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tions at Conyers Dill & Pearman for
over 11 years--"and I wear my Saltus
Old Boy tie every Monday," he says.
1970s
Robert Masters (1972) is the new
library director at Bermuda College.
In 2007, after more than 25 years in
finance, banking and trusts, he
decided to pursue a Masters Degree
in Library and Information Science.
Starting with an online degree
programme, he took two courses per
term, and managed to finish in about
two years. He joined Bermuda College
in 2010 as research and bibliographic
instruction librarian, teaching freshmen
how to use physical and online
resources for research. He was
promoted to library director in June.
Andrew Parsons ('77) is now executive
vice president and strategic advisor to
the CEO of Ascendant Group.
Poet Paul Maddern ('79) has won
acclaim in the UK and Ireland for his
"island-flavoured" writing. Paul is a
teaching fellow in Creative Writing at
the University of Leeds; he completed
a PhD at the Seamus Heaney Centre
for Poetry, Queen's University, Belfast.
1980s
Jonathan Evans ('81) has a new
book out--Peace, Prudence and
Prosperity: A History of Bermuda from
1919 to 1939, available at www.lulu.com.
According to Jonathan, "It is a wide-
ranging study of Bermuda between
the two world wars, carefully indexed
and extensively footnoted. A sequel
covering the period to 1959 is planned."
Former BHS student Katherine Blyth
Raphael, sister of the late Peter
Blyth (1982), has written a memoir,
For Pete's Sake. The book is a tribute
to her parents' efforts to care for Peter
for several decades after he suffered
severe brain damage as a teenager in
a local bike accident. "I am a qualified
psychiatric nurse and see on a daily
basis how families are battered by the
emotions of dealing with traumatic
situations," she says. "I wrote this as a
thank-you to my parents on behalf of
my brother and I would hope that it
would help others realise that all their
efforts are not in vain and give them
the strength to carry on with the
knowledge all they do does not go
unnoticed." Part proceeds from the
book will support Head Way, a UK
brain injury association. For more
information, go to www.katherine
raphael.co.uk.
ALUMNI
Brian Patterson
('80) married Chris-
tine Grace in July
and is now living in
Lexington, MA, with
his new wife and
her two children,
Sam and Jessi.
Brian just finished
a two-year stint
assisting with the
start-up of KRyS
Global Bermuda, a
corporate recovery
and insolvency
firm.
James Thomson
('94) brought a little bit of Bermuda to All Saints Church
in Fulham, UK, in June--sporting Bermuda shorts (along with 50 of the
guests), at his wedding to Alexandra Jackson. Saltus alumni
Colm Single-
ton
('94) and
Matthew Davies
('94) were in the wedding party and
Adam
Farrell
('94),
Chris Watson
(1997) and
Sam Stevens
(1998) also attended.
Bermuda touches included a steel-drum band, a wedding cake decorated
with Bermuda cedar, dark 'n' stormies, and a tree-planting (a bay tree was
planted instead of a Bermuda cedar). James is an investment manager
and has lived in London for the past 12 years.
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