
May 31-June 2, 2019
Shepard Forman writes, “My last class note was a lament of sorts at turning 80 in the conflictual political and social climate in which we live. But in October, my family received the gift of a lifetime: the arrival of our first grandchild, Lara, a truly delightful, beautiful 13-year-old from Brazil, adopted by our daughter, who has restored our spirit and hope for a brighter future.” Shoshana (Susan) Levin Fox has lived in Jerusalem, where she is a psychologist working with young children, since 1992. She and her husband, Shlomo, enjoy his five grown children and 17 grandchildren. Broadway producer Robyn Goodman’s long-running “Avenue Q” closes this spring, and a production of “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” is on tour through the spring. Robyn is currently developing several projects through her company, Aged in Wood Productions. Linda (Feigenbaum) Hecker retired after 32 years at Landmark College, in Vermont, and was appointed professor emerita. She continues to teach in Landmark’s graduate certificate program. She recently co-authored “From Disability to Diversity: College Success for Students With Learning Disabilities, ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder,” and relishes grandparenting Jack and Charlie. Esther Heller, who completed her tenure as president of the California State Association of Parliamentarians, is in her sixth year of coaching a high-school Future Business Leaders of America parliamentary procedure team. She and her husband, Nick Corsano, look forward to making a road trip across New Zealand. Bassist Chuck Israels and his Nextet performed in March at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center, in New York City. Jack Leventhal has been an internist and pulmonologist at the Mayo Clinic for 32 years, serving as a Mayo Foundation trustee for eight of those years. He maintains a large clinical practice, and participates in clinical research and medical education. He’s planning to retire in August. Jack and wife Mary, who have been married for 30 years, have two children and a grandchild. Stephan Meyers practices law, specializing in corporate law, securities compliance and technology licensing. He lives in Palm Desert, California, with his wife, Adina, a retired high-school drama teacher. They have been married for seven years. Gregory Prestopino writes songs, produces and mixes recordings for various artists and labels, and helps young singer/ songwriters develop their talent. His wife, Carol Locatell, works in movies and TV. He writes, “Finding Los Angeles somewhat overcrowded, hot and dry after some 40 years here. Love this city, though. We see a few Brandeisians fairly regularly: Craig Safan ’70; Andy Harmon ’68, MA’70; Scott Johnson ’70; and Kaye Zentall ’70, P’05.” Nicholas Racheotes is the author of “The Life and Thought of Filaret Drozdov, 1782-1867,” the first English-language intellectual biography of this significant figure in Russian Orthodox Church history. The volume was published by Lexington Books last year. Michael A. Sandberg retired as an associate professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School in October 2017. Wife Louise ’70 continues her work as an archivist. Larry Shar still works in his family’s fine-art restoration and framing business in New York City, just as he has for the past 49 years. Son Brad and daughter Tracy followed him into the business; daughter Hilary teaches 4- and 5-year-olds on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Larry and wife Tracy have a place in Boca Raton, Florida, where they go to play tennis and golf every other weekend. A novel by Monica Starkman, P’88, “The End of Miracles,” has been optioned for a movie. “I needed to hire an entertainment lawyer and learn from scratch about all that goes into negotiating a contract — what does a medical school professor know about contracts?” she writes. “Naturally, this was fun. And an additional distraction for a widow. Five years after losing my beloved husband, it’s still very difficult.” David Stein died on April 4, 2017, in France after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. He was the first Jewish organist and choir director of the largest Catholic church in Josselin, France. He leaves three children, Mikhal, Maya and Adam; two grandchildren, Eli and Teia; two step-grandchildren, Evan and Charlie; and his former wife, Randi Hereld. Judith Tellerman’s adaptation of a song titled “Balfour Declaration Song” has been added to the archives of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. She is a member of Hadassah of Chicago. In her spare time, she works on the garden she built in front of Chicago’s Chabad House of Gold Coast.
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Shepard Forman writes, “My last class note was a lament of sorts at turning 80 in the conflictual political and social climate in which we live. But in October, my family received the gift of a lifetime: the arrival of our first grandchild, Lara, a truly delightful, beautiful 13-year-old from Brazil, adopted by our daughter, who has restored our spirit and hope for a brighter future.” Shoshana (Susan) Levin Fox has lived in Jerusalem, where she is a psychologist working with young children, since 1992. She and her husband, Shlomo, enjoy his five grown children and 17 grandchildren. Broadway producer Robyn Goodman’s long-running “Avenue Q” closes this spring, and a production of “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” is on tour through the spring. Robyn is currently developing several projects through her company, Aged in Wood Productions. Linda (Feigenbaum) Hecker retired after 32 years at Landmark College, in Vermont, and was appointed professor emerita. She continues to teach in Landmark’s graduate certificate program. She recently co-authored “From Disability to Diversity: College Success for Students With Learning Disabilities, ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder,” and relishes grandparenting Jack and Charlie. Esther Heller, who completed her tenure as president of the California State Association of Parliamentarians, is in her sixth year of coaching a high-school Future Business Leaders of America parliamentary procedure team. She and her husband, Nick Corsano, look forward to making a road trip across New Zealand. Bassist Chuck Israels and his Nextet performed in March at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center, in New York City. Jack Leventhal has been an internist and pulmonologist at the Mayo Clinic for 32 years, serving as a Mayo Foundation trustee for eight of those years. He maintains a large clinical practice, and participates in clinical research and medical education. He’s planning to retire in August. Jack and wife Mary, who have been married for 30 years, have two children and a grandchild. Stephan Meyers practices law, specializing in corporate law, securities compliance and technology licensing. He lives in Palm Desert, California, with his wife, Adina, a retired high-school drama teacher. They have been married for seven years. Gregory Prestopino writes songs, produces and mixes recordings for various artists and labels, and helps young singer/ songwriters develop their talent. His wife, Carol Locatell, works in movies and TV. He writes, “Finding Los Angeles somewhat overcrowded, hot and dry after some 40 years here. Love this city, though. We see a few Brandeisians fairly regularly: Craig Safan ’70; Andy Harmon ’68, MA’70; Scott Johnson ’70; and Kaye Zentall ’70, P’05.” Nicholas Racheotes is the author of “The Life and Thought of Filaret Drozdov, 1782-1867,” the first English-language intellectual biography of this significant figure in Russian Orthodox Church history. The volume was published by Lexington Books last year. Michael A. Sandberg retired as an associate professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School in October 2017. Wife Louise ’70 continues her work as an archivist. Larry Shar still works in his family’s fine-art restoration and framing business in New York City, just as he has for the past 49 years. Son Brad and daughter Tracy followed him into the business; daughter Hilary teaches 4- and 5-year-olds on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Larry and wife Tracy have a place in Boca Raton, Florida, where they go to play tennis and golf every other weekend. A novel by Monica Starkman, P’88, “The End of Miracles,” has been optioned for a movie. “I needed to hire an entertainment lawyer and learn from scratch about all that goes into negotiating a contract — what does a medical school professor know about contracts?” she writes. “Naturally, this was fun. And an additional distraction for a widow. Five years after losing my beloved husband, it’s still very difficult.” David Stein died on April 4, 2017, in France after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. He was the first Jewish organist and choir director of the largest Catholic church in Josselin, France. He leaves three children, Mikhal, Maya and Adam; two grandchildren, Eli and Teia; two step-grandchildren, Evan and Charlie; and his former wife, Randi Hereld. Judith Tellerman’s adaptation of a song titled “Balfour Declaration Song” has been added to the archives of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. She is a member of Hadassah of Chicago. In her spare time, she works on the garden she built in front of Chicago’s Chabad House of Gold Coast.